Georgia Bulldogs

SECAthens, GASanford Stadium

2026: 6–⁠1 (4–⁠1 SEC), No. 5 in the AP poll. Last: lost to Auburn 27–⁠24 at home. Next: vs. Florida, Saturday, Oct 31, 3:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 63–⁠3Tennessee State
  2. W 70–⁠20Western Kentucky
  3. W 45–⁠17at Arkansas
  4. W 41–⁠13Oklahoma
  5. W 38–⁠14Vanderbilt
  6. W 20–⁠17at No. 6 Alabama
  7. L 24–⁠27Auburn
  8. Oct 31vs. Florida
  9. Nov 7at Ole Miss
  10. Nov 14Missouri
  11. Nov 21at South Carolina
  12. Nov 28Georgia Tech
  • No. 9 in all-time wins
  • Hosted College GameDay 11 times
  • Outfitted by Nike
  • Live mascot: Uga
  • Sudler Trophy, 2000

Georgia has played football since 1892 and is 884–⁠412–⁠50 in the 1,346 games on record here, which start in 1902. Georgia claims four national championships (1942, 1980, 2021, 2022). The Bulldogs have finished No. 1 in the final AP poll three times, most recently in 2022. They have won 16 Southeastern Conference titles (the last in 2025) and two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, counting shared titles. The Heisman Trophy has been won here twice, most recently by Herschel Walker in 1982. Since 1939, the NFL Draft has taken 274 players from here in its first seven rounds, 51 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took nine players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 17 players and 5 coaches from Georgia. Vince Dooley (1964–⁠1988) won more games here than any other coach: 201. The most-played rival is Auburn: 130 meetings, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8. This season, under Kirby Smart, they’re 6–⁠1.

Sanford Stadium in Athens
Sanford StadiumPhoto: TarheelBornBred, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Georgia is one of three FBS teams that have scored first in every game this season, with Ohio State and Virginia Tech.

Computed from every game through Oct 17 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 2024No. 5 Georgia beat No. 1 Texas 30–⁠15 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
908–⁠434–⁠54 official; 884–⁠412–⁠50 on file; how we count
Postseason
38–⁠23 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
3
Weeks at No. 1
52 of 649 ranked
Elo now
1754 4th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 2 · Composite No. 2 in FBS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2022 rated 1897
Conference titles
18 last in 2025
Bowl record
38–⁠23–⁠3 official, bowls only
Seasons
123 since 1902, 1,346 games

Identity

Fight song
Hail to Georgia
Apparel
Nike
Band
Georgia Redcoat Marching Band since 1905, 400+ members

2026 season 6–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Georgia’s Elo through 2026: 1706 going into the opener, 1754 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 3 to unranked.17001725175017751800Elo 1706 going in; beat Tennessee State 63–3; AP No. 3Elo 1709 going in; beat Western Kentucky 70–20; AP No. 2Elo 1720 going in; beat Arkansas 45–17; AP No. 2Elo 1734 going in; beat Oklahoma 41–13; AP No. 2Elo 1751 going in; beat Vanderbilt 38–14; AP No. 2Elo 1766 going in; beat Alabama 20–17; AP No. 2Elo 1781 going in; lost to Auburn 27–24; AP No. 1Now: Elo 1754 after the latest game1754
3222221·
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠31
20302 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20312 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only

Georgia’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them. Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Georgia.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Single source
  • On3; read 2026-10-10
Mascot
Hairy Dawg · Single source
Live mascot
Uga (English bulldog) · Official source
Athletic director
Josh Brooks · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Mike Bobo · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Glenn Schumann · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike. The last deal found here was reported in 2015. The current term hasn't been confirmed.

  • NBC Sports, May 20, 2015: New Nike deal reported at $40M

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Georgia end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 2022 at 1897.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202022 peak: Elo 1897
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Kirby Smart2016–⁠2026123–⁠22
Bryan McClendon20151–⁠0
Mark Richt2001–⁠2015145–⁠51
Jim Donnan1996–⁠200040–⁠19
Ray Goff1989–⁠199546–⁠34–⁠1
Vince Dooley1964–⁠1988201–⁠77–⁠10
Johnny Griffith1961–⁠196310–⁠16–⁠4
Wallace Butts1939–⁠1960140–⁠86–⁠9
Joel Hunt19385–⁠4–⁠1
Harry Mehre1928–⁠193759–⁠34–⁠6
George Woodruff1923–⁠192730–⁠16–⁠1
Herman Stegeman1920–⁠192220–⁠6–⁠3
W.A. Cunningham1910–⁠191943–⁠18–⁠9
James Coulter19091–⁠4–⁠2
Branch Bocock19085–⁠2–⁠1
W.S. Whitney1906–⁠19076–⁠7–⁠2
Marvin Dickinson1903–⁠19054–⁠9
Charles Barnard19041–⁠5
Billy Reynolds19024–⁠2–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUGA record
Auburn13066–⁠56–⁠8 ‡
Georgia Tech11973–⁠41–⁠5 ‡
Florida10458–⁠44–⁠2
Vanderbilt8061–⁠17–⁠2
Kentucky7965–⁠12–⁠2
Alabama7527–⁠45–⁠3
South Carolina7352–⁠19–⁠2
Clemson6141–⁠16–⁠4

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Georgia Tech, Florida, Auburn, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Clemson, Vanderbilt.

Trophies it holds: Governor’s Cup (Georgia Tech), Okefenokee Oar (Florida, since 2021). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (139)

Every program Georgia has played, A to Z, with Georgia’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

18, counting shared titles
Southeastern Conference 16
1942, 1946 (shared), 1948, 1959, 1966 (shared), 1968, 1976 (shared), 1980, 1981 (shared), 1982, 2002, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024, 2025
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2
1896 (shared), 1920 (shared)
SEC East 13
1992 (tied), 2002, 2003 (tied), 2005, 2007 (tied), 2011, 2012 (tied), 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1891–⁠1895
  2. SIAA 1896–⁠1916 and 1919–⁠1921
  3. SEC since 1933
  • 1932Joined the SEC from the SoCon. Source

Georgia’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2025Brett Thorson PRay Guy
2024Jalon Walker LBButkus
2023Brock Bowers TEMackey
2023Ladd McConkey WRWuerffel
2022Stetson Bennett QBManning, Burlsworth
2022Brock Bowers TEMackey
2021Jordan Davis DTOutland, Bednarik
2021Nakobe Dean ILBButkus
2019Rodrigo Blankenship KGroza
2018Deandre Baker CBThorpe
2017Roquan Smith OLBButkus
2011Brandon Boykin WR/CB/RSHornung
2009Drew Butler PRay Guy
2004David Pollack DELombardi, Bednarik, Hendricks
2003David Pollack DEHendricks
2003Brian VanGorder coachBroyles Award
1998Champ Bailey CBNagurski
1998Matt Stinchcomb OTCampbell Trophy
1992Garrison Hearst RBDoak Walker
1982Herschel Walker RBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp
1980Vince Dooley coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach
1976Vince Dooley coachBobby Dodd Award
1968Bill Stanfill DTOutland
1946Charley Trippi RB/QB/PMaxwell
1942Frank Sinkwich RBHeisman

Consensus All-Americans 42

2025C.J. Allen LB
2023Brock Bowers TE
2023Malaki Starks DB
2022Christopher Smith II DB
2022Jalen Carter DL
2021Jordan Davis DL
2021Nakobe Dean LB
2019Andrew Thomas OL
2019J.R. Reed DB
2018Deandre Baker DB
2017Roquan Smith LB
2012Jarvis Jones LB
2011Jarvis Jones LB
2009Drew Butler P
2005Greg Blue DB
2005Max Jean-Gilles OL
2004David Pollack DE
2004Thomas Davis Sr. DB
2002David Pollack DE
1998Champ Bailey DB
1998Matt Stinchcomb OT
1992Garrison Hearst RB
1988Tim Worley RB
1985Peter Anderson C
1984Jeff Sanchez DB
1984Kevin Butler K
1983Terry Hoage S
1982Herschel Walker RB
1982Terry Hoage S
1981Herschel Walker RB
1980Herschel Walker RB
1976Joel Parrish OG
1975Randy Johnson OG
1971Royce Smith OG
1968Bill Stanfill DT
1968Jake Scott S
1967Edgar Chandler OT
1946Charley Trippi RB
1942Frank Sinkwich RB
1941Frank Sinkwich RB
1931Vernon Smith E
1927Tom Nash E

Led the nation 10

2022Jack Podlesny points (151 pts)
2015Nick Chubb yards per carry (8.1)
1992Garrison Hearst rushing touchdowns (19 TD), points (126 pts), points per game (11.5)
1980Scott Woerner punt return average (15.7)
1955Jimmy Orr yards per catch (18.5)
1952Zeke Bratkowski passing yards (1,824 yds)
1944Reid Moseley receptions (32 catches), receiving yards (506 yds)
1942Frank Sinkwich rushing touchdowns (17 TD), total offense (2,187 yds)
1942George Poschner yards per catch (20.5)
1941Frank Sinkwich rushing yards (1,103 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2022Stetson Bennett QB4th
1992Garrison Hearst RB3rd
1983Terry Hoage S5th
1981Herschel Walker RB2nd
1980Herschel Walker RB3rd
1946Charley Trippi RB2nd
1941Frank Sinkwich RB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
17
Coaches
5
2026Garrison Hearst RB
2023Mark Richt coach here, 2001–⁠2015
2022Champ Bailey CB
2020David Pollack DE
2018Matt Stinchcomb OT
2016Scott Woerner S
2011Jake Scott S
2009Jim Donnan coach here, 1996–⁠2000
2003John Rauch QB
2001Kevin Butler K
2000Terry Hoage S
1999Herschel Walker RB
1998Bill Stanfill DT
1997Wally Butts coach, career 1939–⁠1960
1994Vince Dooley coach here, 1964–⁠1988
1987Fran Tarkenton QB
1984Bill Hartman FB
1979Vernon Smith E
1959Charley Trippi RB/QB/P
1954Bob McWhorter RB
1954Frank Sinkwich RB
1951Pop Warner coach, career 1895–⁠1938

