Fulmer And Richt By The Numbers
October 13th, 2009 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Georgia, Tennessee
Since David Climer of The Tennessean and Mark Weidmer of The Chattanooga Times Free Press have both made Mark Richt / Phillip Fulmer comparisons today, I thought it might be appropriate to check both coaches’ records.
Ya know, just to see if folks might be jumping the gun on the whole “the program is in decline because he won’t fire his buddies” thing.
Here’s Richt’s track record in nine seasons at Georgia (with this season still only at the midway point, of course):
MARK RICHT
| Year |
Overall Record |
Conf. Record |
East Finish |
Bowl |
Coaches’ Poll |
AP Poll |
| 2001 |
8-4 |
5-3 |
3rd |
Music City |
25 |
22 |
| 2002 |
13-1 |
7-1 |
1st |
Sugar |
3 |
3 |
| 2003 |
11-3 |
6-2 |
1st (tie) |
Capital One |
6 |
7 |
| 2004 |
10-2 |
6-2 |
2nd |
Outback |
6 |
7 |
| 2005 |
10-3 |
6-2 |
1st |
Sugar |
10 |
10 |
| 2006 |
9-4 |
4-4 |
3rd (tie) |
Chick-fil-A |
— |
23 |
| 2007 |
11-2 |
6-2 |
1st (tie) |
Sugar |
3 |
2 |
| 2008 |
10-3 |
6-2 |
2nd |
Capital One |
10 |
13 |
| 2009 |
3-3 |
2-2 |
??? |
??? |
??? |
??? |
Now let’s check out the final nine seasons of the man Richt is being compared to:
PHILLIP FULMER
| Year |
Overall Record |
Conf. Record |
East Finish |
Bowl |
Coaches’ Poll |
AP Poll |
| 2000 |
8-4 |
5-3 |
2nd |
Cotton |
25 |
— |
| 2001 |
11-2 |
7-1 |
1st |
Citrus |
4 |
4 |
| 2002 |
8-5 |
5-3 |
3rd |
Peach |
— |
— |
| 2003 |
10-3 |
6-2 |
1st (tie) |
Peach |
16 |
15 |
| 2004 |
10-3 |
7-1 |
1st |
Cotton |
15 |
13 |
| 2005 |
5-6 |
4-4 |
4th |
— |
— |
— |
| 2006 |
9-4 |
5-3 |
2nd |
Outback |
23 |
25 |
| 2007 |
10-4 |
6-2 |
1st (tie) |
Outback |
12 |
12 |
| 2008 |
5-7 |
3-5 |
5th |
— |
— |
— |
And now let’s tally up the results.
Mark Richt
Overall record: 85-25
SEC regular season record: 48-20.
SEC titles: 2
BCS bowls: 3
Bowl record: 6-2
Top 10 finishes: 6
Phillip Fulmer
Overall record: 76-38
SEC regular season record: 48-24
SEC titles: 0
BCS bowls: 0
Bowl record: 3-4
Top 10 finishes: 1
Oh, yeah. That’s a fair comparison. Why I can hardly tell them apart.
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