UGA Football: Postgame Notes – #1 Georgia defeats Miss. State 45-19

Bulldogs Clinch The SEC Eastern Division:
Georgia moves its record to 10-0 (7-0 SEC) with a 45-19 victory over Miss. State and clinches the SEC Eastern Division. The Bulldogs claim their fifth division crown under Kirby Smart and 12th overall in school history.
At 10-0, Georgia has double-digit wins for the fifth time time in Smart’s seven seasons and 27th in school history.
The Bulldogs now have won 25 straight regular season games including their last 18 SEC games in that span.
Georgia now leads the MSU series 20-6 including 5-2 in Starkville. Smart is now 3-0 against MSU and 76-15 overall.
With today’s win, Georgia is now 6-2 as the No. 1 ranked CFP team, going 1-1 in 2017, 4-1 in 2021 and 1-0 in 2022.
Defense Delivers Again:
Georgia came in ranked 2nd nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 10.8 points a game while MSU came in scoring 32.6 ppg. MSU finished with only 19 points on 310 yards of total offense on 67 plays. MSU had a 62-yard punt return for a TD by Zavion Thomas with three seconds left in the first half to make it 17-12 after a two-point try failed.