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
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Neil Callaway (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Willie Martinez (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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

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.^[1] 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 48–13	92,746[2]
September 10	5:30 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 9	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 17–15	92,746[2]
September 17	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe*	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	CSS	W 44–7	92,746[2]
September 24	7:45 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 7	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN	W 23–10	49,903[2]
October 8	3:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Tennessee	No. 5	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	W 27–14	108,470[2]
October 15	7:15 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 5	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 34–17	38,822[2]
October 22	12:30 p.m.	Arkansas	No. 4	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	W 23–20	92,746[2]
October 29	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Florida	No. 4	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	L 10–14	84,501[2]
November 12	7:45 p.m.	No. 15 Auburn	No. 9	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	L 30–31	92,746[2]
November 19	12:30 p.m.	Kentucky	No. 14	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	W 45–13	92,746[2]
November 26	8:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech*	No. 13	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 14–7	56,412[2]
December 3	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 LSU	No. 13	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	W 34–14	73,717[2]
January 2, 2006	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 11 West Virginia*	No. 8	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 35–38	74,459[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings 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 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

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