Category: UGA Football

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The top-ranked Georgia football team scratched and clawed its way to a 13-12 win over Kentucky in the Bulldogs’ SEC opener Saturday night at Kroger Field. Down 9-3 in the third quarter of a game controlled by the defenses, the Bulldogs got a 30-yard Peyton Woodring field goal and a three-yard Branson Robinson touchdown to take the lead for good.

The win is Georgia’s 42nd in a row during the regular season, the Bulldogs’ 28th straight in SEC regular-season games, and the program’s 15th straight over Kentucky (1-2, 0-2 SEC). Georgia (3-0, 1-0) had just 63 yards of offense in the first half before finding some rhythm and hitting some big plays in the second to finish with 262.

Quarterback Carson Beck finished the game 15 of 24 passing for 160 yards, while Trevor Etienne ran for 79 yards on 19 carries. Georgia’s defense held Kentucky to 284 yards, 3.9 yards per play, and forced a turnover that led to a Bulldog field goal. Cornerback Daylen Everette led the defense with eight tackles, including six solo. Eleven Bulldogs had at least four stops.

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Defense Yet To Allow A TD This Season

• On the year, the Bulldogs have allowed just 18 points on six field goals with UK booting four tonight. The Bulldogs came in ranked tied for fourth in the nation in Scoring Defense (3.0 ppg).
• Georgia’s leading tacklers tonight were Daylen Everette with a career-high eight plus Malaki Starks had eight. CJ Allen and Chaz Chambliss were next with had six apiece. It was a career-high for Chambliss too.
• UK finished the game with 284 yards of total offense on 73 plays. In the first half, the Wildcats led 6-3 with 130 yards of total offense on 39 plays.
• On its second possession tonight, UK became the first team to score on the Bulldogs in the first half this season after making a school-record 55-yard FG.
• In the first half, the Bulldogs had three sacks and forced three fumbles but only recovered one. Sophomore Gabe Harris Jr, notched his first career sack. Late in the 2nd quarter, junior Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins picked up a sack, his first of the year and second of his career. On the next play, Georgia’s Ryalen Wilson sacked Brock Vandagriff and forced a fumble which was recovered by Damon Wilson at the UK 23. It led to a game-tying field goal. For Raylen, he now has 1.5 sacks for the year and two for his career. It was the first career fumble recovery for Damon Wilson.
• UK began the second half with an 11-play, 61-yard drive in 5:52 that ended with a 40-yard FG and a 9-6 advantage.
• After the Bulldogs cut it to 9-6, they forced UK on its second possession to a three-and-out with 2:17 left in the 3rd quarter.
• Georgia took a 13-9 lead, and UK answered with a 51-yard FG to cut it to 13-12 with 8:01 left in the game.

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Top-ranked Georgia (2-0, 0-0 SEC) makes it first roadtrip outside the state this season to face Kentucky (1-1, 0-1 SEC).

Last year in Athens, top-ranked Georgia built a 34-7 lead by halftime and eventually won 51-13 over No. 20 Kentucky in a battle of unbeatens. Quarterback Carson Beck set career highs with 389 passing yards and four touchdowns. The Bulldogs tallied 608 yards of total offense on 73 plays while Kentucky was held to 183 yards on 50 plays. A week earlier, Kentucky had beaten Florida 33-14 when it ran for 329 yards. However, they managed just 55 yards on 24 attempts against the Bulldog defense.

Georgia’s last visit to Lexington came on a cold, windy day in 2022 as the Bulldogs emerged with a 16-6 victory. Kenny McIntosh rushed for a career-high 143 yards and Jack Podlesny made three field goals. The Bulldogs led 9-0 at the half and then 16-0 heading into the fourth quarter. UK stopped a Georgia drive at the one yard line and then managed a nine play, 99-yard touchdown drive that ate up 5:02.

The Bulldogs entered the game ranked second nationally in scoring defense at 11.6 ppg. The victory gave the Bulldogs their second straight 8-0 league record as they became just third SEC team to do that since 1992, joining Alabama (2008-09) and Florida (1995-96).

The Wildcats now feature a pair of former Bulldogs in Georgia graduate Brock Vandagriff at quarterback and 2022 All-America linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson. They left for UK after last season.

For the year, Vandagriff is 15-for-28 for 199 yards with three TDs and one interception. Dumas-Johnson has six tackles, 1.5 TFL and one interception.

In the 31-6 loss to South Carolina last Saturday, UK was held to 183 total yards and completed only six passes for 44 yards. Also, they had 11 penalties.

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