Postgame Notes: Georgia vs. Texas

Last Updated: November 15, 2025By


Winning The Big Games At Home

With tonight’s 35-10 win, the fifth-ranked Bulldogs (9-1, 7-1 SEC) are now 9-0 against top 10 ranked opponents Between the Hedges under Kirby Smart. Also, Georgia is now 55-5 at home in the Smart era. The Bulldogs are 40-3 in their past 43 SEC regular season games. Georgia has evened the series with Texas at 4-4 as it dates to 1949. The Bulldogs have won the past three meetings versus UT.

Georgia finishes the SEC gauntlet with a 7-1 mark with two non-conference games remaining in the regular season.

Georgia fell behind early in seven of its eight SEC games this year and went 6-1 in those contests. The win over UK was the lone one to lead wire-to-wire.

Review Of the Offense

Georgia beat No. 10 Texas 35-10 behind 357 yards of offense (128-rushing, 229-passing) including a 21-point 4th quarter.

Redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton finished tonight 24-for-29 for 229 yards, career-tying 4 TD passes, 1 INT plus 29 rushing yards and a score. For the year, Stockton has 27 TDs, (19 passing and eight rushing). In the first half, he went 14-for-17 for 139 yards and 2 TDs plus 17 yards rushing on three attempts.

Georgia came in averaging 33.4 points a game while UT allowed just 16.4. UT was 2nd nationally in rush defense (78.2) and Georgia managed 128.

Georgia’s first drive of the 2nd half began after a 44-yard KOR by Zachariah Branch. The drive resulted in no points. Tthe next one ended with an INT.

On the third drive of the 2nd half, Georgia went 73 yards on 10 plays in 6:01 to take a 21-10 lead with 14:20 left in the contest. The drive was capped by a 30-yard TD pass from Stockton to junior London Humphreys. Georgia had a 4th-and-1 at the UGA 36 and Stockton completed a 10-yard pass to Chauncey Bowens. The Bulldogs are now 9-for-12 on 4th Down this year. Later in the drive on 4th-and-5 at the Texas 49, UT was flagged for offsides resulting in a first down.

Georgia followed the 4th quarter TD with a successful onside kick. It led to another TD and 28-10 lead with 8:53 left, this drive covering 53 yards on nine plays in 5:27 and culminated in a six-yard TD pass from Stockton to Lawson Luckie. It was Stockton’s career-tying fourth TD pass of the game (also versus No. 5 Ole Miss this year).

Georgia made it 35-10 with a five play, 33-yard scoring drive finished off by Stockton’s four-yard TD run as he’s responsible for five TDs tonight.

At the half, Georgia enjoyed a 14-3 lead with 196 yards of offense (57-rushing, 139 passing) on 32 plays versus UT.

Down 3-0 with 8:53 left in the 1st quarter, Georgia’s first possession resulted in a 75-yard TD drive in nine plays that took 4:41.The drive featured a 19-yard scamper by Gunner Stockton, an 11-yard completion to Dillon Bell on a 3rd-and-10 from the UGA 29, and was capped by a 17-yard TD pass to Noah Thomas. On the first drive, Stockton was 6-for-7 for 57 yards and notched his 16th TD pass of the season and was the third TD catch on the year for Thomas.

Up 7-3, Georgia’s second drive resulted in a 66-yard TD drive on eight plays in 4:32. It featured a 30-yard completion to Zachariah Branch and a four-yard TD pass to Thomas, his second of the game, for a 14-3 edge with 12:49 left in the first half. At that point, Stockton was 10-for-11 for 103 yards and 2 TDs.

Junior Zachariah Branch has a team-high six receptions for 41 yards while senior Noah Thomas had four for 32 yards and two scores. Junior London Humphreys had two for 55 yards. Sophomore Nate Frazier had a team-high 72 rushing yards on 16 carries.

A Look At The Defense

The Bulldogs limited No. 10 Texas to 10 points and 274 yards on 60 plays (23-rushing, 251-passing) plus managed three sacks.

UT’s lone TD drive came after an Anthony Hill INT as it covered just 36 yards on six plays. UT came in averaging 29.6 points a game.

In the first half, UT scored three points and tallied 155 yards of total offense on 30 plays.

UT got the ball first to start the game and made a 33-yard FG after going 59 yards in 13 plays in 5:31.The drive included a 4th-and-1 conversion at the UGA 30.

UT’s fourth drive tonight ended with an interception by sophomore SS KJ Bolden, his second of the year and third of his career.

UT’s sixth drive tonight began at the UT 16 with 34 seconds left and Arch Manning was sacked for nine yards by DE Gabe Harris Jr., his first of the year.

In the first half, UT was 0-for-6 on 3rd Downs and 1-for-1 on 4th Down. They finished 2-for-12 on 3rd Downs and 2-for-3 on 4th Down.

Georgia’s leading tacklers were sophomores Chris Cole with a career-high seven while senior CB Daylen Everette had five. The SEC’s leading tackler, junior ILB CJ Allen, had three stops in limited action after a leaving the game due to a leg injury in the first half.

Georgia finished with three sacks. Sophomore OLB Quintavius Jackson and freshman Zayden Walker each had a sack in the second half.

Special Teams Update

Junior PK Peyton Woodring tallied five points on five PATs plus he handled the kickoffs.

Junior Zachariah Branch had two kickoff returns for 63 yards and three punt returns for 30 yards.

Senior Brett Thorson punted four times for a 31.0 average with a long of 49, placing one inside the 20 and none were returned.

In the 4th quarter, Georgia recovered an onside kick for the first time since 2013 against South Carolina when Collin Barber got it in the first quarter of an eventual 41-30 win here over No. 6 USC. Tonight, it was recovered by senior Cash Jones. It led to an eventual TD and a 28-10 advantage.

Captains, Coin Toss And For Starters

Georgia’s captains were Dillon Bell, Drew Bobo, CJ Allen and Gabe Harris, Jr.

Georgia won the toss and elected to defer the football until the second half.

Redshirt sophomore DL Xavier McLeod made his second straight start. Junior DL Jordan Hall started the first eight games this season before getting injured in the win versus Florida. Hall is now out. These are the first two career starts for McLeod.

Junior CJ Allen owns the longest starting streak on the team at 13 games dating to 2024.

Up Next

Fifth-ranked Georgia (9-1) plays host to Charlotte (1-9) next Saturday with kickoff at 12:45 pm (SECN). The 49ers fell 28-7 to UTSA today.


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