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Georgia Tops LSU In Top-10 Shootout, 44-41 

        

ATHENS, Ga. -- In its third game against a top-10 team, the No. 9 Georgia football team won a 44-41 shootout with No. 6 LSU in front of a sellout crowd of 92,746 and a nationally televised CBS audience at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 28. Georgia improves to 3-1 on the year and 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while LSU falls to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC.

Aaron Murray went 20-for-34 for 298 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to the win. Chris Conley was his top target, picking up 112 yards and a touchdown on five catches. Justin Scott-Wesley added 55 yards and a touchdown on four catches. Michael Bennett finished with 38 yards and two touchdowns. Keith Marshall led Georgia's ground game, rushing for 96 yards on 20 carries. Todd Gurley finished with eight carries for 73 yards, while J.J. Green added 18 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Marshall Morgan connected on four extra points and was 2-for-2 in field goals, including a career-best 55-yarder.

Georgia defense was stout, sacking LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger four times. Josh Harvey-Clemons led the team with 16 tackles, including five solo stops, while Leonard Floyd finished with eight tackles and a sack. Chris Mayes, Jordan Jenkins and Ray Drew each recorded a sack.

Georgia wasted little time, driving 75 yards on eight plays in just over three minutes for a touchdown on the opening drive that gave the Bulldogs an early 7-0 lead. It was the first time that LSU has trailed this season. During the drive, Murray found Lynch for 21 yards that set the Bulldogs up with 1st-and-10 in the red zone. After a seven-yard rush, Murray connected with Bennett for five yards and the touchdown.

LSU answered on the next drive, going 66 yards on six plays before Kadron Boone scored on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Zach Mettenberger that tied the game at 7-7 following the point after. The Tigers intercepted Murray on Georgia's next drive and scored on a four-yard pass to Boone to take a 14-7 lead.

The lead didn't last long, as Georgia marched 79 yards on five plays in just under two minutes to tie the game at 14. Gurley took the ball 23 yards on the first play of the drive to put Georgia near midfield. Murray founded Conley in the back of the end zone three plays later for 25-yards and a touchdown that tied the game at 14 after the Marshall Morgan extra point.

Morgan broke the tie with 8:16 left in the first half with a 24-yard field goal that capped off a 66-yard scoring drive that resulted in Georgia taking a 17-14 lead. A trio of rushes by Gurley that totaled 31 yards that put Georgia in the red zone highlighted the drive.

The defenses took over on the next two possessions, as both teams were forced to punt. An LSU drive stalled at the Georgia 31-yard line, but the Tigers elected to try a 49-yard field goal, which tied the game at 17-17 with 3:51 left in the half.

Georgia answered with a nine-play, 82-yard touchdown drive. Murray found Conley and Davis for a total of 64 yards that put the Bulldogs in the red zone at the LSU 17. A pass interference call made it 1st-and-Goal at the LSU 2. Two plays later Murray found the end zone on a one-yard keeper that allowed Georgia to retake the lead at 24-17 with 20 seconds left in the half.

Georgia and LSU traded field goals on the first two possessions of the second half. LSU made it a 24-20 game with a 39-yard field goal before Morgan answered with a career-long 55-yarder that extended Georgia's lead to 27-20 with 6:35 left in the third quarter.

LSU tied the game on its next possessions, driving 80 yards in just under three minutes. Jarvis Landry was on the receiving end of the 39-yard touchdown pass by Mettenberger.

After a three-and-out, Georgia was forced to punt but the catch was bobbled, allowing Connor Norman to recover the fumble at the LSU 20-yard line. Two plays later, Murray found Bennett wide open in the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown grab, Bennett's second touchdown catch of the game, that gave Georgia a 34-27 lead.

The lead didn't last long, as the Tigers went 70 yards on 11 plays in just over four minutes. Kenny Hilliard punched the ball in from two yards out for the score that tied the game at 34-34.

With 12:17 left on the clock, Murray orchestrated an 11-play, 55-yard drive that included a fourth down conversion that set Morgan up for a 38-yard field goal that gave Georgia a 37-34 lead.

LSU answered with a 75-yard touchdown drive that gave it a 41-37 lead when Jeremy Hill ran eight yards into the end zone with four minutes left on the clock.

On the ensuing drive, Murray went 3-for-3 to lead the Bulldogs into LSU territory. He completed an 11-yard pass to Scott-Wesely before finding Artie Lynch over the idle for a gain of nine yards. Murray and Lynch hooked up again for a gain of 10 yards that gave Georgia 1st-and-10 at the LSU 43 yard line. Green picked up 18 yards on the ground before Murray found Scott-Wesley in the end zone for 25 yards and a touchdown that allowed Georgia to retake the lead at 44-41.

LSU had just under two minutes to drive the length of the field. On the first play of the final drive, Mettenberger was sacked for a loss of seven yards before a first-down pass to Odell Beckham gave the Tigers a first down. Mettenberger was unable to complete his last four passes, allowing the Bulldogs to take over on downs and run out the clock, sealing the 44-41 win.



 

 

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