2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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.

2015 Georgia Bulldogs football
TaxSlayer Bowl champion
TaxSlayer Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Penn State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
Record10–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
  • Mark Richt (15th season; regular season)
  • Bryan McClendon (interim; bowl game)
Offensive coordinatorBrian Schottenheimer (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJeremy Pruitt (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
2015 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 25 Florida x  7 1   10 4  
No. 22 Tennessee  5 3   9 4  
Georgia  5 3   10 3  
Vanderbilt  2 6   4 8  
Kentucky  2 6   5 7  
Missouri*  1 7   5 7  
South Carolina  1 7   3 9  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^  7 1   14 1  
No. 10 Ole Miss  6 2   10 3  
Arkansas  5 3   8 5  
No. 16 LSU *  5 3   9 3  
Texas A&M  4 4   8 5  
Mississippi State  4 4   9 4  
Auburn  2 6   7 6  
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
  • # College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * LSU and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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