# 2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 10–3 record. Winning 10 games for the fourth year in a row, Georgia tied its own record for consecutive 10 win seasons. The Bulldogs, with a regular season SEC record of 6–2, won the SEC East and advanced to the 2005 SEC Championship Game. Georgia beat LSU in the Georgia Dome and went on to represent the SEC in the 2006 Sugar Bowl at the same stadium (a one-time deal due to the Louisiana Superdome being unfit to host that year). The team lost to West Virginia and finished the season ranked 10th in the polls. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' fifth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt.

## Preseason

Coming off a strong 2004 season in which the Bulldogs were ranked No. 6 in the final Coaches Poll, Georgia was ranked No. 13 in the preseason Coaches Poll. D.J. Shockley was selected as the overall team captain and represented the offense. Max Jean-Gilles was the other offensive captain, Kedric Golston and Greg Blue were the defensive captains and Mike Gilliam was captain of the special teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 18 Boise State* | No. 13 | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | ESPN | W 48–13 | 92,746 |
| September 10 | 5:30 p.m. | South Carolina | No. 9 | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA (rivalry) | ESPN | W 17–15 | 92,746 |
| September 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe* | No. 7 | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | CSS | W 44–7 | 92,746 |
| September 24 | 7:45 p.m. | at Mississippi State | No. 7 | Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS | ESPN | W 23–10 | 49,903 |
| October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 8 Tennessee | No. 5 | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | CBS | W 27–14 | 108,470 |
| October 15 | 7:15 p.m. | at Vanderbilt | No. 5 | Vanderbilt StadiumNashville, TN (rivalry) | ESPN2 | W 34–17 | 38,822 |
| October 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Arkansas | No. 4 | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | JPS | W 23–20 | 92,746 |
| October 29 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. No. 16 Florida | No. 4 | Alltel StadiumJacksonville, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay) | CBS | L 10–14 | 84,501 |
| November 12 | 7:45 p.m. | No. 15 Auburn | No. 9 | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) | ESPN | L 30–31 | 92,746 |
| November 19 | 12:30 p.m. | Kentucky | No. 14 | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | JPS | W 45–13 | 92,746 |
| November 26 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Georgia Tech* | No. 13 | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) | ABC | W 14–7 | 56,412 |
| December 3 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 3 LSU | No. 13 | Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game) | CBS | W 34–14 | 73,717 |
| January 2, 2006 | 8:30 p.m. | vs. No. 11 West Virginia* | No. 8 | Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 35–38 | 74,459 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Roster

| Pos | Name | Class | Number |
| QB | D.J. Shockley | Sr.(RS) | 3 |
| QB | Joe Tereshinski | Jr.(RS) | 13 |
| QB | Joe Cox | Fr. | 14 |
| QB | Blake Barnes | Fr.(RS) | 15 |
| RB | Thomas Brown | So. | 20 |
| RB | Chris Burgett | Sr.(RS) | 24 |
| RB | Danny Ware | So.(RS) | 28 |
| RB | Kregg Lumpkin | So.(RS) | 6 |
| RB | Tyson Browning | Sr.(RS) | 31 |
| FB | Brannan Southerland | Fr.(RS) | 36 |
| FB | Tony Milton | Sr.(RS) | 9 |
| FB | Des Williams | So.(RS) | 35 |
| WR | Bryan McClendon | Sr. | 16 |
| WR | Mohamed Massaquoi | Fr. | 1 |
| WR | AJ Bryant | So. | 18 |
| WR | Kenneth Harris | Fr. | 80 |
| WR | Mario Raley | Jr.(RS) | 80 |
| WR | Mikey Henderson | So.(RS) | 27 |
| TE | Leonard Pope | Jr. | 81 |
| TE | Martrez Milner | Jr.(RS) | 87 |
| TE | Tripp Chandler | Fr. | 86 |
| DE | Quentin Moses | Jr. | 94 |
| DE | Charles Johnson | So. | 99 |
| DE | Marcus Howard | So.(RS) | 38 |
| DE | Roderick Battle | Fr. | 41 |
| DL | Kedric Goulston | Sr. | 97 |
| DL | Jeff Owens | Fr. | 95 |
| LB | Tony Taylor | Jr.(RS) | 43 |
| LB | Danny Verdun-Wheeler | Jr.(RS) | 42 |
| LB | Jarvis Jackson | Jr. | 45 |
| LB | Dannell Ellerbe | Fr.(RS) | 33 |
| LB | Brandon Miller | So. | 12 |
| CB | Demario Minter | Sr. | 2 |
| CB | Paul Oliver | So.(RS) | 8 |
| CB | Thomas Flowers | So.(RS) | 29 |
| CB | Bryan Evans | Fr. | 3 |
| S | Greg Blue | Sr.(RS) | 17 |
| S | Tra Battle | Jr.(RS) | 25 |
| K | Brandon Coutu | So.(RS) | 96 |
| P | Gordon Ely-Kelso | Jr.(RS) | 95 |

## Team

| Statistic | UGA | Opponent |
| Scoring | 384 | 213 |
| Points per Game | 29.5 | 16.4 |
| First Downs | 258 | 229 |
| Rushing | 106 | 114 |
| Passing | 132 | 101 |
| Penalty | 20 | 14 |
| Total Offense | 5,085 | 4,075 |
| Avg per Play | 6.2 | 4.8 |
| Avg per Game | 391.2 | 313.5 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 21-11 | 27-13 |
| Penalties-Yards | 77-697 | 104-756 |
| Avg per Game | 53.6 | 58.2 |
| Statistic | UGA | Opponent |
| Punts-Yards | 57-2,443 | 80-3,140 |
| Avg per Punt | 37.9 | 41.0 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 28:36 | 31:24 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 60 / 163 (37%) | 70 / 188 (37%) |
| 4th Down Conversions | 7 / 12 (58%) | 9 / 16 (56%) |
| Touchdowns Scored | 45 | 27 |
| Field Goals-Attempts-Long | 23-30-58 | 9-12-45 |
| PAT-Attempts | 45-45 (100%) | 24-25 (96%) |
| Attendance | 556,206 | 253,607 |
| Games/Avg per Game | 6 / 92,701 | 4 / 63,402 |

### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Opponents | 55 | 47 | 44 | 67 | 213 |
| Georgia | 80 | 115 | 101 | 88 | 384 |