LIVE UPDATES: No. 1 Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23 - FINAL

ATLANTA, Ga. — It’s rivalry week, and for the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs, that means a date with Georgia Tech, better known as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. Kirby Smart’s squad rolls into Bobby Dodd Stadium with an 11-0 record and a 28-game win streak. With a win Saturday night under the lights and Atlanta skyline, the Bulldogs would set an all-time SEC record for the league’s longest win streak.

As for Georgia Tech, the Yellow Jackets haven’t had quite that amount of success as of late, but they are bowl eligible for the first time since 2018. In year one under the direction of head coach Brent Key, Georgia Tech has knocked off a pair of ranked opponents and will look to do so again with Georgia coming to town.

“We’re onto Georgia Tech and excited for the prep. I love rivalry week across the country. What makes college football really special to me is all the rivalries you get to watch on this week. A very unique week timing-wise, a lot of distractions with Thanksgiving going on. Those are good distractions, but they are different. How you manage that and how you deal with that is important,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said on Monday to open the week.

“A lot of respect for Brent Key and his staff,” he continued. “I’ve known Brent a long time. He played at Tech when I played here. His staff does a great job. Obviously, there’s several guys on his staff that we have worked with before, a lot of overlap. I think we’re both very grateful for a state of high school football in Georgia that provides both of us with a lot of really good football players. He’s done a tremendous job this year. Buster (Faulker’s) done a tremendous job for them, and Kevin (Sherrer) taking over the defense kind of midstream there, he’s done a really good job.”

Georgia has won 18 of the last 21 in the rivalry including five in a row. The Bulldogs have not lost in Atlanta since 1999, and Vegas doesn’t expect it to happen today either with a line set at UGA -24.

Kickoff time is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Details of how to watch can be found below. However, before the action at Bobby Dodd Stadium, begins, here are the top reads of the week from DawgsHQ to get you ready for Georgia and Georgia Tech.

Pregame Reads

Emptying the Notebook: UGA injuries and Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
DawgsHQ Staff Predictions: Week 13
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech: Keys to a Bulldog victory

Rusty’s Ramblings: Rivalry weekend is upon us
Georgia Opponent Preview: Georgia Tech Q&A
Coach Speak: Brent Key on UGA

Major Matchups: How top-ranked Bulldogs can handle Georgia Tech
What we learned this week as Georgia prepares for Georgia Tech
Palmer’s Players to Watch: Georgia vs. Georgia Tech

Season-long growth bringing success for UGA OLBs
Amarius Mims learns ‘he’s got heart’ in recovery, return from ankle injury
Malaki Starks takes special skillset into special game for Peach State

Familiar faces await for Georgia as Bulldogs take on Tech
Front Rowe: Reading into Kirby Smart’s comments at UGA-GT media day
Kirby Smart shares latest on Ladd McConkey, another injury for star WR

How to Watch, Listen and Stream

Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

TV: ABC (Sean McDonough – Play by Play, Greg McElroy – Color Commentator, Molly McGrath – Sideline Reporter)

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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), Online at www.georgiadogs.com/watch/

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As always, there’s one more way to keep up with the goings on in this game. In the space below, DawgsHQ will be providing live updates, scores, highlights and news from before and during the game. Just use the refresh button on your browser to see those updates as they roll in.

Fourth Quarter

• FINAL: Georgia wins 31-23 for its third straight 12-0 regular season.
• Kendall Milton closes it out with a 15-yard carry.
• Toss sweep right to Edwards results in a fresh set of downs.
• After a Daijun Edwards carry on first down, Carson Beck avoids a sack and scrambles. Short of the line to gain, but Tech uses its first timeout.
• CJ Allen recovers the onside kick at the Georgia Tech 48.
• TOUCHDOWN TECH – Haynes King fakes the toss and takes it up the game for the score from 5 yards out. PAT is good. (UGA 31-23 3:46 4Q)
• Bullard back in after one play.
• Tech has it in Georgia territory and just outside the red zone. Malaki Starks with another potentially touchdown saving tackle. Timeout for an injury. Javon Bullard walks off with the trainers.
• INTERCEPTION UGA – Carson Beck intercepted in the end zone as he threw to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint. Tech defender jumped the route and deflected the pass to another.
• Georgia has a couple of penalties that have packed the offense up including an illegal man downfield that wiped off a touchdown.
• Dillon Bell with a long return into Georgia Tech territory. After a Daijun Edwards carry and a completion to Arian Smith, Georgia has it at the GT 27.
• FIELD GOAL TECH – 40-yard attempt is good. (UGA 31-16 12:13 4Q)
• Marvin Jones sack makes it 4th and 20 and brings on the Georgia Tech field goal team.
• Malaki Starks with a huge chase down on Georgia Tech’s first play from scrimmage this quarter. Eric Singleton, a speedster at receiver, took it 57 yards on the catch and run – GT 27 to UGA 13.

