Murray closing in on Stafford’s record for TD passes in a season
Did you realize that Aaron Murray, Georgia’s redshirt freshman quarterback, is on the verge of the all-time UGA record for touchdown passes in a season?
Murray’s three TD passes against Georgia Tech on Saturday night gave him 24 for the season — one shy of the UGA single-season record of 25 set by Matthew Stafford in 2008. Murray will have a chance to match and/or break Stafford’s record in Georgia’s bowl game.
With 24 TD passes, Murray currently is tied for second place in Georgia’s single-season record book with Eric Zeier (1993 and ‘94), D.J. Shockley (2005) and Joe Cox (2009).
Murray completed 15 of 19 passes for 271 yards against Tech, giving him 2,851 passing yards for the season. That’s the most ever by a Georgia freshman, topping David Greene’s 2,789 in 2001. And it’s the second most ever by an SEC freshman, behind only Jared Lorenzen’s 3,687 for Kentucky in 2000.
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
118 comments Add your comment
rx-dawg
November 29th, 2010
12:02 am
Lemay isn’t going to be coming here…and as far as it goes, I don’t think anyone is going to be unhappy about it. Lemay is tainted goods and at a time when we have enough character issues with some of our players, I don’t think we need someone of Lemay’s questionable character. He is another Mettenberger waiting to happen.
duvaldawg
November 29th, 2010
12:11 am
with a running back that want turn the ball over murray will have better numbers than he had before an watch 4 marlon brown,wooten, an t.king along with tightends big things in the future for murray
Marcus you can’t b 4 real
Lemay will start his R.sophmore year
bitter ""hershal talker"l
November 29th, 2010
5:00 am
Marcus is really Lamay, punk stay in carolina, go to sc state, we have a outstanding QB!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawggie
November 29th, 2010
9:22 am
I was as big a hater of Bobo as anyone over the last two years, but the playcalling has actually been pretty good this year. If we had even a mediocre offensive line (we arguably have the worst in the SEC, apparently experience =\= talent), we would have averaged close to 40 points a game this season.
The improvement on offense, couple with the 3-4 in year two next year (a year of significant improvment for that scheme, historically…see, e.g., Nick Saban at Bama), and I think things are looking great for the program next year, even without AJ or Houston.
The Alpha Male
November 29th, 2010
9:29 am
Georgia’s inability to run the football effectively…. and NOTHING else….. is the reason for their poor red zone ranking.
Marcus….. go back to your GameBoy, son. You ain’t smart enough to make big-boy arguments…..
Marcus
November 29th, 2010
10:38 am
All Day
NORRIS
November 29th, 2010
12:31 pm
Dude Murray is a FRESHMAN! He isnt expected to play like a harline or a newton. He has done a tremendous job considering he just came out of high school. The experience he gained this year will only benefit us in the long run. He is going to be a great QB. right now he is just learning to be one. But geez get off his back.
Paul
November 29th, 2010
12:42 pm
Marcus you are so damn smart. Why don’t you get off of here and start you own paper. Asssssshole.
auburn hater
November 29th, 2010
12:56 pm
Marcus, go put the noose around your neck and do us all a favor. Moron.
Creeter
November 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
I think Murray must have nailed Marcus girlfriend or something.
Dawg Tired
November 29th, 2010
5:12 pm
Marcus – Get a clue! With our truly pitiful O-line, Peyton Manning couldn’t be successful on 3rd and 10. It is tough to succeed passing when the defense is all over you and you’re running for your life.
wesleywhatwhat
November 30th, 2010
10:43 am
tied with joe cox AND dj shockley?
that’s exclusive company.
Murray matches a Shockley record; Richt vs. O’Leary in Liberty Bowl? | UGA sports blog
November 30th, 2010
3:24 pm
[...] in 2005, has thrown for 24 and run for four. Pretty impressive rookie season, to say the least. (Click here for more on Murray’s season for the record [...]
Rod
November 30th, 2010
3:30 pm
You know… it’s amazing…All you dumb asses have been on these blogs since March talking down Murray…Talking about he’s too short to play the game…He doesn’t have a big arm…He’s too injury prone…He was going to drag the team down…Now all of you are on here kissing his ASS!!! If you guys we’re real fans, and if you had a clue about Murray you would have known he is a gamer…Either be a real Dawg fan or find another team to support
takedowndawg
December 1st, 2010
8:24 am
marcus, in my 57 years I have never known a guy worth shooting with the name of marcus. They have always top flight trash talkers. You are just one in a long line of marcuses. Oh yea, there was marcus allen, the guy who enraged OJ when he went out with O.J.’s wife before OJ brought her to room temperatue. I had forgotten about him. Murray is great, you marcus are a period.
Saban>Richt
December 2nd, 2010
12:05 am
Marcus your mommy is calling you,bet you run twice as fast for aninimal cookies.Run along lil boy,put your mommy back on here,we adults wish to talk to those of us who arent wearing diapers.
Common Sense
December 3rd, 2010
8:14 am
There is ZERO chance (barring injury) that LeMay starts one single game in 2011.
Didnt play his senior year, and Murray showed he can win in this league.
All you haters citing his 4th qtr and redzone stats are right – he needs to improve. Really improve.
But this kid showed more poise and better decision making ability than Stafford did his first season. By a long shot.
Common Sense
December 3rd, 2010
8:21 am
We dont need LeMay.
We need Crowell.
In a bad way.
2002 Musa Smith. Hard hitting back 1000 yards plus
2005 Thomas Brown hard nosed as well. With a little change of pace with Shockley.
Ealey and King really are B plus backs in a league that requires an A grade running attack to win.
I could care less about another twelve star QB.
Big deal.
(stafford and moreno never got it done cause of willie-thats another post all together)