November 2, 2024 Week 10 · Regular Season Neutral site Belt defended

Georgia defends the belt, 34–20, at a neutral site over Florida.

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GeorgiaAP No. 2 34

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Florida 20

AP poll, week 10: Florida unranked at Georgia No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Kansas State. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Georgia came in 14 days into reign #324, which began with a win over Texas, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. It was the last defense: Ole Miss took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 9, 2024.

For Florida this was its 23rd shot at the belt; it had held the belt 5 times before.

It was the 5th of 5 belt games between the two; going in, the series stood 2–2; all-time Georgia leads 3–2. Every meeting →

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Recap

Georgia's defense forced three interceptions of Carson Beck in a dominant performance that allowed the Bulldogs to retain the belt with a 34-20 victory over Florida. The Gators struck first with a 43-yard touchdown pass from DJ Lagway to Aidan Mizell in the second quarter, but Georgia responded with a pair of field goals from Peyton Woodring, including a remarkable 53-yarder just before halftime that was matched by Florida's Trey Smack. The game was decided in the third quarter when Georgia scored two touchdowns in rapid succession—a 2-yard run by Nate Frazier capped a drive that benefited from a devastating 31-yard loss by Florida on a fumble, followed by a 22-yard touchdown pass from Beck to Cash Jones—to build an insurmountable lead. Georgia's defense continued to suffocate Florida's offense throughout, holding the Gators to just 259 total yards and forcing them into third-down desperation all game long, ultimately securing belt retention with a dominant defensive effort.

Georgia's three interceptions of Carson Beck, particularly Jack Pyburn's third-quarter pick, disrupted Florida's offensive rhythm and prevented sustained Gator drives
The 31-yard fumble loss by Florida in the third quarter that Jalon Walker recovered for Georgia, immediately preceding Nate Frazier's go-ahead touchdown run
Georgia's third-quarter scoring barrage with two touchdowns in less than six minutes (Frazier's 2-yard run and Beck's 22-yard pass to Cash Jones) that put the game out of reach

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

GeorgiaFlorida

Total yards457259

Rushing yards148146

Passing yards309113

First downs2513

3rd down conv.4/113/16

Turnovers31

Penalties–yards5–485–42

Time of possession33:3526:25

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 6:55	Georgia	+25 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Arian Smith for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Q1 2:10	Georgia	+23 yd	Peyton Woodring 23 yd FG GOOD
Q2 13:48	Georgia	+32 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted Devin Moore return for 32 yds to the UGA 43
Q2 13:42	Florida	+43 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Aidan Mizell for 43 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q2 13:13	Georgia	+31 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Ben Yurosek for 31 yds to the FLA 44 for a 1ST down
Q2 11:47	Georgia	+30 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted Aaron Gates return for 30 yds to the FLA 49
Q2 7:22	Florida	+32 yd	Trey Smack 32 yd FG GOOD
Q2 0:43	Georgia	+53 yd	Peyton Woodring 53 yd FG GOOD
Q2 0:03	Florida	+53 yd	Trey Smack 53 yd FG GOOD
Q3 13:05	Georgia	+0 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted Jack Pyburn return for no gain to the 50 yard line
Q3 8:59	Georgia	+33 yd	Dillon Bell run for 33 yds to the FLA 15 for a 1ST down
Q3 7:01	Georgia	+2 yd	Nate Frazier run for 2 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Q3 2:50	Florida	-31 yd	TEAM run for a loss of 31 yards to the FLA 36 TEAM fumbled, recovered by UGA Jalon Walker
Q3 1:20	Georgia	+22 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Cash Jones for 22 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Q4 9:10	Florida	+26 yd	Aidan Warner pass complete to Elijhah Badger for 26 yds to the UGA 29 for a 1ST down
Q4 7:29	Florida	+15 yd	Ja'Kobi Jackson run for 15 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q4 5:28	Georgia	+34 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Arian Smith for 34 yds to the FLA 38 for a 1ST down
Q4 5:16	Georgia	+21 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Lawson Luckie for 21 yds to the FLA 17 for a 1ST down
Q4 4:01	Georgia	+10 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Dominic Lovett for 10 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)
Q4 3:47	Florida	-4 yd	Aidan Warner pass intercepted for a 1ST down CJ Allen return for 6 yds to the FLA 23 for a 1ST down Florida Penalty, Tripping (Aidan Warner) to the FLA 7 for a 1ST down
Q4 3:03	Georgia	+4 yd	Dwight Phillips Jr. run for 4 yds for a TD (Peyton Woodring KICK)

