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 #5/#5 georgIa (3-1) @ Kentucky (2-3) UGA 2020 Avg. UK Oct. 31, 12 p.m. ET - SECN 33.0 Scoring Offense 24.4 Kroger Field 19.5 Scoring Defense 20.0 Lexington, Ky. +1 Turnover Margin +3 418.5 Total Offense 307.8 georgiadogs.com 165.2 Rushing Offense 184.4 253.2 Passing Offense 123.4 On The Road Again 7.1 Punt Returns 8.0 After an open date, the Bulldogs start the second half of the season on the road at 33.2 Kickoff Returns 21.3 Kentucky. The Wildcats (2-3) dropped a 20-10 decision to Missouri in Columbia, Mo., over the weekend. The Bulldogs are 4-1 after a bye week under Kirby Smart. Georgia dogs-cats on SECN will begin November against Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 7 and then takes on the Tigers in Columbia on Nov. 14. On Saturday, Georgia will make its sec- ond appearance of the season on the SEC Series History Network. The Bulldogs traveled to Fayette- Georgia leads the Kentucky series 59-12-2 and is on a 10-game winning streak. This ville, Ark., and took down Arkansas 37-10 dur- matches the Bulldogs’ longest winning streak in the series (1978-87). Kentucky’s last win ing UGA’s first appearance on the SECN this in the Georgia series came in 2009 in Athens when it stormed back from a 20-6 halftime season. While Georgia did not appear on the deficit for a 34-27 victory. It was Kentucky’s first win in Athens in 32 years. The Wildcats’ SECN at all in 2019, the team played on the last victory over the Bulldogs in Lexington came in 2006 when UK outlasted UGA 24-20. network three times in 2018 (Vanderbilt, Mas- sachusetts, Georgia Tech). 2018 Flashback: Winner-Take-All SEC Eastern Division Matchup on the call In the College Football Playoff rankings, it was a top-10 showdown and arguably one of the biggest games ever at Kroger Field in Lexington as the winner claimed the SEC TELEVISION: SECN - Tom Hart (PxP), Eastern Division. Sixth-ranked Georgia improved to 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the SEC with Jordan Rodgers (analyst), a 34-17 victory over No. 9 Kentucky. This was the second straight division title for the Cole Cubelic (sideline) Bulldogs. Kentucky featured the nation’s top scoring defense, allowing just 13 points LOCAL RADIO: Georgia Bulldog Sports per game, and one of the best rushing defenses. In fact, no team had scored more than Network (IMG) - Scott Howard 20 points on the Wildcats up to that point in the season. Georgia ran for 331 yards as (PxP); Eric Zeier (analyst); sophomore D’Andre Swift, now with the Detroit Lions, tallied a career-high 156 rushing Chuck Dowdle (sideline) yards and a pair of touchdowns while Elijah Holyfield, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, SiriusXM RADIO/Internet: 134/190/961 added 117 yards and a score to lead the offense. Georgia freshman Trey Hill played (Georgia broadcast) most of the game at center when Lamont Gaillard was injured on the opening drive. ONLINE: GTV on georgiadogs.com Monty Rice led the Bulldogs with eight tackles and a sack. REPLAYS ON SECN: TBA Last Meeting: Georgia Blanks Kentucky On A Rainy Night In Athens Wind and rain swirled from Tropical Storm Nestor in Athens last year as the Bull- dogs shut out the Wildcats 21-0. On a night where neither team scored in the first half, current Detroit Lion D’Andre Swift, who finished with 21 carries for 179 yards rushing (8.5 avg.), had a 39-yard touchdown run to break the scoreless tie in the third quarter. sid contacts Later in that quarter, Brian Herrien scampered for an eight-yard run to put Georgia up 14-0. Swift locked down the victory with a three-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter GEORGIA - Claude Felton for UGA’s final touchdown. (706) 542-1621; [email protected] Current Buffalo Bill Jake Fromm finished 9-for-12 for 35 yards for the Bulldogs. De- KENTUCKY - Tony Neely fensively, J.R. Reed forced a fumble from UK QB Lynn Bowden that Richard LeCounte (859) 257-8411; [email protected] collected, setting up Herrien’s touchdown. The teams combined for only 52 yards pass- 2020 Bulldog schedule ing in the soggy conditions. Sept. 26 @ Arkansas (SECN) W, 37-10 Special Specialists Oct. 3 #7/#7 Auburn (ESPN) W, 