Overview
- A false start moved Tennessee’s potential game-winner to 43 yards with seven seconds left, and Max Gilbert missed wide right to send it to overtime.
- Georgia won on Josh McCray’s short touchdown after Tennessee opened OT with a 42-yard Gilbert field goal on a drive that gained one yard.
- Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards with a fourth-and-6 touchdown to London Humphreys and a two-point pass to Zachariah Branch to tie it late, drawing fresh Heisman buzz from RG3.
- Josh Heupel said he chose not to reset the spot for the final kick to avoid lost yardage and explained conservative late runs as a response to Georgia’s two-high looks.
- Tennessee piled up 496 yards behind Joey Aguilar’s 371 and Chris Brazzell II’s 177 with three scores, while Kirby Smart praised Georgia’s resilience and urged smarter defense before a bye and Alabama; Tennessee hosts UAB next.