UGA Football: Game Notes – Georgia Takes on Vols on Rocky Top

Game & Broadcast Info
  • Kickoff: Saturday, November 13 – 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Location: Neyland Stadium (102,455) | Knoxville, Tenn.
  • 2021 Records: Georgia 9-0 (7-0 SEC), Tennessee 5-4 (3-3 SEC)
  • History: Georgia vs. Tennessee All-Time Series Results: UGA 25-23-2
  • Rankings: Georgia #1, Tennessee NR
  • TV: CBS – Brad Nessler (PxP), Gary Danielson (analyst), Jamie Erdahl (sideline)
  • Video Stream: CBSSports.com
  • Radio: WSB AM 750 – Bulldog Network | Affiliates | Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (Color), DJ Shockley (sideline)
  • Audio Stream: georgiadogs.com
  • Satellite: SiriusXM: 81/81/81
  • Web Stats: GameTracker
  • Twitter: #UGAvsTENN
  • ReBroadcast: SEC Network: TBA

 

Georgia 2021 Averages Tennessee
38.4 Scoring Offense 38.2
6.6 Scoring Defense 28.2
+2 Turnover Margin +3
430.0 Total Offense 457.7
190.0 Rushing Offense 217.1
240.0 Passing Offense 240.6
7.2 Punt Returns 10.1
21.9 Kickoff Returns 24.4

Dogs Atop The Polls

For the fifth straight week, Georgia is the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP and Coaches polls. This marks the first time since the 2008 preseason that the Bulldogs have carried the top ranking in both polls. During the 1982 regular season, the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 for five straight weeks. Currently, Georgia is ranked No. 1 in the College Football Playoff poll. Before this season, the last time Georgia was No. 1 in the CFP poll was for two weeks during the 2017 season (Oct. 31, Nov. 7). The second 2021 CFP ranking will be released on Tuesday. Georgia is 4-0 versus ranked teams, including a pair of top-10 wins.

Georgia-Tennessee Series History

Georgia concludes an eight-game stretch of SEC contests against Tennessee. While the Bulldogs have already clinched the league’s Eastern Division, they are aiming to go a perfect 8-0 in the league for the first time in school history. Georgia has gone a perfect 6-0 in the SEC East two times (2017-18) under Kirby Smart. Since 2017, the Bulldogs are 26-2 against teams from the East.

With Georgia’s 44-21 victory in Athens last season, the Bulldogs moved ahead two games in the all-time series with UT 25-23-2. The series between the two teams dates back to 1899. The 2019 victory marked the first time the Bulldogs broke a tie to take a series lead over UT since 1981 when it went up 9-8-2.

Following the 1981 game, the teams didn’t play again until 1988 when the Bulldogs extended their series advantage to 10-8-2 with a 28-17 win in Athens. Then, the Volunteers won the next nine meetings. It would be 2014 before the series would be tied again (21-21-2) following Georgia’s 35-32 victory in Athens. UT claimed the series lead by winning the next two years while Georgia has emerged on top the past four seasons to take an edge in the series yet again.

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UGA Football: Smart, Bulldogs Preview Tennessee

University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and select Bulldog student-athletes offered the following comments on Monday.

No. 1 Georgia will head to Tennessee on Saturday for a 3:30p.m. ET kickoff against the Volunteers.

Head Coach Kirby Smart
Opening statement…
“We’re excited to get started on Tennessee today. Josh (Heupel) has done an incredible job, you can see it in the atmosphere at home games and the way their guys play, they have really bought into their system. Defensively they’re playing better and better, offensively in the last three or four games they’re averaging the most points in the SEC. They’re up tempo, fast paced and that’s really hard to prepare for. Everybody tries to prepare in the off-season, but it’s so hard to simulate when you talk to people going against it, it makes it tremendously tough. Our guys are excited for the opportunity, playing on the road in the SEC is one of the toughest things there is to do in the country, and we’ll get to go to a really tough environment and play football against these guys. Their quarterback is playing tremendously and their defense has gotten better and better each week.”

On defending Tennessee…
“I think it’s the most in the country, when you look at it and talk to people, because everybody talks across the country and tries to defend it. It’s so fast you can’t really simulate it in your practices, so you have to try and find a creative way to practice for it. It’s so different than the triple option, I’m not trying to compare it to that, but it’s so different that it’s hard to prepare for. You can’t simulate it with your team unless you do it. We don’t do that as well as they do it, so it makes it tough to prepare for. Your players really have to buy in, they have to know it’s important to play that way against that tempo and you’ve got to work really hard at it. The challenge will be there this week for offense, defense and special teams, because what they do doesn’t just affect the defense, it affects your offense and special teams.”

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