Georgia finished its regular season conference slate with an impressive victory over Tennessee. The Bulldogs finished with a 6-2 SEC record. The Dawgs finished 6-2 or better in the conference in each of the last eight seasons.
Tennessee's head coach Josh Heupel is considered an offensive mastermind, but he is now 0-4 against Georgia and four of his eight fewest point total with the Vols were courtesy of the Dawgs.
Georgia's 10-game home win streak against Associated Press top ten teams is tied for the second-longest streak since the 1930s. Under Kirby Smart, Georgia is 7-0 against the top ten "Between the Hedges" and they have been dominating as well.
Georgia has won eight straight games in the series against Tennessee. The Bulldogs now have a 29-23-2 advantage in the series. After the 1999 matchup, the Vols led 17-10-2.
Among the active win streaks, the eight is the middle of the pack in terms of conference teams and Georgia Tech.
This week's game is against UMass. Georgia has only faced them once and won easily 66-27 in 2018. The Dawgs rushed for 426 yards as six players had at least 49 yards on the ground. One bright spot for UMass was wide receiver Andy Isabella. The 5'9" wideout had 15 receptions for 219 yards and two scores.
The 66 points for Georgia were tied for the most points scored by the Bulldogs in the 2000s. Here are the highest totals this century.
After a slow start, Carson Beck showed out last Saturday. He started the night completing only 4-of-12 passes. He then turned it around and completed 21 of his last 28 passes including 10 of his last 11. Beck also had zero picks after throwing 12 interceptions in his previous six games. He ended up with 347 yards passing on the night. It was his ninth 300-yard passing game which moved him up to third place all-time in Georgia history.
Beck targeted tight ends Ben Yurosek and Oscar Delp. Yurosek had a season-high five receptions and Delp had a career-high two touchdown receptions. All three tight ends caught at least one pass against the Volunteers. It is tough to repeat the numbers from what the two-time Mackey Award winner Brock Bowers did at Georgia, but here is how the tight ends have done as a whole game-by-game this season.
Freshman running back Nate Frazier tied his career-high with 19 attempts for 68 yards and a touchdown. Fellow freshman Chauncey Bowens had five carries as well. The 24 rushes combined reminds Georgia fans of another time when a freshman had 24 carries against Tennessee and won.
Of course that was Herschel Walker's first ever game and even though his numbers were not amazing, the end result was the same. Another time, Georgia freshman running back was Todd Gurley back in 2012. He too had 24 rushes as a freshman in a Tennessee victory, but if you add the totals with fellow freshman Keith Marshall - the numbers were way better.
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Georgia has struggled at times this season on the offensive and defensive lines (a lot of it has to do with injuries). However, last week, the offensive line allowed zero sacks after allowing five in the week before. On the other hand, Georgia's defense had five sacks on Tennessee's quarterback Nico Iamaleava. The five were the most that the Vol signal caller has had against him all season.
Here is a deeper look at Georgia's record under Kirby Smart in terms of sacks made and allowed.
For the second time in the last three games, Chaz Chambliss led the Dawgs with two sacks.
Against Tennessee, three Georgia players shared the team lead with eight tackles apiece: Smael Mondon Jr, KJ Bolden and Jalon Walker. However, the tackle that Georgia fans are talking about the most was by punter Brett Thorson. The tackle was so big that Smart asked the Australian to speak to the team. Here is a clip in case you missed it. Thorson was also named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.
