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Georgia has won six in a row over Tech and hold a 71-39-5 edge in the series history that dates to 1893. The Bulldogs are 7-1 versus Tech in the Kirby Smart era.

For the first time since 1994, the teams will battle on a Friday. That year, the Bulldogs posted a 48-10 victory in Athens. Also of note, the teams met on Thanksgiving Day in 1993 and 1995 in Atlanta with the Bulldogs winning those too.

Top-ranked Georgia rushed for 262 yards on its way to a 31-23 win over Tech. It was Georgia’s 12th straight win on its rival’s home field.

The Bulldog offense was missing Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey due to injuries so the running backs helped carry the load. Kendall Milton rushed for a career-high 156 yards and two TDs on 18 carries. Quarterback Carson Beck finished 13-for-20 for 175 yards and a one score. Smael Mondon Jr. and CJ Allen led the defense with eight tackles apiece. Tech struck first, recovering a fumble on Georgia’s first play. It led to a score. By halftime, the Bulldogs led 21-13. Tech cut the lead to 31-23 with 3:46 to play, and then the Bulldogs were able to run out the clock on the ensuing drive to cap a 12-0 regular season. Also, it marked Georgia’s 29th consecutive victory, which set an SEC record.

Georgia (9-2, 6-2 SEC) concludes a three-game home stretch to close out the regular season Friday when it plays host to in-state rival Tech (7-4, 5-3 ACC) at 7:30 pm on ABC. T

he Bulldogs look to retain the Governor’s Cup Trophy for the seventh straight year. The current winning streak in the series began in 2017, and the teams did not square off during the 2020 campaign when each played a conference-only schedule. This season, Georgia is 5-0 at home, 2-2 in true road games and 2-0 at neutral sites.

The No. 10 (CFP) Bulldogs have won a school record 30 consecutive home games dating to 2019, and that is the longest active streak in the FBS. After going over a month without a home game, the Bulldogs returned to Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium on Nov. 16 and registered a 31-17 win over No. 7 Tennessee. Senior quarterback Carson Beck was 25-for-40 for 347 yards and accounted for three TDs, two passing and one rushing. The Bulldogs blanked the Vols in the second half for the second straight year and extended their winning streak in the series to a program-record eight straight. The Bulldogs finished the SEC with a 6-2 mark.

Then, Georgia defeated UMass 59-21 last Saturday as Beck was 20-for-31 for 297 yards and 4 TDs while freshman Nate Frazier ran for a career-high 136 yards and three scores. The defense notched its first touchdown of the season when sophomore Gabe Harris Jr. had a sack/strip fumble that was scooped up by freshman Chris Cole and returned 28 yards.

The Bulldogs are averaging 33.2 points per game (ppg) while allowing 18.5 ppg. Tech averages 27.9 ppg and has surrendered 23.1 ppg. Tech has rotated its quarterbacks with redshirt junior Hayes King and true freshman Aaron Philo both involved in the offense. In last Thursday’s home win over N.C. State, Philo’s 18-yard TD scamper with 22 seconds left lifted Tech past the Wolfpack 30-29 after State missed a 58-yard field goal for the win. Tech snagged a season-high three interceptions including a pick-six by former Bulldog E.J. Lightsey to set the tone in the first quarter. Tech has posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2013-14, and its signature win came over then No. 4 Miami (Fla.) 28-23 on Nov. 9.

The Bulldogs are aiming for their fifth straight undefeated season at home and seventh in nine years under Smart. Georgia is 49-4 Between the Hedges in the Smart era.

Georgia has won 25 straight night games at home including 16-0 under Smart. The current streak of night victories at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium started in 2010 with a 42-34 win over Tech.

Georgia is 37-2 against non-conference teams in the Smart era. The only two losses have been to Texas 28-21 in the 2019 Sugar Bowl and 28-27 to Georgia Tech in Athens in his first season in 2016.

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ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 10-ranked Georgia football team extended its school-record home winning streak to 30 games on Saturday with a 59-21 victory over UMass at Sanford Stadium. The Bulldogs celebrated Senior Day on Dooley Field prior to kickoff, and with the win the 2024 senior class became the most successful in program history with its 51st victory.

Georgia redshirt senior quarterback Carson Beck threw four touchdown passes and completed 20 of 31 passes for 297 yards. Freshman running back Nate Frazier had the first 100-yard game and first multi-touchdown game of his career, finishing with career-highs in yards (136), touchdowns (3) and carries (21).

The Bulldogs (9-2) needed the offense to excel because it was at times a tough day for the defense, which allowed UMass (2-9) to move the ball effectively on numerous drives. Georgia ended up with 550 yards of offense to the Minutemen’s 351. The Bulldog defense did score a touchdown late in the game after forcing a turnover.

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Bulldog Senior Class Gets Record Win:

• With today’s 59-21 victory, the 2024 Senior Class is an FBS-leading 51-4 which is a school record, passing the 2023 Bulldog senior class who finished with a 50-4 mark.

Home Winning Streak At 30:

• With the win over UMass, 10th-ranked Georgia (9-2) now has won 30 consecutive home games dating to 2019, which leads in FBS and improves on its school record. In the Kirby Smart era, the Bulldogs are 49-4 at home. Also, Georgia now has won 25 consecutive non-conference matchups and are 37-2 against those teams under Smart.

Summary Of The Offense:

• Georgia scored a season-high 59 points in securing its ninth win of the year, tallying 550 yards of offense on 72 plays.
• Georgia scored on its first seven possessions today to build a 45-21 lead before turning it over on downs with 11:18 left in the contest.
• Georgia began the 2nd half with a 45-yard drive that ended with a 53-yard field goal against the wind by Peyton Woodring for a 31-14 advantage.
• Freshman Nate Frazier set career-highs with 136 yards on 21 carries with three TDs. He was Georgia’s first 100-yard rusher this season. He notched his first TD on a nine-yarder to make it 38-21. His second TD was a 15-yard score to put the Bulldogs up 45-21, ending a 13 play, 60-yard drive in 6:16. His final score covered two yards and made it 52-21.
• The Bulldogs came in averaging 30.6 points per game and led 28-14 at the half. They had 248 yards of offense on 25 plays in just 9:23 time of possession.
• Down 7-0 in the first quarter, Georgia answered with a 75-yard drive on eight plays in 4:15 capped by a 17-yard TD pass from Carson Beck to Oscar Delp. It marked Beck’s 20th TD pass of the season and third for Delp, who had a pair last week in the win over #7 Tennessee.
• Georgia’s second drive began at its 10, and the Bulldogs drove 90 yards on six plays in 2:46 for a 14-7 lead. The drive featured a 49-yard completion to Arian Smith, and a 4th-and-4 conversion from the UMass 8 that resulted in an 8-yard TD pass to Cash Jones.
• The Bulldogs went 3-for-4 on 4th Down today and are now 15-for-20 (75%) with 4 TDs on 4th Down this season. Georgia came in ranked 7th nationally with an SEC-best 75% conversion rate.
• Following a turnover by UMass, the Bulldogs converted it into a TD and a 21-7 edge with 8:56 left. The 28-yard drive in three plays featured a 15-yard TD catch by Dominic Lovett.
• Up 21-14 with 1:55 left in the first half, Beck drove the Bulldogs 75 yards on eight plays in 1:12 for another score, capped by a 34-yard TD pass to Smith. Smith had his fourth career game of 100+yards receiving, finishing with 110 yards on three catches including a score
• In the Red Zone, Georgia finished 5-for-5 with (5 TDs). The TD drives covered 28, 60, 75 (twice) and 90 yards.
• Senior QB Carson Beck finished 20-for-31 for 297 yards and 4 TDs. The TDs covered 8, 15, 17 and 34 yards to four different receivers. Redshirt sophomore QB Gunner Stockton (3-for-4, 45 yards) saw action in the fourth quarter and led one TD-drive that covered 65 yards.

Defensive Review:

• UMass finished with 21 points, 351 yards of offense, including 226 on the ground, on 57 plays. This was the most rushing yards allowed by the Bulldogs since 2018 at LSU when the Tigers ran for 275. Coming in today, the Bulldogs were allowing just 114.4 rushing ypg.
• In the first half, UMass had 209 yards on 36 plays with 20:37 on time of possession. They had 166 rushing yards in the first half
• UMass took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards on 10 plays in 5:45 for a TD. The drive featured a 38-yard run by QB Ahmad Haston on 3rd-and-5, which at the time tied for the longest rush by an opponent this season. Then in the 3rd quarter, Jalen John reeled off a 68-yard scamper.
• On its second drive, UMass was forced to punt after reaching the Red Zone (UGA 13) following a pass interference penalty and a sack.
• Georgia forced a fumble (KJ Bolden) and recovered it (Raylen Wilson) on the UMass 28 on the third drive. It led to a TD and a 21-7 lead.
• The Bulldogs have scored 62 points off 14 turnovers this season and are -1 in Turnover Margin.
• In the first half, UMass closed it to 21-14 with a 75-yard TD drive on 14 plays in 7:01.
• Down 31-14, Ahmad Hairston connected with Jakobie Keeney-James for a 75-yard TD pass, which tied the longest allowed by the Bulldogs this year.
• Senior Warren Brinson notched his first sack of the season and fifth of his career. Junior Mykel Williams picked up a sack in the 2nd half to give him three for the year and 12 for his career. Freshman Quintavius Johnson The Bulldogs now have 29 sacks on the year.
• Georgia’s top tacklers were Williams and Brinson (5 each and a sack apiece) while junior Malaki Starks had four. Redshirt sophomore DL Christen Miller injured a shoulder in the first half and did not return.
• Freshman Chris Cole notched a 31-yard fumble return for a TD, the first of his career and first by the Bulldog defense this season. The sack and forced fumble was by freshman Quintavius Johnson, his first of his career too. It was the 17th defensive TD in the Smart era.

