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]
Georgia played two additional SEC West opponents this season: Arkansas and Mississippi State.[5] The game scheduled against SEC East opponent Vanderbilt was postponed and eventually canceled.[6]
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The 2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium in Athens Georgia and were led by fifth year head coach Kirby Smart For the first time since 2016 the Bulldogs did not win the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference SEC finishing second behind rival Florida 2020 Georgia Bulldogs footballPeach Bowl championPeach Bowl W 24 21 vs CincinnatiConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceDivisionEastern DivisionRankingCoachesNo 7APNo 7Record8 2 7 2 SEC Head coachKirby Smart 5th season Offensive coordinatorTodd Monken 1st season Offensive schemePro SpreadDefensive coordinatorDan Lanning 2nd season Co defensive coordinatorGlenn Schumann 2nd season Home stadiumSanford Stadium Capacity 92 746 UniformSeasons 20192021 2020 Southeastern Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionNo 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 DivisionNo 1 Alabama x 10 0 13 0 No 4 Texas A amp 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 championx Division champion co champions ineligible for postseason due to self imposed banNote Due to COVID 19 the SEC played a conference only schedule Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Preseason 1 1 SEC Media Days 1 2 Recruiting 2 Schedule 3 Roster 4 Rankings 5 Game summaries 5 1 At Arkansas 5 2 No 7 Auburn 5 3 Tennessee 6 Players drafted into the NFL 7 Coaching staff 8 ReferencesPreseason EditSEC Media Days Edit 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 Recruiting Edit Georgia s 2020 college football recruiting class was rated as the best in the country by Rivals com 247Sports and On3 Highly rated recruits included cornerback Kelee Ringo defensive tackle Jalen Carter offensive tackle Broderick Jones and Tate Ratlege linebacker Mekhail Sherman and tight end Darnell Washington Schedule EditGeorgia 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 canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2 3 4 This was the first season since 1924 that the Bulldogs did not play Georgia Tech 5 Georgia played two additional SEC West opponents this season Arkansas and Mississippi State 5 The game scheduled against SEC East opponent Vanderbilt was postponed and eventually canceled 6 DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 264 00 p m at ArkansasNo 4Donald W Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville ARSECNW 37 1016 500October 37 30 p m No 7 Auburn nbsp No 4Sanford StadiumAthens GA College GameDay Deep South s Oldest Rivalry ESPNW 27 620 524October 103 30 p m No 14 TennesseeNo 3Sanford StadiumAthens GA rivalry CBSW 44 2120 524October 178 00 p m at No 2 AlabamaNo 3Bryant Denny StadiumTuscaloosa AL College GameDay rivalry CBSL 24 4119 424October 3112 00 p m at KentuckyNo 5Kroger FieldLexington KYSECNW 14 312 000November 73 30 p m vs No 8 FloridaNo 5TIAA Bank FieldJacksonville FL rivalry CBSL 28 4419 210November 217 30 p m Mississippi StateNo 13Sanford StadiumAthens GeorgiaSECNW 31 2420 524November 287 30 p m at South CarolinaNo 9Williams Brice StadiumColumbia SC rivalry SECNW 45 1616 444December 1212 00 p m at No 25 MissouriNo 9Faurot FieldColumbia MOSECNW 49 1410 830January 112 00 p m vs No 8 Cincinnati No 9Mercedes Benz StadiumAtlanta GA Peach Bowl ESPNW 24 2115 301 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 24 released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern timeSchedule Source 6 Roster Edit2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassTE 0 Darnell Washington FrWR 1 George Pickens SoRB 3 Zamir White nbsp SoRB 4 James Cook JrWR 5 Matt Landers nbsp JrRB 6 Kenny McIntosh SoWR 7 Jermaine Burton FrWR 8 Dominick Blaylock SoWR 10 Kearis Jackson nbsp SoWR 11 Arian Smith FrWR 12 Tommy Bush nbsp SoQB 13 Stetson Bennett JrWR 14 Trey Blount JrQB 15 Carson Beck FrWR 16 Demetris Robertson SrWR 17 Justin Robinson FrQB 18 JT Daniels nbsp SoTE 18 Brett Seither nbsp FrRB 20 Sevaughn Clark nbsp FrRB 22 Kendall Milton FrWR 23 Jaylen Johnson nbsp SoQB 24 Nathan Priestley nbsp FrQB 26 Jackson Muschamp FrQB 27 Austin Kirksey