1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1979 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	6–5 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Vince Dooley (16th season)
Defensive coordinator	Erk Russell (16th season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (59,200)

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Florida	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	Wake Forest*	No. 12	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 21–22	57,500
September 22	at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		L 7–12	63,500
September 29	South Carolina*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		L 20–27	60,100
October 6	at Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 24–21	35,912
October 13	No. 13 LSU		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 21–14	61,000
October 20	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 31–10	24,700
October 27	Kentucky		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 20–6	60,300
November 3	Virginia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 0–31	59,100
November 10	vs. Florida		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 33–10	68,148
November 17	Auburn		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		L 13–33	63,000
November 24	Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 16–3	58,781
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 82 Anthony Arnold QB 8 Buck Belue C 53 Ray Donaldson Sr   Carmon Prince WR 24 Lindsay Scott So RB 11 Matt Simon	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 49 Jeff Hipp DB 19 Scott Woerner Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 6 Rex Robinson Jr	Head coach Vince Dooley Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

LSU

1 2 3 4 Total LSU 0 7 0 7 14 • Georgia 0 7 14 0 21 Date: October 13 Location: Sanford Stadium

Scoring summary Q2 2:01 UGA Arnold 13 yard run (Robinson kick) UGA 7-0 Q2 0:36 LSU Jones 1 yard run (Barthel kick) Tied 7-7 Q3 UGA Simon 11 yard run (Robinson kick) UGA 14-7 Q3 UGA Prince 11 yard pass from Belue (Robinson kick) UGA 21-7 Q4 LSU Woodley 24 yard run (Barthel kick) UGA 21-14

Scott Woerner recovered a fumble with just over two minutes remaining with LSU driving at the Georgia 22 to seal the upset.