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Year By Year Results
Date Minimum Payout Attendance Team /Score Head Coach Chairman
01-01-46 $20,000 7,362 Wake Forest 26
South Carolina 14
D.C."Peahead" Walker
Johnnie McMillian
Ted Arnold
01-01-47 $58,000 10,134 Oklahoma 34
North Carolina State 13
Jim Tatum
Beattie Feathers
Ted Arnold
01-01-48 $60,000 16,666 Georgia 20
Maryland 20
Wally Butts
Jim Tatum
Peyton Burkhalter
01-01-49 $87,846 32,939 Clemson 24
Missouri 23
Frank Howard
Don Faurot
Walter McRae, Sr.
01-02-50 $90,000 18,409 Maryland 20
Missouri 7
Jim Tatum
Don Faurot
Robert M. Smith
01-01-51 $55,000 7,362 Wyoming 20
Washington & Lee 7
Bowden Wyatt
George Barclay
Frank E. Snell, Sr.
01-01-52 $114,211 34,577 Miami 14
Clemson 0
Andy Gustafson
Frank Howard
Sam Wolfson
01-01-53 $101,290 28,340 Florida 14
Tulsa
Bob Woodruff
J.O. Brothers
Bill Nimnicht, Sr.
01-01-54 $89,503 28,641 Texas Tech 35
Auburn 13
DeWitt Weaver
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
James McGregor
12-31-54 $102,508 28,426 Auburn 33
Baylor 13
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
George Sauer
Sam Butz
12-31-55 $142,619 32,174 Vanderbilt 25
Auburn 13
Art Guepe
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
Glenn Marshall, Jr.
12-29-56 $149,776 32,256 Georgia Tech 21
Pittsburgh 14
Bobby Dodd
John Michelosen
Roger Main
12-28-57 $166,391 41,160 Tennessee 3
Texas A&M 0
Bowden Wyatt
Paul "Bear" Bryant
Julian Jackson
12-27-58 $178,612 41,312 Mississippi 7
Florida 3
John Vaught
Bob Woodruff
Van Fletcher
01-02-60 $196,851 45,104 Arkansas 14
Georgia Tech 7
Frank Broyles
Bobby Dodd
John Piombo
12-31-60 $189,865 50,122 Florida 13
Baylor 12
Ray Graves
John Bridgers
Henry Kramer
12-31-61 $205,591 50,202 Penn State 30
Georgia Tech 15
Charles "Rip" Engle
Bobby Dodd
Lamar Dean
12-29-62   50,026 Florida 17
Penn State 7
Ray Graves
Charles "Rip" Engle
Joseph Skyova
12-28-63   50,018 North Carolina 35
Air Force 0
Jim Hickey
Ben Martin
Conrad Gunti
01-02-65 $278,078 50,408 Florida State 36
Oklahoma 19

Bill Peterson
Gomer Jones

W. Ashley Verlander
12-31-65 $323,869 60,127 Georgia Tech 31
Texas Tech 21
Bobby Dodd
J.T. King
A.J. Robida
12-31-66 $332,778 60,312 Tennessee 18
Syracuse 12
Doug Dickey
Ben Schwartzwalder
Frank W. Norris
12-30-67 $388,571 68,019 Florida State 17
Penn State 17
Bill Peterson
Joe Paterno
Nelson M. Harris, Jr.
12-28-68 $352,832 68,011 Missouri 35
Alabama 0
Dan Devine
Paul "Bear" Bryant
Henry V. Dartigalongue
12-27-69 $398,232 72,248 Florida 14
Tennessee 13
Ray Graves
Doug Dickey
Norman J. Harrison
01-02-71 $423,092 1,136 Auburn 35
Mississippi 28
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
John Vaught
L.C. Ringhaver
12-31-71 $482,404 71,208 Georgia 7
North Carolina 3
Vince Dooley
Bill Dooley
W.W. Gay
12-30-72 $467,569 71,214 Auburn 24
Colorado 3
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
Eddie Crowder
Dick Stratton
12-29-73 $426,829 62,109 Texas Tech 28
Tennessee 19
Jim Carlen
Bill Battle
Gordon Thompson
12-30-74 $486,028 63,811 Auburn 27
Texas 3
Ralph "Shug" Jordan
Darrell Royal
Peter Kirill
12-29-75 $469,891 64,012 Maryland 13
Florida 0
Jerry Claiborne
Doug Dickey
Wesley C. Paxson
12-27-76 $501,325 67,837 Notre Dame 20
Penn State 9
Dan Devine
Joe Paterno
John F. Lanahan
12-30-77 $710,506 72,289 Pittsburgh 34
Clemson 3
Jackie Sherrill
Charley Pell
James L. Ade
12-29-78 $775,500 72,011 Clemson 17
Ohio State 15
Danny Ford
Woody Hayes
J.J. Daniel
12-28-79 $812,675 70,407 North Carolina 17
Michigan 15
Dick Crum
Glenn "Bo" Schembechler
J. Tommy Gay
12-29-80 $901,353 72,297 Pittsburgh 37
South Carolina 9
Jackie Sherrill
Jim Carlen
John A. Tucker
12-28-81 $962,497 71,009 North Carolina 31
Arkansas 27
Dick Crum
Lou Holtz
Wilford C. Lyon, Jr.
12-30-82 $1,194,609 80,913 Florida State 31
West Virginia 12
Bobby Bowden
Don Nehlen
Chris A. Verlander
12-30-83 $1,358,898 81,293 Florida 14
Iowa 6
Charley Pell
Hayden Fry
Bill Nimnicht, Jr.
12-28-84 $1,662,040 82,138 Oklahoma State 21
South Carolina 14

