Category: UGA Football

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The No. 2-ranked Georgia football came up with several big plays late in the game to knock off Florida, 34-20, on Saturday afternoon at EverBank Stadium, earning its fourth win in a row over the Gators.

With the game tied 20-20 with just over four minutes remaining, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck connected with wide receiver Dominic Lovett for a 10-yard touchdown with 4:01 to play in the game. That was followed soon after by an interception by linebacker CJ Allen, and running back Dwight Phillips, Jr. later scored on a 4-yard run to seal the victory for the Bulldogs (7-2, 5-2 SEC).

Georgia now leads the all-time series with Florida 57-44-2, including 50-41-2 in Jacksonville. On Saturday, Georgia, despite three turnovers, out-gained the Gators 455-228, with Beck passing for 309 yards and two touchdowns and running back Nate Frazier leading the ground attack with 82 yards and a touchdown.

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Another Win!

• With today’s 34-20 victory, No. 2 Georgia (7-1, 5-1 SEC) has now won 46 of its past 47 games including 32 of its past 33 SEC regular season games. The Bulldogs are 53-3 in their last 56 games. With the latest victory, Georgia’s 2024 senior class improves to 49-3 overall and 43-1 in the regular season. Georgia leads the UF series now 57-44-2 including 7-2 in the Kirby Smart era.

Defensive Review:

• UF finished with 20 points on 228 yards of total offense. At the half, UF led 13-6 on 150 yards of total offense on 32 plays
• UF had no points on 26 yards in the first quarter. Then in the 2nd quarter, UF got an INT (Devin Moore) at took over at its 44, and it led to a 43-yard TD pass from DJ Lagway to Aidan Mizell to take a 7-3 lead with 13:42 left in the first half.
• UF’s next possession came after an INT by Aaron Gates with a 30-yard return to the UF49. It led to a 32-yard field goal and a 10-3 UF edge.
• UF scored 10 points off three turnovers, going just 37 and 43 yards on the scoring drives. Opponents now have 34 points off 12 turnovers.
• With 1:32 left in the first half and UF pinned at its own 4, the Bulldogs forced the Gators to a three-and-out for minus two yards with 1:13 left.
• UF got the ball to start the 2nd half, and Georgia forced them to a three-and-out. The Gators got their third INT at midfield following a punt but did not score.
• Georgia’s top tacklers were CJ Allen with eight, Raylen Wilson had seven and Chaz Chambliss with six.
• Sophomore CJ Allen notched his first career INT which the Bulldogs turned into a TD as the Bulldogs turned two UF miscues into 14 points.
• In the 3rd quarter, hunior Jalon Walker recovered a fumbled snap on a field goal attempt and recovered it at the UGA 36. It led to a go-ahead TD.

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This Saturday’s game with the Gators returns to Jacksonville where it has been played annually since 1933 except for two years in the mid 1990s when the Gator Bowl was being renovated for the NFL’s newest franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 1994 and 1995, the game moved on campus with Florida dominating the series that decade. The 2025 game will be in Jacksonville, but the sites for the 2026-27 Georgia-Florida games have yet to be announced due to EverBank renovations again. Overall, Georgia leads the series 56-44-2 including 49-41-1 in Jacksonville. The teams first met in 1904 in Macon, a 52-0 Bulldog victory Lately, it’s the Bulldogs with the upperhand as they have won three straight and are 6-2 against UF under Kirby Smart. After UF’s win over Georgia in ’20, the Bulldogs compiled a 42-game regular season winning streak that ended this year at #4 UA.

Georgia Versus Florida Since 2016
2016 #14 Florida d. Georgia 24-10
2017 #3 Georgia d. Florida 42-7
2018 #7 Georgia d. #9 Florida 36-17
2019 #8 Georgia d. #6 Florida 24-17
2020 #8 Florida d. #5 Georgia 44-28
2021 #1 Georgia d. Florida 34-7
2022 #1 Georgia d. Florida 42-20
2023 #1 Georgia d. Florida 43-20
2024 #2 Georgia will be the home team

Since 1996, the Friday before the annual game features the induction of a pair of Bulldogs and Gators in the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame, which was created by the City of Jacksonville Office of Sports and Entertainment. This year’s inductees will be Mike Fisher (DB) and Bill Goldberg (DT) from UGA alongside Mike Peterson (LB) and Fred Weary (DB) from UF.

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. Georgia checked in at No. 5 in the AP poll for the next three weeks until climbing to No. 2 on Oct. 21 after its road win over top-ranked Texas. Georgia was No. 1 in the US LBM Coaches poll until its first loss when it dropped to No. 5 and then moved up a spot to No. 4 for a couple of weeks before going up to No. 2. Currently, the Bulldogs are at No. 2 in both polls for the second straight week. The Bulldogs have the longest active streak of being ranked in the AP top 10 (59 straight polls).

Second-ranked Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC) and Florida (4-3, 2-2 SEC) enjoyed an open date in their schedule after posting wins. On Oct. 19, the Bulldogs knocked off top-ranked Texas 30-15 in front of a record crowd of 105,215 in Austin while the Gators posted a 48-20 home win over Kentucky. Georgia entered the Texas game with 11 sacks on the season and tallied seven against the Longhorns plus had three fumble recoveries to give them five on the year. UF didn’t have leading rusher Montrell Johnson Jr., against UK due to injury and instead got 106 yards and 5 TDs from freshman Jadan Baugh while freshman QB DJ Lagway was 7-for-14 for 259 yards plus had 46 rushing yards.

Georgia made history last year in Jacksonville as it marked the first time in the series that the Bulldogs had registered three straight wins over the Gators by at least 20 points (34-7 in 2021; 42-20 in 2022; 43-20 in 2023). The top-ranked Bulldogs trailed 7-0 early in the first quarter and then rattled off 36 unanswered points. Georgia finished with 486 yards of total offense on 66 plays in the victory. Quarterback Carson Beck, a Jacksonville native, finished 19-for-28, for 315 yards, 2 TDs in his first start in the series. The Bulldogs tallied 171 rushing yards on 38 carries.

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