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Jacksonville, FL - The Georgia Bulldogs are one quarter away from leaving Jacksonville with another win over the hated Florida Gators.
Georgia fans celebrated by lighting up Jacksonville entering the 4th quarter with a 36-7 lead.
HALFTIME NOTES:
Halftime Summary Of The Offense: Top-ranked Georgia finished with 250 yards of total offense on 36 plays and were 3-for-3 in the Red Zone to build a 26-7 edge over UF.
Junior QB Carson Beck went 10-for-16 for 139 yards with one TDs.
*Down 7-0 after UF’s first possession, Georgia responded with an 11 play, 71-yard drive in 5:03 that ended in a 22-yard field goal. On the drive, Beck was 5-for-6 for 59 yards.
*On its 2nd possession, Georgia went on top 10-7 following a five play, 66-yard drive in 1:14, capped by Ladd McConkey’s 41-yard TD catch from Beck.
*On the 3rd possession on a short field following UF getting stopped on a 4th down, Daijun Edwards scampered in from 20 yards for a TD. It was his seventh of the year and 18th of his career. The drive was just 31 yards on three plays in 1:30 for a 17-7 lead.
*Following a fumble recovery, Georgia went up 24-7, going 11 yards on four plays in 2:06 as Edwards ran in from two yards on a 4th-and-1.
*Special teams picked up a safety to cap a run of 26 unanswered points by the Bulldogs in the first half.
*Senior Daijun Edwards rushed nine times for 66 yards including a pair of TDs.
*The Bulldogs had 110 rushing yards on 18 attempts for a 6.1 average.
*Junior WR Ladd McConkey had a season-high 74 yards on four catches. He had a 41-yard TD catch, his first of the year and 13th overall. It put Georgia up 10-7 with 1:23 left in the first quarter. He had his first kick return of the year, and it covered 15 yards.
*Defensive Review: UF tallied just 120 yards of offense on 30 plays After UF’s opening TD drive, the Gators final five possessions of the half resulted in 42 yards on 23 plays.
*The defense collected four sacks in the first half and came in with 12 for the year.
*UF was 2-for-2 on third down conversions, going 66 yards on seven plays in 3:36 for a 7-0 lead on its opening possession and finished the half 2-for-7 in the first half.
*Junior Javon Bullard a team-high five tackles while junior Smael Mondon had four tackles including 2 TFL.
*Sophomore LB Jalon Walker forced a sack/fumble, only the second forced fumble by the Bulldogs this year. Junior Jamon Dumas-Johnson notched a sack to give him a team-leading 3.5
Sophomore Marvin Jones, Jr. collected the first fumble recovery of the season for the Bulldogs. Redshirt sophomore Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins caused the fumble, just the third by the Bulldogs this season.
*Rushing Defense: UF had 22 rushing yards on 14 attempts for a 1.6 average.
*Blocked Punt/Safety: Georgia registered a safety on a blocked punt by freshman Joenel Aguero. It was the first blocked punt by the Bulldogs since Jalon Walker versus Kent State in 2022 that resulted in a safety. It was the first safety since that day against KSU too.
Woodring Tallies Six Points: Freshman PK Peyton Woodring hit a 22-yard field goal plus was 3-for-3 on PATs for six points.
He is now 13-for-16 in field goals on the year.
*Captains, Coin Toss and For Starters: Senior Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint (WR) plus juniors Sedrick Van Pran (C), Javon Bullard (S) and Jamon Dumas-Johnson (ILB) served as the game captains. Georgia won the toss and elected to defer the ball until the second half. Van Pran made his team-leading 38th career start. There were no first-time starters. Redshirt sophomore DL Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins saw his first action since being injured in the opener.
*Honoring #77 Devin Willock: Junior Sedrick Van Pran (C), normally #63, wore #77 today in honor of his late teammate Devin Willock. A different Bulldog offensive lineman will be wearing #77 each game this season.
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Top Georgia Performances vs. Florida
Rushing Attempts
47 – Herschel Walker, 1981 (192 yards); 37 – Herschel Walker, 1980 (238 yards)
Rushing Yards
239 – Charlie Trippi, 1945 (25 carries); 238 – Herschel Walker, 1980 (37 carries)
Rushing TDs
4 – Robert Edwards, 1997 (26-124 yards); 3 – multiple, last by Knowshon Moreno, 2007 (33-188 yards)
Longest Rushing TD
89 – Tim Worley, 1985 (school record); 80 – Frank Harvey, 1992
Receptions
15 – Shannon Mitchell, 1993 (140 yards); 9 – Tony Small, 1998 (138 yards)
Receiving Yards
154 - Brock Bowers, 2022 (5 rec.); 140 – Shannon Mitchell, 1993 (15 rec.); 138 – Tony Small, 1998 (9 rec.)
Receiving TDs
2 – Jeremiah Holloman, 2018 (4-48 yards), Leonard Pope, 2004 (3-90); Her- schel Walker, 1980 (4-55 yards); Ulysses Norris, 1976 (2-14 yards)
Passing Attempts
65 – Eric Zeier, 1993 (36 comp.); 49 – Quincy Carter, 1998 (33 comp.)
Passing Completions
36 – Eric Zeier, 1993, (65 attt.); 33 – Quincy Carter, 1998 (49 att.)
Passing Yards
386 – Eric Zeier, 1993 (36-for-65); 368 – Quincy Carter, 1998 (33-for-49)
Passing TDs
3 – Jake Fromm, 2018; Aaron Murray, 2010; Matt Stafford, 2007; Buck Belue, 1979
Longest Passing TD
93 – Buck Belue to Lindsay Scott, 1980; 84 – M. Stafford to M. Massaquoi, 2007
TD Responsibility
5 – Ray Goff, 1976 (3-Rushing, 2-Passing); 4 – Robert Edwards, 1997 (4-R); Herschel Walker, 1981 (2-R, 2-P)
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