1973 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1973 Georgia Bulldogs football
Peach Bowl Champions
Peach Bowl vs. Maryland, W, 17-16
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1973 record	7–4–1 ( 3–4 SEC)
Head coach	Vince Dooley
Defensive coordinator	Erk Russell
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (59,200)

1973 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#13 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
#19 Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Florida	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Auburn	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1973 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
1973-09-15	Pittsburgh*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		T 7–7	52,005
1973-09-22	Clemson*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 31–14	48,280
1973-09-29	#19 NC State*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 31–12	52,700
1973-10-06	at #3 Alabama		Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		L 14–28	57,790
1973-10-13	Mississippi		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 20–0	57,800
1973-10-20	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		L 14–18	21,500
1973-10-27	Kentucky		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 7–12	54,500
1973-11-03	at #11 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 35–31	70,812
1973-11-10	vs. Florida		Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party)	ABC	L 10–11	70,266
1973-11-17	Auburn		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 28–14	59,700
1973-12-01	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 10–3	60,316
1973-12-28	vs. #18 Maryland*		Atlanta Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	Mizlou	W 17–16	38,107
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

• Source: 1974 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide/Yearbook

Game notes

Clemson

1 2 3 4 Total Clemson 0 7 0 7 14 • Georgia 0 3 14 14 31 Date: September 23 Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA Game attendance: 48,290

Scoring summary 2 UGA Leavitt 23-yard field goal UGA 3-0 2 0:54 CLEM J. Washington 3-yard run (Burgess kick) CLEM 7-3 3 UGA Jackson 4-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 10-7 3 UGA Harrison 17-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 17-7 4 UGA Page 1-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 24-7 4 CLEM Pengitore 15-yard run (Burgess kick) UGA 24-14 4 UGA G. Washington 97-yard kickoff return (Leavitt kick) UGA 31-14

Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total • Georgia 7 14 0 14 35 Tennessee 14 0 17 0 31 Date: November 3 Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Game attendance: 70,812

Scoring summary 1 TEN Condredge Holloway 7-yard run (Townsend kick) TEN 7-0 1 UGA Jimmy Poulos 9-yard run (Leavitt kick) Tied 7-7 1 TEN Steve Chancey 6-yard pass from Condredge Holloway (Townsend kick) TEN 14-7 2 UGA King 8-yard run (Leavitt kick) Tied 14-14 2 UGA King 1-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 21-14 3 TEN Townsend 40-yard field goal UGA 21-17 3 TEN Eddie Brown 85-yard punt return (Townsend kick) TEN 24-21 3 TEN Haskel Stanback 1-yard run (Townsend kick) TEN 31-21 4 4:27 UGA Jimmy Poulos 4-yard pass from Andy Johnson (Leavitt kick) TEN 31-28 4 UGA Andy Johnson 8-yard run (Leavitt kick) UGA 35-31

Andy Johnson scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute after Tennessee went for it on a fourth-and-two at their own 28 with 2:32 remaining.