Pat Jones
Joe Morrison

J.T. Hill
12-30-85 $1,551,869 79,417 Florida State 34
Oklahoma State 23
Bobby Bowden
Pat Jones
Henry H. Beckwith
12-27-86 $1,800,000 80,104 Clemson 27
Stanford 21
Danny Ford
Jack Elway
John T. Bell
12-31-87 $2,000,000 82,119 LSU 30
South Carolina 13
Mike Archer
Joe Morrison
Tom McCandless
01-01-89 $2,000,000 76,236 Georgia 34
Michigan State 27
Vince Dooley
George Perles
Don Davis
12-30-89 $2,400,000 82,911 Clemson 27
West Virginia 7
Danny Ford
Don Nehlen
Charles Hughes
01-01-91 $2,200,000 68,297 Michigan 35
Mississippi 3
Gary Moeller
Billy Brewer
Victor Jackson
12-29-91 $2,000,000 62,003 Oklahoma 48
Virginia 14
Gary Gibbs
George Welsh
Russell Godwin
12-31-92 $3,200,000 65,202 Florida 27
N.C. State 10
Steve Spurrier
Dick Sheridan
Dave Middleton
12-31-93 $3,000,000 67,205 Alabama 24
North Carolina 10
Gene Stallings
Mack Brown
Scott McCaleb
12-30-94 $3,000,000 67,000 Tennessee 45
Virginia Tech 23
Phillip Fulmer
Frank Beamer
Carl N. Cannon
1-1-96 $3,017,020 67,940 Syracuse 41
Clemson 0
Paul Pasqualoni
Tommy West
Carl N. Cannon
1-1-97 $2,600,000 52,103 North Carolina 20
West Virgina 13
Mark Brown
Don Nehlen
Dave Johnson Sr.
1-1-98 $2,600,000 54,116 North Carolina 42
Virginia Tech 3
Carl Torbush
Frank Beamer
John Harrison
1-1-99 $3,330,648 70,791 Georgia Tech 35
Notre Dame 28
George O'Leary
Bob Davie
Andy Cheney
1-1-00 $2,800,000 43,461 Miami 28
Georgia Tech 13
Butch Davis
George O'Leary
Chester Stokes
1-1-01 $3,313,610 68,741 Virginia Tech 41
Clemson 20
Frank Beamer
Tommy Bowden
Leerie Jenkins
1-1-02 $3,212,364 72,202 Florida State 30
Virginia Tech 17
Bobby Bowden
Frank Beamer
Jim McCollum
1-1-03 $3,644,960 73,491 NC State 28
Notre Dame 6
Chuck Amato
Tyrone Willingham
Susan Hamilton
1-1-04 $3,200,000 78,891 Maryland 41
West Virginia 7
Ralph Friedgen
Rich Rodriguez
Robert E. White
1-1-05 $3,200,000 70,112 Florida State 30
West Virginia 18
Bobby Bowden
Rich Rodriguez
Robert J.
Smith
1-2-06 $3,200,000 63,780 Virginia Tech 35
Louisville 24
Frank Beamer
Bobby Petrino
Mike Hartley
1-1-07 $5,000,000 67,714 West Virginia 38
Georgia Tech 35
Rich Rodriguez
Chan Gailey
Scott Keith

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