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georgia football 13 SEC Titles: 1942, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2005, 2017 Two Consensus National Championships: 1942, 1980 the matchup #13/#11 georgIa (4-2) vs. Mississippi State (2-4) UGA 2020 Avg. MSU Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. ET - SECN 29.0 Scoring Offense 16.3 Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium 20.8 Scoring Defense 27.5 Athens, Ga. -2 Turnover Margin -7 382.8 Total Offense 324.7 georgiadogs.com 173.5 Rushing Offense 21.5 209.3 Passing Offense 303.2 Bulldog Showdown Georgia (4-2) welcomes Mississippi State (2-4 ) on Saturday to Dooley Field at San- 7.3 Punt Returns 8.0 ford Stadium. Georgia leads the all-time series 18-6, including 11-2 in Athens. This will 32.2 Kickoff Returns 20.5 be MSU’s first visit to Sanford Stadium since 2017. That year, the host Bulldogs regis- tered a 31-3 victory for their 11th win in the last 12 meetings in the series. Georgia has east dogs vs west dogs won the last 10 contests over MSU in Athens. MSU’s last victory over the Bulldogs On Saturday, Georgia will make its third here came in 1956 (19-7). MSU last beat Georgia in 2010 (24-12) and that game was in appearance of the season on the SEC Net- Starkville. work. The Bulldogs topped Arkansas and This season MSU opened with a 44-34 win over defending national champion LSU. Kentucky on the road earlier this season on MSU dropped their next four to Arkansas, Kentucky, No. 11 Texas A&M and No. 2 Ala- the network. While Georgia did not appear bama before beating Vanderbilt on Nov. 7. on the SECN at all in 2019, the team also played on the network three times in 2018 Homecoming At Georgia (Vanderbilt, Massachusetts, Georgia Tech). Since 1922, Georgia is 78-18-2 in Homecoming contests. This year, the Bulldogs wel- come Mississippi State to Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium, and the SEC West’s Bulldogs will be the Homecoming foe for just the second time. Georgia won the first Homecom- on the call ing matchup by a score of 27-0 that came in 1950. In Georgia history, 10 different SEC teams have served as an opponent on Home- TELEVISION: SEC - Dave Neal (PxP), coming. In records dating back to 1922, Georgia has outscored its Homecoming op- D.J. Shockley (analyst), ponents 2,598 to 1,205. Vanderbilt is the last team to beat Georgia on Homecoming, Lauren Sisler (sideline) posting a 17-16 decision in 2016 to snap a streak of nine straight wins on Homecoming. LOCAL RADIO: Georgia Bulldog Sports The Bulldogs went 6-1 in Homecoming games at Sanford Field (1922-28) before moving Network (IMG) - Scott Howard (PxP), to their current home in Sanford Stadium. There have been two ties on Homecoming. In Eric Zeier (analyst), 1938, Georgia and Georgia Tech played to a scoreless tie while the 1962 game between Chuck Dowdle (sideline) the Bulldogs and Kentucky ended at 7-all. SiriusXM RADIO/Internet: 81/81/81 Along with the game, the traditions have included a Friday afternoon parade, former (Georgia broadcast) Redcoat Band members and UGA cheerleaders performing with the current squads dur- ONLINE: GTV on georgiadogs.com ing the game and at halftime. Also, a Homecoming King and Queen are usually crowned REPLAYS ON SECN: TBA on the field. However, most Homecoming activities this year have either been canceled or adjusted to be virtual because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 2017 Flashback: No. 11 Georgia Routs No. 17 Mississippi State 31-3 Former Georgia quarterback and current Buffalo Bill Jake Fromm handed off to cur- rent Cleveland Brown Nick Chubb on the game’s first play. Chubb tossed it back to sid contacts Fromm to start a flea-flicker that ended with current Jacksonville Jaguar Terry Godwin GEORGIA - Claude Felton catching a 59-yard touchdown. The Bulldogs never looked back during the teams’ last (706) 542-1621; [email protected] matchup that came in Athens to start their year 4-0. Chubb scored his first of two touch- MISSISSIPPI STATE- Brandon Langlois downs in the second quarter to give Georgia a 14-3 edge at halftime. Fromm, who fin- (662) 325-0093; [email protected] ished 9-of-12 for 201 yards and two touchdowns, connected on his second scoring strike to current Detroit Lion Isaac Nauta that covered 41 yards. 