UGA Football Running Backs Lead NFL Teams To Victory
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ATHENS - Former Georgia Bulldog running backs continue to shine in the NFL this season.
On Sunday, 2021 SEC and national champion James Cook helped lead the Buffalo Bills to a big ? victory over the undefeated Miami Dolphins. The second-year player is taking on a bigger role with the Bills who are bound for a big AFC playoff run this winter. Cook’s quickness, versatility, and vision have helped him progress more and more each time he hits the field. Now, he only rushed for 29 yards against the Dolphins, but he did score a touchdown in the big victory. He also caught one pass for 48 yards.
At Georgia, Cook was a major part of Georgia’s 2021 national championship team, rushing for 728 yards and seven touchdowns in his final season two years ago. He was selected in the 2nd round of the 2021 NFL Draft and has given the Bills a true weapon out of the backfield.
According to FanDuel, the Buffalo Bills have +850 odds to win the Super Bowl at the end of the season.
Of course, Cook wasn’t the only former Bulldog to find the end-zone on Sunday.
2017 SEC and Rose Bowl champion D’Andre Swift also scored a touchdown for his hometown Philadelphia Eagles. A former 2nd round pick to the Detroit Lions, Swift is off to a great start to the 2023 season, rushing for 364 yards and two touchdowns through the team’s first four games, including a touchdown run today in the Eagle’s 34-31 victory over the Washington Commanders. Swift is playing the best ball of his career and is the lead back for an Eagles team with their eye on the Super Bowl.
At Georgia, Swift ran for a combined 2,885 yards in just three seasons along with 20 touchdowns.
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Notes from UGA Football’s win over Auburn:
*Extending The Streaks: With today’s 27-20 win, top-ranked Georgia (5-0, 2-0 SEC) has extended its school record for consecutive victories now to 22. The streak began during the 2021 season (Dec. 31) when the Bulldogs beat #2 Michigan 34-11 in a CFP semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.
*The Bulldogs extended their school record for consecutive regular season wins to 32, which leads all of FBS, and is the second longest active streak in the NCAA behind DIII Mount Union (58 straight). This Georgia streak began during the 2020 season with a 31-24 win over Miss. State. on Nov. 21.
*Georgia now has won 21 regular season SEC games in a row dating to a 31-24 win over Miss. State on Nov. 21, 2020. The school record is 23, set during a stretch from 1980-83.
*TIght Contests & Series History: With today’s win, Georgia now holds a 64-56-8 edge in the series history including winning the past seven meetings. It’s the longest streak of success since the record nine-game streak from 1923-31. Today marked the 12th win for the Bulldogs in the Kirby Smart ear when Georgia entered the fourth quarter either tied or trailing late. In 2016, the UGA-AU game was tied 7-all entering the 4th and the Bulldogs won 13-7. The last time Georgia and an opponent was tied entering the 4th quarter that the Bulldogs won came in the overtime Rose Bowl win over No. 2 Oklahoma in the 2017 season. It was 31-all and Georgia won 54-48 in 2OT. Today was only the third in the Smart era that a game was tied at halftime. Georgia is now 2-1 in these games.
*Inside The SEC Numbers: Through two SEC games this year, Georgia’s average margin of victory is 8.5 points. The past two years, Georgia has posted back-to-back 8-0 marks in SEC action with the average margin of victory of 25.5 (2022) and 31.9 (2021).
*Bowers Moving Up In the Bulldog Record Book: Junior TE Brock Bowers had a team-best nine catches for a career-high 157 yards with 1 TD and it covered 40 yards and put Georgia in front for good at 27-20 in the fourth quarter. He has nine career games with 100+ rec. Yards.
He has 23 career TD catches which is third in school history. His 2,237 receiving yards ranks eighth in school history.
*Offensive Summary: Junior QB Carson Beck finished 23-for-33 for 313 yards with one TD and one INT in the win. On the 2nd possession of the game, Beck threw his 2nd INT of the year as AU got it at the UGA48 and the Tigers turned it into a TD and a 10-0 lead. On Georgia’s next possession, Beck directed an 11-play 56-yard drive in 5:11 to trim the deficit to 10-7. After the defense held the Tigers, Georgia’s fourth possession resulted in a game-tying 37-yard field goal by Peyton Woodring culminating a 10-play, 61-yard drive in 3:55.
For the 2nd time this year, Georgia had a 98-yard TD drive (UT-Martin). Today’s covered 10 plays in 4:24 to tie the contest at 17.
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