Field Street Forum

By Kyle Tatelbaum, UGAAA Sports Communications

ATHENS, Ga. – Week 11 of NFL action is complete, and several former Bulldogs continue to deliver exceptional performances for their respective teams.

After another multi-touchdown performance, Los Angeles Rams Quarterback Matthew Stafford remains atop the league with 27 passing touchdowns. Stafford completed 15 of 28 passes for 130 yards in the 21-19 win over Seattle, placing the Rams above the Seahawks for first place in the NFC West Division. Stafford ranks fourth in the league in passing yards (2,557) and third in RTG (112.7). Meanwhile, Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Darnell Washington recorded the best single-game performance of his young NFL career, collecting 67 yards on four receptions, including a 31-yard catch while running through three Bengals defenders.

Below is a summary of how the former Bulldogs fared for their teams in Week 11:

Carolina Panthers 30, Atlanta Falcons 27
Trevor Etienne, PR/RB – Served as a punt returner for Carolina, taking one punt for nine yards while also recording a 26-yard kickoff return.
Charlie Woerner, TE – Played 35 snaps for the Falcons but did not record any statistics.
Leonard Floyd, DE – Floyd was ruled out for Atlanta after missing the previous week with a hamstring injury.
Jalon Walker, LB – Appeared on 51 snaps for the Falcons, recording four solo tackles and a quarterback pressure.

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The Bulldogs (9-1, 7-1 SEC) are a consensus No. 4 in the Associated Press, US LBM Coaches and FWAA-NFF top 25 polls. The latest CFP ranking will be out Tuesday. Georgia was No. 5 in all the polls last week.

Under Kirby Smart, Georgia is 55-5 at home since 2016.

Georgia’s 2025 Senior Class is 48-5 overall and 24-1 at home. They have won a national title (2022) and two SEC crowns (2022, 2024) in their career.

The Bulldogs are 41-3 against non-conference teams in the Smart era including 24-1 at home. The only non-conference loss at home came in 2016 to Ga. Tech (28-27). The other two came in New Orleans: the 2019 Sugar Bowl (#15 Texas 28-21) and the 2025 CFP quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl (#5 Notre Dame 23-10).

Georgia owns the best record in the FBS since 2021 at 62-6. This run includes back-to-back CFP national titles (2021-22) and two SEC titles (2022 & 2024).

Georgia and Ohio State are the only FBS schools to win 11+ games in each of the past four seasons.

Fourth-ranked Georgia (9-1, 7-1 SEC) concludes the regular season with a pair of non-conference games. On Saturday at 12:45 p.m., Georgia plays host to Charlotte (1-9) for the first time. Last Saturday in Athens, the Bulldogs beat No. 10 Texas 35-10 while the 49ers fell 28-7 at home to UTSA.

The 49ers beat Monmouth 42-35 in Charlotte on Sept. 13 but has droppped their past seven games.

The Bulldogs first football season came in 1892, and they rank ninth in FBS history with 901 wins. Charlotte is in its 13th season in school history and its 11th competing at the FBS level.

Georgia trailed early and/or late in seven of its eight SEC games this year, and it went 6-1 in those contests. The Bulldogs rallied to beat No. 15 Tennessee and Auburn on the road for their ninth straight victory in those series, outlasted No. 5 Ole Miss in Athens, won their fifth straight over Florida in Jacksonville, erased an early 7-0 deficit at MSU with 38 unanswered points and eventually recorded a 41-21 decision for the program’s 900th all-time win. Georgia used a 21-point fourth quarter to dispatch No. 10 Texas 35-10 to close out the SEC regular season. Georgia is now 40-3 in its last 43 SEC regular season games.

Georgia blanked then No. 17 Alabama and Auburn in the second half while Kentucky’s lone second half score came on a 23-yard drive with 1:51 left in the contest and the Bulldogs up 35-7. Trailing 35-26, Georgia outscored No. 5 Ole Miss 17-0 in the 4th quarter in its 43-35 win. Against Florida, Georgia fell behind 20-17 early in the 4th quarter, took the lead for good with 4:36 left and posted a pair of 4th-Down stops including one in the Red Zone as UF came in 22-for-23 there.

The only league contest where Georgia led wire-to-wire was a 35-14 home win over UK while the only comeback that fell short came to then No. 17 UA 24-21 in Athens.

One of Georgia’s main themes in 2025 is to play with “FPE.”

Fifty-four percent of Georgia’s roster consists of players in their first or second season here.

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