2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2017 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
SEC East Division champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal),
W 54–48 2OT vs. Oklahoma
CFP National Championship,
L 23–26 OT vs. Alabama
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record13–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Chaney (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJames Coley (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMel Tucker (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 2 Georgia x$^   7 1     13 2  
South Carolina   5 3     9 4  
Kentucky   4 4     7 6  
Missouri   4 4     7 6  
Florida   3 5     4 7  
Vanderbilt   1 7     5 7  
Tennessee   0 8     4 8  
West Division
No. 10 Auburn xy   7 1     10 4  
No. 1 Alabama x#^   7 1     13 1  
No. 18 LSU   6 2     9 4  
No. 19 Mississippi State   4 4     9 4  
Texas A&M   4 4     7 6  
Ole Miss*   3 5     6 6  
Arkansas   1 7     4 8  
Championship: Georgia 28, Auburn 7
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * Ole Miss ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Kirby Smart.

The Bulldogs notched their 800th win in program history with a 41–0 victory over Tennessee on September 30, 2017.[1]

The 2017 Georgia Bulldogs were crowned Southeastern Conference Champions on December 2, 2017, with a postseason win over the Auburn Tigers, against whom they had suffered their only defeat in the regular season. This was their first conference title since 2005. After the win against Auburn, 2017 became only the fifth season in which Georgia beat all of its traditional rivals (Auburn, Florida, Georgia Tech, Tennessee) in the same season (previously 1980, 1981, 2011, 2012).

Georgia received its first ever College Football Playoff appearance against Oklahoma in the school's first Rose Bowl Game since the 1942 season. Georgia won by a score of 54–48 in double overtime.[2] The Bulldogs reached the National Championship game for the first time since 1982, but lost to Alabama in overtime.

  1. ^ Legge, Dean (September 30, 2017). "Win No. 800 for the Dawgs". Dawg Post/Scout.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Tierney, Mike (2018). "College Football Playoff: Georgia Outlasts Oklahoma in Rose Bowl". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 6, 2018.