Georgia Football: 3 sensational stats from Dawgs explosive 7th victory

Georgia football’s defense ruthlessly shuts down Kentucky’s offense

While Georgia’s offense averaged almost a first down each play, Kentucky’s didn’t have nearly as much success.

The Dawgs’ defense held the SEC’s leading rusher to just seven total yards and a Kentucky offense that averaged 214.67 yards on the ground a game to just 51 rushing yards.

Georgia held Kentucky to 1.9 yards a run. Now through the air, Will Levis had a strong game. He went 32-of-42 for 192 yards and two touchdowns. However, the Dawgs created enough havoc to make Kentucky one-dimensional and only partially successful in that area.

The Dawgs finished the game with 13 havoc total plays, including three sacks, eight tackles for loss, three pass breakups and two blocks.

Those two blocked kicks were game-changers. Head coach Kirby Smart said it best in his post-game press conference to block field goals is demoralizing to a team, and well Georgia blocked two kicks – a field goal and an extra point.

Jalen Carter had himself a ball game, which earned him his first SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honor. He had one sack, six tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and was one of the guys to block that extra point.

Every player on this defense knows that any given week, they can shine, and that is enough for them to give it their all every game.

Demoralizing teams is just what Georgia’s defense does. For the seventh straight week, the Dawgs have suffocated a team’s strength and made them one-sided. This side of the ball is the show right now, but deservingly so because they are just ruthless.

They don’t care about a team’s rating, if they have a losing or winning record or if they are in the SEC, it’s the same mindset every week — be elite and shut down the opponent.

Georgia claimed Kentucky as their seventh victim of the year, in an old-fashioned kind of way — stopping the run at all costs.