Jalen Milroe passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Zabien Brown made a game-saving interception as No. 4 Alabama posted a 41-34 road victory over No.
Alabama blew a 28-point lead in the second quarter and fell behind before getting the winning score on Milroe’s 75-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Williams with 2:18 left. Brown’s Carson Beck interception in the end zone with 43 seconds left secured the Crimson Tide’s ninth win in the last 10 meetings with the Bulldogs.
Milroe completed 27 of 33 passes for 374 yards and one interception and rushed for 117 yards on 16 attempts to throttle the Crimson Tide (4-0, 1-0 SEC), leading 28-0 before halftime. and 18 minutes old.
Williams caught six passes for 177 yards, Germie Bernard rushed for a touchdown and Jamarion Miller caught one for Alabama.
Beck threw three touchdown passes in the second half and completed 27-of-50 passes for 439 yards and three touchdowns to pace Georgia’s (3-1, 1-1) losing streak, which has a 42-game regular season streak. winning is suspended.
Dillon Bell caught five passes for 100 yards and one TD and rushed for another score for the Bulldogs. Arian Smith had six receptions for 132 yards and a score, Trevor Etienne rushed for a touchdown and Lawson Luckie had one catch for Georgia.
The meeting was the first between the two powerhouses since Alabama’s Nick Saban retired after last season. New coach Kalen DeBoer kept the Crimson Tide’s success going, but it wasn’t easy, as the Bulldogs rallied from 18 in the fourth quarter.
Beck threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Luckie — a two-point pass failed — as Georgia went up 33-21 with 9:46 left in the game.
The Bulldogs cut their deficit to five on Bell’s 3-yard scoring run with 5:39 left.
When Georgia next had the ball, Bell got behind the Alabama defense on the first play of the drive. He caught a pass from Beck and spun around some defenders to complete a 67-yard touchdown run that gave the Bulldogs a 34-33 edge with 2:31 left. Beck’s two-point streak was short.
Alabama matched the brutality on its next offensive play, as Williams got behind the Bulldogs’ defense and intercepted Milroe’s throw. He eluded attempts to block him to complete a 75-yard play that gave the Crimson Tide a 41-34 lead (counting Milroe’s two-point conversion to Bernard).
Georgia’s rally from a 30-7 halftime deficit began with Beck’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Smith. A two-pointer by Luckie cut the deficit to 15 with 5:06 left in the third quarter.
On the opening kickoff, Milroe scored on a 7-yard run and threw a 16-yard field goal to Miller. Bernard hit the Bulldogs 7 to make it 21-0 with 2:21 left in the first quarter. Milroe hit a 36-yard scamper with 12:24 left in the first half.
–Field Level Media