LIVE UPDATES: No. 1 Georgia 37, Vanderbilt 20 - FINAL

Palmber-Thombsby:Palmer Thombs•10/14/23•

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Good morning from the Music City! DawgsHQ is live with boots on the ground at FirstBank Stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt as the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs get set to square off against the Commodores.

UGA comes into this one with a 6-0 record and having recently played its best football of the season – beating a top-25 Kentucky team last Saturday 51-13. Meanwhile, it’s been over a month since Clark Lea’s team last won a game as Vanderbilt has dropped five straight, entering with a 2-5 record.

“Onto Vandy yesterday and got a start on these guys in terms of watching games and Clark Lea’s team,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said this week. “Have a lot of respect for Clark. He’s been a good friend for a while, but has really become a closer friend since being in our league. He’s a very intellectual guy. He was the head of our meetings for the SEC meetings, and thought he did a tremendous job of leading the discussion about issues and things we come across in our conference. But he does a tremendous job. He’s gotten more energy and had some big wins since arriving there. I know he’s an alumnus, which takes a lot of pride in being from the school, as I know myself. And we’re preparing to go up and play these guys in an early kick in Nashville, and we gotta prepare our guys the right way.”

Georgia has played Vanderbilt 82 times, the fourth-most played game by the Bulldogs. UGA has won 60 of those including the last five. The Dawgs hold the longest win streak twice, taking down the Dores 11 consecutive contests from 1974-1984 and 1995-2005. Vanderbilt has not scored on Georgia since 2019 with the 2020 game cancelled due to COVID and the last two matchups going UGA’s way by a combined score of 117-0. Kickoff time for today is set for 12:00 p.m. ET, 11:00 a.m. locally, on CBS.

Pregame Reads

Emptying the Notebook
Rusty’s Ramblings: Keys to a Georgia Victory in Nashville
DawgsHQ Staff Predictions

Palmer’s Players to Watch
What we learned this week as Georgia prepares for Vanderbilt
Coach Speak: Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea talks Georgia

Georgia injury report and its impact
Major Matchups
Talking Points of Georgia vs. Vanderbilt

Dillon Bell ‘100% adopted’ into Georgia running back room
Daylen Everette using being ‘picked on’ to build confidence
Georgia looking to create 1-2 punch with healthy versions of running backs

ROWE: Best is yet to come for UGA offense
Carson Beck confident, comfortable under pressure courtesy of baseball background
Front Rowe: Reading into Kirby Smart’s comments ahead of Georgia-Vanderbilt

How to Watch, Listen and Stream

Kickoff Time: 12:00 p.m. ET

TV: CBS (Ross Tucker – Play by Play, Tom McCarthy – Color Commentator, Tiffany Blackmon – Sideline Reporter)

Streaming: Paramount+ (For more info, click here)

Radio: Atlanta (750 AM/95.5 FM), Athens (960 AM/106.1 FM), Augusta (580 AM/95.1 FM), Brunswick (1440 AM, 107.7 FM), Columbus (1270 AM/102.5 FM), Macon (106.3 FM), Savannah (1400 AM/104.3 FM), Sirius XM (Channel 133/191 – Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network), Online at www.georgiadogs.com/watch/

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As always, there’s one more way to keep up with the goings on in this game. In the space below, DawgsHQ will be providing live updates, scores, highlights and news from before and during the game. Just use the refresh button on your browser to see those updates as they roll in.

