1976: The Dawgs finished 10-2, won the SEC championship, and had a shot at winning a national championship in the Sugar Bowl. Led by the dual quarterback team of Ray Goff (the runner) and Matt Robinson (the passer) and tailback Kevin McLee, behind an awesome offensive line that included All-Americans "Cowboy and Moonpie" ( Joel Parrish and Mike Wilson), the '76 Dawgs blanked Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide 21-0 at Sanford Stadium, and overcame a 27-13 deficit at the half in Jacksonville to beat the Gators 41-27, thanks in part to Florida coach Doug Dickey's infamous "fourth-and-dumb" play. At the start of the season, most of the Dawgs shaved their heads, and Dooley told them that, if they won the SEC and beat Tech, he'd shave his as well. They did, and he kept his word. Unfortunately, Heisman winner Tony Dorsett and the Pitt Panthers prevailed in the bowl game. UGA was No. 10 in the final AP poll.
Other favorite seasons that didn't quite crack my top 10: the 1965 team, which limped to a 6-4 record after a string of key injuries, but managed to get unforgettable wins over national champion Alabama and Michigan at Ann Arbor; the 1968 SEC champions, who completed an undefeated regular season (8-0-2) before falling to Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl (finishing eighth in the AP poll but being declared national champs by the Litkenhous poll); and the Ray Goff-coached 1992 team, which featured such stars as Eric Zeier, Garrison Hearst, Mack Strong, Andre Hastings and Randall Godfrey, and went 10-2, beating Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl and finishing eighth in the final AP poll.
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