Georgia Bulldogs

Georgia Bulldogs
Current season: 2023 Georgia Bulldogs
First season	1892
Athletic director	Josh Brooks
Head coach	Kirby Smart
	7th year, 81–15 (.844)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium
Year built	1929
Stadium capacity	92,746
Stadium surface	Tifton 419 Bermuda Grass
Location	Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Conference	SEC (1932–present)
Division	SEC Eastern Division (1992–present)
Past conferences	SIAA (1895–1921) Southern Conference (1921–1932)
All-time history
All-time record	868–428–54 (.663)
Postseason bowl record	37–21–3 (.631)
Claimed national titles	4 (1942, 1980, 2021, 2022)
Conference titles	16
Division titles	12
Rivalries	Auburn Tigers (rivalry) Clemson Tigers (rivalry) Florida Gators (rivalry) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (rivalry) South Carolina Gamecocks (rivalry) Tennessee (rivalry) Alabama Crimson Tide (rivalry)
Heisman winners	2
Consensus All-Americans	Template:American college football All-Americans
Current uniform
Colors	Red, Black, Silver, and White
Fight song	Glory, Glory
Mascot	Uga
Marching band	Georgia Redcoat Marching Band
Website	georgiadogs.com – Football

The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia located in Athens, Georgia. The Bulldogs are a member of the NCAA FBS Southeastern Conference and are currently coached by Kirby Smart.

The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 868–428–54 (a .663 winning percentage). The "Dawgs," as they are sometimes called, play in historic Sanford Stadium in Athens, which, with a capacity of 92,746, is the eighth largest on-campus stadium in the United States and the 15th largest stadium in the world. The Bulldogs claim two consensus NCAA Division 1-A college football national championships and have won 12 SEC championships. The team has also produced two Heisman Trophy winners, namely the running back Herschel Walker and No. 1 draft pick in the 1943 draft Frank Sinkwich, as well as winners of a number of other awards and numerous All-Americans and NFL players. As of the 2009-10 school year, the University of Georgia is the second most profitable program in college football.

Seasons

2020s

Season	Coach	Record
2024	Kirby Smart
2023	Kirby Smart	13-1
2022	Kirby Smart	15-0
2021	Kirby Smart	14-1
2020	Kirby Smart	8-2

2010s

Season	Coach	Record
2019	Kirby Smart	12-2
2018	Kirby Smart	11-3
2017	Kirby Smart	13-2
2016	Kirby Smart	8-5
2015	Mark Richt; Bryan McClendon	10-3
2014	Mark Richt	10-3
2013	Mark Richt	8-5
2012	Mark Richt	12-2
2011	Mark Richt	10-4
2010	Mark Richt	6-7

2000s

Season	Coach	Record
2009	Mark Richt	8-5
2008	Mark Richt	10-3
2007	Mark Richt	11-2
2006	Mark Richt	9-4
2005	Mark Richt	10-3
2004	Mark Richt	10-2
2003	Mark Richt	11-3
2002	Mark Richt	13-1
2001	Mark Richt	8-4
2000	Jim Donnan	8-4

1990s

Season	Coach	Record
1999	Jim Donnan	8-4
1998	Jim Donnan	9-3
1997	Jim Donnan	10-2
1996	Jim Donnan	5-6
1995	Ray Goff	6-6
1994	Ray Goff	6-4-1
1993	Ray Goff	5-6
1992	Ray Goff	10-2
1991	Ray Goff	9-3
1990	Ray Goff	4-7

1980s

Season	Coach	Record
1989	Ray Goff	6-6
1988	Vince Dooley	9-3
1987	Vince Dooley	9-3
1986	Vince Dooley	8-4
1985	Vince Dooley	7-3-2
1984	Vince Dooley	7-4-1
1983	Vince Dooley	10-1-1
1982	Vince Dooley	11-1
1981	Vince Dooley	10-2
1980	Vince Dooley	12-0

1970s

Season	Coach	Record
1979	Vince Dooley	6-5
1978	Vince Dooley	9-2-1
1977	Vince Dooley	5-6
1976	Vince Dooley	10-2
1975	Vince Dooley	9-3
1974	Vince Dooley	6-6
1973	Vince Dooley	7-4-1
1972	Vince Dooley	7-4
1971	Vince Dooley	11-1
1970	Vince Dooley	5-5

History

Early years: 1892–1909

The first football team of 1892.

