UGA Football: SEC Championship Game Preview – Bulldogs Take Aim At 15th SEC Title

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Game & Broadcast Info
  • Kickoff: Saturday, December 7 – 4:00 p.m. ET
  • Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (75,000) | Atlanta, Ga.
  • 2024 Records: Georgia (10-2, 6-2 SEC), Texas (11-1, 7-1)
  • 2024 Rankings: Georgia #7, Texas #3
  • TV: ABC (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe, Laura Rutledge)
  • Video Stream: ESPN+
  • Radio: 95.5 FM WSB – Bulldog Network | Affiliates | Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (Color), DJ Shockley (sideline)
  • Audio Stream: georgiadogs.com
  • Satellite: SiriusXM (TBA)
  • Web Stats: georgiadogs.com
  • Twitter: #UGAvsTEX
  • SECN ReBroadcast: TBA
  • History: Georgia vs. Texas All-Time Series Results: Texas 4-2
  • Last Meeting: UGA won 30-15 in Austin, Tex., 10/19/2024
  • Tickets: SeatGeek
Bulldogs Take Aim At 15th SEC Title

Seventh-ranked Georgia (10-2, 6-2 SEC) enters the SEC Championship Game (SECCG) on a three-game winning streak while the No. 3 Longhorns (11-1, 7-1 SEC) have won five straight since falling to the Bulldogs 30-15 on Oct. 19 in Austin. After playing one of the toughest schedules in school history, the Bulldogs return to the SECCG for the fourth straight year. Georgia will be the visiting team. Once again, ESPN College GameDay and SEC Nation will be in Atlanta for the game.

The Bulldogs wrapped up the regular season with three straight victories in Athens to extend its school record and FBS-leading streak of consecutive home wins to 31. Georgia registered a 31-17 victory over No. 7 Tennessee, beat UMass 59-21 and then Georgia Tech 44-42 in eight overtimes.

In the Kirby Smart era, the Bulldogs have won the SEC in 2017 and 2022, beating No. 4 Auburn and No. 14 LSU in the SECCG. In rematches during a season under Smart, the Bulldogs are 2-0 (2017 lost at No. 10 AU 40-17 in regular season, won 28-7 over No. 4 AU in SECCG; 2021 lost to No. 4 Alabama 41-24 in SECCG, won 33-18 over No. 1 Alabama in CFP National Championship).

Georgia History In SEC Championshp Game

2002 (W): #4 Georgia d. #22 Arkansas 30-3 Att: 74,835 in Ga. Dome
2003 (L): #3 LSU d. #5 Georgia 34-13 Att: 74,913 in Ga. Dome
2005 (W): #13 Georgia def. #3 LSU 34-14 Att: 73,717 in Ga. Dome
2011 (L): #1 LSU d. #12 Georgia 42-10 Att: 74,715 in Ga. Dome
2012 (L): #2 Alabama d. #3 Georgia 32-28 Att: 75,624 in Ga. Dome
2017 (W): #6 Georgia d. #4 Auburn 28-7 Att: 76,534 in Mercedes-Benz
2018 (L): #1 Alabama d. #4 Georgia 35-28 Att: 77,141 in Mercedes-Benz
2019 (L): #2 LSU d. #4 Georgia 37-10 Att: 74,150 in Mercedes-Benz
2021 (L): #3 Alabama d. #1 Georgia 41-24 Att: 78,030 in Mercedes-Benz
2022 (W): #1 Georgia d. #14 LSU 50-30 Att: 74,810 in Mercedes-Benz
2023 (L): #8 Alabama d. #1 Georgia 27-24 Att: 78,320 in Mercedes-Benz
MVPs: David Greene, QB, ’02; D.J. Shockley, QB, ’05; Roquan Smith, LB, ’17, Stetson Bennett, QB, ’22

33-2 In Last 35 SEC Regular Season Games

The 2024 Bulldogs finished 6-2 in the SEC including making road trips to #1 Texas, #4 Alabama and #16 Ole Miss plus a home game against #7 Tennessee. Georgia saw its school and SEC record streak of 28 consecutive regular season wins in league play end this year. The Bulldogs started this run by winning their final three games of the 2020 all-SEC schedule and are 33-2 in this span.

SMART Football

Georgia’s 2024 Senior Class is an FBS-leading and school record 52-4 (46-2 in the regular season) since 2021. The next best mark in this span is 47-8 by Michigan. Georgia’s 2023 Senior Class held the previous school mark at 50-4 with two national titles, an SEC crown plus went 6-0 in bowl/CFP games.

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UGA Men’s Basketball: Bulldogs Top Fighting Irish, 69-48

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ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia Bulldogs (8-1) defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-5), 69-48, on Tuesday night at the Stegeman Coliseum. Three scorers reached double figures on the night led by freshman Asa Newell’s 20-point double-double paired with 11 rebounds.

Fast Facts
• After Newell’s 20-point effort, graduate guard Dakota Leffew followed with 16 points while sophomore guard Silas Demary Jr. finished with 11 points.
• Asa Newell’s double-double marked his second of the season while reaching double-digit scoring in eight of nine games played this season.
• Silas Demary Jr. posted a career-high five steals on the night, with all coming in the first half.
• Mike White‘s team held the Fighting Irish to 21 percent from 3-point shooting, marking the fifth time this season the Bulldogs have held an opponent to under 30 percent from the perimeter.
• Tyrin Lawrence set a new career high with seven assists, beating his previous best of five matched earlier this season on Nov. 24 against St. John’s.
• Georgia finished tonight’s game with only five turnovers, marking the first time the Bulldogs have recorded five or fewer turnovers since March 7, 2018 in the SEC Tournament first round against Vanderbilt.

Key Quote
“Really defended at a high level,” head coach Mike White said. “Love how we shared it – 19 assists to five turnovers – two games in a row where we’ve completely flip-flopped our turnover-assist ratio as it had been up until that point. So, we’re getting better in that category. Defended the three at a really high rate. I like the looks we got early, so we weren’t rattled there. I like the way we moved it. Probably a couple quick ones, although they were pretty open, but Notre Dame does a great job of forcing you to shoot jump shots and packing the paint. They’re incredibly disciplined and then they made it interesting. We got off to a really good start early second half and they went on a run there, it seems like, probably three or four minutes into the second half until probably about the 10-minute mark. It was pretty even there. And then we finished really strong.”

Up Next:
The Bulldogs will return to Atlanta where they will face Grand Canyon at the 2024 Holiday Hoopsgiving on Saturday, Dec. 14 with tipoff set at 6 p.m. ET at State Farm Arena. The game will be televised on SEC Network.

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