1970 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Tulane*	No. 19	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA		L 14–17	30,924	^[1]
September 26	Clemson*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 38–0	55,682
October 3	at Mississippi State		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 6–7	25,044
October 10	No. 5 Ole Miss		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 21–31	59,310
October 17	Vanderbilt		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 37–3	53,241
October 24	at Kentucky		Stoll Field/McLean Stadium Lexington, KY		W 19–3	34,000
October 31	South Carolina*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 52–34	57,391
November 7	vs. Florida		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–24	70,294
November 14	at No. 8 Auburn		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	W 31–17	61,791
November 28	No. 16 Georgia Tech*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 7–17	59,803
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1970 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Donnie Allen
TE		Billy Brice
RB		Gregg Byrd
RB		Johnny Campbell
QB	`12`	Mike Cavan	Sr
QB		Paul Gilbert
TE		Mike Greene
RB		Bob Honeycutt
WR		Lynn Hunnicutt
OL		John Jennings
RB		Ricky Lake
OL		Mike Lopatka
OL		Tommy Lyons
WR		Larry McKnight
RB		Jack Montgomery
OL		Tom Nash
WR		Rex Putnal
QB		James Ray
TE		Mixon Robinson
WR		Jimmy Shirer
RB		Julian Smiley
OL		Royce Smith
OL		Mayo Tucker
WR		Charles Whittemore

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL		Larry Brasher
DB		Bill Darby
LB		Steve Kitchens
DL		Ronny Rogers
DB		Buz Rosenberg
DL		David Saye
DL		Ken Shaw
DL		Phil Sullivan
DB		Buck Swindle
DL		Dennis Watson
LB		Chip Wisdom
DL		Jimmy Wood

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Sam Burns

^ "Georgia upset by Tulane 17–14". Tallahassee Democrat. September 20, 1970. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia Shocks Auburn, 31-17." Palm Beach Post. 1970 Nov 15.

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1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 LSU $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll