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georgia football 12 SEC Titles: 1942, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2005 Two Consensus National Championships: 1942, 1980 the matchup georgIa vs. Georgia Southern UGA GSU 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU), November 21, 2015 386.2 Total Offense 443.0 Sanford Stadium, Athens, Ga. 202.4 Rushing Offense 378.9 183.8 Passing Offense 64.1 28.2 Scoring Offense 37.4 (7-3, 5-3 SEC) georgiadogs.com (7-2, 5-1 Sun Belt) 17.9 Scoring Defense 22.8 +1 Turnover Margin +4 Sanford Stadium Farewell 14.0 Punt Returns 15.8 After a nice road win over Auburn to close out the Southeastern Conference portion of the 2015 sched- 16.7 Kickoff Returns 23.9 ule, Georgia (7-3, 5-3 SEC) now turns its attention to winning a state championship. Up next, Georgia South- ern (7-2) comes to Athens and then Georgia Tech (3-7) hosts the Bulldogs in Atlanta on Nov. 28 to wrap up the captain's corner regular season schedule. The Eagles have won seven of their last eight since opening the year with a loss at West Virginia. This past Saturday, the Eagles dispatched Troy 45-10. TBA Last week against the Tigers, the Bulldogs continued to focus on a strong finish to the 2015 campaign by sending the seniors out with a win in their final SEC game. On Saturday night, the message will include playing for a victory in the seniors’ last game Between the Hedges. Collar Ceremony For Uga X The University of Georgia will formally introduce Uga X, known as “Que,” at Saturday night’s game. on the call He succeeds Uga IX, affectionately known as “Russ,” as the Bulldog mascot. Other than the Vanderbilt game NATIONAL TELEVISION: ESPNU - this season, “Que” has been on the Georgia sideline for nine games this year. Clay Matvick (play-by-play); John Congemi (color) Series History With The Eagles In the all-time series history with the Eagles, Georgia leads 5-0 with all games held here in Sanford LOCAL RADIO: Georgia Bulldog Sports Stadium. The first meeting came in 1992 (34-7), followed by games in 2000 (29-7), 2004 (48-28), 2008 (45-21) Network (IMG) - Scott Howard (play-by-play); and most recently 2012 (45-14). Eric Zeier (color); Chuck Dowdle (sideline) Georgia Southern’s option running philosophy has not missed a beat since moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2014. They enjoyed a run of success as one of the powers in Football Champion- SIRIUS/XM RADIO: Channel 113/202 ship Subdivision (FCS), winning six FCS national titles from 1985-2000. In 2013, the Eagles beat Florida 26-20 in Gainesville. Currently, the Eagles lead the nation in Rushing Offense at 378.9 yards a game while they rank ONLINE: GTV on georgiadogs.com last in Passing Offense at 64.1 yards a game. Georgia leads the SEC in Pass Defense (162.7/g) and is eighth in Rushing Defense (139.6/g). The last time the Bulldogs faced an option attack was against 15th-ranked Geor- REPLAY: SEC Network - Monday at 10 am; gia Tech in 2014 as it tallied 399 yards on 70 attempts. Tuesday at 12 am; Thursday at 3 am McKenzie Ties School Record With Fifth Return TD Versus Auburn LIVE STATS: uga.statbroadcast.com Sophomore Isaiah McKenzie tied a pair of school records last weekend with his 53-yard punt return sid contacts for a touchdown to put Georgia in front of Auburn 17-10 in the fourth quarter. It was his fifth career return for a touchdown, tying him with current Pittsburgh Steeler Brandon Boykin (2008-11) as McKenzie now has four Georgia - Claude Felton punt return touchdowns and one kickoff return score in his career. His four punt return touchdowns ties him 706-542-1621 with Buzy Rosenberg (1970-72). McKenzie also accounted for Georgia’s other touchdown last Saturday, the [email protected] first offensive score of his career, coming on a four-yard rush. He finished with four carries for 26 yards. Georgia Southern - Bryan Johnston Before last weekend’s game, Auburn had not allowed a punt return for a touchdown in 10 years (LSU’s 912-478-5448 Skyler Green in 2005 for 66 yards). Also this year, the Tigers had allowed just 31 punt return yards on four [email protected] coming into their matchup with the Bulldogs and that ranked fourth nationally. Georgia now has scored 24 special teams touchdowns in the Mark Richt era. The Bulldogs have matched a school record with three punt 2015 schedule/Results returns for touchdowns this year, tying the 1956 and 2006 squads. Sept. 5 Univ. Louisiana at Monroe %W, 51-14 Sept. 12 at *Vanderbilt W, 31-14 Bulldog Signal Callers Sept. 19 *South Carolina W, 52-20 In the first seven games of the season, junior transfer Greyson Lambert served as the Bulldogs’ Sept. 26 Southern University W, 48-6 starting