Georgia 56, Florida Atlantic 20
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 15, 2012
Where: Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia
Temperature:
79°
Head Official:
David Smith
Attendance:
92746
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 7 Georgia 56, Florida Atlantic 20: Quarterback Aaron Murray passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more as the host Bulldogs shook off a sluggish start with 35 unanswered points en route to a school-record 713 yards.
Georgia (3-0) found itself tied 14-14 three minutes into the second quarter before Murray took over. He scored on a 1-yard run with 6:29 left in the half and found Michael Bennett for a 67-yard touchdown pass with 1:34 to go as Georgia led 28-14 at halftime.
Murray, who scored on a 1-yard run for Georgia’s first score in the opening quarter, completed a 36-yard touchdown pass to Arthur Lynch with 12:40 left in the third quarter. The junior finished 14 of 19 passing for a career-best 342 yards.
The Owls (1-2) stayed close into the second quarter. Damian Fortner broke free for a 43-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7 with 2:30 left in the first quarter. Quarterback Graham Wilbert hit Nexon Dorvilus on a 2-yard touchdown pass with 12:19 left before halftime as the Owls pulled even at 14-14.
Georgia freshmen Todd Gurley (111 yards) and Keith Marshall (104) each rushed for a touchdown.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Georgia LB Jarvis Jones, the reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Week, missed the game with a groin injury. … William Dukes caught five passes for 98 yards for Florida Atlantic. … Murray scored a rushing touchdown for the first time since 2010. He also tied Eric Zeier for second in school history with 67 career touchdown passes.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Florida Atlantic |
|
Georgia |
Damian Fortner
|
Player |
Todd Gurley
|
14 |
Attempts |
10 |
81 |
Yards |
111 |
5.8 |
Avg Yards |
11.1 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Florida Atlantic
|
318 |
135 |
183 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.0 |
2 |
Georgia
|
713 |
328 |
385 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |