1996 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1996 SEC football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia Bulldogs football
1996 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
1996 record	5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Donnan
Defensive coordinator	Joe Kines
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (86,117)
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The 1996 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Te Bulldogs completed the season with a 5–6 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	4:00 PM	Southern Miss*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SS	L 7–11	81,067
September 14	7:30 PM	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 14–23	82,950
September 21	5:30 PM	Texas Tech*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN2	W 15–12	73,116
October 5	7:00 PM	at Mississippi State	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	W 38–19	32,247
October 12	7:00 PM	#7 Tennessee	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	L 17–29	86,117
October 19	12:30 PM	Vanderbilt	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	JPS	W 13–2	80,757
October 26	7:00 PM	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		L 17–24	34,000
November 2	3:30 PM	vs. #1 Florida	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic)	CBS	L 7–47	84,103
November 16	3:30 PM	at #20 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 56–49 ^4OT	85,214
November 23	12:30 PM	Ole Miss	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	JPS	L 27–31	76,511
November 30	12:00 PM	Georgia Tech*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	W 19–10	78,062
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e Georgia Bulldogs football
Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game
People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

1996 SEC football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x$		8	–	0		12	–	1
#9 Tennessee		7	–	1		10	–	2
South Carolina		4	–	4		6	–	5
Kentucky		3	–	5		4	–	7
Georgia		3	–	5		5	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8		2	–	9
Western Division
#11 Alabama xy		6	–	2		10	–	3
#12 LSU x		6	–	2		10	–	2
#24 Auburn		4	–	4		8	–	4
Mississippi State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Ole Miss		2	–	6		5	–	6
Arkansas		2	–	6		4	–	7
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll