LIVE UPDATES: No. 1 Georgia 49, UAB 21 - FINAL

ATHENS, Ga. — Top-ranked Georgia welcomes UAB to town this week for a quick return to non-conference play. The battle between the Bulldogs and Blazers represents the final tune up for Kirby Smart’s team before seven straight games against SEC competition starting next week at Auburn.

“Obviously UAB. We’re moving on to UAB and I’m excited to play these guys. I’ve known Coach Dilfer for a while. I don’t have a personal relationship with him, but I do think a lot of him as a coach, their staff, I know a lot of guys on their staff. Eddie, who was here with us for a long time, does an incredible job, and looking forward to playing those guys this week,” Smart said. “They have some good football players and really good athletes. I don’t think the record indicates that, but they play and you watch them, and I’m like, man, defensively they do some four-down and some three-down. They’ve got really good backs, got good skill players, athletic quarterback who extends plays. They play really hard. They had a weird situation the other night with ULL, they had rain delay and different things in there, but they got a very talented football team, especially in their conference.”

Georgia and UAB last played in 2021 during the second week of the season. Starting quarterback at the time JT Daniels was injured and replaced by Stetson Bennett for the day as the backup threw five touchdowns in the first half on the way to a 56-7 Bulldog victory.

Kickoff time today at Sanford Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Pregame Reads

DawgsHQ Staff Predictions: Georgia-UAB and more
WATCH: Georgia releases ‘Showtime’ hype video
Georgia injury report for UAB

Emptying the Notebook: UGA injuries, expectations and silver linings
Georgia-UAB: Keys to a Bulldog victory
Palmer’s Players to Watch: Georgia-UAB

What we learned this week as Georgia prepares to play UAB
Talking Points: Closer look at UGA-UAB
Coach Speak: UAB’s Trent Dilfer on Georgia

Bulldog defense disappointed and looking to improve on early-season play
Cash Jones seeing dreams come true with even more opportunities to come
Georgia linebackers looking to become three-headed monster

Respected staffer makes return to Athens on opposite sideline
Kirby Smart hitting 100-game milestone, not focused on the past
Georgia’s odd case of the slow starts and how Kirby Smart sees it

Rara Thomas coming along nicely, ready to take next step
Kirby Smart shares an area he’s pleased with Carson Beck, another one he wants to see improvement
UGA offensive line figuring out its best look minus Amarius Mims

How to Watch, Listen and Stream

Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN2 (Brian Custer – Play by Play, Rod Gilmore – Color Commentator, Lauren Sisler – Sideline Reporter)

Streaming: Watch ESPN

Radio: Atlanta (750 AM/95.5 FM), Athens (960 AM/106.1 FM), Augusta (580 AM/95.1 FM), Brunswick (1440 AM, 107.7 FM), Columbus (1270 AM/102.5 FM), Macon (106.3 FM), Savannah (1400 AM/104.3 FM), Sirius XM (Channel 81 – Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network), Online at www.georgiadogs.com/watch/

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Fourth Quarter

• FINAL – Georgia wins this one 49-21 over UAB. Bulldogs hit the road for the first time this season next week traveling to Auburn.
• Stockton completes to Tyler Williams. UGA picks up a first down by way of penalty on the next play.
• TURNOVER ON DOWNS UAB – CJ Allen with pressure on a Jacob Zeno incompletion. Gives Georgia possession at its own 15 yard line after the TV timeout.
• INTERCEPTION UAB – Stockton is intercepted. UAB has possession at the UGA 22 after a 32-yard return.
• Gunner Stockton into the game at quarterback.
• TOUCHDOWN UAB – Jacob Zeno rushes for the score from 3 yards out. He’s got 243 yards passing and another 22 rushing, having a hand in all three UAB touchdowns. (UGA 49-21 6:08 4Q)
  TOUCHDOWN UGA – Going eight plays, 75 yards, Georgia puts more points on the board. This time it was capped off by Sevaughn Clark from 7 yards out. Brock Vandagriff moved the chains twice, completing to CJ Smith for a pickup of 21 on the first play before scrambling for 18 later in the drive. (UGA 49-14 9:05 4Q)
• TURNOVER ON DOWNS UAB – Blazers pick up one first down on fourth but fail to do so a second time. Will be UGA ball at its 26.