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Georgia

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Carson Beck	25/40	309	7.7	2	3	61.0

Florida

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Aidan Warner	7/22	66	3.0	0	1	9.5
D.J. Lagway	2/6	47	7.8	1	0	61.5

Rushing

Georgia

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nate Frazier	19	82	4.3	1	11
Dillon Bell	1	33	33.0	0	33
Trevor Etienne	7	31	4.4	0	11
Dwight Phillips Jr.	1	4	4.0	1	4
Arian Smith	1	4	4.0	0	4
Carson Beck	3	-6	-2.0	0	10

Florida

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ja'Kobi Jackson	12	74	6.2	1	18
Jadan Baugh	17	64	3.8	0	11
D.J. Lagway	4	18	4.5	0	8
Aidan Warner	4	-10	-2.5	0	3

Receiving

Georgia

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Arian Smith	2	59	29.5	0	34
Dominic Lovett	7	52	7.4	1	17
Dillon Bell	4	50	12.5	0	18
Ben Yurosek	2	39	19.5	0	31
Cash Jones	3	37	12.3	1	22
London Humphreys	2	23	11.5	0	18
Lawson Luckie	1	21	21.0	0	21
Oscar Delp	2	21	10.5	0	12
Nate Frazier	2	7	3.5	0	5

Florida

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aidan Mizell	4	66	16.5	1	43
Elijhah Badger	2	36	18.0	0	26
Chimere Dike	2	8	4.0	0	8
Arlis Boardingham	1	3	3.0	0	3

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Defense

Georgia

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
C.J. Allen	8	3	0	0	0	2
Raylen Wilson	7	1	0	0.5	0	1
Chaz Chambliss	6	4	2	2.5	0	0
KJ Bolden	5	3	0	0	1	0
Jalon Walker	5	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Cole	4	3	0	0	0	0
Daylen Everette	4	2	0	1	0	0
Malaki Starks	4	1	0	0	1	0
Daniel Harris	3	1	0	0	0	0
Damon Wilson Jr.	3	1	0	1	0	1
Nazir Stackhouse	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Mykel Williams	3	0	0	0.5	0	3
Arian Smith	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dan Jackson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Warren Brinson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Carson Beck	1	1	0	0	0	0
JaCorey Thomas	1	1	0	0	0	0
Quintavius Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christen Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joenel Aguero	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jamaal Jarrett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyron Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0

Florida

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Trikweze Bridges	8	4	0	0.5	0	0
Aaron Gates	4	3	0	1	1	1
Sharif Denson	4	3	0	0	0	0
Cormani Mcclain	4	3	0	0.5	0	0
Jack Pyburn	4	1	0	0	0	0
Grayson Howard	4	1	0	0	0	1
Dijon Johnson	3	2	0	0	0	0
Myles Graham	3	1	1	1	0	0
Shemar James	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Castell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jaden Robinson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron Chiles	3	1	0	0	0	0
CamRon Jackson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Derek Wingo	2	1	1	1	0	0
Ja'Markis Weston	2	1	0	0	0	0
Justus Boone	2	1	0	0	0	0
Devin Moore	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Gumbs	2	0	0	0	0	1
R.J. Moten	1	1	0	0	0	0
DJ Douglas	1	1	0	0	0	0
T.J. Searcy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Thornton	1	1	0	0	0	0
Joey Slackman	1	1	0	0	0	0
Aidan Warner	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brien Taylor Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Desmond Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Banks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tyreak Sapp	1	0	0	0	0	0
L.J. McCray	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kamran James	1	0	0	0	0	1
Michai Boireau	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Georgia

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jalon Walker	0	0	1

Florida

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Chimere Dike	1	0	0

Interceptions

Georgia

Player	INT	YDS	TD
C.J. Allen	1	8	0

Florida

Player	INT	YDS
Devin Moore	1	32
Aaron Gates	1	30
Jack Pyburn	1	0

Kick Returns

Georgia

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chaz Chambliss	1	4	4.0	4	0

Florida

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ja'Kobi Jackson	1	18	18.0	18	0
Jadan Baugh	1	16	16.0	16	0

Kicking

Georgia

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Peyton Woodring	2/2	100.0	53	4/4	10

Florida

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Trey Smack	2/2	100.0	53	2/2	8

Punt Returns

Georgia

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Malaki Starks	3	21	7.0	11	0

Florida

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chimere Dike	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Punting

Georgia

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Brett Thorson	5	210	42.0	0	2	51

Florida

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jeremy Crawshaw	8	393	49.1	0	4	59

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401628408) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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