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NEW ORLEANS — The No. 3-ranked Georgia football team’s season came to an end late Thursday night in a 39-34 loss to No. 6 Ole Miss in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff in the Caesars Superdome.
In a dramatic Allstate Sugar Bowl, Rebels kicker Lucas Carneiro kicked a 47-yard field goal with six seconds left to break a 34-34 tie. Georgia tried a backward pass across the field on the ensuing kickoff and the ball went out of bounds off an end zone pylon, resulting in a safety. The Bulldogs, the SEC champions for the second year in a row, ended their season with a record of 12-2.
Georgia led 21-12 at the half, but the Rebels were able to rally and go ahead 34-24 in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs came back with 10 straight points to tie the game, but came up short at the end.
In the first meeting this season between the Bulldogs and Rebels, on Oct. 18 in Sanford Stadium, Georgia, which never punted in the game, scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to rally for a 43-35 win. On Thursday, Ole Miss (13-1) outscored the Bulldogs 20-10 in the final period.