Herty Field was Georgia’s first football venue. It was used until 1911. (photo October 2005)

The University of Georgia first formed a football squad in 1892, with chemistry professor Charles Herty as head coach. The team played its first game against a team from Mercer University, in what was supposedly the first football game played in the deep south. Playing on what was later called Herty Field, Georgia beat Mercer 50–0. In the second (and final) game of that inaugural "season," Georgia lost 10–0 to Auburn University. That game marked the beginning of Georgia’s longest-standing football rivalry, which is called the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.

From 1892–1909, the head coach at Georgia changed frequently, with 14 different head coaches in a 17 year period. The combined record was 47–52–10 (.477 winning percentage). During this time period, Georgia’s greatest success came when Glenn “Pop” Warner coached it and Iowa State for two seasons. In 1896, Warner-led Georgia went 4–0 on the way to its first conference championship, when the team was a co-champion of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. It is thought that the first forward pass in football occurred in 1895 (passing was illegal at the time) in a game between Georgia and North Carolina when, out of desperation, the ball was thrown by the North Carolina quarterback instead of punted and a North Carolina player caught the ball.

In 1897, football very nearly came to an end in the state when a Georgia fullback named Richard Vonalbade Gammon died as a result of injuries sustained in a game. The Georgia state legislature quickly passed a bill banning football from the state, but the bill was vetoed by Georgia Governor William Yates Atkinson, based upon an appeal from Gammon's mother, Rosalind Gammon.

Mehre–Butts era: 1910–63

Beginning in 1910, Georgia started experiencing stability in its head coaches. In 1911, Georgia moved its playing field from Herty Field to Sanford Field, where wooden stands were built. From 1910–63, Georgia had 7 head coaches and a record of 307–180–33 (a .622 winning percentage). Although Harry Mehre and Wally Butts are the two best-known coaches from this era, it was George “Kid” Woodruff who led the Bulldogs to their first claim to national championship. In 1927, Georgia finished the season 9–1 and could stake a claim to the national championship by finishing #1 in at least one national poll. Herman Stegeman coached the Bulldogs to an 8–0 record in 1920, when the team was named co-champion of the SIAA.

Harry Mehre coached the Bulldogs from 1928–37, but perhaps his most memorable game was in 1929. October 12, 1929 was the inaugural game in the newly completed Sanford Stadium and Mehre’s Bulldogs responded with an upset victory over the powerhouse of the day, Yale University, winning 15–0. In that game, Vernon “Catfish” Smith scored all 15 points for Georgia. As head coach, Mehre compiled a 59–34–6 record (.626 winning percentage), but was never able to win a conference championship.

Wally Butts coached the Bulldogs from 1939–60 and continued as athletic director until 1963. Butts came to UGA as an assistant to Joel Hunt in 1938, but Hunt left UGA after a 5–4–1 season to take over at Wyoming; Butts succeeded him. During his tenure as head coach, Georgia had a claim to the national championship in 1942 being selected by 6 polls recognized by the NCAA Division 1-A college football national championship (Ohio St. was also selected by 6 polls, including the AP, and Wisconsin was selected by one poll), and in 1946 after finishing first in at least one national poll and/or rating system. Butts coached 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich and Maxwell Award winner Charley Trippi. His teams also won four SEC championships – 1942, 1946, 1948 and 1959. As head coach, Butts posted a 140–86–9 record (.615 winning percentage), including six bowl games. His bowl record was 5–2–1. Butts was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

Johnny Griffith, a former player and assistant coach to Butts, succeeded him in 1961. He resigned in December 1963 after going 10–16–2, including a combined 1–8 against Georgia Tech, Florida, and Auburn.

