Auburn Rallies From 14-0 and Beats Georgia 27-24 at the Gun
Alex McPherson's 34-yard field goal came with the clock at 0:00. That is the whole ballgame, and also the end of Georgia's afternoon, because Auburn beat the Bulldogs 27-24 after trailing 14-0 in the first quarter.
Georgia started hot. Dwight Phillips Jr. ran 15 yards for a touchdown, and Gunner Stockton hit Lawson Luckie from 24 yards, so it was 14-0 with 6:49 left in the first. Auburn answered right away with Christian Neptune's 24-yard pass to Keshaun Singleton, and Byrum Brown tied it with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Chas Nimrod in the second quarter. McPherson's 49-yard field goal with 1:20 left in the half put Auburn up 17-14, the only lead change of the game. Brown added a 5-yard touchdown run early in the third for 24-14. Georgia got a Peyton Woodring field goal to start the fourth and a 4-yard Stockton pass to London Humphreys with 2:58 left to tie it at 24. And then McPherson, last play.
The turnover column tells you why this was so close. Georgia threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. Auburn turned it over zero times. Georgia outgained Auburn 440 yards to 371, passed for 327 and sacked Auburn's quarterbacks five times, and still lost. Auburn ran 45 times for 197.
Auburn is 4-2, and Georgia is 6-1. For fantasy, Brown was the top scorer in the game with 29.5 points, almost all of them from 26 carries and 115 rushing yards plus a touchdown on top of the one he threw.