Georgia improved to 10-0 for the first time since 1982. The Bulldogs also finished the regular season conference schedule a perfect 8-0 for the first time ever.
Here are those previous seasons in which the Dawgs went undefeated in conference play.
After defeating Tennessee, Kirby Smart improved to 5-1 against the Volunteers as head coach. He has a 30-5 record against the SEC East, including 27-2 in the last five seasons. Most of those matchups have not been close, as you can see below.
Stetson Bennett went 17-for-29 last Saturday, passing for 213 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 40 yards and a score. It was his first rushing touchdown this season. Despite that being his first, he has run for 233 yards. He is eighth among SEC quarterbacks in rushing yards this season, but in terms of Georgia quarterbacks, he has the fifth most in the last 25 seasons.
James Cook tied a career high with two rushing touchdowns, and Kenny McIntosh added his second rushing score of the season. It was the 14th time under Kirby Smart that at least three different Dawgs had a rushing touchdown in a game. Cook also scored a receiving touchdown. It was the third time in his career that he's had a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the same game. It was also the sixth time a Georgia player has had at least three touchdowns in a game under the current coach.
For the ninth time under Smart, at least four Bulldogs had at least 40 yards rushing in the same game. That makes our weekly look at the five running backs a little more interesting.
Adonai Mitchell led the Bulldogs last week with five receptions, including four in the scoring drive late in the first half. Nine different Dawgs had at least one reception against the Vols. Seven different Georgia players have at least ten receptions this season. Having that many is nothing new, especially in the last six seasons.
Three more players have five or more this season, so that number can grow (Darnell Washington, John FitzPatrick and Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint).
On defense, Georgia allowed a season-high 17 points to Tennessee. The Dawgs have allowed 76 points, and 40 of them have been in the fourth quarter. The last time Georgia did not allow more than 17 points through the first ten games was in 1966. That season, the Dawgs allowed 17 in their first game (against Mississippi State). As for any FBS team, the Bulldogs became the sixth team to accomplish this impressive feat since 1992.
The Bulldogs have led the nation in scoring defense twice (1968 and 2019). Here is how the Dawgs currently rank in some of the more important categories.
Georgia is second in the FBS in rushing defense (behind Wisconsin) at 78.7 rushing yards per game allowed, and they are sixth in the FBS in passing defense, allowing 169.2 passing yards per game.
Georgia’s opponent this week, Charleston Southern, averages 26.4 points per game and just under 400 yards per game.
Speaking of Charleston Southern, the Bulldogs have faced the Buccaneers once before. On November 22, 2014 (almost exactly seven years ago), Georgia won 55 to 9. Hutson Mason threw for three scores, and Brice Ramsey threw for one more. Nick Chubb ran for 113 yards (83 yards on one run) and two scores, and Quayvon Hicks added another. On the receiving end, Chris Conley had two scores, while Justin Scott-Wesley and Jonathan Rumph had one as well.
