2017 Season Review
game summaries
#7 Georgia 42, Kentucky 13
Nov. 18, 2017 • Sanford Stadium - Athens, Ga. ATHENS, Ga. - Senior running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel combined for 238 yards and five touchdowns to lead the seventh-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 42-13 win against Kentucky in the 2017 home finale at Sanford Stadium. The Southeastern Conference Eastern Division champion Bulldogs improved to 10-1 overall and 7-1 in the SEC. This squad also became the first Georgia team to go undefeated in a season against the rest of the SEC East with a perfect 6-0 mark. With Saturday’s win on Senior Day, the current Georgia senior class improved to 38-12 in their careers, including an unblemished record at home this season. Freshman quarterback Jake Fromm threw an interception on Georgia’s first possession of the game, setting the Wildcats up deep in Bulldog territory. Kentucky capitalized on the opportunity with a 37-yard field goal from Austin MacGinnis. The Bulldogs could get nothing going on their next offensive series, until Kentucky roughed punter Cameron Nizialek to give Georgia a fresh set of downs at its own 34-yard line. Fromm marched his team down the field on a 12-play, 75 yard drive, capped by an eight-yard touchdown rush by Chubb. Blake Bone hauled in a 45-yard pass on UK’s next possession to set up another field goal - this time a 35-yarder form MacGinnis to put the score at 7-6 in the Bulldogs’ favor at the end of the first quarter. Georgia’s offense started clicking in the second quarter as the Bulldogs put together two scoring drives to take a 21-6 lead at the half. One score came through the air and the other on the ground when Javon Wims caught a 27-yard TD pass from Fromm and Michel bounced outside for a 37-yard TD rush. Chubb was not done. The Bulldog senior surged over left tackle to start the fourth quarter and raced 55 yards down the field to put him over 1,000 yards for the season as Georgia went up 35-13. Michel added another touchdown early in the fourth quarter and the Bulldogs left Sanford Stadium with a 42-13 victory.
Coach Kirby Smart said… “What a great way for these seniors to go out – winning the SEC East by going undefeated against the East,” head coach Kirby Smart said. “Our seniors have given us tremendous leadership, and I’m happy and proud of them. Our seniors have set the standard and our young players have bought in. It helps to have such great leadership.”
SCORING SUMMARY
Kentucky (7-4, 4-4) Georgia (10-1, 7-1)
6 7
0 14
7 0 = 7 14 =
13 42
UK - Austin MacGinnis, 37-yard field goal, 9:40, 1Q UGA - Nick Chubb, 8-yard run (Blankenship kick), 3:19, 1Q UK - Austin MacGinnis, 35-yard field goal, 0:11, 1Q UGA - Javon Wims, 27-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick), 4:56, 2Q UGA - Sony Michel, 37-yard run (Blankenship kick), 1:51, 2Q UK - Benny Snell, 1-yard run (MacGinnis kick), 11:29, 3Q UGA - Sony Michel, 8-yard run, 8:16, 3Q UGA - Nick Chubb, 55-yard run (Blankenship kick), 14:17, 4Q UGA - Sony Michel, 4-yard run (Blankenship kick), 10:59, 4Q Weather: Overcast, 68 degrees with a 9-mph wind.
team STATISTICS
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
UGA UK 25 17 44-381 37-124 9-14-123-1 12-23-138-1 58-504 60-262 0-0 1-0 7-59 2-30 2-96 (48.0) 5-211 (42.2) 2-61 (30.5) 3-69 (23.0) 30:20 29:40 4 of 8 4 of 13 0 of 0 1 of 2 3-13 1-3
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long UGA - Nick Chubb 15 151 2 55 UK - Benny Snell 22 94 1 12 Passing Comp. Att. Yds. TD UGA - Jake Fromm 9 14 123 1 UK - Stephen Johnson 12 22 138 0 Receiving Rec. Yds. TD Long UGA - Javon Wims 6 83 1 27 UK - Blake Bone 1 45 0 45 Punting No. Yds. Avg. Long UGA - Cameron Nizialek 2 96 48.0 51 UK - Matt Panton 5 211 42.2 46 Tackles UT AT Tot. UGA - Roquan Smith 5 4 9 UK - Darius West 6 1 7
Worth Noting…
D’Andre Walker forced a Stephen Johnson fumble on this third-quarter sack during Georgia’s win over Kentucky.
2017 SEC Champions
• Along with going undefeated in the SEC East, Georgia also became the first team to go undefeated in Sanford Stadium (6-0) in a season since 2012. • Chubb became only the second Bulldog running back in history (Herschel Walker) to rush for 1,000 or more yards in three different seasons after finishing with 15 carries for 151 yards, including scoring runs of eight and a season-long 55 yards. His two touchdowns give him 45 TDs in his career (team-leading 12th of the year), moving him to second behind Herschel Walker (52). Chubb has now scored two touchdowns in a game 14 times and gone over the 100-yard mark 23 times in his career. At this point in the season, Chubb has rushed for 1,045 yards. • Sony Michel finished with 87 yards on 12 carries with three scores. He stands tied for fifth on Georgia’s all-time all-purpose yards with 3,834 yards. Michel’s first scoring run came at the end of a 12-play, 75-yard drive that lasted 6:21, which is Georgia’s longest TD drive of the year. • The Georgia defense held Kentucky to just six points on two field goals and 140 yards (53 on the ground) in the first half and UK added only a touchdown in the second half and finished with 262 yards of total offense. UK came in averaging 27.9 points/game and 361 yards of total offense. The Wildcats were 3-for-12 (25%) on third downs.
2017 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Guide
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