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 #11/12 georgIA vs. #17/19 Mississippi State UGA Avg. MSU Sept. 23, 2017, 7 p.m. ET - ESPN 31.0 Scoring Offense 47.7 Sanford Stadium (92,746) 14.3 Scoring Defense 9.3 Athens, Ga. -2 Turnover Margin +2 384.3 Total Offense 493.0 (3-0, 0-0 SEC) (3-0, 1-0 SEC) 230.0 Rushing Offense 297.7 georgiadogs.com 154.3 Passing Offense 195.3 Bulldog Showdown 5.8 Punt Returns 11. 4 Georgia (3-0, 0-0 SEC) welcomes Mississippi State (3-0, 1-0 SEC) Saturday, and it will 25.3 Kickoff Returns 19.8 be the first-ever matchup when both teams are ranked in the top 25. Georgia leads the all-time series 17-6, including 10-2 in Athens. The Bulldogs are 3-0 for the second straight year under Kirby Smart. Georgia has home wins over App State and Samford and a on the call road victory over #24 Notre Dame. This will be MSU’s first visit to Sanford Stadium since 2011. That year, the host Bull- TELEVISION: ESPN dogs registered a 24-10 victory for their 10th win in the last 11 meetings in the series. Joe Tessitore (PxP), Todd Blackledge Georgia has won the last nine meetings over MSU in Athens. MSU last beat Georgia in (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline) 2010 (24-12) and that game was in Starkville. LOCAL RADIO: Georgia Bulldog Sports MSU is riding high following an impressive 37-7 thrashing of No. 12 LSU. At 3-0, Network (IMG) - Scott Howard the Bulldogs are off to their best start under head coach Dan Mullen since the 2014 cam- (play-by-play); Eric Zeier (color analyst); paign in which they rose to No. 1 in the AP top 25 poll. This past Saturday, MSU tallied Chuck Dowdle (sideline) 465 yards of total offense and collected its first win over LSU in Starkville since 1999. SIRIUS/XM RADIO: 98/192 Dual-threat quarterback Nick Fitzgerald headlines the offense that has outscored its op- ONLINE: GTV on georgiadogs.com ponents 143-28. Also, MSU is surrendering just 9.3 points per game. MSU limited Tiger REPLAY: SEC Network - TBA Heisman candidate Derrius Guice to 76 rushing yards and no scores. MSU’s defensive coordinator is Todd Grantham, who was at Georgia in that role from 2010-13. sid contacts Georgia - Claude Felton SEC Slate Begins (706) 542-1621; [email protected] Following a 3-0 start versus non-conference competition, the Bulldogs now start an eight-game set with teams from the SEC. Georgia opens with the SEC West’s Bulldogs MSU - Bill Martin before taking to the road to face Tennessee and Vanderbilt from the SEC East in consecu- (662) 325-0967; tive weeks. After returning home against Missouri on Oct. 14, the Bulldogs will have [email protected] their one bye of the year on Oct. 21 and will then make the annual trip to Jacksonville, Fla., to take on Florida. South Carolina (Nov. 4) and Kentucky (Nov. 18) in Athens and a on deck trip to Auburn, Ala., to face the Tigers on Nov. 11 rounds out Georgia’s conference slate. After the Mississippi State contest, Geor- The Bulldogs last opened their SEC schedule with Mississippi State in 1989. Georgia gia plays in its first SEC road game as the hosted MSU in the second game of the year and registered a 23-6 victory in Sanford Bulldogs travel to Knoxville to play Tennes- Stadium. see (2-1, 0-1 SEC). FLASHBACK: Georgia Leaves MSU Behind In 2011 Matchup The last time Georgia and Mississippi State matched up was in Athens in 2011. The 2017 schedule SEC East Bulldogs rolled over MSU 24-10 in Sanford Stadium. Georgia scored 14 points Sept. 2 Appalachian State (ESPN) W, 31-10 in the opening period before adding another touchdown in the second quarter and a Sept. 9 @ #24 Notre Dame (NBC) W, 20-19 Blair Walsh field goal in the third period. Sept. 16 Samford (SECN ALT) W, 42-14 Georgia forced MSU to punt on its first possession and Brandon Boykin promptly Sept. 23 #17 *Miss. State (ESPN) 7 p.m. returned the ensuing punt 30 yards to set up UGA’s first touchdown. QB Aaron Murray Sept. 30 @ *Tennessee TBA connected with his former high school teammate Orson Charles three plays later for a Oct. 7 @ *Vanderbilt TBA 21-yard touchdown. Murray would finish the day 13-of-25 for 160 yards and two scores Oct. 14 *Missouri TBA but also had three interceptions. Carlton Thomas also had a 7-yard scoring run to high- Oct. 28 vs. ^*Florida (CBS) 3:30 p.m. light Georgia’s victory. Nov. 4 *South Carolina TBA Current Cleveland Brown Isaiah Crowell led Georgia with 22 carries for 104 yards Nov. 11 @ *Auburn TBA while current New England Patriot WR Malcolm Mitchell also added a touchdown catch. Nov. 18 *Kentucky TBA On defense, ILB Michael Gilliard totaled a team-high nine tackles. Current Cincinnati Nov. 25 @ Georgia Tech TBA Bengal S Shawn Williams added five tackles, a forced fumble and an interception while Sanders Commings posted three stops, a fumble recovery and an interception. Addi- *SEC game; ^EverBank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.) tionally, current Chicago Bears DL Cornelius Washington and Jarvis Jones had two sacks each. UGAAthletics GeorgiaBulldogs UGAAthletics mississippi state Kirby smart Head Football Coach burn and No. 22 North Carolina. Inside the Numbers Under Smart He led UGA to an 8-5 final re- Record (SEC) .............................................................. 11-5 (4-4) cord, which included a victory Home/Away/Neutral .............................................. 5-3/4-1/2-1 over TCU in the Liberty Bowl. Versus Ranked Teams (H/A/N) ............................. 1-1/1-1/1-1 He has also made an immedi- Versus Top 10 Teams (H/A/N) ............................... 1-0/0-0/0-0 ate impact in recruiting circles Day/Night ......................................................... 5-5/6-0 posting the nation’s third-ranked After Bye Week ............................................................0-1 class in 2017 following his first SEC East/West/Non-Conf. .................................... 3-3/1-1/7-1 class in 2016 generally consid- Conference Record (H/A/*N) ............................... 1-2/3-1/0-1 ered among the top ten. In ad- Score First/Opp. Scores First ................................ 8-2/2-4 dition to his coaching duties, Leading/Trailing/Tied at Half .............................. 7-1/4-3/0-1 Smart oversees the Kirby Smart Leading/Tr./Tied after 3rd Q ................................ 6-3/4-2/1-0 Family Foundation, which is fo- In Overtime ...................................................................0-0 cused on being champions in Scoring < 20 Pts./20+ Pts. ..................................... 1-3/10-2 the community by supporting Allowing less than 20 Pts. .......................................5-1 and giving back to needy chil- Allowing 20-29/30-39/40+ Pts. .......................... 6-2/0-1/0-1 dren and families. Rushing for less than 100 yards .............................0-2 When Georgia looked for a new Smart officially came home Rushing for over 100 yards .................................... 11- 3 head football coach after the to Georgia on Dec. 6, 2015. But Rushing for 200+ yards ............................................. 7-2 2015 season, the arrows pointed he still had unfinished business Passing for less than 100 yards ..............................1-0 to Kirby Smart, longtime Univer- at Alabama, which was chasing Passing for 300+ yards ..............................................2-0 sity of Alabama defensive coor- a national title. He juggled two Totaling less than 300 yards ....................................0-1 dinator and former UGA player jobs for a month until January 400+ yards of Total Offense .....................................5-2 and assistant. After one season, 11, 2016, when the Tide won its Allowing less than 100 yds. rushing .....................4-1 he has not disappointed. fourth national championship in Allowing less than 300 yds. Total Off. ..................5-2 In his first year leading the a seven-year span. Twelve hours Allowing 400+ yds. total offense ...........................2-1 Bulldogs, Georgia extended its later, he was at work in Athens, Having 100-yard rusher ............................................. 7-1 school record to 20 consecutive where he is one of nine head Opp. have 100-yard rusher .......................................2-0 bowl appearances and posted coaches at schools from Power 5 No Turnovers / No Takeaways ................................ 0-2/2-1 five fourth-quarter comebacks conferences that are coaching at In Sept./Oct./Nov./Dec.. ........................................ 6-1/1-3/3-1/1-0 including wins over No. 8 Au- their alma mater. Top Ind. Single-Game Performances Under Smart Did You Know? Rushing Yards: 222, Chubb vs. #22 UNC (9/3/16) Rushing TDs: 2, Chubb vs. #22 UNC (9/3/16), @ SC (10/9/16), App State Kirby Smart is one of nine head coaches at schools from Power (9/2/17); Herrien @ #21 OM (9/24/16); Chubb vs. Samford (9/16/17) 5 conferences that are coaching at their alma maters. Longest Rush: 55-TD, Chubb vs. #22 UNC (9/3/16); 55-TD, McKenzie vs. LA The complete list: (11/19/16) Paul Chryst (Wisconsin) Barry Odom (Missouri) Passing Yards: 346, Eason vs. VU (10/15/16) Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern) Mark Richt (Miami) Passing TDs: 3, Eason @ Missouri (9/17/16); Fromm vs. Samford (9/16/17) Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State) David Shaw (Stanford) Receiving TDs: 2, McKenzie @ Missouri (9/17/16); Godwin vs. Samford Jim Harbaugh (Michigan) Kirby Smart (GEORGIA) (9/16/17) Cliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech) Longest TD Pass: 66-TD, Eason to McKenzie vs. Nicholls (9/10/16) 6 Victories When Tied Or Trailing Late Longest Pass: 77, Eason to McKenzie vs.