Vince Dooley era: 1964–88

Vince Dooley held the head coach position longer than any other Bulldogs coach, leading the Bulldogs from 1964–88. During his tenure as head coach, Georgia won its second consensus national championship in 1980, winning the Grantland Rice Award. Dooley’s 1968 team finished first in at least one national poll, giving Georgia a claim to the national championship in that year. The 1967 Cotton Bowl win over SMU made Georgia only the 3rd school in college football history to have won all 4 of the historical major bowls, Rose, Cotton, Sugar, Orange. His teams gave Georgia six SEC Championships and he coached 1982 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award winner Herschel Walker, 1968 Outland Trophy winner Bill Stanfill and 40 All-Americans. Dooley won the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award in 2001. He compiled a 201–77–10 record (.715 winning percentage), which included twenty bowl appearances. His bowl record was 8–10–2. From 1976–82, his teams were in contention for the mythical national title 4 times (1976, 1980, 1981, and 1982). His 6 SEC titles ties him for second place all time amongst SEC coaches for SEC titles. Dooley's offenses were known primarily for running the football. He converted UGA's single-wing offense to a wishbone-type scheme in the early 1970s, and later ran a professional I-type offense with the development of Herschel Walker. For awhile during the 1980s UGA was known as "Tailback U." Dooley was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997 In 1981, Professor Jan Kemp complained that Georgia officials had intervened allowing nine college football players to pass a remedial English course, allowing them to play against Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl. The board of regents of the University System of Georgia issued a report in April 1986 implicating Dr. Fred C. Davison and the Georgia athletic department, headed by Dooley, who was also the football coach, in a pattern of academic abuse in the admission and advancement of student-athletes over the previous four years.

Post-Dooley era: 1989–2000

Ray Goff took over as head coach in 1989 and coached the Bulldogs until 1995, posting a 46–34–1 record (.574 winning percentage). His teams were 0–5 against Tennessee, 1–6 against Florida, 2–4–1 against Auburn, 5–2 against Georgia Tech and won no conference titles. During his time at Georgia, Goff was often derisively referred to as Ray "Goof", a nickname given to him by former Florida and current South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier. Goff had a 2–2 bowl record.

Jim Donnan took over as head coach in 1996 and coached the Bulldogs until 2000, posting a 40–19–0 record (.678 winning percentage). Donnan's teams produced no conference titles and were 1–4 against Tennessee, 2–3 against Auburn, 1–4 against Florida and 2–3 against Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs lost to all four of these rivals in 1999 and only posted a win against Tennessee in 2000. Donnan had a 4–0 bowl record.

Mark Richt era: 2001–2015

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Mark Richt

The current head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs is Mark Richt, who joined the Bulldogs in 2001 after serving as the offensive coordinator of the Florida State Seminoles under Bobby Bowden. Since Richt's tenure began, Georgia has won two SEC championships – 2002 and 2005 – and 5 of their 6 SEC East Division Championships – 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2011. (Georgia represented the East in the SEC Championship Game in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2011.) Including bowl games, Richt’s record, as of March 17, 2012, is 106–38–0. His bowl record through 2010 is 7–3. Richt has been a fixture in the recruiting world ending up with top 5 classes the past 3 years. On October 8, 2011 Richt won his 100th career game as UGA's coach against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium 20–12.

Under Richt, Georgia is 7-4 against Tennessee, 3-8 against Florida, 7-4 against Auburn, and 10-1 against Georgia Tech, including games from 2001–11. In 2011, under Richt, Georgia defeated all four in the same season for the first time since 1981.

