Game notes: Missouri at Georgia
Saturday, November 14, kickoff time not yet set, Sanford Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Missouri (5–2, 2–2 in conference) at Georgia (6–1, 4–1 in conference), Saturday, November 14, kickoff time not yet set, Sanford Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 14th meeting; Georgia leads the series 12–1.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 4, 2023: Georgia 30, Missouri 21.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1959: Georgia 14, Missouri 0.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Georgia is 5–1 at home against Missouri.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2023: Georgia 30–21 (at Georgia); 2022: Georgia 26–22 (at Missouri); 2021: Georgia 43–6 (at Georgia); 2020: Georgia 49–14 (at Missouri); 2019: Georgia 27–0 (at Georgia).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Missouri
- Missouri is 5–2 (2–2 in conference games), 1–2 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 54–14 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff; W 38–21 at Kansas; W 27–17 vs. Troy; L 24–31 at No. 24 Mississippi State; W 45–17 vs. No. 8 Florida; W 27–6 vs. Texas A&M; L 3–31 at No. 9 Ole Miss.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Missouri is No. 24 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Eli Drinkwitz is 51–31 in his seventh season at Missouri and 63–32 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Eli Drinkwitz is 0–4 against Georgia.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jamal Roberts (RB): 867 rushing yards, 8 TD, No. 1 in FBS in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Cayden Lee (WR): 45 catches, 652 yards, 5 TD, No. 9 in FBS in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Nicholas Rodriguez (LB): 72 tackles, 1.5 sacks, No. 2 in FBS in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 1998, Missouri lost to No. 6 Texas A&M 17–14.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Georgia
- Georgia is 6–1 (4–1 in conference games), 1–0 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 63–3 vs. Tennessee State; W 70–20 vs. Western Kentucky; W 45–17 at Arkansas; W 41–13 vs. Oklahoma; W 38–14 vs. Vanderbilt; W 20–17 at No. 6 Alabama; L 24–27 vs. Auburn.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Georgia is No. 4 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Georgia is one of three FBS teams that have scored first in every game this season, with Ohio State and Virginia Tech.resultsFBS teams that scored the first points of each game this season (four games or more), from the scoring plays.
- Kirby Smart is 123–22 in his 11th season at Georgia.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Kirby Smart is 8–0 against Missouri.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Gunner Stockton (QB): 1,570 passing yards, 16 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Dwight Phillips Jr. (RB): 348 rushing yards, 2 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Raylen Wilson (LB): 43 tackles, 4 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Gunner Stockton needs 331 yards to pass Mike Bobo (6,054, 1994–97) for ninth on Georgia’s career total offense list. He has 5,724 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 1987, Georgia lost to No. 12 Auburn 27–11.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Kirby Smart is 4–0 against Eli Drinkwitz’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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