UPDATED: Georgia Bulldogs steamroll FAU 56-20 on record-setting offensive night
Georgia tailback Todd Gurley breaks free on a 38-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter against Florida Atlantic on Saturday at Sanford Stadium. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
ATHENS — Georgia and its fans got what they paid for and Florida Atlantic got its $1 million check as the Bulldogs rolled over the Owls 56-20 on Saturday night at Sanford Stadium.
The win gets No. 7 Georgia off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2008, when it began the season ranked No. 1. The Bulldogs (1-0 SEC) play host to Vanderbilt (1-2, 0-1) on Saturday.
Georgia simply overwhelmed their Sun Belt Conference visitors with offense. The Bulldogs rolled up a school-record 713 yards — breaking the 1993 record of 667 yards versus Southern Miss — and did it with strong running and passing.
Tailbacks Todd Gurley (111) and Keith Marshall (104) each went over 100 yards rushing — the first freshman pair to do that in a game since Thomas Brown and Danny Ware in 2004 — and quarterback Aaron Murray threw for a career-high 342 yards on 14-of-19 passing. He accounted for four touchdowns — two passing and two rushing — and he moved up to tie Eric Zeier for second on Georgia’s career passing TDs list with 67. David Greene is the all-time leader with 72.
“It’s a great feeling,” said Murray, who left the game late in the third quarter. “You’ve got to give credit to the way we worked this week in practice and the way we’ve been working. Guys have been determined to work their tails off to understand the game plan and what teams do defensively so we can come out and execute. And that’s what we did tonight.
Meanwhile, Georgia’s vaunted defense didn’t look as dominant. Playing without All-America outside linebacker Jarvis Jones, who sat out with a slight groin pull, the Bulldogs gave up 318 yards and 15 first downs. The Owls, who managed only one touchdown in their 7-3 win over Wagner to open the season, tied the score at 14-14 early in the second quarter and converted eight of 12 first downs in the first quarter.
“I was concerned,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “They were legitimately taking that ball and moving it down the field. Their quarterback was very confident, they were throwing and catching the ball and their running backs were good.”
But Georgia shut out the Owls’ offense in the second half and managed to rest most of its starters in the fourth quarter. And not having Jones made an impact.
“Yeah, I think it affected us.,” Richt said. “Guys like Jarvis tend to get you off the field. Knowing Jarvis, he probably would’ve been good for a sack or two.”
Everything wasn’t rosy for Georgia’s offense either. Murray threw an interception in the end zone, backup quarterback Christian LeMay threw a “pick-six” interception and the Bulldogs fumbled three times for the second week in a row, losing two this time. Also, the Bulldogs were penalized eight times after being flagged 12 times a week earlier.
“I didn’t like the turnovers,” Richt said. “There were too many balls on the ground. We’re still not fielding punts and kicks like we should. We have a lot to fix.”
Georgia’s victory came on a night when the school inaugurated — or “collared,” as they like to call it — a new mascot. Russ, the 8-year-old half-brother of Uga VII, was sworn in as Uga IX in a ceremony right before kickoff. Russ had served as interim Uga for 25 games over four seasons after the deaths of Ugas VII and VIII.
Gurley passed the century mark with a 38-yard touchdown run at the 10:18 mark of the third quarter. That gave him 106 yards on nine carries and Georgia a 42-14 lead. At that point Marshall had 104 yards on 10 carries. Gurley has scored a touchdown in all three of his games as a Bulldog and has five touchdowns on the season.
“That’s good right there, both of us getting 100 yards,” said Gurley, who is averaging 92 per game. “If we can do that every game the outcome should always be a win.”
The game featured several career highs for several players. Junior tight end Arthur Lynch scored the first touchdown of his career. He hauled in a Murray pass and went 36 yards, diving and reaching the ball over the pylon. It required an official review to reward him the score. Lynch had a career-best three catches for 73 yards.
A week after catching a career-best eight catches against Missouri, Michael Bennett had a career-high 110 yards receiving on four catches. He had a 67-yard touchdown catch late in the second quarter.
Linebacker Amarlo Herrera had a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown that made the score 49-14 late in the third quarter. LeMay scored his first career touchdown on a quarterback sneak in the fourth quarter.
