1958–59 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team

1958–59 Georgia Bulldogs basketball
1958–59 Georgia Bulldogs basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	11–15 (5–9 SEC)
Head coach	Harbin Lawson (8th season);
Captain	Fred Edmonson
Home arena	Woodruff Hall

1958–59 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Mississippi State	13	–	1	.929	24	–	1	.960
No. 8 Auburn	12	–	2	.857	20	–	2	.909
No. 2 Kentucky	12	–	2	.857	24	–	3	.889
Georgia Tech	9	–	5	.643	17	–	9	.654
Tennessee	8	–	6	.571	14	–	8	.636
Vanderbilt	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Tulane	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Alabama	6	–	8	.429	10	–	12	.455
Georgia	5	–	9	.357	11	–	15	.423
LSU	2	–	12	.143	10	–	15	.400
Florida	2	–	12	.143	8	–	15	.348
Ole Miss	1	–	13	.071	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1958–59 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Harbin Lawson, the Bulldogs compiled and overall record of 11–15 with a mark of 5–9 conference play, placing in ninth in the SEC. The team captain was Fred Edmonson.

Roster

1958–59 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	Gordon Darrah	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
G	Fred Edmondson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr
F	Sonny Poss	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
G	Don Keiser	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
C	John Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
F	Pat Casey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
F	Joe De Foor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
G	Ken Taylor	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So
G	Bobby Chaney	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr
F	Clark Royer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—
G	Don Moore	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—
G	Bob Holder	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—
C	DeLacey Luke	—	—

Head coach

Harbin Lawson

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/1/1958	Clemson	W 76-59	1–0	Athens, GA
12/3/1958	at Florida	W 66-63	2–0
12/11/1958	at Georgia Tech	L 66-73	2–1
12/13/1958	at South Carolina	W 76-72	3–1
12/19/1958	The Citadel	L 52-78	3–2	Athens, GA
12/20/1958	Florida State	W 83-72	4–2	Athens, GA
12/29/1958	LSU	L 60-63	4–3	Athens, GA
12/30/1958	Florida	L 55-58	4–4	Athens, GA
1/3/1959	LSU	L 66-79	4–5	Athens, GA
1/5/1959	Tulane	W 70-63	5–5	Athens, GA
1/7/1959	Georgia Tech	L 62-66	5–6	Athens, GA
1/10/1959	Alabama	W 80-79	6–6	Athens, GA
1/14/1959	at Mercer	L 62-66	6–7
1/19/1959	Florida State	W 94-91	7–7	Athens, GA
1/24/1959	Auburn	L 61-81	7–8	Athens, GA
1/29/1959	at Kentucky	L 55-108	7–9
1/31/1959	at Tennessee	L 60-66	7–10
2/3/1959	Mercer	W 71-59	8–10	Athens, GA
2/7/1959	at Auburn	L 69-95	8–11
2/9/1959	at Alabama	L 65-71	8–12
2/14/1959	Ole Miss	W 84-61	9–12	Athens, GA
2/16/1959	Mississippi State	L 56-76	9–13	Athens, GA
2/18/1959	South Carolina	W 65-57	10–13	Athens, GA
2/21/1959	at Georgia Tech	L 62-82	10–14
2/23/1959	at Vanderbilt	L 50-78	10–15
2/28/1959	Florida	W 85-67	11–15	Athens, GA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1958-59 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b "1958-59 Georgia Bulldogs basketball Results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.
^ "Georgia Bulldogs Year-by-Year results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

[1] sports-reference.com 1958-59 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[Sports_Reference_1959-2] "1958-59 Georgia Bulldogs basketball Results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

[3] "Georgia Bulldogs Year-by-Year results". Retrieved January 28, 2026.

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Georgia Bulldogs basketball
Venues	Athens YMCA (1905–1911) Memorial Hall (1911–1918) Moss Auditorium (1919–1925) Woodruff Hall (1923–1964) Stegeman Coliseum (1964–present)
Culture & lore	Hairy Dawg Uga
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics