UGA Football: Game Preview – Bulldogs Face Top Ranked Longhorns in Austin

For the first time since 1958, Georgia will face Texas in Austin. Saturday night will be a top five matchup, and ESPN College GameDay will be there too. The teams last met in the 2019 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans with UT holding off the Bulldogs 28-21. The Longhorns own a 4-1 edge in the series. Georgia is 17-18 all-time with the College GameDay crew on site including 0-1 this year (@ #4 UA). Last year, they were in Athens to see Georgia whip No. 9 Ole Miss 52-17 and in Atlanta when it fell to UA in the SEC Championship Game.

Series History With Texas
1949 Lost 28 41…………………….%Miami
1957 Lost 7 26………………………Atlanta
1958 Lost 8 13………………………..Austin
1984 Won 10 9………………………&Dallas
2019 Lost 21 28…………….+New Orleans
%Orange Bowl; &Cotton Bowl; +Sugar Bowl
TOTALS 74 117

The Bulldogs are 3-5 in school history versus the top-ranked team and 2-1 under Kirby Smart.

Date	W/L	Game	Site
1977-Jan. 1	L	#1 Pitt 27, #5 GEORGIA 3	$New Orleans
1985-Nov. 9	W	#17 GEORGIA 24, #1 Florida 3	Jacksonville
1996-Nov. 2	L	#1 Florida 47, GEORGIA 7	Jacksonville
2009-Oct. 31	L	#1 Florida 41, GEORGIA 17	Jacksonville
2011-Dec. 3	L	#1 LSU 42, #12 GEORGIA 10	Atlanta
2018-Dec. 1	L	#1 Alabama 35, #4 GEORGIA 28	Atlanta
2022-Jan. 10	W	#3 GEORGIA 33, #1 Alabama 18	Indianapolis
2022-Nov. 5	W	#3^ GEORGIA 27, #1^ Tenn. 13	ATHENS

^ College Football Playoff Rankings, For AP, it was #1 Georgia vs. #2 Tennessee

The Bulldogs opened the 2024 season ranked No. 1 in the AP and US LBM Coaches poll for the third time in school history (2008, 2023). Georgia dropped to No. 2 in the AP poll after its 13-12 road win over Kentucky on Sept. 14 and remained there for another week before falling to No. 4 Alabama on Sept 28. In this week’s AP poll, the Bulldogs are at No. 5 for the third straight week. Georgia was No. 1 in the US LBM Coaches poll until its first loss when it dropped to No. 5. For the second week in a row, Georgia occupies the No. 4 spot. This week’s opponent, Texas, is in the top spot in both polls.

The Bulldogs have the longest active streak of being ranked in the AP top 10 (57 straight polls). Last Saturday in Athens, Georgia used an aerial attack of 459 yards (3rd most in school history and most since 1994) to defeat Miss. State 41-31 while Texas dispatched Oklahoma 34-3 in Dallas. UT now leads the nation in Scoring Defense at 6.3 ppg and is seventh in Scoring Offense at 43.2 ppg.

First Meeting: Georgia entered the 1949 Orange Bowl on an eight-game winning streak and No. 8 AP ranking. Texas was 6-3-1 and playing in its first Orange Bowl and posted a 41-28 win. UT ran 58 times for 324 yards and five TDs, including 107 yards and a score by Tom Landry (eventual Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame coach) in his final game.

Second Meeting: The 1957 contest came at Grant Field in Atlanta in front of a crowd of 33,000 and was the first game of 33-year-old Darrell Royal’s tenure at UT as the Longhorns won 26-7.

Third Meeting: In 1958 in Austin, Georgia was trailing 6-0 early in the 4th quarter when future Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton put himself in (coaches had planned to redshirt him as the 3rd-string QB) when he saw starting QB Charlie Britt still sitting on the bench as the team took the field. He ran in and told his teammates, “I’ve come to win this game.” He directed a 21-play, 95-yard TD drive along with a two-point conversion for an 8-6 edge. UT answered with a 17-play, 72-yard TD drive capped by a 1-yard run by Bobby Gurwitz to lift 11th-ranked Texas to a 13-8 win.

Fourth Meeting: Ask a Georgia fan what time it is in Texas and you’ll likely hear it’s Ten to Nine! In the 1984 Cotton Bowl, UT entered 11-0 and ranked No. 2 with a shot at its fifth national championship if it beat No. 7 Georgia (9-1-1). Down 9-3 with less than five minutes left, the Bulldogs took advantage of a muffed punt return by Craig Curry at the UT 24. Gary Moss recovered it and Georgia later scored on a 17-yard scamper by QB John Lastinger with 3:22 remaining for a 10-9 lead as Vince Dooley’s Dogs claimed the upset and finished with a No. 4 ranking.

Fifth Meeting: Sam Ehlinger finished with three rushing TDs and 169 passing yards to lead Tom Herman’s UT squad to a 28-21 upset of No. 6 Georgia in the 2019 Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs finished 11-3 and ranked No. 7 while UT ended the season 10-4 and No. 9.

The 2024 Senior Class is an FBS-leading 47-3 (41-1 in the regular season) since 2021. The next best marks in this span belong to Michigan (44-5) and Alabama (41-7). Georgia’s only three losses since 2021 have come to Alabama. Georgia’s 2023 Senior Class set the school record at 50-4 with two national titles, an SEC crown plus went 6-0 in bowl/CFP games.