Whatever passion Georgia may have lacked in Saturday’s game should return 10-fold against the Commodores. You’ll recall that last year’s game between those teams in Nashville — the Bulldogs won 33-28 — ended with a shouting match between Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and Vandy head coach James Franklin.
“I know we’ll be motivated for that game,” Richt said. “We’ll be ready.”
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ugab
September 16th, 2012
8:55 am
Now we are in the SEC games. We will lose if our D starts out like they did against Florida Atlantic. We will lose if our O can not stop getting stupid penalties. I see a team that could be great. Right now the dawgs are just mediocre. Fla will wip us. Tennessee will wip us. SC’s DE’s will sack Murray all night long. It is going to get interesting. CMR is known for not having his players ready for games. I do not see the conditioning paying off. Jenkins and Geathers are too slow.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
8:55 am
@Hair E Dawg…………..
I think Missouri and their fans “really, REALLY” wanted to beat the Dawgs. Didn’t. Not even close.
Dawg4life
September 16th, 2012
8:58 am
Wow! Half of you really have no idea what you are watching…. Yards are irrelevant, its the score that matters. Especially since we were missing the 3 BEST defensive players we have, with a true freshman replacing Jones. Go ask Pellini if he would rather have the 300 yds, or the 56 pts…
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
8:59 am
ugab…..
Are you being serious? Believe me…..Georgia is a very talented team…..and they will get a lot better and deeper on D when Rambo and Ogeltree return. The Dawgs should beat Tennessee…and the SC will be very, very big. The JAX game will be a head knocker as well.
Just Saying
September 16th, 2012
9:00 am
@motocross…
You are correct, you are not up as much as you should be on college football. It is a norm today for ALL the good teams to play 2-3 “puffball” teams. Take a look at Bama, LSU, etc schedules and you will similar teams to Buffalo and FAU. Bama gave up close to 500 yards offense last year to Ga Southern and then went on and won the NC!!! P.S. I would not classify Missouri as a “puffball” team, in fact, I believe they will knock-off several very good teams this year if Franklin is OK to play.
TDawg
September 16th, 2012
9:03 am
Right now we are a talented team with a couple of key areas needing to improve. Pass Defense secondary and pass rush. OLine.
On plus side Murray and receivers are doing really well
BigDaddyC
September 16th, 2012
9:04 am
Enter your comments here
Just Saying
September 16th, 2012
9:05 am
Do not fear Dawg fans, we will play up to our opponents as needed.
BobDawg
September 16th, 2012
9:06 am
Folks, we just finished our “preseason”. We have Alot of depth and have been cross- training others at various positions. Just the fact that 3 All- Americans sat out this game on D tells u we will be more than ready . I wasn’t impressed with Uf or Tn. They held nothing back and Tn has no D let’s face it. UF’s QB will have Jarvis Jones nightmares when we get done with him in Jax.
UGABob
September 16th, 2012
9:06 am
UGA won another warm up game but needs to mature real quickly on defense. They looked lost without Jarvis. No stunting or pass rush to speak of for most of the first half. The offense just needs to keep getting better and eliminate the turnovers and penalties. This is a long season and the next stop in the road is Vanderbilt. Don’t choke down! Go Dawgs! Lastly, no troll today, how refreshing. He wasn’t even on his own team’s site. That probably made them happy too! Lol
BigDaddyC
September 16th, 2012
9:11 am
The Dawgs D is fine! You don’t have to win 72-0 to get what you want accomplished.There is a reason Ga. paid and played these two teams… It’s not to pad stats and it’s not to move up in the rankings.It’s about coaching and growing.We are getting better each week as a team and getting young guys ready to play. Don’t get so caught up in the score… 3-0 and rolling!
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
9:20 am
@BobDawg……
You may be the only college football fan that was not impressed with the Gators yesterday….and last week. They went into two very loud and hostile stadiums…..and won….and are 2-0 in the SEC East. I did not think the Gators could win both games…..but they impressed me. And…..in the manner in which Jeff Driskel is improving each week (and he showed an enormous amount of talent yesterday in Knoxville)….along with the Gator offense……Mr. Jones might be facing a nightmare or two himself in Jacksonville this year. And…..so you know…..Jeff Driskel….is not an immoble target in the pocket. The Vols found that out yesterday. And the Gators HAVE a running game and a very good OL now.