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
274 since 1939
First-round picks
51
AAFC and AFL picks
9 1947–⁠49, 1961–⁠62
2026Monroe Freeling OTNo. 19, Carolina Panthers
2025Mykel Williams DENo. 11, San Francisco 49ers
2025Jalon Walker LBNo. 15, Atlanta Falcons
2025Malaki Starks SNo. 27, Baltimore Ravens
2024Brock Bowers TENo. 13, Las Vegas Raiders
2024Amarius Mims OTNo. 18, Cincinnati Bengals
2023Jalen Carter DTNo. 9, Philadelphia Eagles
2023Broderick Jones OTNo. 14, Pittsburgh Steelers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Georgia
Enrollment
43,146 32,399 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Athens, Georgia
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1785
Graduates’ median earnings
$68,726 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @GeorgiaFootballInstagram @georgiafootballFacebook FootballUGA
Athletics department
X @UGAAthleticsInstagram @UGAAthleticsFacebook georgiabulldogs

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones georgiadogs.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. 1955–⁠65Ed Thilenius
  2. 1966–⁠2008Larry Munson radio
  3. 1990–⁠91Dave O’Brien

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Georgia football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

Old photographs

  • University of Georgia Football Team
    University of Georgia Football TeamPhoto: Troup County Archives, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America

From libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives and credited to it. The records don’t give these a season.

