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No. 1 Georgia wins ugly on the road 26-22 over Missouri

Palmber-Thombsby:Palmer Thombs•10/01/22•

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The Georgia Bulldogs absolutely didn’t expect Saturday night’s contest at Missouri to go that way, winning 26-22 over the Tigers using a second-half surge to do so. Kirby Smart’s team went into the locker room trailing by two scores and into the fourth quarter down a touchdown before outscoring the Tigers 14-3 in the fourth quarter to win. It’s Georgia’s second win under Smart coming back from a double-digit deficit with the other being the 2018 Rose Bowl win over Oklahoma.

After trading three-and-outs on the first two possessions, the mistakes started early for the Bulldogs. Kendall Milton broke off a 35-yard run but lost the football in the process. Missouri recovered, but wasn’t able to capitalize for points. Then, after another three-and-out from the Georgia offense, the Tigers cashed in with a field goal.

The 41-yard field goal from Harris Mevis started a streak of four straight possessions that ended in Missouri points. Brady Cook found Tyler Stephens for a 10-yard touchdown, followed up by another Mevis field goal to make it 13-0 Missouri. During that stretch, Stetson Bennett fumbled too to give the Tigers strong starting field position.

Jack Podlesny got Georgia on the board with a field goal of his own, but Mevis responded once again. This time Mevis’ kick came after the Bulldogs gave up a 63-yard run but held strong to keep the Tigers out of the end zone. That allowed Georgia one more possession of its own, finally getting into the red zone. Bennett kept the drive alive on a fake field goal run as the holder to move the chains, but the Bulldogs trip to the ended in just three points, sending the Bulldogs into the locker room down 16-6.

Things were slightly better in the third quarter, but Georgia still wasn’t able to take the momentum. A 16-play, 66-yard drive took 7:47 off the clock but ended in only 3 points. Missouri responded with a fourth field goal from Mevis before Georgia went 64 yards on its next drive. Darnell Washington caught a pass and ran for 30 yards, but a penalty pushed Georgia back and the Bulldogs settled for a field goal.

Mevis made a fifth from 56 yards to put Missouri back on top by two scores, before the Bulldogs finally punched it in the end zone with a 10-play, 75-yard scoring drive. Kenny McIntosh picked up 27 yards up the middle before Stetson Bennett completed to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for 16 more yards. The chain-moving play with followed up by Bennett to Darnell Washington, who went up over a Missouri defender to come down with the 20-yard gain and put UGA at the Tiger 12. McIntosh moved the chains on 4th and 2 to set up the score from Kendall Milton from 1 yard out.

After the defense forced a punt and got the ball back for the Georgia offense with 7:15 left, Georgia took its first lead of the game at the 4:03 mark with a Daijun Edwards touchdown. Kenny McIntosh broke off back to back runs of six and 22 yards before Stetson Bennett completed to Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint for 13. The Bulldogs would move the chains once again with a 15-yard completion to Dominick Blaylock and did so for a fourth time on the drive with a 12-yard completion to Brock Bowers down to the goal line. One play later, Edwards punched it in.

Georgia’s defense forced three straight incompletions and a Missouri punt which gave the Bulldogs the ball back with 3:39 to play. Daijun Edwards and company were able to put the game away with

Georgia will look to get things back on track next week at home as it takes on longtime rival Auburn. Kickoff time is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

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