Georgia was one of the few teams in the SEC East that was victorious in its first game of the 2019 season, as it took down the Commodores, 30-6. The win was the 14th straight for the Dawgs over a division opponent.
Murray State is in town, and the only other time Georgia has faced the Racers was back in 1945. The Bulldogs won 49-0 to start that season.
Georgia dominated the running game last week, tallying 323 yards. It was the ninth time in 43 games under Kirby Smart that the Bulldogs have reached 300 or more yards.
All six ball carriers for the Dawgs last week averaged five or more yards per attempt, and three of them averaged over ten yards an attempt.
D’Andre Swift had 16 attempts, one short of his career-high, and finished with 147 yards on the ground. It was his fifth career 100-yard rushing game of his career. Here are those five.
As we pointed out last week, Swift entered the season in 20th place all-time on Georgia’s career rush list. This past week he passed Kregg Lumpkin, Charley Trippi, and Andy Johnson, and now sits 18th all-time. Here are the next few in his path:
Brian Herrien needs just 12 yards to reach the 1,000-yard mark for his career. He will become the 51st Georgia player to reach that total. The senior had his first career start last week against Vanderbilt.
James Cook scored his third career touchdown, but his first against an SEC team.
Zamir White netted 51 yards on five attempts for his first action as a collegian. Three of his carries went for over ten yards.
Wide receivers Demetris Robertson and Tyler Simmons combined for 39 yards rushing. Last season Georgia wide receivers had 384 rush yards combined and three scores via the ground.
Jake Fromm had a solid game against the Commodores, completing 15-of-23 passes for 156 yards and a score. He has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 29 of 30 games in his collegiate career. (In 2018, vs. Tennessee, he did not.) In 19 of 30 games, he has thrown zero interceptions.
With his 15 completions, he became the seventh Georgia quarterback to have over 400 in his career (402).
Fromm has thrown just 13 interceptions in 620 pass attempts. That 2.1 interception percentage is the lowest by any Bulldog with over 600 career pass attempts. This record can change often during the season. David Greene had the record at 2.2 percent.
Here's another impressive list that Fromm is climbing quite fast and as you can see last week he passed another former impressive Bulldog.
Receiving wise, Demetris Robertson had his first three receptions as a Bulldog, and the first one went for a touchdown. That means his first ever rush for Georgia was a touchdown (2018), and his first ever catch for Georgia went for a touchdown (2019).
Other transfers Lawrence Cager (2) and Eli Wolf (1) had catches for the Dawgs this past week. Wolf also made a great block at the goal line to help give Georgia a touchdown.
Speaking of tight ends, Charlie Woerner had two receptions, and it was the third straight game in which he had multiple catches.
Kearis Jackson also had two receptions before he injured his hand.
Speaking of injuries, it was learned on Wednesday that offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson injured his leg in practice. Although the offensive line position is stacked, only six Bulldogs have any starting experience among that group.
On the defensive side of things, it has been noted that Vandy scored just six points last Saturday. It was the ninth time under Kirby Smart that Georgia has held an opponent under ten points. Last season it happened twice, but the season before, it happened five times.
The Commodores had 116 yards on the ground and 109 through the air. This was the third time under Smart that Georgia has held an SEC opponent under 120 yards in BOTH rushing AND passing. The other two victims were Vanderbilt in 2016 and Tennessee in 2017.
On special teams, Rodrigo Blankenship was once again perfect kicking the ball. He was 3-for-3 on field goals and on extra points. His three field goals gives him 56 in his career, tying him with the great Rex Robinson for sixth place on Georgia’s all-time list. Here is that impressive list:
His 157 extra points is third all-time at Georgia behind Morgan (215) and Walsh (184).
As you know, this Saturday, Sanford Stadium will have its field named after former Georgia football head coach and Athletic Director Vince Dooley. Dooley led the Bulldogs on the field from 1964 to 1988. His 201 wins and six conference titles are still top totals for the Dawgs. As for SEC ranks, he ranks third or tied for third in both.