Category: UGA Football

Extending The Streaks: With today’s 37-20 win, top-ranked Georgia (7-0, 4-0 SEC) has extended its school record for consecutive victories now to 24. The streak began during the 2021 season (Dec. 31) when the Bulldogs beat #2 Michigan 34-11 in a CFP semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl. This streak ranks as the fourth longest in SEC history.

Georgia now has tied a school record with its 23rd consecutive regular season SEC victory dating to a 31-24 win over Miss. State on Nov. 21, 2020. Also, Georgia won 23 SEC games in a row during a stretch from 1980-83. The 23-game streak ranks third in SEC history.

The Bulldogs extended their school record for consecutive regular season wins to 34, which leads all of FBS. This streak began during the 2020 season with a 31-24 win over Miss. State. on Nov. 21.

Georgia improves to 7-0 for the fourth time in the Kirby Smart era (now 88-15 overall), joining the 2017, 2021 and 2022 clubs.

With the latest victory over VU, Georgia now holds a 61-20-2 edge in the series history including winning the past six meetings.

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Kirby Smart is in his eighth year directing the Georgia Bulldogs who are 87-15 in this span including back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022. This offseason, Georgia took a deep dive on the New Zealand All Blacks, the world’s most successful rugby team, or quite frankly, any sports team in history.

Junior QB Carson Beck has been named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 List for Week 6 following his performance in the win over No. 20 Kentucky (his second honor of this kind in 2023). The Jacksonville, Fla., was 28-for-35 for a career-high 389 yards and four touchdowns versus the Wildcats. Beck was also named the East-West Shrine Bowl’s

Beck became the first Bulldog QB since 2013 (Aaron Murray) to have three straight games of at least 300 yards passing after the win over UK. He completed his first 13 passes (158 yards and two touchdowns), which ranks third in school history.

At the midpoint of the regular season, Beck is on a record pace for Completion Percentage at 73.47, which is ranked sixth nationally. The school record was set last year by Stetson Bennett at 68.28. The SEC record for a season is 77.4 by Alabama’s Mac Jones in 2020.

Georgia is 5-1 under Kirby Smart when kickoff is at 11 a.m. CT, including winning the past five matchups. The lone defeat came in 2016 at Ole Miss. Georgia is 22-4 in noon (ET) games in the Smart era including winning the last 13 contests. Three of the four losses came in 2016, and the last one was 2019 vs USC in 2OT in Athens.

Georgia posted its best offensive performance since 2020 when it tallied 608 yards on 73 plays in the 51-13 win over No. 20 Kentucky this past Saturday. It was the most since the Bulldogs finished with 615 against Missouri in 2020. In the first half against the Wildcats, the Bulldogs racked up 384 yards on 38 plays and scored on their first six possessions to build a 34-7 advantage. Georgia ranks third in the SEC in scoring offense (40.6 ppg) and second in total offense (502.3 ypg).

One of the keys to Georgia’s success this season is its third down defense. The Bulldogs are ranked third nationally with opponents converting just 24 percent of the time. For example the past two weeks, Auburn was just 2-for-12 on third down conversions and No. 20 Kentucky was only 2-for-11.

The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 60-20-2. The Commodores have not scored on Georgia the past two meetings. The Bulldogs blanked Vanderbilt 55-0 last season in Athens, and they registered a record 62-0 win in 2021. The teams never played during the COVID-19 season of 2020 although it was scheduled three different times, but the Commodores were unable to play.

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Kirby Smart is in his eighth year directing the Georgia Bulldogs who are 87-15 in this span including back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022. This offseason, Georgia took a deep dive on the New Zealand All Blacks, the world’s most successful rugby team, or quite frankly, any sports team in history.

Junior QB Carson Beck has been named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s Great 8 List for Week 6 following his performance in the win over No. 20 Kentucky (his second honor of this kind in 2023). The Jacksonville, Fla., was 28-for-35 for a career-high 389 yards and four touchdowns versus the Wildcats. Beck was also named the East-West Shrine Bowl’s

Beck became the first Bulldog QB since 2013 (Aaron Murray) to have three straight games of at least 300 yards passing after the win over UK. He completed his first 13 passes (158 yards and two touchdowns), which ranks third in school history.

At the midpoint of the regular season, Beck is on a record pace for Completion Percentage at 73.47, which is ranked sixth nationally. The school record was set last year by Stetson Bennett at 68.28. The SEC record for a season is 77.4 by Alabama’s Mac Jones in 2020.

