2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 2008 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed in American football on behalf of the University of Georgia in 2008. The Bulldogs competed in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the Georgia Bulldogs' eighth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt. During the pre-game ceremonies on August 30, UGA VII was introduced at Sanford Stadium, replacing UGA VI, who died in June.

2008 Georgia Bulldogs football
Capital One Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 13
Record10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
  • Mark Richt (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Bobo (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorWillie Martinez (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#  7 1   13 1  
No. 13 Georgia  6 2   10 3  
Vanderbilt  4 4   7 6  
South Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Tennessee  3 5   5 7  
Kentucky  2 6   7 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%  8 0   12 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss  5 3   9 4  
LSU  3 5   8 5  
Arkansas  2 6   5 7  
Auburn  2 6   5 7  
Mississippi State  2 6   4 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia was ranked #1 in both the preseason coaches poll and AP poll, marking the first time Georgia has ever been #1 in the preseason version of either poll. However, they finished the season ranked below the top 10 in the AP poll.

Georgia entered the 2008 season with the longest active winning streak among the 66 BCS conference teams having won their last 7 games of the 2007 season. Among the 120 NCAA FBS teams, only BYU had a longer active winning streak (10 games). Georgia's winning streak ended at 11 games with its loss to Alabama in the 5th game of the 2008 season.

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