Conference affiliations

Georgia was a founding member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, one of the first collegiate athletic conferences formed in the United States. Georgia participated in the SIAA from its establishment in 1895 until 1921. Durings its tenure in the SIAA, Georgia was conference co-champion in two years, 1896 and 1920. In 1921, the Bulldogs, along with 12 other teams, left the SIAA and formed the Southern Conference. During its time in the Southern Conference, the team never won a conference championship. In 1932, the Georgia Bulldogs left the Southern Conference to form and join the SEC, where Georgia has won the third most SEC football championships, with 12, behind Alabama (22) and Tennessee (13).

Team Nicknames

It was not until 1920 that the nickname "Bulldog" was used to define the football team, a name bestowed by sportswriters. On November 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story about school nicknames and proposed:

The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity.

Shortly thereafter, another news story appeared in which the name "Bulldogs" was used several times to describe the Georgia team and the nickname has been used ever since. Prior to that time, Georgia was simply known as the "Red and Black." In more recent years, the Bulldogs have been referred to by fans as the "Dawgs."

Traditions

Uga VI Official Photo

Sanford Stadium

• Uga (pronounced UH-guh) is the name of a lineage of white Bulldogs which have served as the mascot of the University of Georgia since 1956. There is currently no active Uga mascot, since the previous mascot, Uga VIII, died of lymphoma on Feb 3, 2011. Deceased Ugas are interred in a mausoleum near the main entrance to Sanford Stadium. Georgia is the only school to bury its past mascots inside the football stadium.
• Glory, Glory is the fight song for the Georgia Bulldogs and was sung at football games as early as the 1890s. The fight song was arranged in its current form by Georgia professor Hugh Hodgson in 1915.
• The ringing of the Chapel Bell after a Georgia victory started in the 1890s when the playing field was located near the Chapel and freshmen were compelled to ring the Chapel's bell until midnight to celebrate the victory. Today, freshmen are no longer required to do the chore, with students, alumni, and fans taking their place.
• "How 'Bout Them Dawgs" is a slogan of recent vintage that first surfaced in the late 1970s and has become a battle cry of Bulldog fans. The slogan received national attention and exposure when Georgia won the national championship in 1980 and wire services proclaimed "How 'Bout Them Dogs!"
• Silver Britches – When Wally Butts was named head coach in 1939, he changed the uniform by adding silver-colored pants to the bright-red jersey already in use. The "silver britches" became very popular, and were a source of multiple fan chants and sign references over the years, the most well-known being "Go You Silver Britches!" When he was hired in 1964, Vince Dooley changed Georgia's uniform to use white pants, but reinstated the silver pants prior to Georgia's 1980 national championship season. Georgia's use of the "silver britches" continues to the present day.
• The "Dawg Walk" is a tradition that features the football players walking through a gathering of fans and the Redcoat Band near the Tate Student Center as they enter Sanford Stadium. Vince Dooley began the tradition, originally leading the team into the stadium from the East Campus Road side. Ray Goff changed the Dawg Walk to its current location in the 1990s, but eventually discontinued the practice altogether. Mark Richt revived it starting with the 2001 season, and it continues to the present day.

Uniforms/logos

Image gallery

Georgia's standard home uniform has not significantly changed since 1980, and consists of a red helmet with the trademarked oval "G", red jerseys, and silver pants.

Wally Butts first introduced the "silver britches," as they are colloquially known, in 1939. When Vince Dooley became Georgia's head coach, he changed the team's home uniform to include white pants. The uniform was changed back to silver pants prior to the 1980 season, and has remained silver ever since.

Georgia's earliest helmet was grey leather, to which a red block "G" logo was added in 1961. The shirts were usually red, sometimes with various striping patterns. Their uniforms in the pre-World War II era varied at times, sometimes significantly. Photographic evidence suggests that black shirts, vests, and stripes of various patterns were worn at times over the years.