Georgia is 5-1 under Kirby Smart when kickoff is at 11 a.m. CT, including winning the past five matchups. The lone defeat came in 2016 at Ole Miss. Georgia is 22-4 in noon (ET) games in the Smart era including winning the last 13 contests. Three of the four losses came in 2016, and the last one was 2019 vs USC in 2OT in Athens.

Georgia posted its best offensive performance since 2020 when it tallied 608 yards on 73 plays in the 51-13 win over No. 20 Kentucky this past Saturday. It was the most since the Bulldogs finished with 615 against Missouri in 2020. In the first half against the Wildcats, the Bulldogs racked up 384 yards on 38 plays and scored on their first six possessions to build a 34-7 advantage. Georgia ranks third in the SEC in scoring offense (40.6 ppg) and second in total offense (502.3 ypg).

One of the keys to Georgia’s success this season is its third down defense. The Bulldogs are ranked third nationally with opponents converting just 24 percent of the time. For example the past two weeks, Auburn was just 2-for-12 on third down conversions and No. 20 Kentucky was only 2-for-11.

The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 60-20-2. The Commodores have not scored on Georgia the past two meetings. The Bulldogs blanked Vanderbilt 55-0 last season in Athens, and they registered a record 62-0 win in 2021. The teams never played during the COVID-19 season of 2020 although it was scheduled three different times, but the Commodores were unable to play.

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Kirby Smart is in his eighth year directing the Georgia Bulldogs who are 86-15 in this span including back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022. This offseason, Georgia took a deep dive on the New Zealand All Blacks, the world’s most successful rugby team, or quite frankly, any sports team in history.

Georgia is 23-10 all-time with SEC Nation on site, including 7-3 in Athens. Along with being at last year’s College Football Playoff games, SEC Nation’s last on campus visit came in Georgia’s 27-13 win over No. 1 Tennessee in 2022.

The UGA Athletic Association has teamed with Hilinski’s Hope for its 2023 Student-Athlete Mental Health Week, which runs Sept. 30-Oct. 7. The goal of this week is to raise awareness about the mental health resources available to students and student-athletes. Georgia football players will wear green ribbon decals on their helmets for the Kentucky game. Created in memory of Tyler Hilinski, who died by suicide in 2018, Hilinski’s Hope is a national organization promoting mental health support and suicide prevention for student-athletes.

Top-ranked Georgia meets No. 20 Kentucky in a battle of unbeatens Saturday night at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium. Both teams are 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the SEC. ESPN will televise the matchup at 7 p.m., and SEC Nation will be on campus starting Friday. SEC Nation was in Lexington last week for UK’s win over No. 22 Florida.

The Bulldogs have won a record 13 straight in the series including 16-6 in Lexington last year that featured a 99-yard TD drive by the Wildcats in the fourth quarter. Georgia had just three possessions in the first half that resulted in three field goals for a 9-0 edge. Kentucky’s last win over Georgia came in 2009 in Athens. Georgia leads the all-time series 62-12-2 including 31-4-2 at home. The last ranked matchup between the two came here in 2021 when top-ranked Georgia beat No. 11 Kentucky 30-13.

One of the keys to Georgia’s latest SEC win was its ability stop Auburn on third down. The Tigers were just 2-for-12 in third down conversions while the Bulldogs were 8-for-13. Georgia is ranked sixth nationally in third down defense, allowing opponents to convert just under 25 percent of the time. The last two years, Georgia’s offense has had limited possessions against Kentucky due to some methodical drives by the Wildcats. Last year, UK had the second longest non-scoring possession in Georgia history as it held the football for 10:20. It was a 13-play, 57-yard drive that ended with a Bulldog interception by Kelee Ringo at the UGA 2 yard line. In 2021, UK had the longest ever scoring possession by an opponent, holding the football for 11:23, going 75 yards in 22 plays that ended with a TD.

5-0 (2-0 SEC) for the third time in the last six seasons under Mark Stoops (also 2018 and 2021). Now in his 11th season, Stoops is 71-59 and is the second longest tenured SEC coach.

Ranks 19th in Scoring Defense, giving up just 15.2 points/game.

Held each of its first five opponents of the season under 100 yards rushing for the first time in school history.

Has forced a turnover in nine consecutive regular-season games, going back to last season.

Senior transfer Ray Davis (76 rush, 594 yards, 8 TDs), who began his career at Temple and then Vanderbilt, had a monster day in the latest win over No. 22 Florida this past Saturday. He had 26 carries for a career-high 280 yards and a career-best three touchdowns rushing plus a nine-yard touchdown reception.

