# 2025 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2025 [Georgia Bulldogs football](https://www.edgepedia.org/georgia-bulldogs-football) team represented the [University of Georgia](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-georgia) in the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the [Southeastern Conference](https://www.edgepedia.org/southeastern-conference) (SEC). Under tenth-year head coach Kirby Smart, the Bulldogs finished 12-2 overall and 7-1 in SEC play, won the SEC Championship Game 28-7 over Alabama, and lost to Ole Miss 39-34 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl.[1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) • [2](https://www.football-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2025.html) • [3](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/2025.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Record | 12-2 overall, 7-1 SEC; home 6-1[1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) |
| Head coach | Kirby Smart, tenth season at Georgia[4](https://georgiadogs.com/staff-directory/kirby-smart/399) |
| Quarterback | Gunner Stockton: 269 of 386 passing (69.69%), 2,894 yards, 24 touchdowns, 5 interceptions in 14 games[5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025) |
| Scoring | Georgia averaged 32.07 points per game (449 total) and held opponents to 17.57 (246)[5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025) |
| SEC Championship | Georgia 28, Alabama 7, December 6, Atlanta[2](https://www.football-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2025.html) |
| Postseason | Lost Sugar Bowl (CFP quarterfinal) 39-34 to No. 6 Ole Miss on January 1[3](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/2025.html) • [1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) |
| Program context | Georgia and Ohio State are the only FBS schools to win 11 or more games every season since 2021[6](https://georgiadogs.com/documents/download/2025/12/1/25FB_GameNotes_SECCG.pdf) |
## Schedule and results
Georgia opened at home in Dooley Field at [Sanford Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/sanford-stadium) (capacity 93,033), beating Marshall 45-7 on August 30 and Austin Peay on September 6 before traveling to Tennessee on September 13.[1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) • [7](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium) The Marshall win was the program's 102nd season-opening victory and extended Georgia's streak of opening wins to 12; 21 true freshmen made their debut in that game, with tight end Ethan Barbour and right guard Juan Gaston Jr. drawing starting assignments.[7](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium)
The SEC slate included home games against Alabama (September 27), Kentucky, Ole Miss (October 18), Florida (in Jacksonville), Texas, and Charlotte, with road trips to Auburn, Mississippi State, and a season-ending rivalry game against [Georgia Tech](https://www.edgepedia.org/georgia-tech) in Atlanta on November 28, won 16-9 to close the regular season at 11-1, 7-1.[1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) • [5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025)
## SEC Championship
**Conference crown.** The title was Georgia's 15th SEC championship in school history and the fourth under Smart (2017, 2022, 2024, 2025), and it earned the Bulldogs a first-round bye as the conference's playoff representative.[4](https://georgiadogs.com/staff-directory/kirby-smart/399) • [6](https://georgiadogs.com/documents/download/2025/12/1/25FB_GameNotes_SECCG.pdf) Georgia's seniors finished their careers with two SEC crowns (2022 and 2024) entering the 2025 postseason.[8](https://georgiadogs.com/documents/download/2025/10/13/25FB_GameNotes_OleMiss.pdf)
## Offense and team statistics
**Quarterback play.** Redshirt junior [Gunner Stockton](https://www.edgepedia.org/gunner-stockton), a native of Tiger, Georgia, entered 2025 as the veteran starter after relieving [Carson Beck](https://www.edgepedia.org/carson-beck) in the 2024 [SEC Championship Game](https://www.edgepedia.org/sec-championship-game) and making his first career start in the January 2025 Sugar Bowl.[7](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium) Over 14 games he completed 269 of 386 passes for 2,894 yards and 24 touchdowns against 5 interceptions, a 150.59 passer rating, and also contributed as a rusher in the opener, when he led Georgia with 73 yards and two scores on the ground against Marshall.[5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025) • [7](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium)
**Balance on both sides.** Georgia outgained opponents 5,633 to 4,172 total yards, averaging 402.4 yards per game on offense against 298.0 for opponents, and scored 57 offensive touchdowns to 28 allowed.[5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025) The running game averaged 4.4 yards per attempt with 31 rushing touchdowns, while the defense held opponents to 2.9 yards per carry and 14 rushing touchdowns.[5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025) Placekicker Peyton Woodring made 17 of 19 field goals, and the team converted both of its onside kick attempts.[5](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025)
## Roster and staff context
Fifty-four percent of Georgia's roster entering 2025 consisted of players in their first or second seasons in the program, a youth movement that followed the departure of veterans such as safety Malaki Starks, a first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and defensive linemen Mykel Williams, Nazir Stackhouse, Warren Brinson, and [Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins](https://www.edgepedia.org/tyrion-ingram-dawkins).[7](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium) The staff remained intact, with all 10 assistant coaches returning for 2025 after criticism of the running game and coordinator [Mike Bobo](https://www.edgepedia.org/mike-bobo) following the 2024 season.[9](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/georgia-footballs-kirby-smart-makes-204544613.html)
Smart's program entered the season with back-to-back national championships (2021, 2022), a 65-7 record over the previous five years, and the nation's longest active bowl streak at 28 seasons.[4](https://georgiadogs.com/staff-directory/kirby-smart/399) • [7](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium)
## Postseason
As SEC champion with a first-round bye, Georgia advanced directly to the [College Football Playoff](https://www.edgepedia.org/college-football-playoff) quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, where it faced No. 6 Ole Miss on January 1 and lost 39-34.[1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) • [3](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/2025.html) • [6](https://georgiadogs.com/documents/download/2025/12/1/25FB_GameNotes_SECCG.pdf) The defeat ended the season at 12-2 and left the Bulldogs on a one-game losing streak.[1](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025) It was Georgia's second consecutive [Sugar Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/sugar-bowl) exit in the playoff quarterfinal round, following the 23-10 loss to Notre Dame in January 2025 that ended the 2024 season.[10](https://apnews.com/article/53413cf35e62b2f4ea486d512cc1f4e7)
## References
1. [2025 Football Schedule, University of Georgia Athletics](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/schedule/2025)
2. [2025 Southeastern Conference Year Summary, Sports-Reference](https://www.football-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/2025.html)
3. [2025 Georgia Bulldogs Stats, Sports-Reference](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/2025.html)
4. [Kirby Smart, Football Head Coach, University of Georgia Athletics](https://georgiadogs.com/staff-directory/kirby-smart/399)
5. [2025 Football Cumulative Statistics, University of Georgia Athletics](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2025)
6. [Georgia Football Game Notes, SEC Championship Game (PDF)](https://georgiadogs.com/documents/download/2025/12/1/25FB_GameNotes_SECCG.pdf)
7. [Bulldogs Welcome Governors to Sanford Stadium, University of Georgia Athletics](https://georgiadogs.com/news/2025/9/1/football-bulldogs-welcome-governors-to-sanford-stadium)
8. [Georgia Bulldogs Game Notes, Ole Miss (PDF)](https://georgiadogs.com/documents/download/2025/10/13/25FB_GameNotes_OleMiss.pdf)
9. [Georgia football's Kirby Smart makes change to Bulldogs' coaching staff, Yahoo Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/georgia-footballs-kirby-smart-makes-204544613.html)
10. [Freeman and Notre Dame oust Georgia from CFP with 23-10 win in Sugar Bowl, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/53413cf35e62b2f4ea486d512cc1f4e7)
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