UGA Bowl History
Bowl game recaps
Bulldogs Blast Hawai’i To Win 2008 Sugar Bowl
The Bulldogs trounced previously undefeated Hawai’i 41-10 in the Sugar Bowl on New Years night from the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, La. This was the most points the Bulldogs have ever scored in a bowl game as well as their largest margin of victory in a bowl game. Georgia struck early against the Warriors, starting with a Knowshon Moreno 17-yard touchdown run with 9:42 in the first quarter. Moreno also had an 11-yard scoring run late in the first period. Early in the second half, defensive end Marcus Howard sacked Warrior quarterThomas Brown back Colt Brennan on the goal line and recovered Brennan’s fumble on the play for a TD, the first of his career. Thomas Brown got in on the scoring action with a one-yard scamper in the third quarter, and QB Matthew Stafford got into the books with an 11-yard TD pass to Sean Bailey midway through the second quarter.
Hawai’i 3 0 0 Georgia 14 10 14
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GA-Knowshon Moreno 17-yard run, 9:42 1Q UH-Dan Kelly 41-yard field goal, 4:20 1Q GA-Knowshon Moreno 11-yard run (Brandon Coutu PAT), 0:57 1Q GA-Brandon Coutu 52-yard field goal, 9:36 2Q GA-Sean Bailey 11-yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Coutu PAT), 8:00 2Q GA-Marcus Howard 0-yard fumble return (Coutu PAT), 8:57 3Q GA-Thomas Brown 1-yard run (Coutu PAT), 1:40 3Q GA- Brandon Coutu 45-yard field goal, 14:32 4Q UH- Ryan Grice-Mullen 16-yard pass from Tyler Graunke, 10:32 4Q
Bulldogs Notch 10th Win At 2009 Capital One Bowl
Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes in the final 18 minutes against Michigan State, as the Bulldogs posted a 24-12 Capital One Bowl victory in front of 59,681 fans and an ABC national television audience. The first half was ugly for Stafford, projected to be an early first-round NFL draft pick, and Georgia. He was just 6-for-14 with an interception in the first half and Michigan State (9-4) led 6-3. In the second half, he looked more like the quarterback NFL teams covet. He completed 14 of his Matthew Stafford final 17 throws, including three TD passes. Stafford started the comeback by directing a 10-play, 96-yard drive midway through the third quarter. He went 6-for-6 for 92 yards and capped it with a 35-yard touchdown toss to Michael Moore. Stafford and Aron White hooked up on a 21-yard TD toss with 9 seconds left in the third quarter to put Georgia up 17-6.
Georgia 3 0 14 7 = 24 Michigan State 3 3 0 6 = 12 UGA-Blair Walsh 32 yd field goal, 9:26 1Q MSU-Brett Swenson 20 yd field goal, 4:50 1Q MSU-Swenson 32 yd field goal, 2:14 2Q UGA-Michael Moore 35 yd pass from Matthew Stafford (B. Walsh kick), 3:31 3Q UGA-Aron White 21 yd pass from M. Stafford (B. Walsh kick), :09 3Q MSU-Javon Ringer 1 yd run (Brian Hoyer pass failed), 8:50 4Q UGA-Knowshon Moreno 21 yd pass from M. Stafford (B. Walsh kick), 3:43 4Q
GAME STATISTICS Hawai’i Georgia First Downs 20 19 Rushing: Att.-Yards 18--5 40-160 Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 35-57-311-4 14-27-175-1 Total Plays-Total Net Yards 75-306 67-335 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 11-90 11-100 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 3-102 (34.0) 3-145-48.3 Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 7-175 3-128 Time of Possession 30:39 29:21
GAME STATISTICS Georgia MSU First Downs 19 16 Rushing: Att.-Yards 33-81 34-31 Passing: Comp.-Att.-Yds.-Int 20-31-250-1 22-39-205-1 Total Plays-Total Net Yards 64-331 73-236 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 7-53 5-50 Punts: Number-Yards (Avg.) 5-237 (47.4) 5-190 (38.0) Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 4-78 4-88 Time of Possession 30:00 30:00
TEAM STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long Pilares (UH) 7 31 0 11 Brown (UGA) 19 77 1 20 Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD Brennan (UH) 38 22 169 0 Stafford (UGA) 27 14 175 1 Receiving Rec. Yds. TD Long Rivers (UH) 10 105 0 21 Massaquoi (UGA) 5 54 0 16 Tackles UT AT Tot. Patek (UH) 7 2 9 Allen (UGA) 6 3 9
TEAM STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds. TD Long Moreno (UGA) 23 62 0 10 Ringer (MSU) 20 47 1 7 Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD Stafford (UGA) 31 20 250 3 Hoyer (MSU) 34 18 169 0 Receiving Rec. Yds. TD Long Moore (UGA) 6 97 1 35 Cunningham (MSU) 6 52 0 16 Tackles UT AT Tot. Allen (UGA) 9 0 9 Jones (MSU) 8 4 12
2017 SEC Champions
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