LIVE UPDATES: No. 2 Georgia 52, No. 9 Ole Miss 17 - FINAL

ATHENS, Ga. — The sun is down in the Classic City, and it’s time for some Georgia Football. Kirby Smart’s second-ranked squad takes on No. 9 Ole Miss in a top-10 matchup between the Bulldogs and Rebels.

Georgia and Ole Miss have played 46 times total in program histories, but it’s been since 2016 that they’ve matched up. That was in Kirby Smart’s first season as a head coach, and the Rebels came out on top 45-14 in Oxford after jumping out to a 45-0 lead to embarrass the 11th-ranked Bulldogs. Smart will look for his first win over Ole Miss, the only SEC team he hasn’t defeated in eight seasons, today.

“Moving to Ole Miss, they’ve got a really good football team. They’ve improved. You watch them on tape, and you watch the games throughout the year, they’ve improved with every game,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said of Ole Miss in his opening comments during his weekly Monday press conference. “They’ve played a tremendous schedule, some really tough teams they’ve played on their schedule. Lane does a great job with his program, with his team. They’ve got a great staff. They got really good players. He’s done an incredible job.”

The Rebels enter Athens 8-1 off of a win over Texas A&M this past Saturday. Their only loss came at the hands of Alabama in September, and a shot at the College Football Playoff – while slim – is still alive. Meanwhile, Georgia controls its own destiny with a sixth trip to the SEC Championship Game in seven seasons looking likely, and potentially clinched by the time today’s game kicks off.

Kickoff time for tonight’s game is set for 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe will be on the call in the network’s game of the week. ESPN’s premier pregame show, College GameDay, was also in town to preview the day of action around the country.

PREGAME READS

Emptying the Notebook: New notes, intel from Georgia practice field
Kirby Smart counting on Georgia crowd to influence Saturday showdown
Georgia-Ole Miss: Keys to a Bulldog victory

Mansell: Latest on Bowers, Mims injuries ahead of Georgia-Ole Miss
Georgia Opponent Preview: Ole Miss Q&A
Palmer’s Players to Watch: Georgia-Ole Miss

What we learned this week as Georgia prepares for Ole Miss
Major Matchups: How Georgia can handle Ole Miss
Kirby Smart explains path to playing for Georgia TE Brock Bowers

Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint making most of senior season, Georgia career
CJ Allen, Raylen Wilson prepared for pressure of bigger roles
Brock Bowers ‘right on schedule’ and hitting high GPS speeds

‘Mission, team, me’ motto epitomized in Georgia secondary
Brock Bowers, Amarius Mims attacking return from injury the right way
Kirby Smart gives update on Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia LB situation

HOW TO WATCH, STREAM, LISTEN

Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN (Chris Fowler – Play by Play, Kirk Herbstreit – Color Commentator, Holly Rowe – 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 94/192-82 – ESPN Radio), Online at www.georgiadogs.com/watch/

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Fourth Quarter

• FINAL – No. 2 Georgia takes home the win over No. 9 Ole Miss by a score of 52-17. UGA travels to Tennessee next Saturday.
• Georgia gets the stop on 4th and 3 with pressure applied to Spencer Sanders by a host of players including Bowles, CJ Madden and Foster. UGA takes over with 1:27 to go.
• Ole Miss going quickly with a trio of first downs in four plays. Rebels at the UGA 28.
• Emptying of the bench continues. In the game: Daniel Harris, David Daniel-Sisavanh, Gabe Harris, Joenel Agureo, JaCorey Thomas, Terrell Foster, Sam M’Pemba, Jamaal Jarrett, Troy Bowles
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Andrew Paul punches it in to cap off an 8-play, 75-yard drive. First rushing score of his career after an earlier receiving one. PAT is good. (UGA 52-17 4:12 4Q)
• Georgia picks up a 4th and 1 with an offsides penalty. Sets up 1st and Goal from the MISS 4.
• First catch of the career of Lawson Luckie.
• Roderick Robinson follows up the Paul runs with a 36-yarder of his own to the MISS 18.
• Andrew Paul with a 7-yard carry to get the drive going. He’s the third Georgia running back to get in the game today, only one beside Edwards and Milton.
• Brock Vandagriff entering the game at quarterback.
• FIELD GOAL MISS – Ole Miss can’t convert on a 3rd and 5 with a high snap on the play. Rebels kick a 29-yard field goal and make it. (UGA 45-17 8:50 4Q)
• Jonathan Jefferson injured and walking off slowly under his own power though. Ole Miss has it inside the red area after an incredible grab by Dayton Wade.
• Ole Miss out past midfield with a pair of third-down pickups.
• Georgia starting to get its backups in the game. Nyland Green and Dan Jackson to name a couple on defense. Brock Vandagriff taking snaps on the sideline.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Carson Beck connects with Brock Bowers for the 8-yard score. Crowd goes nuts for the injured tight end making his return. (UGA 45-14 14:12 4Q)