RMikel58
September 16th, 2012
9:29 am
I thought that for once….Bobo made the right calls but with a lesser opponent. FAU has a new coaching staff and its hard to measure because their trying to adjust just as Georgia did when Grantham arrived.
We’re starting to get into the meat of the order this coming weekend and so we’ll see what type team Georgia will be.
We cant give the ball away 3 times and expect the same outcome. I believe when Jarvis is out, the defense seems less motivated to play. Thats what happens when Leaders are not present on the field.
I congradulate our 2 new freshmen kickers for being better than expected after 2 of our best kickers graduated last year.
FAU’s QB ate up our Defense with huge gains. If that had been South Carolina doing that, we’d be in trouble. Our 2nd string players should be better than their 1st string but yet we allowed them huge gains.
The one thing that i didnt think i had to worry about was our defense but yet now i do cause i figured it was going to be our offense.
I dont know bout you but giving up 300+yds. on passing by lesser teams is a concern to me. If you give that kinda yardage to Div. 1A schools then somebodys losing.You say “we dont have everybody back” but yet we should still be better.
Looked to me the guys on defense still dont understand their assignments. Grantham should never wait til just adjusting his defense at half time. Better get back to making sure those backups know where they should be.
I think all of this comes back to CMR not getting the team up for lesser opponents. Spurrier, Saban, and others get them up every game….why cant he?
Thank God for Jarvis Joneses of the world. He’s self motivated!
Best Defensive End ive ever seen at Georgia and no doubt, the best Defensive Player in College Football.
Heisman? I think he could be but he’d have to be measured in big time games to know that. I will say this though…..If he and Aaron Murray stay for their senior years then we could have 2 Heisman hopefulls next year.
CMR needs to let Brandon Smith return kickoffs and punts more. Besides im alittle disappointed in his Defensive play this year. Where have you been Brandon?
Now is the time for our defense to show up because youll be a full strength with no excuses.
chase
September 16th, 2012
9:31 am
drbasic1
you and everyone who wants to “Question Georgia’s Defense”
Answer this question: How many teams in the country would play this well while missing 3 All-American Defensive Starters?
With Jarvis, Ogletree, and Rambo out you are missing not only 3 All Americans but almost the entire center of your defense
In there place….. you a lot of young guys including several true freshman and a bunch of Sophomores…this causes a problem with lining up correctly and that is the key to Georgia’s problems without those guys, getting in the right spot and playing “assignment perfect”
Get those guys back and this defense will be tops in the country
Tech fans
September 16th, 2012
9:33 am
Does anyone think “hey tennessee is Not that good?” seriously bray is soooo overrated it’s not even funny. Dawgs kept it vanilla and did what it had to do to
Win. Not worried about our d at all. Jarvis didn’t play so that shows how much the coaches were worried. They sat their best player. Dawgs will beat Tennessee, Florida, and south Carolina!
Go Dawgs!
chase
September 16th, 2012
9:36 am
Tampa Gator
congrats on the win and you are usually a very fair Gator fan BUT I must say that beating Tennessee is not a great feat
This is a team that let NC State move the ball up and down the field to the tune of nearly 500 yards AND Tennessee cannot run the ball against anyone!
UT was getting way too much credit for beating a also-ran NcState team in a shootout and then poor little Ga State
Florida = good win over a mediocre team
UT = waaaayyyyy overrated based on 1 game that really wasn’t that impressive
SCAR = NO passing game whatsoever and an injury prone QB
I had thought that this game was a battle for 3rd in the SEC East behind UGA and SCAR now, based on talent and schedule, I would say the East will end up UGA, FLA, SCAR, TENN
chase
September 16th, 2012
9:37 am
RMikel58
FAU is a “division 1 team” – they are in the Sunbelt Conference with teams like ULM etc
Joey
September 16th, 2012
9:56 am
chase, I guess we will see how bad UT is in a couple weeks. I just hope we beat them in Athens as bad as UF beat them in Knoxville.
