as of 2017, the last time georgia bulldogs won the sec championship was december 2, 2017.
as of 2017, the last time georgia bulldogs won the sec championship was december 2, 2017.
as of 2017, when is the last time georgia bulldogs won the sec championship?
december 2, 2017
the 2017 sec championship game was played on december 2, 2017 at mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta, georgia, and determined the 2017 football champion of the southeastern conference (sec). this was the first sec conference football championship at the mercedes-benz stadium. the game featured the eastern division champion, 2017 georgia bulldogs football team against the western division co-champion, the 2017 auburn tigers football team. this championship game was a rematch of their rivalry game, played on november 11, 2017. in that earlier game, auburn beat georgia by a score of 40-17. in this rematch, georgia won the sec championship by beating auburn 28-7. to date, this game marks the only time that any permanent cross division rivals have faced off in the sec championship game. this was also the first sec championship game with new sec on cbs announcer brad nessler replacing verne lundquist, who retired in 2016. the game was televised nationally by cbs.
2017 sec championship game
the 2016 georgia bulldogs football team finished the regular season 8–5, with losses to ole miss, tennessee, vanderbilt, florida, and georgia tech. key wins included defeating north carolina 33–24 to start the season in the chick-fil-a kickoff game at the georgia dome, #8 auburn 13–7, and tcu 31–23 in the liberty bowl in memphis. georgia did not receive a bid to the sec championship due to the four sec losses (ole miss, tennessee, vanderbilt, and florida). instead, two loss florida went to the sec championship game. the 2016 sec championship game saw alabama beat florida 54–16. however, the bulldogs became bowl eligible after their win against auburn on november 12 and were invited to play in the liberty bowl against the tcu of the big 12 conference. georgia rallied from a 16–7 first half deficit to win the game 31–23 behind nick chubb running for 142 yards and 1 td as well as sony michel having 126 total yards of offense (87 rushing, 39 receiving) and 2 td's.
2017 georgia bulldogs football team