2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team
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| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 |
| AP | No. 7 |
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| East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Florida x | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Alabama x$#^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Ole Miss | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team will represent the University of Georgia in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs will play their home games at Sanford Stadium. They are members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They will be led by 15th year head coach Mark Richt.
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 the SEC championship game. The Bulldogs became bowl eligible after its win against Arkansas and was invited to play in the Belk Bowl against the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference, in which 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. And after 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 consist of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina, and will travel to Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Georgia will meet for the 93rd meeting with Florida in their annual neutral site rivalry in Jacksonville, Florida.[3]
The Bulldogs will host three non–conference foes Louisiana–Monroe, Southern, and in–rival Georgia Southern. Finally at the last game of the regular season the Bulldogs will travel to Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
September 512:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe*No. 9
SECNW 51–1492,746 September 123:30 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 10
CBSW 31–1437,185 September 196:00 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 7
- Sanford Stadium
- Athens, GA (Rivalry)
ESPN September 2612:00 p.m.Southern*
- Sanford Stadium
- Athens, GA
SECN October 3No. 2 Alabama
- Sanford Stadium
- Athens, GA
October 10at Tennessee
October 17No. 22 Missouri
- Sanford Stadium
- Athens, GA
October 313:30 p.m.vs. Florida
CBS November 7Kentucky
- Sanford Stadium
- Athens, GA
November 14at No. 18 Auburn
November 21Georgia Southern*
- Sanford Stadium
- Athens, GA
November 28at No. 14 Georgia Tech*
- Schedule Source:[4]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 9 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaches | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| CFP | Not released | Not released | |||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Fornelli, Tom (December 30, 2014). "Bowl Bits: Georgia 37, Louisville 14 (Belk Bowl)". cbssports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ "Football – Coaching Staff". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ "Alabama, South Carolina and Missouri Headline 2015 Home Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Georgia Department of Athletics. October 14, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
- ^ "2015 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 26, 2014.