Georgia is 51-3 in its last 54 games. A school record streak of 42 consecutive regular season victories ended Sept. 28 this year with a 41-34 defeat at No. 4 Alabama. Also, Georgia had an SEC and school record streak of 28 consecutive SEC regular season wins snap that night.

Georgia is the only team to have finished in the top 7 of the final AP poll in each of the past 7 seasons.

Head coach Kirby Smart is unbeaten against all active head coaches over the past five years except Kalen DeBoer (Alabama). Georgia is 67-7 in that span. The coaches no longer active who have wins over Georgia during this stretch: Nick Saban (3) along with Will Muschamp, Ed Orgeron and Dan Mullen.

Georgia is riding a school record 28-game home winning streak dating to 2019, which leads in FBS.

Georgia owns the nation’s longest active bowl streak at 27 seasons and has won its last seven matchups.

In the Smart era, the Georgia defense has ended the year ranked in the top five nationally in Scoring Defense five times including leading the nation twice (2019 at 12.6 ppg & 2021 at 10.2 ppg). Also, Georgia has been ranked in the final top 10 in Scoring Offense from 2021-23.

The Bulldogs were the only FBS team to finish the 2023 season nationally ranked in the top five in both Scoring Offense (40.1 ppg/5th) and Scoring Defense (15.6 ppg/5th).

Fifth-year senior Carson Beck, a 6-4, 220-pound native of Jacksonville, Fla., owns an 18-2 record as a starter. Led Georgia to 13-1 mark in ’23.

Among the 25 candidates for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

6-2 versus top-20 opponents with a 69.4 Completion Percentage (175-252) for 2,410 yards, 18 TDs, 5 INTs in those contests.

Tied school record with 36 comp. in win over MSU, career-high 459 yards ranks 3rd in school history, most since Eric Zeier had 485 vs. USC in ’94

Set then Career Highs in 41-34 road loss at #4 Alabama, 50 att., 439 yards, 3 INTs; Was 8-of-17 for 100 yards, 2 INTs in 1st Half and trailed 30-7; then went 19-33 for 339 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT in the 2nd Half and led briefly 34-33

439 passing yards @ #4 UA ranked 4th most in school history

SEC Offensive Player of the Week after 34-3 win over #14 Clemson this year

Georgia’s quarterback room also includes redshirt sophomore Gunner Stockton, freshman Ryan Puglisi and redshirt freshman transfer Jaden Rashada (Ariz. State). Stockton saw action in four games last year and completed 63% of his passes (12-for-19) for 148 yards and two TDs. This year, Stockton is 10-for-12 for 90 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INT.

Completions	36 vs. MSU, ’24
Attempts	50 @ #4 UA, ’24
TD Passes	5 vs. TT, 2024
Passing Yards	459 vs. MSU, ’24
Longest Pass & TD Pass	67 yds @ #4 UA, ’24
Long Rush	20 vs. USC, 2022
Interceptions	3 @ #4 UA, ’24

Year	G/GS	Cmp.	Att.	Pct.	Yds.	INT	TD	Eff.	LG
2020	1/0	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—
2021	4/0	10	23	43.5	176	2	2	119.06	32 UAB
2022	7/0	26	35	74.3	310	0	4	186.40	28 SC
2023	14/14	302	417	72.4	3,941	6	24	167.9	55 UF
2024	6/6	142	209	67.9	1,818	5	15	159.9	67TD UA
Total	32/20	480	684	70.2	6,245	13	45	164.8	67TD UA

Game	Cmp.	Att.	Pct.	Yds.	INT	TD	SK	EFF	LG
2020
MZ	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	—
2021
UAB	4	10	40.0	88	1	1	0	126.9	32
@VU	1	3	33.3	11	0	0	0	64.1	11
CS	5	10	50.0	77	1	1	0	127.7	30
@GT	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	—
2022
#11 ORE	5	6	83.3	71	0	1	0	237.7	23
SAM	5	7	71.4	52	0	0	0	133.8	16
@SC	5	6	83.3	55	0	1	0	215.3	28
AU	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	—
VU	8	11	72.7	98	0	2	0	207.6	24
GT	1	2	50.0	3	0	0	0	62.6	3
#3 TCU	2	3	66.7	31	0	0	0	153.5	20
2023
UTM(W)	21	31	67.7	294	0	1	0	158.1	54
BSU (W)	23	30	76.7	283	1	2	0	171.2	41
USC (W)	27	35	77.1	269	0	0	2	141.7	36
UAB (W)	22	32	68.8	338	0	3	1	188.4	50
@ AU (W)	23	33	69.7	313	1	1	0	153.3	40
#20 UK (W)	28	35	80.0	389	1	4	0	205.4	49
@ VU (W)	29	39	73.4	261	1	1	2	133.9	31
vs. UF (W)	19	28	67.9	315	0	2	0	185.9	55
#12 MIZ (W)	21	32	65.6	254	0	2	3	152.93	34
#9 OM (W)	18	25	72.0	306	1	2	0	193.2	44
@ #18 UT (W)	24	30	80.0	298	0	2	0	196.4	34
@ GT (W)	13	20	65.0	175	1	1	0	145.0	29
SECCG: #8 UA (L)	21	29	72.4	243	0	0	2	142.8	51
%#5 FSU (W)	13	18	72.2	203	0	2	1	203.6	35
2024
#14CU (W)	22	33	66.7	278	0	2	1	160.5	40
TT (W)	18	25	72.0	242	0	5	0	219.3	50
@UK (W)	15	24	62.5	160	0	0	0	118.5	33
@ #4 UA (L)	27	50	54.0	439	3	3	3	135.6	67TD
AU (W)	23	29	79.3	240	0	2	2	171.6	33
MSU (W)	36	48	75.0	459	2	3	0	167.6	55
Career Total	480	684	70.2	6,245	13	45	17	164.8	67TD

