#10 Georgia Postgame Notes vs. Arkansas
October 18, 2014 | Football
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Another SEC Road Win: With today's 45-32 win over Arkansas, No. 10 Georgia improves to 6-1 overall, 4-1 in the SEC. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 10-4 over the Razorbacks including 5-0 in the state of Arkansas. This was the first meeting in Little Rock, and they are 4-0 in Fayetteville. Georgia notched the nation's first win over an SEC Western Division team this season as that side of the conference came in 26-0 this year against non-SEC West opponents.
Early 38-Point Outburst: Georgia's 38 points in the first half was the most by the Bulldogs since jumping out to a 45-0 advantage over Troy earlier this season (Sept. 20). It's the most points in the first half of an SEC game since 1984 when it led Vanderbilt 42-21 and eventually won 62-35. Today, the Bulldogs won 45-32.
Chubb Goes Over 200: Freshman Nick Chubb, making only second career start, finished with a career-high 202 yards on 30 carries with 2 TDs. In the first half, he had 12 carries for 127 yards and a career high 2 TD. His touchdown runs covered 3 and 41 yards. It marks his second straight game with at least 100 yards. He is the second Bulldog to go over 200 yards in a game this year, joining junior Todd Gurley who had 208 in the win over Tennessee.
Mason Directs Another Road Victory: Senior QB Hutson Mason finished 10-for-17 for 179 yards and 2 TDs. In the first half, he was 7-for-12 for 127 yards and one TD. He completed a 7-yard TD to senior Michael Bennett. It was a one-play drive that took four seconds, and that was the quickest score of the season, the previous was a nine-second score against Vanderbilt. Senior Chris Conley was the leading receiver with 5 catches for 128 yards and one TD. It was his fifth career game with more than 100 yards.
Points Off Turnovers: Georgia got two fumbles and two interceptions and turned them in to 21 points. Georgia is now +13 in turnover margin for the year. Coming in, the Bulldogs led the SEC and ranked fifth nationally with a +9 turnover margin and had converted them in to 34 points.
The first fumble was recovered by Leonard Floyd at the Razorback 7 yard line and led to a one-play TD drive. The second was caused by Jordan Jenkins and picked up Dominick Sanders and returned 54 yards for a TD. It was the third defensive TD by the Bulldogs this year. Josh Dawson had a fumble recovery in the endzone for a TD in a win over Tennessee and Devin Bowman had a 63-yard pick six against Vanderbilt. Sanders scoop and return today was the first by a Bulldog since 2010 (Justin Houston vs. Ga. Tech for 18 yards). The final forced turnover by the Bulldogs was an interception by senior Damian Swann in the endzone to thwart a scoring threat. Georgia ran one play to run out the clock. It was the ninth INT for Georgia this season. In the second half, Quincy Mauger had an interception at the Arkansas 42. It was his 3rd of the year (tied for team lead with Swann) and led to a TD.
Blocked That Kick: Senior DE Ray Drew blocked a PAT on Arkansas' first TD. It was the first blocked PAT by the Bulldogs since 2012 when Kwame Geathers notched one versus Fla. Atlantic.
Starters: Senior center David Andrews started his 34th consecutive game which leads the offense while senior linebacker Amarlo Herrera leads the defense with 37 career starts including 22 straight.
Captains: Today's captains are Michael Bennett, Hutson Mason, Leonard Floyd and Mike Thornton.
Injury Update: Senior FB Taylor Maxey left the game in the 2nd quarter with a neck injury and did not return. Sophomore wideout Blake Tibbs had a concussion in the first half and did not return.
Up Next: Georgia has an open date and then faces Florida on Nov. 1 in Jacksonville at 3:30 p.m. on CBS.