Special Teams In Action:

• Sophomore PK Peyton Woodring tallied 11 points (8 PATs, 53-yard FG) plus handled most of the kickoffs. On field goals, Woodring is now 17-for-18 on the year including 3-for-4 from 50+. He has made his last eight FGs after a 55-yard miss versus Mississippi State on Oct. 12.
• Juniors Cash Jones and Cole Speer served as the KORs. Jones had one KOR for 19 yards. Junior Malaki Starks was the PR with one for 18 yards.
• Junior P Brett Thorson did not punt today. It marked the first time the Bulldogs did not have to punt in a game since the 2023 Vanderbilt contest.

Captains, Coin Toss And For Starters:

• Georgia’s captains were Xavier Truss, Jared Wilson, Dan Jackson and Mykel Williams.
• Georgia won the toss and deferred the ball until the second half. In a pregame ceremony, Georgia honored its Seniors. There were no first-time starters.
• With junior TB Trevor Etienne sidelined due to injury, Nate Frazier made his second consecutive start. Also, sophomore Monroe Freeling made his second straight start at LT for the injured Earnest Greene III.

Up Next:

• The Bulldogs (9-2) play host to Ga. Tech (7-4) Friday in Athens at 7:30 pm (ABC) to close out the regular season.

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Georgia is the only team in the nation with two wins versus opponents ranked in the current AP top 10 (Texas & Tennessee). The Bulldogs and Oregon are the only two teams in the nation with three wins versus opponents ranked in the current AP Top 25.

Georgia has faced UMass just once, posting a 66-27 win here in 2018. That was the next to last game of the regular season too and part of a three-game home stretch.

The Minutemen (2-8) are 0-2 against the SEC this year, falling 45-3 to then No. 21 Missouri in Amherst on Oct. 12 and 45-20 to Mississppi State in Starkville on Nov. 2.

Fifth-ranked Georgia posted a season-high 701 yards (second most in school history) of offense in a 66-27 victory 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 touchdown 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.

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 halftime, 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.

The Bulldogs are averaging 30.6 points per game (ppg) while allowing 18.3 ppg. UMass averages 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.

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.

Georgia is 36-2 against non-conference teams in the Smart era. The only two losses have been to Texas 28-21 in the 2019 Sugar Bowl and 28-27 to Georgia Tech here in his first season in 2016. The Bulldogs have won 24 consecutive non-conference matchups.

Georgia’s 2024 Senior Class is an FBS-leading 50-4 (44-2 in the regular season) since 2021. The next best record in this span belongs to Michigan (45-8) and Alabama (44-8). Georgia’s 2023 Senior Class set the school record at 50-4 with two national titles, an SEC crown plus went 6-0 in bowl/CFP games.

Georgia owns the nation’s longest active bowl streak at 27 seasons and has won its last seven matchups.

With a 8-2 mark at this point, the Bulldogs have guaranteed that postseason streak will be extended.

The Bulldogs are aiming to reach the College Football Playoff (CFP) for the fourth time under Smart. The Bulldogs made the four-team field in his second season coming in 2017 and advanced to the National Championship Game after a thrilling overtime win over Oklahoma in a CFP semifinal at the Rose Bowl. Then, Georgia became the first team in the CFP era to win back-to-back national championships in 2021-22, beating Michigan and Alabama in 2021 and Ohio State and TCU in 2022. The CFP top 25 rankings now are released every Tuesday night until Selection Day on Sun., Dec. 8.

Averaging 30.6 points/game (46th nationally)

39-for-42 (93 percent) in the Red Zone with 29 TDs, 10 FGs, 3 TOs

Averaging 6.2 yards per play and 414.8 yards per game

Fifth-year senior Carson Beck, a 6-4, 220-pound native of Jacksonville, Fla., owns a 21-3 record as a starter. Led Georgia to 13-1 mark in ’23.

Among the 10 candidates for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

8-3 versus top-20 opponents with a 66.8 Completion Percentage (243-364) for 3,118 yards, 20 TDs, 9 INTs in those contests.

Tied school record with 36 comp. in win over MSU, career-high 459 yards ranks 3rd in school history, most since Eric Zeier had 485 vs. USC in ’94

Set then Career Highs in 41-34 road loss at #4 Alabama, 50 att., 439 yards, 3 INTs; Was 8-of-17 for 100 yards, 2 INTs in 1st Half and trailed 30-7; then went 19-33 for 339 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT in the 2nd Half and led briefly 34-33

439 passing yards @ #4 UA ranked 4th most in school history

SEC Offensive Player of the Week after 34-3 win over #14 Clemson

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