• Averaging 33.5 points/game (35th nationally)
• Outscored opponents 201-103 (81-49 in 1st Half & 120-54 in 2nd Half)
• 24-for-26 (92 percent) in the Red Zone with 18 TDs, 6 FGs, 2 TOs
• Averaging 6.9 yards per play and 452.0 yards per game

Game	Georgia	Opp.	Final
vs. #14 CU	10 (4R, 6P)	3 (0R, 3P)	#1 Georgia, 34-3
vs. TT	7 (3R, 4P)	2 (2R)	#1 Georgia 48-3
@ UK	5 (2R, 3P)	4 (3R, 1P)	#1 Georgia 13-12
@ #4 UA	9 (1R, 8P)	11 (4R, 7P)	#4 UA 41-34
AU	8 (3R, 5P)	8 (3R, 5P)	#5 Georgia 31-13
MSU	14 (2R, 12P)	7 (2R, 5P)	#5 Georgia 41-31

Longest Rush by Georgia: 52-yd by Anthony Evans III (MSU)
Longest Rush by Opp.: 38-yd TD by Jarquez Hunter (AU)
Longest Completion by Georgia: 67-yd TD (Beck to Bell @ #4 UA)
Longest Completion by Opp.: 75-yd TD (Milroe to Williams, @ #4 UA)

Georgia’s top running backs are Trevor Etienne, Branson Robinson, who was sidelined in 2023 due to a knee injury, Cash Jones and freshman Nate Frazier. Etienne has a team-high 335 yards (5.3 avg.) and 4 TDs. The longest Bulldog rush belongs to wideout Anthony Evans III (52 vs. MSU). Georgia has been down two starters on the line the past two games (senior guard Tate Ratledge {out 3 games} and junior center Jared Wilson). After the AU game, Georgia coach Kirby Smart complimented Etienne, saying “the touchdowns are great, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s about the hard yards. It’s about the 3rd-and-10 catch that he gets and makes it 4th-and-1. It’s about the 4th-and-1 play that he gets it and makes one.”

Etienne had a team-best 55 rushing yards and one TD on 12 carries plus two catches for 11 yards at #4 UA. He had 124 all-purpose yards in the win over AU (88-rushing and 2 TDs, 36-rec. on six catches).

In the season-opening win over #14 CU, Frazier registered 83 yards on 11 carries including a 40-yard scamper and his first TD. Frazier had 38 yards on seven carries against AU. He now has 194 yards on 37 carries (5.2 avg.)

Jones’ lone carry against Clemson was a 15-yard TD that featured an impressive stiff arm. Jones has been a key contributor on special teams.

Senior QB Carson Beck’s top targets have been senior Dominic Lovett (27-for-302 yards, 2 TDs), senior Arian Smith (23-for-412 yards, 3 TDs) and junior Dillon Bell (23-for-298 yards, 4 TDs). Also, Bell has 54 yards rushing on four attempts including a 3-yarder for a score at #4 UA.

Smith posted a career-high 134 yards on five catches in the win over MSU.

In the thriller at #4 UA, Georgia had a pair of receivers with 100 yards for the first time since 2013 when Chris Conley and Tavarres King did it against Nebraska in the Gator Bowl. Smith had a career-high 132 yards on six catches and a score while Bell had five for 100 yards including a 67-yard TD. Bell’s bomb put the Bulldogs ahead 34-33 with 2:31 left before the Tide answered. Earlier against the Crimson Tide, he had his third career rushing TD to become the first Bulldog to score rushing and receiving in the same game since 2022 (Ladd McConkey at Miss. State).

Against Tennessee Tech, a school record 15 different Bulldogs caught a pass.

Nine Bulldogs registered a reception in the win over #14 Clemson including a career-high five by Smith for 56 yards. Bell tallied four catches for 32 yards against the Tigers. Recently, 11 Bulldogs had a catch against MSU.

Sophomore transfer London Humphreys (Vanderbilt) scored a 40-yard touchdown in his Bulldog debut against #14 Clemson in the season opener. Humphreys missed the UA game and returned against AU with two catches for 40 yards. For the year, he has six receptions for 128 yards and 1 TD.

Sophomore Lawson Luckie and junior Oscar Delp headline the tight ends. Georgia opened in a two tight-end set versus Auburn with Stanford graduate transfer Ben Yurosek making his first Bulldog start. Luckie leads the room with 144 yards receiving on 10 catches (14.4 avg.) and three TDs. Luckie is a second generation Bulldog as his father Mike (LB) was part of Bulldog triplets from 1996-98 with uncles Dustin (LB) and Miles (OL).

