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The University of Georgia won its last national championship in football in 1980. Here's a look at how times have changed since coach Vince Dooley and the Bulldogs won the title. Vince Dooley is now 85 and is still a huge supporter of the football program. Jimmy Carter was finishing his final days as the 39th President of the United States. Jimmy Carter is now 93 and is still teaching Sunday school at his church in Plains, Ga. Monica Kaufman (left) was five years into her historic career as a journalist a
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dec 23, 2017

It’s been 37 years since the University of Georgia won its last national championship in football, and the local landscape has changed a lot during that time.

The Braves and Falcons have each played in two different home stadiums and a young UGA basketball star is now a Hall of Famer with his own statue in downtown Atlanta.

Speaking of young, current UGA coach Kirby Smart was days removed from celebrating his fifth birthday when the Bulldogs defeated Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl (played on Jan. 1, 1981) to cap the unbeaten 1980 season.

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