On the newsreel

And 12 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

And 37 more

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Georgia (4 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠14–⁠13Kirby Smart175428.3
202512–⁠27–⁠156Kirby Smart180924.1
202411–⁠36–⁠216Kirby Smart179224.3
202313–⁠18–⁠014Kirby Smart188831.2
202215–⁠08–⁠031Kirby Smart189735.3
202114–⁠18–⁠051Kirby Smart186432.0
20208–⁠27–⁠247Kirby Smart176019.1
201912–⁠27–⁠134Kirby Smart178726.8
201811–⁠37–⁠137Kirby Smart176432.9
201713–⁠27–⁠1152Kirby Smart180826.7
20168–⁠54–⁠418Kirby Smart16469.3
201510–⁠35–⁠39Mark Richt, Bryan McClendon169416.8
201410–⁠36–⁠2129Mark Richt173327.6
20138–⁠55–⁠35Mark Richt165825.1
201212–⁠27–⁠165Mark Richt175928.0
201110–⁠47–⁠11919Mark Richt167822.9
20106–⁠73–⁠523Mark Richt158222.2
20098–⁠54–⁠413Mark Richt165019.1
200810–⁠36–⁠2113Mark Richt173320.9
200711–⁠26–⁠2132Mark Richt176523.6
20069–⁠44–⁠41523Mark Richt169417.8
200510–⁠36–⁠21310Mark Richt175222.3
200410–⁠26–⁠237Mark Richt172921.8
200311–⁠36–⁠2117Mark Richt175126.5
200213–⁠17–⁠183Mark Richt176825.2
Every season back to 1902 (98 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20018–⁠45–⁠322Mark Richt163813.3
20008–⁠45–⁠31020Jim Donnan163316.0
19998–⁠45–⁠31416Jim Donnan16126.4
19989–⁠36–⁠21914Jim Donnan166310.3
199710–⁠26–⁠210Jim Donnan168120.8
19965–⁠63–⁠5Jim Donnan15166.0
19956–⁠63–⁠5Ray Goff15218.2
19946–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Ray Goff15657.5
19935–⁠62–⁠613Ray Goff160111.3
199210–⁠26–⁠2148Ray Goff170620.0
19919–⁠34–⁠317Ray Goff162113.3
19904–⁠72–⁠5Ray Goff1462-5.2
19896–⁠64–⁠3Ray Goff15799.6
19889–⁠35–⁠21215Vince Dooley167512.8
19879–⁠34–⁠22013Vince Dooley166818.9
19868–⁠44–⁠216Vince Dooley163817.0
19857–⁠3–⁠23–⁠2–⁠1Vince Dooley166018.6
19847–⁠4–⁠14–⁠2Vince Dooley163014.7
198310–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1154Vince Dooley174721.9
198211–⁠16–⁠074Vince Dooley177022.2
198110–⁠26–⁠0106Vince Dooley173027.1
198012–⁠06–⁠0161Vince Dooley171719.2
19796–⁠55–⁠111Vince Dooley15506.6
19789–⁠2–⁠15–⁠0–⁠116Vince Dooley160814.0
19775–⁠62–⁠419Vince Dooley1526-1.1
197610–⁠25–⁠11610Vince Dooley172327.2
19759–⁠35–⁠119Vince Dooley164118.6
19746–⁠64–⁠2Vince Dooley153716.3
19737–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4Vince Dooley163817.3
19727–⁠44–⁠317Vince Dooley162616.3
197111–⁠15–⁠1187Vince Dooley171923.7
19705–⁠53–⁠3Vince Dooley158115.3
19695–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠18Vince Dooley1571
19688–⁠1–⁠25–⁠0–⁠18Vince Dooley1707
19677–⁠43–⁠26Vince Dooley1675
196610–⁠15–⁠04Vince Dooley1736
19656–⁠42–⁠3Vince Dooley1610
19647–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2Vince Dooley1603
19634–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4Johnny Griffith1479
19623–⁠4–⁠32–⁠3–⁠1Johnny Griffith1469
19613–⁠72–⁠5Johnny Griffith1443
19606–⁠44–⁠313Wallace Butts1603
195910–⁠17–⁠05Wallace Butts1671
19584–⁠62–⁠4Wallace Butts1501
19573–⁠73–⁠4Wallace Butts1454
19563–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6Wallace Butts1414
19554–⁠62–⁠5Wallace Butts1462
19546–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Wallace Butts1483
19533–⁠81–⁠5Wallace Butts1419
19527–⁠44–⁠3Wallace Butts1571
19515–⁠52–⁠4Wallace Butts1514
19506–⁠3–⁠33–⁠2–⁠1Wallace Butts1531
19494–⁠6–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1Wallace Butts1534
19489–⁠26–⁠08Wallace Butts1693
19477–⁠4–⁠13–⁠39Wallace Butts1641
194611–⁠05–⁠083Wallace Butts1768
19459–⁠24–⁠218Wallace Butts1661
19447–⁠34–⁠2Wallace Butts1558
19436–⁠40–⁠3Wallace Butts1538
194211–⁠16–⁠122Wallace Butts1714
19419–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠114Wallace Butts1640
19405–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Wallace Butts1479
19395–⁠61–⁠3Wallace Butts1456
19385–⁠4–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Joel Hunt1478
19376–⁠3–⁠21–⁠2–⁠2Harry Mehre1534
19365–⁠4–⁠13–⁠3Harry Mehre1537
19356–⁠42–⁠4Harry Mehre1558
19347–⁠33–⁠2Harry Mehre1618
19338–⁠23–⁠1Harry Mehre1629
19322–⁠5–⁠22–⁠4–⁠2Harry Mehre1574
19318–⁠26–⁠1Harry Mehre1671
19307–⁠2–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Harry Mehre1624
19296–⁠44–⁠2Harry Mehre1584
19284–⁠52–⁠4Harry Mehre1559
19279–⁠16–⁠1George Woodruff1697
19265–⁠44–⁠2George Woodruff1581
19254–⁠52–⁠4George Woodruff1582
19247–⁠35–⁠1George Woodruff1601
19235–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2George Woodruff1554
19225–⁠4–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Herman Stegeman1575
19217–⁠2–⁠15–⁠0–⁠1Herman Stegeman1655
19208–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0Herman Stegeman1675
19194–⁠2–⁠32–⁠2–⁠2W.A. Cunningham1562
19166–⁠35–⁠2W.A. Cunningham1588
19155–⁠2–⁠23–⁠1–⁠1W.A. Cunningham1572
19143–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1W.A. Cunningham1477
19136–⁠22–⁠1W.A. Cunningham1634
19126–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1W.A. Cunningham1645
19117–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1W.A. Cunningham1621
19106–⁠2–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1W.A. Cunningham1541
19091–⁠4–⁠21–⁠3–⁠1James Coulter1453
19085–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Branch Bocock1508
19074–⁠3–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1W.S. Whitney1460
19062–⁠4–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1W.S. Whitney1368
19051–⁠50–⁠3Marvin Dickinson1312
19041–⁠50–⁠3Charles Barnard1397
19033–⁠42–⁠2Marvin Dickinson1461
19024–⁠2–⁠13–⁠1Billy Reynolds1512

Officially 908–⁠434–⁠54 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 884–⁠412–⁠50 (−24 wins, −22 losses, −4 ties). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1917–⁠18: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.