Field Street Forum

ATHENS, Ga. — Behind a very strong effort from its defense and a powerful and productive rushing attack — with three touchdowns by Daijun Edwards and a 64-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run by quarterback Stetson Bennett — No. 2 Georgia knocked off Auburn, 42-10, Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium.

In the Deep South’s oldest football rivalry — Saturday was their 127th meeting — it was an old-school football match, with lots of runs and stuffed runs and very few aerial fireworks. Georgia ran for 292, amassed 500 yards of total offense, held Auburn to 258 yards of total offense, and got big third-down stop after big third-down stop — Auburn was 5 of 17 on third down.

Georgia has now won the last six meetings in the series, dating back to the SEC Championship Game in 2017. Georgia also added to its narrow lead in the overall series against Auburn, improving to 63-56-8. In a series full of quirks, the Bulldogs are now 17-18 all-time against the Tigers in Athens and have an 18-12-2 record at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

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Bulldogs Notch Another Win:

Second-ranked Georgia improves to 6-0 (3-0 SEC) with a 42-10 home victory over Auburn.

Georgia now has won six in a row in the Deep South’s oldest rivalry and leads the AU series 63-56-8.

Head coach Kirby Smart is 7-1 against the Tigers including 4-0 in Athens. Overall, the Bulldogs are 34-4 at home under Smart.

Defense Dominates Again:

The Bulldog defense limited the Tigers to only 10 points with 258 yards of offense on 63 plays.

Georgia entered the game ranked fourth nationally in Scoring Defense, surrendering just 10.8 points a game.

For the third time this season, the Bulldogs blanked a team in the first half (Samford and @South Carolina).

The Tigers recovered a fumble at the UGA 19, and Georgia held Auburn to a field goal to make it a 14-3 game in the 3rd quarter.

Auburn’s lone touchdown came on a 62-yard TD pass to running back Jarquez Hunter that made it 35-10 with 9:51 left in the game.

The leading tackler today was sophomore linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson with five stops to give him a team-leading 29.

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