No. 2 Georgia overcomes errors to down Florida

Carson Beck accomplished 25 of 40 passes for 309 yards for 2 touchdowns whereas additionally throwing three interceptions as No. 2 Georgia beat Florida 34-20 in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday.

Nate Frazier ran for a team-high 82 yards and a landing, whereas Dominic Lovett caught seven passes for 52 yards and a rating, because the Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Convention) gained their fourth straight.

Florida (4-4, 2-3) dropped its second recreation in three tries, and misplaced quarterback DJ Lagway to a hamstring harm within the second quarter. Lagway accomplished 2 of 6 passes for 47 yards and a rating earlier than backup Aidan Warner got here in, finishing 7 of twenty-two passes for 66 yards and an interception. Ja’Kobi Jackson led the Gators with 12 carries for 74 yards and a rating.

Trailing 13-6 at halftime, Beck was intercepted on Georgia’s opening drive of the second half by Jack Pyburn on the 50-yard line. After forcing a Florida punt, the Bulldogs scored their first landing of the sport on Frazier’s game-tying two-yard rating with 7:01 left within the third quarter.

Florida then lined up for Trey Smack’s go-ahead 50-yard area purpose try, however a poor snap was recovered by Georgia’s Jalon Walker on the Florida 36-yard line. Following the turnover, it took Georgia simply three performs to take the lead, as Beck discovered Money Jones for a 22-yard rating with 1:20 remaining within the third quarter.

After 4 straight punts, Florida tied the sport on Jackson’s 15-yard landing run with 7:29 left within the fourth. Georgia then went up once more, as Beck’s ten-yard landing cross to Lovett gave the Bulldogs a 27-20 lead on the 4:01 mark.

Warner then threw a expensive interception on the following play, as CJ Allen picked off the cross and returned it to the Florida 14-yard line. Two performs later, Dwight Phillips Jr. ran in a four-yard rating with 3:03 left.

Georgia opened the scoring with Peyton Woodring’s 23-yard area purpose on the 2:10 mark of the primary quarter. Following a Florida punt, Beck threw his first interception with 14:02 left within the second quarter, as Devin Moore picked off the Bulldogs at Georgia’s 43-yard line.

Lagway wasted no time, discovering Aidan Mizell on a 43-yard passing landing on the following play. Beck was then intercepted once more, this time by Aaron Gates, who returned the decide to the Gators’ 49-yard line.

Florida added a rating on Smack’s 32-yard area purpose, extending the Gators’ result in 10-3 on the 7:22 mark of the second quarter. Every group’s remaining drive completed with area targets, as Woodring’s 53-yarder minimize the deficit to 10-6 with 43 seconds left, earlier than Smack’s 53-yarder gave Florida a 13-6 halftime lead.

–Area Stage Media