The Bulldogs compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

They play their home games at historic Sanford Stadium on the university's Athens, Georgia, campus.

In addition to its storied history, the team is known for its unique traditions and rabid fan base, known as the "Bulldog Nation."

[8] † Other consensus selectors for 1980 included Berryman, Billingsley, Rothman, Football News, Helms, NCF, Poling, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News†† Other consensus selectors for 2021 include AP, FWAA/NFF, USAT/AMWAY (Coaches) Claimed national championship Georgia has won a total of 17 conference championships, eleven outright and five shared.

The school's 15 Southeastern Conference Championships rank it second all time in SEC history, behind only Alabama.

Georgia won 13 SEC Eastern Division championships, and made 11 appearances during the divisional era.

Twice, in 1992 and 2007, Georgia was the Eastern Division co-champion, but lost a tiebreaker for the right to appear in the championship game.

[20][21][better source needed] The first mention of "Bulldogs" in association with Georgia athletics occurred on November 28, 1901, at the Georgia-Auburn football game played in Atlanta.

Traditionally, the choice of a Bulldog as the UGA mascot was attributed to the alma mater of its founder and first president, Abraham Baldwin, who graduated from Yale University.

[24]After a 0–0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1920, Atlanta Constitution writer Cliff Wheatley used the name "Bulldogs" in his story five times.

When Vince Dooley became Georgia's head coach, he changed the team's home uniform to include white pants.

[27] Georgia's earliest helmet was grey leather, to which a red block "G" logo was added in 1961.

Photographic evidence suggests that black shirts, vests, and stripes of various patterns were worn at times over the years.

Anne Donaldson, who graduated from Georgia with a BFA in commercial art and was married to Georgia assistant coach John Donaldson, was asked by Dooley to come up with a new helmet design to replace the previous silver helmet.

[31] Prior to the 1980 season, the "silver britches" were re-added to Georgia's uniform with a red-white-black stripe down the side.

One of the things that make Georgia's uniform unique is its relative longevity, and the fact that it has very rarely changed over the years.

The Bulldogs have three main football rivals: Auburn, Florida, and Georgia Tech.

Georgia developed rivalries with the Tennessee Volunteers and South Carolina Gamecocks during divisional play in the SEC East from 1992-2023.

[42] Played annually (except for two occasions) at the neutral-site of Jacksonville, Florida since 1933, the Georgia-Florida rivalry is known nationwide for its associated tailgating and pageantry, being referred to as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", although that name is no longer used officially.

[52] Nineteen former Georgia players and coaches have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame.