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Final Stats and Participation Report: Georgia 42 Florida 7

Florida's Chauncey Gardner (23) gives chase to Georgia's Nick Chubb (27)
Florida’s Chauncey Gardner (23) gives chase to Georgia’s Nick Chubb (27)

 

The Georgia Bulldogs improved to 8-0 overall on the season and 5-0 in SEC play with an impressive 42-7 win over rival Florida on Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville, FL. Let’s take a look at the final stats and participation report from the 96th-annual Georgia-Florida game.
 

Those Dawgs Do Run

The Bulldogs entered the Georgia-Florida contest averaging 282.86 yards per game, and the Gators were not able to slow them down. Georgia had six rushers amassed 292 yards on the ground on 35 carries averaging 8.3 yards per carry. Three different tailbacks punched the ball into the end zone for four touchdowns.

 

UGA’s leading rusher was senior Sony Michel who scorched Florida for 137 yards and 2 scores on 6 attempts, averaging a whopping 22.8 yards per carry. Fellow senior tailback Nick Chubb was the next leading rusher for the Bulldogs. No. 27 ran for 78 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries, averaging 5.9 per attempt.

 

Sophomore Elijah Holyfield was almost as explosive as Sony Michel, making the most of his 4 touches to put 49 yards and a touchdown. Holyfield averaged 12.3 yards per carry. Sophomore Brian Herrien also had 6 carries for 13 yards and Jake Fromm ran 13 yards on 1 carry off of an RPO.
 
 

Bulldog freshman tailback D'Andre Swift (7) takes a Jake Fromm pass 39-yards down to the Gator 6-yard line for a 1st down and goal in the first quarter of Saturday's Georgia-Florida game.
Bulldog freshman tailback D’Andre Swift (7) takes a Jake Fromm pass 39-yards down to the Gator 6-yard line for a 1st down and goal in the first quarter of Saturday’s Georgia-Florida game.

 

Georgia Only Attempts 7 Passes

 
True freshman D’Andre Swift had a tough time finding running room on his 4 carries, only gaining 9 yards, but he was explosive as a receiver. Swift was the leading receiver for the Bulldogs with 3 catches for 84 yards. The only other player to catch a pass was senior Javon Wims, but it was a big 17-yard TD reception.

 

And those were the only four receptions for the whole game believe it or not. Freshman Jake Fromm only attempted 7 passes on the night complete four of them to Swift and Wims. He did throw one interception. The Georgia offensive line played well in pass protection and did not allow a sack.
 

3-for-8 on 3rd Down… Nizialek says ‘No Problem’

 
Georgia found themselves in a third-down situation on 8 different occasions and was able to convert 3 of them for first downs. When Cameron Nizialek was called on to punt, he flipped the field in the Bulldogs favor. Nizialek punted the ball 4 times, averaging 46.5 per punt, and he had a two that went over 50 yards, one of which he boomed for 55-yards.

 

Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship was again solid. He placed 4 of his 7 kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks and was a perfect 6-for-6 on PATs.
 
 

Lorenzo Carter
Lorenzo Carter

 

Defense Continues to Dominate

 
Florida came into the game averaging 351.2 yards of total offense and approximately 170 yards on the ground per game. The Georgia defense was able to hold the Gators to only 249 yards of total offense, but Florida to have some success running the ball on the Bulldogs.

 

Florida finished with 183 yards on the ground, which is the most given up by Georgia all season so far, on 41 attempts, averaging 4.5 yards per carry. Lamical Perine was the leading rusher for the Gators with 13 carries for 93 yards, averaging 5.8 yards per carry.

 

But the defense did not allow Florida to capitalize on the positive gains the Gators had on the ground. Georgia held the Gators to a season-low 66-yards through the air on 10-for-25 passing, forcing Feleipe Franks to throw 1 interception. Florida had only 1 pass completed over 10 yards, a 17-yarder to Freddie Swain.

 

Georgia’s third-down defense was stout, allowing the Gators to only convert 4-of-15, and the Bulldogs stuffed both of Florida’s fourth-down attempts.

 

Senior outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter was the leading tackler with the Bulldogs with 9 including a tackle for a loss and a sack. Junior linebacker Roquan Smith and redshirt sophomore J.R. Reed had 8 stops apiece. Reed also had 1/2 a sack and a fumble recovery for a touchdown in the third-quarter to put the Bulldogs up 35-0.

 

Speaking of sacks. Georgia came into the game with only 10 on the season in 7 games. The Bulldogs had five total sacks on the day and seemed to live in the Gators backfield at times.

 

Senior safety Dominic Sanders grabbed his 15th-career interception when he picked off a Feleipe Franks pass in the first quarter, returning it upfield for 13-yards to the Florida 29.
 
 

Bulldog fans enjoy a 42-7 romp over the Gators in the 96th-annual Georgia-Florida game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. (Photo: Cheri and Vance Leavy/ Bulldawg Illustrated)
Bulldog fans enjoy a 42-7 romp over the Gators in the 96th-annual Georgia-Florida game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017.
(Photo: Cheri and Vance Leavy/ Bulldawg Illustrated)

 

Georgia Exorcises Jacksonville Demons

 
With the 42-7 win, Georgia ended Florida’s three-game winning streak. It was the largest margin of victory in the series since the Bulldogs defeated the Gators 44-0 in 1982. Georgia now moves to 51-43-2 overall in the series.
 

Up Next

 
The Georgia Bulldogs return home to Athens between the hedges next Saturday to host (6-2) South Carolina on November 4th. The Dogs versus the Gamecocks will be televised on CBS and is set for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.
 

FINAL STATS AND PARTICIPATION REPORT

 
 

Team Statistics
Statistic UGA UF
FIRST DOWNS
Total 14 15
Rushing 10 9
Passing 4 6
Penalty 0 0
RUSHING
Total (Net) 292 183
Attempts 35 41
Avg. Per Rush 8.3 4.5
Rushing TDs 4 1
Yds. Gained 303 230
Yds. Lost 11 47
PASSING
Total (Net) 101 66
Comp.-Att.-Int. 471 10251
Avg. / Att. 14.4 2.6
Avg. / Comp. 25.3 6.6
TDs 1 0
TOTAL OFFENSE
Yards 393 249
Plays 42 66
Avg. / Play 9.4 3.8
Fumbles – Lost 00 21
Penalties – Yds. 740 1485
PUNTING
Punts – Yds. 4186 7381
Avg. / Punt 46.5 54.4
Inside 20 2 1
50+ Yds. 2 4
Touchbacks 0 2
Fair Catch 2 1
KICKOFFS
Total – Yds. 7455 2130
Avg. Yds. / Kickoff 65.0 65.0
Touchbacks 4 2
RETURNS
Punt: Total – Yds. – TDs 3240 100
Punt: Avg. / Return 8.0 0.0
Kickoff: Total – Yds. – TDs 0-0-0 3-68-0
Kickoff: Avg. / Return 0 22.7
INT: Total – Yds. – TDs 1130 120
Fumble: Total – Yds. – TDs 1-3-1 0-0-0
MISCELLANEOUS
Misc. Yards 0 0
Poss. Time 25:05 34:55
3rd. Down Conv. 3 of 8 4 of 15
4th. Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 2
Red-Zone: Scores – Chances 22 12
Sacks: Total – Yds. 546 00
PAT: Total – Made 66 11
Field Goals: Total – Made 0-0 0-0

 

Offensive

UGA – Passing
Player Cmp Att. Yds. TD INT Long Sack
Jake Fromm 4 7 101 1 1 39 0
TOTALS 4 7 101 1 1 39 0
UF – Passing
Player Cmp Att. Yds. TD Int. Long Sack
Malik Zaire 3 6 36 0 0 17 0
Feleipe Franks 7 19 30 0 1 8 5
TOTALS 10 25 66 0 1 17 5
UGA – Rushing
Player Att. Gain Loss Net TD Lg. Avg.
Sony Michel 6 141 4 137 2 74 22.8
Nick Chubb 13 78 1 77 1 22 5.9
Elijah Holyfield 4 49 0 49 1 39 12.3
Jake Fromm 1 13 0 13 0 13 13.0
Brian Herrien 6 13 3 10 0 4 1.7
D’Andre Swift 4 9 1 8 0 7 2.0
TEAM 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0
TOTALS 35 303 11 292 4 74 8.3
UF – Rushing
Player Att. Gain Loss Net TD Lg. Avg.
Lamical Perine 16 93 0 93 0 29 5.8
Mark Thompson 6 38 0 38 1 25 6.3
Malik Zaire 2 30 0 30 0 27 15.0
Malik Davis 4 20 0 20 0 8 5.0
Adarius Lemons 3 18 0 18 0 11 6.0
Kadarius Toney 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0
Feleipe Franks 9 31 46 -15 0 15 -1.7
TOTALS 41 230 47 183 1 29 4.5
UGA – Receiving
Player Rec. Yds. TD Long
D’Andre Swift 3 84 0 39
Javon Wims 1 17 1 17
TOTALS 4 101 1 39
UF – Receiving
Player Rec. Yds. TD Long
Freddie Swain 1 17 0 17
Mark Thompson 2 17 0 11
Dre Massey 2 15 0 8
Kadarius Toney 1 8 0 8
Malik Davis 1 6 0 6
Tyrie Cleveland 1 5 0 5
Brandon Powell 1 -1 0 0
DeAndre Goolsby 1 -1 0 0
TOTALS 10 66 0 17

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