2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image:Soccerball current event.svg

This article documents a current sports-related event. Information may change as the event progresses.

Image:UGA$!logo.png
2007 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC Eastern Division Co-Champion
Sugar Bowl, W 41-10
Conference	SEC East
Ranking
BCS	#5
Coaches	#4
AP	#4
2007 Record	10-2 (6-2 SEC)
Head Coach	Mark Richt
Offensive Coordinator	Mike Bobo
Defensive Coordinator	Willie Martinez
Home Stadium	Sanford Stadium (92,746)
Seasons « 2006 2008 »

The 2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed on behalf of the University of Georgia in American football against teams from other colleges and universities. The Bulldogs tied for first place in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) but lost a tie-breaker with the University of Tennessee. The team finished its season by defeating the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in the 2008 Sugar Bowl. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' seventh season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt.

Contents 1 Preseason 2 Schedule and results 3 Game notes 3.1 Oklahoma State 3.2 South Carolina 3.3 Western Carolina 3.4 Alabama 3.5 Ole Miss 3.6 Tennessee 3.7 Vanderbilt 3.8 Florida 3.9 Troy 3.10 Auburn 3.11 Kentucky 3.12 Georgia Tech 4 Postseason 4.1 Sugar Bowl 4.2 Final Ranking 4.3 Post-Season All-Star Games 5 Coaching staff 6 Related pages 7 Footnotes 8 References

[edit] Preseason

Two key players from the 2006 season, defensive end Charles Johnson and running back Danny Ware, decided to leave school early to enter the NFL draft.^[1] Another junior, defensive back Paul Oliver, considered a move to the NFL, but decided to return to the Bulldogs for his senior year.^[2] Despite coming back for his senior year, Paul Oliver became academically ineligible and decided to enter the supplemental draft. ^[3]

[edit] Schedule and results

The 2007 UGA schedule was ranked the 14th hardest in the country.^[4]

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result
September 1*	6:45 pm	Oklahoma State	#13	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN2	W 35-14
September 8	5:45 pm	South Carolina	#12	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN2	L 16-12
September 15*	1:00 pm	Western Carolina	#25	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CSS	W 45-16
September 22	7:45 pm	at #20 Alabama	#21	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	W 26-23 OT
September 29	1:00 pm[5]	Ole Miss	#16	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 45-17
October 6	3:30 pm	at Tennessee	#11	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 35-14
October 13	6:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	#23	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN2[6]	W 20-17
October 27	3:30 pm [7]	vs. #11 Florida	#19	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party)	CBS[8]	W 42-30
November 3*†	1:00 pm	Troy	#10	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 44-34
November 10	3:30 pm	#17 Auburn	#10	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 45-20
November 17	12:30 pm	#20 Kentucky	#9	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	LFS	W 24-13
November 24*	3:30 pm	at Georgia Tech	#7	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 31-17
January 1*	8:30 p.m.	vs. #10 Hawaiʻi	#4	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	Fox	W 41-10
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

[edit] Game notes

[edit] Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	7	7	0	0	14
#13 Georgia	14	7	7	7	35

Sophomore quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns as the Bulldogs cruised past the Cowboys from the Big XII in a much-hyped season opener. Georgia won its first game of the season for an 11th consecutive season.

[edit] South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Carolina	7	3	3	3	16
#12 Georgia	0	3	3	6	12

The Gamecocks took a 7-0 lead on their first drive of the game and used stifling defense to hold off the Bulldogs the rest of the way. It was Georgia's first loss in the series since 2001, and the team's fifth consecutive loss to SEC East opponents, dating back to the 2006 season.

[edit] Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Carolina	3	6	0	7	16
#25 Georgia	3	21	14	7	45

After a slow start, the Dawgs exploded for 42 points in the final three quarters to bounce back with a win over the 1-AA Catamounts. Freshman running back Knowshon Moreno rushed for 94 yards on 13 carries.

[edit] Alabama

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#21 Georgia	7	3	7	3	6	26
#20 Alabama	0	3	7	10	3	23

In a virtual must-win situation, the Dawgs avoided an 0-2 start in SEC play by escaping Bryant-Denny Stadium with an overtime win. Matthew Stafford connected with senior wide receiver Mikey Henderson on the Bulldogs' first play from scrimmage in OT for the winning score.

[edit] Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	7	3	7	0	17
#16 Georgia	0	17	7	21	45

Running backs Thomas Brown and Knowshon Moreno combined for 270 yards rushing as the Bulldogs punished the hapless Rebels for their third consecutive win. In contrast to their current five-game losing streak against the SEC East, Georgia had now won five in a row against Western division opponents.

