Chauncey Bowens ran for three touchdowns and No. 2 Georgia held Arkansas to just 17 yards on the ground in a 45-17 win Saturday.
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Georgia → run → win
Georgia (3-0, 1-0 SEC) led 21-3 at halftime and never truly needed to pass the football.
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Georgia → lead → football
Quarterback Gunner Stockton finished the game 10-of-13 passing for 147 yards with a touchdown.
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Stockton → finish → touchdown
He added a team-high 97 yards on the ground, including a 62-yard run on third down that set up Georgia’s third touchdown, Bowens’ second.
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that → add → touchdown
Georgia coach Kirby Smart, whose team won its first two games by a combined score of 133-23, cautioned that the win over Arkansas wasn’t like those, even with the lopsided score.
“I don’t know that I would call it a blowout,” Smart said.
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Smart → win → it
“Y’all might say that, but I don’t look at SEC games that way.
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I → say → games
I don’t look at the scoreboard.
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I → look → scoreboard
I look at how we play.”
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we → look → ?
They played well, especially on defense.
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They → play → defense
Arkansas passed most of the game, rarely with much success.
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Arkansas → pass → success
KJ Jackson played two drives before being replaced by AJ Hill.
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Jackson → play → Hill
Jackson reentered on the final drive of the first half and led the Razorbacks (1-2, 0-1) into the Georgia red zone for the first time.
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Jackson → reentere → time
An intentional grounding penalty moved them back and Max Gilbert kicked a 41-yard field goal just before the break.
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Gilbert → move → break
Seven players combined for 20 carries and 17 total yards rushing.
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players → combine → carries
Sutton Smith led with 17 yards on six carries.
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Smith → lead → carries
It was the Razorbacks’ worst rushing performance since picking up 16 yards against LSU in 2018.
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It → pick → 2018
Nick Frazier scored Georgia’s first touchdown, capping a six-play, 62-yard drive on the team’s first possession.
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Frazier → score → possession
He finished with 75 yards on 14 carries.
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He → finish → carries
Bowens ran for 39 yards on 11 carries.
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Bowens → run → carries
Stockton picked up his touchdown on a one-play series, completing a 61-yard pass to Craig Dandridge Jr. early in the fourth quarter.
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Stockton → pick → quarter
“I think Gunner did a good job of making us right,” Smart said.
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Smart → think → job
“Several of those were pass plays that became run plays.
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that → become → those
The defense dictates some of that.
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defense → dictate → that
We’re going to take what they give us.”
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they → go → us
Jackson, who was replaced twice and reinserted twice, completed 20 of 27 passes for 212 yards.
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who → replace → yards
Hill went 8 of 14 for 76 yards.
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Hill → go → yards
The pair combined to lose 16 yards rushing, mostly on sacks.
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pair → combine → sacks
Arkansas picked up its two touchdowns in the fourth quarter with the game well in hand.
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Arkansas → pick → hand
Smith scored from five yards with 8 1 /2 minutes remaining and Jackson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Ty Lockwood with 40 seconds left.
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Jackson → score → seconds
Georgia has lost just 12 SEC games in the regular season since 2016, Smart’s first season as head coach.
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Georgia → lose → coach
The Razorbacks’ football struggles have caused a stir.
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struggles → cause → stir
Coach Ryan Silverfield was hired over the winter after the team went 2-10 last year, but Arkansas’ 1-1 start, now 1-2, was enough to spur action.
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start → hire → action
The university’s Board of Trustees passed a resolution Friday that called for a review of “the state of competitiveness of Razorback Athletics, including steps to improve the resources available to the football program.”
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that → pass → program
Arkansas has three 2-10 seasons since 2018.
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Arkansas → have → 2018
Up Next
Georgia hosts No. 24 Oklahoma on Saturday.
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Georgia → host → Saturday
Arkansas hosts Tulsa on Saturday.
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Arkansas → host → Saturday
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