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Sugar Bowl Stats
1/1/2003 12:00:00 PM | Football
Jan 1, 2003
Georgia 3 14 6 3 - 26 Florida St. 0 7 6 0 - 13
First Quarter
Ga-FG Bennett 23, 4:19. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:04. Key play: Greene 12
pass to Edwards on 3rd-and-7.
Georgia 3, Florida St. 0.
Second Quarter
FSU-Boldin 5 pass from Walker (Beitia kick), 13:41. Drive: 8 plays, 69
yards, 3:42. Key plays: Dean 5 run on 3rd-and-1; Walker 14 pass to Hughes.
Florida St. 7, Georgia 3.
Ga-Thornton 71 interception return (Bennett kick), 6:24. Georgia 10,
Florida St. 7.
Ga-Edwards 37 pass from Shockley (Bennett kick), 3:43. Drive: 1 play, 37
yards, :07.
Georgia 17, Florida St. 7.
Third Quarter
Ga-FG Bennett 42, 11:06. Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards, 3:54. Key plays: Smith 10
and 12 runs; Greene 34 pass to Johnson. Georgia 20, Florida St. 7.
Ga-FG Bennett 25, 8:49. Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, 2:04. Key plays: Veal
fumble recovery on Florida State’s 17. Georgia 23, Florida St. 7.
FSU-Thorpe 40 pass from Boldin (run failed), 0:00. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards,
2:29. Key plays: Boldin 2 run on 3rd-and-1; Boldin 20 run. Georgia 23, Florida
St. 13.
Fourth Quarter
Ga-FG Bennett 35, 10:17. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards, 4:43. Key plays: Green
11 pass to Edwards; Smith 32 run. Georgia 26, Florida St. 13.
A-74,269.
Ga FSU FIRST DOWNS 11 18 Rushing 6 10 Passing 5 6 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFF 3-12 5-14 FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 0-3 TOTAL NET YARDS 276 262 Total Plays 51 67 Avg Gain 5.4 3.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 151 115 Rushes 36 41 Avg per rush 4.2 2.8 NET YARDS PASSING 125 147 Sacked-Yds lost 4-17 6-45 Gross-Yds passing 142 192 Completed-Att. 10-15 13-26 Had Intercepted 0 2 Yards-Pass Play 8.3 5.6 KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 0-0-0 0-0-0 PUNTS-Avg. 4-48.2 5-40.4 Punts blocked 0 0 FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 113 125 Punts Returns 2-29 4-68 Kickoffs Returns 1-7 3-57 Interceptions 2-77 0-0 PENALTIES-Yds 6-59 5-37 FUMBLES-Lost 1-1 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 26:09 33:51
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Georgia, Smith 23-145, Milton 5-13, Shockley 3-2, Wall 1-0, team
2-(minus 2), Greene 2-(minus 7). Florida St., Washington 10-48, Boldin 13-34,
Maddox 9-32, Dean 1-5, Reid 1-2, Walker 7-(minus 6).
PASSING-Georgia, Greene 9-14-0-88, Shockley 1-1-0-37. Florida St., Boldin
6-14-0-78, Walker 7-12-2-69.
RECEIVING-Georgia, Edwards 3-60, Gibson 2-12, Johnson 1-34, Brown 1-11,
Watson 1-5, Wall 1-3, Smith 1-0. Florida St., Maddox 4-24, Boldin 3-34, Sam
2-11, Thorpe 1-40, Morgan 1-18, Hughes 1-14, Gardner 1-6.
PUNT RETURNS-Georgia, Gary 2-29. Florida St., Washington 4-68.
KICKOFF RETURNS-Georgia, Gibson 1-7. Florida St., Gardner 2-43, Washington
1-14.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS-Georgia, Gilbert 7-1-0, Jones 6-0-0, Thompson 5-0-2,
Bailey 4-1-1, Jennings 4-0-0, Pollack 3-2-1, Clemons 3-1-0, Bryant 3-1-0, Davis
2-1-2, Thornton 2-0-0, Sullivan 2-0-0, Watson 2-0-0, White 2-0-0, Jones 2-0-0,
Curry 1-2-0, Swain 1-1-0, Holloway 1-0-0, Wall 1-0-0, Geathers 0-1-0, Veal
0-1-0. Florida St., Augustin 5-1-0, Boulware 4-0-1, Jackson 3-2-1?, Pope 3-0-0,
Smith 3-0-0, Johnson 2-3-?, Carter 2-1-0, Samuels 2-0-0, Shaw 2-0-0, McFadden
2-0-0, Benford 2-0-0, Hudson 1-2-0, Powell 1-0-1, Ocosei 1-1-0, Hall 1-0-0,
Charles 1-0-0, Brown 1-0-0, Watkins 1-0-0, Ward 1-0-0, Nicholson 1-0-0, Newton
1-0-0.
INTERCEPTIONS-Georgia, Thornton 1-71, Curry 1-6. Florida St., None.
MISSED FIELD GOAL-Georgia, Bennett 47 (WL).
OFFICIALS-Referee Chuck McFerrin, Ump Dennis Angel, HL Dale Newhouse, LJ Cap
Anderson, BJ Gary LeFors, SJ Craig Wrolstad, FJ Brian O’Cain.
Time: 3:23.