Georgia football clobbered Ole Miss with a 42-7 victory Saturday night.
It was high grades all around on a night of domination
Here’s our postgame report card for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and four of the first five. Georgia rushed for 97 yards on its first 8 carries to set the tone for the Bulldogs content to move the chains behind its ground game. Gunner Stockton went 9 of 15 for 186 yards and 4 touchdowns. He had an interception wiped out when Jordan Renaud was called for roughing the passer. Nate Frazier rushed for 107 yards on 16 carries.
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Georgia forced punts on four of Ole Miss‘ first five possessions including three three-and-outs. Trinidad Chambliss started 3 of 9 for 36 yards and was sacked four times. Rasean Dinkins had a strip-sack and recovery. Georgia didn’t give up a score until the fourth quarter after leading 35-0. Khalil Barnes had a sack and a pressure that led to an interception.
Drew Miller had a perfect pooch punt to pin Ole Miss at the 2-yard line and had another inside the 15. Peyton Woodring was wide left on a 49-yard field goal try and had a kickoff go out of bounds.
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Mike Bobo was in his bag in the first half, getting a deep ball touchdown to Talyn Taylor and touchdowns on a jet sweep to Craig Dandrige and a shovel pass to tight end Ethan Barbour while averaging 7.0 yards per carry. Glenn Schumann’s defense held Ole Miss to 3.3 yards per carry in the opening half and held Trinidad Chambliss without a touchdown passing or rushing.
The sophomore had four catches for 140 yards and three touchdowns of 58, 6 and 65 to give him a team-leading 6 touchdown receptions.
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Georgia had no Florida letdown. Instead, it was firing on almost all cylinders in a dominant showing against a team ranked in the top 10 of the CFP. Georgia is atop the SEC and playing like perhaps the best team in the nation.
This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Georgia report card: Grading the Bulldogs after blowout win vs Ole Miss