Vince Dooley was the first to incorporate a red helmet into the uniform in 1964, adopting the oval "G," a white stripe, and white facemasks. Anne Donaldson, who graduated from Georgia with a BFA degree and was married to Georgia assistant coach John Donaldson, was asked by Coach Dooley to come up with a new helmet design to replace the previous silver helmet. Coach Dooley liked the forward oriented stylized "G" Mrs. Donaldson produced, and it was adopted by him. Since the Georgia "G" was similar to the Green Bay Packers' "G" used by it since 1961, Coach Dooley cleared its use with the Packer organization. Nonetheless, Georgia has a registered trademark for its "G" and the Packers' current, redesigned, "G" logo is modeled after the University of Georgia's redesign of Green Bay's original "G" logo. The helmet change was part of a drastic uniform redesign by Dooley, who also replaced the traditional silver pants with white pants that included a black-red-black stripe. The jerseys remained similar to the pre-1964 design, however, with a red jersey and white numbers.

Prior to the 1980 season, the "silver britches" were re-added to Georgia's uniform with a red-white-black stripe down the side. Since the 1980 season, Georgia has utilized the same basic uniform concept. The sleeve stripes, trim colors, and font on Georgia's home and away jerseys have varied many times, but the home jerseys have remained generally red with white numbers, and away jerseys have remained generally white with black numbers.

The most recent trim redesign occurred in 2005, when sleeve stripe patterns were dropped in favor of solid black jersey cuffs on the home jersey and solid red cuffs on the away jersey. Matte grey pants have also been used at times instead of "true" silver since 2004, mainly because the matte grey pants are of a lighter material.

Alternate uniforms

One of the things that makes Georgia's uniform unique is its relative longevity, and the fact that it has very rarely changed over the years. There have been occasions, however, when alternate uniforms were worn for one game during a season.

• Red pants were used instead of silver as part of Georgia's away uniform at various times during the 1980's.
• Black facemasks and a white-black-white helmet stripe were worn during the 1991 Independence Bowl.
• Black pants were used instead of silver as part of Georgia's away uniform during the 1998 Outback Bowl and the 1998 Florida game.
• Black jerseys were worn instead of red as part of Georgia's home uniform in games against Auburn and Hawaii during the 2007 season, and in 2008 against Alabama.
• A unique away uniform was worn during the 2009 Florida. This uniform included black helmets with red facemasks, a white stripe, and the traditional oval "G" logo; white jerseys with black numbers; and black pants.
• During the 2011 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff against Boise State in the Georgia Dome, Georgia wore a Nike Pro Combat Uniform that was significantly different from the traditional home uniforms. The Nike Pro Combat uniforms used a non-traditional matte-finish red color, and included the following:
  • Silver helmets with a large red stripe and traditional oval "G" logo
  • Black facemasks with a large red stripe in the middle, mirroring the red stripe on the helmet
  • Two-tone red jerseys with black sleeves, trim, and numbers
  • The word "Georgia" on the back of the jerseys instead of players' names
  • Red pants

Rivalries

The Bulldogs have three main football rivals: Auburn, Florida, and Georgia Tech. All three rivalries were first contested over 100 years ago, though the series records are disputed in two cases. Georgia does not include two games from 1943 and 1944 against Georgia Tech (both UGA losses) in its reckoning of the series record, because some of Georgia's players were in World War II. Georgia also includes a game against Florida in 1904 (a Georgia win) that Florida's athletic association does not in their series record, because Florida claims the game was played against a team from a predecessor institution of the modern University of Florida.

Georgia has long-standing football rivalries with other universities as well, with over 50 games against five additional teams. Since the formation of the SEC Eastern Division in 1992, Georgia has had an emerging rivalry with the Tennessee Volunteers. The Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry has been a game of increasing importance; South Carolina won the SEC Eastern Division championship in 2010, Georgia in 2011.

