Gunner Stockton handed for 289 yards and 4 touchdowns, together with three to tight finish Lawson Luckie, and No. 9 Georgia overcame Trinidad Chambliss and No. 5 Mississippi’s highly effective offense to rally for a 43-35 win over the Rebels on Saturday.
Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Convention) rallied after trailing 35-26 at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Stockton’s 7-yard landing cross to Luckie with 7:29 remaining gave Georgia a 40-35 lead.
Ole Miss (6-1, 3-1) was denied its first highway win over a prime 10 workforce beneath coach Lane Kiffin though the Rebels scored touchdowns on their first 5 possessions.
Stockton accomplished 26 of 31 passes and added a 22-yard scoring run within the essential SEC showdown.
“It was a fantastic day,” Stockton stated. “We simply performed for one another and that is the very best a part of our workforce.”
Stockton and the Bulldogs had no turnovers.
In previewing the sport, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin stated profitable at Georgia would imply the Rebels have taken “one other step” of their transfer up the SEC. That appeared doubtless once they scored touchdowns on every of their first 5 possessions, taking a nine-point lead within the third quarter.
Immediately, the Ole Miss offense misplaced its magic as Georgia didn’t hand over one other first down.
Following the primary punt of the sport by both workforce with 12:44 remaining, Stockton led a nine-play, 67-yard drive capped by the 7-yard scoring cross to Luckie that gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the second half.
Following one other cease by Georgia’s protection, Stockton led a 10-play drive to arrange Peyton Woodring’s third area objective of the sport, a 42-yarder, to stretch the result in eight factors with 2:06 remining.