2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=2005
Team=Georgia Bulldogs


ImageSize=125
Conference=Southeastern Conference
Division=East
ShortConference=SEC
CoachRank=10
APRank=10
Record=10-3
ConfRecord=6-2
HeadCoach=Mark Richt
OffCoach=Neil Callaway
DefCoach=Willie Martinez
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena=Sanford Stadium (92,746)
Champion=SEC Champions
BowlTourney=Sugar Bowl
BowlTourneyResult=Lost, 35-38

The 2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 10-3 record. Winning 10 games for the fourth year in a row, Georgia tied its own record for cosecutive 10 win seasons. The Bulldogs, with a regular season SEC record of 6-2, won the SEC East and advanced to the SEC Championship Game. Georgia beat LSU in the Georgia Dome and went on to represent the SEC in the Sugar Bowl. The team lost to West Virginia and finished the season ranked 10^th in the polls. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' fifth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt.

Preseason

Coming off a strong 2004 season in which the Bulldogs were ranked #6 in the final Coaches Poll, Georgia was ranked #13 in the preseason Coaches Poll. D.J. Shockley was selected as the overall team captain and represented the offense, Max Jean-Gilles was the other offensive captain, Kedric Golston and Greg Blue were the defensive captains and Mike Gilliam was captain of the special teams.

chedule

CFB Schedule Entry
date = 09/03/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 13
opponent = Boise State
opprank = 19
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens, Georgia
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 48-13
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 09/10/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 9
opponent = South Carolina
opprank =
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 17-15
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 09/17/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 6
opponent = LA-Monroe
opprank =
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens
gamename =
tv = CSS
score = 44-7
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 09/24/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 6
opponent = Mississippi State
opprank =
site_stadium = Davis Wade Stadium
site_cityst = Starkville, Mississippi
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 23-10
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/08/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 4
opponent = Tennessee
opprank = 7
site_stadium = Neyland Stadium
site_cityst = Knoxville, Tennessee
gamename =
tv = CBS
score = 27-14
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/15/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 4
opponent = Vanderbilt
opprank =
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium
site_cityst = Nashville, Tennessee
gamename =
tv = ESPN2
score = 34-17
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/22/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming = yes
away =
neutral =
rank = 4
opponent = Arkansas
opprank =
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens
gamename =
tv = JP
score = 23-20
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/29/2005
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 4
opponent = Florida
opprank = 18
site_stadium = Alltel Stadium
site_cityst = Jacksonville, Florida
gamename = The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party
tv = CBS
score = 14-10
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/12/2005
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 9
opponent = Auburn
opprank = 17
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens
gamename = Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
tv = ESPN
score = 31-30
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/19/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 14
opponent = Kentucky
opprank =
site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
site_cityst = Athens
gamename =
tv = JP
score = 45-13
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/26/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 13
opponent = Georgia Tech
opprank = 24
site_stadium = Bobby Dodd Stadium
site_cityst = Atlanta, Georgia
gamename = Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
tv = ABC
score = 14-7
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 12/03/2005
time = no
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 12
opponent = LSU
opprank = 3
site_stadium = Georgia Dome
site_cityst = Atlanta
gamename = SEC Championship Game
tv = CBS
score = 34-14
overtime =CFB Schedule Entry
date = 01/02/2006
time = no
w/l = l
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 8
opponent = West Virginia
opprank = 11
site_stadium = Georgia Dome
site_cityst = Atlanta
gamename = Sugar Bowl
tv = ABC
score = 38-35
overtime =

Roster

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Team

cores by quarter

Related Pages

*Georgia Bulldogs football
*Southeastern Conference
*University of Georgia
*2005 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
*2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

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