UGA Football: Crimson Tide Hand Bulldogs First Loss in SEC Title Clash

24
Georgia 12-1 , 8-0
41
 Alabama 12-1 , 7-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
Georgia 3 14 0 7 24
Alabama 0 24 7 10 41

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats UGA ALA
Total Yards 449 536
Pass Yards 340 421
Rushing Yards 109 115
Penalty Yards 6-45 7-85
1st Downs 30 25
3rd Downs 3-12 7-14
4th Downs 2-4 0-0
TOP 34:13 25:47

ATLANTA — The top-ranked Georgia football team suffered its first loss of the season Saturday night, falling 41-24 to No. 4 Alabama in the SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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UGA Football: Postgame Notes – Georgia vs. Alabama

SEC Championship History: With today’s 41-24 loss to third-ranked UA, the top-ranked Bulldogs drop to 3-6 in SEC Championship games including 1-3 in the Kirby Smart era and now 0-2 against UA who leads the all-time series 42-25-4. Georgia saw its FBS-leading 16-game winning streak end including a school record nine-game winning streak in road games. The 16-game streak was the second longest in school history. Georgia’s run as the unanimous top-ranked team will end at eight weeks, also a school record. The Bulldogs had been the No. 1 team in the CFP rankings all season.

Bulldogs Allow Season-High 41 Points: Top-ranked Georgia came in as the national leader in Scoring Defense (6.9 ppg) and then saw UA tally 24 points in the second quarter and 41 for the game on 536 yards of total offense on 70 plays. Alabama was averaging 42.7 ppg. Coming in, Georgia had allowed only seven points total in the second quarter, and the previous most total points allowed in a game this year was 17 by UT in Knoxville. Before today, Georgia’s first 12 opponents had scored just 83 points.

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