2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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 consecutive 10 win seasons. The Bulldogs, with a regular season SEC record of 6–2, won the SEC East and advanced to the 2005 SEC Championship Game. Georgia beat LSU in the Georgia Dome and went on to represent the SEC in the 2006 Sugar Bowl at the same stadium (a one-time deal due to the Louisiana Superdome being unfit to host that year). The team lost to West Virginia and finished the season ranked 10th in the polls. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' fifth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt.

2005 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC Championship Game, W 34–14 vs. LSU
Sugar Bowl, L 35–38 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
Record10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNeil Callaway (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorWillie Martinez (1st as Coordinator, 5th Overall season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (92,746)
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$  6 –2   10 –3  
South Carolina  5 –3   7 –5  
No. 12 Florida  5 –3   9 –3  
Vanderbilt  3 –5   5 –6  
Tennessee  3 –5   5 –6  
Kentucky  2 –6   3 –8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 14 Auburn x  7 –1   9 –3  
No. 8 Alabama  6 –2   10 –2  
Arkansas  2 –6   4 –7  
Mississippi State  1 –7   3 –8  
Ole Miss  1 –7   3 –8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Coming off a strong 2004 season in which the Bulldogs were ranked No. 6 in the final Coaches Poll, Georgia was ranked No. 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.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 35:30 p.m.No. 18 Boise State*No. 13
ESPNW 48–1392,746[1]
September 105:30 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 9
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
ESPNW 17–1592,746[1]
September 171:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe*No. 7
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
CSSW 44–792,746[1]
September 247:45 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 7
ESPNW 23–1049,903[1]
October 83:30 p.m.at No. 8 TennesseeNo. 5
CBSW 27–14108,470[1]
October 157:15 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 5
ESPN2W 34–1738,822[1]
October 2212:30 p.m.ArkansasdaggerNo. 4
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
JPSW 23–2092,746[1]
October 293:30 p.m.vs. No. 16 FloridaNo. 4
CBSL 10–1484,501[1]
November 127:45 p.m.No. 15 AuburnNo. 9
ESPNL 30–3192,746[1]
November 1912:30 p.m.KentuckyNo. 14
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
JPSW 45–1392,746[1]
November 268:00 p.m.at No. 20 Georgia Tech*No. 13
ABCW 14–756,412[1]
December 36:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 LSUNo. 13
CBSW 34–1473,717[1]
January 2, 20068:30 p.m.vs. No. 11 West Virginia*No. 8
ABCL 35–3874,459[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Roster
Pos Name Class Number
QBD.J. ShockleySr.(RS)3
QBJoe TereshinskiJr.(RS)13
QBJoe CoxFr.14
QBBlake BarnesFr.(RS)15
RBThomas BrownSo.20
RBChris BurgettSr.(RS)24
RBDanny WareSo.(RS)28
RBKregg LumpkinSo.(RS)6
RBTyson BrowningSr.(RS)31
FBBrannan SoutherlandFr.(RS)36
FBTony MiltonSr.(RS)9
FBDes WilliamsSo.(RS)35
WRBryan McClendonSr.16
WRMohamed MassaquoiFr.1
WRAJ BryantSo.18
WRKenneth HarrisFr.80
WRMario RaleyJr.(RS)80
WRMikey HendersonSo.(RS)27
TELeonard PopeJr.81
TEMartrez MilnerJr.(RS)87
TETripp ChandlerFr.86
DEQuentin MosesJr.94
DECharles JohnsonSo.99
DEMarcus HowardSo.(RS)38
DERoderick BattleFr.41
DLKedric GoulstonSr.97
DLJeff OwensFr.95
LBTony TaylorJr.(RS)43
LBDanny Verdun-WheelerJr.(RS)42
LBJarvis JacksonJr.45
LBDannell EllerbeFr.(RS)33
LBBrandon MillerSo.12
CBDemario MinterSr.2
CBPaul OliverSo.(RS)8
CBThomas FlowersSo.(RS)29
CBBryan EvansFr.3
SGreg BlueSr.(RS)17
STra BattleJr.(RS)25
KBrandon CoutuSo.(RS)96
PGordon Ely-KelsoJr.(RS)95

Team
Statistic UGA Opponent
Scoring384213
  Points per Game29.516.4
First Downs258229
  Rushing106114
  Passing132101
  Penalty2014
Total Offense5,0854,075
  Avg per Play6.24.8
  Avg per Game391.2313.5
Fumbles-Lost21-1127-13
Penalties-Yards77-697104-756
  Avg per Game53.658.2
Statistic UGA Opponent
Punts-Yards57-2,44380-3,140
  Avg per Punt37.941.0
Time of Possession/Game28:3631:24
3rd Down Conversions60 / 163 (37%)70 / 188 (37%)
4th Down Conversions7 / 12 (58%)9 / 16 (56%)
Touchdowns Scored4527
Field Goals-Attempts-Long23-30-589-12-45
PAT-Attempts45-45 (100%)24-25 (96%)
Attendance556,206253,607
  Games/Avg per Game6 / 92,7014 / 63,402

Scores by quarter
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 55 47 44 67 213
Georgia 80 115 101 88 384

References
  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Georgia.
  2. "2005–2006 Schedule". georgiadogs.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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