2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2016 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Eastern Division
2016 record 0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach Kirby Smart (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney (1st year)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Mel Tucker (1st year)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Sanford Stadium
(Capacity: 92,746)
2016 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Florida   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Georgia   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Kentucky   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Missouri   0 – 0         0 – 0  
South Carolina   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Tennessee   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Vanderbilt   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Western Division
Alabama   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Arkansas   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Auburn   0 – 0         0 – 0  
LSU   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Mississippi State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Ole Miss   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Texas A&M   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 3, 2016
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team will represent the University of Georgia in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs will play their home games at Sanford Stadium. They are members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They will be led by 1st year head coach Kirby Smart. Kirby Smart was a former defensive coordinator for the Alabama Crimson Tide and is now the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs.

Previous season

The 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team was the favorite to win the Eastern Division. The Bulldogs started off the season 4-0 with SEC wins over Vanderbilt 31-14 and South Carolina 52-20 where Quarterback Greyson Lambert set a NCAA record for completion percentage in a game of 96% (24/25). On October 3rd the #13 Alabama Crimson Tide came to Athens and defeated the Bulldogs 38-10. The next week the Dawgs traveled to Knoxville to face the Tennessee Volunteers. On the first play of the game Georgia Running Back Nick Chubb was tackled on the sideline and suffered a season-ending knee injury to a torn PCL. Three weeks later the Bulldogs suffered their third loss of the season in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party to the Florida Gators 27-3 where third string Quarterback Faton Bauta started. The Bulldogs finish the regular season on a 4 game winning streak including road wins over the Auburn Tigers 20-13 and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 13-7. The day after the Georgia Tech game Head Coach Mark Richt was fired after 15 seasons of Head Coach. Mark Richt had a record of 145-51 as Head Coach of the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs finished the season with a win over the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Taxslayer Bowl 24-17 in Jacksonville at EverBank Field.The bowl win gave the Bulldogs a final record of 10-3, which gave the senior class a total of 40 wins.

Coaching changes

After the 2015 regular season Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity fired Head Coach Mark Richt after 15 seasons with an overall 145-51 record. Richt was replaced with former Georgia football player Kirby Smart who had been the Alabama Defensive Coordinator from 2008-2015. Kirby Smart played for the Bulldogs from 1995-1998 for coaches Ray Goff and Jim Donnan. Jeremy Pruitt who was Defensive Coordinator for Georgia from 2014-2015, accepted a position as the Defensive Coordinator for Alabama to replace Kirby Smart

2016 recruiting class

National Signing Day was on February 3, 2016.

Schedule

Georgia announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home, 4 away, and 2 neutral site games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host SEC foes Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to Kentucky, Missouri, Ole Miss, and South Carolina. Georgia will go against Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.[1]

The Bulldogs will host three of its four of its non–conference games which are against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the North Carolina Tar Heels both from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns from the Sun Belt Conference, and Nicholls State Colonels from the Southland Conference.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 vs. North Carolina* Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)      
September 10 Nicholls State* Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA      
September 17 at Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO      
September 24 at Ole Miss Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS      
October 1 Tennessee Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)      
October 8 at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)      
October 15 Vanderbilt Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)      
October 29 3:30 p.m. vs. Florida EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (Rivalry) CBS      
November 5 at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY      
November 12 Auburn Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)      
November 19 Louisiana–Lafayette* Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA      
November 26 Georgia Tech* Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)      
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
Schedule Source:[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches'  
CFP Not released Not released

References

  1. ↑ "Bulldogs' 2016 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Georgia Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
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