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Live Updates: Alabama 24, Georgia 21 Final

Jeremy Johnsonby: Jeremy Johnson7 hours agoJeremyO_Johnson
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Georgia head coach Kirby Smart before Georgia’s game against Austin Peay on Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Athens, Ga – NASCAR has Daytona, IndyCar has the Indy 500, and Georgia football faces off with Alabama in big games.

The Bulldogs are back in Athens with Alabama coming to town on Saturday night. The DawgsHQ crew is on hand to cover you wire-to-wire on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

This will act as a pivot point in the 2025 season for both programs. Alabama comes in 2-1. This is the Crimson Tide’s first SEC game. Alabama took a week off last week after wins over UL Monroe and Wisconsin.

Georgia also had a bye week. The Bulldogs have beaten Marshall, Austin Peay and SEC foe Tennessee in the first four weeks of the season.

Georgia focused on itself over the last week as it prepared for Alabama. The elephant in the room when these two programs meet is Kirby Smart’s 1-6 record against Nick Saban and Alabama since he’s been at Georgia.

The Crimson Tide has changed a bit in its time under new coach Kalen DeBoer. Alabama won last year’s match-up in Tuscaloosa 41-34, giving Deboer a 1-0 record over Georgia.

Smart and Georgia won’t prepare any differently, though things look different schematically and in Alabama’s personnel.

“We prepare for every team the same,” Smart told reporters on Monday. “We don’t go, okay, we’ve got to prepare for Tennessee differently than we prepare for Alabama. We’re going to prepare by doing what they do and trying to do it better than they do it, in terms of the look we give our guys, which is really hard to simulate…They’re a really good football team with really good players. They’ve changed, they’ve changed defensively and they’ve changed offensively. They’ll change every year as their personnel changes.”

Where to watch

TV: ABC

TV Announcers: (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge).

Local Radio: 95.5 WSB.

Local Radio announcers: Scott Howard (PxP), Josh Brock (Analyst), D.J. Shockley (Sideline).

National Radio: SiriusXM 84, and on the SiriusXM App.

Relevant pre-game reading

Emptying the Notebook: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/emptying-the-notebook-final-thoughts-and-intel-on-georgia-vs-alabama/

Visitor List: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/georgia-visitor-list-loaded-group-expected-for-showdown-with-alabama/

Most Important Visitor: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/most-important-visitor-georgia-hosting-star-studded-group/

Georgia’s Depth Chart: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/georgia-releases-depth-chart-for-showdown-with-alabama/

Georgia lands pre-game commitment

2027 OL Kyson Mallard commits to Georgia. He is in town today.

Story: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/georgia-lands-pledge-of-2027-ol-kyson-mallard/

Meet the captains

  • DL Jordan Hall
  • OL Micah Morris
  • DE Gabe Harris
  • WR Zachariah Branch

Another commit

Georgia landed 2027 four-star offensive tackle Kelsey Adams prior to the game. He is at the game in Athens.

Story: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/georgia-lands-commitment-of-2027-4-star-ol-kelsey-adams/

Pre-Game

Georgia first offensive line features Monroe Freeling, Micah Morris, Drew Bobo, Dontrell Glover and Bo Hughley.

First Quarter

7:49 p.m. Georgia will receive the opening kick.

Georgia’s first drive a three and out.

8:11 p.m. Ty Simpson hits Germie Bernad for a touchdown. Alabama takes early 7-0 lead.

8:17 p.m. Georgia gets a first down but can’t sustain the drive. The Bulldogs forced to punt agian.

Second Quarter

8:35 p.m. Simpson hits Isaiah Horton for a touchdown. Alabama leads 14-0.

8:40 p.m. Stockton hits Colbie Young for a 40 plus yard touchdown. Alabama leads 14-7.

8:50 p.m. Nate Frazier fumbles and Alabama recovers in the redzone.

8:53 p.m. Alabama adds a short field goal. Alabama leads 17-7. 8:30 remaining in the second quarter.

9:08 p.m. Chauncey Bowens scores from two yards out. Alabama leads 17-14. 2:08 remaining in the second quarter.

9:23 p.m. Simpson scrambles in for a touchdown run. Alabama leads 24-14.

End of the first half

Alabama opens with a missed field goal.

10:07 p.m. Josh McCray gets in from a yard out. Alabama still leads 24-21. 6: remains in the third quarter.

Georgia stops Alabama on fourth and short.

Fourth Quarter

10:33 p.m. Georgia stopped on a short fourth down.

11:12 p.m. Alabama holds on to best Georgia. 24-21.

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