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No. 2 Georgia aims to stay on a roll in clash with Florida
No. 2 Georgia aims to stay on a roll in clash with Florida
It appears No. 2 Georgia has found its footing ahead of Saturday afternoon's rivalry game against Florida.
Following their Sept. 28 loss at then-No. 4 Alabama, the Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) have won three in row, including a 30-15 road win over then-No. 1 Texas on Oct. 19 in Georgia's most recent game.
Now looking to bolster their chances of returning to the SEC Championship Game for the fourth consecutive year, Georgia will head to Jacksonville, Fla., where it will take on the Gators for the 103rd time.
Coming off a bye week, the Bulldogs had a chance to take a deep breath in the middle of their conference slate.
"I think we got a chance to look at ourselves," Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. "I think we got a lot of work for our younger players. We did a lot of targeted drill work, targeted things that we needed to work on specifically, offensively and defensively, situational football, that we really hadn't gotten to do in the past couple weeks because it's been so fast."
Georgia still hasn't seen the version of quarterback Carson Beck that was expected.
Although the senior has two of the program's top-five all-time single-game passing records this year -- 459 against Mississippi State and 439 against Alabama -- Beck's eight interceptions already have surpassed last year's total of six.
Despite the up-and-down season, Smart's faith in his quarterback hasn't wavered.
"I don't think anything's wrong with him," Smart said. "He hasn't played perfect, but nobody does. I'm very comfortable with where Carson is in terms of his leadership, his practice habits, the things we're asking him to do. I think he's doing a good job of those."
Smart maintains the Georgia-Florida rivalry is just as important as any other matchup.
"They're all dead-even," he said of where the rivalry ranks. "They're all at the very top."
After losing two of three to start the season, Florida (4-3, 2-2) has shown signs of improvement the past month. Sitting at 1-2 after a Sept. 14 setback to Texas A&M, coach Billy Napier's seat was never hotter.
Since then, the Gators have won three of four, most recently drubbing Kentucky 48-20 on Oct. 19.
After splitting time with Graham Mertz for most of the season, freshman quarterback DJ Lagway has taken over the reins of the Florida offense following Mertz's season-ending ACL tear against Tennessee on Oct. 12.
Lagway made his first career start in the win over Kentucky, completing 7 of 14 passes for 259 yards, while adding 46 yards on the ground.
"It's all about reps (for DJ)," Napier said. "It's experience. It's not only experience in the game, but experience in practice. We did quite a bit of situational work last week, and then we had a pretty exhaustive remedial session on all the situational football, verbiage, all these things that come up."
Lagway has passed for 1,024 yards and five touchdowns this season, with five interceptions.
The Georgia-Florida rivalry has been one-sided for the better part of a decade. Georgia has won six of its past seven games against the Gators, last losing in 2020.
--Field Level Media
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Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 1 | 3 |
Rushing | 0 | 2 |
Passing | 1 | 1 |
Penalty | 0 | 0 |
3rd Down Conv | 1-2 | 1-2 |
4th Down Conv | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Total Net Yards | 17 | 45 |
Total Plays | 6 | 10 |
Avg Gain | 2.8 | 4.5 |
Net Yards Rushing | 13 | 16 |
Rush Attempts | 4 | 4 |
Avg Rush Yards | 3.3 | 4.0 |
Yards Passing | 4 | 29 |
Comp. - Att. | 1-2 | 4-6 |
Yards Per Pass | 2.0 | 4.8 |
Penalties - Yards | 0-0 | 1-5 |
Touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
Rushing TDs | 0 | 0 |
Passing TDs | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles - Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. Thrown | 0 | 0 |
Punts - Avg | 1-58.0 | 1-35.0 |
Return Yards | 0 | 0 |
Punts - Returns | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
D. LagwayÂ
2 QB
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D. Lagway | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
J. JacksonÂ
24 RB
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J. Jackson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. LagwayÂ
2 QB
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D. Lagway | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. BaughÂ
13 RB
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J. Baugh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
D. JohnsonÂ
27 DB
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D. Johnson | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. GatesÂ
13 DB
