1983 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1983 Georgia Bulldogs football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 10–9 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	10–1–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Vince Dooley (20th season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (82,122)

1983 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Auburn $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
No. 6 Florida	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
LSU	0	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	No. 20 UCLA*	No. 15	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ABC	W 19–8	82,122
September 17	at Clemson*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		T 16–16	79,815
September 24	South Carolina*	No. 14	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 31–13	82,122
October 1	Mississippi State	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 20–7	82,122
October 8	at Ole Miss	No. 11	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 36–11	29,363
October 15	at Vanderbilt	No. 8	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 20–13	41,223
October 22	Kentucky	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 47–21	82,122
October 29	Temple*	No. 6	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 31–14	81,822
November 5	vs. No. 9 Florida	No. 4	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 10–9	82,166
November 12	No. 3 Auburn	No. 4	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	L 7–13	82,122
November 26	at Georgia Tech*	No. 7	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 27–24	59,113
January 2, 1984	vs. No. 2 Texas*	No. 7	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 10–9	67,891
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1983 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB John Lastinger	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 5 Kevin Butler Jr	Head coach Vince Dooley Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1983 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	15	10	11	14	11	11	8	7	6	4	4	7	7	7	7	4
Coaches	13 (1)	7	7	11	8	8	6	7	6	4	4	7	7	7	7	4

Game summaries

Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 3 Auburn 7 6 0 0 13 No. 4 Georgia 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 12 Location: Sanford Stadium Game attendance: 82,122 Referee: Dick Burleson TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles

Scoring summary 1 AUB James 4 yard run (Del Greco kick) AUB 7–0 2 AUB Del Greco 21 yard field goal AUB 10–0 2 AUB Del Greco 41 yard field goal AUB 13–0 4 UGA Archie 13 yard pass from Lastinger (Butler kick) AUB 13–7

See also: 1983 Auburn Tigers football team and Deep South's Oldest Rivalry