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Red team tops Black team 31-26 in 2023 Georgia G-Day scrimmage

On3 imageby:Jake Rowe•04/15/23•

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Georgia Bulldogs
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ATHENS, Ga. — First-half and late fourth-quarter fireworks led to a rather entertaining G-Day game, one that the Red team 31-26 over the black. Georgia got stellar play from Carson Beck and several receivers came up big.

When it comes to quarterback play, the day belonged Beck. He connected on 15 of 22 pass attempts for 221 yards and a touchdown. He’s the only quarterback who didn’t toss an interception. Brock Vandagriff tossed one pick and two touchdown passes while Gunner Stockton had a touchdown run.

The Red team, with Beck at quarterback, got on the board first. It took the opening kickoff and went on 70-yard march. Beck hit Bowers for a 39-yard gain on a wheel route and Arian Smith scored his first touchdown of the day on a jet sweep from two yards out. The PAT put the Red up 7-0.

A quick but incomplete answer was the result of the Black team’s first possession. Led by Vandagriff, that group picked up 46 yards but stalled at the Red 25-yard line. Jared Zirkel came on and hit a 42-yard field goal to cut the Red’s lead to 7-3.

Beck and company went right back to work when they got it back. A 37-yard connection with Ladd McConkey helped set up a nine-yard touchdown run by walk-on running back Sevaughn Clark, who stiff armed Malaki Starks and broke a tackle to get into the end zone. The Liam Badger PAT gave the Red team a 14-3 lead.

Beck’s first touchdown pass of the day came on the Red team’s next possession. He led the crew on an eight-play 75-yard drive that ended with him finding Arian Smith for a six-yard touchdown. Badger’s PAT extended the lead to 21-3.

Then the Black team went on a charge. Vandagriff led the group down the field and capped of the drive with a 29-yard touchdown to Jackson Meeks. It was well-thrown quick slant that Meeks took to the 10-yard line and he was pushed the rest of the way by the rallying offense. The PAT cut the Red’s lead to 21-10.

After the Black defense got a stop, Stockton took over at quarterback and took the offense into the red zone. He handled the rest himself with a keeper, scoring from four-yards out. The PAT was no good due to hiccup in the hold and the score was 24-16 in favor of the Red Team.

The Black team would tack on three more before the half to make the score 24-19 at the break. That came on a 51-yard field goal by Badger.

The score would stay that way for almost the entire second half. With 2:16 left in the game the Red team put the game away with an interception for a touchdown. Stockton threw to freshman receiver Anthony Evans in the flat but when the ball went off his hands it was caught by fellow freshman Raylen Wilson who took it 21-yard for the score. That made the score 31-19 in favor of the Red team.

The Bleack team added a touchdown at the very end when Vandagriff found Mekhi Mews for a touchdown, making the final score 31-16 in favor of the Red. That concludes UGA spring practice and the Bulldogs will enter the behind-closed-doors portion of the off season.

Preseason camp is set to begin around or on August 1.

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