UGA Football Fans Light up Mercedes-Benz Stadium During Fight with Clemson Tigers
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ATLANTA - Kirby Smart’s No. 1-ranked UGA Football leads 14th ranked Clemson 20-3 through three quarters of the Aflac Kickoff game. Georgia took control in the third quarter with two touchdowns. UGA fans lit up Mercedes-Benz Stadium, as they do:
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Georgia Halftime Notes: The Aflac Kickoff Game vs. #14 Clemson, Aug. 31, 2024
*Summary Of The Offense: The Bulldogs scored six points (two field goals) on 160 yards of total offense, running a total of 30 plays.
*Georgia tallied eight first downs and went 1-for-6 on third downs. The first field goal drive covered 68 yards on 12 plays in 6:26 while the second was just 31 yards on five plays in 2:05 but was Georgia’s longest field goal since the 2017 season.
*Freshman Nate Frazier’s first career carry covered three yards and resulted in a first down. He finished the half with 20 yards on four attempts.
*It was a scoreless first quarter as Georgia managed 43 yards on 11 plays.
*A Look At Beck’s First Half: Senior QB Carson Beck was 15-for-19 for 126 yards in directing Georgia to a 6-0 halftime lead. His accuracy has been a trademark as he ranked fifth nationally last season with a school record 72.4 Completion Percentage.
*On 3rd-and-10 of the opening possession, he converted the first down by scampering 13 yards.
*He had an impressive 23-yard completion to junior Dillon Bell on Georgia’s first scoring drive.
*Top Targets: At the half, seven different Bulldogs had a reception. Junior Dillon Bell led all receivers with four catches for 32 yards. Sophomore TE Lawson Luckie (2-for-37 yards) had a career-long 31-yard catch. *Senior Arian Smith picked up an 11-yard reception on the first play from scrimmage.
*Defensive Review: Clemson finished the first half with no points on 76 yards of offense, running 20 plays.
*Last season, Georgia posted a pair of first half shutouts, and they came in the first two games versus UT Martin and Ball State.
*The Tigers won the coin toss and chose to take the football. On their opening drive, they finished with a net of two yards on three plays including a key stop by freshman KJ Bolden to force a punt.
*In the first quarter, Clemson had 61 yards on 13 plays including a 36-yard catch by Antonio Williams. The Tigers were 1-for-4 on 3rd downs.
*Clemson was 1-for-6 on 3rd Downs.
*Georgia’s leading tackler was sophomore linebacker CJ Allen with four while four Bulldogs had two apiece.
*Special Teams Highlights: Sophomore PK Peyton Woodring tallied six points, making a 30-yard field goal for a 3-0 edge with 8:49 left in the 1st half. He booted a career-long 55-yarder with 4:16 left in the first half to make it 6-0. Woodring’s previous long was 48 yards. It marked the longest field goal by the Bulldogs since Rodrigo Blankenship hit a 55-yarder versus Oklahoma in the 2018 Rose Bowl win.
*Junior P Brett Thorson tallied a 45.3 average on three punts. His first one covered 36 yards and was downed at the Tiger 5. The second punt covered 43 yards and was fair caught at the Tiger 15. Georgia did not allow a punt return last year, the only team in the FBS to accomplish that.
*Sophomore Anthony Evans had two punt returns for nine yards.
*Captains, Coin Toss and For Starters: Senior Carson Beck (QB), Tate Ratledge (OL) plus juniors Jalon Walker (LB) and Mykel Williams (DL) served as the game captains while College Football Hall of Fame placekicker Kevin Butler was Georgia’s honorary captain. Clemson won the toss and elected to receive. The Bulldogs had six first-time starters, three each on offense and defense: Christen Miller (DL), Julian Humphrey (DB) and JaCorey Thomas (Star) plus Branson Robinson (RB), Jared Wilson(C) and Lawson Luckie (TE).
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