Georgia Bulldogs football under Jim Donnan

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Jim Donnan was the 24th head coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs college football team and served in that role from 1996 to 2000. He compiled a 40-19 record (.678 winning percentage).

Coaching Summary

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Coaches# AP°
Jim Donnan (SEC) (1996 – 2000)
1996 Georgia 5-6 3-5 T4 NR NR
1997 Georgia 10-2 6-2 T2 W Outback Bowl 10 10
1998 Georgia 9-3 6-2 3 W Peach Bowl 14 14
1999 Georgia 8-4 5-3 3 W Outback Bowl 16 16
2000 Georgia 8-4 5-3 T2 W Oahu Bowl 17 20
Jim Donnan: 40-19 25-15
Total: 104-40
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.
°Rankings from final AP Poll of the season.


Contents: 1996 Season - 1997 Season - 1998 Season - 1999 Season - 2000 Season - Related pages - Sources


[edit] 1996 Season

The 1996 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 5-6 record.


1996 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference SEC
1996 Record 5-6 (3-5 SEC)
Head Coach Jim Donnan
Offensive Coordinator Joe Kines

Home Stadium

 Sanford Stadium
Seasons
« 1995 1997 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result
August 31* Southern Miss Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA SS L 11-7 
September 14 at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN L 23-14 
September 21* Texas Tech Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA ESPN2 W 15-12 
October 5 at Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS ESPN2 W 38-19 
October 12 Tennessee Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA ESPN L 29-17 
October 19 Vanderbilt Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA JP Sports W 13-2 
October 26 at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY L 24-17 
November 2 vs. Florida Jacksonville Municipal Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) CBS L 47-7 
November 16 at Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) CBS W 56-49 (4ot) 
October 23 Ole Miss Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA JP Sports L 31-27 
October 30* Georgia Tech Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) CBS W 19-10 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game.

[edit] 1997 Season

The 1997 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 10-2 record.


1997 Georgia Bulldogs football
Outback Bowl, Won, 33-6
Conference SEC
Ranking
Coaches #10
AP #10
1997 Record 10-2 (6-2 SEC)
Head Coach Jim Donnan
Defensive Coordinator Joe Kines

Home Stadium

 Sanford Stadium
Seasons
« 1996 1998 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result
August 30* Arkansas State Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 38-7 
September 13 South Carolina Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA CBS W 31-15 
September 20* Northeast Louisiana Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 42-3 
October 4 Mississippi State Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 47-0 
October 11 at Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN CBS L 38-13 
October 18 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPN2 W 34-13 
October 25 Kentucky Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA CBS W 23-13 
November 1 vs. Florida Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) CBS W 37-17 
November 15 Auburn Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) ESPN L 45-34 
November 22 at Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 21-14 
November 29* at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) ABC W 27-24 
January 1* vs. Wisconsin Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl) ESPN W 33-6 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game.

[edit] 1998 Season

The 1998 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 9-3 record.


1998 Georgia Bulldogs football
Peach Bowl, Won, 35-33
Conference SEC
Ranking
Coaches #14
AP #14
1998 Record 9-3 (6-2 SEC)
Head Coach Jim Donnan
Defensive Coordinator Joe Kines

Home Stadium

 Sanford Stadium
Seasons
« 1997 1999 »
Date Opponent Site TV Result
September 5* Kent State Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 56-3 
September 12 at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN2 W 17-3 
September 19* Wyoming Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA FSN W 16-9 
October 3 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN W 28-27 
October 10 Tennessee Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA CBS L 38-22 
October 17 Vanderbilt Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA JP Sports W 31-6 
October 24 at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY JP Sports W 28-26 
October 31 vs. Florida Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) CBS L 38-7 
November 14 at Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) ESPN W 28-17 
November 21 Ole Miss Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 24-17 
November 28* Georgia Tech Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) CBS L 21-19 
December 31* vs. Virginia Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl) ESPN W 35-33 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game.

[edit] 1999 Season

1999 Georgia Bulldogs football
Outback Bowl, Won, 28-25 (OT)
Conference SEC
Ranking
Coaches #14
AP #14
1999 Record 8-4 (5-3 SEC)
Head Coach Jim Donnan

Home Stadium

 Sanford Stadium (85,434)
Seasons
« 1998 2000 »

The 1999 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 8-4 record. During the 1990s, the Bulldogs compiled a record of 72-43-1 under Coaches Donnan and Ray Goff for a .625 winning percentage. Georgia's cumulative record through 1999 was 633-358-54, a .632 winning percentage.

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
09/04/1999* Utah State #13 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 38-7 
09/11/1999 South Carolina #12 Sanford Stadium • Athens ESPN2 W 24-9 
09/25/1999* Central Florida #9 Sanford Stadium • Athens W 24-23 
10/02/1999 LSU #11 Sanford Stadium • Athens JP W 23-22 
10/09/1999 at #6 Tennessee #9 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN ESPN L 37-20 
10/16/1999 at Vanderbilt #14 Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 27-17 
10/23/1999† Kentucky #14 Sanford Stadium • Athens JP W 49-34 
10/30/1999 vs. #5 Florida #10 Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) CBS L 30-14 
11/13/1999 Auburn #16 Sanford Stadium • Athens (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) ESPN2 L 38-21 
11/20/1999 at #16 Ole Miss #23 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS ESPN2 W 20-17 
1999* at #20 Georgia Tech #21 Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) ABC L 51-48 
01/01/2000* vs. #19 Purdue #23 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl) ESPN W 28-25 (OT)
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game.

[edit] 2000 Season

The 2000 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 8-4 record.

2000 Georgia Bulldogs football
Oahu Bowl, Won, 37-14
Conference SEC
Ranking
Coaches #17
AP #20
2000 Record 8-4 (5-3 SEC)
Head Coach Jim Donnan

Home Stadium

 Sanford Stadium (86,520)
Seasons
« 1999 2001 »
Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
09/02/2000* Georgia Southern #11 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 29-7 
09/09/2000 at South Carolina #10 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN2 L 21-10 
09/28/2000* New Mexico State #24 Sanford Stadium • Athens W 37-0 
09/30/2000 at Arkansas #24 Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR JP W 38-7 
10/07/2000 #21 Tennessee #19 Sanford Stadium • Athens ESPN W 21-10 
10/14/2000† Vanderbilt #13 Sanford Stadium • Athens W 29-19 
10/21/2000 at Kentucky #12 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY JP W 34-30 
10/28/2000 vs. #8 Florida #12 Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) CBS L 34-23 
11/11/2000 at #22 Auburn #13 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) ESPN L 29-26 (OT)
11/18/2000 Ole Miss #21 Sanford Stadium • Athens W 32-14 
11/25/2000* at #18 Georgia Tech #19 Sanford Stadium • Athens (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) ESPN2 L 27-15 
12/24/2000* vs. Virginia #24 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Oahu Bowl) CBS W 37-14 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game.

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