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A. Gates | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. BanksÂ
88 DL
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C. Banks | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S. DensonÂ
0 DB
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S. Denson | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. BridgesÂ
7 DB
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T. Bridges | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. PyburnÂ
44 LB
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J. Pyburn | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G. HowardÂ
10 LB
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G. Howard | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
J. CrawshawÂ
26 P
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J. Crawshaw | 1 | 58.0 | 1 | 58 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
C. BeckÂ
15 QB
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C. Beck | 4/6 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
T. EtienneÂ
1 RB
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T. Etienne | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N. FrazierÂ
3 RB
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N. Frazier | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
D. BellÂ
86 WR
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D. Bell | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. LovettÂ
6 WR
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D. Lovett | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. JonesÂ
32 RB
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C. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S. WhiteÂ
18 WR
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S. White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
C. ChamblissÂ
32 LB
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C. Chambliss | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. ColeÂ
18 LB
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C. Cole | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. AllenÂ
3 LB
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C. Allen | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
B. ThorsonÂ
92 P
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B. Thorson | 1 | 35.0 | 1 | 35 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
M. Starks 24 DB
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M. Starks | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1st | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
11:40 | FLA 13 | 3:15 | 6 | 17 | Punt |
1st | POSS | PLAYS | YDS | RESULT | |
15:00 | UGA 25 | 3:20 | 8 | 27 | Punt |
8:25 | UGA 12 | 0:44 | 2 | 13 |
 - Punt (6 plays, 17 yards, 3:15 poss)
Result | Play |
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Punt | 4 & 3 - FLA 30 (8:36 - 1st) J.Crawshaw punts 58 yards to UGA 12 Center-R.Underwood. M.Starks returned punt from the UGA 12. Tackled by A.Gates at UGA 12. |
+5 YD | 3 & 8 - FLA 25 (9:17 - 1st) D.Lagway scrambles for 5 yards. Tackled by K.Bolden at FLA 30. |
+2 YD | 2 & 10 - FLA 23 (9:51 - 1st) J.Baugh rushed for 2 yards. Tackled by C.Chambliss at FLA 25. |
No Gain | 1 & 10 - FLA 23 (9:55 - 1st) D.Lagway steps back to pass. Pass incomplete intended for C.Dike. |
+4 YD | 3 & 4 - FLA 19 (10:31 - 1st) D.Lagway pass complete. Catch made by A.Mizell for 4 yards. Tackled by C.Cole at FLA 23. |
+5 YD | 2 & 9 - FLA 14 (11:02 - 1st) J.Jackson rushed for 5 yards. Tackled by C.Allen at FLA 19. |
+1 YD | 1 & 10 - FLA 13 (11:40 - 1st) J.Jackson rushed for 1 yards. Tackled by UGA at FLA 14. |
 - Punt (8 plays, 27 yards, 3:20 poss)
Result | Play |
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Punt | 4 & 9 - FLA 48 (11:48 - 1st) B.Thorson punts 35 yards to FLA 13 Center-B.Gardner. Out of bounds. |
Penalty | 4 & 4 - FLA 43 (11:48 - 1st) PENALTY on UGA-C.Beck Delay of Game 5 yards accepted. No Play. |
No Gain | 3 & 4 - FLA 43 (11:55 - 1st) C.Beck steps back to pass. Pass incomplete intended for C.Jones. |
+6 YD | 2 & 10 - FLA 49 (12:27 - 1st) T.Etienne rushed for 6 yards. Tackled by T.Bridges at FLA 43. |
No Gain | 1 & 10 - FLA 49 (12:34 - 1st) C.Beck steps back to pass. Pass incomplete intended for S.White. |
+13 YD | 2 & 7 - UGA 38 (12:57 - 1st) C.Beck pass complete. Catch made by D.Bell for 13 yards. Tackled by D.Johnson at FLA 49. |
+2 YD | 1 & 10 - UGA 36 (13:37 - 1st) N.Frazier rushed for 2 yards. Tackled by J.Pyburn at UGA 38. |
+3 YD | 3 & 2 - UGA 33 (14:14 - 1st) T.Etienne rushed for 3 yards. Tackled by C.Banks at UGA 36. |
+3 YD | 2 & 5 - UGA 30 (14:35 - 1st) C.Beck pass complete. Catch made by D.Lovett for 3 yards. Tackled by A.Gates at UGA 33. |
+5 YD | 1 & 10 - UGA 25 (15:00 - 1st) C.Beck pass complete. Catch made by D.Lovett for 5 yards. Tackled by D.Johnson at UGA 30. |
Kickoff | (15:00 - 1st) T.Smack kicks 65 yards from FLA 35 to the UGA End Zone. Touchback. |