Say what you want, but that’s (Neyland Stadium) a tough environment for a young QB, but Driskel was flawless. 71% completion rate this season and no INTs.
The best hire Muschamp will ever make was getting Boise’s OC, Brent Pease.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:02 am
Chase……
Bray faced one of the best defensive secondaries in the country yesterday (the Gator secondary is that good)……and a damn good defense overall…..playing without their best LB in Jelani Jenkins. He will be back for the Georgia game. The Gator DL put a lot of pressure on Bray and the corners covered two of the best WRs in college football about as well as you can do it. But I agree that the Vols lack a running game…..and the exceptionally well conditioned and strong Gator offensive line completely wore down the Tennessee defensive front seven. And I think A&M showed again yesterday that they are a good team. The Gators going into College Station and Knoxville on consecutive Saturdays….and going 2-0…..is impressive. As was Georgia going into Columbia, Missouri, and winning. Give credit where credit is deserved. Otherwise….you sound like a homer.
…..and Florida Atlantic is a bad football team…..period…..no matter what division they are in……
Richt's a Bum
September 16th, 2012
10:03 am
What’s going to happen when he starts playing some football teams. We need a real man as a coach, not someone who just trains our kids to keep getting into trouble.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:06 am
@Joey…..
Muschamp did some other hiring of significance this winter…….getting ride of Charlie Weis’ friend that coached the OL…..and getting Tim Davis to coach the offensive line…..as well as hiring a terriffic stength and conditioning coach. Between those two…..the Gator OL and overall team is significantly bigger, stronger, and faster. Pease is taking advantage of that…..and Driskel is going to develop into one of the best QBs in the country before leaving Gainesville.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:07 am
“rid”
Buzz 2011
September 16th, 2012
10:09 am
Did the Dogs play their second and third string defense throughout this game with the
mighty Owls.. I am sure that was the case, right?
Al
September 16th, 2012
10:11 am
If anything there is one thing we can all agree on, How bout them Stanford Cardinals!!
Take that Kiffin!! I was never sold on the mighty Trojans!!
STUDENT ATHLETE
September 16th, 2012
10:14 am
$700,000 per year for that defense. Watch Bama play them next week – it will be native yardage. Losses to the Cock and Gators looming (possibly the Vols). Standard 10-2 or 10-3(no championship)Outback Bowl Georgia season.
David Granger
September 16th, 2012
10:21 am
Nice to see Keith Marshall have a good game. Glad that Georgia finally realized that they don’t have to run between the tackles every time, and called a few plays where he could really get lose on the outside. I do NOT like seeing either Gurley or Marshall returning punts or kickoffs…let one of the second string wide recievers do that. It was also nice to see Georgia FINALLY put a team away, and let the second string offense play the entire fourth quarter.
But yet again, it took Georgia most of the first half to really get going. Don’t know why we can’t be ready to play hard from the very opening kickoff. If we don’t fix that, it’s going to hurt us down the line…
chase
September 16th, 2012
10:27 am
Tampa Gator
I didn’t mean that the Gators were not impressive….winning by 17 on the road almost anywhere is impressive
That shot was more directed at “Tennessee is not as good as people were hyping them up to be”
You can have a great QB and 2 great WRs BUT if that is all you have, you have nothing
And I would not classify BRAY as “great” and how is Patterson all of a sudden after 2 games “one of the best WRs in the country?”
Do I think that Florida’s offense is going to have a very very hard time against UGA and LSU’s defenses?…YES I do -so far the Gators have played exactly 1 team with a better than average defense and your QB was beat to death and the offense squeaked out 20 points
Do I think Florida is better than SCAR? YES
My bigger point is UT, Bray, and Patterson were waaaaaayyyyyyy overrated based on a game against NC State?……..YES YES YES
I think Florida goes 9-3 with losses to LSU, UGA, FL STATE just being fair based on talent
I think UT loses at least 4 games if not 5
Much respect for the Texas – Tennessee two step victories
deb
September 16th, 2012
10:30 am
ga bulldogs are the best team in college football this year, they are special,ga will go 14-0 they will be sec champions, and national title champions,all the hipe about alabama and lsu you will see is going to be over there era is over,ga has been made into a college nfl defense and offence and arron murray is th best quarter back in college along with his team.ga will be the only undefeted team in college at the end of the season,yall will see this.
