Georgia Bulldogs football

Georgia Bulldogs football
2024 Georgia Bulldogs football team
First season	1892; 132 years ago
Athletic director	Josh Brooks
Head coach	Kirby Smart 9th season, 105–18 (.854)
Stadium	Sanford Stadium (capacity: 93,033 [1])
Field	Dooley Field
Year built	1929[1]
Field surface	Grass
Location	Athens, Georgia
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Past conferences	SIAA (1895–1921) SoCon (1921–1932)
All-time record	892–431–54 (.667)
Bowl record	38–21–3 (.637)
Playoff appearances	4 (2017, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Playoff record	5–1
Claimed national titles	4 (1942, 1980, 2021, 2022)
Unclaimed national titles	4 (1920, 1927, 1946, 1968)
National finalist	3 (2017, 2021, 2022)
Conference titles	17 (2 SIAA: 1896, 1920 15 SEC: 1942, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024)
Division titles	13 (1992, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Rivalries	Alabama (rivalry) Auburn (rivalry) Clemson (rivalry) Florida (rivalry) Georgia Tech (rivalry) South Carolina (rivalry) Tennessee (rivalry) Vanderbilt (rivalry)
Heisman winners	Frank Sinkwich – 1942 Herschel Walker – 1982
Consensus All-Americans	41
Current uniform
Colors	Red and black[2]
Fight song	Hail to Georgia
Mascot	Uga Hairy Dawg
Marching band	Georgia Redcoat Marching Band
Outfitter	Nike
Website	georgiadogs.com

The Georgia Bulldogs football program represents the University of Georgia in the sport of American football. The Bulldogs compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They play their home games at historic Sanford Stadium on the university's Athens, Georgia, campus.

Georgia claims four national championships, including three (1980, 2021, 2022) from the major wire-service: AP Poll and/or Coaches' Poll. The Bulldogs' other accomplishments include 17 conference championships, of which 15 are SEC championships, second-most in conference history, and appearances in 62 bowl games, second-most all-time. The program has also produced two Heisman Trophy winners, five number-one National Football League (NFL) draft picks, and many winners of other national awards. In addition to its storied history, the team is known for its unique traditions and rabid fan base, known as the "Bulldog Nation." Georgia has won over 880 games in its history, placing them 9th all-time in wins and has finished in the Top 10 of the AP Poll 28 times, 15 of which were Top 5 finishes.^[3]

Georgia was a founding member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, one of the first collegiate athletic conferences formed in the United States. Georgia participated in the SIAA from its establishment in 1895 until 1921. During its tenure in the SIAA, Georgia was conference co-champion in two years, 1896 and 1920.^[4] In 1921, the Bulldogs, along with 12 other teams, left the SIAA and formed the Southern Conference.^[5] During its time in the Southern Conference, the team never won a conference championship. In 1932, the Georgia Bulldogs left the Southern Conference to form and join the SEC, where Georgia has won the second-most SEC football championships, with 15, behind Alabama (27).^{[6][better source needed]}

• Independent (1891–1895)
• Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1896–1920)
• Southern Conference (1921–1932)
• Southeastern Conference (1933–present)

Georgia has been selected eight times as national champions from NCAA-designated major selectors,^[7] including three (1980, 2021, 2022) from the major wire-service: AP Poll and/or Coaches' Poll. Georgia claims four national championships (1942, 1980, 2021, and 2022).^[8]

Year	Coach	Selector	Record	Bowl	Final AP	Final Coaches
1942	Wally Butts	Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Houlgate, Litkenhous, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Williamson	11–1	Won Rose	No. 2	–
1980	Vince Dooley	AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF†	12–0	Won Sugar	No. 1	No. 1
2021	Kirby Smart	College Football Playoff††	14–1	Won Orange (CFP Semifinal) Won CFP National Championship Game	No. 1	No. 1
2022	Kirby Smart	College Football Playoff	15–0	Won Peach (CFP Semifinal) Won CFP National Championship Game	No. 1	No. 1

† Other consensus selectors for 1980 included Berryman, Billingsley, Rothman, Football News, Helms, NCF, Poling, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News
†† Other consensus selectors for 2021 include AP, FWAA/NFF, USAT/AMWAY (Coaches)

