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.
Preseason
SEC Media Days 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.
Recruiting 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 Ratledge, linebacker Mekhail Sherman, and tight end Darnell Washington.
Schedule 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. This was the first season since 1924 that the Bulldogs did not play Georgia Tech.
Georgia played two additional SEC West opponents this season: Arkansas and Mississippi State. The game scheduled against SEC East opponent Vanderbilt was postponed and eventually canceled.
Schedule source:
Roster
Rankings
Game summaries
At Arkansas
No. 7 Auburn
No. 14 Tennessee
At No. 2 Alabama
At Kentucky
Vs. No. 8 Florida
Mississippi State
Statistics Statistics MSSTUGA 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 StatisticsMississippi 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, TDGeorgia 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
At South Carolina
Statistics UGASC 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 StatisticsGeorgia 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
At No. 25 Missouri
Vs. No. 8 Cincinnati
Players drafted into the NFL
Georgia had nine players selected in the 2021 NFL draft.
1 29 Eric Stokes CB Green Bay Packers 2 33 Tyson Campbell CB Jacksonville Jaguars 2 50 Azeez Ojulari OLB New York Giants 3 92 Monty Rice ILB Tennessee Titans 3 94 Ben Cleveland OG Baltimore Ravens 3 97 Tre' McKitty TE Los Angeles Chargers 5 169 Richard LeCounte S Cleveland Browns 6 190 Trey Hill C Cincinnati Bengals
Coaching staff Kirby Smart Head coach 5th Todd Monken Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach 1st Matt Luke Associate head coach / Offensive line coach 1st Scott Cochran Special teams coordinator 1st Dan Lanning Defensive coordinator/Outside linebackers coach 2nd Glenn Schumann Co-defensive coordinator/Inside linebackers coach 2nd Cortez Hankton Pass Game coordinator/Wide receivers coach 3rd Dell McGee Run Game coordinator/Running backs coach 2nd Todd Hartley Tight ends coach 2nd Tray Scott Defensive line coach 4thReference:2021 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide, p. 2
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