The Georgia football team defeats Texas in the SEC championship game

The Georgia football team defeats Texas in the SEC championship game

Georgia and Texas faced off in the SEC championship game in Atlanta on Saturday, a rematch of a game earlier this season when the Bulldogs beat the Longhorns in October. Georgia won the SEC championship game 22-19 in overtime. Both defenses showed great success early in the game. In the first quarter, Texas scored a field goal, but neither offense scored a touchdown. The Longhorns led 3-0 at the end of the first quarter. With about 10 minutes left in the second quarter, Texas scored another field goal to extend its lead to 6-0. About 6 minutes before halftime, Georgia also came onto the field and scored a field goal to make it 6:3. That was the situation at half time. Texas limited Georgia to just 54 yards of offense in the first half. The Bulldogs had just 1 of 5 points from third down. But for Texas, penalties were the story of the first half. The Longhorns had eight penalties for 80 yards before halftime. On the last play of the first half, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck was badly hit and injured. He did not return to the game as backup gunner Stockton took over the Bulldogs’ offense. On Stockton’s first drive of the game, he led Georgia with a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that ended with Trevor Etienne hitting for a 10-yard touchdown. That score gave Georgia a 10-6 lead. Texas didn’t score a touchdown until the fourth quarter, when Quinn Ewers threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Moore that tied the game at 13. With five minutes to play, Georgia scored a touchdown field goal to take a 16-13 lead. Texas got the ball back and the Bulldogs’ defense made a great play and intercepted Ewers’ pass, giving Texas its second turnover of the game. But when Georgia got the ball back, Stockon threw an interception, giving Texas another chance to either tie or win the game. The Longhorns hit a 37-yard field goal in the final seconds to tie the game at 16-16. At the end of regulation time the score was 16:16, so it went into overtime – the first overtime game in SEC Championship history. Texas scored a field goal on its first possession to take a 19-16 lead. Georgia then scored a touchdown on its own possession and won the game. Trevor Etienne scored the winning goal. This story will be updated.

Georgia and Texas faced off in the SEC championship game in Atlanta on Saturday, a rematch of a game earlier this season when the Bulldogs beat the Longhorns in October. Georgia won the SEC championship game 22-19 in overtime.

Both defenses made big plays early in the game. In the first quarter, Texas scored a field goal, but neither offense scored a touchdown. The Longhorns led 3-0 at the end of the first quarter.

With about 10 minutes left in the second quarter, Texas scored another field goal to extend its lead to 6-0.

About 6 minutes before halftime, Georgia came on the field and also scored a field goal to make it 6-3. That was the situation at halftime. Texas limited Georgia to just 54 yards of offense in the first half. The Bulldogs had just 1 of 5 points from third down. But for Texas, penalties were the story of the first half. The Longhorns had eight penalties for 80 yards before halftime.

On the last play of the first half, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck was badly hit and injured. He did not return to the game as backup gunner Stockton took over the Bulldogs’ offense. On Stockton’s first drive of the game, he led Georgia with a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that ended with Trevor Etienne hitting for a 10-yard touchdown. This result gave Georgia a 10-6 lead.

Texas didn’t score a touchdown until the fourth quarter, when Quinn Ewers threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Moore, making the game 13-1.

With 5 minutes left in the game, Georgia scored a field goal to take the lead to 16-13. Texas got the ball back and the Bulldogs’ defense made a great play, repelling Ewers’ pass, resulting in Texas’ second turnover of the game.

But when Georgia got the ball back, Stockon threw an interception, giving Texas another chance to either tie or win the game. The Longhorns hit a 37-yard field goal in the final seconds to tie the game at 16-16. At the end of regulation time the score was 16:16, so it went into overtime – the first overtime game in SEC Championship history.

In overtime, Texas scored a field goal on its first possession to take a 19-16 lead. Georgia then scored a touchdown on its own possession and won the game. Trevor Etienne scored the winning goal.

This story will be updated.

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