quarterback. Georgia went 5-2 and he was 100-for-156 for 1,276 yards with nine touchdowns and Oct. 3 #13/13 *Alabama L, 38-10 two interceptions. Against #11 Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., junior Faton Bauta got his first career start and Oct. 10 at *Tennessee L, 38-31 finished 15-for-33 for 154 yards and four interceptions. Lambert returned to the starting lineup in the wins Oct. 17 *Missouri W, 9-6 over Kentucky and Auburn, finishing a combined 18-for-30 for 161 yards and a touchdown. The Bulldogs Oct. 31 vs. #11/12 ^*Florida L, 27-3 also utilized the “Wild Dog” formation with Sony Michel and Terry Godwin getting QB snaps against the Nov. 7 *Kentucky W, 27-3 Wildcats and Tigers. Nov. 14 at *Auburn W, 20-13 Redshirt sophomore Brice Ramsey has appeared in eight games this year. He is 20-for-33 for 247 yards Nov. 21 Georgia Southern 7 pm, ESPNU with one touchdown and two picks. He has also served as the punter for the last three games and is averag- Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech TBA ing 45.0 yards with a long of 53 against Kentucky. *SEC games; ^EverBank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.) %game terminated with 9:54 left because of lightning on deck: @ georgia Tech (3-7, 1-6 ACC) TBA The Bulldogs are 12-2 against Georgia Tech under Mark Richt, including a 41-34 OT win last time the teams UGAAthletics GeorgiaBulldogs UGAAthletics played in Atlanta. The last two meetings have been decided in overtime. GSU game depth chart pronunciation georgia BULLDOGS georgia southern eagles Offense (12 starters listed) Offense (12 starters listed) georgia X 26 Malcolm Mitchell (6-1, 195, Sr.) WR 31 Ryan Longoria (6-2, 195, Sr.) Chuks Amaechi........ Chooks uh-MEE-chee 82 Michael Chigbu (6-2, 216, Fr.) 83 Keigan Williams (6-1, 205, Jr.) Faton Bauta ............. FAH-tone BOUT-ah WR 81 Myles Campbell (5-6. 170 RSo.) OR Jeb Blazevich ....................BLAY-zuh-vich LT 77 Isaiah Wynn (6-2, 278, So.) Juwuan Briscoe ................. Jyoo-WAHN 70 Aulden Bynum (6-5, 268, RSo.) 12 BJ Johnson (6-1, 212, Jr.) Keyon Brown ............................. KEY-ahn LG 75 Kolton Houston (6-5, 285, Grad.) LT 58 Jeremiah Culbreth (6-4, 302, Fr.) Michael Chigbu .......................CHIG-boo 55 Dyshon Sims (6-4, 293, So.) 71 Max Magaña (6-7, 290, Jr.) Tae Crowder ......................................TAY LG 63 Darien Foreman (6-2, 310, Sr.) Lamont Gaillard ........................Gill-yard C 54 Brandon Kublanow (6-3, 282, Jr.) DaQuan Hawkins ............... day-QUAHN 66 Hunter Long (6-4, 303, Sr.) 62 Ryan Northrup (6-2, 290, RFr.) C 60 Andy Kwon (6-2, 300, Jr.) Quayvon Hicks .......................KWAY-von RG 73 Greg Pyke (6-6, 313, Jr.) Brandon Kublanow ...........kuh-BLAH-no 75 Curtis Rainey (6-2, 290, Fr.) 55 Dyshon Sims (6-4, 293, So.) Sony Michel ............................... Michelle RG 56 Roscoe Byrd (6-3, 320, Sr.) Natrez Patrick ............................ NAY-trez RT 71 John Theus (6-6, 303, Sr.) 73 Maurice Hunt (6-1, 299, Sr.) Roquan Smith ........................ RO-quahn 65 Kendall Baker (6-6, 310, RFr.) RT 77 Tommy Boynton (6-4, 300, So.) Ben Souther ............................SOW-thur TE 83 Jeb Blazevich (6-5, 248, So.) 73 Maurice Hunt (6-1, 299, Sr.) Juwan Taylor ....................... Jyoo-WAHN 87 Jay Rome (6-6, 250, Grad.) John Theus ................................THEE-us RB 36 Matt Breida (5-11, 190, Jr.) Nathan Theus ............................THEE-us QB *11 Greyson Lambert (6-5 220, Grad.) 21 Wesley Fields (6-0, 195, Fr.) Shaquery Wilson ................ SHUH-keery 12 Brice Ramsey (6-3, 213, RSo.) QB 4 Kevin Ellison (6-0, 195, Jr.) *10 Faton Bauta (6-3, 215, Grad.) 13 Favian Upshaw (6-1, 170, Jr.) gSU TB 1 Sony Michel (5-11, 212, So.) RB 1 L.A. Ramsby (5-11, 210, RSo.) Travis Baugus ..........................BOW-gus Jake Banta ................................ BAN-tuh 4 Keith Marshall (5-11, 212, Jr.) OR 43 Chaz Thornton (5-7, 185, RSo.) Tyler Bass...............................like the fish 22 Brendan Douglas (5-11, 215, Jr.) WR 23 Derek Keaton (5-11, 185, Sr.) Jay Bowdry............................. BOW-dree FB 47 Christian Payne (6-1,232 So.) 9 Montay Crockett (6-0, 180, Jr.) Matthew Breida....................... BREE-dah 48 Quayvon Hicks (6-2, 251, Sr.) TE 33 James Dean (6-1, 235, Jr.) Quauan Daniels.............................KWAN 96 Jeff Ward (6-0, 255, Sr.) Lance Ecton ............................ ECK-tawn F 5 Terry Godwin (5-11, 174, Fr.) Patrick Flowe..................................FLOW 16 Isaiah McKenzie (5-8, 170, So.) Obe Fortune ..................................... O-B Z 16 Isaiah McKenzie (5-8, 170, So.) Defense (12 starters listed) Malik Henry...........................