Georgia wide receiver Jermaine Burton (7) makes a drawback for a touchdown arsenic Georgia Tech antiaircraft backmost Myles Sims (16) defends successful the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, successful Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Stetson Bennett helped No. 1 Georgia decorativeness a cleanable regular season, and past shifted his attraction to Alabama.
Bennett passed for 255 yards and 4 touchdowns, including 2 to tight extremity Brock Bowers, and No. 1 Georgia overwhelmed Georgia Tech 45-0 connected Saturday.
“It’s a large accomplishment,” Bennett said. “Now the existent amusive starts.”
Georgia (12-0) gained momentum for adjacent week’s much-anticipated Southeastern Conference title crippled against No. 3 Alabama successful Atlanta.
In the rivalry known arsenic “Clean Old-Fashioned Hate,” the Bulldogs played a cleanable crippled with nary turnovers oregon penalties.
It is the archetypal undefeated regular play for the Bulldogs since 1982, erstwhile they capped a streak of 3 consecutive SEC championships with tailback Herschel Walker.
Georgia present tin absorption connected its thrust for SEC and nationalist championships.
“What we person done successful the regular play is each good, but if we don’t decorativeness it the close mode nary of this matters,” said linebacker Nakobe Dean, who led the defence with six tackles and 2 backmost hurries.
Georgia Tech (3-9) finished with 3 wins for the 3rd consecutive play nether manager Geoff Collins, who acknowledged this week helium volition request to amusement imGeoegiprovement adjacent year. The Yellow Jackets closed the play with six consecutive losses pursuing a 3-3 start.
The losing streak included losses to No. 6 Notre Dame and Georgia by a combined borderline of 100-0 the past 2 weeks, putting much vigor connected Collins.
“The past 2 games were a measurement back,” Collins said. “Let’s get that retired of the way. Against 2 of the apical six teams successful assemblage football. But each different game, the mode we’ve matured and closed the gap, that’s real.”
Georgia Tech has not closed the spread connected Georgia. The conflict for authorities bragging rights was a mismatch.
Georgia, which began the time starring the federation with its averages of 7.5 points and 236 yards allowed, posted its 3rd shutout portion giving up lone 171 yards.
“I’ve coached a batch of seasons successful the SEC,” Georgia manager Kirby Smart said. “Three shutouts is hard to travel by.”
Bowers had a 77-yard touchdown catch, and Kenny McIntosh added a 59-yard scoring run. Bowers, a freshman, besides scored on a 9-yard catch. He has 10 touchdown receptions, a schoolhouse grounds for choky ends.
Relying connected its top-ranked defence and Bennett’s close passing, Georgia was ascendant successful its 4th consecutive triumph successful the authorities rivalry. The Bulldogs gave up lone 67 yards successful the archetypal half.
Jordan Yates made his 3rd consecutive start, and sixth overall, astatine backmost for Georgia Tech. Yates passed for lone 73 yards, including a 40-yard completion to choky extremity Dylan Leonard successful the 3rd quarter. That thrust ended with a fourth-down incompletion from the Georgia 33.
Georgia’s defence delivered different fourth-down halt aboriginal successful the 4th quarter. Yates fielded a debased shotgun drawback and was sacked by Robert Beal for a nonaccomplishment of 10 adjacent midfield.
Bennett completed 14 of 20 passes, including scoring passes of 25 yards to Jermaine Burton and 11 yards to Ladd McConkey. Daijun Edwards had a 3-yard scoring tally successful the fourth, with backmost JT Daniels and different backups connected the field.
Georgia has won 10 of the past 12 successful the series, including the past four. For the archetypal clip since 1924, the teams did not play past play arsenic SEC schools played lone league schedules owed to the coronavirus pandemic.
THE TAKEAWAY
Georgia: The Bulldogs’ defence overwhelmed the Yellow Jackets. After taking a 24-0 pb connected Bowers’ agelong touchdown catch, Georgia held a ascendant 261-22 vantage successful full yards. It finished with 463 yards. Georgia’s vantage successful extent besides was imposing. Bennett’s archetypal 9 completions were to 9 antithetic receivers.
Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets’ discourtesy was one-dimensional astir of the game. Quarterback Jeff Sims, who opened the play arsenic the starter but was successful a walking footwear 2 weeks agone against Boston College, participated successful pregame warmups but did not play. Collins said Sims was disposable lone successful an emergency. Despite flashes by Jordan Mason and Dontae Smith, who each ran for 59 yards, Yates couldn’t found a passing game.
INJURY REPORT
Georgia near tackle Jamaree Salyer missed his 3rd consecutive commencement with a ft injury. Salyer, a senior, served arsenic a crippled skipper adjacent though helium was not successful uniform.
Georgia mislaid wide receiver and punt returner Kearis Jackson to a rib wounded successful the archetypal quarter. Wide receiver George Pickens, returning from a genu injury, had a 5-yard drawback for his archetypal reception of the season.
GIBBS HURT
Georgia Tech moving backmost Jahmyr Gibbs, who led the federation successful all-purpose yards, was constricted to 1 gait connected 2 carries earlier suffering an undisclosed wounded that prevented him from returning successful the 2nd half.
POLLS IMPLICATION
Georgia enters the SEC title crippled firmly entrenched arsenic the No. 1 squad successful the AP Top 25 and the College Football Playoff.
UP NEXT
Georgia: Plays No. 3 Alabama successful the SEC title crippled successful Atlanta.
Georgia Tech: Opens its 2022 play against Clemson connected Sept. 5 astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta.
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