American college football season
2005 Georgia Bulldogs football Conference Southeastern Conference Division Eastern Division Coaches No. 10 AP No. 10 2005 record 10–3 (6–2 SEC) Head coach Offensive coordinator Neil Callaway (5th season)Defensive coordinator Willie Martinez (1st as Coordinator, 5th Overall season)Home stadium Sanford Stadium (92,746)Seasons
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
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
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 .
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 [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 5:30 p.m. No. 18 Boise State * No. 13 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA ESPN W 48–1392,746[1]
September 10 5:30 p.m. South Carolina No. 9 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry ) ESPN W 17–1592,746[1]
September 17 1:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe * No. 7 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA CSS W 44–792,746[1]
September 24 7:45 p.m. at Mississippi State No. 7 Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS ESPN W 23–1049,903[1]
October 8 3:30 p.m. at No. 8 Tennessee No. 5 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry )CBS W 27–14108,470[1]
October 15 7:15 p.m. at Vanderbilt No. 5 Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry )ESPN2 W 34–1738,822[1]
October 22 12:30 p.m. Arkansas No. 4 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA JPS W 23–2092,746[1]
October 29 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 16 Florida No. 4 Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry ) (College GameDay )CBS L 10–1484,501[1]
November 12 7:45 p.m. No. 15 Auburn No. 9 ESPN L 30–3192,746[1]
November 19 12:30 p.m. Kentucky No. 14 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA JPS W 45–1392,746[1]
November 26 8:00 p.m. at No. 20 Georgia Tech * No. 13 ABC W 14–756,412[1]
December 3 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 LSU No. 13 CBS W 34–1473,717[1]
January 2, 2006 8:30 p.m. vs. No. 11 West Virginia * No. 8 ABC L 35–3874,459[1]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Roster [ ]
Pos
Name
Class
Number
QB
D.J. Shockley
Sr.(RS)
3
QB
Joe Tereshinski
Jr.(RS)
13
QB
Joe Cox
Fr.
14
QB
Blake Barnes
Fr.(RS)
15
RB
Thomas Brown
So.
20
RB
Chris Burgett
Sr.(RS)
24
RB
Danny Ware
So.(RS)
28
RB
Kregg Lumpkin
So.(RS)
6
RB
Tyson Browning
Sr.(RS)
31
FB
Brannan Southerland
Fr.(RS)
36
FB
Tony Milton
Sr.(RS)
9
FB
Des Williams
So.(RS)
35
WR
Bryan McClendon
Sr.
16
WR
Mohamed Massaquoi
Fr.
1
WR
AJ Bryant
So.
18
WR
Kenneth Harris
Fr.
80
WR
Mario Raley
Jr.(RS)
80
WR
Mikey Henderson
So.(RS)
27
TE
Leonard Pope
Jr.
81
TE
Martrez Milner
Jr.(RS)
87
TE
Tripp Chandler
Fr.
86
DE
Quentin Moses
Jr.
94
DE
Charles Johnson
So.
99
DE
Marcus Howard
So.(RS)
38
DE
Roderick Battle
Fr.
41
DL
Kedric Goulston
Sr.
97
DL
Jeff Owens
Fr.
95
LB
Tony Taylor
Jr.(RS)
43
LB
Danny Verdun-Wheeler
Jr.(RS)
42
LB
Jarvis Jackson
Jr.
45
LB
Dannell Ellerbe
Fr.(RS)
33
LB
Brandon Miller
So.
12
CB
Tim Jennings
Sr.
23
CB
Demario Minter
Sr.
2
CB
Paul Oliver
So.(RS)
8
CB
Thomas Flowers
So.(RS)
29
CB
Bryan Evans
Fr.
3
S
Greg Blue
Sr.(RS)
17
S
Tra Battle
Jr.(RS)
25
K
Brandon Coutu
So.(RS)
96
P
Gordon Ely-Kelso
Jr.(RS)
95
Statistics [ ]
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Team [ ]
Statistic
UGA
Opponent
Scoring
384
213
Points per Game
29.5
16.4
First Downs
258
229
Rushing
106
114
Passing
132
101
Penalty
20
14
Total Offense
5,085
4,075
Avg per Play
6.2
4.8
Avg per Game
391.2
313.5
Fumbles-Lost
21-11
27-13
Penalties-Yards
77-697
104-756
Avg per Game
53.6
58.2
Statistic
UGA
Opponent
Punts-Yards
57-2,443
80-3,140
Avg per Punt
37.9
41.0
Time of Possession/Game
28:36
31:24
3rd Down Conversions
60 / 163 (37%)
70 / 188 (37%)
4th Down Conversions
7 / 12 (58%)
9 / 16 (56%)
Touchdowns Scored
45
27
Field Goals-Attempts-Long
23-30-58
9-12-45
PAT-Attempts
45-45 (100%)
24-25 (96%)
Attendance
556,206
253,607
Games/Avg per Game
6 / 92,701
4 / 63,402
Scores by quarter [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Opponents
55
47
44
67
213
Georgia
80
115
101
88
384
References [ ]
Venues
Herty Field (1892–1910)
Sanford Field (1911–1928)
Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
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