ATLANTA — Nate Frazier ran for 108 yards, Gunner Stockton threw a 7-yard pass to Zachariah Branch for the game’s only touchdown and No. 4 Georgia beat rival No. 23 Georgia Tech 16-9 on Saturday.
Stockton completed just 11 of 21 passes for 70 yards and threw an interception, but Georgia (11-1) held Georgia Tech to just 69 rushing yards in its eighth straight win in the series.
Haynes King threw for 181 yards and an interception for Georgia Tech (9-3), which dropped three of its last four games to finish the regular season.
After punting on its opening drive of the second half, Georgia posted its only takeaway as Ellis Robinson IV intercepted King’s deep ball at the Bulldogs’ 4-yard line.
Georgia Tech then forced a punt and cut its deficit to 13-6 on Aidan Birr’s 44-yard field goal with 4:33 left in the third.
Peyton Woodring’s 50-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter pushed the lead back to 10 points.
Each team then traded punts, before Georgia Tech’s ensuing drive was extended by Christen Miller’s roughing-the-passer penalty and Joenel Aguero’s pass interference, pushing the drive to Georgia’s 24-yard line.
From there, Georgia Tech settled for Birr’s 41-yarder at the 3:30 mark.
Georgia was able to drain the clock until Brett Thorson’s 61-yard punt sailed into the end zone with 14 seconds left.
King’s 27-yard pass to Isiah Canion gave the Yellow Jackets the ball at Georgia’s 44 with one second left, but King’s Haily Mary attempt was batted down in the end zone as time expired.
Georgia Tech punted on its opening drive, but the Yellow Jackets regained possession as Tah’j Butler intercepted Stockton and returned it to the Bulldogs’ 37.
Georgia Tech then grabbed a 3-0 lead on Birr’s 30-yard field goal with 1:20 remaining in the first quarter.
Georgia answered with a 13-play, 71-yard drive, tying the score on Woodring’s 22-yard field goal at the 9:42 mark of the second quarter.
After Georgia Tech’s Marshall Nichols shanked a 22-yard punt, Stockton connected with Branch for 24 yards to the Yellow Jackets’ 12-yard line. Three plays later, Stockton hit Branch for a 7-yard touchdown pass, giving Georgia a 10-3 edge with 4:35 remaining in the first half.
Following Nichols’ third punt, Georgia tacked on with Woodring’s 29-yarder, sending the Bulldogs into halftime with a 13-3 lead.
–Jack Batten, Field Level Media
