GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: GEORGIA (5-2) at FLORIDA (5-2)

NCAAF: GEORGIA at FLORIDA

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NCAAF GEORGIA (20) 42
FLORIDA (9) 30 0:37 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at FLORIDA

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NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GEORGIA (20) 14 7 7 14 42
FLORIDA (9) 7 10 7 6 30 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: GEORGIA - TD, KNOWSHON MORENO 1 YD RUN
(BRANDON COUTU KICK), 9:00.
GEORGIA 7-0
FLORIDA - TD, LOUIS MURPHY 40 YD PASS FROM
TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS KICK),
10:21. GEORGIA 7-7
GEORGIA - TD, MOHAMED MASSAQUOI 84 YD PASS
FROM MATTHEW STAFFORD (BRANDON
COUTU KICK), 11:20. GEORGIA
14-7
2ND QUARTER: FLORIDA - TD, WONDY PIERRE-LOUIS 25 YD
INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOEY
IJJAS KICK), 0:19. GEORGIA
14-14
FLORIDA - FG, JOEY IJJAS 43 YD, 7:49.
FLORIDA 17-14
GEORGIA - TD, KNOWSHON MORENO 10 YD RUN
(BRANDON COUTU KICK), 13:12.
GEORGIA 21-17
3RD QUARTER: GEORGIA - TD, BRANNAN SOUTHERLAND 1 YD PASS
FROM MATTHEW STAFFORD (BRANDON
COUTU KICK), 2:58. GEORGIA
28-17
FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 2 YD RUN (JOEY IJJAS
KICK), 7:38. GEORGIA 28-24
4TH QUARTER: GEORGIA - TD, MIKEY HENDERSON 53 YD PASS
FROM MATTHEW STAFFORD (BRANDON
COUTU KICK), 3:57. GEORGIA
35-24
FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 3 YD RUN 5:20.
GEORGIA 35-30
GEORGIA - TD, KNOWSHON MORENO 3 YD RUN
(BRANDON COUTU KICK), 11:06.
GEORGIA 42-30</div>

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at FLORIDA

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** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
GEORGIA (20) 42
FLORIDA (9) 30 FINAL</div>

 

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Knowshon Moreno shreddedFlorida's suddenly suspect defense.


Moreno rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carriesSaturday as 20th-ranked Georgia defeated No. 9 Florida, 42-30,on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference contest.


Moreno scored on TDs runs of one, 10 and three yards as theBulldogs (6-2, 4-2 SEC East) defeated the defending nationalchampions for just the third time since 1990. Florida had won 15of the previous 17 meetings between the rivals, losing only in1997 and 2004.


In his last two games, Moreno has rushed for 345 yards. Thefreshman ran for 157 yards two weeks ago in a 20-17 victory atVanderbilt.


Matthew Stafford tossed three touchdowns passes for Georgia,which likely ended Florida's SEC title hopes. Stafford onlycompleted 11-of-18 passes for 217 yards, but his 53-yard TDstrike to Mikey Henderson gave Georgia a 35-24 lead with 11:03remaining.


The Gators (5-3, 3-3 SEC East) suffered their third loss inconference play, and only two teams have reached the SECchampionship game with three defeats - Louisiana State in 2001and Arkansas in 2002.


Florida has yielded 79 points in its last two games, holding onfor a 45-37 victory over Kentucky last week.


The Gators closed to 35-30 with 9:40 remaining on a three-yardTD run by quarterback Tim Tebow, who played with a sore shoulderand was sacked six times.


But Florida could not stop Moreno and Georgia's ground game whenit mattered the most.


The Bulldogs put away the contest with an 11-play, 68-yard marchthat consumed nearly six minutes. Moreno's third score stakedGeorgia to a 42-30 lead with 3:54 remaining.

 

NCAAF: GEORGIA at FLORIDA

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NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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GEORGIA (20) 14 7 7 14 42
FLORIDA (9) 7 10 7 6 30 FINAL

GEORGIA-TD, K Moreno 1 YD RUN (B Coutu KICK) 9:00 1st Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, L Murphy 40 YD PASS FROM T Tebow (J Ijjas
KICK) 10:21 1st Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, M Massaquoi 84 YD PASS FROM M Stafford (B
Coutu KICK) 11:20 1st Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, W Pierre-Louis 25 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (J
Ijjas KICK) 0:19 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA-FG, J Ijjas 43 YD 7:49 2nd Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, K Moreno 10 YD RUN (B Coutu KICK) 13:12 2nd
Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, B Southerland 1 YD PASS FROM M Stafford (B
Coutu KICK) 2:58 3rd Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, T Tebow 2 YD RUN (J Ijjas KICK) 7:38 3rd Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, M Henderson 53 YD PASS FROM M Stafford (B
Coutu KICK) 3:57 4th Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, T Tebow 3 YD RUN 5:20 4th Qtr
GEORGIA-TD, K Moreno 3 YD RUN (B Coutu KICK) 11:06 4th
Qtr


