2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2015 Georgia Bulldogs football

TaxSlayer Bowl champion
TaxSlayer Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Penn State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
2015 record	10–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (regular season; 15th year) Bryan McClendon (interim; bowl game)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Schottenheimer (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Jeremy Pruitt (2nd year)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (Capacity: 92,746)

2015 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#25 Florida x		7	–	1		10	–	4
#22 Tennessee		5	–	3		9	–	4
Georgia		5	–	3		10	–	3
Vanderbilt		2	–	6		4	–	8
Kentucky		2	–	6		5	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7		5	–	7
South Carolina		1	–	7		3	–	9
West Division
#1 Alabama x$#^		7	–	1		14	–	1
#10 Ole Miss		6	–	2		10	–	3
Arkansas		5	–	3		8	–	5
#16 LSU		5	–	3		9	–	3
Texas A&M		4	–	4		8	–	5
Mississippi State		4	–	4		9	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6		7	–	6
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
# – College Football Playoff champion ^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium. They were members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

The 2014 Georgia Bulldogs football team finished the regular season 9–3, with losses to South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia Tech. Even defeating Missouri 34–0, Georgia did not receive a bid to the SEC Championship due to the two SEC losses (Florida and South Carolina). Instead, one loss Missouri went to the SEC championship game. The Bulldogs became bowl eligible after their win against Arkansas and were invited to play in the Belk Bowl against the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a game they won, 37-14 to complete a 10-3 season.^[1]

Coaching changes

Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo left his position to accept the head coaching job at Colorado State at the end of the 2014 season. Offensive line coach Will Friend left Georgia as well to become the offensive coordinator at Colorado State. Coach Bobo was replaced by Brian Schottenheimer who was the St. Louis Rams Offensive Coordinator the past 3 seasons. Schottenheimer was previously the Offensive Coordinator of the New York Jets from 2006-2011 and also coached Quarterbacks for the San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins. Schottenheimer started playing college football at Kansas before transferring to Florida to play for Steve Spurrier from 1993-1996. Rob Sale was hired to coach the offensive line. Sale came from McNeese State where he coached the offensive line the past 3 seasons. After Wide Reivers coach Tony Ball took a position with LSU, Georgia graduate Thomas Brown (running back) was hired from Wisconsin and Bryan McClendon moved from Running Backs Coach to Wide Receivers.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Georgia	Alma Mater
Mark Richt	Head coach	15	Miami (FL) (1982)
Brian Schottenheimer	Offensive coordinator, Quarterbacks	1	Florida (1997)
Bryan McClendon	Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator/Passing Game Coordinator	7	Georgia (2005)
John Lilly	Tight ends/Offensive Special Teams Coordinator	8	Guilford College (1990)
Thomas Brown	Running Backs	1	Georgia (2008)
Rob Sale	Offensive line/Running Game Coordinator	1	LSU (2003)
Jeremy Pruitt	Defensive coordinator/Secondary	2	West Alabama (1999)
Tracy Rocker	Defensive line/Will Linebackers	2	Auburn (1988)
Mike Ekeler	Inside Linebackers/Defensive Special Teams Coordinator	2	Kansas State (1994)
Kevin Sherrer	Sam Linebackers	2	Alabama (1996)
Buddy Collins	Special Teams Coordinator/Quality Control	3	MidAmerica Nazarene (2010)
Dan Inman	Offensive Graduate Assistant	3	UNC–Pembroke (2012)
Doug Saylor	Offensive Graduate Assistant	3	Georgia (2011)
Mike MacDonald	Defensive Graduate Assistant	6	Georgia (2010)
Kelin Johnson	Defensive Graduate Assistant	2	Georgia (2007)
Reference:^[2]

Schedule

Georgia announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Bulldogs would host SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina, and would travel to Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Georgia would meet for the 93rd time with Florida in their annual neutral site rivalry game in Jacksonville, Florida.^[3]

The Bulldogs would host three non–conference foes: Louisiana–Monroe, Southern, and in–state rival Georgia Southern. Finally, at the last game of the regular season the Bulldogs would travel to Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	Noon	Louisiana–Monroe*	No. 9	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	W 51–14	92,746
September 12	3:30 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 10	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	CBS	W 31–14	37,185
September 19	6:00 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 7	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 52–20	92,746
September 26	Noon	Southern*	No. 7	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	W 48–6	92,746
October 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 13 Alabama	No. 8	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	L 10–38	92,746
October 10	3:30 p.m.	at Tennessee	No. 19	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	CBS	L 31–38	102,455
October 17	7:30 p.m.	Missouri		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	W 9–6	92,746
October 31	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Florida		EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (Rivalry)	CBS	L 3–27	84,628
November 7	Noon	Kentucky		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	W 27–3	92,746
November 14	Noon	at Auburn		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 20–13	87,451
November 21	7:15 p.m.	Georgia Southern*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPNU	W 23–17 ^OT	92,746
November 28	Noon	at Georgia Tech*		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN2	W 13–7	55,000
January 2	Noon	vs. Penn State*		EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (TaxSlayer Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–17	58,212
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[4]