Third Quarter

• END 3Q – Georgia will have 2nd and 7 from the MISS 8 when play resumes.
• Kendall Milton carries for 51 yards to put himself over the 100-yard mark. Nine carries, 127 yards and two touchdowns for him.
• Carson Beck keeps and picks up 14 yards on 3rd and 7.
• PUNT UGA – Sanders has his pass fall incomplete on 3rd and 6. Mekhi Mews fields and returns past midfield, but a flag will bring it back to the UGA 21.
• Rebels called for a false start. Make it 3rd and 6 from the UGA 31.
• Ole Miss backup Spencer Sanders into the game. He’ll hand off and face a 3rd and short.
• Jaxson Dart carries and picks up 8 yards. Both he and Zion Logue are being attended to after the hit. Logue gets up and jogs off.
• Ladd McConkey went into the injury tent and has come out seemingly trying to get comfortable with tape on his ankle. He spoke with wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon and head coach Kirby Smart after coming out.
• FIELD GOAL UGA – Peyton Woodring makes from 27 yards out to extend the Georgia lead. Dawgs can’t punch it in from inside the MISS 10, attempting back to back passes to Rara Thomas. (UGA 38-14 3:50 3Q)
• Georgia threatening once again. Overcoming a penalty on an earlier 17-yard completion to Daijun Edwars, Carson Beck just completed to Dominic Lovett for 43 yards. Add even more after an Ole Miss penalty, giving UGA possession at the MISS 12.
• PUNT MISS – Three-and-out for the Georgia defense. Ole Miss lined up to go for it but is called for a penalty and instead punts. UGA takes over at its 24.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Two more plays and seven more points. Kendall Milton runs through a wide open hole for a 33 yard score. His second touchdown of the night. PAT is good. (UGA 35-14 9:15 3Q)
• Two plays, two first downs for Georgia. Carson Beck to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for 22 yards into MISS territory after a Ladd McConkey carry for 11.
• PUNT MISS – Three plays later, Ole Miss actually does punt. Mews calls for fair catch at the 24.
• Looked like it was going to be another three-and-out to start the half but Ole Miss fakes the punt on 4th and 13 and will keep possession.
• PUNT UGA – Brett Thorson on for the first time tonight as Georgia goes three-and-out to start the half.
• KICKOFF – Opening kickoff of the second half goes for a touchback. Georgia to begin with possession at its 25, holding a 28-14 lead.

Second Quarter

• HALF – Georgia goes into the locker room up 28-14. Bulldogs will receive the opening kickoff of second half.
• INTERCEPTION MISS – Carson Beck tries to force it across the middle and is intercepted inside the MISS 10. Ole Miss to run the clock out and take it to halftime.
• Georgia backed up into its own territory with a penalty but converts on 3rd and 10. UGA now at the MISS 28 with 0:12 to go.
• INTERCEPTION UGA – After an interception to end last week’s game, Javon Bullard comes up with another to give Georgia possession at the MISS 45 with 1:00 to go before half.
• Nice kickoff by Jared Zirkel hits the ground deep and dies. Ole Miss returner taken down at the 10. A holding penalty will back Rebels up to the MISS 5.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – And Milton punches it in. He’s in on the party for senior running backs on Senior Day now as Daijun Edwards has two TDs. Call goes under review and stands. PAT is good. (UGA 28-14 2:27 2Q)
• Milton moves the chains once more, down to the MISS 8. 1st and Goal Georgia.
• Georgia faces it first third down of the night and picks it up to the MISS 18 on a carry by Kendall Milton.
• Another first down thanks to Beck’s completion to Daijun Edwards.
• Carson Beck to Brock Bowers for a gain of 19 yards on the first play of the drive. Once again, crowd loves when he’s getting the ball. Georgia with it in Ole Miss territory.
• PUNT MISS – First time we’ve seen a punt team come on tonight. Quinshon Judkins picks up no yardage.
• Next play, another loss of yardage. Walthour once again on the tackle.
• Georgia sacks Jaxson Dart on the first play from scrimmage. Nazir Stackhouse and Tramel Walthour on the takedown.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Daijun Edwards punches it in from 1 yard out. PAT is good, and Georgia quickly retakes the lead. (UGA 21-14 9:58 2Q)
• Carson Beck to Ladd McConkey for a long gain to the MISS 2. Play picked up 41 yards as he made a man miss after hauling in the deep ball. Nice double move by him to get that open.
• Brock Bowers brings in his first grab of the night. He’s done a great job blocking so far.
• Georgia at midfield four plays after the kickoff, thanks in large part due to Kendall Milton. He’s got three carries for 19 yards including a pair to move the chains.
• Several former Georgia players in attendance tonight. Kelee Ringo and Mecole Hardman called the Dawgs before kickoff. Jordan Davis, Nolan Smith and Channing Tindall recognized as well. But, the biggest cheer of them all has been for Stetson Bennett who received the Burlsworth Trophy during the last TV timeout.
• TOUCHDOWN MISS – Quinshon Judkins carries for the score from 4 yards out. Georgia called for too many men on the field, declined of course. (TIE 14-14 14:16 2Q)
• Former Georgia coach Mark Richt recognized during the quarter break for his introduction to the College Football Hall of Fame. Crowd on hand very much enjoyed that and shows their appreciation for his excellence.