[edit] Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Georgia	0	0	7	7	14
Tennessee	7	21	7	0	35

Georgia suffered its worst loss since the 2003 Southeastern Conference championship, a 34-13 loss to LSU, and coach Mark Richt's first loss at Tennessee. The Bulldogs had won their last three games at Neyland, Tennessee's home stadium.^[9]

[edit] Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Georgia	7	0	7	6	20
Vanderbilt	3	14	0	0	17

Senior kicker Brandon Coutu drilled a 37-yard field goal as time expired to give Georgia its second road win of the season, both coming on the game's final play. The Dawgs outscored Vanderbilt 13-0 in the second half to rally from a 17-7 halftime deficit.

[edit] Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Florida	7	10	7	6	30
#19 Georgia	14	7	7	14	42

Behind Knowshon Moreno's 188 yards, the Dawgs ended their hex against the rival Gators, who had won 15 of the last 17 games in the series. The game was also notable for a controversial end-zone celebration following Georgia's touchdown on their opening drive, in which the entire team rushed the field.

[edit] Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Troy	10	0	10	14	34
#10 Georgia	7	17	10	10	44

Knowshon Moreno had another huge game, rushing for 196 yards and three touchdowns, as the Bulldogs avoided a post-Florida hangover with a 10-point win over the pesky Trojans from the Sun Belt.

[edit] Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Auburn	3	7	10	0	20
#10 Georgia	10	7	14	14	45

Georgia had their way in The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry for the second consecutive year behind a balanced offensive attack, with 237 yards passing from Matthew Stafford and 180 combined yards on the ground. The Tigers allowed their most points in a game for the entire season to Georgia for the third straight year.

[edit] Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Kentucky	10	0	3	0	13
#9 Georgia	0	7	14	3	24

The Dawgs had to shake off the rust after falling behind 10-0 early and did just that by scoring 24 of the game's final 27 points to complete the SEC schedule at 6-2. Georgia ran their winning streak over the Wildcats in Athens to 15 games.

[edit] Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Georgia	3	13	7	8	31
Georgia Tech	0	14	0	3	17

Georgia tied a school-record with its seventh-consecutive win in the series of their rivals from Atlanta. Thomas Brown ran for 139 yards and the Georgia defense allowed just 12 completions on 32 pass attempts by the Yellow Jackets.

[edit] Postseason

[edit] Sugar Bowl

2008 Sugar Bowl
Bowl Game
Hawaii Warriors Georgia Bulldogs (12-1) (11-2) 10 41 Head coach: June Jones Head coach: Mark Richt AP Coaches BCS 10 10 10 AP Coaches BCS 4 4 5 1 2 3 4 Total Hawaii 3 0 0 7 10 Georgia 14 10 14 3 41
Date	January 1, 2008
Stadium	Louisiana Superdome
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP	Marcus Howard
Favorite	Georgia by 9.5 [10]
Halftime show	Both school bands, AllState Sugar Bowl Band
United States TV Coverage
Network	FOX
Announcers	Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis [11]

Source:Rivals.com Game Summary (HTML) (English). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.

[edit] Final Ranking

[edit] Post-Season All-Star Games

[edit] Coaching staff

The 2007 Season is Coach Richt's seventh season at Georgia. Neil Callaway, Georgia's offensive coordinator from 2001 to 2006, left at the end of 2006 to become the head coach at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Richt named former UGA quarterback Mike Bobo as the new offensive coordinator.^[12] Bobo took over play calling responsibilities during the Georgia Tech game as well as in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Callaway also served as the offensive line coach. Stacy Searels, offensive line coach at LSU from 2003 to 2006, was named to the same position at Georgia to replace Callaway.^[13]

[edit] Related pages

• Georgia Bulldogs football
• Georgia Bulldogs football under Mark Richt
• Southeastern Conference
• University of Georgia

v • d • e Georgia Bulldogs Football Seasons

1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • Beyond 2008

University of Georgia  v • d • e
Academics	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Franklin College of Arts and Sciences • Terry College of Business • Odum School of Ecology • College of Education • Environment & Design • Family and Consumer Sciences • Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources • Graduate School • Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication • School of Law • College of Pharmacy • College of Public Health • School of Public and International Affairs • School of Social Work • College of Veterinary Medicine
Athletics	Bulldogs • Athletic Director • Football (2007 • coach) • Men's Basketball (2006-07 • coach) • GT-UGA rivalry • Deep South's Oldest Rivalry • The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party • Southeastern Conference • Sanford Stadium • Stegeman Coliseum • Foley Field • Turner Soccer Complex
People, History, and Campus Life	President • Alumni and Faculty • Greek life • Campus Arboretum • Georgia Redcoat Marching Band • Demosthenian Literary Society • Phi Kappa Literary Society

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Football - 2007 Schedule (HTML) (English). georgiadogs.com (2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
• Past and Present Assistant Coaches (HTML) (English). georgiadogs.com (2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.