UGA Football: Game Notes – Bulldogs Head To Nashville To Face Vanderbilt

Game & Broadcast Info
  • Kickoff: Saturday, September 25 – 12:00 p.m. ET
  • Location: Vanderbilt Stadium (40,350) | Nashville, Tenn.
  • 2021 Records: Georgia 3-0 (1-0 SEC), Vanderbilt 1-2 (0-0 SEC)
  • History: Georgia vs. Vanderbilt All-Time Series Results: UGA 58-20-2
  • Rankings: Georgia #2, Vanderbilt NR
  • TV: SECN – Taylor Zarzour (PxP), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), Alyssa Lang (sideline)
  • Video Stream: SECN+
  • 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: #UGAvsVANDY
  • ReBroadcast: SEC Network: TBA

 

Georgia 2021 Averages Vanderbilt
35.3 Scoring Offense 16.7
7.7 Scoring Defense 28.3
0 Turnover Margin -5
428.7 Total Offense 353.7
156.0 Rushing Offense 145.3
272.7 Passing Offense 208.3
10.3 Punt Returns 2.0
23.0 Kickoff Returns 12.8

Georgia-Vanderbilt Series

Until 2020, Georgia had faced Vanderbilt every year going back to 1968. However, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the Commodores to cancel last season’s meeting in Athens. Therefore, Georgia will be heading to Nashville again like they did in 2019 when the Bulldogs posted a 30-6 victory. The last time Georgia played two straight in the series in Nashville came in 1932 and then in 1952. Overall, Georgia leads the series 58-20-2, including 27-12-2 in Nashville.

Dominating Defense

Currently Georgia ranks second in the SEC in Scoring Defense giving up just 7.7 points per game. The defense has allowed just one touchdown this season and it came in the fourth quarter last Saturday versus South Carolina with the Bulldogs leading 40-6.

Georgia had held its first three opponents to a total of 23 points, which matches the 2019 defense through three games. This year, Georgia defeated No. 3 Clemson 10-3 in Charlotte, routed UAB 56-7 in Athens and then beat South Carolina 40-13. It is worth nothing that UAB’s touchdown came on a pick-six.

Most recently, South Carolina was limited to 13 points. The Gamecocks’ final stop came on 4th-and-goal from the nine. Georgia finished with one interception, three sacks and six TFLs. With 10:55 left in the contest, USC got a 36-yard TD pass from Luke Doty to Josh Vann which marked the first TD allowed by the Bulldog defense this season. In the first half, USC was held to six points on 131 yards (8 rushing, 123 passing) on 28 plays.

The leading tackler was junior Nolan Smith with a career-high 8 stops, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble that was recovered by Quay Walker. Senior Columbia, S.C., native Channing Tindall was next in tackles by matching his career-high with seven stops. Smith and Jordan Davis (2 stops, 0.5 sack) were in on a safety, the first since the final play of the 2020 season (Azeez Ojulari versus Cincinnati in the 24-21 Chick-fil-A Bowl victory).

During the Bulldogs’ win over No. 3 Clemson in Charlotte, N.C., the Tigers finished the night with just three points on 60 plays and 180 yards as Georgia tallied seven sacks. The Tigers previously had a streak of 400 yards of total offense in their past 12 games. In the first half, Georgia held the Tigers to 90 yards (1 rushing, 89 passing) on 30 plays. The Dogs carried a shutout through three quarters. The Tigers longest play of the night was a 44-yard completion in the fourth. The Tigers scored with 9:08 left in the game on a 22-yard field goal to cut Georgia’s lead to 10-3. Clemson’s three points were the fewest scored in the Dabo Swinney era and the fewest for the program since 2007.

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