UGA Football: Georgia vs Tennessee Post Game Notes

No. 3 Georgia beats No. 1 Tennessee 27-13Bulldogs Topple CFP No. 1 Team:

• Georgia moves its record to 9-0 (6-0 SEC) with a 27-13 victory over #1 Tennessee (8-1, 4-1 SEC).
• Georgia improves to 3-5 all-time against the No. 1 ranked team in school history. The other wins over No. 1 teams came against Florida (28-3 in Jacksonville) in 1985 and Alabama (33-18) for the 2022 CFP National Championship.
• Tonight marked the highest ranked matchup in the history of Sanford Stadium that opened in 1929 with No. 3 Georgia beating No. 1 UT (CFP rankings).
• The Bulldogs now have won 24 straight regular season games including their last 17 SEC games in that span.
• Georgia now leads the UT series 27-23-2. They have won six in a row, all by double digits.
• Head coach Kirby Smart is now 6-1 against UT and 75-15 overall.
• With today’s win, Georgia is now 4-1 as the No. 3 CFP team in the land. On Selection Day in 2017, Georgia made the CFP and went 1-1, outlasting No. 2 Oklahoma in 2OT in the Rose Bowl and falling in OT to No. 4 Alabama for the national title. Last year, Georgia again was No. 3 on Selection Day and then beat No. 2 Michigan 34-11 in the CFP Semifinal/Capital One Orange Bowl, then No. 1 Alabama 33-18 for the 2022 CFP national title.

Defensive Honors The Standard:

• Georgia came in ranked 2nd nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 10.5 points a game while UT came in leading the nation in scoring (49.4 ppg). The Bulldogs built a 24-6 halftime lead and ultimately won 27-13.
• The 13 points was the lowest scored by the Vols under coach Josh Heupel.
• The Vols finished with 289 ya