UGA Football: Game Notes – Unusual Early Season Matchup Against Auburn

The Georgia Bulldogs vs. The Auburn Tigers

Game & Broadcast Info

  • Kickoff: Saturday, October 3 – 4:00 p.m. ET
  • Location: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium | Athens, Ga.
  • 2020 Records: Georgia 1-0 (1-0) SEC), Auburn 1-0 (1-0 SEC)
  • History: Georgia vs. Auburn All-Time Series Results
  • Rankings: Georgia #4/4, Auburn #7/7
  • TV: ESPN – Chris Fowler (PxP), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Allison Williams (sideline)
  • Video Stream: WatchESPN
  • Radio: WSB AM 750 – Bulldog Network | Affiliates | Scott Howard (PxP), Eric Zeier (Color), Chuck Dowdle (sideline)
  • Audio Stream: georgiadogs.com | TuneIn
  • Satellite: SiriusXM: 84/84/84
  • Web Stats: Live Stats
  • Twitter: #AUBvsUGA
  • ReBroadcast: SEC Network: TBA
Georgia 2020 Averages Auburn
37.0 Scoring Offense 29.0
10.0 Scoring Defense 13.0
+1 Turnover Margin +3
387.0 Total Offense 324.0
121.0 Rushing Offense 91.0
266.0 Passing Offense 233.0
19.0 Punt Returns n/a
45.5 Kickoff Returns 32.0
Early Meeting

Due to the delayed start of the 2020 season because of the pandemic along with Georgia starting its season on the road, Saturday will mark the Bulldogs’ home opener. The Oct. 3 home opener will be the latest in Georgia history since the 1966 SEC champions made their Sanford Stadium season debut on Oct. 8. It was the fourth game of the year and the Bulldogs beat Ole Miss 9-3.

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UGA Football: Smart, Bulldogs Preview Auburn Game

University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and several Bulldog student-athletes offered the following comments on Monday.

Head Coach Kirby Smart

Opening statement … 

“I am excited to be here. We have a big game this week. This is one of the most traditional rivalries in all of college football. I think any time you talk about Georgia-Auburn, you talk about rivalry. They’ve got a lot of kids from our state. They recruit our state hard. There are a lot of ties between the two universities — always has been. It’s been a big game. I never remember it being game two, that’s for sure, so that is very unique in that we will be playing them pretty early. I have a lot of respect for their coordinators — Coach [Kevin] Steele, Chad [Morris] — both really good. I think what Chad has done for their offense really shows on tape. The ability to use their skill and get their skill players the ball from different locations. You can see it showing up already, and they’ve done a great job of that.

“I’ve got a lot of respect for Gus [Malzahn] and the organization he has put together. They have recruited well, they have really good players, top-10 team in the country, so it should be a great ball game, great atmosphere. I certainly wish we could have 93,000 there, but we won’t be able to do that, so we will do the best we can with the crowd we’ve got, and we will need them to be loud. I thought that Arkansas’ group was good and loud last week, and the atmosphere will be really good for that this week as well. So, we are excited for that.

“I know you guys will want to ask the quarterback question, and you will want to ask it all week. All I can tell you is that we are going to continue to work with all the guys we’ve got to put the best guy in there to give us the best opportunity to win the football games. D’Wan [Mathis] did not play as bad as it seemed to some. I thought he did some good things watching the tape, and he had some unfortunate bad breaks that happened while he was in a quarterback. JT [Daniels] will be cleared, but I don’t know how much that changes the picture in terms of reps and development. We will be looking at everybody across the board. JT has got to be able to show us that he can function efficiently and do it with his knee being able to do it. We always thought he would be cleared by this time anyway, but those guys will all compete as well as Carson [Beck] will too and will continue to grow at the quarterback position. With that, I’ll open it up.”

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