Category: UGA Football

Kirby Smart is in his eighth year directing the Georgia Bulldogs who are 84-15 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 the history of teams. The Bulldogs rank ninth all-time in victories among NCAA FBS teams with 871 after starting in 1892.

Due to the cancellation of a previously scheduled matchup at Oklahoma (who now will join the SEC in 2024), Georgia plays host to four straight games to start the 2023 campaign and seven total this year. The last time the Bulldogs played four straight contests in Sanford Stadium was in 2004.

The last schedule that featured four home games to start a season was in 1999. That year, the Bulldogs went 4-0, beating Utah State, USC, UCF and LSU. Georgia has the nation’s longest active regular season winning streak in FBS that now stands at 30. The school record streak began with a 31-24 home victory over Miss. State on Nov. 21, 2020.

The NCAA’s longest active regular-season win streak belongs to Mount Union as the DIII school has won 56 in a row.

Top-ranked Georgia will face its third non-conference opponent of the season and complete a fourgame homestand with UAB coming to Dooley Field in Sanford Stadium Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2).

The 2023 Bulldogs return nine players with starting experience on offense, including junior C Sedrick Van Pran and All-American and John Mackey Award winner junior TE Brock Bowers, who was the 2021 and 2022 leader in catches, receiving yards and touchdowns.

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Sometimes a good punch in the face is what you need. Not a haymaker or anything that gets you seeing stars and wobbling on your feet, but maybe a stiff jab to the nose to get you going.

On a soggy Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium, the top-ranked Georgia football team took a punch or two in its SEC opener against South Carolina. The Gamecocks were the sharper and more effective team early, and took a 14-3 lead into halftime. But the Bulldogs came out much better in the third quarter and controlled the game for the final 30 minutes, winning 24-14.

The yardage numbers tell a lot of the story. At halftime, South Carolina had a 180-168 advantage, with Spencer Rattler completing 16 of 18 passes for 152 yards. In the second half, with Georgia getting steady pressure on the quarterback, Rattler completed just 4 of 24 passes for 104 yards, with two fourth-quarter interceptions.

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ATHENS, Ga. — The top-ranked Georgia football team had to work for its first Southeastern Conference win of the season, rallying from 14-3 down at halftime to defeat South Carolina, 24-14, on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium.

The Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 SEC) got three rushing touchdowns in the second half, and its defense ramped up its pressure on quarterback Spencer Rattler to shift the momentum of the game, played in front of another capacity crowd of 92,746.

Quarterback Carson Beck was 13 of 18 for 98 yards in the first half, and finished the game 27 of 35 for 269 yards. The Bulldogs outgained the Gamecocks (1-2, 0-1) 458 to 309 in total yards, including a 189-53 advantage on the ground.

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