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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 496 

Congratulating the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team for winning 

the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football Playoff 

National Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 20, 2022 

Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. WARNOCK) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

FEBRUARY 1, 2022 

Considered, amended, and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of Georgia Bulldogs football 

team for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic 

Association College Football Playoff National Championship. 

Whereas the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team 

(referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Georgia Bulldogs’’) 

went 14–1 during the 2021 college football season and 

won the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

College Football Playoff National Championship (referred 

to in this preamble as the ‘‘2022 National Championship’’), defeating the University of Alabama Crimson 


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Tide by a score of 33 to 18 at the Lucas Oil Stadium 

in Indianapolis, Indiana, on January 10, 2022; 

Whereas this victory marks the first college football national 

championship for the University of Georgia since the 

1980 college football season and its third national championship overall; 

Whereas the 2022 National Championship was the 59th football bowl appearance and the 34th football bowl victory 

for the University of Georgia; 

Whereas the 2021–2022 Georgia Bulldogs achieved a 14–1 

overall record for the season, the most single-season wins 

in the history of the University of Georgia football program; 

Whereas the 2021–2022 defensive unit for the Georgia Bulldogs allowed on average only 10.2 points and 153 opposing yards per game, making it one of the most dominant 

defensive units in the history of college football; 

Whereas the 2021–2022 Georgia Bulldogs overcame a loss in 

the Southeastern Conference Championship to the University of Alabama on December 4, 2021, achieving a historic victory over the University of Alabama in the 2022 

National Championship; 

Whereas Georgia Bulldogs quarterback and Blackshear, 

Georgia, native Stetson Bennett IV, a former walk-on 

player and junior college transfer, demonstrated tremendous leadership and skill throughout the 2021 college 

football season, and was named the 2022 National Championship Offensive Player of the Game; 

Whereas Georgia Bulldogs defensive back, Lewis Cine, was 

named the 2022 National Championship Defensive Player of the Game; 


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Whereas the University of Georgia head football coach, Kirby 

Smart, a University of Georgia alumnus and former 

Georgia Bulldogs defensive back, has now led his team to 

5 consecutive Associated Press Top 10 finishes and the 

first national championship since the end of the 1980 college football season; 

Whereas this victory extends the record of Coach Smart to 

66 wins and 15 losses during his tenure as the 26th 

Football Head Coach at the University of Georgia, his 

first stint as a head coach; 

Whereas members of the 2021–2022 Georgia Bulldogs have 

been honored by various awards throughout the 2021 college football season and during the post-season, including 

the 2021 Chuck Bednarik Award and Outland Trophy 

winner, Jordan Davis, and the 37th Dick Butkus Award 

winner, Nakobe Dean; 

Whereas President Jere Morehead, Athletic Director Josh 

Brooks, and Coach Kirby Smart have emphasized the importance of academic success to the Georgia Bulldogs 

and all student-athletes at the University of Georgia; and 

Whereas the 2021–2022 Georgia Bulldogs have brought great 

pride and honor to the University of Georgia, loyal fans 

of the Georgia Bulldogs, and the entire State of Georgia: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the University of Georgia 

3 Bulldogs football team for a great season and win4 ning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Associa5 tion College Football Playoff National Championship 

6 game; 


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1 (2) recognizes the achievements of all players, 

2 coaches, and staff who contributed to the champion3 ship season; and 

4 (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

5 the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu6 tion to— 

7 (A) the President of the University of 

8 Georgia, Jere Morehead; 

9 (B) the Athletic Director of the University 

10 of Georgia, Josh Brooks; and 

11 (C) the Head Coach of the University of 

12 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Kirby Smart. 

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