UGA Football: Bulldogs Hold Off Govs After Long Delay

ATHENS, Ga. — After a weather delay that turned halftime Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium into a two-hour break, the fourth-ranked Georgia football team had to work to put away Austin Peay in the Bulldogs’ final game before the start of SEC play.

Running backs Chauncey Bowens and Nate Frazier rushed for a pair of touchdowns each to help lift Georgia to a 28-6 win over the Governors, an FCS program from the Atlantic Sun Conference. Frazier’s second score, a 1-yarder with 5:39 to go in the game, helped seal the 33rd straight win on Dooley Field, extending the longest active streak in the FBS and the longest streak in program history.

The Bulldogs were denied by Austin Peay at the 1-yard line on five straight plays to end the first half, keeping the score 14-3. Late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, Georgia’s defense denied the Governors on a long series of plays inside the 10, keeping the Bulldog lead at 21-6. Georgia then tied a school record with a 99-yard touchdown drive that was capped by Frazier’s 1-yard rush.

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