*900th Win: With today’s 41-21 victory, Georgia became just the ninth FBS program to register 900 wins. The Bulldogs have been playing for 132 years and own a mark of 900-433-54. The others include Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Penn State and Nebraska.
*Series History: With today’s 41-21 win, Georgia extended its winning streak in the series to six and now holds a 22-6 edge in the series history. The Bulldogs are 5-0 against MSU under Kirby Smart. Also, the Bulldogs are 39-3 in their past 41 SEC regular season games.
*Review Of the Offense: Georgia compiled 567 yards of total offense on 74 plays.
*Georgia started the 2nd half with a 75-yard TD drive on four plays capped by a season-high and career-long 59-yard TD run by Nate Frazier for a 31-7 edge. It was the longest run by a Bulldog since Anthony Evans III went 52 against MSU (who he now plays for) in 2024. It gave Frazier his second career 100+ yard game.
*Georgia’s second possesion of the 2nd half went for a quick score in 1:33 compliments of a 64-yard TD pass from Stockton to Noah Thomas and a 38-7 lead. That was the longest completion by the Bulldogs since Stockton’s 67-yard pass to Arian Smith versus Notre Dame in last season’s Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal.
*Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton went 18-for-29 for 264 yards and 3 TDs plus 31 yards rushing on 6 attempts.
*At the half, Georgia enjoyed a 24-7 lead with 285 yards of offense (109-rushing, 176 passing) on 38 plays versus MSU.
Georgia came in averaging 32.5 points a game while MSU allowed 24.7.
*Down 7-0, Georgia’s first drive resulted in a 49-yard field goal to cut it to 7-3 with 6:41 left. The key play in the drive was a 36-yard completion from Gunner Stockton to junior London Humphreys.
*Trailing 7-3 with 5:16 left in the first, Georgia got its second possession and drove 65 yards to the MSU 3 before a fumble by Dillon Bell. MSU’s drive ended with a turnover forced by Georgia. MSU came in today +4 in Turnover Margin while Georgia was -2. Georgia scored 7 points off 1 MSU turnover.
*Georgia’s third drive resulted in a TD, going 27 yards on four plays in 1:00. It was keyed by a 3rd-and-11 completion by Stockton to freshman TE Elyiss Williams for 24 yards and capped by a four-yard TD rush by redshirt freshman Chauncey Bowens. It put Georgia up 10-7 with 14:11 left in the first half.
*Up 10-7 with 12:11 left in the first half, Georgia went 90 yards on 13 plays in 7:02 for a 17-7 lead. The drive ended with an eight-yard TD catch by tight end Oscar Delp. A chunk play on the drive was a 29-yard catch by Delp. It marked Georgia’s fourth drive of 90+ yards this year and fourth taking at least seven minutes.
*With a 17-7 lead, Georgia looked to attempt a 4th-and-3 at the MSU 38 with 30 seconds left after initially putting the punt team on the field twice, forcing an MSU timeout and then an offsides that resulted in a first down. It led to an eventual TD on a 19-yard catch by Zachariah Branch and a 24-7 lead with 11 seconds left.
*In the first half, junior Zachariah Branch tallied a team-high six catches for 57 yards and one TD.
*In the running game, the Bulldogs had 109 yards in the first half and were led by sophomore Nate Frazier with 58 yards on five carries and redshirt-freshman Chauncey Bowens with 26 yards on six carries plus one score. Frazier would go over 100 yards in the second half following a 59-yard TD scamper. Frazier is the first Bulldog since 2023 to rush for 181 yards. The last Bulldog to rush for over 150 yards was RB Kendall Milton for 156 yards in Georgia’s win over Georgia Tech in 2023.
*A Look At The Defense: MSU finished today with 322 yards of total offense on 68 plays.
*MSU won the toss and elected to receive. On its opening drive, MSU went 75 yards in 14 plays for a 7-0 lead. It marked the sixth out of seven SEC games where the Bulldogs fell behind early in the contest. The drive took 5:34. The rest of the half MSU had 87 yards on 25 plays.
*MSU’s second TD came with 4:49 in the 3rd quarer to trim Georiga’s lead to 38-14, and it was another 14-play, 75-yard drive.
*On MSU’s second drive of the game, Georgia forced a three-and-out after eight yards. MSU’s third drive resulted in a forced fumble by sophomore Quintavius Johnson and recovered by sophomore KJ Bolden at the 27. It was the first career forced fumble and recovery for Johnson and Bolden. It led to an eventual 10-7 lead. MSU was forced to punt on its fourth possession.
*With MSU trailing 17-7, it attempted a 4th-and-5 at the UGA 23, and the pass fell incomplete with 2:25 left in the first half. Georgia responded with a TD.
In the first half, MSU was held to seven points. MSU gained 162 yards on 39 plays (81 rushing and 81 passing). Coming in today, Georgia was allowing just 19.6 points a game while MSU was averaging 33.2.
*Georgia’s leading tackler was sophomore KJ Bolden with 10 stops followed by junior Jonel Aguero with seven. The SEC’s leading tackler, junior CJ Allen had six stops. Allen and junior Raylen Wilson combined for a sack during MSU’s opening drive. Allen leads the team now with 4.5 on the year. Wilson had another sack, this one for a loss of 14 late in the 1st quarter and finished the game with six total stops.
*Special Teams Update: Junior PK Peyton Woodring tallied (11 points on five PATs and two field goals) (49 and 46 yards) plus he handled the kickoffs with one going out of bounds. Woodring is now 12-for-13 on the year in field goals including 5-for-6 from 40-49 yards. In his career, Woodring is 15-for-17 from 40-49 yards.
*Junior Zachariah Branch had 1 kickoff return for 19 yards. In the first half, senior Brett Thorson did not have to punt. His first punt came with 2:06 in the 3rd quarter, and it covered 47 yards with no return as it was fair caught at the MSU 9. His second punt covered 40 yards for a fair catch in the 4th quarter and was his 12th this year placed inside the 20.
*Captains, Coin Toss And For Starters: Georgia’s captains were Zachariah Branch, Monroe Freeling, CJ Allen and Daylen Everette.
*MSU won the toss and elected to take the football.
*Redshirt sophomore DL Xavier McLeod made his first career start. Junior DL Jordan Hall had started all eight games this season before getting injured in the win versus Florida last week and is now out.
*Junior CJ Allen owns the longest starting streak on the team at 12 games dating to 2024.
*Up Next: Fifth-ranked Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) plays host to No. 11 Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) next Saturday with kickoff at 7:30 pm (ABC). The Longhorns enjoyed an open date.