2020 Bulldog schedule An undefeated Mississippi State team that came into the game averaging 47.7 points/game and 493 yards/game finished with only a field goal and 280 total yards. Sept. 26 @ Arkansas (SECN) W, 37-10 Current L.A. Ram J.R. Reed led Georgia with 10 stops. Oct. 3 #7/#7 Auburn (ESPN) W, 27-6 Oct. 10 #14/#12 Tennessee (CBS) W, 44-21 Home Sweet Home Oct. 17 @ #2/#2 Alabama (CBS) L, 41-24 The Bulldogs return to play their first home game since Oct. 10 when Mississippi Oct. 31 @ Kentucky (SECN) W, 14-3 State arrives on Saturday. After opening on the road at Arkansas, Georgia picked up Nov. 7 vs. #8/#8 ^Florida (CBS) L, 44-28 Nov. 14 @ Missouri Postponed back-to-back home victories over No. 7 Auburn and No. 14 Tennessee on Oct. 3 and Oct. Nov. 21 Mississippi State (SECN) 7:30 p.m. 10, respectively. Since then, the Bulldogs traveled to take on No. 2 Alabama in Tusca- Nov. 28 @ South Carolina TBA loosa, made the trip to Lexington, Ky., to face Kentucky and met No. 8 Florida in Jackson- Dec. 5 Vanderbilt TBA ville, Fla., for the teams’ annual neutral site showdown. Last week’s contest at Missouri *All 2020 regular season games are SEC contests and was postponed because of COVID-19. A make-up date has not been released. listed as ET; ^TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.) Did You Know? The last Georgia game to be postponed came in 2001. The Bulldogs were scheduled to host Houston on Sept. 15 that season. However, the game was postponed and then UGAAthletics GeorgiaBulldogs UGAAthletics played on Dec. 1 following the Sept. 11 attack. That year, Georgia already had an open date on Sept. 22 so the team went three weeks between its second and third games. Game 7 Kirby smart Head Football Coach Maxwell Football Club’s George Inside the Numbers Under Smart Munger National Coach of the Year. Before 2017, the Bulldogs last Record (SEC) ........................................................... 48-14 (*30-12) SEC title was 2005. Home/Away/Neutral .............................................. 24-4/16-4/8-6 The 2018 and 2019 seasons saw Versus Ranked Teams (H/A/N) ............................. 7-1/4-4/6-6 Versus Top 10 Teams (H/A/N) ............................... 3-0/1-2/5-4 the Bulldogs advance to the SEC Day/Night .................................................................... 31-11/17-3 Championship Game, secure an in- After Bye Week ............................................................5-1 vite to the Sugar Bowl and combine SEC East/West/Non-Conf. .................................... 23-5/*7-7/18-2 for a 23-5 record. Most recently, Conference Record (H/A/*N) ............................... 13-3/13-4/*4-5 Georgia completed a 12-2 campaign Score First/Opp. Scores First ............................. 38-7/9-8 with a 26-14 victory over #7 Baylor Leading/Trailing/Tied at Half .............................. 40-4/8-9/0-1 in New Orleans. Leading/Tr./Tied after 3rd Qtr ............................ 42-5/4-9/2-0 He has also made an immediate In Overtime ...................................................................1-2 impact in recruiting, posting the na- Scoring < 20 Pts./20+ Pts. ..................................... 3-7/45-7 tion’s top-ranked class in 2018, the Allowing less than 20 Pts. .....................................36-1 When Georgia looked for a head second-ranked class in 2019 and the Allowing 20-29/30-39/40+ Pts. .......................... 11-5/0-4/2-4 coach after the 2015 season, the third-ranked class in 2017. Rushing for less than 100 yards .............................1-5 arrows pointed to Kirby Smart, In addition to coaching, Smart Rushing for over 100 yards .................................... 47-9 longtime Alabama defensive coor- oversees the Kirby Smart Family Rushing for 200+ yards ...........................................34-2 dinator and former UGA player and Foundation, which is focused on be- Passing for less than 100 yards ..............................3-0 assistant. The 2017 Associated Press ing champions in the community by Passing for 300+ yards ..............................................5-1 SEC Coach of the Year has not disap- supporting and giving back to needy Totaling less than 300 yards ....................................3-5 pointed. 400+ yards of Total Offense ...................................31-6 children and families. In September In his first year leading the Dogs Allowing less than 100 yds. rushing ...................25-1 of 2020, Smart and his wife Mary in 2016, Georgia extended its school Allowing less than 300 yds. Total Off. ................32-3 Beth pledged $1 million to support record to 20 consecutive bowl ap- Allowing 400+ yds. total offense ...........................3-7 social justice and student-athletes pearances and had wins over No. 8 Having 100-yard rusher ...........................................24-3 impacted by COVID-19. Auburn and No. 22 UNC. Opp. have 100-yard rusher .......................................3-3 Smart officially came home to In 2017, Smart directed UGA to No Turnovers / No Takeaways ............... ............... 15-3/9-6 Georgia on Dec. 6, 2015. He juggled a 13-2 record, an SEC title, a win at In Aug./Sept./Oct./Nov./Dec./Jan.. ..................... 1-0/17-1/10-6/15-3/2-2/2-2 two jobs for a month until Janu- The Rose Bowl Game during the CFP *includes 2017 SECCG win; 2018 SECCG app., 2018 CFP Natl.