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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 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] 1924 that the Bulldogs did not play Georgia Tech.[ 5]
Georgia played two additional SEC West opponents this season: Arkansas and Mississippi State .[ 5] Vanderbilt was postponed and eventually canceled.[ 6]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 26 4:00 p.m. at Arkansas No. 4 SECN W 37–1016,500 October 3 7:30 p.m. No. 7 Auburn No. 4 ESPN W 27–620,524 October 10 3:30 p.m. No. 14 Tennessee No. 3 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry ) CBS W 44–2120,524 October 17 8:00 p.m. at No. 2 Alabama No. 3 CBS L 24–4119,424 October 31 12:00 p.m. at Kentucky No. 5 SECN W 14–312,000 November 7 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 8 Florida No. 5 CBS L 28–4419,210 November 21 7:30 p.m. Mississippi State No. 13 Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia SECN W 31–2420,524 November 28 7:30 p.m. at South Carolina No. 9 SECN W 45–1616,444 December 12 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Missouri No. 9 SECN W 49–1410,830 January 1 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 8 Cincinnati * No. 9 ESPN W 24–2115,301
Schedule source: [ 6]
2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 47 Payne Walker So
LS 56 William Mote Fr
K/P 90 Jake Camarda Jr
P 93 Bill Rubright Jr
P 95 Noah Chumley Fr
K 96 Jack Podlesny So
K 97 Brooks Buce Jr
K 99 Jared Zirkel Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Todd 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 design Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP 4 4* 4 4 4 3 3 (1) 4 5 5 12 13 13 11 12 10 11 7 Coaches 4 4* 4 3T 4 3T 3 4 5 5 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 7 CFP Not released 9 8 9 8 9 Not released
Game information
First quarter 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
Turnovers
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
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
Turnovers
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
Game Three – No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers (2–0) at No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs (2–0)
at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia
Date : Saturday, October 10, 2020Game time : 2:30 p.m. EDT Game weather : Cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)Game attendance : 20,524Referee : David SmithTV announcers (CBS ) : Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), and Dawn Davenport (sidelines)
Game information
First quarter (14:17) UT - Kivon Bennett 0-yard Fumble Return (Brent Cimaglia Kick) (Drive: 2 plays, -25 yards, 0:43; Tennessee 7-0 )
(6:38) UGA - Zamir White 1-yard Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards, 2:29; Tied 7-7 ) Second Quarter (11:42) UGA - Stetson Bennett 8-yard Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 12 plays, 95 yards, 6:15; Georgia 14-7 )
(6:40) UT - Josh Palmer 36-yard pass from Jarrett Guarantano (Brent Cimaglia Kick) (Drive: 1 play, 36 yards, 0:09; Tied 14-14 )
(4:49) UGA - Jack Podlesny 47-yard Field Goal (Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 1:51; Georgia 17-14 )
(3:08) UT - Josh Palmer 27-yard pass from Jarrett Guarantano (Brent Cimaglia Kick) (Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards, 1:41; Tennessee 21-17 ) Third Quarter (12:00) UGA - Jack Podlesny 34-yard Field Goal (Drive: 4 plays, -1 yard, 2:13; Tennessee 21-20 )
(10:11) UGA - Jack Podlesny 51-yard Field Goal (Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 0:53; Georgia 23-21 )
(0:35) UGA - Kearis Jackson 21-yard pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 3:53; Georgia 30-21 ) Fourth Quarter (10:31) UGA - Jalen Carter 1-yard pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards, 3:45; Georgia 37-21 )
(9:56) UGA - Monty Rice 20-yard Fumble Return (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 3 plays, -5 yards, 0:35; Georgia 44-21 )
Statistics
TENN
UGA
First downs 13 24
Plays–yards 63-214 77-431
Rushes–yards 27-(-1) 50-193
Passing yards 215 238
Passing: comp –att –int 23-36-1 16-27-0
Turnovers
Time of possession 23:22 26:38
Team Category Player Statistics
Tennessee
Passing Jarrett Guarantano 23/36, 215 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Eric Gray 8 carries, 25 yds
Receiving Joshua Palmer 4 receptions, 71 yds
Georgia
Passing Stetson Bennett 16/27, 238 yds, 2 TD
