ATHENS, Ga. — Top-ranked Georgia never let No. 22 Missouri settle in Saturday, scoring the first 31 points of the afternoon on the way to a 48-21 Southeastern Conference win at Sanford Stadium.
The victory lifts the Bulldogs to 9-1 overall and 7-1 in league play. Missouri has now lost two in a row and sits at 6-4 and 3-4 in the SEC.
Running back Nate Frazier did most of the damage near the goal line, finishing three drives with touchdown runs of 4, 3 and 3 yards. One of those marches covered 87 yards over 11 plays. Quarterback Gunner Stockton added an 8-yard scoring run and later hit Isiah Canion for a 12-yard touchdown pass.
Peyton Woodring was perfect in the kicking game, making field goals from 41 and 40 yards and converting every extra point. Chauncey Bowens capped the scoring for Georgia with a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Missouri found the end zone only after the game was well out of reach. Tigers quarterback Austin Simmons threw for 175 yards and three scores, connecting on 17 throws in 25 tries, though Georgia also picked him off once. Donovan Olugbode caught one of those scores and led the Tigers with 67 receiving yards, and Kenric Lanier II, a Georgia native, scored his first career touchdown on a fourth-down catch late in the game.
Georgia also caught a break from replay before halftime. Officials initially signaled a Missouri takeaway on a lateral near the Bulldogs goal line, but the review turned it into an incompletion and Georgia kept the ball.
On the ground, Jamal Roberts gave the Tigers 62 yards on 19 carries. Defensively, Robert Woodyard Jr. and Elijah Dotson were credited with nine tackles apiece while trying to slow a Georgia offense that kept finishing drives.
For the Bulldogs, the win keeps them atop the national rankings heading into the final stretch of the regular season. The Tigers return to Columbia, Missouri, for a Nov. 21 matchup with 11th-ranked Kentucky.
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