Field Street Forum

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 2-ranked Georgia football team suffered its first regular-season defeat since 2020 on Saturday night, falling 41-34 to No. 4 Alabama in a wild game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The loss snapped a run of 42 consecutive regular-season wins, as well as 28 straight in SEC regular-season games, for the Bulldogs.

Georgia’s last regular-season loss came against Florida on Nov. 7, 2020. On Saturday, the Crimson Tide jumped out in front early with three first-quarter touchdowns, forcing the Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 SEC) to play catch-up the rest of the way. Despite outscoring the Tide 27-11 in the second half, and briefly taking the lead late in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs came up short in the end.

In a game with more than 1,000 yards of offense, Alabama (4-0, 1-0) finished with 547, while Georgia gained 519. Georgia’s defense had allowed just 18 points on six field goals coming into the game, and the offense had zero turnovers through three games before committing four Saturday.

Quarterback Jalen Milroe directed the Tide down the field for a touchdown on the game’s opening drive, completing all three pass attempts, including one for a 34-yard gain, and later scoring on a seven-yard run for a 7-0 lead with 10:11 left in the first quarter. It was the first touchdown the Bulldogs had allowed this season.

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Streaks Snapped:

• Second-ranked Georgia saw its regular season winning streak end at 42 games as #4 UA hung on for a 41-34 decision. Before tonight, Georgia’s last regular season loss came to Florida in Jacksonville on Nov. 7, 2020. Georgia now is 49-3 in its last 52 games.
• Georgia saw its SEC and school record streak of consecutive SEC regular season victories end at 28.
• Tonight marked the first regular season loss for Georgia’s 2024 senior class as they are now 45-3 overall and 39-1 in the regular season.
• The Bulldogs had won 16 straight games in an opponent’s home stadium, the last loss coming to Alabama in 2020.
• Bulldog coach Kirby Smart had won five straight AP top-five matchups before the Bulldogs fell tonight in Tuscaloosa.

Defensive Review:

• UA built a 28-0 lead and hung on for a 41-34 victory, amassing 547 yards of total offense on 65 plays.
• Coming in tonight, the Bulldogs had allowed just 18 points on six field goals to rank third nationally. UA came in ranked sixth nationally in Scoring Offense at 49.0 ppg. UA built a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and an eventual 30-7 advantage at the half. It was Georgia’s largest halftime deficit since trailing No. 23 Ole Miss 31-0 in Oxford in 2016. UA finished the first half with 355 yards of total offense on 35 plays.
• UA became the first team to score a TD on Georgia, doing on its opening drive, going 70 yards on eight plays in 4:43. UA added another TD on its second possession, going 84 yards on six plays in 3:11 for a 14-0 edge with 4:39 left in the first quarter. UA took a 21-0 lead on its third possession in the first quarter, needing to go just 22 yards following an interception. UA went up 28-0 on its fourth possession, going 67 yards on six plays capped by a 36-yard TD run by Jalen Milroe on a 4th-and-1.
• On it’s fifth possession, UA was stopped on a 4th-and-1 at the UGA 34, losing a yard with Dan Jackson and Daniel Harris on the stop. On the next play, UA got the ball back on an INT and took it to the UGA 25. It did not lead to any points.
• UA trailed 34-33 with 2:31 remaining in the contest but Jalen MIlroe connected with Ryan Williams for a 75-yard TD and a two-point conversion for a 41-34 edge.
• Georgia’s leading tacklers were senior Dan Jackson with a career-high 10 and an INT while junior Malaki Starks had eight. For Jackson, it was his third career INT and his first since the South Carolina game last year.

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