Andre “Pulpwood” Smith shines in 1984 Georgia-Vanderbilt matchup
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 19, 2026, 9:03 AM
Last updated Jun 19, 2026
In a historic 1984 college football game, Andre “Pulpwood” Smith helped lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a dominant victory over Vanderbilt at Sanford Stadium. Georgia scored 62 points, marking the highest output of Coach Vince Dooley’s 26-season tenure. The game was tied 21-21 before Georgia surged ahead with three touchdowns just before halftime. Despite his impressive performance, culminating in 655 rushing yards in 1984, Smith would be dismissed from the team for academic reasons, leaving fans to ponder his full potential.
- •Georgia scored 62 points, the most under Vince Dooley.
- •The game was tied at 21-21 before halftime.
- •Smith led the team in rushing with 655 yards.
- 9:03 AMYahoo Sports — The Morning Memory: Pulpwood Sinks The Commodores
"Few Georgia football players have ever been so legendary and at the same time so lost to the sands of history as Andre “Pulpwood” Smith. The bruising fullback out of Coffee County emerged in the post-Herschel days when Georgia was definitively “Running Back University.” Smith ran with a combination of bruising power and blazing speed […]
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