chase
September 16th, 2012
10:30 am
STUDENT ATHLETE
MORON – enough said
chase
September 16th, 2012
10:31 am
Joey
lets settle down on Driskel
he was NEVER under any pressure whatsoever !
he also only completed 14 passes and a couple of them were Burton catching short passes and running for long gains or TDs….so 71% is misleading
Dawg-Gawn
September 16th, 2012
10:39 am
@Under The Bleacher:
You must be related to Seymour Butts?
@STUDENT ATHLETE:
Todd Grantham is at the top of the HC list at University of Kentucky.
@Tampa Gator:
Congratulations on the Gators win!
Time to restore the WLOCP in Jacksonville, back to being relevant to college football!
“Stick with Richt”
“Our Team” “Our Time” “No Regrets”
“Fan-Up”
“BELIEVE” in the “G”
chase
September 16th, 2012
10:40 am
Tampa Gator
“Driskel is going to develop into one of the best QBs in the country before leaving Gainesville.”
That comment sounds like a big time homer
Especially since it is about a QB who was still competing for the job week 1 and struggled mightily against Bowling Green and Texas A&M AND only completed 14 passes with NO pressure against Tennessee
and Florida was only 3-14 on 3rd downs against a pathetic defense (that is 6 – 26 on 3rd downs in the last 2 games) here is the season line where your offense stands
PASSING YARDS
176.3
108th
Overall
RUSHING YARDS
232.7
23rd
Overall
POINTS FOR
28.0
69th
Lets see what happens against defenses like SCAR’s UGA’s LSU’s and FlaState’s
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:40 am
Chase….
Burton’s long gain yesterday was out of the wildcat…..not a pass from Driskel. And he was under pressure from constant Vols blitzes yesterday…..he just moved exceptionally in the pocket and checked down to secondary receivers when they did. And Hammond did catch a pass 10 yards down the field….and turned it into a long touchdown because he is just that athletic….and Driskel drilled the pass to him (he was the secondary receiver) under a lot of pressure from blitzing LBs…..which helped cause the long TD. It was a great play by both Driskel and Hammond. You sound completely ignorant with that last post…..and Driskel’s 71% and no INTs….is hardly misleading. Neither is Driskel’s 80 something yards rushing yesterday. He is a star in the making at QB for the Gators. Anyone that watched the Vos-Gators game say that. I am sitting here watching the replay of the game….and the development and the obvious talent of Jeff Driskel is highly evident.
Bud
September 16th, 2012
10:42 am
Need to take a lesson from Saban. When game is over its over and time to focus on next. Does’nt let up on pushing his team so they don’t get complacent .
chase
September 16th, 2012
10:43 am
Tampa Gator
see these stats again
PASSING YARDS
176.3
108th
Overall
Pitbull
September 16th, 2012
10:43 am
I think Georgia is showing just enough each game to win decisively but not show all it has got. They keep things off the field to keep them off the game films so they can keep the next opponent and the ones after that as unprepared as possible.
I think you will continue to see the team growing stronger and more efficient on both the O and the D as the season progresses through the SEC schedule.
My concern is with the special teams receivers on punts and kickoffs. I have seen some bad decisions and I realize they have been made by freshmen. They have to realize that if the kickoff comes down in the end zone then down it and take the ball at the 25 yard line.
If the punt is not safe to catch the get the heck away from it and don’t get near enough for it to bounce towards you and hit you on the leg. Just let the other team down it.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:47 am
…..and Texas A&M has a very good defense….and a very good offense. You will see that when the Dawgs play them. And their QB is another star in the making. And Tennessee will give anyone fits for two or three quarters. They just do not have enough depth to win big in the SEC. The Gators wore them down yesterday. And….Driskel….is basically…..a redshirt freshman doing what he is doing. The difference between Driskel this year and Brantley last year…..is night and day.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:49 am
Chase…..