27-6 Currently sporting a 50.7 punting average (ranks second nationally), junior punter Oct. 10 #14/#12 Tennessee (CBS) W, 44-21 Jake Camarda is taking aim at not just the Bulldog single season record but a possible Oct. 17 @ #2/#2 Alabama (CBS) L, 41-24 SEC and NCAA record. The Bulldogs rank third in the NCAA in Net Punting at 47.9 while Oct. 31 @ Kentucky (SECN) 12 p.m. the Kentucky stands 10th nationally at 44.3. The NCAA/SEC record (min. of 50 punts) Nov. 7 vs. ^Florida (CBS) 3:30 p.m. belongs to Braden Mann who averaged 51.0 on 50 punts for Texas A&M in 2018 and won Nov. 14 @ Missouri TBA the Ray Guy Award. All-American Drew Butler holds the Georgia record when he led the Nov. 21 Mississippi State TBA Nov. 28 @ South Carolina TBA nation as a sophomore in 2009 with a 48.1 average on 56 punts. He received the Ray Dec. 5 Vanderbilt TBA Guy Award too. *All 2020 regular season games are SEC contests; Kentucky punter Max Duffy is sixth in the NCAA with a 47.5 average. Duffy won the ^TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.) 2019 Ray Guy Award for the Wildcats. Did You Know? Georgia is the only team in the nation with at least three games vs. teams ranked in the AP Top 25 and that also has a winning record in those contests (Georgia is 2-1). In a UGAAthletics GeorgiaBulldogs UGAAthletics three-week span, the Bulldogs defeated No. 7 Auburn (27-6) and No. 14 Tennessee (44- 21) at home before losing to No. 2 Alabama (41-24) on the road. Game 5 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) ........................................................... 47-13 (*29-11) SEC title was 2005. Home/Away/Neutral .............................................. 24-4/15-4/8-5 The 2018 and 2019 seasons saw Versus Ranked Teams (H/A/N) ............................. 7-1/4-4/6-5 Versus Top 10 Teams (H/A/N) ............................... 3-0/1-2/5-3 the Bulldogs advance to the SEC Day/Night .................................................................... 30-10/17-3 Championship Game, secure an in- After Bye Week ............................................................4-1 vite to the Sugar Bowl and combine SEC East/West/Non-Conf. .................................... 22-4/*7-7/18-2 for a 23-5 record. Most recently, Conference Record (H/A/*N) ............................... 13-3/12-4/*4-4 Georgia completed a 12-2 campaign Score First/Opp. Scores First ............................. 37-6/9-8 with a 26-14 victory over #7 Baylor Leading/Trailing/Tied at Half .............................. 39-4/8-8/0-1 in New Orleans. Leading/Tr./Tied after 3rd Qtr ............................ 41-5/4-8/2-0 He has also made an immediate In Overtime ...................................................................1-2 impact in recruiting, posting the na- Scoring < 20 Pts./20+ Pts. ..................................... 2-7/45-6 tion’s top-ranked class in 2018, the Allowing less than 20 Pts. .....................................35-1 When Georgia looked for a head second-ranked class in 2019 and the Allowing 20-29/30-39/40+ Pts. .......................... 11-5/0-4/2-3 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 ....................................46-8 longtime Alabama defensive coor- oversees the Kirby Smart Family Rushing for 200+ yards ...........................................33-2 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 ....................................3-4 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. ................31-3 Beth pledged $1 million to support record to 20 consecutive bowl ap- Allowing 400+ yds. total offense ...........................3-6 social justice and student-athletes pearances and had wins over No. 8 Having 100-yard rusher ...........................................23-2 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 ............... ............... 15-3/8-6 Georgia on Dec. 6, 2015. He juggled a 13-2 record, an SEC title, a win at In Aug./Sept./Oct./Nov./Dec./Jan.. ..................... 1-0/17-1/10-6/15-2/2-2/2-2 two jobs for a month until Janu- The Rose Bowl Game during the CFP *includes 2017 SECCG win; 2018 SECCG app., 2018 CFP Natl. Champ. App., ary 11, 2016, when the Tide won its 2019 SECCG app.