2015 Game Summaries
Georgia 9, Missouri 6
#11 Florida 27, Georgia 3
Oct. 17, 2015 • Sanford Stadium - Athens
Oct. 31, 2015 • EverBank Field - Jacksonville, Fla.
• Marshall Morgan’s 34-yard field goal with 1:44 left, his third of the night, gave Georgia a narrow but badly-needed victory over Missouri before a sellout crowd of 92,746 at Sanford Stadium. • The Bulldogs won a game without scoring a touchdown for the first time since 1995, when they defeated Kentucky by a 12-3 tally in Athens. • The Bulldog defense held Missouri to just a pair of field goals on 48 plays and 164 yards. Georgia put the clamps on in the second half, holding Mizzou to just 37 yards in the game’s final 30 minutes. Mizzou made only three trips to the red zone for the game. One of those trips came in the opening minutes, when the Tigers intercepted Greyson Lambert and returned the ball to the 1-yard line. • Senior PK Marshall Morgan connected on a 29-yard field to tie the score at 3-all. He then knotted the score at 6-all at the end of the third quarter. He missed a 26-yarder with 5:40 left in the game. Then, he made a 34-yarder for a 9-6 edge with 1:44 left. It was Morgan’s second career game-winner to go with a 42-yarder to beat Tennessee in overtime in 2013 in Knoxville. • Freshman DT DaQuan Hawkins, freshman OLB Chuks Amaechi and senior SE Kenneth Towns all started for the first time. Georgia has had 14 first-time starters this year, including six freshmen. Senior OLB Jordan Jenkins did not play because of a hip flexor injury, ending his team-best streak of 32 consecutive starts. • Georgia freshman receiver Terry Godwin posted career highs with six catches for 78 yards (four for 64 in the opening half). He surpassed both numbers later in the season. Godwin also returned the first punts of his career and finished with 49 yards on three returns.
• Georgia’s offense was unable to find paydirt for the second consecutive game, and the Bulldogs committed five turnovers in dropping an SEC East divisional contest to Florida at EverBank Field in Jacksonville. • Junior QB Faton Bauta made his 1st career start and finished 15-for33 for 154 yards plus four interceptions. Before today, he had seen action in every game this year but had not attempted any passes. In his career, his only passing came in 2014 (4-for-5 for 48 yards in three games). • Florida scored 20 points off five Bulldog miscues (fumble recovery of a muffed punt in the end zone and four interceptions, one of them at the 5-yard line). Before this game, Georgia’s opponents had scored just 17 points off nine Bulldog turnovers. • Senior Malcolm Mitchell went over 2,000 receiving yards for his career after a 13-yard catch in the second quarter. He finished with four receptions for 60 yards. • Redshirt sophomore Brice Ramsey handled the punting duties for the first time this season and posted a 43.4 average on five punts. His first one went a career-long 50 yards. Before this game, the only time Ramsey had punted in his career was once against South Carolina this year, a 42-yarder. • Senior DT Sterling Bailey blocked Florida’s first PAT attempt. It marked Georgia’s first since the 2014 Ga. Tech game by Ray Drew. Florida led 20-0 at the half, which was the first time the Bulldogs had been held scoreless through the first two quarters since 2012 at South Carolina. Georgia attempted a fake punt in the 3rd quarter that was unsuccessful, its first fake since a successful one against Clemson in 2013 when Collin Barber scampered for five yards and a first down.
Missouri (4-3, 1-3) Georgia (5-2, 3-2)
Florida (7-1, 5-1) Georgia (5-3, 3-3)
3 0
3 3
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0 3
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6 9
GAME STATISTICS UGA
First Downs Rushing: Att.-Yards Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int Total Plays-Total Net Yards Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) Time of Possession Third Down Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Sacks By: Number-Yards
19 45-120 23-32-178-1 77-298 0-0 3-30 5-180(36.0) 1-28 38:55 9-of-19 0-of-1 4-16
individual LEADERS
Rushing UGA - Sony Michel MU - Russell Hansbrough Passing UGA - Greyson Lambert MU - Drew Lock Receiving UGA - Malcolm Mitchell MU - Nate Brown Punting UGA - Collin Barber MU - Corey Fatony Tackles UGA - Jake Ganus MU - Kentrell Brothers
14 0
0 3
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27 3
UF - Nick Washington, fumble recovery in end zone (Austin Hardin kick blocked), 0:00, 1Q UF - Antonio Callaway, 66-yard pass from Treon Harris (Hardin kick), 5:06, 2Q UF - Kelvin Taylor, 3-yard run (Hardin kick), 2:39 2Q GA - Marshall Morgan, 27-yard FG, 10:21 3Q UF - Kelvin Taylor, 16-yard run (Hardin kick), 7:10 4Q Weather: Sunny, 81 degrees, Wind: 8 mph E
MU - Andrew Baggett, 20-yard FG, 12:40 1Q GA - Marshall Morgan, 29-yard FG, 8:53 2Q MU - Andrew Baggett, 24-yard FG, 0:07 2Q GA - Marshall Morgan, 24-yard FG, 0:33 3Q GA - Marshall Morgan, 34-yard FG, 1:44 4Q Weather: Clear, 60 degrees, Wind 6 mph NW
6 0
UM
6 22-21 11-26-143-0 48-164 2-1 4-27 7-320(45.7) 3-41 (13.7) 21:05 2-of-13 0-of-1 2-12
Att. Yds. TD Long 26 87 0 10 11 24 0 5 Comp. Att. Yds. TD 23 32 178 0 11 26 143 0 Rec. Yds. TD Long 7 49 0 16 2 51 0 3 No. Yds. Avg. Long 5 180 36.0 40 7 320 45.7 59 UT AT Tot. 3 6 9 5 12 17
GAME STATISTICS UGA UF
First Downs Rushing: Att.-Yards Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int Total Plays-Total Net Yards Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards (Avg.) Time of Possession Third Down Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Sacks By: Number-Yards
12 22-69 15-34-154-4 56-223 1-1 3-20 5-217 (43.4) 3-75 (25.0) 23:09 2-of-12 0-of-2 2-7
15 48-258 8-19-155-0 67-413 2-1 8-74 5-189 (37.8) 2-25 (12.5) 36:51 7-of-16 0-of-1 1-3
individual LEADERS
Rushing UGA - Sony Michel UF - Kelvin Taylor Passing UGA - Faton Bauta UF - Treon Harris Receiving UGA - Malcolm Mitchell UF - Antonio Callaway Punting UGA - Brice Ramsey UF - Johnny Townsend Tackles UGA - Davin Bellamy UF - Antonio Morrison
Att. Yds. TD Long 13 45 0 10 25 121 2 23 Comp. Att. Yds. TD 15 33 154 0 8 19 155 1 Rec. Yds. TD Long 4 60 0 29 3 110 1 66 No. Yds. Avg. Long 5 217 43.4 50 5 189 37.8 43 UT AT Tot. 2 5 7 4 2 6
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