ATHENS — Gunner Stockton completed 26 of 31 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns, as No. 9 Georgia posted a 43-35 victory over visiting No. 5 Ole Miss on Saturday in Southeastern Conference play.
Stockton also ran for 59 yards and a score, while Lawson Luckie hauled in three touchdowns receptions for Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC), which outgained Ole Miss 510-351.
Ole Miss (6-1, 3-1) was paced by Trinidad Chambliss. He threw for 263 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
After leading by a point at halftime, Ole Miss tacked on with Chambliss’s 75-yard pass to De’Zhaun Stribling on the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter.
Stockton then hit Luckie for a 3-yard score, before Georgia’s two-point conversion came up short, as the Bulldogs cut their deficit to 28-26 with 10:02 left in the third.
Chambliss continued the offensive barrage with a 2-yard rushing score, but Stockton responded with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Nate Frazier, cutting Georgia’s deficit to 35-33 with 12:56 left in the fourth.
After a punt by Ole Miss, Stockton hit Luckie for the duo’s third touchdown connection of the game, giving Georgia a 40-35 lead with 7:29 left.
Following Ole Miss, second straight punt, Peyton Woodring added on with a 42-yard field goal, giving Georgia an eight-point lead at the 2:06 mark.
Georgia forced a turnover on downs on the Rebels’ final possession to secure the massive conference win.
After Woodring’s 51-yard field goal began the scoring, Chambliss’s 7-yard touchdown run gave Ole Miss a 7-3 lead with 5:47 left in the opening quarter.
Stockton then led Georgia to a 13-play, 75-yard drive, stamped with his 11-yard touchdown pass to Luckie on the first play of the second quarter.
Kewan Lacy’s 1-yard touchdown rush gave Ole Miss a 14-10 edge, before Stockton’s 22-yard scamper helped Georgia retake the lead with 7:13 left in the first half.
Lacy’s second score gave Ole Miss a 21-17 lead, before Woodring’s 35-yard field goal as time expired cut the Bulldogs’ halftime deficit to 21-20.
–Field Level Media
