UGA Football Releases Hype Film Before Clash with UMass: Leaders
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ATHENS - Kirby Smart and UGA football are back Between the Hedges for an afternoon fight with UMass. UGA Football has released the hype film for the Dawgs’ matchup with the Minutemen.
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The Bulldogs have won a school record 29 consecutive home games dating to 2019, and that is the longest active streak in the FBS. Georgia (8-2, 6-2 SEC) is in the middle of a three-game home stretch to close out the regular season. After going over a month without a home game, the Bulldogs returned to Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium last Saturday and registered a solid 31-17 win over No. 7 Tennessee. Georgia senior quarterback Carson Beck was 25-for-40 for 347 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, two passing and one rushing. The Bulldogs blanked the Volunteers in the second half for the second straight year and extended their winning streak in the series to a program-record eight straight.
Up next, the Bulldogs play host to UMass (2-8) Saturday at 12:45 pm on the SEC Network. Liberty edged the Minutemen 35-34 in overtime last Saturday in Amherst. UMass led 20-7 at half- time, and the Flames rallied to tie the game at 28 with 3:49 left in the contest. UMass had a chance for the win in regulation but missed a 43-yard field goal. In overtime, UMass scored a touchdown first and then missed the PAT. Liberty answered with a score and made the PAT for the win. They now are 0-2 in overtime this year, falling at Miami (Ohio) 23-20 on Sept. 28.
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The Bulldogs are averaging 30.6 points per game (ppg) while allowing 18.3 ppg. UMass aver- ages 20.7 ppg and has surrendered 32.0 ppg. The Minutemen lost their starting quarterback Taisun Phommachanh to a season-ending injury earlier this month against Mississippi State. He began his career at Clemson and then played at Ga. Tech before transferring to UMass. Freshmen QBs AJ Hairston and Ahmad Haston are now getting a chance to direct the offense. The current trio of home games concludes with Georgia Tech here on Friday, Nov. 29. This season, Georgia is 4-0 at home, 2-2 in true road games and 2-0 at neutral sites.
Resilient Bulldogs Respond
With their win over No. 7 Tennessee, the Bulldogs improved to 15-3 after a loss in the Kirby Smart era, and they haven’t lost back-to-back games in the regular season since 2016, his first year at the helm. In fact, the last nine times Georgia has lost a game, it has won its next contest. This year, then No. 2 Georgia lost at No. 4 Alabama and then beat Auburn the next week in Athens. The No. 12 Bulldogs lost at No. 16 Ole Miss on Nov. 9 and then bounced back against No. 7 Tennessee with a 31-17 victory last Saturday. UT came in averaging 37.6 ppg while allowing just 12.6 ppg. Georgia erased an early 10-0 deficit, and it was 17-all at halftime. Georgia put together a pair of 12-play scoring drives that covered 87 and 92 yards for the victory to move to 8-2 overall and finish 6-2 in the SEC.
Georgia is 48-4 at home in the Kirby Smart era including 7-0 against top 10 ranked opponents. In fact, the Bulldogs have a streak of 10 straight home wins over AP top-10 teams.
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2018 Georgia-UMass Flashback
Fifth-ranked Georgia posted a season-high 701 yards (second most in school history) of offense in a 66-27 vic- tory over the Minutemen in front of a crowd of 92,746 at Sanford Stadium. The Bulldogs (10-1) tallied 426 rushing yards (the sixth highest total in school history).
Jake Fromm went 5-for-5 with 106 yards and a touch- down before giving way to Justin Fields as he gained 102 yards on the ground on only seven carries plus was 5-for-8 for 121 yards and two TDs. Tyler Simmons scored a TD rushing (49-yarder to make it 7-0) and receiving (71-yard from Fromm for a 28-7 lead).
The Minutemen got a huge day from receiver Andy Isabella who registered 15 receptions for 219 yards and two TDs including a 75-yard scoring strike from Ross Comis. The 15 catches was the second most by a Bulldog opponent and the 219 yards ranked third highest against Georgia.