Year	Coach	Selector	Record	Bowl	Opponent	Result	Final AP	Final Coaches
1920	Herman Stegeman	Berryman	8–0–1	None			–	–
1927	George Cecil Woodruff	Berryman, Boand, Poling	9–1	None			–	–
1946	Wally Butts	Williamson	11–0	Sugar	North Carolina	W 20–0	No. 3	–
1968	Vince Dooley	Litkenhous	8–1–2	Sugar	Arkansas	L 2–16	No. 8	No. 4

Claimed national championship

• 1920 – First-year head Herman Stegeman led the program to its second undefeated season, outscored opponents 250–17.
• 1927 – Georgia's famous Dream and Wonder team led by George Woodruff went 9–1. This team was noted for having a win over 1920s power, Yale, in Connecticut. Georgia was ranked No. 1 going into its final game against rival Georgia Tech, where they were upset 12–0 in the rain. Even so, Georgia finished the season ranked No. 1 in two minor polls.^[9]
• 1942 – Georgia compiled an 11–1 record, shut out six of twelve opponents (including a 34–0 victory over No. 2 Georgia Tech), and defeated No. 13 UCLA in the 1943 Rose Bowl 9–0. Georgia finished No. 2 in the final AP Poll (Ohio State finished No. 1). The Bulldogs retroactively claimed the title in the late 1980s, after then-head coach and athletic director Vince Dooley discovered that the team was listed as a national champion in an NCAA record book.^[10]
• 1946 – Fueled by the return of Charley Trippi, the 1946 SEC Champion Bulldogs went 10–0, including a 20–10 win over North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl. Notre Dame finished the season ranked No. 1 in the majority of the polls, but the Williamson poll recognized Georgia as No. 1.^[11]
• 1968 – The 1968 Bulldogs won Vince Dooley's second SEC Championship as head coach, and finished the season undefeated. However the 8–0–2 Bulldogs tied twice, and then lost to Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. The Litkenhous poll recognized them as National Champions.^[12]
• 1980 – The Bulldogs beat Notre Dame 17–10 in the Sugar Bowl to finish 12–0 and claim the national championship. Georgia finished No. 1 in the final AP and Coaches Polls.^[13]
• 2021 – The Bulldogs beat Alabama 33–18 in the CFP National Championship Game to finish at 14–1 and claim the national championship.^[14][15]
• 2022 – The Bulldogs beat TCU 65–7 in the CFP National Championship Game to finish 15–0 for the first time in school history and claim the national championship.^[16][17]

Georgia has won a total of 17 conference championships, eleven outright and five shared. The school's 15 Southeastern Conference Championships rank it second all time in SEC history, behind only Alabama.^[18]

Year	Conference	Coach	Overall record	Conference record
1896†	SIAA	Glenn "Pop" Warner	4–0	3–0
1920†		Herman Stegeman	8–0–1	8–0
1942	SEC	Wally Butts	11–1	6–1
1946†			11–0	5–0
1948			9–2	6–0
1959			10–1	7–0
1966†		Vince Dooley	10–1	6–0
1968			8–1–2	5–0–1
1976			10–2	5–1
1980			12–0	6–0
1981†			10–2	6–0
1982			11–1	6–0
2002		Mark Richt	13–1	7–1
2005			10–3	6–2
2017		Kirby Smart	13–2	7–1
2022			15–0	8–0
2024			11–2	6–2

† Co-champions

From 1992 through 2023, the SEC was divided into two divisions, the East and the West. Division champions were the representatives to the SEC Championship Game. Georgia won 13 SEC Eastern Division championships, and made 11 appearances during the divisional era. The Dawgs were 4–7 in those games. Twice, in 1992 and 2007, Georgia was the Eastern Division co-champion, but lost a tiebreaker for the right to appear in the championship game.

