GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: GEORGIA (9-2) at GEORGIA TECH (7-4)

NCAAF: GEORGIA at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">NCAAF GEORGIA (6) 31
GEORGIA TECH 17 4:14 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at GEORGIA TECH

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GEORGIA TECH 17 3:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at GEORGIA TECH

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GEORGIA TECH 17 2:47 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">NCAAF GEORGIA (6) 31
GEORGIA TECH 17 1:08 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GEORGIA (6) 3 13 7 8 31
GEORGIA TECH 0 14 0 3 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GEORGIA - FG, BRANDON COUTU 45 YD, 14:02.
GEORGIA 3-0
2ND QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - TD, TASHARD CHOICE 12 YD RUN
(TRAVIS BELL KICK), 2:33.
GEORGIA TECH 7-3
GEORGIA - TD, MATTHEW STAFFORD 31 YD RUN
(BRANDON COUTU KICK), 5:34.
GEORGIA 10-7
GEORGIA TECH - TD, COLIN PEEK 17 YD PASS FROM
TAYLOR BENNETT (TRAVIS BELL
KICK), 13:00. GEORGIA TECH
14-10
GEORGIA - TD, MOHAMED MASSAQUOI 9 YD PASS
FROM MATTHEW STAFFORD (PAT
FAILED), 13:58. GEORGIA 16-14
3RD QUARTER: GEORGIA - TD, BRANNAN SOUTHERLAND 3 YD RUN
(ANDY BAILEY KICK), 13:20.
GEORGIA 23-14
4TH QUARTER: GEORGIA TECH - FG, TRAVIS BELL 44 YD, 0:50.
GEORGIA 23-17
GEORGIA - TD, THOMAS BROWN 32 YD RUN
(MATTHEW STAFFORD PASS TO
KENNETH HARRIS FOR TWO-POINT
CONVERSION), 3:53. GEORGIA
31-17</div>

 

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Georgia remained the hottest team in theSoutheastern Conference. Fortunately for Louisiana State, theBulldogs will not be participating in next week's conferencetitle game.


Matthew Stafford ran and passed for a touchdown and Thomas Brownrushed for 139 yards and a score Saturday as the sixth-rankedBulldogs downed Georgia Tech, 31-17, in a non-conference clash.

It was the sixth consecutive victory for Georgia (10-2), whichdefeated Kentucky last week to go 6-2 in SEC play. But Georgialost the SEC East Division tiebreaker to Tennessee, which posteda 35-14 triumph over the Bulldogs on October 6.


By virtue of their 52-50 quadruple-overtime win over Kentuckyearlier Saturday, the Volunteers clinched the East Divisioncrown by finishing SEC play with a 6-2 mark.


Tennessee will take on West Division champion LSU next week inthe SEC title game.


With their conference title hopes dashed, the Bulldogs stilltook care of business against the Yellow Jackets.


Trailing, 7-3, midway through the second quarter, Stafford brokeloose on a 31-yard scramble to put Georgia ahead, 10-7.

After Taylor Bennett threw a TD pass at the two-minute mark ofthe first half to give the Yellow Jackets a 14-10 advantage, theBulldogs answered with a six-play, 77-yard drive in less than aminute that resulted in Stafford's lone scoring throw toMohamed Massaquoi from nine yards out.


The ensuing extra point was missed, giving Georgia a 16-14 leadat halftime.


Stafford finished 14-of-29 for 214 yards for the Bulldogs, whohave won all seven meetings with the Yellow Jackets under coachMark Richt.


Following a 44-yard field goal from Travis Bell that trimmedGeorgia Tech's deficit to 23-17 in the fourth quarter, Browntook a toss play to the right side and exploded for a 32-yard TDrun.


Senior running back Tashard Choice delivered his eighth 100-yardperformance of the season, rushing for 134 yards on 25 carriesand a TD for Georgia Tech (7-5).

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at GEORGIA TECH

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
GEORGIA (6) 3 13 7 8 31
GEORGIA TECH 0 14 0 3 17 FINAL

GEORGIA-FG, B Coutu 45 YD 14:02 1st Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-TD, T Choice 12 YD RUN (T Bell KICK) 2:33 2nd Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, M Stafford 31 YD RUN (B Coutu KICK) 5:34 2nd
Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-TD, C Peek 17 YD PASS FROM T Bennett (T Bell
KICK) 13:00 2nd Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, M Massaquoi 9 YD PASS FROM M Stafford (PAT
FAILED) 13:58 2nd Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, B Southerland 3 YD RUN (A Bailey KICK) 13:20
3rd Qtr
GEORGIA TECH-FG, T Bell 44 YD 0:50 4th Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, T Brown 32 YD RUN (M Stafford PASS TO K
Harris FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION) 3:53 4th Qtr