Fourth Quarter

  • Cash Jones carries it for 57 yards and Georgia will go into victory formation.
  • Georgia defense gets off the field with a three-and-out. Kamari Lassiter and Javon Bullard in coverage, nearly coming up with an interception, on the third down play. Dawgs will take over at their 24 after the fair catch.
  • TOUCHDOWN UGA – Daijun Edwards punches it in from a yard out. He’s got 20 carries for 146 yards and a touchdown on the day. PAT from Peyton Woodring is good. (UGA 37-20 3:13 4Q)
  • Daijun Edwards breaks off a big run. Play gained 62 yards to the Vanderbilt 6.
  • TOUCHDOWN VANDY – Sedrick Alexander plunges into the end zone from a yard out. Two-point conversion to make it a one-score game fails. (UGA 30-20 6:14 4Q)
  • INTERCEPTION VANDY – Carson Beck turns it over with a ball straight to CJ Taylor. Return to the UGA 1. 6:17 to go, and Vanderbilt has an opportunity to make this a one score game.
  • PUNT VANDY – Vanderbilt goes three-and-out with a false start on 3rd and 2 making it a 3rd and 7. Pass breakup by Daylen Everette on the play. Georgia will take over at its 30 after the fair catch from Mekhi Mews.
  • FIELD GOAL UGA – Another drive stalls, another field goal for Peyton Woodring. This one’s a little bit shorter. Just 30 yards. (UGA 30-14 9:05 4Q)
  • Big third down conversion as Carson Beck completes to Oscar Delp for a gain of 12 on 3rd and 6.
  • Two plays, two first downs. Dominic Lovett gains 10 before Daijun Edwards picks up 21. Georgia in Vanderbilt territory.
  • TOUCHDOWN VANDY – Commodores punch it in on the first play of the fourth quarter. Ken Seals to Richie Hoskins from 3 yards out. (UGA 27-14 14:57 4Q)

Third Quarter

  • Final play of the third quarter goes for a short gain. Will be 3rd and Goal from the UGA 3 when play resumes.
  • Will be 1st and Goal Vanderbilt, backed up five yards after a false start, from the UGA 6.
  • Vanderbilt converts on 4th and 8 with a lengthy catch. Play will go under review and stopped an attempt to go quickly and score.
  • Vanderbilt’s gotten it into UGA territory with a trio of first downs. One came as a result of a 20-yard pickup. Another came by way of penalty. Commodore ball inside the UGA 30.
  • FIELD GOAL UGA – Georgia can’t convert a fourth third down. Peyton Woodring comes on and makes from 44 yards, a new career long for the freshman. (UGA 27-7 6:22 3Q)
  • Georgia’s got another third down conversion plus a pair of first down pickups on second down. One of those was on a throwback play to Dillon Bell where Earnest Greene did a great job as the lead blocker in space. Bulldogs now inside the Vanderbilt 20.
  • Second third down conversion of the drive for Georgia as Carson Beck scrambles. He’s done so twice on the drive, picking up a combined 16 yards, both on third down.
  • Georgia moves the chains after a penalty on the kickoff return and loss of yardage on the first play from scrimmage.
  • Monroe Freeling stays in the game at right tackle in place of Truss.
  • As the teams return to the field for second half of play, no Brock Bowers to be found. Xavier Truss and Christen Miller, both of whom went down during first half action, are present.

Second Quarter

  • Vanderbilt will take a knee and send the teams into the locker room.
  • TOUCHDOWN UGA – Carson Beck completes to Dominic Lovett for his first score in a UGA uniform. That score came from 4 yards out. (UGA 24-7 0:12 2Q)
  • UGA calls its second timeout of the half with 16 seconds left. Daijun Edwards picked up just 1 on the play, a toss sweep to the left.
  • Two plays and Georgia is threatening. Carson Beck completes to Oscar Delp for 20 and Dominic Lovett for 30. Bulldog ball at the VU 5. 19 seconds left.
  • INTERCEPTION UGA – After Vanderbilt converts on a 3rd and 8 the can’t do so a second time. Tykee Smith comes up with his fourth interception of the season. Georgia takes over with 37 second to go.
  • FIELD GOAL UGA – Georgia forced to settle for a 31-yard field goal after Carson Beck and Dominic Lovett can’t connect on third down. Kick is good by Peyton Woodring. (UGA 17-7 3:40 2Q)
  • Going to be 3rd and 7 after a pair of rushing plays for Georgia. Timeout Vanderbilt, its second of the half.
  • Monroe Freeling comes in at offensive tackle in place of Truss. Keep in mind, Truss was already a backup playing place of an injured Amarius Mims.
  • Georgia goes for it on a 4th and 2 and comes up short. Xavier Truss down on the play. Play goes under review, and it’s reversed. Georgia to maintain possession.
  • Brock Bowers down on the play. He carried for a gain of 14 but its negated thanks to a penalty. Walking off the field under his own power, but that’s definitely not what you want if you’re Georgia.
  • Carson Beck completes to Ladd McConkey for the first down. UGA at the VU 39.
  • Arian Smith gets open but lets it go through his hands. Georgia picks up a first down on the next play though with a 17 yard run by Kendall Milton.
  • PUNT VANDY – Mekhi Mews and Dominic Lovett deep to return the punt. Mews muffs but recovers. UGA to take over at its 33.
  • Damon Wilson in for third down pass rush situation. Earliest we’ve seen the freshman get snaps this season.
  • Smael Mondon with a sack on the first play from scrimmage after the timeout. Christen Miller down on the play and being attended to by trainers on the field after nearly coming up with the QB takedown on his own.
  • TOUCHDOWN UGA – Kendall Milton punches it in from three yards out. Georgia takes its first lead of the game here in the second quarter. (UGA 14-7 13:42 2Q)
  • Rara Thomas picks up 15 on the first play of the quarter. Puts UGA into a Goal-to-Go situation.

