1939 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1939 college football season.[1]

1939 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (1–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 0 010 1 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 0 08 2 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 0 08 1 1
Mississippi State 3 2 08 2 0
Ole Miss 2 2 07 2 0
Kentucky 2 2 16 2 1
Auburn 3 3 15 5 1
Alabama 2 3 15 3 1
Georgia 1 3 05 6 0
LSU 1 5 04 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 02 7 1
Florida 0 3 15 5 1
Sewanee 0 3 03 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia was ranked at No. 69 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30The Citadel*W 26–0
October 6at Furman*L 0–20[3]
October 14Holy Cross*dagger
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
L 0–1315,000[4]
October 21at Kentucky
L 6–13
October 28at NYU*L 13–14[5]
November 3Mercer*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 16–9[6]
November 11vs. FloridaW 6–2
November 18South Carolina*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 33–7
November 25vs. AuburnL 0–7
December 2at Georgia TechL 0–13
December 8at Miami (FL)*W 13–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[7]

References

  1. "1939 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Furman pulls big upset in beating Georgia eleven, 20 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 7, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Jack Troy (October 15, 1939). "Georgia Bows, 13-0: Holy Cross Breaks Bulldogs' Yank Jinx". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. 1B, 5B via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Heroic Bulldogs bow to N.Y.U., 14 to 13". The Atlanta Constitution. October 29, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Billy Mims' pass beats Mercer with 25 seconds to play, 16–9". The Atlanta Constitution. November 4, 1939. Retrieved August 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "1939 Football Schedule". GeorgiaDogs.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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