| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Team: | Georgia Bulldogs |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Division: | Eastern Division |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Coachrank: | 24 |
| Record: | 10–3 |
| Conf Record: | 5–3 |
| Head Coach: | Mark Richt |
| Hc Year: | 15th |
| Hc Games: | regular season |
| Head Coach2: | Bryan McClendon |
| Hc Games2: | interim; bowl game |
| Off Coach: | Brian Schottenheimer |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Jeremy Pruitt |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Pro-style |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Sanford Stadium |
| Champion: | TaxSlayer Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | TaxSlayer Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 24–17 vs. Penn State |
The 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium. They were members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. This was head coach Mark Richt's 15th and final season leading the program. Richt was relieved of his duties at the end of the regular season. Richt was originally slated to remain head coach for the team's bowl game, but he was replaced after he reached an agreement to become head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team. Wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon was named interim head coach for the TaxSlayer Bowl against Penn State.[1]
After starting the season ranked in the top 10, the team completed a second straight 9–3 regular season, finishing third in the SEC East Division after losing to division rivals Florida and Tennessee, as well as a cross-division matchup with Alabama. After the Florida game, the team ended the regular season with a four-game win streak that included road wins over rivals Auburn and Georgia Tech, though it needed overtime to defeat Georgia Southern, a Sun Belt Conference team playing just its second season at the Football Bowl Subdivision level.
Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo left his position to accept the head coaching job at Colorado State at the end of the 2014 season. Offensive line coach Will Friend joined Bobo's Colorado State staff as offensive coordinator.
Bobo was replaced by Brian Schottenheimer, who was the St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator the previous 3 seasons. Schottenheimer was the offensive coordinator of the New York Jets from 2006 to 2011 and also coached Quarterbacks for the San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins. Schottenheimer started playing college football at Kansas before transferring to Florida to play for Steve Spurrier from 1993 to 1996. Rob Sale was hired to coach the offensive line. Sale came from McNeese State where he coached the offensive line the previous 3 seasons.
After wide receivers coach Tony Ball took a position with LSU, Thomas Brown was hired from Wisconsin. Brown, who played running back at Georgia and coached the position at Wisconsin, replaced Bryan McClendon as running backs coach, with McClendon moving to coach wide receivers, the same position he played at Georgia.
| Name | Position | Seasons at Georgia | Alma Mater | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Miami (FL) (1982) | |||
| Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks | 1 | Florida (1997) | ||
| Wide receivers/Recruiting Coordinator/Passing Game Coordinator | 7 | Georgia (2005) | ||
| Tight ends/Offensive Special Teams Coordinator | 8 | Guilford College (1990) | ||
| Running backs | 1 | Georgia (2008) | ||
| Offensive line/Running Game Coordinator | 1 | LSU (2003) | ||
| 2 | West Alabama (1999) | |||
| 2 | Auburn (1988) | |||
| Inside Linebackers/Defensive Special Teams Coordinator | 2 | Kansas State (1994) | ||
| 2 | Alabama (1996) | |||
| Buddy Collins | Special Teams Coordinator/Quality Control | 3 | MidAmerica Nazarene (2010) | |
| Dan Inman | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 3 | UNC–Pembroke (2012) | |
| Doug Saylor | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 3 | Georgia (2011) | |
| Kelin Johnson | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 2 | Georgia (2007) | |
| Reference:[2] | ||||
Georgia announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Bulldogs would host SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina, and would travel to Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Georgia would meet for the 93rd time with Florida in their annual neutral site rivalry game in Jacksonville, Florida.[3]
The Bulldogs would host three non–conference foes: Louisiana–Monroe, Southern, and in–state rival Georgia Southern. Finally, at the last game of the regular season the Bulldogs would travel to Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Schedule Source:[4]
See also: 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.
See also: 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores football team and Georgia–Vanderbilt football rivalry.
See also: 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team and Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry.
See also: 2015 Southern Jaguars football team.
See also: 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
See also: 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team and Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry.
See also: 2015 Missouri Tigers football team.
See also: 2015 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Georgia football rivalry.
See also: 2015 Kentucky Wildcats football team.
See also: 2015 Auburn Tigers football team and Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.
See also: 2015 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See also: 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.