Third Quarter

• END 3Q – Georgia Tech runs one play and takes us to the quarter break. UGA leads 31-13.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Set up by a Dominic Lovett catch to the GT4, Kendall Milton carries for his second touchdown of the game. He’s got a career-high 139 yards on the night on 16 carries. (UGA 31-13 0:31 3Q)
• Bell picks up another first down, this time on a reception. 1st and 10 at the GT 13.
• Dillon Bell carries and picks up 29 to the GT 26.
• TURNOVER ON DOWNS TECH – Zion Logue was adamant the ball was tipped, and he was right. Pass interference penalty picked up, and Georgia takes over near midfield at the 45.
• Yellow Jackets go for it on 4th and 7 and pick it up with a defensive pass interference penalty on Smael Mondon, but the play with go under review to see if the ball was tipped at the line of scrimmage.
• Georgia Tech gets it into UGA territory with a pair of first downs, one on a penalty by Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins.
• FIELD GOAL UGA – Georgia forced to settle for a field goal. 39 yard attempt from Peyton Woodring is good. (UGA 24-13 5:15 3Q)
• Carson Beck completes back to back passes to get UGA into the red zone. Dominic Lovett and Arian Smith on the receiving end.
• Kendall Milton taking matters into his own hands. Three carries totaling 60 yards and a trio of first downs to start the drive.
• PUNT TECH – Yellow Jackets move the chains twice but end up punting from short of midfield. Mekhi Mews muffs, but the ball goes out of bounds at the UGA 12.
• PUNT UGA – Carson Beck connects with Dillon Bell on 3rd and 12 for a gain of 39 along the sideline. Play goes under review and is brought back. UGA punt team to come on. First time tonight for the Bulldogs.
• Mekhi Mews returns the opening kickoff of the second half to the 38 yard line.

Second Quarter

• NO GOOD FIELD GOAL TECH – Field goal attempt from 49 yards out is wide left. Georgia goes into the locker room leading 21-13.
• King takes a shot to the end zone and it’s nearly brought in by Eric Singleton. Field goal team comes on with 4 seconds to go.
• King is sacked by Christen Miller, and Georgia Tech is forced to use its last timeout. Will be 3rd and 15 Yellow Jackets at the UGA 32. 9 seconds to go in the half.
• 15 seconds remain after a Haynes King spike. Yellow Jackets picked up first down yardage on 3rd and 3. Have it at the UGA 27.
• Georgia Tech picks up seven with a nice catch by Malik Rutherford. Another timeout as 29 seconds remain.
• Tech calls timeout, its first, after another first down rush. Yellow Jackets have it at the UGA 37.
• A first-down run and a facemask gives Georgia Tech possession in UGA territory. 41 seconds to go before the break.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Daijun Edwards scores from 3 yards out. After it looked like Milton scored earlier in the drive, it’s the other senior back that eventually does so. Peyton Woodring’s PAT is good -after a false start that backed it up 5 yards. (UGA 21-13 1:14 2Q)
• Oscar Delp gets Georgia into a goal-to-go situation with a 16 yard reception.
• Daijun Edwards picks up first down yardage on 3rd and 9. 1st and 10 UGA at the GT 23.
• Milton looked like he had his second score from 36 yards out but it’s brought back with a hold.
• Kendall Milton makes a man miss in the backfield to move the chains. He does so again two plays later.
• Mekhi Mews returns it out to the UGA 36 from his own 3.
• FIELD GOAL TECH – 45-yard field goal attempt is good. Big stand by the Georgia defense, especially after the second chance it got on third down. (UGA 14-13 6:06 2Q)
• Haynes King fumbles but recovers. Tech field goal team will come on.
• Holding on Georgia Tech negates a third-down conversion. It’ll be 3rd and 9 now after it was 3rd and 2.
• Jordan Hall goes down and is being attended to by trainers. Walking off under his own power.
• Haynes King carries and picks up a first down. Back to back rushes for 12 yards by the Yellow Jackets who have it inside the UGA 30.
• Georgia Tech into UGA territory with a first down run by Dontae Smith.
• Warren Brinson with back to back tackles, stopping Georgia Tech short of the line to gain on 3rd and short. Yellow Jackets go for it and convert however as Haynes King completes to Eric Singleton.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Milton plows his way into the end zone from 3 yards out. Puts Georgia on top for the first time today and gives the senior a score in seven straight games. (UGA 14-10 12:40 2Q)
• Dillon Bell shot out of a cannon on a screen pass. He picks up 22 to the GT 3.
• Kendall Milton follows it up with an 18-yard rush up the middle. 1st and 10 at the GT 32.
• Daijun Edwards on the receiving end of a screen pass from Carson Beck. He picks up 26 on 3rd and 11. Brought down in at midfield.

