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UGA Football: Sugar Bowl – Rebels Knock Off Bulldogs 39-34 In CFP Quarterfinal

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.

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UGA Football: Sugar Bowl – Georgia vs Ole Miss Post Game Notes

Georgia Finishes 12-2
With tonight’s 39-34 loss, the third-seeded Bulldogs finish 12-2, and the Senior Class ends up with a 51-6 mark. Georgia is now 5-3 in the CFP, 5-8 in Sugar Bowls and 38-23-3 all-time in bowl games. This was the first time the Bulldogs and Rebels faced each other twice in the same season. It was the first time Georgia lost a rematch in the Kirby Smart era as he is now 4-1 in those while his overall mark is 117-21.
Reviewing The Offense
The Bulldogs tallied 355 yards on 69 plays (124-rushing, 231-passing) in a 37-34 loss.

Down 34-31 with 3:13 left, Georgia converted a 4th-and-9 at its own 48 with a 17-yard pass to Branch. It was part of a FG drive that tied the game at 34.

Down 34-24 with 9:02 in the 4th, Georgia went 75 yards in six plays, capped by an 18-yard TD pass to Zachariah Branch to trail 34-31 with 7:03 left.

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