2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2020 Georgia Bulldogs football
2020 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	4–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Kirby Smart (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Todd Monken (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dan Lanning (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Glenn Schumann (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium; (Capacity: 92,746)
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are led by fifth-year head coach Kirby Smart.

2020 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 13 Florida x	8	–	2	8	–	4
No. 7 Georgia	7	–	2	8	–	2
Missouri	5	–	5	5	–	5
Kentucky	4	–	6	5	–	6
Tennessee*	3	–	7	3	–	7
South Carolina	2	–	8	2	–	8
Vanderbilt	0	–	9	0	–	9
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^	10	–	0	13	–	0
No. 4 Texas A&M	8	–	1	9	–	1
Auburn	6	–	4	6	–	5
LSU*	5	–	5	5	–	5
Ole Miss	4	–	5	5	–	5
Arkansas	3	–	7	3	–	7
Mississippi State	3	–	7	4	–	7
Championship: Alabama 52, Florida 46
# – College Football Playoff champion ^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * – Tennessee vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. LSU was ineligible for postseason due to self imposed ban. Note: Due to COVID-19, the SEC played a conference-only schedule. Rankings from AP Poll.

Preseason

SEC Media Days

In the preseason media poll, Georgia was predicted to finish in second in the East Division behind Florida. Georgia received the second-most votes (tied with LSU) to win the SEC Championship Game.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (East Division)
1	Florida	624 (53)
2	Georgia	613 (43)
3	Tennessee	434
4	Kentucky	405
5	South Carolina	287
6	Missouri	224
7	Vanderbilt	101

Rank	Team	Votes
Media poll (SEC Championship)
1	Alabama	77
T2	Georgia	7
T2	LSU	7
4	Florida	5

Preseason All-SEC teams

Schedule

Georgia announced its 2020 football schedule on August 7, 2019.

The Bulldogs had games scheduled against East Tennessee State, Georgia Tech, Louisiana–Monroe and Virginia, which were all cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3]^[4] This will be the first season since 1924 that the Bulldogs do not play Georgia Tech.^[5]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	4:00 pm	at Arkansas	No. 4	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 37–10	16,500
October 3	7:30 pm	No. 7 Auburn	No. 4	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–6	20,524
October 10	3:30 pm	No. 14 Tennessee	No. 3	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	CBS	W 44–21	20,524
October 17	8:00 pm	at No. 2 Alabama	No. 3	Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	CBS	L 24–41	19,424
October 31	12:00 pm	at Kentucky	No. 5	Kroger Field Lexington, KY	SECN	W 14–3	12,000
November 7	3:30 pm	vs. No. 8 Florida	No. 5	TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS
November 14		at Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, MO
November 21		Mississippi State		Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia
November 28		at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)
December 5		Vanderbilt		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[6]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	4	4*	4	4	4	3	4	5
Coaches	4	4*	4	3 T	4	3	4	5
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game summaries

at Arkansas

Overall record	Last 10 meetings	Last meeting	Result
10–4	8–2	Oct. 18, 2014	W 32–45

Game One – No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs (0–0) at Arkansas Razorbacks (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Bulldogs	0	5	22	10	37
Razorbacks	7	0	3	0	10

at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Game time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 80 °F (27 °C) • Wind: S 11 mph
Game attendance: 16,500
TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), D. J. Shockley (analyist) and Tera Talmadge (sideline)
Pregame line: Georgia –28 • Odds to win: Georgia 91.8%

Game information

First quarter

(8:48) ARK – Treylon Burks 49 yard pass from Feleipe Franks, A.J. Reed kick (Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 2:17; Arkansas 7–0)

Second quarter

(14:30) UGA – Arkansas fumble through the back of the end zone, safety (Arkansas 7–2)
(0:00) UGA – Jack Podlesny 38 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 1:00; Arkansas 7–5)

Third quarter

(8:23) ARK – A.J. Reed 25 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 4:15; Arkansas 10–5)
(6:00) UGA – George Pickens 19 yard pass from Stetson Bennett, 2-point run good (Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards, 2:23; Georgia 13–10)
(3:20) UGA – John FitzPatrick 7 yard pass from Stetson Bennett, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 4 plays, 24 yards, 1:11; Georgia 20–10)
(2:53) UGA – Eric Stokes 30 yard interception return, Jack Podlesny kick (Georgia 27–10)

