1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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

1979 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#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 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
1979-09-15	Wake Forest*	#12	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 22-21	57,500
1979-09-22	at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC		L 12-7	63,500
1979-09-29	South Carolina*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 27-20	60,100
1979-10-06	at Mississippi		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 24-21	35,912
1979-10-13	#13 LSU		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 21-14	61,000
1979-10-20	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 31-10	24,700
1979-10-27	Kentucky		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 20-6	60,300
1979-11-03	Virginia*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 31-0	59,100
1979-11-10	vs. Florida		Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party)	ABC	W 33-10	68,148
1979-11-17	Auburn		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		L 33-13	63,000
1979-12-01	Georgia Tech*		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 16-3	58,781
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	0	7	0	7	14
• Georgia	0	7	14	0	21

Date: October 13
Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA

Source:

Scoring summary

2	2:01	UGA	Anthony Arnold 13-yard run (Robinson kick)	UGA 7-0

2	0:36	LSU	LeRoid Jones 1-yard run (Barthel kick)	Tied 7-7

3		UGA	Matt Simon 11-yard run (Robinson kick)	UGA 14-7

3		UGA	Carmon Prince 11-yard pass from Buck Belue (Robinson kick)	UGA 21-7

4		LSU	David Woodley 24-yard run (Barthel kick)	UGA 21-14

References

Georgia Bulldogs football

Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game

People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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