In the Kirby Smart era, the Bulldogs have a 65% success rate in 4th Down Conversions (73-for-113) with 11 TDs. This year, the Bulldogs rank third nationally in 4th Down Conversions at 91% (10-for-11). Faced with a 30-7 halftime deficit at No. 4 Alabama, Georgia attacked every drive in the second half with a four-down mentality. After going 1-for-1 on 4th down in the first half, Georgia went 4-for-4 in the second half to finish 5-for-5, the best ever under Smart. The Bulldogs came into the game 1-for-2 on 4th Downs. Georgia was 2-for-2 on 4th Downs against AU and MSU.

Georgia has had 42 players drafted over the past four seasons, including 23 on defense and eight of those defenders have gone in the first round.

The 2024 unit ranks T20th in Scoring Defense (17.2 ppg).

Did not allow a TD until the fourth game of the year.

The 2023 unit ranked fifth nationally in Scoring Defense (15.6 ppg).

With an Agribusiness degree in hand, graduate Dan Jackson, a native of nearby Gainesville, Ga., is enjoying his most productive year. A walk-on who redshirted in 2019, “made the bus” and started four games in 2021, is now second in tackles (31). Also, he has an interception, a fumble return and blocked a field goal this year. Jackson was the leading tackler with a career-high 10 stops plus an INT versus #4 UA.

The defensive backfield is led by All-America safety Malaki Starks and Daylen Everette, who each started all 14 games last year. Starks’ first career interception (vs. #11 Oregon – Bo Nix in 2022) and most recent pick (vs. #14 Clemson – Cade Klubnik in 2024), both in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, are worth checking out. Starks leads the team with 32 stops while Everette is fourth with 22 tackles including a career-high eight tackles versus UK.

Starks has six career interceptions. He is on the watch list for several national awards and following the win over Clemson, he was named the Jim Thorpe Award National DB of the Week. In 2023, he was a Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Jim Thorpe Award finalist and a Chuck Bednarik Award semifinalist.

Freshmen KJ Bolden and Ellis Robinson IV are seeing more playing time of late. Bolden made four tackles in his debut versus #14 Clemson and collected his first career INT in the win over MSU.

Mykel Williams, Nazir Stackhouse, Warren Brinson, Christen Miller, and Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins anchor the front while several freshmen have seen action too. Williams and Brinson missed two games due to ankle injuries and returned against #4 UA. Ingram-Dawkins made his first career start against TT and responded with a career-high four tackles including 3 TFL. Against UK, Ingram-Dawkins had three tackles, a sack and seven QB pressures to earn SEC DL of the Week. He had two sacks in the win over Auburn.

The veteran linebackers are Smael Mondon Jr., Jalon Walker, CJ Allen, Raylen Wilson, Damon Wilson II and Chaz Chambliss. Raylen Wilson had a career-high five tackles, a forced fumble and sack for a loss of 28 yards that led to a change of possession and Georgia’s first score in the road win over UK. He was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week. Mondon has missed the last two games due to injury and Williams has played sparingly of late.

Walker, a 6-2, 245-pounder is a self-described “hybrid linebacker” for his ability to play on the edge and in the box. Walker enjoyed a solid showing in the 2024 season opener, leading the Bulldogs with six tackles and 1.5 sacks in a 34-3 win over #14 Clemson to earn Reese’s Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week honors. He was credited with 10 QB pressures at UK.

Freshmen linebackers Chris Cole and Justin Williams plus lineman Joseph Jonah-Ajonye and Xzavier McLeod are starting to make an impact too.

Junior punter Brett Thorson and the Bulldogs rank 8th nationally in Net Punting (43.94). Georgia is the only FBS team whose opponents have negative PR yards this season.

Thorson, a native of Melbourne, Australia is averaging 47.1 yards on 18 punts, placing 11 inside the 20 with seven fair catches and one return for minus 4 yards.

Thorson is known for his comedic slant about his lack of playing time because the Bulldogs punted a record low 32 times in 2023 after just 36 punts in 2022 (15 games), the two lowest totals dating back to at least 1948.

In 2024, Thorson punted four times against #14 Clemson for a 48.0 average with three placed inside the 20, two for 50+ yards and none were returned. He came up big at Kentucky with a career-high six punts for a 49.5 average.

Thanks in part to Thorson’s punts and the entire punt coverage team including gunners Arian Smith, Dominic Lovett and Cole Speer, Georgia was the only team in the FBS that did not allow a punt return in 2023, the first school to do that since 2020 when COVID limited the amount of games teams played. Georgia has not allowed a positive yard on a punt return in 25 games. The last one came in a 45-19 road win over Miss. State on Nov. 12, 2022 when Zavion Thomas took one 63 yards for a score. This season at #4 Alabama, Ryan Williams had one punt return for minus four yards.

Peyton Woodring, who hails from Lafayette, La., was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist as a freshman kicker. This year, he has a team-high 49 points and handling the kickoffs too (39 of 41 overall with 19 touchbacks and one OB).

Woodring made his first nine FGs this year before missing a 55-yarder vs MSU.

He earned 2024 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week in the opening win over #14 Clemson. He accounted for 10 points including the first six points of the season on field goals of 30 yards and a career-long 55-yarder — the longest by a Bulldog since the 2018 Rose Bowl (Rodrigo Blankenship vs. Oklahoma).

In 2023, he scored a team-high 134 points, going 21-for-25 on FG and 71- for-71 on PATs. He ranked sixth nationally in Scoring and third among kickers.

