News and Notes - Georgia BULLIES Auburn In 2nd Half During 42-10 Win
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ATHENS - Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs took down the Auburn Tigers in Sanford Stadium today, beating their SEC-West rival 42-10.
Bulldogs Notch Another Win: Second-ranked Georgia improves to 6-0 (3-0 SEC) with a 42-10 home victory over Auburn.
*Georgia now has won six in a row in the Deep South’s oldest rivalry and leads the AU series 63-56-8.
*Head coach Kirby Smart is 7-1 against the Tigers including 4-0 in Athens. Overall, the Bulldogs are 34-4 at home under Smart.
Defense Dominates Again: The Bulldog defense limited the Tigers to only 10 points with 258 yards of offense on 63 plays.
*Georgia entered the game ranked fourth nationally in Scoring Defense, surrendering just 10.8 points a game.
*For the third time this season, the Bulldogs blanked a team in the first half (Samford and @South Carolina).
*The Tigers recovered a fumble at the UGA 19, and Georgia held Auburn to a field goal to make it a 14-3 game in the 3rd quarter.
*Auburn’s lone touchdown came on a 62-yard TD pass to running back Jarquez Hunter that made it 35-10 with 9:51 left in the game.
The leading tackler today was sophomore linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson with five stops to give him a team-leading 29.
Red Zone Review: Georgia went 5-for-5 in the Red Zone with five TDs. Auburn was 1-for-1 with a field goal.
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*Georgia improved to 35-for-36 in scoring in the Red Zone this season with 24 TDs and 11 FGs on the year.
A Look At The Offense: Second-ranked Georgia came in averaging 39 points a game and posted a 42-10 win over Auburn
*Georgia finished the game with 500 yards of offense on 71 plays, In the first half, the Bulldogs had 143 yards on 29 plays and led 14-0.
Offensive Leaders: Junior Daijun Edwards had 12 rushes for 83 yards and three TDs. He had a season-high 28-yard run today. He has eight TDs for his career. Edwards is the first Bulldog to rush for three TDs since Sony Michel against Oklahoma in the 2018 Rose Bowl win.
*Freshman RB Branson Robinson collected a career-best 30-yard rush on a 4th-and-1. He finished with 12 carries for 98 yards, both career highs, and his first career TD, a 15-yarder to make it 42-10 with 4:45 left in the game.
*Georgia’s TD drives covered 31, 36, 63, 64, 65 and 81 yards today.
*Senior Kenny McIntosh (8 carries for 37 yards) notched his third TD of the year and ninth of his career on a 1-yarder to make it 7-0 with 11:42 left in the first half. It capped a seven play, 36-yard drive in 3:43.
*Senior QB Stetson Bennett completed 22-of-32 passes for 208 yards. Also, he scampered 64 yards for a TD, his previous high was 30 versus Auburn. That made it 28-3 with 14:49 left in the game.
Special Teams: *Freshman P Brett Thorson punted five times (41.4 avg) and placed all five inside-the-20 giving him eight this year.
*In the first half, Georgia stopped a fake punt as Auburn tried one on a 4th-and-6 at the AU34. The Tigers gained just two yards. The Bulldogs took over and turned it in to a TD and a 7-0 lead with 11:42 left in the half.
*Redshirt sophomore Ladd McConkey notched a career-high 38-yard punt return to the AU 31. It led to a TD and a 14-0 lead
* Senior PK Jack Podlesny entered today’s game fourth nationally in scoring with 58 points. Today, he had six points, all on PATs.
Points Off Turnovers: Junior DL Zion Logue recovered the first fumble of his career at the UGA 38. It led to a punt.
*Auburn forced a fumble on a scramble by QB Stetson Bennett and took over at the Georgia 19. It led to a 29-yard field goal.
*Georgia is +2 in Turnover Margin this season. Opponents have scored 16 points off six Bulldog miscues .
For Starters, Captains & Helmet Stickers: Georgia had one first-time starter in junior Rian Davis (ILB) with a career-high four tackles.
*Sophomore Jamon Dumas-Johnson (ILB), senior Kenny McIntosh (RB), senior Nolan Smith (OLB) and junior Darnell Washington (TE) were the captains.
*In partnership with Hilinski’s Hope, the Bulldogs wore green ribbon helmet decals with the number three as part of College Football Mental Health Week.
*Georgia won the toss and elected to defer the ball until the 2nd half.
Up Next: No. 2 Georgia (6-0, 3-0 SEC) plays host to Vanderbilt next Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET (SEC Network) for Homecoming.
*The Commodores (3-2, 0-1 SEC) are facing No. 9 Ole Miss today in Nashville.
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