ATHENS - All the news and notes from Georgia football’s dominant 48-21 win over the Missouri Tigers inside Sanford Stadium.
Football: Halftime Notes: No. 1 Georgia leads Missouri 31-7
Georgia Sports Communications/For Immediate Release/Nov. 14, 2026
*Offensive Review: At the half, Georgia led 31-7 with 264 yards of offense (92-rushing, 172-passing) on 37 plays.
*The Bulldogs scored on their first five possessions, posting four TDs, a field goal and then had their final two drives of the half end with punts.
*Fifth-year QB Gunner Stockton was 12-for-18 for 172 yards and one TD pass plus one rushing TD.
*Georgia’s 21-point 1st Quarter was the most since the Western Kentucky game (21) and second to the 28 against TSU in the season opener.
*The Bulldogs are outscoring opponents 129-14 in the 1st Quarter this year and 261-64.
*Georgia tallied 21 points in the 1st quarter and 10 in the 2nd quarter today. The Bulldogs have scored in 35 of 38 quarters this season.
*Georgia’s second TD drive covered 60 yards on four plays in two minutes and featured a 33-yard catch by junior Isiah Canion and an eight-yard TD run by Stockton for a 14-0 lead with 10:33 left in the 1st quarter.
*Junior Nate Frazier made it 7-0 on a four-yard rush to cap a two play, seven-yard drive in 45 seconds following an INT by Raylen Wilson. Frazier added a three-yarder for his 8th TD of the season and a 21-0 lead in the 1st quarter to finish an 11 play, 87-yard drive in 5:58. Coming in today, the Tigers had surrendered only five rushing TDs on the year.
The Bulldogs made it 31-0 with a 61-yard march on five plays in 2:21, capped by a 12-yard catch by Isiah Canion with 6:52 leff in the 1st half.
*Defensive Highlights: The #22 Tigers trailed 31-7 at the half. They tallied 115 yards of offense on 26 plays in the 1st half.
*The Tigers went 75 yards in eight plays to make it 31-7 with 3:05 left in the 1st half. Prior to that, their first four drives covered a total of 31 yards and ended with an interception and four punts.
*Senior Raylen Wilson notched his first career INT on first play from scrimmage, and it set up a seven-yard TD drive and a 7-0 lead. Mizzou came in leading the SEC and 11th nationally with just six turnovers lost this year. Also, the Tigers had thrown just two INTs across 300 attempts, which led the SEC and was 7th nationally. For Wilson, it was his
*The leading tacklers at the half were Justin Williams with six followed by Chris Cole and Rasean Dinkins with four.
*Rushing Numbers: Georgia tallied 92 rushing yards on 19 attempts (4.8 avg) with 3 TDs. Coming in today, the Tigers had allowed just 5 rushing TDs this season.
*Junior Nate Frazier had a team-best 47 yards on 10 carries with two TDs while Dwight Phillips Jr., had 30 yards on three carries.
Receiving Leaders: Seven different Bulldogs caught a pass. Freshman Craig Dandridge Jr., had a team-high four for 51 yards while junior Isiah Canion was next with three for 51 yards and one TD, his first as a Bulldog and fifth of his career.
*Special Teams Summary: Senior PK Peyton Woodring had seven points on four PATs, a 41-yard FG plus he took care of the kickoffs.
*Woodring now has 431 career points and that ranks second in UGA history, trailing only the 440 by Rodrigo Blankenship (2016-19).
*Woodring added to his record Career PAT total now with 224.
*Junior punter Drew Miller had two punts for a 40 yard-average in the 1st half with no returns and one inside the 20.
*Coming in today, Missouri had allowed only one punt return for 8 yards this season. Georgia finished the 1st half with three for 45 yards (Sacovie White-Helton (2-37 including a 30-yarder) and Tyriq Green (1-8).
*Points Off Turnovers: Georgia got one turnover and turned it into 7 points. The Bulldogs are now +9 in Turnover Margin this season and have scored 93 points off 18 turnovers.
*Captains, Starters, Availability: Georgia’s captains were Nate Frazier, Earnest Greene III, Khalil Barnes and Elijah Griffin.
*Georgia won the coin toss and elected to defer the football until the 2nd half. Coming in today, Georgia is 5-0 when it wins the toss this year and 3-1 when it doesn’t. Every team that has won the toss this season in a Georgia game has elected to kick off.
*Sophomore center Cortez Smith made his first career start. It marked the first time this season that the Bulldogs didn’t have the same starting five up front as fifth-year center Drew Bobo was ruled out due to injury.
