Georgia vs Florida Final: Bulldogs Beat the Gators 27-8 in Atlanta
No. 3 Georgia scored the game's first 24 points, including a 55-yard fumble-return touchdown just before halftime, and beat No. 20 Florida 27-8 in the rivalry game relocated to Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
ATLANTA - The first half decided it, and a fumble finished the argument. No. 3 Georgia beat No. 20 Florida 27-8 on Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in the final this station's live file was tracking, after building a 24-0 halftime lead and never letting the Gators back within two scores.
Georgia's scoring came in a rush. Nate Frazier scored on a 1-yard run with 1:50 left in the first quarter, Peyton Woodring added a 28-yard field goal in the second, and Bo Walker punched in another 1-yard touchdown with 1:55 left in the half. Twenty-nine seconds before halftime, Chris Cole returned a fumble 55 yards for a touchdown, turning a two-score game into a blowout on Florida's own end of the field.
Florida avoided the shutout in the fourth quarter, when Tramell Jones Jr. scored on a 2-yard keeper with 6:59 remaining; the Gators had not been shut out in a game since 1988. Woodring's 21-yard field goal with 3:34 left closed the scoring at 27-8. Florida's offense, held scoreless for three quarters, never recovered from the turnovers that built Georgia's lead.
Georgia improves to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the SEC; Florida falls to 5-3 and 3-3. The game was played in Atlanta for the first time in the series' modern history because Jacksonville's stadium is under construction - a neutral site that, on this evidence, suited the Bulldogs fine.
