GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: GEORGIA (4-2) at VANDERBILT (3-2)

NCAAF: GEORGIA at VANDERBILT

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GEORGIA (24) 7 0 7 6 20
VANDERBILT 3 14 0 0 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GEORGIA - TD, SEAN BAILEY 32 YD PASS FROM
MATTHEW STAFFORD (BRANDON
COUTU KICK), 6:47. GEORGIA 7-0
VANDERBILT - FG, BRYANT HAHNFELDT 21 YD, 13:55.
GEORGIA 7-3
2ND QUARTER: VANDERBILT - TD, SEAN WALKER 15 YD RUN (BRYANT
HAHNFELDT KICK), 5:51.
VANDERBILT 10-7
VANDERBILT - TD, SEAN WALKER 16 YD PASS FROM
MACKENZI ADAMS (BRYANT
HAHNFELDT KICK), 12:24.
VANDERBILT 17-7
3RD QUARTER: GEORGIA - TD, BRANNAN SOUTHERLAND 1 YD RUN
(BRANDON COUTU KICK), 4:09.
VANDERBILT 17-14
4TH QUARTER: GEORGIA - FG, BRANDON COUTU 31 YD, 8:48.
GEORGIA 17-17
GEORGIA - FG, BRANDON COUTU 37 YD, 15:00.
GEORGIA 20-17</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at VANDERBILT

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GEORGIA (24) 7 0 7 6 20
VANDERBILT 3 14 0 0 17 FINAL

GEORGIA-TD, S Bailey 32 YD PASS FROM M Stafford (B Coutu
KICK) 6:47 1st Qtr
VANDERBILT-FG, B Hahnfeldt 21 YD 13:55 1st Qtr
VANDERBILT-TD, S Walker 15 YD RUN (B Hahnfeldt KICK) 5:51
2nd Qtr
VANDERBILT-TD, S Walker 16 YD PASS FROM M Adams (B Hahnfeldt
KICK) 12:24 2nd Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, B Southerland 1 YD RUN (B Coutu KICK) 4:09
3rd Qtr
GEORGIA-FG, B Coutu 31 YD 8:48 4th Qtr
GEORGIA-FG, B Coutu 37 YD 15:00 4th Qtr


GEORGIA VANDERBILT
First downs 17 14
Rushed-yards 35-167 38-179
Passing yards 201 131
Sacked-yards lost 1-1 3-24
Return yards 8 35
Passes 16-31-0 9-15-0
Punts 7-44.1 6-44.2
Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2
Penalties-yards 6-41 4-16
Time of possession 30:59 29:01


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: GEORGIA-Knowshon Moreno 28-157, Kregg Lumpkin 2-6, Matthew
Stafford 4-3, Brannan Southerland 1-1. VANDERBILT-D.J. Moore 2-48,
Mackenzi Adams 14-46, Cassen Jackson-Garrison 7-20, Jared Hawkins
2-19, Jeff Jennings 6-18, Sean Walker 1-15, Chris Nickson 5-10, Alex
Washington 1-3.

PASSING: GEORGIA-Matthew Stafford 16-31-201- 0. VANDERBILT-Mackenzi
Adams 7-10-125- 0. Chris Nickson 2-5-6- 0.

RECEIVING: GEORGIA-Tony Wilson 4-57, Sean Bailey 2-39, Demiko Goodman
2-31, Tripp Chandler 2-24, Knowshon Moreno 2-18, Kris Durham 1-12,
Brannan Southerland 1-8, Kregg Lumpkin 1-7, Mohamed Massaquoi 1-5.
VANDERBILT-George Smith 2-58, Earl Bennett 3-31, Sean Walker 2-23,
Jared Hawkins 1-14, Cassen Jackson-Garrison 1-5.


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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Brandon Coutu helped Georgiaavoid being upset by Vanderbilt for the second straight year.

Coutu drilled a 37-yard field goal as time expired Saturday tolift the 24th-ranked Bulldogs to a 20-17 Southeastern Conferencetriumph over the Commodores.


Matthew Stafford completed 15-of-30 attempts for 190 yards andone touchdown for Georgia (5-2, 3-2 SEC East), which dropped a24-22 home decision to Vanderbilt last year on BryantHahnfeldt's 33-yard game-winning field goal.


Knowshon Moreno rushed for 152 yards - including 120 in thesecond half - for the Bulldogs, who suffered a 35-14 roadbeating to Tennessee last week and nearly dropped its seventhstraight game to an SEC East foe in this contest.


Stafford rallied Georgia down the stretch, orchestrating aneight-play, 70-yard drive to put Coutu in position to kick agame-tying 31-yard field goal with 6:12 remaining.

A sophomore, Stafford drove Georgia 74 yards in 10 plays to giveCoutu a chance to drill the game-winner.


Stafford had given Georgia the first lead of the game when hethrew a 33-yard TD pass to Sean Bailey at the 8:13 mark of thefirst quarter to put the Bulldogs up, 7-0.


However, backup quarterback Mackenzi Adams led Vanderbilt to 17answered points and a 17-7 halftime lead.


In the third quarter, Stafford led the Bulldogs on aneight-play, 70-yard drive that was capped by BrannanSoutherland's one-yard TD run, cutting the deficit to 17-14.

Adams, in relief of an ineffective Chris Nickson, completed7-of-10 attempts for 125 yards and a touchdown and also rushedfor 46 yards for Vanderbilt (3-3, 1-3 East), which has lost twostraight contests.

 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Brandon Coutu helped Georgiaavoid being upset by Vanderbilt for the second straight year.

Coutu drilled a 37-yard field goal as time expired Saturday tolift the 24th-ranked Bulldogs to a 20-17 Southeastern Conferencetriumph over the Commodores.


Matthew Stafford completed 15-of-30 attempts for 190 yards andone touchdown for Georgia (5-2, 3-2 SEC East), which dropped a24-22 home decision to Vanderbilt last year on BryantHahnfeldt's 33-yard game-winning field goal.


Knowshon Moreno rushed for 152 yards - including 120 in thesecond half - for the Bulldogs, who suffered a 35-14 roadbeating to Tennessee last week and nearly dropped its seventhstraight game to an SEC East foe in this contest.


"The offensive line played well in the second half, and Knowshonwas making them play that way," Georgia coach Mark Richt said."Knowshon was willing his way a couple of times, and was acatalyst in the second half."


Stafford rallied Georgia down the stretch, orchestrating aneight-play, 70-yard drive to put Coutu in position to kick agame-tying 31-yard field goal with 6:12 remaining.

A sophomore, Stafford drove Georgia 74 yards in 10 plays to giveCoutu a chance to drill the game-winner.


"I have complete confidence in Brandon," Richt said. "I thoughthe could have made the field goal when we were on the 40-yardline. I told him that he might have to kick it three times. Ididn't know if they were going to ice him or not."

Stafford had given Georgia the first lead of the game when hethrew a 33-yard TD pass to Sean Bailey at the 8:13 mark of thefirst quarter to put the Bulldogs up, 7-0.


However, backup quarterback Mackenzi Adams led Vanderbilt to 17unanswered points and a 17-7 halftime lead.


"It was a very disappointing loss for us tonight," Vanderbiltcoach Bobby Johnson said. "We felt like we played a pretty goodgame, but when you play teams like Georgia, you have to makeplays and do what you need to do to win."


In the third quarter, Stafford led the Bulldogs on aneight-play, 70-yard drive that was capped by BrannanSoutherland's one-yard TD run, cutting the deficit to 17-14.

"We were down 10 to a good football team," Richt said. "I'mproud of our players for coming back and I'm thankful for thevictory. We're looking forward to the bye coming up and hope wecan get healthy."


Adams, in relief of an ineffective Chris Nickson, completed7-of-10 attempts for 125 yards and a touchdown and also rushedfor 46 yards for Vanderbilt (3-3, 1-3 East), which has lost twostraight contests.


"I was prepared to come in and out," Adams said. "That was thegame plan and that's what we are going to do. You got to makeplays when you're on the field."


"We had a package that would suit Nickson well and a packagethat would suit Adams well," Johnson said. "Georgia played welldefensively. Adams played a good game and is a tough player.Nickson is a good QB, but he hasn't played a game whilecompletely healthy since the first week."