Third Quarter

• END 3Q – UAB has possession when play resumes at the UGA 40. Jacob Zeno driving the Blazers down into UGA territory with the help of Amare Thomas, Jermaine Brown and Isaiah Jacobs.
• PUNT UGA – Brock Vandagriff comes into the game and UGA goes three-and-out. Andrew Paul carried twice.
• PUNT UAB – UAB picks up one first down but is forced to punt three plays later. Looked like the Blazers wanted to go for it in fourth down but is called for delay of game.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Beck to Brock Bowers for 10 yards and a touchdown, his second of the night. That gives him nine catches for 120 yards. (UGA 42-14 5:38 3Q)
• Carson Beck to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for 50 yards on the first play of the drive. Rosemy was open and Beck hit in before he rain it about 30 yards more.
• PUNT UAB – After UAB picks up a first down, the Dawgs don’t let the Blazers do anything with it. Three plays and a punt.
• CJ Smith with a nice tackle inside the UAB 15 on kickoff coverage. Two weeks in a row a UGA receiver has pinned the opponent deep.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Carson Beck caps off the 12 play drive with a jump over the top from a yard out. (UGA 35-14 9:06 3Q)
• Edwards picked up another first down on 3rd and 2. That’s followed by a 13-yard pickup by Brock Bowers to the UAB 4.
• Daijun Edwards with a nice run for 6 yards on 3rd and 2.
• PUNT UAB – Looked like it was tipped. Not sure who got a hand on it but UGA will take over near midfield.
• Georgia defense forces a three-and-out on the first drive of the second half.

Second Quarter

• HALF – Time expires after a UAB incompletion. UGA leads 28-14 at the break.
• FUMBLE UGA – Dillon Bell fumbles on the kickoff return. UAB recovers. Holding on Georgia is declined. Second UGA fumble on special teams tonight. UAB ball with 0:02 to go at the UGA 42. Blazers will have a shot at the end zone.
• TOUCHDOWN UAB – Zeno connects with Amare Thomas. Zeno part of all but 4 yards on the 70 yards drive. (UGA 28-14 0:08 2Q)
• Pass complete inside the UGA 5. 1st and Goal Blazers at the 2. Timeout UGA. 0:17 to go in the half.
• UAB at the UGA 35 after a long scramble by Jacob Zeno. Timeout Blazers with 30 seconds to go. Second timeout by the Blazers.
• Timeout UGA, its first. 1:16 to go. Gain of 4 by UAB ball carrier.
• Raylen Wilson with a tackle on kickoff coverage. Freshman linebacker was not in there at all last week.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Four plays and Georgia is in. Carson Beck found Cash Jones for a gain of nine. Then, after an injury timeout, Daijun Edwards picked up the first down. Beck to Bowers put UGA inside the 5 before Edwards punched it in. (UGA 28-7, 1:26 2Q)
• INTERCEPTION UGA – Tykee Smith has an interception for the third straight game. First play of the UAB drive. Gives Georgia possession at the 25 yard line.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Beck to Bowers covers 41 yards. Nice touch on the pass downfield before Bowers takes care of the rest. Threw a defender off of him on his way into the end zone. (UGA 21-7 2:40 2Q)
• Beck to Lovett on 3rd and 10 picks up 19 yards and the first down to the UGA 45.
• Carson Beck hits Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for a pickup of 18 on the first play of the drive. Hits Arian Smith in the hands deep downfield but it’s dropped. Throw travelled about 60 or so yards in the air.
• PUNT UAB – Georgia, with the help of a false start, gets off the field. Will take over at their own 8 after the punt.
• After UAB picks up a first down on third down, Darris Smith put s the Blazers behind the sticks with a tackle for loss.
• Ruling on the field stands. 1st and 5 UAB after a delay of game on the UGA defense. Not one you see too often.
• UAB converts on 4th and short, but not by much. Looks like Kirby Smart wants to see a review on that play.
• Nice plays defensively by Kamari Lassiter and Smael Mondon. Lassiter read a screen well. Mondon got the stop on 3rd and 2.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Daijun Edwards punches it in from 4 yards out. PAT is good. (UGA 14-7 10:00 2Q)
• Bowers picks up another first down. This time he throws a defender off of him. Pushed out of bounds at the UAB 4. 1st and Goal.
• Bulldogs are in the red zone after Beck completes to his tight ends. Oscar Delp picked up 19 and Brock Bowers 15.
• Beck picks up a 3rd and 5 himself with a scramble.
• Carson Beck misses a wide open Jackson Meeks. Would have been a touchdown.
• Micah Morris in the game at left guard.
• Daijun Edwards picks up 10 yards on first play of the fresh drive.
• TOUCHDOWN UAB – Jacob Zeno finds Bryce Damous in the flats, and he runs in for a 16-yard score. PAT is good. (TIE 7-7 14:09)
• Julian Humphrey starts the second quarter at corner. He comes up with a tackle early in his action.

