UGA Football: Game Notes – Dawgs Battle Undefeated Wildcats

Game & Broadcast Info
  • Kickoff: Saturday, October 16 – 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Location: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (92,746) | Athens, Ga.
  • 2021 Records: Georgia 6-0 (4-0 SEC), Kentucky 6-0 (4-0 SEC)
  • History: Georgia vs. Kentucky All-Time Series Results: UGA 60-12-2
  • Rankings: Georgia #1, Kentucky #11
  • TV: CBS – Brad Nessler (PxP), Gary Danielson (analyst), Jamie Erdahl (sideline)
  • Video Stream: CBSSports.com
  • Radio: WSB AM 750 – Bulldog Network | Affiliates | Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (Color), DJ Shockley (sideline)
  • Audio Stream: georgiadogs.com
  • Satellite: SiriusXM: 81/81/81
  • Web Stats: GameTracker
  • Twitter: #UKvsUGA
  • ReBroadcast: SEC Network: TBA

 

Georgia 2021 Averages Kentucky
39.8 Scoring Offense 31.0
5.5 Scoring Defense 17.5
+3 Turnover Margin -8
432.5 Total Offense 411.8
197.2 Rushing Offense 214.2
235.3 Passing Offense 197.7
6.9 Punt Returns 3.8
24.0 Kickoff Returns 16.2

Series History Vs. Kentucky

Top-ranked Georgia leads the Kentucky series 60-12-2 and is on a 11-game winning streak. This is the Dogs’ longest winning streak in the series after twice having 10-game win streaks. Kentucky’s last win in the Georgia series came in 2009 in Athens when it stormed back from a 20-6 halftime deficit for a 34-27 win. It was UK’s first win in Athens in 32 years. The No. 11 Wildcats have started this season 6-0 for the first time since 1950.

We’re Coming To Your City . . . Again

This will mark the second time ESPN College GameDay will be in Athens in the last three weeks. GameDay came on Oct. 2 when the Dogs topped No. 8 Arkansas 37-0. Prior to this Saturday’s matchup, Georgia has won two straight top-10 showdowns at home with GameDay on site after also blasting No. 7 Auburn 27-6 in 2020. GameDay was also in Charlotte for the top-five matchup against No. 3 Clemson in Georgia’s 2021 season opener. Counting this weekend, GameDay will have only visited the same location twice during the regular season within a three-week period two times (Alabama, 2014). This marks the seventh time that GameDay has come to Athens.

SEC Nation will also be visiting Athens this weekend. This is only the third time that SEC Nation and GameDay have been at the same site in history, including the 2018 Georgia-Florida showdown that the Bulldogs won 34-17.

Dominating Defense & Offense Delivering Points

Georgia leads the nation in Scoring Defense giving up just 5.5 points per game. The Bulldogs are averaging 39.8 points/game. Last week, they scored 34 points in the road win over No. 18 Auburn, as the Tigers were allowing just 16.2 p/g.

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UGA Football: Coach Smart, Players Offer Comments on Kentucky

University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and select Bulldog student-athletes offered the following comments on Monday.

The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs will host No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday for a 3:30p.m. kickoff against the Wildcats in Sanford Stadium.

Head Coach Kirby Smart 
Opening Statement…
“I would like to say a quick hello to Coach Dooley. I appreciate him coming over. It’s always great to see him in the audience and also at practice from time to time. Good to have you Coach. I got a text from Derek (Dooley) the other day. It’s good to hear from him as well. I appreciate you being here.”

“We are on to Kentucky. I think when you look at what Coach Stoops has been able to do, it’s pretty remarkable. First off, he’s a really good football coach. I’ve known him a long time. Recruited against him. We went head-to-head on a lot of recruits back when he was Florida State’s defensive coordinator and I was at Alabama. He is a tremendous coach. A tremendous builder of men. To see what he’s done with the consistency which they perform at such a high level. I say it all the time, to be a good football coach you have to have all of the phases. The recruiting phase, the organizational phase, the development phase, the three phases – offense, defense, and special teams, and they are really incredible at all three. They have a great system set up that they recruit to. They develop guys. It seems like every year you are talking about their defense, and they are doing a tremendous job offensively this year, as well. The quarterback and transfers they have gotten have really added juice to their offense, and they have a great special teams unit as well.”

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UGA Football: Ladd McConkey Garners Weekly Conference Honor

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia redshirt freshman receiver Ladd McConkey has been named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week following the Bulldogs’ 34-10 win at No. 18 Auburn, according to a league announcement.

This marks the eighth weekly honor for the Bulldogs this season and the first for McConkey in his career.  Other winners include: senior Devonte Wyatt (Defensive Lineman, Arkansas), freshman Brock Bowers (Freshman, Vanderbilt), junior Nolan Smith (Defensive Player, South Carolina), freshman Adonai Mitchell (Freshman, South Carolina), senior Stetson Bennett (Offensive Player, UAB), senior Christopher Smith (Defensive Player, Clemson) and senior Jordan Davis (Defensive Lineman, Clemson).

McConkey, a native of Chatsworth, Ga., posted career highs of five catches for 135 yards and a touchdown to pace the Bulldogs’ offense during their sixth win of the year.  His performance included a career-long 60-yard touchdown in the third quarter that put the game out of reach for the Tigers at 24-3.

The No. 1 Bulldogs (6-0, 4-0 SEC) play host to No. 11 Kentucky (6-0, 4-0) on Saturday.  CBS will televise the matchup at 3:30 p.m.  ESPN College GameDay will be on campus for the second time in three weeks and SEC Nation will also be in Athens for the first time since the 2019 season.

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