JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The No. 1 ranked Georgia football team takes on the Florida Gators in a Week 9 college football game. Below you can find live updates, the score, analysis and injury news.
Georgia enters the game with a 7-0 record, while rival Florida is 5-2. The Bulldogs won last year’s matchup 42-20.
Georgia football-Florida live updates, score analysis for Week 9 game
Fourth quarter
Georgia 43, Florida 20, 1:20
12 plays, 75 yards, 4:37
Florida quarterback Graham Mertz scored a 1-yard rushing touchdown.
Georgia 43, Florida 13, 5:57
10 plays, 75 yards, 6:32
Kendall Milton capped off one of Georgia’s longest drives of the day with a 1-yard touchdown run.
Georgia 36, Florida 13, 12:29
6 plays, 75 yards, 2:49
Hayden Hansen caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Graham Mertz.
Third quarter
Georgia 36, Florida 7, 00:18
6 plays, 76 yards, 2:52
Dillon Bell burned the Florida secondary on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Carson Beck.
Georgia 29, Florida 7, 7:05
5 plays, 58 yards, 2:10
Georgia kicker Peyton Woodring kicked his 10th straight field goal and second of the day from 32 yards out.
Second quarter
Georgia 26, Florida 7, 9:26
Freshman safety Joenel Aguero blocked a Florida punt through the back of the end zone for a safety.
Florida’s last three drives have ended in a turnovers on downs, a lost fumble and a blocked punt.
Georgia 24, Florida 7, 10:34
4 plays, 11 yards, 2:06
Daijun Edwards took advantage of another short field, scoring on a fourth-and-1 from 2 yards out. Georgia’s defensive front is starting to dominate the Gator offensive line.
Georgia 17, Florida 7, 13:25
3 plays, 31 yards, 1:30
Daijun Edwards beat the Gator defense to the edge on a 20-yard rushing touchdown. Georgia capitalized on a short field after its defensive front stuffed Florida on a fourth-and-inches.
First quarter
Georgia 10, Florida 7, 1:23
5 plays, 66 yards, 1:14
Georgia’s offense avoided stalling out in the red zone as Carson Beck hit Ladd McConkey on a 41-yard touchdown. The speedy receiver stopped, turned and scampered away from the Florida secondary and across the goal line.
McConkey has hauled in two passes for 58 yards and a score.
Georgia 3, Florida 7, 6:16
11 plays, 71 yards, 5:03
Peyton Woodring kicked a 23-yard field goal from 22 yards out.
Georgia settled for the field goal after an explosive drive stalled inside the five-yard line. The Bulldogs’ passing game looked strong in its first opening series without Brock Bowers since 2020.
Carson Beck was 5-of-6 passing for 59 yards, hitting five different receivers on the drive.
Georgia 0, Florida 7, 11:19
7 plays, 66 yards, 3:36
Florida quarterback Graham Mertz hit freshmen receiver Eugene Wilson III on a 25-yard touchdown pass on the game’s opening drive.
Mertz was 5-for-5 passing for 60 yards on the drive and connected on two tosses for 20-plus yards.
3:10 p.m. ET: Couple of pregame observations:
Georgia brought 73 players to the game, leaving open the possibility that Bowers could be the 74th.
Amarius Mims, Xavier Truss and Roderick Robinson were all dressed out. Truss was working as the first-team right tackle, with Dylan Fairchild as the first-team left guard.
No other notable changes or surprises from the Georgia side of things.
Sedrick Van Pran is wearing the No. 77 jersey in honor of
12:30 p.m. ET: While the off week helped Georgia recover, there will still be plenty of eyes on the team’s injury situation entering Saturday’s game against Florida.
Georgia won’t have Brock Bowers, as he is still recovering from ankle surgery following the team’s win over Vanderbilt. Head coach Kirby Smart was unsure if the star tight end, and Georgia’s leading receiver, would travel with the team to Florida for support.
“We haven’t made the decision yet,” Smart said on Wednesday. “We’ll make that decision, you know, based on who is traveling and how many we can travel, what our numbers look like at each position. We have some decisions to make on all of that. We don’t have to make that decision right now.”
Without Bowers, Oscar Delp will step in as the team’s starting tight end. He has 16 receptions for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns this season.
The other big position of interest comes at right tackle. Amarius Mims has missed the last four games, while Xavier Truss left the Vanderbilt game with an ankle injury. Freshman Monroe Freeling stepped in for Truss and if both players were unable to play, Freeling would start.
Mims and Truss both made progress this week. With Mims, conditioning might be the biggest issue and it would not be a surprise to see him play but also rotate at the position.
“Yeah, both guys have been able to take some reps and work,” Smart said on Wednesday. “Xavier is probably ahead of Mims, which is what we expected, but I was really pleased with Mims. He pushed really hard today and got out there, got some work in. And Truss has been out there both days.”
Truss can play either right tackle or left guard. Dylan Fairchild has been the team’s starting left guard the last four games with Mims out.
At running back, Georgia is expected to have Kendall Milton back after he exited the Vanderbilt game. He has been dealing with a lingering knee injury but he did practice this past week. Expect Daijun Edwards still to be Georgia’s top option at the position, as he ran for 146 yards against Vanderbilt.
Georgia football-Florida injury report for Week 9 game
Brock Bowers, ankle --out
Branson Robinson, knee -- out
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, foot -- out
EJ Lightsey, shoulder -- out
Jamaal Jarrett, foot/ankle -- questionable
Roderick Robinson, ankle -- questionable
Amarius Mims, ankle -- questionable
Xavier Truss, ankle --probable
Kendall Milton, knee -- probable
Ladd McConkey, back -- probable
Georgia football-Florida game time for Week 9 game
The Georgia football-Florida game is set for a 3:30 p.m. ET start.
Georgia football-Florida TV channel for Week 9 game
The Georgia football-Florida game will be broadcast on CBS. Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Jenny Dell will be broadcasting the game.