Rushing Kendall Milton 8 carries, 56 yds
Receiving Kearis Jackson 4 receptions, 91 yds, 1 TD
Game information
First quarter (13:16) UA - John Metchie III 40-yard pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard Kick) (Drive: 3 plays, 58 yards, 0:52; Alabama 7-0 )
(1:53) UGA - Zamir White 10-yard Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 2:40; Tied 7-7 ) Second Quarter (14:49) UGA - James Cook 82-yard pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 2 plays, 86 yards, 0:13; Georgia 14-7 )
(9:00) UA - Will Reichard 33-yard Field Goal (Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards, 5:49; Georgia 14-10 )
(5:42) UGA - Jack Podlesny 50-yard Field Goal (Drive: 10 plays, 44 yards, 3:18; Georgia 17-10 )
(3:06) UA - DeVonta Smith 17-yard pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard Kick) (Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:36; Tied 17-17 )
(0:23) UGA - Jermaine Burton 5-yard pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards, 2:43; Georgia 24-17 )
(0:00) UA - Will Reichard 52-yard Field Goal (Drive: 5 plays, 41 yards, 0:23; Georgia 24-20 ) Third Quarter (4:00) Jaylen Waddle 90-yard pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard Kick) (Drive: 2 plays, 91 yards, 0:49; Alabama 27-24 )
(0:51) Najee Harris 2-yardd Run (Will Reichard Kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 1:58; Alabama 34-24 ) Fourth Quarter (9:32) DeVonta Smith 13-yardd pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard Kick) (Drive: 10 plays, 45 yards, 5:16, Alabama 41-24 ) 24 41
Statistics
UGA
ALA
First downs 20 33
Plays–yards 48-414 67-564
Rushes–yards 30-145 43-147
Passing yards 269 417
Passing: comp –att –int 18-40-3 24-33-1
Turnovers
Time of possession 26:01 33:59
Team Category Player Statistics
Georgia
Passing Stetson Bennett 18/40, 269 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Zamir White 10 carries, 57 yds, 1 TD
Receiving James Cook 4 receptions, 101 yds, 1 TD
Alabama
Passing Mac Jones 24-32, 417 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Najee Harris 31 carries, 152 yds, 1 TD
Receiving DeVonta Smith 11 receptions, 167 yds, 2 TD
Game Five – No 5. Georgia Bulldogs (3–1) at Kentucky Wildcats (2–3)
at Kroger Field • Lexington, Kentucky
Date : Saturday, October 31, 2020Game time : 12:00 p.m. EDT Game weather : Mostly Sunny • Temperature : 54 °F (12 °C) • Wind: 5 SE mphGame attendance : 12,000Referee : Matt LoefflerTV announcers (SECN ) : Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (analyst) and Cole Cubelic (sideline)
Game information
First quarter (6:07) UGA - Stetson Bennett 2-yard Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 12 plays, 86 yards, 5:06; Georgia 7-0 ) Second Quarter (2:44) UK - Matt Ruffolo 34-yard Field Goal (Drive: 19 plays, 77 yards, 10:28; Georgia 7-3 ) Third Quarter (11:38) Zamir White 22-yard Run (Jack Podlesny Kick) (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:22; Georgia 14-3 )
Statistics
UGA
UK
First downs 20 15
Plays–yards 58-346 65-229
Rushes–yards 43-215 39-138
Passing yards 131 91
Passing: comp –att –int 9-14-2 15-25-0
Turnovers
Time of possession 25:00 35:00
Team Category Player Statistics
Georgia
Passing Stetson Bennett 9/13, 131 yds, 2 INT
Rushing Zamir White 26 carries, 136 yds, 1 TD
Receiving James Cook 4 receptions, 62 yds,
Kentucky
Passing Joey Gatewood 15-25, 91 yds
Rushing Chris Rodriguez 20 carries, 108 yds
Receiving Josh Ali 5 receptions, 35 yds
Game information
First quarter Georgia – Zamir White 75-yard run (Jack Podlesny kick), 14:48
Georgia – Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint 32-yard pass from Stetson Bennett (Jack Podlesny kick), 11:44
Florida – Justin Shorter 14-yard pass from Kyle Trask (Evan McPherson kick), 8:20
Florida – Dameon Pierce 2-yard run (Evan McPherson kick), 1:43 Second quarter Georgia – Eric Stokes 37-yard interception return (Jack Podlesny kick), 12:17
Florida – Kyle Pitts 25-yard pass from Kyle Trask (Evan McPherson kick), 11:38
Florida – Kemore Gamble 24-yard pass from Kyle Trask (Evan McPherson kick), 7:44
Florida – Evan McPherson 50-yard field goal, 1:44
Florida – Trevon Grimes 14-yard pass from Kyle Trask (Evan McPherson kick), 0:11 Third quarter Florida – Evan McPherson 51-yard field goal, 11:48
Georgia – Kearis Jackson 25-yard pass from D'Wan Mathis (Jack Podlesny kick), 0:41 Fourth quarter Florida – Evan McPherson 34-yard field goal, 1:19
Statistics
UGA
FLA
First downs 12 29
Plays–yards 58-277 80-577
Rushes–yards 29-165 37-97
