2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2005 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC Champions SEC Eastern Division Champions
SEC Championship Game, W 34–14 vs. LSU
Sugar Bowl, L 38–35 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
2005 record	10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Neil Callaway (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Willie Martinez (1st as Coordinator, 5th Overall season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (92,746)
Seasons

2005 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#10 Georgia x†		6	–	2					10	–	3
South Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
#12 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	3
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					5	–	6
Tennessee		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Division
#5 LSU xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
#14 Auburn x		7	–	1					9	–	3
#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 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 PM	#19 Boise State	#13	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	W 48–13	92,746
September 10	5:30 PM	South Carolina	#9	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	W 17–15	92,746
September 17*	1:00 PM	Louisiana–Monroe	#6	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CSS	W 44–7	92,746
September 24	7:45 PM	at Mississippi State	#6	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN	W 23–10	49,903
October 8	3:30 PM	at #7 Tennessee	#4	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	CBS	W 27–14	108,470
October 15	7:15 PM	at Vanderbilt	#4	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN2	W 34–17	38,822
October 22†	12:30 PM	Arkansas	#4	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	JPS	W 23–20	92,746
October 29	3:30 PM	vs. #18 Florida	#4	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic)	CBS	L 10–14	84,501
November 12	7:45 PM	#17 Auburn	#9	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	L 30-31	92,746
November 19	12:30 PM	Kentucky	#14	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	JPS	W 45–13	92,746
November 26*	8:00 PM	at #24 Georgia Tech	#13	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 14-7	56,412
December 3	6:00 PM	vs. #3 LSU	#13	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	W 34–14	73,717
January 2*	8:30 PM	vs. #11 West Virginia	#8	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 35–38	74,459
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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 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 S Kelin Johnson So. 30 S CJ Byrd Fr. 5 K Brandon Coutu So.(RS) 96 K Andy Bailey So.(RS) 93 P Gordon Ely-Kelso Jr.(RS) 95

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 OT Opponents 55 47 44 67 213 Georgia 80 115 101 88 384

Sources

• "2005 Season Review". georgiadogs.com. 2006. http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=542314. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
• "Past and Present Assistant Coaches". georgiadogs.com. 2006. http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=528032. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
• "College Football Rankings". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex?pollId=null&weekNumber=16&seasonYear=2005. Retrieved January 4, 2007.