Georgia antiaircraft lineman Jordan Davis (99) is lifted into the aerial by moving backmost Zamir White (3) and violative lineman Justin Shaffer (54) aft scoring a touchdown successful the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Charleston Southern, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, successful Athens, Ga.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
As the person of the nation’s apical defense, Jordan Davis has produced capable highlights to person immoderate Heisman Trophy hype.
Davis made different representation successful his farewell to Sanford Stadium.
The standout antiaircraft tackle scored his archetypal vocation touchdown and No. 1 Georgia was again ascendant successful a 56-7 rout of Charleston Southern connected Saturday.
Davis began the time among the seniors honored successful a pregame ceremony. He ended it directing the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band. He was presented a reddish azygous overgarment arsenic an honorary subordinate of the band.
“If contiguous was not my favourite memory, I don’t cognize what to archer you,” Davis said.
Georgia (11-0) was successful afloat power against Charleston Southern (4-6), the Football Championship Subdivision squad from the Big South. The Buccaneers fell to 0-25 all-time against FBS teams.
The Bulldogs allowed lone 126 yards — 68 rushing connected 31 carries and 58 passing.
“Man, pugnacious erstwhile you are playing the No. 1 squad successful the country,” said Charleston Southern manager Autrey Denson. “There is nary country for error, truthful we had to play a cleanable game, our champion crippled of the season. Unfortunately, we did not bash that successful each phases, but antheral did they vie their tails off.”
The Bulldogs installed a goal-line play for Davis successful signifier this week but determination was nary warrant they would usage it. As it turned out, Davis didn’t person to hold precise agelong arsenic helium scored connected a 1-yard plunge retired of the Bulldogs’ jumbo bundle for the game’s archetypal touchdown.
It’s not often that backmost Stetson Bennett has the accidental to manus the shot to a 6-foot-6, 340-pound moving back.
“That was my full occupation connected the play, marque definite helium gets the shot and gets the close handoff,” Bennett said. “Make definite helium gets successful the extremity zone. It was beauteous cool.”
Davis had antecedently played successful the jumbo bundle arsenic a blocker, but fans roared successful anticipation erstwhile the monolithic lineman shifted to the backfield. Davis was stopped connected his archetypal tally from the 2. Fans again cheered erstwhile helium was fixed a 2nd transportation and scored from the 1.
The solemnisation with teammates began successful the extremity portion and continued connected the sideline.
“I felt similar it was conscionable a mode to grant maine and nonstop maine retired with a bang,” Davis said. “I was excited, conscionable knowing the squad was down me.”
Brock Bowers had 2 touchdown catches and 4 Georgia players, including Davis, had scoring runs. Zamir White ran for 83 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown, connected lone 4 carries.
Bennett and JT Daniels divided clip astatine quarterback. Bennett threw scoring passes of 32 yards to Kenny McIntosh and 4 yards to Bowers.
Daniels, who began the play arsenic the starter, took implicit successful the 2nd 4th and added a 7-yard touchdown pass to Bowers. Carson Beck, Georgia’s third-string quarterback, took implicit successful the 2nd fractional aft Georgia led 49-0 and added the Bulldogs’ fourth scoring pass to choky extremity Brett Seither.
Georgia’s defense, which recorded back-to-back shutouts implicit Vanderbilt and Arkansas successful the archetypal fractional of the season, began the time starring the federation with lone 7.6 points allowed per game.
THE TAKEAWAY
Charleston Southern: The Buccaneers yet were fixed crushed to observe — and were penalized for doing truthful — erstwhile they scored connected a two-turnover play successful the 3rd 4th to debar the shutout. Jack Chambers’ walk was deflected and Georgia’s Xavian Sorey caught the deflection for an interception earlier losing the shot connected his return. Garris Schwarting grabbed the shot from Sorey and ran 65 yards for the touchdown. The Buccaneers were penalized for unsportsmanlike behaviour pursuing the score.
Georgia: Bennett’s 2nd walk of the crippled was intercepted by linebacker Garrett Sayegh. It was not an denotation of a letdown. The Bulldogs made fewer mistakes aft that. Most important, Georgia avoided injuries arsenic it prepares for its Southeastern Conference title crippled connected Dec. 4. Coach Kirby Smart gave invaluable playing clip to backups. The Bulldogs had six players with carries of 11 yards oregon more. Ten players had catches of astatine slightest 10 yards.
INJURY REPORT
Charleston Southern beardown information Hombre Kennedy was carted disconnected the tract with an evident close limb wounded successful the archetypal quarter.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Georgia did thing to harm its No. 1 lasting successful the AP Top 25 and College Football Playoff rankings. Smart challenged his squad to grant seniors with a beardown start. Georgia led 35-0 and had outgained Charleston Southern 280 to minus-10 aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter. The Bulldogs’ 49 first-half points tied a schoolhouse grounds for points successful a half.
SENIOR DAY
Georgia honored 30 seniors earlier the game. Smart encouraged each eligible seniors to enactment successful the ceremony, though galore person the enactment to instrumentality for an other twelvemonth granted by the NCAA owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UP NEXT
Charleston Southern opens its 2022 play astatine location against Western Carolina connected Sept. 3.
Georgia volition play its last regular-season crippled adjacent week erstwhile it visits Georgia Tech. It volition beryllium the archetypal gathering betwixt the authorities rivals since Georgia’s 52-7 triumph successful 2019, the Bulldogs’ 3rd consecutive triumph successful the series. The crippled was not played past play owed to the pandemic.
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