nbsp FrWR 31 Reid Tulowitzky JrRB 33 Daijun Edwards FrRB 36 Garrett Jones nbsp SoWR 37 Patrick Bond nbsp SoWR 38 Brady Tindall JrRB 39 K J McCoy JrTE 42 Mitchell Werntz JrTE 43 Chase Harof JrTE 44 Michael Hagerty nbsp FrRB 45 Kirk Knisely FrWR 46 George Vining nbsp FrOL 50 Warren Ericson nbsp SoOL 51 Tate Ratledge FrOL 52 Cameron Kinnie FrOL 54 Justin Shaffer SrOL 55 Trey Hill JrOL 57 Daniel Gothard SrOL 58 Austin Blaske FrOL 59 Broderick Jones FrOL 60 Clay Webb nbsp FrOL 61 Blake Watson nbsp SoOL 63 Sedrick Van Pran FrOL 64 David Vann nbsp FrOL 66 Dalton Perry FrOL 68 Chris Brown FrOL 69 Jamaree Salyer JrOL 70 Warren McClendon nbsp FrOL 73 Xaxier Truss nbsp FrOL 74 Ben Cleveland SrOL 75 Owen Condon nbsp SoOL 76 Miles Johnson FrOL 77 Devin Willock FrOL 78 Chad Lindberg FrOL 79 Weston Wallace FrWR 81 Marcus Rosemy Jacksaint FrWR 83 Kaustov Chakrabarti FrWR 84 Ladd McConkey FrWR 85 Cameron Moore JrTE 86 John FitzPatrick nbsp SoTE 87 Tre McKitty GSTE 88 Ryland Goede nbsp FrWR 89 Braxton Hicks Fr Defense Pos Name ClassDB 2 Richard LeCounte SrDB 3 Tyson Campbell JrLB 4 Nolan Smith SoDB 5 Kelee Ringo FrDB 6 Jalen Kimber FrDB 7 Tyrique Stevenson SoOLB 8 M J Sherman FrDB 9 Ameer Speed JrDL 10 Malik Herring SrLB 11 Jermaine Johnson II SrLB 12 Rian Davis nbsp FrOLB 13 Azeez Ojulari nbsp SoDB 14 D J Daniel SrILB 15 Trezmen Marshall SoDB 16 Lewis Cine SoLB 17 Nakobe Dean SoLB 19 Adam Anderson JrDB 20 Major Burns FrILB 22 Nate McBride SrDB 23 Mark Webb SrDB 24 Prather Hudson GSLB 25 Quay Walker JrDB 26 Daran Branch FrDB 27 Eric Stokes JrDB 29 Christopher Smith JrLB 30 Tae Crowder SrDB 31 William Poole JrILB 32 Monty Rice SrOLB 33 Robert Beal Jr JrDB 36 Latavious Brini JrDB 38 Patrick Taylor FrDB 39 Hugh Nelson nbsp SoILB 41 Channing Tindall JrLB 42 Matthew Brown nbsp SoDB 43 Jehlen Cannady FrDL 44 Travon Walker SoDL 45 Bill Norton nbsp FrDB 47 Dan Jackson nbsp FrDL 54 Cade Brock FrDL 78 Nazir Stackhouse FrOLB 84 Walter Grant SrDL 88 Jalen Carter FrDL 90 Tramel Walthour nbsp SoDL 91 Tymon Mitchell nbsp FrDL 92 Julian Rochester SrDL 95 Devonte Wyatt SrDL 96 Zion Logue nbsp FrDL 97 Warren Brinson FrDL 99 Jordan Davis Jr Special teams Pos Name ClassLS 47 Payne Walker nbsp SoLS 56 William Mote nbsp FrK P 90 Jake Camarda JrP 93 Bill Rubright JrP 95 Noah Chumley nbsp FrK 96 Jack Podlesny nbsp SoK 97 Brooks Buce JrK 99 Jared Zirkel Fr Head coachKirby SmartCoordinators assistant coachesTodd Monken Offensive coordinator quarterbacks Dan Lanning Defensive coordinator outside linebackers Glenn Schumann Co defensive coordinator inside linebackers Scott Cochran Special teams coordinator Dell McGee Run game coordinator running backs Cortez Hankton Pass game coordinator wide receivers Tray Scott Defensive line Matt Luke Offensive line assistant head coach Todd Hartley Tight ends Scott Sinclair Director strength and conditioning Rodney Prince Assistant strength and conditioning Maurice Sims Assistant strength and conditioning Ben Sowders Assistant strength and conditioning Tersoo Uhaa Assistant strength and conditioning Buster Faulkner Quality control offense Jacob Russell Quality control offense Duece Schwartz Quality control offense Montgomery VanGorder Quality control offense Luke Moore Quality control defense Roderick Ojong Quality control defense Dan O Brien Quality control defense Matt Godwin Player personnel coordinator Jay Chapman Director of football management Anna Courson Assistant football operations Neyland Raper Assistant football operations Jonas Jennings Director player development Austin Chambers Assistant director player development Mike Cavan Director of football administration Ann Hunt Administrative associate to the head coach Christina Harris Director recruiting administration Katie Turner Director recruiting operations Angela Kirkpatrick Assistant recruiting Cameron Lemons Assistant recruiting Logen Reed Assistant recruiting Bryant Gantt Director player support and operations John Meshad Director player equipment Jake Stroot Director football technology Collier Madaleno Director football performance nutrition Meaghan Turcotte Assistant director football performance nutrition Greg Meyer Special teams analyst Eric Black Co director football creative design Chandler Eldridge Co director football creative design Frank Martin Co director football creative designLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRoster Last update 9 1 21Rankings EditFurther information 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking t Tied with team above or below First place votes WeekPollPre12345678910111213141516FinalAP44 44433 1 455121313111210117Coaches44 43T43T34551111101010997CFPNot released98989Not releasedGame summaries EditAt Arkansas Edit See also 2020 Arkansas Razorbacks football team Game One No 4 Georgia Bulldogs 0 0 at Arkansas Razorbacks 0 0 Period 1 2 34TotalNo 4 Bulldogs 0 5 221037Razorbacks 7 0 3010at Donald W Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville Arkansas Date Saturday September 26 2020Game time 3 00 p m CDTGame weather Clear Temperature 80 F 27 C Wind S 11 mphGame attendance 16 500TV 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 informationFirst 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 ARKFirst downs 19 15Plays yards 89 387 67 280Rushes yards 42 121 28 77Passing yards 266 203Passing comp att int 28 47 1 20 39 3Time of possession 35 46 24 14Team Category Player StatisticsGeorgia Passing Stetson Bennett 20 29 211 yards 2 TDRushing Zamir White 13 carries 71 yards 1 TDReceiving Kearis Jackson 6 receptions 62 yardsArkansas Passing Feleipe Franks 19 36 200 yards 1 TD 2 INTRushing Trelon Smith 6 carries 38 yardsReceiving Treylon Burks 7 receptions 102 yards 1 TD No 7 Auburn Edit See also 2020 Auburn Tigers football team Game Two No 7 Auburn Tigers 1 0 at No 4 Georgia Bulldogs 1 0 Period 1 2 34TotalNo 7 Tigers 0 3 306No 4 Bulldogs 10 14 3027at Sanford Stadium Athens Georgia Date Saturday October 3 2020Game time 6 38 p m CDTGame weather Fair Temperature 64 F 18 C Wind 5 mph EGame attendance 20 524Referee James CarterTV 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 informationFirst 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 quarterNo scoring Statistics AUB UGAFirst downs 15 25Plays yards 63 216 73 442Rushes yards 22 39 45 202Passing yards 177 240Passing comp att int 21 41 1 17 28 0Time of possession 25 56 34 04Team Category Player StatisticsAuburn Passing Bo Nix 21 41 177 yds 1 INTRushing Tank Bigsby 8 carries 31 ydsReceiving Anthony Schwartz 8 receptions 57 ydsGeorgia Passing Stetson Bennett 17 28 240 yds 1 TDRushing Zamir White 19 carries 88 yds 2 TDReceiving Kearis Jackson 9 receptions 147 yds Tennessee Edit See also 2020 Tennessee Volunteers football teamPlayers drafted into the NFL EditSee also 2021 NFL Draft Round Pick Player Position NFL Club1 29 Eric Stokes CB Green Bay Packers2 33 Tyson Campbell CB Jacksonville Jaguars2 50 Azeez Ojulari OLB New York Giants3 92 Monty Rice ILB Tennessee Titans3 94 Ben Cleveland OG Baltimore Ravens3 97 Tre McKitty TE Los Angeles Chargers5 169 Richard LeCounte S Cleveland Browns6 190 Trey Hill C Cincinnati BengalsCoaching staff EditName Position Consecutive season atGeorgia in current positionKirby Smart Head coach 5thTodd Monken Offensive coordinator Quarterbacks Coach 1stMatt Luke Associate head coach Offensive line coach 1stScott Cochran Special teams coordinator 1stDan Lanning Defensive coordinator Outside linebackers coach 2ndGlenn Schumann Co defensive coordinator Inside linebackers coach 2ndCortez Hankton Pass Game coordinator Wide receivers coach 3rdDell McGee Run Game coordinator Running backs coach 2ndTodd Hartley Tight ends coach 2ndTray Scott Defensive line coach 4thReference 7 References Edit Preseason SEC media poll All SEC Team announced SECSports com Southeastern Conference September 23 2020 Talty John July 30 2020 SEC moves to conference only 2020 schedule pushes back start of season AL com Retrieved July 30 2020 Dellenger Ross July 30 2020 Sources SEC Adopts Conference Only Schedule With Sept 26 Start Sports Illustrated Retrieved July 30 2020 Kelley Kevin July 30 2020 All three Chick fil A Kickoff games canceled in 2020 FBSchedules com Retrieved July 30 2020 a b Dellenger Ross August 7 2020 SEC s New Schedule Winners Losers and Mizzou Sports Illustrated Retrieved August 18 2020 a b 2020 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule FB Schedules Retrieved January 28 2020 2021 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide p 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team amp oldid 1179705845, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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