First Quarter

  • END 1Q: McConkey on the receiving end of a 3rd and 2 pickup. Georgia now at the VU 25. Tie ball game after the first 15.
  • Ladd McConkey with a big gain on 1st and 10. Georgia across midfield after the 31 yard pickup.
  • PUNT VANDY – Vanderbilt picks up a first down but isn’t able to do any more with it. Christen Miller with a TFL on the drive. Punt team coming on for the Commodores.
  • TOUCHDOWN UGA – Carson Beck sneaks it in on 1st and Goal. PAT is good. Tie game here at FirstBank Stadium. (TIE 7-7 5:42 1Q)
  • Bad throw by Carson Beck to an open Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint. Georgia able to convert on 3rd and 3 though thanks to Kendall Milton. He picks up 28 to the VU 1.
  • Daijun Edwards picks up big yardage on the carry. 20 yards into Vanderbilt territory.
  • Fumble on the snap but Sedrick Van Pran recovers and picks up the first down.
  • Second down brings about another completion to Bowers. Will be 3rd and 1.
  • Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint back in the game. He’s on the edge blocking for Brock Bowers on the first down play.
  • MISSED FIELD GOAL VANDY – 47-yard attempt comes up short. Vanderbilt was kicking into the wind, but I would have considered potential four-down territory there. Georgia gets away with its turnover with no damage done. UGA to take over at its own 29.
  • Field goal unit coming on for Vanderbilt after a third down stop.
  • Near interception for Georgia but Lassiter slipped. Then on 2nd and 10, Malaki Starks gets off his block for a tackle for loss. 3rd and 11 for Vanderbilt.
  • FUMBLE RECOVERY VANDY – Carson Beck is sacked and Vanderbilt recovers. Commodores will take over at the UGA 32.
  • Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint being attended to by trainers on the sideline. Couldn’t tell what exactly was the issue. Carson facing a 3rd and 4.
  • First play goes for a first down. Carson Beck completes to Dillon Bell for 11 yards. Vanderbilt player down on the play brings on a TV timeout.
  • Mews lets the kickoff go for a touchback. Replay of the touchdown looks like a coverage/communication bust between Kamari Lassiter and Tykee Smith.
  • TOUCHDOWN VANDY – Ken Seals completes to London Humphreys for the early score. Commodores go 5 plays, 75 yards capped off by the 49-yard scoring strike. PAT is good. (VU 7-0 12:07 1Q)
  • Back to back first downs for the Commodores has Vanderbilt out past midfield.
  • Kickoff goes for a touchback

Pregame

  • Georgia has won the toss and deferred to the second half. Dawgs will kick, moving right to left on your screen.
  • Captains for Georgia today: Kendall Milton, Zion Logue, Tate Ratledge and Malaki Starks. Homecoming game for Logue who’s from just down the road.
  • A look inside the Georgia locker room set up (above) thanks to DJ Shockley
  • Good bit of red filling into the stands. Have been told lines outside the stadium are pretty packed too.
  • Xavier Truss wearing the No. 77 jersey on the offensive line today.
  • Georgia is able to take 74 players on the road for an SEC contest but we’ve only been able to count 73 Bulldogs in the pregame. Notably absent is Dan Jackson.

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