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November 07, 2026 | Football
A Top 10 Road Win
With the 42-7 win, #2 Georgia snapped Ole Miss' 16-game home winning streak, the second longest active mark.The Bulldogs are 125-22 in the Kirby Smart era including 33-6 in an SEC opponent's stadium.
The No. 10 Rebels came in tonight 38-3 at home since 2021. Georgia now leads the overall series 35-15-1 and 11-7 in Oxford.
Defensive Highlights
The #10 Rebels came in averaging 37.1 points per game and were blanked until 10:43 left in the contest. The Rebels finished with just seven points and 252 yards of offense on 69 plays.Georgia posted a 1st half shutout for the third time this season, also doing it against Oklahoma in Athens and versus #17 Florida in Atlanta. The Bulldogs carried a shutout to the 4th quarter for the second straight game.
At halftime, OM had no points with 106 yards of offense (37-rush, 69-pass) on 32 plays.
The Rebels opening drive was a three-and-out for one yard. Down 7-0, Ole Miss' second drive had a 4th-and-2 at the UGA48, and the Rebels looked to go for it when a false start penalty forced a punt. Down 14-0, Ole Miss missed a 56-yard field goal with 4:05 left in the 1st.
Tonight's leading tacklers for Georgia were Chris Cole with nine while Raylen Wilson had seven. Georgia had four sacks.
Freshman Khamari Books notched his first career sack in the 2nd quarter. In the 2nd quarter, Khalil Barnes picked up his first sack of the year and 2nd of his career. Chris Cole picked up a sack in the 2nd half to give him a team-leading 4.5 for the year. Coming in tonight, the Rebels had not allowed a sack the past three games and just five on the year.
Down 28-0 with 2:42 left in the first half, the Rebels got to the UGA 14 before a sack (Khalil Barnes) and later an INT (KJ Bolden) to end that scoring threat. It was Bolden's second INT and tonight's featured a 26-yard return. It did not lead to any points.
In the 3rd quarter, Rasean Dinkins collected his first career sack and on the play had a forced fumble and fumble recovery (both 2nd this season) to put Georgia at the OM 22. It led to a TD and a 35-0 advantage as Stockton connected with Taylor on a six-yard pass.
Down 35-0, Ole Miss avoided a shutout with a touchdown with 10:43 left in the game, going 75 yards in 16 plays in 5:54.
Offensive Review
Georgia tallied 481 yards of offense (295-rushing, 186-passing) on 63 plays in a 42-7 rout of #10 Ole Miss.At the half, the Bulldogs led 28-0 and had tallied 298 yards of offense (183-rush, 115-pass) on 36 plays (8.3 average).
Fifth-year QB Gunner Stockton was 9-of-15 for 186 yards and 5 total TDs (4-passing, 1-rushin) plus 28 rushing on yards on six carries. He had a 58-yard TD pass to Talyn Taylor for a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. The duo connected for a 65-yard TD in the 4th to make it 42-7.
Georgia has scored in 33 of 36 quarters this season, the exceptions were the 2nd and 3rd quarters against Auburn and 3rd quarter versus UF. Georgia scored 14 in the 1st quarter, 14 in the 2nd, 7 in the 3rd and 7 in the 4th tonight.
Georgia led 14-0 after the 1st quarter, and overall, the Bulldogs are outscoring teams 108-14 in the 1st quarter and 230-57 in the 1st half.
Nate Frazier began the first drive of the game with a 46-yard rush. The Bulldogs converted a 3rd-and-7 at the OM23 with an 11-yard completion to Talyn Taylor. On 3rd-and-2 from the OM4, Craig Dandridge Jr. scored on a four-yard rush to cap a 7 play, 72-yard drive in 4:00 for a 7-0 lead.
Georgia's second drive began at the UGA4, and it went a season-high 96 yards in four plays in 2:11 for a 14-0 lead. The drive was capped by a 58-yard TD pass from Stockton to Taylor, a career-long for Taylor.
Up 14-0 with 3:59 in the 1st, the Bulldogs went 61 yards in nine plays in 4:43 for a 21-0 lead with 14:16 left in the 2nd quarter. The drive ended with a three-yard shovel pass to sophomore TE Ethan Barbour.
The Bulldogs made it 28--0 with 2:42 left in the first half after going 50 yards in seven plays in 3:47. Stockton scored from 15 yards out.
With nine second left in the 1st half, Georgia had a 4th-and-8 from the OM42, and it converted with an 11-yard pass to TE Lawson Luckie. Then, Peyton Woodring missed a 49-yard field goal to end the half.
Coming in tonight, the Bulldogs led the SEC in Scoring (41.0 ppg) and Scoring Defense (14.9 ppg).
Rushing Numbers
Georgia tallied 295 rushing yards on 48 attempts. At the half, Georgia had 183 rushing yards on 26 attempts.Junior Nate Frazier had 107 yards on 16 carries for a 6.7 average while Dwight Phillips Jr., had 66 yards on 11 carries.
Receiving Leaders
Five different Bulldogs caught a pass. Sophomore Talyn Taylor had four catches for a career-high 140 yards and three TDs including a career-long 65-yarder for a TD. In the first half, Taylor had a then career-long 58-yarder for a score. He is the first Bulldog with 3 TD catches in a game since Lawson Luckie vs Ole Miss in 2025. Junior TE Jaden Reddell had two for 25 yards plus a 19-yard rush.
Special Teams Summary
Senior PK Peyton Woodring had seven points, all on PATs plus he took care of the kickoffs with one missed FG.Woodring now has 425 career points and that ranks second in UGA history, trailing only the 440 by Rodrigo Blankenship (2016-19).
Woodring became Georgia's record holder for Career PATs made now with 220. The old mark was 215 by Marshall Morgan (2012-15).
Junior punter Drew Miller had three punts for a 44.e average with one caught/downed at the two-yard line by London Humphreys.
Captains, Starters, Availability
Georgia's captains were Drew Bobo, Lawson Luckie, Jordan Hall and Raylen Wilson.Georgia won the coin toss and elected to defer the football until the 2nd half. Coming in tonight, Georgia is 4-0 when it wins the toss this year and 3-1 when it doesn't. Every team that has won the toss this season in a Georgia game has elected to kick off.
Junior WR Isiah Canion saw his first action since Sept. 19 against Arkansas.
Points Off Turnovers: Tonight, Georgia got two turnovers and turned them into seven points. The Bulldogs are now +8 in Turnover Margin this season and have scored 86 points off 17 turnovers. Georgia had no turnovers. Opponents have 30 points off nine Bulldog miscues.
Up Next
Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) will face #18 Missouri in Athens on Nov. 14 at either 3:30 or 7:30 pm ET (ABC). The Tigers (6-3, 3-3 SEC) lost 34-20 to #7 Texas earlier today in Columbia, Mo.
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