Division Eastern Division 2015 record 10–3 (5–3 SEC) | Coaches No. 24 | |
Conference Southeastern Conference Head coach Mark Richt (regular season; 15th year)
Bryan McClendon (interim; bowl game) Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer (1st year) | ||
The 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium. They were members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference.
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Previous season
The 2014 Georgia Bulldogs football team finished the regular season 9–3, with losses to South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia Tech. Even defeating Missouri 34–0, Georgia did not receive a bid to the SEC Championship due to the two SEC losses (Florida and South Carolina). Instead, one loss Missouri went to the SEC championship game. The Bulldogs became bowl eligible after their win against Arkansas and were invited to play in the Belk Bowl against the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a game they won, 37-14 to complete a 10-3 season.
Coaching changes
Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo left his position to accept the head coaching job at Colorado State at the end of the 2014 season. Offensive line coach Will Friend left Georgia as well to become the offensive coordinator at Colorado State. Coach Bobo was replaced by Brian Schottenheimer who was the St. Louis Rams Offensive Coordinator the past 3 seasons. Schottenheimer was previously the Offensive Coordinator of the New York Jets from 2006-2011 and also coached Quarterbacks for the San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins. Schottenheimer started playing college football at Kansas before transferring to Florida to play for Steve Spurrier from 1993-1996. Rob Sale was hired to coach the offensive line. Sale came from McNeese State where he coached the offensive line the past 3 seasons. After Wide Reivers coach Tony Ball took a position with LSU, Georgia graduate Thomas Brown (running back) was hired from Wisconsin and Bryan McClendon moved from Running Backs Coach to Wide Receivers.
Schedule
Georgia announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Bulldogs would host SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina, and would travel to Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Georgia would meet for the 93rd time with Florida in their annual neutral site rivalry game in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Bulldogs would host three non–conference foes: Louisiana–Monroe, Southern, and in–state rival Georgia Southern. Finally, at the last game of the regular season the Bulldogs would travel to Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
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