Year	Division	SEC CG Opponent	Result
1992†	SEC East	N/A lost tiebreaker to Florida
2002		Arkansas	W 30–3
2003†		LSU	L 13–34
2005		LSU	W 34–14
2007†		N/A lost tiebreaker to Tennessee
2011		LSU	L 10–42
2012†		Alabama	L 28–32
2017		Auburn	W 28–7
2018		Alabama	L 28–35
2019		LSU	L 10–37
2021		Alabama	L 24–41
2022		LSU	W 50–30
2023		Alabama	L 24-27

† Co-champions

The Bulldogs have played in 62 bowl games, second all-time. UGA has a bowl record of 38–21–3. Their 38 wins rank the Dawgs second all-time in bowl wins.^[19] They have played in a record 18 different bowls including appearances in five of the New Year's Six Bowl Games (2 Rose, 5 Orange, 3 Cotton, 7 Peach, and 11 Sugar Bowls) and appearances in the 2018, 2022, and 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result
1941	Wally Butts	Orange Bowl	TCU	W 40–26
1942	Wally Butts	Rose Bowl	UCLA	W 9–0
1945	Wally Butts	Oil Bowl	Tulsa	W 20–6
1946	Wally Butts	Sugar Bowl	North Carolina	W 20–10
1947	Wally Butts	Gator Bowl	Maryland	T 20–20
1948	Wally Butts	Orange Bowl	Texas	L 28–41
1950	Wally Butts	Presidential Cup Bowl	Texas A&M	L 20–40
1959	Wally Butts	Orange Bowl	Missouri	W 14–0
1964	Vince Dooley	Sun Bowl	Texas Tech	W 7–0
1966	Vince Dooley	Cotton Bowl Classic	SMU	W 24–9
1967	Vince Dooley	Liberty Bowl	NC State	L 7–14
1968	Vince Dooley	Sugar Bowl	Arkansas	L 2–16
1969	Vince Dooley	Sun Bowl	Nebraska	L 6–45
1971	Vince Dooley	Gator Bowl	North Carolina	W 7–3
1973	Vince Dooley	Peach Bowl	Maryland	W 17–16
1974	Vince Dooley	Tangerine Bowl	Miami	L 10–21
1975	Vince Dooley	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arkansas	L 10–31
1976	Vince Dooley	Sugar Bowl	Pittsburgh	L 3–27
1978	Vince Dooley	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Stanford	L 22–25
1980	Vince Dooley	Sugar Bowl	Notre Dame	W 17–10
1981	Vince Dooley	Sugar Bowl	Pittsburgh	L 20–24
1982	Vince Dooley	Sugar Bowl	Penn State	L 23–27
1983	Vince Dooley	Cotton Bowl Classic	Texas	W 10–9
1984	Vince Dooley	Citrus Bowl	Florida State	T 17–17
1985	Vince Dooley	Sun Bowl	Arizona	T 13–13
1986	Vince Dooley	Hall of Fame Bowl	Boston College	L 24–27
1987	Vince Dooley	Liberty Bowl	Arkansas	W 20–17
1988	Vince Dooley	Gator Bowl	Michigan State	W 34–27
1989	Ray Goff	Peach Bowl	Syracuse	L 18–19
1991	Ray Goff	Independence Bowl	Arkansas	W 24–15
1992	Ray Goff	Florida Citrus Bowl	Ohio State	W 21–14
1995	Ray Goff	Peach Bowl	Virginia	L 27–34
1997	Jim Donnan	Outback Bowl	Wisconsin	W 33–6
1998	Jim Donnan	Peach Bowl	Virginia	W 35–33
1999	Jim Donnan	Outback Bowl	Purdue	W 28–25 OT
2000	Jim Donnan	Oahu Bowl	Virginia	W 37–14
2001	Mark Richt	Music City Bowl	Boston College	L 16–20
2002	Mark Richt	Sugar Bowl	Florida State	W 26–13
2003	Mark Richt	Capital One Bowl	Purdue	W 34–27 OT
2004	Mark Richt	Outback Bowl	Wisconsin	W 24–21
2005	Mark Richt	Sugar Bowl	West Virginia	L 35–38
2006	Mark Richt	Chick-fil-A Bowl	Virginia Tech	W 31–24
2007	Mark Richt	Sugar Bowl	Hawaii	W 41–10
2008	Mark Richt	Capital One Bowl	Michigan State	W 24–12
2009	Mark Richt	Independence Bowl	Texas A&M	W 44–20
2010	Mark Richt	Liberty Bowl	Central Florida	L 6–10
2011	Mark Richt	Outback Bowl	Michigan State	L 30–33 3OT
2012	Mark Richt	Capital One Bowl	Nebraska	W 45–31
2013	Mark Richt	Gator Bowl	Nebraska	L 19–24
2014	Mark Richt	Belk Bowl	Louisville	W 37–14
2015	Bryan McClendon (interim)	TaxSlayer Bowl	Penn State	W 24–17
2016	Kirby Smart	Liberty Bowl	TCU	W 31–23
2017	Kirby Smart	Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal) †	Oklahoma	W 54–48 2OT
2017	Kirby Smart	CFP National Championship	Alabama	L 23–26 OT
2018	Kirby Smart	Sugar Bowl †	Texas	L 21–28
2019	Kirby Smart	Sugar Bowl †	Baylor	W 26–14
2020	Kirby Smart	Peach Bowl †	Cincinnati	W 24–21
2021	Kirby Smart	Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal) †	Michigan	W 34–11
2021	Kirby Smart	CFP National Championship	Alabama	W 33–18
2022	Kirby Smart	Peach Bowl (CFP Semifinal) †	Ohio State	W 42–41
2022	Kirby Smart	CFP National Championship	TCU	W 65–7
2023	Kirby Smart	Orange Bowl †	Florida State	W 63–3
2024	Kirby Smart	Sugar Bowl †	TBD	TBD

