Georgia Football [1] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bill Herron

Athens' favorite son, Fran Tarkenton, who was starting his first game ever at Georgia, hit Bill Herron on a fourth-down and 13 pass to give Georgia a 14-13 victory over Auburn. The victory over archrival Auburn gave Georgia its first SEC Title in over 13 years.

Answer: "The World's Largest Cocktail Party"

The annual game between Georgia and Florida, held in Jacksonville, is called "The World's Largest Cocktail Party." Exactly how the name originated is unknown; however, yacht parties along the St. Johns, unlimited tailgating, and an abundance of alcohol consummation inside the stadium likely contributed to this nickname.

Answer: 1977

Coach Dooley suffered his only losing season at Georgia during the 1977 campaign when his Dawgs went 5-6. Heavy graduation loses from the '76 Southeastern Conference Championship season, an extraordinary number of injuries, and some very close games guaranteed Georgia a losing season in 1977. With the exception of the 33-0 loss to Kentucky, Georgia had an opportunity to win or tie any of its games in '77.

In fact, Georgia could have conceivably tied the national champions, Alabama, on the final play of the game; however, Georgia lost 18-10, to one of the strongest teams in the history of college football.

Answer: 1947

The last time Georgia won the Sugar Bowl, prior to Herschel's arrival in 1980, was the 1947 Sugar Bowl against North Carolina. Georgia, led by the great Charlie Trippi, in front of 73,000 fans, defeated a powerful North Carolina team, led by Charlie Justice, 20-10.

Answer: 1980s

The Georgia Bulldawgs of the 1980s went to 10 bowl games, more bowl games than in any other decade of Georgia football. They won the National Title by defeating Notre Dame in the '81 Sugar Bowl; lost to Pittsburgh during the '82 Sugar Bowl; lost the National Title when they were defeated by number two ranked Penn State during '83 Sugar Bowl; denied Texas their National Title by defeating Horns in '84 Cotton Bowl, 10-9; tied Bobby Bowden's FSU team in '84 Citrus Bowl; tied Arizona during '85 Sun Bowl; lost to Boston College during Hall Of Fame Bowl in '86; finally defeated Arkansas during a bowl game in the '87 Liberty Bowl; beat Michigan State's monster defensive line during '89 Mazda Gator Bowl; and, ended the decade losing to Syracuse in '89 Peach Bowl.

Answer: El Paso's Sun Bowl, 1964

During Coach Dooley's first season as Head Coach at Georgia, he guided our Dawgs to the 1964 Sun Bowl. The 7-3-1 Georgia Bulldawgs defeated a strong Texas Tech team 7-0.

Answer: Willie McClendon and Kevin McLee

Kevin McLee rushed for 1058 yards during Georgia's Southeastern Conference Championship season of 1976 and Willie McClendon gained 1,312 yards during Georgia's "Wonder Dawgs" season of 1978. Glynn Harrison came very close with 959 yards in 1974, and Goff and King came close, too.

Herschel Walker, who rushed for over one thousand yards during each of his three seasons at Georgia, did not begin his career at Georgia until 1980.

Answer: Auburn

The nation's 1971 Heisman Trophy winner, Pat Sullivan, led his Auburn Tigers over the Georgia Bulldawgs, handing the Dawgs their only defeat of the 1971 campaign. Georgia lost to Auburn, in Athens, by a score of 35-20. Many people still feel Sullivan guaranteed his eventual selection as winner of the Heisman during that game; however, most ballots had already been cast prior to the Georgia vs. Auburn game.

Answer: Tony Dorsett

Herschel Walker rushed for 1,616 yards, breaking Tony Dorsett's 1973 freshman rushing record. Herschel passed Dorsett during the final regular season game of 1980, against Georgia Tech, in Athens. In 1973, ironically, the first year freshman were allowed to play on varsity teams, was the exact same year Tony Dorsett set the freshman rushing record.

Herschel entered the 1980 Georgia Tech game needing well over 100 yards to break the record, and, after gaining 60 plus yards, he broke the record on an 80 yard touchdown sprint.

Answer: 1948

Georgia suffered its first bowl loss during the 1948 Orange Bowl game against a solid Texas Longhorns. Johnny Rauch, who had directed Georgia to four straight bowl games, was unable to guarantee a victory against the Horns. Georgia lost its first post-season game, 41-28, to Texas, in 1948.

Answer: Kentucky

During the 1976 season, Georgia shared part of the SEC Title with the Kentucky Wildcats. Both teams suffered only one SEC defeat during the season and, therefore, ended in a tie for a share of the Southeastern Conference Title. Georgia, with a higher national ranking, was selected as the SEC representative to play Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl.

Answer: 0-2

Georgia suffered its only two defeats of the 1976 season on artificial turf. The first game was against Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, and the second loss was against Tony Dorsett's Pittsburgh Panters during the National Title game in New Orleans' Superdome.

Answer: Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett

Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett was the first Heisman Trophy winner to begin his college football career in Athens. He did so on September 15, 1973. Pittsburgh tied heavily favored Georgia 7-7. Georgia's Frank Sinkwich started his college career in Atlanta, and Herschel played his first game in Knoxville, Tennessee. All Dawgs know that Auburn never renews the "South's Oldest Rivary" in the season opener against Georgia.

Answer: 4

Georgia entered the Auburn game four times during the 1970s, simply needing a victory to claim a share of the Southeastern Conference Championship. Georgia lost in 1971 by a score of 35-20; won in 1976 by a convincing score of 28-0; and, tied Auburn 1978, 22-22, and in 1979 Georgia lost 33-13.

Answer: 49-28-3

Coach Dooley was 49-28-3 against four of Georgia's biggest rivals. Some of these come-from-behind wins guaranteed Florida would not obtain a Southeastern Conference Title until long after Vince retired.

Answer: Georgia Tech soaked down the field to slow down Georgia's rushing attack

Georgia entered the 1927 Georgia Tech game simply needing a victory to go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to play for the National Title. However, Georgia Tech soaked down the field in an effort to ensure they could slow down the nation's strongest rushing attack. Even though Georgia protested, the game was played and Georgia Tech subsequently won 12-0, thus, denying Georgia a trip to play for its first National Title.

Answer: vs. Georgia Tech, 1980

The infamous railroad track fanatics bowed out after the Georgia Tech game in 1980. The end zone of Sanford Stadium was built-in, to add additional setting, thus ending the reign of some of the greatest fans in college football lore. During the Georgia Tech game they witnessed Herschel Walker break the single season rushing record for a freshman, and saw Georgia, the eventual national champions of 1980, end its first unbeaten season since 1946.

Answer: 1975

Georgia's 1975 defense, led by Ben Zambiasi, Ronnie Swoopes and Dickey Clark, were thought to be too small; however, they swarmed around the ball like no other team in Defensive Coordinator Coach Erk Russell's memory. Coach Russell came up with the nickname because his undersized defense defended their territory like a pack of mean Junkyard Dawgs.

Answer: Georgia vs. Georgia Tech

The Georgia vs. Georgia Tech is simply known as "Clean Old Fashion Hate." This series, once dominated by Georgia Tech during the 1950s, is one of the most hated rivalries in all of sports. Several books have been written on this most heated of rivalries.

Answer: Presidential Cup

After Georgia started out solid in its initial bowl games, they lost when the Dawgs played Texas A&M during the 1950 Presidential Bowl. A solid Texas A&M team defeated Georgia 40-20, in College Park, Maryland.