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Published Jan 11, 2023
By The Numbers: CFP Championship vs. TCU
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Dave McMahon  •  UGASports
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0 – For the ninth time in 15 games, Georgia’s offensive line did not allow a sack.

2 – Kirby Smart became the fifth head coach to win at least two national championships at his alma mater.

2 – Ladd McConkey had a career-high two touchdown receptions. He had exactly one touchdown reception in ten other games.

2 – Branson Robinson had a career-high two touchdown rushes. He had just one touchdown rush in his first 11 games.

2 – Javon Bullard had two interceptions against TCU. They were the first two picks of his career.

3 of 5 – Georgia’s defense had five sacks, and three of those five sacks were accomplished by freshmen.

4 – Georgia now claims four National Championships (1942, in which six polls gave Georgia the title, as well as 1980, 2021, and 2022).

4 – Stetson Bennett was named the Offensive MVP of the CFP Championship. He became the first player to be named the offensive MVP in four different CFP Games.

5 – Twenty-six Bulldogs had at least one tackle, and Smael Mondon, Jr. led all the Dawgs with five in the game.

5-0 – Georgia improved its overall record to a perfect 5-0 against TCU all-time, with two of the victories coming in seasons when the Bulldogs won the National Championship (1980 and 2022).

6 – Bennett was responsible for six touchdowns (four passing, two rushing). That ties him with LSU’s Joe Burrow for the most in a CFP Championship game. It also ties him with D.J. Shockley for most touchdown responsibility in any game (Shockley had his against Boise State in 2005).

7 – TCU scored just seven points against Georgia. It was the first time the Horned Frogs scored in single digits since the 2020 game at West Virginia.

8 x 3 – Bennett, Kenny McIntosh, and Kendall Milton all finished the season with eight or more rushing touchdowns. The Bulldogs are the only FBS team to have three different players with at least eight rushing touchdowns this season.

9-of-13 – Georgia was successful on 9-of-13 third down conversions. The week prior, TCU held Michigan to just 3-of-13.

10 – Bennett had two rushing touchdowns in the game, to give him ten on the season. It is the most by a Bulldog quarterback since Ray Goff had ten back in 1976.

10 – Not counting the end of game kneel-downs, the Bulldogs scored points on ten of 11 possessions, including nine touchdowns.

10 and 10 – Bennett and McIntosh ended up tying for the team lead with ten touchdown rushes apiece. This is the third time in the 2000s that two Georgia players have had ten or more rushing touchdowns in one season (2007 and 2017).

15-0 – Georgia finished the season a perfect 15-0. The 15 wins are the most in school history and the 15-0 record represents the third perfect season by any team since the late 1800s.

17 – Georgia has won 17 straight games. It ties the school’s longest win streak originally set from 1945 to 1947.

20 – Brock Bowers now has 20 touchdown receptions in his career. He is already tied for fourth all-time in Georgia history, with that number tying Fred Gibson and Chris Conley.

26 – Jack Podlesny connected on his only field goal attempt. He ended the season with 26, which ties him for third with Billy Bennett for most made in a season.

27 – Bennett’s four touchdown passes in the game gave him 27 for the season—the fifth highest ever by a Bulldog in a single season.

31 - Carson Beck also got in the act and threw for 31 yards in the game.

32 – The Bulldogs had 32 first downs (compared to the Horned Frogs’ nine). The 32 is a Georgia bowl record, passing the 27 previously set twice.

44 - As a team, Georgia set a record for 44 touchdown rushes this season. The old record was 42 set in 2017.

49-5 – The senior class set a school record with 49 wins during its era.

58 – McConkey finished the season with 58 receptions. That was second on the team this season, but it was tied for fifth most in a single season with Mohamed Massaquoi and Malcolm Mitchell.

58 – The 58-point margin of victory by the Dawgs was the largest margin ever in a bowl game, eclipsing the 56-point margin when Army defeated Houston in the 2018 Armed Forces Bowl (70-14).

60 – TCU had a 60-yard pass in the first quarter. That one play amassed nearly one third of the team’s 188 yards in the game.

63 – After Bowers’ game-high seven receptions, he ends the season with 63. That is the second most by a Bulldog in a single season trailing just Brice Hunter’s 76 in 1993.

65 – Georgia scored its most points ever in a bowl game by putting up 65 against TCU. The previous record was 54 points against Oklahoma in the 2018 Rose Bowl.

65.1 – Bennett finished his career completing 65.1 percent of his passes, setting a Georgia record, breaking the one previously held by Hutson Mason.

82.43 – Podlesny finished his career, making 82.4 percent of his field goals (61-for-74). That percentage is the second highest ever by a Georgia kicker. Rodrigo Blankenship finished at 82.47.

151 – Podlesny added 11 points on Monday and finished with 151 on the season. The 151 is a Georgia record, and he finished one point shy of tying the SEC record held by Cade York of LSU in 2019.

188 – The Horned Frogs amassed 188 yards of total offense against the Bulldogs. TCU came into the game averaging just over 474 yards per game.

310 - Bennett had 18 completions in the game and now has 310 for the season. He became the first Bulldog to pass for over 300 completions in a season.

501.1 – Georgia gained 589 total yards against TCU. With that total, Georgia finished fifth in the nation, averaging 501.1 scrimmage yards per game. It was the highest average ever by a Bulldog team, eclipsing the 484.2 mark set in 2013.

589 – Georgia had 589 yards of total offense in the game. That tied the school record of 589 against Nebraska in the 2013 Capital One Bowl.

4,127 – Bennett passed Aaron Murray and now holds the Georgia single-season mark for most yards passing with 4,127 yards. He also became the eighth quarterback in SEC history to pass the 4,000-yard total.

8,428 – Bennett ended his career with 8,428 yards passing. He passed Jake Fromm during the game and now stands in fourth place all-time in team history.

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