GEORGIA FLORIDA
First downs 19 19
Rushed-yards 44-196 35-107
Passing yards 217 236
Sacked-yards lost 1-10 6-40
Return yards 36 28
Passes 11-18-1 14-22-0
Punts 2-36 3-43.7
Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2
Penalties-yards 7-77 7-68
Time of possession 32:26 27:34


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: GEORGIA-Knowshon Moreno 33-188, Jason Johnson 1-7, Brannan
Southerland 3-3, Matthew Stafford 4-3, - Team 3-MINUS 5. FLORIDA-Percy
Harvin 10-97, Brandon James 5-26, Kestahn Moore 3-20, Andre Caldwell
2-MINUS 5, Tim Tebow 13-MINUS 15, - Team 2-MINUS 16.

PASSING: GEORGIA-Matthew Stafford 11-18-217- 1. FLORIDA-Tim Tebow
14-22-236- 0.

RECEIVING: GEORGIA-Mohamed Massaquoi 1-84, Mikey Henderson 1-53, Andy
Bailey 3-44, Knowshon Moreno 2-17, Bruce Figgins 1-11, Jason Johnson
1-7, Brannan Southerland 2-1. FLORIDA-Jarred Fayson 3-62, Andre
Caldwell 4-56, Louis Murphy 3-49, Percy Harvin 2-41, Cornelius Ingram
1-27, Brandon James 1-1.


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JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Knowshon Moreno shreddedFlorida's suddenly suspect defense.


Moreno rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns on 33 carriesSaturday as 20th-ranked Georgia defeated No. 9 Florida, 42-30,on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference contest.


Moreno scored on TDs runs of 1, 10 and 3 yards as the Bulldogs(6-2, 4-2 SEC East) defeated the defending national championsfor just the third time since 1990. Florida had won 15 of theprevious 17 meetings between the rivals, losing only in 1997 and2004.


In his last two games, Moreno has rushed for 345 yards. Thefreshman ran for 157 yards two weeks ago in a 20-17 victory atVanderbilt.


"Every time we were in the red zone, we were scoringtouchdowns," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "I think we had agreat plan by our staff."


Moreno said he does not mind the heavy workload.


"As long as it is working out," he said. "Whatever works, Ithink we are going to do. We ran the ball well and when we hadto throw the ball, we threw the ball well."


Matthew Stafford tossed three touchdowns passes for Georgia,which likely ended Florida's SEC title hopes. Stafford onlycompleted 11-of-18 passes for 217 yards, but his 53-yard TDstrike to Mikey Henderson gave Georgia a 35-24 lead with 11:03remaining.


"We had a good game and everybody played tough," Stafford said."It was a good win for us."


And a bad loss for the Gators (5-3, 3-3 SEC East), who sufferedtheir third defeat in conference play. Only two teams havereached the SEC championship game with three defeats - LouisianaState in 2001 and Arkansas in 2002.


"Our goal remains the same - to compete, go as far as we can andto get better as the season goes on," Florida coach Urban Meyersaid.


But Florida has yielded 79 points in its last two games, holdingon for a 45-37 victory over Kentucky last week.


The 42 points today were the most given up by the Floridadefense in a regulation game under Meyer, who is in his thirdseason. The Gators also gave up 42 points to Vanderbilt in2005, but that game extended to two overtimes.


"It was a great game to watch, but a hard game to lose," Meyeradded.


The Gators closed to 35-30 with 9:40 remaining on a 3-yard TDrun by quarterback Tim Tebow, who played with a bruised shoulderand was sacked six times.


"It hurts," Tebow said of his shoulder. "There's some pain.But I wanted to do whatever the coaches wanted me to do."

But Florida could not stop Moreno and Georgia's ground game whenit mattered the most.


The Bulldogs put away the contest with an 11-play, 68-yard marchthat consumed nearly six minutes. Moreno's third score stakedGeorgia to a 42-30 lead with 3:54 remaining.


"Knowshon was awesome, but it wasn't just Knowshon," Richt said."I can't tell you how much fun it was in the clubhouse and Iwish everybody could have seen it."


Despite the sore shoulder and intense pressure, Tebow kept theGators in the game, completing 14-of-22 passes for 236 yards anda touchdown.


"He was not as mobile," Meyer said. "But it's only a bruise andhe's such a tough guy he wouldn't tell us if it was hurtinghim."


The sophomore rushed two for two touchdowns, giving him anNCAA-leading 12 among quarterbacks.


Each of Tebow's touchdowns came after the Bulldogs had opened11-point leads in the second half - 28-17 and 35-24. But theGators answered with scoring drives of their own after each ofTebow's TDs.


Florida's hopes ended when the Gators fumbled at the Bulldogs'11-yard line with 2:23 remaining.


The Gators grabbed their only lead at 17-14 on Joey Ijjas'43-yard field goal with 7:11 remaining in the first half.

But the Bulldogs took a 21-17 halftime lead on Moreno's 10-yardTD scamper with 1:48 left in the half.