UGA Football: Game Notes – No. 2 Georgia Opens SEC Play vs. Gamecocks

Game & Broadcast Info
  • Kickoff: Saturday, September 18 – 7:00 p.m. ET
  • Location: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium (92,746) | Athens, Ga.
  • 2020 Records: Georgia 2-0 (0-0 SEC), South Carolina 2-0 (0-0 SEC)
  • History: Georgia vs. SC All-Time Series Results: UGA 52-19-2
  • Rankings: Georgia #2, South Carolina NR
  • TV: ESPN – Sean McDonough (PxP), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
  • Video Stream: SECN+
  • Radio: WSB AM 750 – Bulldog Network | Affiliates | Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (Color), DJ Shockley (sideline)
  • Audio Stream: georgiadogs.com
  • Satellite: SiriusXM: 134/190/961 (Georgia broadcast)
  • Web Stats: GameTracker
  • Twitter: #SCvsUGA
  • ReBroadcast: SEC Network: TBA

 

Georgia 2021 Averages S. Carolina
33.0 Scoring Offense 33.0
5.0 Scoring Defense 8.5
+1 Turnover Margin 0
397.5 Total Offense 381.0
142.0 Rushing Offense 181.5
255.5 Passing Offense 199.5
12.4 Punt Returns 6.0
25.5 Kickoff Returns 28.5

Georgia-South Carolina Series

The Bulldogs lead the series with South Carolina 52-19-2, and they have won five out of the last six in the series that dates back to 1894. However, the Gamecocks delivered Georgia its first loss in 2019 (20-17 2OT) in Athens. Since becoming SEC Eastern Division rivals in 1992, the Bulldogs own a 19-10 lead in the series. The Bulldogs are 4-1 overall against the Gamecocks in the Kirby Smart era.

First-year Gamecock head coach Shane Beamer was on Smart’s staff at Georgia in 2016-17 as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator. After serving in several roles for Oklahoma from 2018-20, Beamer took over at South Carolina prior to this season. Will Muschamp is now a member of Smart’s staff after coaching the Gamecocks from 2016-20.

Dominating Defense

During the Bulldogs’ win over No. 3 Clemson in Charlotte, N.C., the Tigers finished the night with just three points on 60 plays and 180 yards as the Bulldogs tallied seven sacks. The Tigers previously had a streak of 400 yards of total offense in their past 12 games. In the first half, Georgia held the Tigers to 90 yards (one rushing yard, 89 passing) on 30 plays. Georgia carried a shutout through three quarters. The Tigers longest play of the night was a 44-yard completion in the fourth quarter. The Tigers scored with 9:08 left in the game on a 22-yard field goal to cut Georgia’s lead to 10-3. Clemson’s three points were the fewest scored in the Dabo Swinney era and the fewest for the program since 2007.

The Bulldogs’ leading tackler was safety Lewis Cine with nine and six different players registered a sack. Junior ILB Nakobe Dean led the way with a pair of sacks while senior N Jordan Davis collected two tackles for loss and a sack. Davis was named the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week as well as the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week. In game two this year, Georgia defeated UAB 56-7.

Georgia had held its first two opponents to a total of 10 points, which matches the fewest since the 2003 season. That year, the Bulldogs blanked Clemson 30-0 on the road and then beat Middle Tennessee State 29-10 in Athens. This year, Georgia defeated No. 3 Clemson 10-3 in Charlotte and then routed UAB 56-7 in Athens. It is worth nothing that UAB’s touchdown came on a pick-six.

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UGA Football: Georgia Athletics Launches LeGAcy, A Comprehensive Name, Image and Likeness Program

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia Athletic Association has created LeGAcy, a comprehensive Name, Image and Likeness program. LeGAcy will provide education, social media tools and support that will assist student-athletes in maximizing their personal brand, platforms, development and opportunities.

“As NIL was developing, we considered how we could bolster the programming and services we already offered to help our student-athletes navigate the changing landscape,” J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks said. “With The Georgia Way already in place, we brought in Altius Sports Partners to offer NIL-specific education, and INFLCR, which provides industry-leading social media tools, to bolster and continue to grow our LeGAcy program.”

Georgia Athletics’ newest partner, INFLCR is a content delivery system that allows student-athletes access to media, photography, videos and other content that will bolster their online presence. Through the INFLCR mobile app, they can seamlessly share and post content to their personal social media platforms. The app also provides analytics that measure audience engagement for student-athletes and the Georgia brand that will impact attendance, recruiting, fundraising and other strategic goals.

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UGA Football: Frierson – Bennett Answers The Call With Stellar Performance

May we all one day, in whatever it is we devote ourselves to with great passion and determination, have a day like Stetson Bennett IV had Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium.

Great isn’t strong enough. Magical feels pretty close. Beautiful also covers it quite well, especially if you’re a Georgia football fan and an admirer of Bennett and what he’s done in his Bulldog career.

After starting the first five games for Georgia last season, Bennett, now a senior backup to junior JT Daniels, had to replace Daniels in the starting lineup in the second-ranked Bulldogs’ home opener against UAB. Coach Kirby Smart said earlier this week that redshirt freshman Carson Beck was the Bulldogs’ No. 2 quarterback, but when Georgia needed a fill-in starter, Georgia’s coaches went with the veteran, someone that’s one of the few remaining on the roster from the Bulldogs’ run to the Rose Bowl and the National Championship Game in 2017.

“We just have a lot of young players who are trying to grow up and we thought it would give a calming effect to have him in with his experience and his ability to play in games,” Smart said of the decision to start Bennett.

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UGA Football: Frierson Chats With Channing Tindall

Channing Tindall has an energy about him. When he walks in the room, you immediately get the sense that he’s happy to be there and happy to talk about anything and everything.

Tindall, a senior inside linebacker from Columbia, S.C., and the rest of the No. 2-ranked Georgia football team were certainly happy after last Saturday’s season-opening 10-3 win over then-No. 3 Clemson in the Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte, N.C. The defense held the Tigers without a touchdown and to just 2 rushing yards. Tindall had three tackles in the win.

By Monday, of course, Georgia had turned its attention to Saturday’s home opener against UAB. During a Quick Chat after practice Tuesday, Tindall talked about moving on mentally to the next game, his mom’s cooking, attending Georgia after growing up in Gamecocks country, and much more. Here’s some of what he had to say:

Frierson: How long does the good feeling of a win over a team like Clemson stick around?

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