The Gators are not throwing the ball like other teams. Where is Bama ranked nationally throwing the ball. Muschamp is all about running the ball first and playing solid D…to win. And that does win games in the SEC……ask the coach at Bama.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:51 am
Bud…..
Bama beat W. Kentucky 35-0….then beat Arkansas 52-0. If the Bama fans were Dawg fans….they would have been calling for Saban’s head after the W. Kentucky game and moaning about how horrible their team was.
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
10:56 am
and Chase……
See these stats…….
Gators are 3-0 and 2-0 in the SEC East. Those are the stats that matter……
…….and the Gators are playing excellent football except for penalties and some key injuries to Chaz Green at RT (did not play against the Vols), Jelani Jenkins at LB (did not play vs. the Vols), and Cody Riggs at the nickel back position (did not play vs. the Vols). But the Gators are so deep on D and on the OL now…that the second stringers at those positions stepped in and played exceptionally well……LB Morrison (true freshman), CB Watkins, and RT Kohane.
TomDawg
September 16th, 2012
10:56 am
I thought this was a UGA blog…not Gators or Bama…hmmm….anyway, has anyone noticed that if Gurley and Marshall stand side by side their numbers mirror a certain legendary tailback at Georgia? Thats got to be a good omen in my humble opinion. GO DAWGS!!!!
chase
September 16th, 2012
10:57 am
Tampa Gator
I agree with your comment to BUD
KennesawDawg
September 16th, 2012
11:00 am
I sure wish we could have played a tune up game with Auburn before we had to face Florida Atlantic
chase
September 16th, 2012
11:00 am
Tampa Gator
depth?…nobody has had to have defensive depth like UGA
missing 4+ starters on defense in each game and 3 All Americans at that –
Running does win games BUT against great defenses if you are 1 dimensional you will be in trouble
Here is Georgia’s much more balanced approach
PASSING YARDS
295.0
24th
Overall
RUSHING YARDS
222.7
28th
Overall
POINTS FOR
47.3
10th
Tampa Gator
September 16th, 2012
11:00 am
…….and Chase…..
It is a “horse race” now between Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida for the East title…this year. All three teams are very good teams. I would still put Georgia in the lead……right now….but Florida is climbing the ladder. SC may have QB and WR issues. I do not see a lot of weaknesses on the Georgia and Florida teams at the moment. So…..I would move Florida slightly ahead of SC right now. But Georgia….when they get all their players back….will be a big challenge in SEC games….for anyone….with the exception of Bama and LSU. They are still in a league of their own.
gt4ever
September 16th, 2012
11:02 am
LOL at the team showing enough in these gimme games to get a win…. Your Defense has been torched by 2 cupcakes, and another average team… I can’t wait for UGA to play a good offensive team..
ATLien
September 16th, 2012
11:02 am
The Gators did look impressive yesterday. I know alot of UF people don’t like him, much like many UGA people hate Richt for no good reason, but I believe if left alone to rebuild a program that Urban left in shambles, he will, and UF will again be a national contender.
Good win for the Dawgs, first quarter was kind of shaky. But those types of teams running this no huddle fast break stuff are always a bit tough to prepare for. What is encouraging, for the whole team O and D, is that we’ve gotten back to making in game adjustments to snuff out what the opponent is trying to do.
chase
September 16th, 2012
11:03 am
I agree with almost all of your last comment EXCEPT the bit about LSU
I don’t see anything about LSU that puts them head and shoulder above UGA or Florida for that matter
And BAMA has not been tested yet by a legit team AND NO – Michigan (who barely beat air force) is not “legit”
gt4ever
September 16th, 2012
11:04 am
Tampa Gator…. Very good teams… You MUST be kidding… The only “VERY” good teams in the SEC are LSU, and ALABAMA…
RedandBlackDAWG
September 16th, 2012
11:05 am
Tdawg
September 16th, 2012
12:31 am
If Mason plays in a game, he loses his red shirt. Pretty simple really. If Murray gets hurt seriously, I would think it would be Mason on the field, not LeMay. He is just not ready to play at this level yet. Maybe he is trying too hard but it see,s to me, that he is still mighty green and unsure of himself out there. He is still playing like he was in high school, and trying to pull off super hero stuff instead of controlling the game and the offense.