2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2012 Georgia Bulldogs football
2012 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC Eastern Division co-champion; Capital One Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, L 28–32 vs. Alabama
Capital One Bowl, W 45–31 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 5
Record	12–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Bobo (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Todd Grantham (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. T–5 Georgia xy	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 9 Florida x%	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 8 South Carolina	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 23 Vanderbilt	5	–	3	9	–	4
Missouri	2	–	6	5	–	7
Tennessee	1	–	7	5	–	7
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	10
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 14 LSU *	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. T–5 Texas A&M	6	–	2	11	–	2
Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Ole Miss *	3	–	5	7	–	6
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	8
Auburn	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * Ole Miss and LSU vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by 12th-year head coach Mark Richt and played their home games at Sanford Stadium. They were a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the season 12–2 overall and 7–1 in SEC play, claiming the East Division championship. They represented the division in the SEC Championship Game, where they lost to Alabama. They were invited to the Capital One Bowl, where they defeated Nebraska. The season included a sweep of three of Georgia's biggest SEC rivals (Florida, Auburn, and Tennessee) for just the fourth time (1980, 1981 and 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:20 p.m.	Buffalo*	No. 6	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN	W 45–23	92,446
September 8	7:45 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 7	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	ESPN2	W 41–20	71,004
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic*	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	CSS	W 56–20	92,746
September 22	7:45 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 48–3	92,746
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Tennessee	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	CBS	W 51–44	92,746
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at No. 6 South Carolina	No. 5	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry, College GameDay)	ESPN	L 7–35	85,199
October 20	7:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	No. 13	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	SECRN	W 29–24	66,293
October 27	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Florida	No. 12	EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 17–9	84,681
November 3	3:30 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	CBS	W 37–10	92,746
November 10	7:00 p.m.	at Auburn	No. 6	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN2	W 38–0	86,764
November 17	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern*	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	FSN	W 45–14	92,746
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech*	No. 3	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN	W 42–10	92,746
December 1	4:00 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Alabama	No. 3	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game, rivalry, College GameDay)	CBS	L 28–32	75,824
January 1, 2013	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 23 Nebraska*	No. 6	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 45–31	59,712
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffalo	6	10	0	7	23
• #6 Georgia	14	10	7	14	45

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 12:21 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:26
Game attendance: 92,446
Game weather: 86, Fair
Referee: Penn Wagers
TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #7 Georgia	0	9	15	17	41
Missouri	0	10	10	0	20

Location: Columbia, Missouri
Game start: 6:50 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:48
Game attendance: 71,004
Game weather: 74, Sunny and Clear
Referee: Tom Ritter
TV announcers (ESPN2): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Matt Millen (color), Quint Kessenich (sideline)

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida Atlantic	7	7	0	6	20
• #7 Georgia	14	14	21	7	56

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 7:35 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:15
Game attendance: 92,746
Game weather: 79, Partly Cloudy
Referee: David Smith
Television network: CSS

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	3	0	0	3
• #5 Georgia	13	14	21	0	48

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 7:50 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:15
Game attendance: 92,746
Game weather: 82, Partly Cloudy
Referee: Hubert Owens
TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones (play-by-play), Brock Huard (color), Shelley Smith (sideline)

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	10	20	7	7	44
• #5 Georgia	21	9	21	0	51

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 3:39 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:51
Game attendance: 92,746
Game weather: 74, Mostly Cloudy
Referee: Tom Moore
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play by play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Georgia	0	0	0	7	7
• #6 South Carolina	21	0	7	7	35

Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Game start: 7:10 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:13
Game attendance: 85,199
Game weather: 78, Clear
Referee: Matt Austin
TV announcers (ESPN): Brent Musburger (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color), Heather Cox (sideline)

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #13 Georgia	7	9	6	7	29
Kentucky	7	7	3	7	24

Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Game start: 7:08 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 54,553
Game weather: 52, Cloudy
Referee: Hubert Owens
Television network: FSN

Florida

Florida-Georgia Football Rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Florida	0	6	0	3	9
• #10 Georgia	7	0	3	7	17

Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Game start: 3:40 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:43
Game attendance: 84,644
Game weather: 72, Cloudy w/ gusts
Referee: Matt Moore
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)

Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	3	7	0	0	10
• #6 Georgia	0	14	16	7	37

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 3:39 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:19
Game attendance: 92,746
Game weather: 78, Sunny
Referee: Ken Williamson
TV announcers (CBS): Tim Brando (play-by-play), Steve Beuerlein (color)

Auburn

Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #5 Georgia	14	14	10	0	38
Auburn	0	0	0	0	0

Location: Auburn, Alabama
Game start: 6:06 p.m.
Elapsed time: 2:59
Game attendance: 86,146
Game weather: 62, Clear
Referee: Matt Austin
TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones (play-by-play), Brock Huard (color), Shelley Smith (sideline)

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Southern	0	7	0	7	14
• #5 Georgia	7	10	21	7	45

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 1:35 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:12
Game attendance: 92,746
Game weather: 57, Sunny
Referee: Marc Curles
Television network: PPV, WSB-TV

Georgia Tech

Clean, Old Fashioned Hate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	3	0	0	7	10
• #3 Georgia	14	14	14	0	42

Location: Athens, Georgia
Game start: 12:01 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:12
Game attendance: 92,746
Game weather: 52, Clear
Referee: Tom Zimorski
Television network: ESPN

Alabama

SEC Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 Alabama	0	10	8	14	32
#3 Georgia	0	7	14	7	28

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Game start: 4:11 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:42
Game attendance: 75,624
Game weather: Indoors
Referee: Tom Ritter
TV announcers (CBS/CTSN): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline reporter) Eli Gold (play-by-play), Phil Savage (color), Chris Stewart (sideline reporter)

Nebraska

Capital One Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #6 Georgia	16	7	8	14	45
#23 Nebraska	14	10	7	0	31

Location: Orlando, Florida
Game start: 1:08 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:33
Game attendance: 59,712
Game weather: 75, Partly Cloudy
Referee: Mike Defee
TV announcers (ABC): Rece Davis (play-by-play), David Pollack and Jesse Palmer (color), Samantha Ponder (sideline)

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	6	7	7	5	5	5	14	13	12	7	5т	5	3	3	5	5т
Coaches	6	7	7	6	5	5	12	12	11	6	5	4	3 (1)	3 (1)	6	4
Harris	Not released						11	12	11	6	5	5	3	3	6	Not released
BCS	Not released							11	10	6	5	5	3	3	7	Not released

References

^ "2012 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". Retrieved December 29, 2011.
^ SEC 2012 TV Schedule Archived July 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Matt Sarz Sports, Retrieved April 12, 2012

[Schedule-1] "2012 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule". Retrieved December 29, 2011.

[SECTV-2] SEC 2012 TV Schedule Archived July 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Matt Sarz Sports, Retrieved April 12, 2012

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