UGA Football: Don’t Be Surprised if This Dawg DB is Back and Healthy Saturday
| Georgia | Texas | |
| Scoring Offense/Game: | 33.4 | 29.6 |
| Rushing Offense/Game: | 197.2 | 135.3 |
| Passing Offense/Game: | 239.1 | 246.1 |
| Total Offense/Game: | 436.3 | 381.4 |
| Scoring Defense/Game: | 19.8 | 16.4 |
| Rushing Defense/Game: | 100.2 | 78.2 |
| Passing Defense/Game: | 210.6 | 235.3 |
| Turnover Margin: | -2 | +8 |
SEC Network’s weekly, traveling pre-game show, SEC Nation Presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, heads to Athens, Ga. for a top-15 showdown between No. 5 Georgia and No. 13 Texas. The show will originate from Myers Quad from 10 a.m. – noon ET, Saturday, Nov. 15, on SEC Network.
The Bulldogs (8-1, 6-1 SEC) are a consensus No. 5 in the CFP ranking, Associated Press, US LBM Coaches and FWAA-NFF polls.
| Rank | School | Record |
| 1. | GEORGIA | 61-6 |
| 2. | Ohio State | 56-8 |
| 3. | Michigan | 55-10 |
Fifth-ranked Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) finishes the SEC regular season Saturday when it plays host to No. 10 Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) for the first time in Athens. Kickoff will be at 7:30 pm on ABC. Last Saturday in Starkville, Georgia cruised to a 41-21 victory over MSU while UT had an open date.
The Bulldogs upset then No. 1 Texas 30-15 in Austin last year and then beat the No. 2 Longhorns again in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta 22-19 in overtime. UT holds a 4-3 edge in the series history. The first meeting came in the 1949 Orange Bowl (UT won 41-28 in Miami).
The Bulldogs are 8-0 against top 10 ranked opponents Between the Hedges under Kirby Smart.
Georgia is 41-17 against ranked opponents in the Smart era including 15-2 in Athens.
ATHENS – Head coach Kirby Smart, tight end Oscar Delp, and defensive back KJ Bolden met with the media Monday. They offered the following comments.
Head Coach Kirby Smart
Opening Statement
“Big basketball game Friday night. Our basketball team will be hosting Georgia Tech. So you can buy those tickets now. In Stegeman Coliseum, they’re off to a great start. Friday night at 9 (p.m.). Also, it’s ‘Dawgs for Pups’ season for giving food drive. That’s an initiative our players started years ago and have followed up on. So as part of the ‘Dawgs for Pups’ community engagement, we’re encouraging Dawg nation to join us by giving to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. Non-perishable items can be accepted here at Butts-Mehre (Heritage Hall) through November 21st. Our players really appreciate the ‘Dawgs for Pups’ season of giving food drive, which will be going on until the 21st of November. With that, we’ll move on to Texas. We got a big matchup, a lot of respect for ‘Sark’ (Steve Sarkisian). He’s become a good friend of mine. He does a tremendous job. He’s at one of the premier programs in the country. He’s been successful everywhere he’s been. He’s done a great job and I enjoy his friendship and look forward to another great matchup on Saturday night.”