GEORGIA GEORGIA TECH
First downs 20 22
Rushed-yards 39-218 39-136
Passing yards 214 179
Sacked-yards lost 1-7 5-33
Return yards 11 26
Passes 14-29-0 12-32-2
Punts 6-39.8 4-49.5
Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 7-75 7-70
Time of possession 30:01 29:59


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: GEORGIA-Thomas Brown 17-139, Knowshon Moreno 17-45, Matthew
Stafford 2-24, Shaun Chapas 1-8, Brannan Southerland 1-3, - Team
1-MINUS 1. GEORGIA TECH-Tashard Choice 25-134, Josh Nesbitt 6-29,
Jonathan Dwyer 2-2, Taylor Bennett 4-MINUS 14, Calvin Booker 2-MINUS
15.

PASSING: GEORGIA-Matthew Stafford 14-29-214- 0. GEORGIA TECH-Taylor
Bennett 9-27-137- 1. Calvin Booker 3-4-42- 0. Josh Nesbitt 0-1-0- 1.

RECEIVING: GEORGIA-Sean Bailey 3-85, Mohamed Massaquoi 6-74, Kris
Durham 1-23, Kenneth Harris 1-13, Shaun Chapas 1-10, Tripp Chandler
1-5, Brannan Southerland 1-4. GEORGIA TECH-Greg Smith 3-49, James
Johnson 2-42, Demaryius Thomas 2-32, Colin Peek 3-28, Correy Earls
2-28.


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ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Georgia remained the hottest team in theSoutheastern Conference. Fortunately for Louisiana State, theBulldogs will not be participating in next week's conferencetitle game.


Matthew Stafford ran and passed for a touchdown and Thomas Brownrushed for 139 yards and a score Saturday as the sixth-rankedBulldogs downed Georgia Tech, 31-17, in a non-conference clash.

It was the sixth consecutive victory for Georgia (10-2), whichdefeated Kentucky last week to go 6-2 in SEC play. But Georgialost the SEC East Division tiebreaker to Tennessee, which posteda 35-14 triumph over the Bulldogs on October 6.


By virtue of their 52-50 quadruple-overtime win over Kentuckyearlier Saturday, the Volunteers clinched the East Divisioncrown by finishing SEC play with a 6-2 mark.


Tennessee will take on West Division champion LSU next week inthe SEC title game.


"I wanted to go (to the title game)," Bulldogs safety KelinJohnson said. "I love playing a (challenging team), especiallyLSU. It didn't matter what they were ranked. I'd love to get aring on my finger. Ultimately, it didn't happen that way, butyou just have to count your blessings."


With their conference title hopes dashed, the Bulldogs stilltook care of business against the Yellow Jackets.


Trailing, 7-3, midway through the second quarter, Stafford brokeloose on a 31-yard scramble to put Georgia ahead, 10-7.

"I felt so slow on that," Stafford said. "I was running, and Iguess I had a decent fake and everybody took off with everybodyelse, so there was nobody there. It felt like it took me amonth to get into the end zone."


After Taylor Bennett threw a TD pass at the two-minute mark ofthe first half to give the Yellow Jackets a 14-10 advantage, theBulldogs answered with a six-play, 77-yard drive in less than aminute that resulted in Stafford's lone scoring throw toMohamed Massaquoi from nine yards out.


The ensuing extra point was missed, giving Georgia a 16-14 leadat halftime.


Stafford finished 14-of-29 for 214 yards for the Bulldogs, whohave won all seven meetings with the Yellow Jackets under coachMark Richt.


The winning streak over the Yellow Jackets is Georgia's longestin the bitter rivalry and just one shy of Georgia Tech'seight-win run from 1949-56, the longest by either team.

"It's kind of hard to take in right now, I'm 4-0 against them,"Brown said. "Growing up in the state of Georgia, I knew aboutthe heated rivalry, and I knew how much they despise us and viceversa.


"It's kind of a big statement for us to come out and play theway we played today and finish out the series 7-0 and anothersenior class coming through here and being 4-0 against GeorgiaTech."


Following a 44-yard field goal from Travis Bell that trimmedGeorgia Tech's deficit to 23-17 in the fourth quarter, Browntook a toss play to the right side and exploded for a 32-yard TDrun.


"I'm really happy for (Brown)," Richt said. "He's been workingso hard. He's had such a fine career, then Knowshon (Moreno)comes out of nowhere and took a lot of the thunder from hissenior year.


"Never once has (Brown) been resentful of it. It's nice to seethat he was able to have a big game in the final regular-seasongame of his career."


Senior running back Tashard Choice delivered his eighth 100-yardperformance of the season, rushing for 134 yards on 25 carriesand a TD for Georgia Tech (7-5).