First Quarter

• END 1Q – UAB picks up 14 yards on the final play of the first quarter. Blazer ball at the UGA 22 when play resumes.
• Mekhi Mews fumbles on the return. UAB recovers. Blazer ball at the UGA 36.
• PUNT UAB – Three-and-out for the UAB offense. CJ Allen had a tackle for no gain and was in coverage on the third-down incompletion.
• TURNOVER ON DOWNS UGA – After a completion short of the line to gain on 3rd and 4, Georgia goes for it on 4th and 2. Pass to Rara Thomas falls incomplete. UAB ball at their 24.
• Daijun Edwards does his job on 3rd and 4. Second third-down conversion of the drive.
• Carson Beck and Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint connect on 3rd and 3 to the UAB 44. Play gained 26 yards.
• PUNT UAB – Second straight five-play UAB punt drive. Both take just over 2:00 off the clock. UGA to start at their 23 after the TV timeout.
• PUNT UGA – Carson Beck sacked by the blitzing Blazers. Brett Thorson’s punt is fair caught at the UAB 28.
• Timeout UAB. It’s first. UGA facing 3rd and 6.
• Andrew Paul with a carry on 1st and 10. He picks up 4.
• PUNT UAB – Warren Brinson with a sack on 3rd and 6. Forces a UAB punt near midfield.
• Dan Jackson gets the start in place of Javon Bullard and comes up with the tackle on the first play. That was David Daniel-Sisavanh last week.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Carson Beck finds Arian Smith on the screen and score from 12 yards out. PAT of Woodring is good. (UGA 7-0 12:04 1Q)
• Georgia moves the chains by way of a penalty. Pass interference on UAB gives UGA the 1st and 10 at the UAB12. Pass was intended for Lovett in the end zone.
• Brock Bowers fumbles but UGA retains possession. Beck is now 3-for-3.
• Carson Beck connects with Dominic Lovett downfield for a gain of 33 on the first play. UGA into UAB territory.
• Georgia offensive line minus Amarius Mims is the same as the way they finished last week with Xavier Truss at right tackle and Dylan Fairchild at left guard.
• Mekhi Mews takes the kickoff to the 25.
• UAB has won the toss and deferred. Georgia will begin with the ball, moving right to left on your screen.

Pregame

• Earnest Greene wearing the No. 77 jersey tonight.
• Dylan Fairchild announced as a starter on offense on the videoboard. Warren Brinson also in there with no Williams (although four defensive linemen were announced and UGA never plays that many at one time).
• Full team has emerged for warm ups: Kendall Milton, Roderick Robinson, DeNylon Morrissette, Javon Bullard, EJ Lightsey not in uniform. Mykel Williams also not out there.
• Offensive lineman Austin Blaske going through warm ups with the centers. Kirby Smart had told us to expect him back, but there’s the confirmation. Now it’s a matter of whether or not he’s part of that first-team rotation on the offensive line post-MCL sprain.
• Red jerseys for Georgia players during warm ups for those that were concerned and/or interested.
• Marvin Jones Jr. missed last week’s game against South Carolina due to an illness. He is out there and going through warmups with the outside linebackers.
• Speaking of freshmen dressing out in a return from injury, cornerback Chris Peal is going through warm ups. He had been dealing with turf toe up to this point.
• Tight end Lawson Luckie does appear to be dressing for tonight as he goes through initial warm ups. Would be the season debut for the freshman tight end after he underwent tight rope ankle surgery during fall camp.
• Safety Javon Bullard not dressing out tonight but it does appear that he no longer has a boot on his injured left foot.