College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Receiving
Florida Atlantic   Georgia
William Dukes Player Michael Bennett
5 Receptions 4
98 Yards 110
19.6 Avg Yards 27.5
0 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