NCAA Football: Mississippi State at Georgia - Source: Imagn
The Mississippi State Bulldogs went on the road to take on the fifth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs at Samford Stadium and Georgia secured a 41-31 victory. There was a lot of offense as these teams combined for 990 total yards of offense. Mississippi State is now 1-5 (0-3 SEC) while Georgia is sitting at 5-1 (3-1) and looking to climb the conference standings.
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These teams are trending in different directions but let's take a closer look at the box score for this game and discuss how things went.
This was a game of offenses showing up and the Georgia Bulldogs were able to flex with 605 total yards of offense as they had some incredible players step up. Georgia had three different receivers finish with at least 50 receiving yards. Carson Beck completed 75% of his passes (36 of 48) with three touchdowns.
Even though the defense allowed 31 points to Mississippi State, they were held to just 2-of-12 on third downs and a mediocre 3.0 yards per rushing attempt. Georgia is trending in the right direction as they were able to step up and showcase they can score with the best of them.
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Below is the scoring breakdown of these teams throughout the 60 minutes.
12:05 1Q: Kyle Ferrie 47 Yard Field Goal | 3-0 Mississippi State
1:47 4Q: Michael Van Buren Jr. 35 Yard Passing TD to Kelly Akharaiyi | 41-31 Georgia
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