The snapping duties are handled primarily by Beau Gardner, a graduate transfer from UCLA who is from San Francisco.

Graduate transfer Charlie Ham, a native of Atlanta, Ga., is back in the Peach State to provide depth. This year, he has two kickoffs with one touchback. He had a successful undergraduate career at Duke (2019-23). He appeared in 46 games, going 36-for-50 on field goals (LG-50), 91-for-93 on PATs and tallied 193 kickoffs with a 61.2 average and 98 touchbacks.

Sophomore WR/PR/KOR Anthony Evans III has 12 punt returns for 97 yards (8.1 avg.) with a career-long 46-yarder versus TTU. Against #14 Clemson, he had three returns for 23 yards. Evans has five KOR for 94 yards (18.8 avg.) with the first three coming at #4 UA. He has seven catches for 80 yards.

Currently, four Bulldogs have blocked a kick or punt in their career.

DB Joenel Aguero blocked a Florida punt in 2023 that resulted in a safety. In 2022, DL Nazir Stackhouse blocked a field goal that was returned 96 yards for a touchdown by teammate Chris Smith in the opening quarter of the SEC Championship Game versus No. 14 LSU. OLB Jalon Walker blocked a punt that resulted in a safety versus Kent State in 2022. S Dan Jackson blocked a punt against No. 8 Arkansas in 2021 and a field goal versus Auburn in 2024.

Career Placekicking For Peyton Woodring
Year	PAT	Pct.	FG	Pct.	LG	Pts
2023	71-71	1.000	21-25	.840	48	134
2024	22-22	1.000	9-10	1.000	55	49
Total	93-93	1.000	30-35	.857	55	183
Field Goal History For Peyton Woodring
Year	I20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-99	LG
2023	0-0	3-5	14-14	4-5	0-1	48
2024	0-0	1-1	5-5	2-2	1-2	55
Total	0-0	4-6	19-19	6-7	1-3	55

Career Highs For Woodring
Points: 15 (UK23)
PATs: 9 (FSU23)
FGA: 3 (USC23, UK23, @VU23, MIZ23)
FGM: 3 (UK23, @VU23), MIZ23)
LG: LG: 55 (vs. CU24)

Career Punting For Brett Thorson
Year	Punts	Yards	Avg.	I20	50+	60+	FC	BL	LG
2022	36	1620	45.0	19	9	1	18	0	75 UT
2023	32	1,403	43.8	14	6	1	21	0	60UA
2024	18	847	47.1	11	7	0	7	0	58UK
Total	86	3,870	45.0	44	22	2	46	0	75 UT

Career Highs For Thorson
Punts: 6 (UK24)
*Avg.: 50.2 on four punts (UT22), UA23)
Long: 75 (UT22)
*at least two punts

Home: 1-2; Away: 4-2; Neutral: 3-3 {Bowl Game/CFP: 3-2}
(*SEC games: 3-4; *Includes CFP National Championship)

The Bulldogs are 1-2 in overtime games under Kirby Smart.
Jan. 1, 2018: #3 Georgia beat #2 Oklahoma 54-48 (2OT) in Pasadena, Calif. (CFP Semifinal: Rose Bowl Game)
Jan. 8. 2018: #4 Alabama beat #3 Georgia 26-23 in Atlanta, Ga. (CFP National Championship, Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
Oct. 12, 2019: South Carolina beat #3 Georgia 20-17 (2OT) in Athens, Ga.

Kirby Smart aims to join a select group of head coaches who have been the fastest to reach the century mark in their career. Smart enters the game against top-ranked Texas with a 99-17 record in this his ninth season. Fewest Games To Reach 100 Victories {Must have five years or 50 victories at a school that was classified as a major college at the time per NCAA}

Games-Coach Record/Schools
108-Gil Dobie	100-5-3 with Washington-Navy-Cornell and hit in 1922
109-George Woodruff	100-9-0 with Penn and hit it in 1899
111-Bud Wilkinson	100-8-3 with Oklahoma and hit it in 1957
114-Fielding Yost	100-10-4 mainly with Michigan and hit in 1911
117-Knute Rockne	100-12-5 with Notre Dame and hit in 1930
117-Chris Petersen	100-17-0 with Boise State-Washington and hit it 2014
Kirby Smart	99-17 all with Georgia since 2016

Georgia saw its school and SEC record streak of 28 consecutive regular season wins in league play end this year at #4 UA. In the all-SEC 2020 schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bulldogs won their final three SEC regular season games and then went on a run that ended Sept. 28, 2024 in Tuscaloosa.

In 2021, Georgia posted its first perfect 8-0 mark in league play in school history. (The SEC went to eight games when it split into divisions in 1992). UA upset Georgia in the SECCG and then Georgia knocked off UA for the CFP title.

The 2022 Bulldogs followed it up with another 8-0 SEC mark, and the average margin of victory in those games was 25.5. They claimed the SEC title.

The 2023 Bulldogs made it three straight 8-0 league seasons (the only SEC school ever to accomplish that feat). It was the 10th undefeated league season in school history. UA defeated Georgia in the SEC Championship Game.

