2013 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 4 South Carolina	6	–	2	11	–	2
Georgia	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 24 Vanderbilt	4	–	4	9	–	4
Florida	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tennessee	2	–	6	5	–	7
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	10
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 7 Alabama x%	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 14 LSU *	5	–	3	10	–	3
No. 18 Texas A&M	4	–	4	9	–	4
Mississippi State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Ole Miss *	3	–	5	8	–	5
Arkansas	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' Music City Bowl win) due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by head coach Mark Richt, who was in his thirteenth year as head coach. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium. They were a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference.

ESPN's College GameDay aired live from the university campus on September 28, 2013 before the Bulldogs played LSU.^[2]

Personnel

Name	Position	Seasons at Georgia	Alma Mater
Mark Richt	Head coach	13	Miami (FL) (1982)
Mike Bobo	Offensive coordinator, Quarterbacks	13	Georgia (1997)
Todd Grantham	Defensive coordinator/Outside Linebackers	4	Virginia Tech (1989)
Bryan McClendon	Running backs	5	Georgia (2005)
John Lilly	Tight ends	6	Guilford College (1990)
Tony Ball	Wide receivers	5	Chattanooga (1983)
Will Friend	Offensive line	3	Alabama (1998)
Chris Wilson	Defensive line	1	Oklahoma (1992)
Kirk Olivadotti	Inside Linebackers	3	Purdue (1996)
Scott Lakatos	Defensive backs	4	Western Connecticut (1988)
Dan Inman	Offensive Graduate Assistant	1	UNC–Pembroke (2012)
Doug Saylor	Offensive Graduate Assistant	1	Georgia (2011)
Tyler Maloof	Offensive Program Coordinator	1	Georgia (2012)
Mike Macdonald	Defensive Quality Control Coach	4	Georgia (2010)
Christian Robinson	Defensive Graduate Assistant	0	Georgia (2013)
Buddy Collins	Defensive Program Coordinator	0	MidAmerica Nazarene (2010)
Reference:^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Clemson*	No. 5	Frank Howard Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 35–38	83,830
September 7	4:30 p.m.	No. 6 South Carolina	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 41–30	92,746
September 21	12:21 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 9	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECTV	W 45–21	92,746
September 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 6 LSU	No. 9	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (College GameDay)	CBS	W 44–41	92,746
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at Tennessee	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	W 34–31 ^OT	102,455
October 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Missouri	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN	L 26–41	92,746
October 19	12:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 15	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	L 27–31	40,350
November 2	3:30 p.m.	vs. Florida		EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 23–20	84,693
November 9	12:30 p.m.	Appalachian State*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN3	W 45–6	92,746
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Auburn	No. 25	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	L 38–43	87,451
November 23	7:00 p.m.	Kentucky		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPNU	W 59–17	92,746
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at Georgia Tech*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 41–34 ^2OT	54,914
January 1, 2014	12:00 p.m.	vs. Nebraska*	No. 23	EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	ESPN2	L 19–24	60,712
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Defense

Offense

^ "2013 Southeastern Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
^ Towers, Chip (September 22, 2013). "GameDay Coming to Athens for Georgia-LSU". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
^ "Football – Coaching Staff". University of Georgia Athletics. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2013.

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Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game Prayer at Jordan-Hare
People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Georgia Joker Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders
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