† New Year's Six bowl game

Georgia Bulldog bowl games: all-time records by bowl

Bowl	Record	Appearances	Last	Winning %
Duke's Mayo Bowl (played game under Belk Bowl title)	1–0	1	2014 season	1.000
Bluebonnet Bowl (defunct)	0–1	1	1978 season	.000
Citrus Bowl (played game under Tangerine Bowl, Citrus Bowl, and Capital One Bowl titles)	4–1–1	6	2012 season	.750
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl	5–2	7	2022 season	.714
Cotton Bowl Classic	2–1	3	1983 season	.667
Independence Bowl	2–0	2	2009 season	1.000
Liberty Bowl	2–2	4	2016 season	.500
Music City Bowl	0–1	1	2001 season	.000
Oahu Bowl (defunct)	1–0	1	2000 season	1.000
Oil Bowl (defunct)	1–0	1	1945 season	1.000
Outback Bowl (played games under Hall of Fame Bowl and Outback Bowl titles)	3–2	5	2011 season	.600
Orange Bowl	4–1	5	2023 season	.800
Presidential Cup Bowl (defunct)	0–1	1	1950 season	.000
Rose Bowl	2–0	2	2017 season	1.000
Sugar Bowl	5–6	11	2019 season	.455
Sun Bowl	1–1–1	3	1985 season	.500
Gator Bowl (played games under Gator Bowl and Taxslayer Bowl titles)	3–1–1	5	2015 season	.600

Head coaches of the Bulldogs dating from 1892.^{[20][21][better source needed]}

No.	Name	Seasons	Record	Pct.
1	Charles Herty	1892	1–1	.500
2	Ernest Brown	1893	2–2–1	.500
3	Robert Winston	1894	5–1	.833
4	Glenn "Pop" Warner	1895–1896	7–4	.636
5	Charles McCarthy	1897–1898	6–3	.667
6	Gordon Saussy	1899	2–3–1	.417
7	E. E. Jones	1900	2–4	.333
8	Billy Reynolds	1901–1902	5–7–3	.433
9, 11	Marvin D. Dickinson	1903, 1905	4–9	.308
10	Charles A. Barnard	1904	1–5	.167
12	George S. Whitney	1906–1907	6–7–2	.467
13	Branch Bocock	1908	5–2–1	.688
14 & 15	James Coulter & Frank Dobson	1909	1–4–2	.286
16	W. A. Cunningham	1910–1919	43–18–9	.656
17	Herman Stegeman	1920–1922	20–6–3	.741
18	George "Kid" Woodruff	1923–1927	30–16–1	.649
19	Harry Mehre	1928–1937	59–34–6	.626
20	Joel Hunt	1938	5–4–1	.550
21	Wally Butts	1939–1960	140–86–9	.615
22	Johnny Griffith	1961–1963	10–16–4	.400
23	Vince Dooley	1964–1988	201–77–10	.715
24	Ray Goff	1989–1995	46–34–1	.574
25	Jim Donnan	1996–2000	40–19	.678
26	Mark Richt	2001–2015	145–51	.740
27	Kirby Smart	2016–present	101-18	.849