Georgia Bulldog Rivalries: All-Time Records

Rivalry	Rival	Games Played	First Meeting	Last Meeting	UGA Won	UGA Lost	Ties	UGA %	Streak	Most recent win
Auburn–Georgia football rivalry	Auburn Tigers	116	1892	2012	54	54	8	.500	2 wins	2012, 38-0
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	103	1893	2012	63	39	5	.617	4 wins	2012, 42-10
Florida–Georgia football rivalry	Florida Gators	90	1904	2012	49	40	2	.546	2 wins	2012, 17-9
Georgia–Vanderbilt football rivalry	Vanderbilt Commodores	73	1893	2012	53	18	2	.726	6 wins	2012, 48-3
Alabama–Georgia football rivalry	Alabama Crimson Tide	65	1895	2012	25	37	4	.403	1 loss	2007, 26-23
Georgia–Kentucky football rivalry	Kentucky Wildcats	65	1930	2012	52	12	2	.797	3 wins	2012, 29-24
Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry	South Carolina Gamecocks	65	1894	2012	46	17	2	.701	3 losses	2009, 41-37
Clemson–Georgia football rivalry	Clemson Tigers	62	1897	2003	41	17	4	.693	5 wins	2003, 30-0
Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry	Tennessee Volunteers	42	1899	2012	19	21	2	.476	3 wins	2012, 51-44

Bowl games

The Bulldogs have played in 46 bowl games and have a record of 26–18–3. On the all-time lists, the Bulldogs are sixth for bowls appearances and tied for third for bowl game victories.

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2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Georgia Bulldogs Bowl Games by Year

W/L/T	Date	Bowl	Opponent	PF	PA	Coach
W	1942-01-01	Orange Bowl	TCU	40	26	Wally Butts
W	1943-01-01	Rose Bowl	UCLA	9	0	Wally Butts
W	1946-01-01	Oil Bowl	Tulsa	20	6	Wally Butts
W	1947-01-01	Sugar Bowl	North Carolina	20	10	Wally Butts
T	1948-01-01	Gator Bowl	Maryland	20	20	Wally Butts
L	1949-01-01	Orange Bowl	Texas	28	41	Wally Butts
L	1950-12-09	Presidential Cup	Texas A&M	20	40	Wally Butts
W	1960-01-01	Orange Bowl	Missouri	14	0	Wally Butts
Wally Butts Bowl Record: 5–2–1
W	1964-12-26	Sun Bowl	Texas Tech	7	0	Vince Dooley
W	1966-12-31	Cotton Bowl Classic	SMU	24	9	Vince Dooley
L	1967-12-16	Liberty Bowl	N. C. State	7	14	Vince Dooley
L	1969-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Arkansas	2	16	Vince Dooley
L	1969-12-20	Sun Bowl	Nebraska	6	45	Vince Dooley
W	1971-12-31	Gator Bowl	North Carolina	7	3	Vince Dooley
W	1973-12-28	Peach Bowl	Maryland	17	16	Vince Dooley
L	1974-12-21	Tangerine Bowl	Miami (OH)	10	21	Vince Dooley
L	1976-01-01	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arkansas	10	31	Vince Dooley
L	1977-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Pittsburgh	3	27	Vince Dooley
L	1978-12-31	Bluebonnet Bowl	Stanford	22	25	Vince Dooley
W	1981-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Notre Dame	17	10	Vince Dooley
L	1982-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Pittsburgh	20	24	Vince Dooley
L	1983-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Penn State	23	27	Vince Dooley
W	1984-01-01	Cotton Bowl Classic	Texas	10	9	Vince Dooley
T	1984-12-22	Citrus Bowl	Florida State	17	17	Vince Dooley
T	1985-12-28	Sun Bowl	Arizona	13	13	Vince Dooley
L	1986-12-23	Hall of Fame Bowl	Boston College	24	27	Vince Dooley
W	1987-12-29	Liberty Bowl	Arkansas	20	17	Vince Dooley
W	1989-01-01	Gator Bowl	Michigan State	34	27	Vince Dooley
Vince Dooley Bowl Record: 8–10–2
L	1989-12-30	Peach Bowl	Syracuse	18	19	Ray Goff
W	1991-12-29	Independence Bowl	Arkansas	24	15	Ray Goff
W	1993-01-01	Florida Citrus Bowl	Ohio State	21	14	Ray Goff
L	1995-12-30	Peach Bowl	Virginia	27	34	Ray Goff
Ray Goff Bowl Record: 2–2–0
W	1998-01-01	Outback Bowl	Wisconsin	33	6	Jim Donnan
W	1998-12-30	Peach Bowl	Virginia	35	33	Jim Donnan
W	2000-01-01	Outback Bowl	Purdue	28	25	Jim Donnan
W	2000-12-24	Oahu Bowl	Virginia	37	14	Jim Donnan
Jim Donnan Bowl Record: 4–0–0
L	2001-12-28	Music City Bowl	Boston College	16	20	Mark Richt
W	2003-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Florida State	26	13	Mark Richt
W	2004-01-01	Capital One Bowl	Purdue	34	27	Mark Richt
W	2005-01-01	Outback Bowl	Wisconsin	24	21	Mark Richt
L	2006-01-01	Sugar Bowl	West Virginia	35	38	Mark Richt
W	2006-12-30	Chick-fil-A Bowl	Virginia Tech	31	24	Mark Richt
W	2008-01-01	Sugar Bowl	Hawaii	41	10	Mark Richt
W	2009-01-01	Capital One Bowl	Michigan State	24	12	Mark Richt
W	2009-12-28	Independence Bowl	Texas A&M	44	20	Mark Richt
L	2010-12-31	Liberty Bowl	Central Florida	6	10	Mark Richt
L	2012-01-02	Outback Bowl	Michigan State	30	33	Mark Richt
Mark Richt Bowl Record: 7–4–0
Overall Bowl Record: 26–18–3