Fourth quarter

(11:15) UGA – Zamir White 6 yard rush, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 13 plays, 81 yards, 5:38; Georgia 34–10)
(1:23) UGA – Jack Podlesny 38 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:36; Georgia 37–10)

Statistics	UGA	ARK
First downs	19	15
Plays–yards	89–387	67–280
Rushes–yards	42–121	28–77
Passing yards	266	203
Passing: comp–att–int	28–47–1	20–39–3
Time of possession	35:46	24:14

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Georgia	Passing	Stetson Bennett	20/29, 211 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Zamir White	13 carries, 71 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Kearis Jackson	6 receptions, 62 yards
Arkansas	Passing	Feleipe Franks	19/36, 200 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Trelon Smith	6 carries, 38 yards
	Receiving	Treylon Burks	7 receptions, 102 yards, 1 TD

No. 7 Auburn

Overall record	Last 10 meetings	Last meeting	Result
60–56–8	8–2	Nov. 16, 2019	W 14–21

Game Two – No. 7 Auburn Tigers (1–0) at No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs (1–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Tigers	0	3	3	0	6
No. 4 Bulldogs	10	14	3	0	27

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2020
Game time: 6:38 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Fair • Temperature: 64 °F (18 °C) • Wind: 5 mph E
Game attendance: 20,524
Referee: James Carter
TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Allison Williams (sideline reporter)
Pregame line: Georgia –7.5 • Odds to win: Georgia 57.3%

Game information

First quarter

(9:31) UGA – Zamir White 1 yd rush, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 10 plays, 43 yds, 2:56; Georgia 7–0)
(4:00) UGA – Jack Podlesny 21 yd field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 59 yds, 3:56; Georgia 10–0)

Second quarter

(11:08) UGA – George Pickens 21 yd pass from Stetson Bennett, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 11 plays, 84 yds, 5:26; Georgia 17–0)
(6:26) UGA – Zamir White 1 yd rush, Jack Podlesny kick (Drive: 6 plays, 72 yds, 3:27; Georgia 24–0)
(1:38) AUB – Anders Carlson 20 yd field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 65 yds, 4:40; Georgia 24–3)

Third quarter

(10:09) AUB – Anders Carlson 45 yd field goal (Drive: 15 plays, 54 yds, 4:46; Georgia 24–6)
(5:51) UGA – Jack Podlesny 25 yd field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 67 yds, 4:18; Georgia 27–6)

Fourth quarter

No scoring

Statistics	AUB	UGA
First downs	15	25
Plays–yards	63–216	73–442
Rushes–yards	22–39	45–202
Passing yards	177	240
Passing: comp–att–int	21–41–1	17–28–0
Time of possession	25:56	34:04

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Auburn	Passing	Bo Nix	21/41, 177 yds, 1 INT
	Rushing	Tank Bigsby	8 carries, 31 yds
	Receiving	Anthony Schwartz	8 receptions, 57 yds
Georgia	Passing	Stetson Bennett	17/28, 240 yds, 1 TD
	Rushing	Zamir White	19 carries, 88 yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Kearis Jackson	9 receptions, 147 yds

References

^ "Preseason SEC media poll, All-SEC Team announced". SECSports.com. Southeastern Conference. September 23, 2020.
^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ Dellenger, Ross. "Sources: SEC Adopts Conference-Only Schedule With Sept. 26 Start". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ Kelley, Kevin (30 July 2020). "All three Chick-fil-A Kickoff games canceled in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ Dellenger, Ross (7 August 2020). "SEC's New Schedule: Winners, Losers and... Mizzou". si.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "2020 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

[1] "Preseason SEC media poll, All-SEC Team announced". SECSports.com. Southeastern Conference. September 23, 2020.

[2] Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[3] Dellenger, Ross. "Sources: SEC Adopts Conference-Only Schedule With Sept. 26 Start". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[4] Kelley, Kevin (30 July 2020). "All three Chick-fil-A Kickoff games canceled in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[5] Dellenger, Ross (7 August 2020). "SEC's New Schedule: Winners, Losers and... Mizzou". si.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[6] "2020 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

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2020 Georgia Bulldogs football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	4–1 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	Kirby Smart (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Todd Monken (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dan Lanning (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Glenn Schumann (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (Capacity: 92,746)
Uniform

Seasons ← 2019 2021 →