• Amos Alonzo Stagg Award

Vince Dooley – 2001

• Paul "Bear" Bryant Award

Vince Dooley – 1980

• Broyles Award

Brian VanGorder – 2003

• College Football Hall of Fame
  • Glenn "Pop" Warner, inducted in 1951
  • Joel Hunt, inducted in 1967
  • Wally Butts, inducted in 1997
  • Vince Dooley, inducted in 1995

Georgia Bulldogs
Name	Position	Consecutive season at Georgia in current position	Previous position
Mike Bobo	Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks	2nd	Georgia – Offensive Analyst (2022)
Josh Crawford	Run game coordinator / running backs	1st	Georgia Tech – Wide receivers (2023)
James Coley	Wide receivers	1st	Texas A&M – Co-offensive coordinator / tight ends (2022–2023)
Todd Hartley	Tight ends	6th	Miami – Tight ends / special teams coordinator (2016–2018)
Stacy Searels	Offensive line	3rd	North Carolina – Offensive line (2019–2021)
Travaris Robinson	Co-defensive coordinator / safeties	1st	Alabama – Cornerbacks (2022–2023)
Glenn Schumann	Co-defensive coordinator / inside linebackers	6th	Georgia – Inside linebackers (2016–2018)
Tray Scott	Defensive line	8th	North Carolina – Defensive line (2015–2016)
Chidera Uzo–Diribe	Outside linebackers	3rd	SMU – Defensive line (2021)
Donte Williams	Defensive backs	1st	USC – Defensive backs (2020–2023)
Kirk Benedict	Special teams coordinator	1st	Georgia – Special teams analyst (2022–2023)
Scott Sinclair	Director of strength & conditioning	9th	Marshall – Director of strength & conditioning (2013–2015)
Reference:[22]

The first mention of "Bulldogs" in association with Georgia athletics occurred on November 28, 1901, at the Georgia-Auburn football game played in Atlanta. The Georgia fans had a badge saying "Eat `em Georgia" and a picture of a bulldog tearing a piece of cloth; however, it was not until 1920 that the nickname "Bulldog" was used to describe the athletic teams at the University of Georgia. Traditionally, the choice of a Bulldog as the UGA mascot was attributed to the alma mater of its founder and first president, Abraham Baldwin, who graduated from Yale University.^[23] Prior to that time, Georgia teams were usually known as the "Red and Black." On November 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story about school nicknames and proposed:

The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity.^[24]

After a 0–0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1920, Atlanta Constitution writer Cliff Wheatley used the name "Bulldogs" in his story five times. The name has been used ever since.

• "Between the Hedges" Legendary sports writer Grantland Rice coined the term that famously describes the home of the Bulldogs in the 1930s in reference to the famous English privet hedges that have surrounded the Sanford Stadium turf since its inaugural game against Yale in 1929. The original hedges were removed in 1996 in preparation for the women's soccer matches hosted at Sanford Stadium for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Offshoots of the original hedges were planted shortly after the games. The Hedges also serve as a crowd control measure, as they contain a fence inside of them. In fact, only once have Georgia fans been able to rush the field, that following a victory over Tennessee in 2000.^[25]
• Uga (pronounced UH-guh) is the name of a lineage of white Bulldogs which have served as the mascot of the University of Georgia since 1956. The current mascot, "Boom", officially took the role of Uga XI in April 2023, replacing Uga X.^[26] Deceased Ugas are interred in a mausoleum near the main entrance to Sanford Stadium. Georgia is the only school to bury its past mascots inside the football stadium.^[27]
• Glory, Glory is the rally song for the Georgia Bulldogs and was sung at football games as early as the 1890s. The rally song was arranged in its current form by Georgia professor Hugh Hodgson in 1915. While "Glory, Glory" is the most commonly played Georgia song, the school's official fight song is "Hail To Georgia" which is played after field goals.^[27]
• The ringing of the Chapel Bell after a Georgia victory started in the 1890s when the playing field was located near the chapel and freshmen were compelled to ring the chapel's bell until midnight to celebrate the victory.^[24] Today, freshmen are no longer required to do the chore, with students, alumni, and fans taking their place.
• "The Battle Hymn of the Bulldog Nation" is a slowed down version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic arranged in 1987 and is a hallowed song played pregame and postgame by the Redcoat Band. A lone trumpeter in the southwest corner of Sanford Stadium plays the first few notes, after which the entire band joins in and a video montage, narrated by longtime Georgia radio broadcaster Larry Munson, is played that highlights the many great moments of Georgia football history. It is custom for fans to stand, remove their hats, and point towards the lone trumpeter as he plays the initial notes. This tradition is considered the climax of the Redcoat Band pregame show and was introduced before the 2000 season.^[28]
• "How 'bout them Dawgs" is a slogan of recent vintage that first surfaced in the late 1970s and has become a battle cry of Bulldog fans.^[24] The slogan received national attention and exposure when Georgia won the national championship in 1980 and wire services proclaimed "how 'bout them dogs".
• Silver britches – When Wally Butts was named head coach in 1939, he changed the uniform by adding silver-colored pants to the bright-red jersey already in use. The "silver britches" became very popular, and were a source of multiple fan chants and sign references over the years, the most well-known being "Go You Silver Britches". When he was hired in 1964, Vince Dooley changed Georgia's uniform to use white pants, but reinstated the silver pants prior to Georgia's 1980 national championship season. Georgia's use of the "silver britches" continues to the present day.^[27]
• The "Dawg Walk" is a tradition that features the football players walking through a gathering of fans and the Redcoat Band near the Tate Student Center as they enter Sanford Stadium. Vince Dooley began the tradition, originally leading the team into the stadium from the East Campus Road side. Ray Goff changed the Dawg Walk to its current location in the 1990s, but eventually discontinued the practice altogether. Mark Richt revived it starting with the 2001 season, and it continues to the present day.^[29]

