SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 4, 2014
No. 12 Georgia 44, Vanderbilt 17: Todd Gurley rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns and also completed a 50-yard pass as the host Bulldogs routed the Commodores in SEC play.
Devin Bowman returned an interception 63 yards for a score for Georgia (4-1, 2-1 SEC). Hutson Mason passed for 121 yards and two touchdowns, both to Chris Conley, and Nick Chubb scored on a 33-yard run to complement Gurley’s 17th career 100-yard rushing outing.
Ralph Webb and Dallas Rivers rushed for scores for Vanderbilt (1-5, 0-4). Wade Freebeck was 9-of-18 for 100 yards and Stephen Rivers went 7-of-13 for 88 yards with the costly interception.
Gurley rushed for two first-quarter touchdowns and Mason hit Conley on a 44-yard scoring play to make it 21-0. Webb scored from the 1 midway through the second before Gurley tossed a 50-yard pass to Jeb Blazevich to set up Mason’s 5-yard scoring aerial to Conley to make it 27-7 with seven seconds left in the half.
It was 27-10 when Stephen Rivers attempted a throw-back pass and Bowman grabbed it and returned it for a score. Dallas Rivers added a fourth-quarter touchdown run for the Commodores.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Gurley passed Lars Tate (3,017 from 1984-87) to move into third place in Georgia history with 3,147 rushing yards. … Vanderbilt QB Patton Robinette (concussion) missed his second-straight game. … The Bulldogs have won seven of the past eight meetings.