Category: UGA Football

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Powered by a dominant rushing attack, the No. 1-ranked Georgia football team held off Kentucky, 16-6, on a cold Saturday afternoon at Kroger Field.

With the win, the Bulldogs clinched a second straight undefeated run through their SEC regular-season schedule. It was Georgia’s 13th win in a row over the Wildcats.

Kenny McIntosh led the way on the ground, rushing for a career-high 143 yards and a 9-yard touchdown on 19 attempts. Georgia (11-0, 8-0 SEC) outgained the Wildcats 365-289, gaining 249 yards rushing on 44 carries.

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Georgia vs. Kentucky

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Bulldogs Complete Another Perfect SEC Regular Season:
*Top-ranked Georgia moves its record to 11-0 (8-0 SEC) with a 16-6 road victory over UK to post a perfect league mark for the second year in a row under Kirby Smart. They have gone 6-0 versus the East for the fourth time since 2017.
*Georgia is just the 3rd SEC team since 1992 to post back-to-back 8-0 league marks, joining Alabama (2008-09) and UF (1995-96).
*Georgia has tallied at least 11 wins for the fifth time in the Smart era and 14th time overall in school history.
*The 2022 senior class has matched the school record for wins now with a 45-5 mark. The 2021 class posted a 45-8 mark.
*Georgia’s average margin of victory in its SEC games was 25.5. For the 2021 club, it was 31.9 points.
*The Bulldogs now have won 26 straight regular season games including their last 19 SEC games in that span.
*Georgia has won 13 straight over UK and now leads the series 62-12-2. Smart is 7-0 against UK and 77-15 overall.
*Georgia is 11-0 for the second straight year, Before the 2021 season, the last time Georgia was 11-0 was 1982.

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It’s not like the Georgia football team isn’t aware of the incredible run the Bulldogs have been on for more than two years. The guys know, and the returning players have a big national championship ring to remind them of what happened last season, but one of the keys to sustaining success is not being caught up in that success.

Easier said than done.

“It’s just our standard,” senior running back Kenny McIntosh said this week as the undefeated and No. 1-ranked Bulldogs wrap up SEC play at Kentucky. “Every week, we know what we’ve got to do. It’s just another opponent, somebody in our way. … You go out and practice hard, and the game should take care of itself.”

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The Bulldogs (6-Offense, 2-Defense) join Ohio State (2- O, 7-D) and Michigan (5-O, 1-D) as the only schools to rank in the country’s top 10 in Scoring Offense/ Defense.

Georgia has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in 25 of the past 27 AP polls, with the other two weeks at No. 3.

Top-ranked Georgia enters the UK contest with a 10-0 mark including 7-0 in the SEC after registering a 45-19 win at Mississippi State. The Wildcats dropped to 6-4 overall, 3-4 SEC after being upset 24-21 by Vanderbilt in Lexington. UK was ranked as high as No. 7 this year in the Associated Press Poll and had been a consistent top 25 selection in the Coaches poll. Georgia has a chance to post an 8-0 SEC regular season record for the second year in a row.

The Bulldogs lead the series with UK 61-12-2 including 29-7 in Lexington. Georgia is riding its longest winning streak in the series. The streak stands at 12 overall including the last seven in Lexington. Last year, the Bulldogs claimed a 30-13 win in Athens while the 2020 game in Lexington was only 14-3. The Wildcats last win in the series came in 2009 (34-27 in Athens), and their last win over Georgia at home was in 2006 (13-10).

The 2022 Wildcats boast another stout defense as they have held 13 of their last 14 opponents to 24 points or less. UK runs a pro-style offense led by quarterback Will Levis who is on an array of national award watch lists.

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