Georgia Bulldog Bowl Games: All-Time Records by Bowl

Name of Bowl	Record	Appearances	Last Appearance	Winning %
Bluebonnet Bowl (defunct)	0–1	1	1978 Season	.000
Capital One Bowl (Formerly Tangerine Bowl and Citrus Bowl)	3–1–1	5	2008 Season	.700
Chick-fil-A Bowl (formerly Peach Bowl)	3–2	5	2006 Season	.600
Cotton Bowl Classic	2–1	3	1983 Season	.667
Gator Bowl	2–0–1	3	1988 Season	.833
Independence Bowl	2–0	2	2009 Season	1.000
Liberty Bowl	1–2	3	2010 Season	.333
Music City Bowl	0–1	1	2001 Season	.000
Oahu Bowl (defunct)	1–0	1	2000 Season	1.000
Oil Bowl (defunct)	1–0	1	1945 Season	1.000
Outback Bowl (formerly Hall of Fame Bowl)	3–2	5	2011 Season	.600
Orange Bowl	2–1	3	1959 Season	.667
Presidential Cup Bowl (defunct)	0–1	1	1950 Season	.000
Rose Bowl	1–0	1	1943 Season	1.000
Sugar Bowl	4–5	9	2007 Season	.444
Sun Bowl	1–1–1	3	1985 Season	.500

Current Coaching Staff

Name	Position
Kirby Smart	Head Coach
Jim Chaney	Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
Mel Tucker	Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
James Coley	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dell McGee	Running Backs
Cortez Hankton	Wide Receivers
Sam Pittman	Offensive Line
Tray Scott	Defensive Line
Glenn Schumann	Inside Linebackers
Dan Lanning	Outside Linebackers
Scott Fountain	Special Teams Coordinator

Team awards and records

National championships

Years in which the Bulldogs finished with a number-one ranking in at least 3 of the final national polls recognized by the College Football Hall of Fame and included in the official NCAA Football Record Book:

Year Coach Selector Record Bowl Result 1942 Wally Butts Houlgate, Sagarin, Litkenhous 11–1 Rose Bowl Georgia 9, UCLA 0 1980 Vince Dooley Coaches, AP 12–0 Sugar Bowl Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10 Total national championships: 2 1942 – 11–1 Georgia was chosen as champion by at least half of the recognized polls. Georgia was led by All-Americans Frank Sinkwich and end George Poschner, along with a young back named Charley Trippi. The Bulldogs knocked off 9 consecutive opponents and ranked No. 1 in the nation. Georgia earned a Rose Bowl bid after it blanked Georgia Tech 34–0 in Athens to end the regular season. Georgia then edged UCLA 9–0 in the Rose Bowl 1980 – The Bulldogs beat Notre Dame 17–10 in the Sugar Bowl to finish 12–0 and claim the National Championship. Notable contributors during the season included Herschel Walker, Buck Belue and Lindsay Scott (Georgia was listed first by AP, Berryman, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Poling, Sporting News & UPI). Other years in which the Bulldogs finished with a #1 ranking in at least one of the final national polls and included in the official NCAA Football Record Book: 1927 – With a 9–1–0 record, the Bulldogs were called the "dream and wonder team" and were ranked No. 1 in the nation with one regular season game remaining, but were upset by Georgia Tech by a score of 12–0 at Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Nevertheless, at the end of the season, Georgia was ranked number 1 in two polls recognized by the NCAA. The Bulldogs were also listed as number 1 in two other polls of the 1927 season, but most recognize Illinois as the 1927 National Champion. See also: 1927 Georgia Bulldogs 1946 – Georgia went 11–0 and beat North Carolina 20–10 and was proclaimed national champions by one poll recognized by the NCAA. 1968 – Georgia was chosen by one national poll when they went 9–1–2 losing to Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. Overtime was not allowed in the NCAA yet so Georgia tied with Tennessee and Houston. Conference championships Georgia has won a total of 14 conference championships, including 12 SEC Championships. Conference affiliations: 1891–95, Independent 1896–1920, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1921–32, Southern Conference 1933–present, Southeastern Conference Year Conference Overall Record Conference Record 1896 SIAA 4–0 1920 SIAA 8–0–1 1942 SEC 11–0 6–1 1946† SEC 11–0 5–0 1948 SEC 9–2 6–0 1959 SEC 10–1 7–0 1966† SEC 10–1 6–0 1968 SEC 8–1–2 5–0–1 1976 SEC 10–2 6–0 1980 SEC 12–0 6–0 1981† SEC 10–2 6–0 1982 SEC 11–1 6–0 2002 SEC 13–1 7–1 2005 SEC 10–3 6–2 † Denotes co-champions Divisional championships As winners of the SEC's Eastern Division, Georgia has made 4 appearances in the SEC Championship Game, with the most recent coming in 2011. The Dawgs are 2–2 in those games. The Dawgs also shared the Division title with Florida and Tennessee in two other years, but tie-breakers (i.e. head-to-head result) allowed Florida and Tennessee to go to the championship game in 1992 and 2007, respectively. Year Division Championship SEC CG Result Opponent PF PA 1992 SEC East NA Did Not Play X X 2002 SEC East W Arkansas 30 3 2003 SEC East L LSU 13 34 2005 SEC East W LSU 34 14 2007 SEC East NA Did Not Play X X 2011 SEC East L LSU 10 42 Totals 6 2–2 - 87 93 Seasons 2018 season 2017 season 2016 season 2015 season 2014 season 2013 season 2012 season 2011 season 2010 season 2009 season 2008 season 2007 season 1978 season 1977 season Notable Alumni Matthew Stafford - Detroit Lions QB Herschel Walker - 1982 Heisman Trophy winner See also Magazine covers References External links Georgia Bulldogs football article at Wikipedia Official team website