The 2024 Bulldogs are 3-1 in the SEC. They won their first one, edging UK in Lexington, fell at #4 UA and bounced back with home wins over AU and MSU the past two Saturdays. This year’s slate also features trips to #1 Texas this Saturday and then #9 Ole Miss (Nov. 9) plus the neutral site game with Florida in Jacksonville (Nov. 2). Georgia will play host to #8 Tennessee on Nov. 16 to close out the conference slate.

Redshirt sophomore center Drew Bobo made his first career career against Auburn this season while his father, Mike, is in his second year back as Georgia’s John & Alice Sands Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks coach. The Bulldog offensive line was down a pair of starters against Auburn and MSU with senior right guard Tate Ratledge and redshirt junior center Jared Wilson sidelined with injuries. Redshirt junior Micah Morris has filled in at guard the past three games for Ratledge while Bobo, a graduate of Auburn High School, has gotten the nod at center the past two contests. Did You Know? Mike Bobo and head coach Kirby Smart were teammates at UGA from 1994-97. In 2006, Drew served as the ring bearer at Smart’s wedding.

Following the retirement of Uga X, 10-month old puppy Boom assumed the vaunted role of Georgia’s on-field mascot in 2023. Currently, Uga XI has a career record of 18-2.

During a pregame ceremony at the annual “G Day” game, University of Georgia president Jere W. Morehead joined J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks and his son, Davis, in the ceremonial collaring of Boom.

Boom is the 11th solid white English Bulldog to serve as Georgia’s mascot since the line began in 1956 courtesy of the Seiler family of Savannah. In his first season, Boom saw the Bulldogs post their third-consecutive undefeated regular season, followed by a record-breaking 63-3 victory over FSU in the Orange Bowl. In the offseason, Boom resides with his family in Savannah.

Carson Beck: SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2), Manning Award Star of the Week (Sept. 2)
Dylan Fairchild: Reese’s Senior Bowl Midseason All-American (Oct. 11)
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins: SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (Sept. 16)
Malaki Starks: Jim Thorpe Award National DB of the Week (Sept. 4); Allstate AFCA Good Works Team/Wuerffel Trophy semifinalist (Sept. 17); Reese’s Senior Bowl Midseason All-American (Oct. 11)
Jalon Walker: Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 2); Reese’s Senior Bowl Midseason All-American (Oct. 11)
Raylen Wilson: SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16)
Peyton Woodring: SEC Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 2)

Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Year:KJ Bolden, DB, Ellis Robinson IV, DB
Chuck Bednarik Award: Smael Mondon, LB; Malaki Starks, DB, Mykel Williams, DE
Dick Butkus Award: Smael Mondon, LB
Walter Camp Award:Carson Beck, RB; Malaki Starks, DB
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award:Dillon Bell, WR
Comeback Player of the Year:Branson Robinson, RB
Lou Groza Award:Peyton Woodring, PK
Ray Guy Award:Brett Thorson, P
Paul Hornung Award:Trevor Etienne, RB
Lott IMPACT Trophy: Malki Starks, DB, Jalon Walker, LB
John Mackey Award:Oscar Delp, TE; Ben Yurosek, TE
Patrick Mannelly Award:Beau Gardner, SN
Manning Award:Carson Beck, QB
Maxwell Award:Carson Beck, QB; Trevor Etienne, RB
Bronko Nagurski Trophy: Smael Mondon, LB; Malaki Starks, DB; Mykel Williams, DL
Davey O’Brien Award:Carson Beck, QB
Outland Trophy:Dylan Fairchild, OL; Tate Ratledge, OL; Nazir Stackhouse, DL; Xavier Truss, OL
Rimington Trophy:Jared Wilson, OL
Jim Thorpe Award:Malaki Starks, DB; Daylen Everette, DB
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Top 25):Carson Beck, QB
Doak Walker Award:Trevor Etienne, RB
Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award:Jalon Walker, LB
Allstate Wuerffel Trophy/Good Works Team Nominee:Malaki Starks, DB

After an open date, Georgia makes its annual trek to Jacksonville to face Florida Nov. 2nd at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Georgia leads the series 56-44-2 including winning the past three contests. The Gators (3-3, 1-2 SEC) have a Homecoming date with Kentucky this Saturday night and then have an open date before facing the Bulldogs.

Georgia is -1 in Turnover Margin (83rd nationally).

Georgia has 17 points off five turnovers.

Opponents have 17 points off six turnovers.

#14 CU: UGA 6 pts. off 1 TO; UGA had no TOs
TT: UGA 7 pts. off 1 TO; UGA had no TOs
@UK: UGA got 3 pts off 1 TO; UGA had no TOs
@#4 UA: UGA got 0 pts. off 1 TO: UA got 7 off 4 TO
AU: No turnovers by either team
MSU: UGA got 0 pts. off 1 TO; MSU got 10 off 2 TO

Georgia ranks third in NCAA history for consecutive games scoring and third among schools with active streaks:

Team – Games
Florida 454 (1988-present)
TCU 397 (1991-present)
Georgia 379 (1995-present)

Georgia has 26 plays of 25 yards or more this season while its opponents have 15.

