Category: UGA Football

ATHENS, Ga. — Led by five touchdown passes from quarterback Carson Beck, the top-ranked Georgia football team earned its 26th consecutive win at Sanford Stadium on Saturday, routing Tennessee Tech 48-3 in the Bulldogs’ home opener. The victory, in front of a crowd of 93,033, was also the Bulldogs’ 41st straight regular-season win.

From the moment he stepped onto Dooley Field, Beck was on target. He completed his first 11 passes, for 111 yards, and threw three touchdown passes in the first half. Beck sat out much of the second half after the game was a 38-0 runaway, and ended his day 18 of 25 passing for 242 yards and five touchdowns. Beck is the eighth Georgia passer to throw five TD passes in a game.

While the Georgia (2-0) offense piled up 498 yards, averaging 8.2 yards per play, the Bulldog defense held the Golden Eagles (0-2) to 134 yards of total offense and just 2.8 yards per play. Tech’s only points came on a 32-yard field goal on the game’s final play.

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Home Openers and Series History

• With today’s 48-3 win over Tennessee Tech, top-ranked Georgia (2-0) now has won 41 straight regular season games dating back to the 2020 season.
• The Bulldogs are 48-2 in their last 50 games. Head coach Kirby Smart‘s career record improved to 96-16.
• The Bulldogs extended their school record home winning streak to 26 games. Georgia has won 13 straight home openers.
• Georgia leads the TTU series 3-0. Tenn. Tech scored their first points in the series after getting shutout 67-0 in 1943 and 38-0 in 2009, both in Athens.

Summary Of The Offense

• In Georgia’s 48-3 victory, the Bulldogs collected 498 yards of total offense on 61 plays and 15 different Bulldogs caught a pass. In the first half, Georgia collected 24 points with 250 yards of total offense on 33 plays, scoring on four of its five possessions.
• Senior QB Carson Beck (18-for-25, 242 yards, 5 TDs) tied a school record with five TD passes. Redshirt freshman QB Gunner Stockton played most of the second half and finished 10-for-12 for 90 yards.

Defensive Review

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On Saturday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m., top-ranked Georgia (1-0) plays host to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (0-1) for its 2024 home opener at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium. Following the two-phase renovation in 2023-24, capacity has increased slightly to 93,033. Georgia remains ninth among the top 10 largest on-campus stadiums.

One part of the latest renovation is a new Sanford Stadium Press Box now located on levels 4 and 5 at the west end of the Sky Suites on the south side of the stadium. This replaced the Dan Magill Press Box which was built in 1967. There is no change to the field level Frank Lumpkin Media Center, which serves as the photographer work and hospitality area as well as the head coach’s interview room.

The Bulldogs have won 12 straight home openers. Tennessee Tech, under new coach Bobby Wilder, opened its season on the road against Middle Tennessee and nearly spoiled the debut of Blue Raiders head coach Derek Mason. MTSU put together a seven-play, 75-yard TD drive to take the lead with just 16 second left in the contest and added a two-point play for the 32-25 final.

Georgia holds a 2-0 advantage in the series with the Golden Eagles, winning 67-0 in 1943 and 38-0 in 2009, posting both shutouts in Athens.

With its 34-3 demolition of No. 14 Clemson, top-ranked Georgia improved to 101-27-3 in season openers including 9-0 in the Kirby Smart era. The Bulldogs have won 11 straight openers. Also, the win over the Tigers gave the Bulldogs a 10-3 record in ranked matchups to start a season including 4-0 under Smart. The 18th-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 22 North Carolina 33-24 in Atlanta in Smart’s debut in 2016. In 2021, then No. 5 Georgia stifled No. 3 Clemson in Charlotte. In 2022, No. 3 Georgia crushed No. 11 Oregon 49-3 in Atlanta.

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). After dispatching No. 14 Clemson last Saturday, Georgia (1-0) should remain No. 1 this week. The Bulldogs have the longest active streak of being ranked in the AP top 10 (50 straight polls). The Bulldogs will face five teams preseason ranked in the top 15 including three of those on the road in No. 4 Texas, No. 5 Alabama and No. 6 Ole Miss and the fourth at a neutral site (No. 14 Clemson in Atlanta).

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ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia held a dedication ceremony on Sept. 6 to celebrate the completion of the second phase of an extensive construction project on Sanford Stadium’s south side.

The ceremony took place in the stadium’s west end zone lounge and featured remarks from UGA President Jere W. Morehead, J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks, Head Football Coach Kirby Smart and junior linebacker Jalon Walker. Among those in attendance were members of the Board of Regents Cade Joiner and Patrick Jones, State Senator Frank Ginn and State Representatives Houston Gaines and Marcus Wiedower.

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