Passing yards 112 474
Passing: comp –att –int 9-29-3 30-42-1
Turnovers
Time of possession 22:34 37:26
Team Category Player Statistics
Georgia
Passing Stetson Bennett 5/16, 78 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Zamir White 7 carries, 107 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Kearis Jackson 3 receptions, 48 yds, 1 TD
Florida
Passing Kyle Trask 30-43, 474 yds, 4 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing Dameon Pierce 15 carries, 52 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Malik Davis 5 receptions, 100 yds, 1 TD
Total
Bulldogs
3
14
7
0
24
No. 13 Bulldogs 0
17
7
7
31
Statistics
Statistics MSST UGA
First downs 20 18
Total yards 358 409
Rushing yards 22 8
Passing yards 336 401
Turnovers 0 0
Time of possession 32:07 27:53
Team Category Player Statistics
Mississippi State Passing Will Rogers 41–52, 336 yards, TD
Rushing Dillon Johnson 8 rushes, 19 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Jaden Walley 7 receptions, 115 yards, TD
Georgia Passing JT Daniels 28–38, 401 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Zamir White 11 rushes, 21 yards
Receiving Jermaine Burton 8 receptions, 197 yards, 2 TD
Game Eight – No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs (5–2) at South Carolina Gamecocks (2–6)
at Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
Date : November 28, 2020Game time : 7:30 p.m. EDT Game weather : • Temperature :Game attendance : 16,444TV : SECN
Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
Statistics UGA
SC
First downs 24 16
Total yards 471 273
Rushes/yards 46/332 43/83
Passing yards 139 190
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 10-16-1 18-22-1
Time of possession 31:09 28:51
Team Category Player Statistics
Georgia Passing JT Daniels 10-16, 139 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing James Cook 6 carries, 104 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Tre' McKitty 2 receptions, 46 yards, 1 TD
South Carolina Passing Luke Doty 18-22, 190 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Kevin Harris 17 carries, 53 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Nick Muse 8 receptions, 131 yards, 1 TD
Total
No. 9 Georgia 14
7
21
7
49
No. 25 Missouri
0
14
0
0
14
Vs. No. 8 Cincinnati [ edit ]
Game information
First quarter Second quarter (3:46) UGA – Jack Podlesny 38 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, 2:51; Georgia 10–7 )
(0:06) CIN – Josh Whyle 11 yard pass from Desmond Ridder , Cole Smith kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:40; Cincinnati 14–10 ) Third quarter (14:11) CIN – Jerome Ford 79 yard rush, Cole Smith kick (Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:49; Cincinnati 21–10 ) Fourth quarter (13:20) UGA – Zamir White 9 yard rush, JT Daniels pass failed (Drive: 2 plays, 25 yards, 0:41; Cincinnati 21–16 )
(6:43) UGA – Jack Podlesny 32 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 2:16; Cincinnati 21–19 )
(0:03) UGA – Jack Podlesny 53 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards, 1:25; Georgia 22–21 )
(0:00) UGA – Azeez Ojulari tackled Desmond Ridder in the end zone for a safety (Georgia 24–21
Statistics
UGA
CIN
First downs 19 16
Plays–yards 63–449 64–305
Rushes–yards 24–45 27–99
Passing yards 404 206
Passing: comp –att –int 27–39–1 24–37–0
Turnovers
Time of possession 28:36 31:24
Team Category Player Statistics
Georgia
Passing JT Daniels 26/38, 392 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Zamir White 11 carries, 41 yards, 1 TD
Receiving George Pickens 7 receptions, 135 yards, 1 TD
Cincinnati
Passing Desmond Ridder 24/37, 206 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Jerome Ford 8 carries, 98 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Michael Young Jr. 4 receptions, 59 yards
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] Georgia had nine players selected in the 2021 NFL draft.[ 8]
↑ "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 . 1 2 Dellenger, Ross (August 7, 2020). "SEC's New Schedule: Winners, Losers and... Mizzou" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved August 18, 2020 . 1 2 "2020 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .↑ UGA Pregame ↑ Morgan, James (May 1, 2021). "9 Georgia Bulldogs selected in the 2021 NFL draft" . University of Georgia Wire . USA Today. Retrieved November 26, 2024 . ↑ 2021 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide , p. 2
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