GAME 1 (Longest):
#1 UGA: 5 (40-yd TD pass, Beck to Humphreys; 40-yd rush Frazier)
#14 CU: 1 (36-yd pass, Klubnik to Williams)
GAME 2 (Longest):
#1 UGA: 4 (50-yd TD pass, Beck to Smith)
TT: 1 (26-yd rush A. Littles)
GAME 3 (Longest):
#1 UGA: 2 (33-yd pass, Beck to Lovett-2)
GAME 4 (Longest):
#2 UGA: 7 (67-yd TD pass, Beck to Bell)
#4 UA: 7 (75-yd TD pass Milroe to Williams)
GAME 5 (Longest):
#5 UGA: 3 (33-yd pass, Beck to Luckie)
AU: 3 (38-yd TD rush J. Hunter)
GAME 6 (Longest):
#5 UGA: 6 (55-yd pass, Beck to Smith)
MSU: 3 (72-yd pass, Van Buren to Craver)

Georgia has 3 INTs this year (KJ Bolden, Dan Jackson & Malaki Starks); Opponents have 5.

Bulldog	INT	TD	Last INT
Malaki Starks, S	6	0	vs. CU24
Dan Jackson, S	3	0	@UA24
KJ Bolden, S	1	0	MSU24
Chaz Chambliss, LB	1	0	BS23
Daylen Everette, CB	1	0	vs. FSU23
Kyron Jones, Star	1	1	UTM23
Smael Mondon, Jr., LB	1	0	vs. LSU22
Nazir Stackhouse, DL	1	0	MIZ23

Recoveries Georgia has 2 FR this year (Dan Jackson & Damon Wilson); Opponents have 1.

Bulldog	FR	Last FR
Dan Jackson, S	1	TT24
Damon Wilson II, LB	1	UK24
Cole Speer, WR	*1	vs. FSU23
Mykel Williams, DE	1	vs. FSU23
Warren Brinson, DL	1	vs. LSU22
T. Ingram-Dawkins, DE	1	TN22

* on Special Teams

Georgia has 11 sacks this year; Opponents have 7.

Bulldog	’24	’23	’22	’21	’20	Total
Mykel Williams, DL	0	4.5	4.5	n/a	n/a	9
Jalon Walker, LB	1.5	5	1	n/a	n/a	7.5
Smael Mondon, Jr., LB	0	3	1	1	n/a	5
T. Ingram-Dawkins, DL	3	1	0	0	n/a	4
Warren Brinson, DL	0	2	1	1	0	4
Chaz Chambliss, LB	1	0	2	0.5	n/a	3.5
Nazir Stackhouse, DL	0	2	0	1	0	3
Christen Miller, DL	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	2
Raylen Wilson, LB	1.5	0.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
CJ Allen, LB	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
KJ Bolden, S	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
Gabe Harris Jr., LB	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
Jordan Thomas, DL	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
Damon Wilson II, LB	0	0.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.5

The Bulldogs had have 17 first-time starters this year.

#14 CU (6):Lawson Luckie (TE), Brandon Robinson (RB), Jared Wilson (C), Julian Humphrey (DB), Christen Miller (DL) and JaCorey Thomas (Star).
TT (6): J. Aguero (Star), T. Etienne (RB), G. Harris (LB), T. Ingram-Dawkins (DE), J. Walker (LB), C. Young (WR)
UK (2): L. Humphreys (WR), D. Wilson (LB)
@ #4 UA (1): M. Morris (RG)
AU: D. Bobo (C), B. Yurosek (TE).
MSU: None

The Bulldogs had 13 true freshmen make their debut in the 2024 season-opening win over #14 Clemson in Atlanta: KJ Bolden (S), Nate Frazier (RB), Ellis Robinson IV (CB), Joseph Jonah-Ajonye (DE), Jordan Thomas (DL), Justin Williams (LB), Chris Cole (LB), Daniel Calhoun (OL), Jahzare Jackson (OT), Jaden Redell (TE), Colton Heinrich (TE) and Chauncey Bowens (RB) and Quintavius Johnson (LB).

vs. #14 CU: C. Beck, T. Ratledge, J. Walker & M. Williams
TT: C. Jones, X. Truss, C. Chambliss, N. Stackhouse
@UK: T. Etienne, T. Ratledge, S. Mondon, M. Starks
@UA: Beck, Etienne, Starks, Walker
AU: Bell, Greene III, Allen, Jackson
MSU: Jones, Smith, Chambliss, Stackhouse
@Texas:
vs. UF:
@OM:
UT:
UMASS:
GT:

• Ninth season as Georgia coach
• 99-17 Career Record
• 2021 & 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
• 2017 CFP national runner-up
• Unbeaten against all active coaches over the past five years and one of just two active coaches with multiple national titles (Dabo Swinney-Clemson, ’16 & ’18)
• Best record & winning percentage (85-15, .850) after his first 100 games of any coach in SEC history
• 2017, 2022 SEC Champions • SEC Eastern Division Champs 2017-19 & 21-23
• Georgia defense has been ranked in the top five nationally in Scoring Defense five ties including leading the nation in 2019 & 2021; Been ranked in the top 10 in Scoring Offense the past three seasons (2021-23)
• 2017 George Munger award (National Coach of the Year by Maxwell Club)
• Three-Time SEC Coach of the Year, 2017, 2021-22
• Bulldogs have won two Butkus Awards and two Mackey Awards, One Outland Trophy, Bednarik Award, Thorpe Award, Groza Award, Manning Award & Burlsworth Trophy; Two NFF Scholar-Athlete Awards, One Heisman Trophy finalist
• 20 1st-team All-Americans
• 17 First Round NFL Draft picks
• 63 NFL Draft Picks
• 242 players on SEC Academic Honor Rolls, including a high of 43 on the 2023 team

