2011 Game Summaries
#5 BOISE STATE
Sept. 3, 2011 • Georgia Dome - Athens, Ga. The Georgia Bulldogs suffered a 35-21 loss to the fifth-ranked Boise State Broncos in the 2011 season opener on Sept. 3 in the Chick-fil-A Kick-Off Game in front of a crowd of 73,614 at the Georgia Dome and a ESPN national television audience. The loss moves them to 89-26-3 in season openers, including 9-2 under Mark Richt. This game marked the first time since 1965 that Georgia opened a season against a team ranked among the top-five nationally. The win evens Boise States’s record against Georgia at 1-1. Georgia senior cornerback Brandon Boykin made his first career play on offense with an 80-yard touchdown run to give UGA a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Boise State answered quickly as senior quarterback Kellen Moore found redshirt freshman Matt Miller for a 17-yard touchdown pass to tie the score. Junior cornerback Branden Smith recorded Georgia’s first interception of the season with 5:32 left in the second quarter, which was soon followed by a Boise State pick by Jerrell Gavins. Boise State would continue its offensive run with a seven-yard rushing touchdown by running back Doug Martin followed by a three-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Shoemaker to give BSU a 28-7 lead over the Dogs. With a nearly a minute left in the third quarter, Georgia sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray hit junior tight end Orson Charles in a hole for a 36-yard touchdown to make it a 28-14 game. Boise State added to its lead with a one-yard rushing touchdown from D.J. Harper at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The 35-14 tally would stand until Murray would find true freshman Malcolm Mitchell for a 51-yard pass for his first career touchdown with 10:15 remaining in the fourth quarter to bring the score to 35-21 in favor of the Broncos. Junior linebacker Christian Robinson led the Bulldogs with a career-high 13 tackles followed by sophomore linebacker Jarvis Jones making his Bulldog debut with 11 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for a loss.
Boise State 7 7 14 7 = 35 Georgia 7 0 7 7 = 21 GA-Brandon Boykin 80 yd run (Blair Walsh kick), 08:39 1Q BSU-Matt Miller 17 yd pass from Kellen Moore (Dan Goodale kick), 03:02 1Q BSU-Kyle Efaw 12 yd pass from Kellen Moore (D. Goodale kick), 00:48 2Q BSU-Doug Martin 7 yd run (D. Goodale kick), 11:01 3Q BSU- Tyler Shoemaker 3 yd pass from Kellen Moore (D. Goodale kick), 03:10 3Q GA-Orson Charles 36 yd pass from Aaron Murray (B. Walsh kick), 1:19 3Q BSU-D.J. Harper 1 yd run (D. Goodale kick), 11:37 4Q GA-Malcom Mitchell 51 yd pass from A. Murray (B. Walsh kick), 10:15 4Q Game Statistics BSU First Downs 24 Rushing: Att.-Yards 37-129 Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 28-34-261-1 Total Plays-Total Net Yards 71-390 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-20 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 7-281 (40.1) Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 2-44 Time of Possession 33:46 Third Down Conversions 4-of-12 Fourth Down Conversions 0-of-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 6-33
UGA 13 31-137 16-29-236-1 60-373 2-0 7-50 5-239 (47.8) 5-110 26:14 2-of-13 1-of-4 0-0
STATISTICAL LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long BSU-Martin 24 57 1 9 UGA-Boykin 1 80 1 80 Passing BSU-Moore UGA-Murray
Att. Comp. Yds. TD 34 28 261 3 29 16 236 2
Receiving BSU-Miller UGA-Charles Punting BSU-Elkin UGA-Butler
Rec. Yds. TD Long 5 57 1 17 6 109 1 36 No. Yds. Avg. Long 7 281 40.1 51 5 239 47.8 56
Tackles UT AT Tot. UGA-Robinson 4 9 13 UGA-J. Jones 7 4 11 BSU-McCleelin 5 2 7
Worth Noting…
Coach Mark Richt said…
“They just beat us tonight - they were better than we were. I understand that and the players understand that. We’ve got a lot of work to do. Everybody is 0-0 in league play. The goal is to win the SEC Eastern Division - that’s not changing.”
• Game captains were Ben Jones, Brandon Boykin, DeAngelo Tyson and Drew Butler. • Senior cornerback Brandon Boykin got his first career play on offense halfway through the first quarter with an 80-yard touchdown run to put Georgia on the board, 7-0. • Junior cornerback Branden Smith had Georgia’s first interception of the 2011 season with 5:32 left in the second quarter. • Fourteen Bulldogs made their debut including true freshmen WR Malcolm Mitchell, TB Isaiah Crowell, CB Nick Marshall, CB Damian Swann, CB Chris Sanders, ILB Amarlo Herrera, redshirt freshmen S Marc Deas, S Connor Norman, ILB Kosta Vavlas, WR Michael Bennett, WR Michael Erdman and transfers N John Jenkins and OLB Jarvis Jones.
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