2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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2015 Georgia Bulldogs football
UGA logo.svg
TaxSlayer Bowl Champions
TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Penn State, W 24–17
Conference Southeastern Conference
Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches #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)
Seasons
« 2014 2016 »
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
As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Sanford Stadium. They are 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* #9 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SECN W 51–14   92,746
September 12 3:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt #10 Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) CBS W 31–14   37,185
September 19 6:00 p.m. South Carolina #7 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry) ESPN W 52–20   92,746
September 26 Noon Southern* #7 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SECN W 48–6   92,746
October 3 3:30 p.m. #13 Alabama #8 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA CBS L 10–38   92,746
October 10 3:30 p.m. at Tennessee #19 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) CBS L 31–38   102,455
October 17 7:30 p.m. Missouridagger Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SECN W 9–6   92,746
October 31 3:30 p.m. vs. #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. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Schedule Source:[4]

Game summaries

Louisiana–Monroe

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See also: 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
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)
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Vanderbilt

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See also: 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football team and Georgia–Vanderbilt football rivalry
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

South Carolina

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See also: 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team and Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry
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

Southern

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See also: 2015 Southern Jaguars football team
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

Alabama

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See also: 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
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

Tennessee

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See also: 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team and Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry
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

Missouri

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See also: 2015 Missouri Tigers football team
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

Florida

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See also: 2015 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Georgia football rivalry
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

Kentucky

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See also: 2015 Kentucky Wildcats football team
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

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See also: 2015 Auburn Tigers football team and Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
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

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See also: 2015 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
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

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See also: 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
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

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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


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