Year	W	L	Pct.	SEC	Bowl	AP Rank
2016	8	5	.615	4-4	Liberty	NR
2017	13	2	.867	8-2#	CFP Rose/NCG	2nd
2018	11	3	.786	7-2#	Sugar	T7th
2019	12	2	.857	7-2#	Sugar	4th
2020	8	2	.800	7-2	Chick-fil-A	7th
2021	14	1	.933	9-1#	CFP Orange/NCG	1st
2022	15	0	1.000	9-0#	CFP Peach/NCG	1st
2023	13	1	.929	8-0	Orange	4th
2024	5	1	.833	3-1
Total	99	17	.853	*62-15

#3-5 (includes 2017-19, ’21, ’22, ’23 SECCGs, 2018 & 2022 CFPNC)

SEASON	OPPONENT	START OF 4TH QUARTER OR DEFICIT	FINAL
2016	% #22 UNC	Trailed 24-23	33-24
2016	@ Missouri	Trailed 27-21	28-27
2016	@ Kentucky	Trailed 21-16	27-24
2016	#8 Auburn	Tied 7-7	13-7
2016	^TCU	Trailed Trailed 23-21	31-23
2017	@ #24 Notre Dame	Trailed 17-16, trailed 19-17 with 10:21 left	20-19
2017	$ #2 Oklahoma	Tied 31-31, trailed 45-38 with 0:55 left	54-48 2ot
2020	~ #8 Cincinnati	Trailed 21-10, trailed 21-19 with :03 left	24-21
2022	! #1 Alabama	Trailed 18-13 with 10:14 left	33-18
2022	@ Missouri	Trailed 19-12, trailed 22-12 with 14:09 left	26-22
2022	~ #4 Ohio State (CFP Semi)	Trailed 38-24, trailed 41-35 with 2:43 left	42-41
2023	@ Auburn	Tied 17-17, tied 20-20 with 6:21 left	27-20
2024	@ Kentucky	Trailed 9-6	13-12

%Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic; ^Liberty Bowl; $Rose Bowl Game; ~Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl; !CFP National Championship

Rushing Yards: 222, Nick Chubb vs. #22 UNC (9/3/16);
Rushing TDs: 3, Sony Michel UK (11/18/17); vs. #2 Oklahoma (1/1/18); Daijun Edwards AU (10/8/22);
Longest Rush: 83-TD, D’Andre Swift @ #9 UK (11/3/18);
Passing Yards: 459, Carson Beck vs. MSU (10/13/24);
Passing TDs: 5, C. Beck (TT-9/7/24); Stetson Bennett UAB (9/11/21);
Receiving Yards: 197 (8 rec.), Jermaine Burton MSU (11/21/20)
Receiving TDs: 2, by 9 different Bulldogs multiple times;
Longest Pass/TD Pass: 89-TD, S. Bennett to Brock Bowers UAB (9/11/21);
Tackles: 15, Nakobe Dean vs. #8 UF (11/7/20);
Sacks: 3, Trenton Thompson vs. TCU (12/30/16); Azeez Ojulari vs. #8 UC (1/1/21); Channing Tindall @ UT (11/13/21);
TFL: 3, Azeez Ojulari #7 AU (10/3/20); Thompson vs. Nicholls (9/10/16); Azeez Ojulari vs. #8 UC (1/1/21); Channing Tindall @ UT (11/13/21)

• The Bulldogs are 27-1 (loss came versus #8 UF in 2020) when they register a non-offensive score under Smart.
• In 2023, freshman DB Kyron Jones returned an INT versus UT Martin 26 yards for a score; redshirt sophomore Mekhi Mews took a punt return 69 yards for a touchdown against Ball State; and Joenel Aguero blocked a punt for a safety versus Florida.
• In 2022, the Bulldogs had a safety on a blocked punt versus Kent State and Chris Smith ran a blocked field goal back 96 yards for a touchdown versus No. 14 LSU.
• In 2021, Georgia had six of these scores: Smith’s 74-yd INT return (#3 CU); Jamon Dumas-Johnson’s 20-yd INT return (UAB); Safety (SC); Zamir White 0-yd return of blocked punt (#8 ARK); Nakobe Dean’s 5

{108 Points on 16 TDs, 6 Safeties}

2016: 14 points in 3 different games (Pick-Six, Fumble Ret., Safety);
2017: 6 points in one game (Fumble Ret.);
2018: 12 points in 2 different games (Pick-Six, Fumble Ret.);
2019: 18 points in 3 different games (2 Fumble Ret., 1 Fumble Rec.);
2020: 22 points in 4 different games (2 Pick-Sixes 1 Fumble Ret., 2 Safeties);
2021: 28 points in 6 different games (4 Pick-Sixes, 2 Safeties);
2022: none
2023: 8 points in two games (Pick-Six, Safety)

2016: 12 points in 2 games (KOR, PR);
2017: none;
2018: 12 points in 2 games (PR, Blocked Punt Ret.);
2019: none;
2020: none;
2021: 8 points in 2 games (Blocked Punt Ret.; Safety/Blocked Punt);
2022: 8 points in 2 games (Safety/Blocked Punt; Blocked FG Ret.).
2023: 8 points in 2 games (PR, Safety)

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