First Quarter

• END 1Q – Georgia will have a 3rd and 11 from its own 24 when play resumes. Carson Beck threw a first-down incompletion before Daijun Edwards lost a yard on second down. (GT 10-7)
• FIELD GOAL TECH – After Haynes King picked up a first down to the UGA 17, the Yellow Jackets are shut down in the red zone. Smael Mondon with a tackle on 3rd and 3 short of the line to gain. (GT 10-7 0:35 1Q)
• Georgia Tech moving the ball. Yellow Jackets have run five plays and picked up three first downs on this drive. Most recent puts them at the UGA 29.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – After further review, it’s determined the ball hit the ground. Georgia keeps possession and responds immediately with a touchdown strike from 29 yards to Lovett, the intended receiver on the near interception. PAT is good. (TIE 7-7 7:23 1Q)
• Low throw from Carson Beck bounces off of Dominic Lovett’s hands and into the hands of a Georgia Tech defender. Second straight drive to end in a UGA turnover. GT to take over at their 36 after the return.
• Second Milton carry results in another first down. He’s got 25 yards on two attempts. UGA in GT territory.
• Carson Beck completes to Dominic Lovett for a first down to start the drive. Then, Kendall Milton carries to move the chains.
• TOUCHDOWN TECH – Haynes King keeps it and scores from 9 yards out on 3rd and Goal. Sixth straight game Georgia has trailed in. (GT 7-0 11:35 1Q)
• Former Georgia tight end Brett Seither with a big reception for Georgia Tech. Play picks up 28 yards and makes it 1st and Goal Yellow Jackets from the UGA 9.
• After review, the ruling on the field stands. First fumble of the season for Edwards. Second of his career.
• FUMBLE UGA – Daijun Edwards fumbles on Georgia’s first play of the drive, and it’s recovered by Tech at the UGA 37.
• PUNT GT – Tech goes three-and-out. Their punt ends a streak of five straight games Georgia has allowed a touchdown on its opening drive.
• Kickoff goes for a touchback. GT to start the game at its own 25.
• According to the ABC broadcast crew, Georgia tight end Brock Bowers is out for tonight’s game. He’s obviously not far removed from having ankle surgery and appeared to be getting looked at on the sideline by team trainers last week at Tennessee.
• Ladd McConkey and Rara Thomas run out with the team in sweats. Freshman offensive lineman Kelton Smith also in sweats.
• Georgia Tech wins the toss and elects to receive. UGA will kick left to right to start the game.
• Captains for Georgia: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, Nazir Stackhouse, Tramel Walthour and Daijun Edwards

Pregame

• Full depth chart as posted in the press box can be found here.
• Wide receiver CJ Smith, who was dealing with some sort of a knee injury recently, is back and dressed out. He does however have a rather large brace on his left leg.
• Of the injured players that aren’t dressed, Jamon Dumas-Johnson (forearm) and Julian Humphrey (upper body) have been spotted. Does not appear that Humphrey has any sort of sling for his shoulder.
• Tate Ratledge and Warren Brinson are dressed out. Brinson is going through drills and doesn’t appear limited in any way while the same can’t be said about Ratledge. No gloves for him. In his place is Xavier Truss at RG. Dylan Fairchild still at LG.
• Watching the wide receivers go through their pre-warmup drills, no Ladd McConkey or Rara Thomas. Wouldn’t come as a surprise to see both here in street clothes.
• One thing to keep in mind as warmups are starting to get going: Georgia is able to bring a larger number of players for this road game as opposed to SEC road contests.