Sophomore DB Maxwell Hairston has a team-best 33 tackles and three INTs. UK Football SID: Susan Lax; Email: slax0@uky.edu

Since the arrival of Kirby Smart in 2016, the Bulldogs have featured talented defenses and twice led the nation in Scoring Defense. This season, Georgia is ranked 14th nationally allowing 13.0 points/game. The Bulldogs return 12 players who have starting experience from a group that ranked fifth nationally in 2022 allowing opponents only 14.3 points per contest.

Year	Pts./Game	NCAA Rank	Record	Shutouts
2016	24.0	35th	8-5	0
2017	16.4	6th	13-2	1
2018	19.2	15th	11-3	1
2019	12.6	1st	12-2	3
2020	20.0	16th	8-2	0
2021	10.2	1st	14-1	3
2022	14.3	5th	15-0	2
2023	13.0	14th	5-0	0

Georgia is on a school record 22-game winning streak that began with a 34-11 win over Michigan in the 2021 CFP semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.

Georgia is enjoying a school record streak of 32 consecutive regular season victories that dates to a 31-24 home triumph over Mississippi State on Nov. 21, 2020. That’s the longest streak in the FBS.

Georgia has won 21 regular season SEC games in a row dating back to a 31-24 win over Mississippi State on Nov. 21, 2020. The Bulldogs school record for consecutive SEC wins is 23, which was set during a stretch from 1980 to 1983.

The Bulldogs are 34-1 in their last 35 games including back-to-back national championships.

The Bulldogs have won 22 straight at home. The current streak began with a 21-0 win over Kentucky on Oct. 19, 2019. Georgia’s longest home winning streak is 24 set from 1980-83.

The 2023 Bulldogs: Averaging 38.6 points/game (15th nationally)

Outscored their opponents 193-65, including 89-38 in the opening half

Own a +128 point differential; 23-for-26 in the Red Zone with 17 TDs, 6 FGs

The 2022 Bulldogs: Averaged 41.1 points/game (5th nationally)

Outscored their opponents 616-214, including 341-105 in the opening half

Second consecutive year led the nation in point differential at +402

81 of 83 in the Red Zone (98% led nation) with 57 TDs and 24 FGs

The 2021 Bulldogs: Averaged 38.6 points/game (9th nationally)

Outscored their opponents 579-153, including 358-65 in the opening half

Led the nation in point differential at +426

59 of 69 in the Red Zone (86% ranked 50th) with 42 TDs and 17 FGs

All-American and 2022 Mackey Award winner junior Brock Bowers is one of the nation’s top talents. Most recently, the Napa, Ca., native tallied eight receptions for a career-high 157 yards and a score in the road win over Auburn.

16 rushes for 172 yards and five TDs in his career

Two receiving scores and a rushing score in the same game twice (At South Carolina in 2022 and at Vanderbilt in 2021)

Nine career 100-yard receiving games; three of his career TD catches have covered 75+ yards; his first career TD catch covered 89 yards against UAB.

PASS RECEPTIONS – CAREER:
1.	204	Terrence Edwards	1999-2002
2.	182	Brice Hunter	1992-95
3.	174	Malcolm Mitchell	2011-15
4.	166	A.J. Green	2008-10
5.	161	Fred Gibson	2001-04
6.	158	Mohamed Massaquoi	2005-08
7.	149	Brock Bowers	2021-

RECEIVING YARDS – CAREER:
1.	3,093	Terrence Edwards	1999-2002
2.	2,884	Fred Gibson	2001-04
3.	2,619	A.J. Green	2008-10
4.	2,602	Tavarres King	2008-12
5.	2,373	Brice Hunter	1992-95
6.	2,350	Malcolm Mitchell	2011-15
7.	2,282	Mohamed Massaquoi	2005-08
8.	2,237	Brock Bowers	2021-

TD RECEPTIONS – CAREER:
Year	Pts./Game	NCAA Rank	Record
1.	30	Terrence Edwards	1999-2002
T2.	23	Brock Bowers	2021-
	23	A.J. Green	2008-10

The Bulldogs responded to a 14-3 halftime deficit to South Carolina in the SEC opener thanks in part to the message from coach Kirby Smart who said “Win one moment at a time.” That was evident in the play of the offensive line that helped pave the way for a season-high 189 rushing yards in a 24-14 comeback. Against USC, junior starting RT Amarius Mims went down with an ankle injury, and the unit was already without junior utility lineman Austin Blaske. Senior Xavier Truss moved from LG to RT and redshirt sophomore Dylan Fairchild came in at LG. Fairchild has started the last two games at that spot. RSo. Micah Morris also saw time at LG against the Blazers and Tigers.

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