Game summaries

Louisiana–Monroe

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2005	UGA, 44–7

Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks vs Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	0	7	7	0	14
Bulldogs	14	21	9	7	51

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: September 5, 2015
Game time: 12:01 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 92,746
Referee: Hubert Owens
TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal (Play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (Color) & Kayce Smith (Sideline)
^[5]^[6]^[7]

Vanderbilt

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–19–2	2014	UGA, 44–17

Georgia Bulldogs vs Vanderbilt Commodores – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	10	7	31
Commodores	0	6	0	8	14

at Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN

Date: September 12, 2015
Game time: 2:39 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 37,185
Referee: David Smith
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (Play-by-play) & Gary Danielson (Color)
^[8]^[9]^[10]

South Carolina

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
47–18–2	2014	SCAR, 38–35

South Carolina Gamecocks at Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gamecocks	3	10	0	7	20
Bulldogs	3	21	21	7	52

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: September 19, 2015
Game time: 6:01 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 92,746
Referee: Matt Austin
TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)
^[11]^[12]^[13]

Southern

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Southern Jaguars at Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	6	0	0	6
Bulldogs	17	3	28	0	48

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: September 26, 2015
Game time: 12:01 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 92,746
Referee: Brad Rogers
TV announcers (SECN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Andre Ware (Color) & Laura Rutledge (Sideline)
^[14]^[15]^[16]

Alabama

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–37–4	2012	ALA, 32–28

Alabama Crimson Tide at Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson Tide	3	21	14	0	38
Bulldogs	0	3	7	0	10

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: October 3, 2015
Game time: 3:39 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 92,746
Referee: Hubert Owens
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Allie LaForce (Sideline)
^[17]^[18]^[19]

Tennessee

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–21–2	2014	UGA, 35–32

Georgia Bulldogs at Tennessee Volunteers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	17	0	7	31
Volunteers	3	14	14	7	38

at Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN

Date: October 10, 2015
Game time: 3:39 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 102,455
Referee: Tom Ritter
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Allie LaForce (Sideline)
^[20]^[21]^[22]

Missouri

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2014	UGA, 34–0

Missouri Tigers at Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	3	0	0	6
Bulldogs	0	3	3	3	9

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: October 17, 2015
Game time: 7:39 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 92,746
Referee: John McDaid
TV announcers (SECN): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (Color) & Maria Taylor (Sideline)
^[23]^[24]^[25]

Florida

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–41–2	2014	FLA, 38–20

Georgia Bulldogs vs Florida Gators – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	3	0	3
Gators	6	14	0	7	27

at EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL

Date: October 31, 2015
Game time: 3:39 EDT
Game attendance: 84,628
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Allie LaForce (Sideline)
^[26]

Kentucky

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–12–2	2014	UGA, 63–31

Kentucky Wildcats at Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	3	0	0	3
Bulldogs	10	0	14	3	27

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: November 7, 2015
Game attendance: 92,746
TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal; Matt Stinchcomb

Auburn

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
55–55–8	2014	UGA, 34–7

Georgia Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	7	10	20
Tigers	7	3	0	3	13

at Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL

Date: November 14, 2015
Game attendance: 87,451
TV announcers (CBS): Gary;Verne

Georgia Southern

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2012	UGA, 45–14

Georgia Southern Eagles at Georgia Bulldogs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	7	3	17
Bulldogs	7	0	7	3	17

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA

Date: November 21, 2015
Game attendance: 92,746
TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick; John Congemi

Georgia Tech

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
64–40–5	2014	GT, 30–24

Georgia Bulldogs at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	0	3	3	13
Yellow Jackets	0	0	0	7	7

at Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA

Date: November 28, 2015
Game attendance: 55,000
TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth mowins; Anthony Becht

Rankings

Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	9	10	7	7	8	19	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	9	9	8	6	6	16	RV	25	23	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	24
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References

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↑ "Football – Coaching Staff". University of Georgia Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
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↑ Tucker, Tim (September 19, 2015). "Georgia Routs South Carolina 52-20". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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↑ Johnston, Andy (September 26, 2015). "Georgia Defeats Southern 48-6". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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Georgia Bulldogs football

Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	History Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game

People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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