First Quarter

• END 1Q – Ole Miss facing a 2nd and Goal from the UGA 5 after the TV timeout.
• Dart carries to the UGA 4 with a 12-yard gain. CJ Allen caught biting on the fake to open up the middle.
• Humphrey in on a tackle on the next play and he’s shaken up. Looked to be holding his left forearm/wrist as he came off the field.
• Julian Humphrey called for a pass interference penalty that puts Ole Miss at the UGA 15.
• Ole Miss strikes quickly with back to back first downs and is in UGA territory in just three plays. Jaxson Dart with a 33-yard strike to Jordan Watkins with CJ Allen in coverage.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Carson Beck with a scoring strike to Ladd McConkey on the seam to give Georgia its first lead. PAT is good. (UGA 14-7 3:09 1Q)
• Daijun Edwards has picked up 31 yards on two plays to start the new drive. Has Georgia at the MISS 30.
• Amarius Mims in the game at right tackle for his first appearance since surgery. Xavier Truss moves over to left tackle for Earnest Greene.
• TURNOVER ON DOWNS MISS – Ole Miss moves into Georgia territory but can’t convert a 4th and 3 from the 40. Dart pressured on the play by Raylen Wilson and throws it in no mans land.
• Jaxson Dart completes for a gain of 17 on first play of the new drive. Dayton Wade on the receiving end.
• TOUCHDOWN UGA – Daijun Edwards takes the toss sweep right and scores. Six-play, 75-yard scoring drive. PAT is good. Tie ball game. (TIE 7-7)
• Kendall Milton picks up a first down with a first down catch to the MISS 1.
• Rara Thomas with back to back catches, and Georgia is at the MISS 13. He’s accounted for 54 yards on those two plays against his former rival.
• Brock Bowers out there for the first play. It’s Xavier Truss however at right tackle with Dylan Fairchild at left guard.
• TOUCHDOWN OLE MISS – And on the next play, Judkins does it again. PAT is good. (MISS 7-0 10:30 1Q)
• Quinshon Judkins carries for a touchdown, but it’ll be brought back for a holding. 1st and Goal to go from the 15 now.
• Dart connects to Caden Prieskorn for a gain of 33 to the UGA 5. Will be 1st and Goal to go.
• Jaxson Dart nearly sacked on 2nd and 7. Gets a pass away. Scrambles for a first down past the 50 on 3rd and 7.
• Rebels pick up another first down as they approach midfield.
• Ole Miss goes for it on 4th and short and picks up the yardage to move the chains.
• Snap infraction by Ole Miss on the first place from scrimmage. This place is LOUD.
• KICKOFF – Ole Miss has won the toss and will receive. Georgia to kick off and defend east end zone, moving right to left on your screen.
• Captains for Georgia: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint, Kamari Lassiter, Sedrick Van Pran and Javon Bullard

Pregame

• SEC East has been clinched for Georgia with the result of Missouri-Tennessee. Bulldogs will take on Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Kentucky earlier today.

Brock Bowers announced as a starter and needless to say, #UGA fans love it… pic.twitter.com/OHxrs5Pr6s

— Palmer Thombs (@palmerthombs) November 11, 2023

• Probable starting lineups include both Amarius Mims and Brock Bowers on offense. CJ Allen on defense for injured Jamon Dumas-Johnson at inside linebacker.
• Xavian Sorey back and going through warm ups with the inside linebackers after missing last week’s game.
• Bowers and the Bulldogs have emerged for pregame warmups and the star tight end is indeed in uniform.
• LOUD boos from the Georgia student section for the Ole Miss specialists as they come out for warmups.
• Bowers has not looked limited one bit in this round of warmups. Even did some jumping back and forth across one of the yard lines on his injured leg.
• Brock Bowers has emerged from the tunnel to go through initial warm ups with the tight ends. Kirby Smart has called him a game-time decision this week. Read into it what you want, but he’s the first in line.
• Georgia players starting to take the field for first round of warm ups. Wide receiver CJ Smith in sweats as he watches the rest of the position group go through drills.