Trevor Etienne went for three touchdowns, the first two on takeaways by cornerback Daylen Everett, and No. 5 Georgia State defeated Quinn Ewers and No. 1 Texas State by 30 on Saturday night. Defeated against 15.
Etienne’s last score was a 1-yard dive on fourth down with 12:04 left. It came on the heels of an ugly sequence in which Texas fans littered the field with water bottles and other trash after the referee was initially called a pass interference penalty that nullified an interception and a long return. The flag was lifted, setting up a TD for the Longhorns.
“They get the best out of me,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “They called in this place and tried to rob us. And they’re very resilient.”
Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) started the season in first place, but the Bulldogs overcame a 28-0 deficit to lose to then-fourth place Alabama, 41-34. He has won three consecutive games since then. They took the lead late during a long TD pass exchange.
The Bulldogs never trailed in their first trip to Austin since 1958, as they faced SEC newcomers who finished the first half of their schedule largely unscathed.
“No one gave us a chance. Everyone doubted us,” Smart said, referring to ESPN’s College GameDay pregame show broadcast from the Austin campus earlier in the day. did. “Did you watch this morning’s show? I didn’t because I was in a meeting, but I got 8,000 text messages about it.”
Texas (6-1, 2-1) defeated reigning national champion Michigan in Week 2 and had been less than four minutes behind all season, but had faced back-to-back national champions until facing the Wolverines.
The 15-point loss was the lopsided home game for a No. 1 team since Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 31-16 in 1982, when Dan Marino was the Panthers’ quarterback, according to Sportradar. It is said that it became.
The Texas Longhorns take the field ahead of their game against the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Photo: Alex Slits/Getty Images”Unfortunately, we didn’t play our best football tonight, but we were still competitive. Hopefully we can give them another crack at it,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. said. “They’ve been the standard in college football for the last five, six, seven years or so, and we played them really well in the second half.”
Georgia quarterback Carson Beck improved to 19-2, including a 7-2 mark against teams where he was ranked as a starter. He finished 23-of-41 for 175 yards and three interceptions, but Texas got nothing on his two first-quarter throws. The Longhorns had just 38 yards while leading 23-0 at halftime.
Jade Barron’s pick and 36-yard return to the Georgia 9 late in the third quarter came after a pass interference penalty was called for contact with Arian Smith. Sarkisian became furious with the officials and went to the corner of the field where the students were sitting and signaled them to stop throwing things.
While the debris was being picked up, officials discussed the play and picked up flags. Two plays later, Ewers threw a 17-yard touchdown to Jadon Blue to put the Longhorns up 23-15.
Ewers completed 25 of 43 passes for 211 yards.
Late in the first quarter, a blindside sack by Everett spilled the ball off Ewers, and the defender recovered it at the Texas 13 after several teammates tried to pick up the fumble. This led to Etienne’s 2-yard TD for a 7-0 lead.
At the Texas 34, Everett got in front of his receiver and made an interception before Etienne made a late lunge into the end zone for a 15-yard TD run to make it 17-0.
“We all always say that takeout comes in a lot,” Everett said. “We practice serious attention to detail.”
Peyton Woodring made three field goals for Georgia before halftime, freshman Arch Manning, who played in the second series, fumbled while being sacked, and the final one was a 44-yarder as time expired. Ta.
