STATS: How Good Was Mike Bobo at Georgia?

A statistical overview of how Georgia's offense performed with Mike Bobo as offensive coordinator.

For the fourth time under Kirby Smart, Georgia had to make a change at offensive coordinator with Todd Monken making the transition back to the NFL. Long time play caller, and former Georgia coordinator Mike Bobo will now be taking over as the Bulldogs' play caller, who was previously an offensive analyst for the program before being promoted. 

Bobo may not have been the popular hire, but he is certainly a good one. He brought a lot of success to Georgia's offense during his eight years as coordinator. To show just how good he was, specifically during the last four years of his time at Georgia, let's take a look at how Georgia's offense was statistically under Bobo. 

For starters, Georgia was very explosive under Bobo, and not just in the run game. The Bulldogs were able to create big-time plays through the air as well. 

Over the last 14 seasons, UGA’s offense has finished inside the Top 5 for number of offensive plays to go for 40+ yards just once.

It was in 2012. UGA had the 2nd most 40+ yard plays (28) and 2nd most 50+ yard plays (15).

You know who was the OC then? Yeah, it was Mike Bobo.

— Jonathan Williams (@Dr_JWill) February 16, 2023

During that 2012 season, Aaron Murray had the second most throws in the country that went for 40 or more yards (19) and the third most throws that went for 50 or more yards (9). In that same season, Todd Gurley accounted for four 40+ yard plays and two 50+ yard plays while Keith Marshall had four 40+ yard plays and four 50+ yard plays that season. It was an offense that was dominant through the run game, but Bobo was able to create explosives through the air and on the ground. 

Another impressive stat from that season is Murray averaged 15.6 yards per completion. That is the most YPC posted by a Georgia quarterback since 1988. A pretty comforting accolade knowing that the Bulldogs will have a new player under center this fall, especially with how good Bobo's track record looks with quarterbacks he has worked with. 

Lastly, let's take a look at Georgia's offensive production under Bobo, specifically against ranked opponents from 2011-14. The Bulldogs faced 19 total ranked opponents during those four years according to the final AP poll rankings at the end of each of those seasons. Here is how Georgia fared offensively in those games: 

• 2011: 25.7 ppg 
• 2012: 29 ppg
• 2013: 42.2 ppg
• 2014: 34.8 ppg
• Overall: 32.9 ppg

It is also worth noting that Georgia's defense allowed an average of 29.9 points per game. Most notably the defense allowed an average of 44.8 points per game against ranked opponents in 2013 and 38.7 in 2011. Those are very tough averages for an offense to keep up with in meaningful ball games. 

These numbers may not mean all that much considering they come from nearly a decade ago, but it does represent Bobo's ability as a coordinator. Some of Georgia's best offensive seasons came with him on the headset, and now he will be working with the most talented roster he has ever had in his long career. 

Bobo has had his fair share of ups and downs, but he definitely knows how to get the most out of his offense. 

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