Georgia's standard home uniform has not significantly changed since 1980, and consists of a red helmet with the trademarked oval G, red jerseys, and famous silver britches.^[27]

Wally Butts first introduced the "silver britches", as they are colloquially known, in 1939. When Vince Dooley became Georgia's head coach, he changed the team's home uniform to include white pants. The uniform was changed back to silver pants prior to the 1980 season, and has remained silver ever since.^[27]

Georgia's earliest helmet was grey leather, to which a red block "G" logo was added in 1961. The shirts were usually red, sometimes with various striping patterns. Their uniforms in the pre-World War II era varied at times, sometimes significantly. Photographic evidence suggests that black shirts, vests, and stripes of various patterns were worn at times over the years.

Vince Dooley was the first to incorporate the oval "G" onto the helmet in 1964, as part of uniform changes that included adoption of a red helmet and white pants. Anne Donaldson, who graduated from Georgia with a BFA in commercial art and was married to Georgia assistant coach John Donaldson, was asked by Dooley to come up with a new helmet design to replace the previous silver helmet. Dooley liked the forward oriented stylized "G" Donaldson produced, and it was adopted by him. Since the Georgia "G" was similar to the Green Bay Packers' "G" already in use since 1961, Dooley cleared its use with the Packers organization.^[30] The Packers hold the trademark on the "G" logo, and have granted limited permission to Georgia and Grambling State University to utilize a similar logo.^[31]

Prior to the 1980 season, the "silver britches" were re-added to Georgia's uniform with a red-white-black stripe down the side. Since the 1980 season, Georgia has utilized the same basic uniform concept. The sleeve stripes, trim colors, and font on Georgia's home and away jerseys have varied many times, but the home jerseys have remained generally red with white numbers, and away jerseys have remained generally white with black numbers.

The most recent trim redesign occurred in 2005, when sleeve stripe patterns were dropped in favor of solid black jersey cuffs on the home jersey and solid red cuffs on the away jersey. Matte gray pants have also been used at times instead of "true" silver since 2004, mainly because the matte gray pants are of a lighter material.

One of the things that make Georgia's uniform unique is its relative longevity, and the fact that it has very rarely changed over the years. There have been occasions, however, when alternate uniforms have been worn.

• Red pants were used instead of silver as part of Georgia's away uniform at various times during the 1980s and were worn as a "throwback" alternate uniform in 2020.
• Black facemasks and a white-black-white helmet stripe were worn during the 1991 Independence Bowl.
• Black pants were used instead of silver as part of Georgia's away uniform (Georgia chose to wear white as the designated home team) during the 1998 Outback Bowl and home uniform during^[32] the 1998 Florida game.
• Black jerseys were worn instead of red as part of Georgia's home uniform in games against Auburn and Hawaii during the 2007 season, in 2008 against Alabama, 2016 against Louisiana-Lafayette and 2020 vs. Mississippi State.^[33] Georgia also wore black jerseys as the visiting team in the 2021 Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati, which wore red jerseys.
• A unique away uniform was worn against Florida in 2009. This uniform included black helmets with red facemasks, a white stripe, and the traditional oval "G" logo; white jerseys with black numbers; and black pants.^[34]
• For the 2011 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against Boise State in the Georgia Dome, Georgia wore a Nike Pro Combat uniform that was significantly different from the traditional home uniforms. The Nike Pro Combat uniforms used a non-traditional matte-finish red color, and included the following:^[35]
  • Silver helmets with a large red stripe and traditional oval "G" logo
  • Black facemasks with a large red stripe in the middle, mirroring the red stripe on the helmet
  • Two-tone red jerseys with black sleeves, trim, and numbers
  • The word "Georgia" on the back of the jerseys instead of players' names
  • Red pants

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The Bulldogs have three main football rivals: Auburn, Florida, and Georgia Tech. All three rivalries were first contested over 100 years ago, though the series records are disputed in two cases. Georgia does not include two games from 1943 and 1944 against Georgia Tech (both UGA losses) in its reckoning of the series record, because Georgia's players were in World War II and Georgia Tech's players were not. Georgia also includes a game against one of the four predecessor institutions of the modern University of Florida in 1904 (a Georgia win) that national sportswriters^[36][37][38] and Florida's athletic association do not include.

Georgia has long-standing football rivalries with other universities as well, with over 50 games against five additional teams. Georgia developed rivalries with the Tennessee Volunteers and South Carolina Gamecocks during divisional play in the SEC East from 1992-2023. From 1944 to 1965, the Bulldogs played each season against the Alabama Crimson Tide.^[39] While the two bordering schools no longer play annually, they have faced off against each other in four SEC Championship Games and two College Football Playoff National Championships since 2010, bringing the once dormant rivalry back to prominence.^[40]

Georgia's oldest and longest-running rivalry is the series with Auburn, which dates to 1892. As it is the oldest rivalry still contested between teams in the South, the series is referred to by both schools as the "Deep South's Oldest Rivalry". Although historically close (the series was tied as recently as the 2014 matchup), Georgia has won 16 out of the last 19 matchups, including the last seven, and leads the series 64–56–8 through the 2023 season.^[41]

Although no longer contested annually, the series with Clemson dates to 1897. The two schools are separated by a mere 70 miles and played annually from 1962 to 1987. The rivalry took on national importance in the early 1980s, when both Georgia and Clemson won national titles and were consistently highly ranked. The rivalry is renewed on an intermittent basis, with the next matchup scheduled in 2029. Georgia leads the series 44–18–4 after the matchup in the 2024 season.^[42]

Played annually (except for two occasions) at the neutral-site of Jacksonville, Florida since 1933, the Georgia-Florida rivalry is known nationwide for its associated tailgating and pageantry, being referred to as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", although that name is no longer used officially. The Georgia-Florida rivalry annually carries importance in the SEC race as the two schools have combined for 23 appearances in the SEC Championship game. The series record is disputed, with Georgia claiming a lead of 57–44–2 through the 2024 season.^[43]

Dating to 1893, the series with the in-state Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets has traditionally been played as the final regular season game of the season and was historically Georgia's most important and fierce rivalry. Since 2000 Georgia has dominated the series, winning 18 out of 21 matchups, lessening the importance of the once-close series. Georgia leads the series 72–41–5 through the 2024 season.^[44]

The series with South Carolina dates to 1894. The border-rivalry gained importance when South Carolina joined the SEC in 1992, and gained intensity when former Florida coach, Steve Spurrier, coached the Gamecocks from 2006 to 2015. Georgia leads the series 55–19–2 through the 2023 season.^[45]

The series with Tennessee dates to 1899. The annual rivalry began in 1992 upon the creation of the SEC Eastern Division and annually plays an important role in deciding the division champion. Georgia and Tennessee are the third and second most winningest SEC programs behind only Alabama. Georgia leads the series 28–23–2 through the 2023 season.^[46]

The series with Vanderbilt dates to 1893. Georgia leads the series 61–20–2 through the 2023 season.^[47]

The series with Alabama dates to 1895. Alabama leads the series 43–26–4 through the 2023 season.^[48]

The Bulldogs have had 84 players selected to the All-America team through the 2019 season.^{[49]: 182–187 [obsolete source]} Through the 2023 season, there have been 41 consensus selections of which 16 were unanimous.^{[50][obsolete source]}

While several players were selected in more than one year, only Frank Sinkwich, Herschel Walker, David Pollack, and Jarvis Jones were selected as consensus All-Americans more than once.

† Consensus All-American
‡ Consensus All-American that was selected by a unanimous vote

Georgia Bulldogs retired numbers
No.	Player	Pos.	Tenure	Year retired	Ref.
21	Frank Sinkwich	HB	1941–1943	1943	[51]
34	Herschel Walker	RB	1980–1982	1985	[51]
40	Theron Sapp	RB	1955–1958	1959	[51]
62	Charley Trippi	HB	1942, 1945–1946	1947	[51]

Five former Georgia players have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[52]

Name	Position	Career	Induction
Charley Trippi	HB	1942, 1945–1946	1968
Fran Tarkenton	QB	1958–1960	1986
Terrell Davis	RB	1991–1994	2017
Champ Bailey	CB	1996–1998	2019
Richard Seymour	DT	2001–2012	2022

Nineteen former Georgia players and coaches have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame.^[27][53][54] In addition, one former player, Pat Dye, has been inducted into the Hall as a coach for Auburn.^[55]

Player	Position	Career	Induction
Bob McWhorter	HB	1910–1913	1954
Frank Sinkwich	HB	1940–1942	1954
Charley Trippi	HB	1942, 1945–1946	1959
Vernon "Catfish" Smith	E	1929–1931	1979
Bill Hartman	FB	1935–1937	1984
Fran Tarkenton	QB	1958–1960	1987
Bill Stanfill	DT	1966–1968	1998
Herschel Walker	RB	1980–1982	1999
Terry Hoage	S	1980–1983	2000
Kevin Butler	PK	1981–1984	2001
John Rauch	QB	1945–1948	2003
Jake Scott	FS	1966–1968	2011
Matt Stinchcomb	OT	1995–1998	2018
David Pollack	DE	2001–2004	2021

Coach	Career	Induction
Glenn "Pop" Warner	1895–1896	1951
Vince Dooley	1964–1988	1994
Wally Butts	1939–1960	1997
Jim Donnan	1996–2000	2009
Mark Richt	2001–2015	2023

From 1992 to 2023, Georgia played in the East Division of the SEC and played each opponent in the division each year along with several teams from the West Division. The SEC will expand the conference to 16 teams and will eliminate its two divisions in 2024, causing a new scheduling format for the Bulldogs to play against the other members of the conference.^[56] Only the 2024 conference schedule was announced on June 14, 2023, while the conference still considers a new format for the future.^[57]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 31	vs. Clemson*	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry) (Aflac Kickoff Game)
September 7	Tennessee Tech*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA
September 28	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
October 19	at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
November 2	vs. Florida	TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
November 23	UMass*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA
November 30	Georgia Tech*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA
-tba-	Auburn	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)
-tba-	at Kentucky	Kroger Field Lexington, KY
-tba-	Mississippi State	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA
-tba-	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS
-tba-	Tennessee	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)
*Non-conference game

Announced schedules as of August 4, 2024.^[58]

2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034	2035	2036	2037
Marshall Aug 30	Western Kentucky Sep 12	at Florida State Sep 4	Florida A&M Sep 9	at Clemson Sep 15	Clemson Aug 31	at Ohio State Aug 30	Clemson Sep 4	at Clemson Sep 3	at NC State Sep 16
Austin Peay Sep 6	at Louisville Sep 19	Louisville Sep 18	Florida State Sep 16		North Carolina A&T Sep 7	Western Carolina Sep 6		NC State Sep 17
Charlotte Nov 22					Ohio State Sep 14
at Georgia Tech Nov 29	Georgia Tech Nov 28	at Georgia Tech Nov 27	Georgia Tech Nov 25	at Georgia Tech Nov 24	Georgia Tech Nov 30	at Georgia Tech Nov 29	Georgia Tech Nov 27	at Georgia Tech Nov 26	Georgia Tech Nov 25	at Georgia Tech Nov 24	Georgia Tech Nov 29	at Georgia Tech Nov 28

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