UGA Football Names Captains For Showdown Against Missouri Tigers
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ATHENS - UGA Football and Kirby Smart and No. 1 UGA football are getting set to take on Missouri Saturday on CBS. UGA released the captains for the huge SEC East showdown.
Captains for the Missouri game are:
Georgia WR Ladd McConkey, Georgia LB Smael Mondon, Georgia DL Nazir Stackhouse and Georgia QB Carson Beck.
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UGA Football has been listed as a more than two-touchdown favorite over No. 14 Missouri. The Tigers took the week off as the No. 1 Dawgs hammered the Gators again in Jacksonville. UGA and Missouri will kick at 3:30 on CBS this Saturday. Georgia is 82-2 stright up in games where they are 14-point or more favorites since 2010.
Bulldogs Back At Home To Face Surging Missouri
Saturday will mark the 13th all-time meeting with Missouri, and the Bulldogs hold an 11-1 advantage including 3-1 when it’s a top 25 matchup. The teams first met in Miami at the 1960 Orange Bowl where No. 6 Georgia posted a 14-0 victory over No. 18 Missouri. The teams have squared off every year since 2012 when the Tigers joined the SEC. Georgia has won nine in a row in the series. The Tigers lone win came in 2013 in Athens when then No. 25 Missouri upset No. 7 Georgia 41-26. Last year, top-ranked Georgia rallied for a 26-22 win in Columbia.
In the 2022 contest, Georgia faced a pair of 13-point deficits in the first half, and the Bulldogs trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter following a 56-yard field goal by Tiger kicker Harrison Mevis. The Bulldogs took their first lead with 4:03 left, going up 26-22 on a one-yard plunge by Daijun Edwards that capped a seven-play, 68-yard drive.
About Missouri
Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz has the Tigers off to their best start since 2013 when they advanced to the SEC Championship Game. The Tigers have their best ranking in the national polls since 2014, checking in at No. 14 this week in the AP and the Coaches polls. Missouri is averaging 33.9 points per game while allowing 23.3 ppg. Missouri is 34-for-35 in scoring in the Red Zone including 24 TDs. Graduate RB Cody Schrader (140 att., 807 yards, 9 TDs) is averaging 100.9 yards per game while junior QB Brady Cook is completing 69.8 percent of his passes, going 169-for-242 for 2,259 yards, 15 TDs and 3 INTs. The defense has 24 sacks including 4.5 by graduate Darius Robinson and four by junior Johnny Walker.
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This Is Our House
Georgia is 42-4 at home in the Kirby Smart era, including 11-1 against ranked opponents. In fact, the Bulldogs have won their last 11 games in Athens versus ranked opponents. This year, Georgia crushed No. 20 Kentucky 51-13 on Dooley Field.
Balance Signals Success
The Bulldogs are one of only three teams in the country who are ranked in the top seven in both Scoring Offense and Scoring Defense. Georgia is tied for seventh in Scoring Offense at 40.5 points per game. The Bulldogs rank seventh nationally in Scoring Defense at 14.8 ppg. The other two teams are Michigan (8-0) and SMU (6-2).
One of the keys to Georgia’s success is its third down defense. The Bulldogs lead the country with opponents converting just 25 percent of the time. In the past four SEC games, Georgia opponents are a combined 10-for-43 on third downs (23 percent). The Bulldogs are third nationally in converting third downs (56 percent).
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