1979 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Georgia Bulldogs football
1979 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1979 record	6–5 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Vince Dooley (16th season);
Defensive coordinator	Erk Russell (16th season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (59,200)
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

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		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	So
C	`53`	Ray Donaldson	Sr
RB		Carnie Norris
WR		Carmon Prince
WR	`24`	Lindsay Scott	So
RB	`11`	Matt Simon

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`49`	Jeff Hipp
DL		Jimmy Payne
DB	`19`	Scott Woerner	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`6`	Rex Robinson	Jr

Head coach

Vince Dooley

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Erk Russell

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries[]

South Carolina[]

at Ole Miss[]

LSU[]

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

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vs. Florida[]

Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	10	0	0	10
Georgia	17	16	0	0	33

at Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Florida

Date: November 10
TV: ABC
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Game information

First quarter

UGA – Rex Robinson 48-yard field goal, 12:23. Georgia 3–0. Drive:
UGA – Carnie Norris 7-yard run (Rex Robinson kick). Georgia 10–0. Drive: 5 plays.
UGA – Carmon Prince 6-yard pass from Buck Belue (Rex Robinson kick). Georgia 17–0. Drive:

Second quarter

UGA – Rex Robinson 28-yard field goal. Georgia 20–0. Drive:
FLA – Chris Faulkner 13-yard pass from Larry Ochab (David Clark kick). Georgia 20–7. Drive: 17 plays, 74 yards.
UGA – Lindsay Scott 40-yard pass from Buck Belue (pass failed). Georgia 26–7. Drive:
UGA – Carnie Norris 3-yard pass from Buck Belue (Rex Robinson kick). Georgia 33–7. Drive:
FLA – David Clark 47-yard field goal. Georgia 33–10. Drive:

Third quarter

No scoring

Fourth quarter

No scoring

Top passers

UGA
FLA

Top rushers

UGA
FLA

Top receivers

UGA
FLA

References[]

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^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Nov 11. Retrieved 2020-Dec-01.

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[2] Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.

[3] Ocala Star-Banner. 1979 Nov 11. Retrieved 2020-Dec-01.

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v t Georgia Bulldogs football
Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Auburn (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) Clemson Florida Georgia Tech (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History 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
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National championship seasons in bold

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	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