Josh McCray ran within the game-winning 1-yard landing in time beyond regulation to offer visiting No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 win over No. 15 Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday.
Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns, including one other on the bottom for Georgia (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Convention), which received its ninth straight recreation in opposition to the Volunteers.
Joey Aguilar threw for 371 yards, 4 touchdowns and two interceptions for Tennessee (2-1, 0-1), which had its greatest likelihood to attain its first win over Georgia since 2016. Chris Brazzell II had six catches for 177 yards and three touchdowns within the loss.
After Max Gilbert – who had missed a possible go-ahead 43-yard area aim within the ultimate seconds of regulation – made a 42-yard area aim to start time beyond regulation, Nate Frazier ran for 21 yards to start Georgia’s possession. Two performs later, McCray broke the airplane of the tip zone to win the sport.
Trailing by 4, Georgia scored on McCray’s first landing of the season, a 1-yard rush to assist the Bulldogs take a 24-21 edge. After Okay.J. Bolden picked off Aguilar, Peyton Woodring’s 48-yard area aim pushed Georgia’s result in 27-21.
Tennessee answered with Aguilar’s 56-yard landing cross to Brazzell with seven seconds left within the third.
Woodring’s 23-yard area aim put Georgia again on prime, however Aguilar linked with a large open Brandon Staley for 32 yards, giving the Volunteers a 35-30 benefit with 11:01 remaining within the fourth.
After Stockton’s fumble, Gilbert’s 48-yard area aim then put the Volunteers up 38-30 with 6:40 left within the ultimate quarter.
On the following drive, Georgia confronted a fourth-and-6 from Tennessee’s 28, the place Stockton threw an ideal back-shoulder landing to London Humphreys, earlier than discovering Zachariah Department for the game-tying two-point conversion with 2:32 remaining.
Aguilar ran in a 4-yard rating on the sport’s opening drive, earlier than Stockton’s 6-yard speeding landing knotted the rating.
Two performs later, the offensive onslaught continued, as Aguilar hit Brazzell for a 72-yard rating to place the Volunteers forward 14-7 with 9:29 left within the first.
Tennessee tacked on as Aguilar linked with Brazell for an additional rating – this time from 14 yards out – extending the margin to 21-7 with 3:37 left within the first quarter.
Georgia reduce its deficit in half on the following drive, as Stockton hit Department for a 36-yard landing cross on the primary play of the second quarter. Woodring’s 20-yard area aim trimmed Tennessee’s result in 21-17 getting into halftime.
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