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Oklahoma Sooners vs Georgia Bulldogs

Sooners Blow Lead in Double-OT Loss

  Georgia 54 --   Oklahoma 48

Game Time: 1/1/2018 at 4:00 PM
ESPN
Location: Pasadena, CA
Attendance: 92,844
Opp Coach: Kirby Smart
Weather at Game Time
Temperature: 70°F
Humidity: 33%
Pressure: 30.08 in
Visibility: 4 mile(s)
Wind: Calm mph
Conditions: Clear

*Game notes and/or stats from soonersports.com
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT 1OT 2 Tot
Georgia 7 10 14 14 30 54
Oklahoma 14 17 0 14 36 48

Scoring Summary

First QuarterUGAOU
OU11:31Marquise Brown 13 yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Austin Seibert kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 80 yards in 02:06
07
UGA08:27Sony Michel 13 yd pass from Jake Fromm (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 75 yards in 03:04
77
OU06:56Rodney Anderson 9 yd run (Austin Seibert kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 75 yards in 01:31
714
Second QuarterUGAOU
OU14:12Rodney Anderson 41 yd run (Austin Seibert kick)
Drive Summary: 5 plays 69 yards in 02:36
721
UGA14:00Sony Michel 75 yd run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
Drive Summary: 1 plays 75 yards in 00:12
1421
OU09:12Austin Seibert 38 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 11 plays 54 yards in 04:48
1424
OU00:06Baker Mayfield 2 yd pass from CeeDee Lamb (Austin Seibert kick)
Drive Summary: 10 plays 90 yards in 03:22
1431
UGA00:00Rodrigo Blankenship 55 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 2 plays 9 yards in 00:05
1731
Third QuarterUGAOU
UGA12:25Nick Chubb 50 yd run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
Drive Summary: 1 plays 50 yards in 00:11
2431
UGA00:41Sony Michel 38 yd run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 71 yards in 02:35
3131
Fourth QuarterUGAOU
UGA13:57Javon Wims 4 yd pass from Jake Fromm (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
Drive Summary: 2 plays 4 yards in 00:51
3831
OU08:47Dimitri Flowers 11 yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Austin Seibert kick)
Drive Summary: 6 plays 88 yards in 01:56
3838
OU06:52Steven Parker 46 yd fumble return (Austin Seibert kick)
Drive Summary: 1 plays 46 yards in 00:00
3845
UGA00:55Nick Chubb 2 yd run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
Drive Summary: 7 plays 59 yards in 02:27
4545
First OvertimeUGAOU
UGA15:00Rodrigo Blankenship 38 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 4 plays 4 yards in 00:00
4845
OU15:00Austin Seibert 33 yd field goal
Drive Summary: 4 plays 9 yards in 00:00
4848
Second OvertimeUGAOU
UGA15:00Sony Michel 27 yd run
Drive Summary: 2 plays 25 yards in 00:00
5448

Team Stats

  UGA OU
Total First Downs 21   24  
    Rushing 8   11  
    Passing 12   11  
    Penalties 1   2  
    3rd Down Plays 3 of 11   7 of 18  
    4th Down Plays 0 of 0   0 of 0  
Total Yards 527   531  
    Total Plays / Ave 63 - 8.4   81 - 6.6  
Rushing Yards 317   242  
    Plays / Ave 34 - 9.3   45 - 5.4  
    Fumbles / Lost 1 - 1   0 - 0  
Passing Yards 210   289  
    Catches/Attempts 20 of 29   24 of 36  
    Ave Yards 7.2   8.0  
    Interceptions Thrown 0   1  
Sacks by / Yards 5 - 43   2 - 18  
Interceptions / Yards 1 - 39   0 - 0  
Punts / Ave Yards 6 - 48   7 - 41.1  
Kickoff Returns / Yards 0 - 0   0 - 0  
Punt Retuns / Yards 1 - 21   1 - 4  
Penalties / Yards 6 - 39   1 - 5  
Time of Possession 42:02   32:58  
Recap

AP Recap

PASADENA, Calif. -- After ending the first overtime Rose Bowl, one of the greatest Granddaddies of Them All, Sony Michel was swarmed by Georgia teammates as he broke down in tears.

The senior tailback had gone from possible goat to all-time hero for Georgia, sending the Bulldogs to the national championship game with one last burst in a game full of them.

Michel raced 27 yards for a touchdown in the second overtime to give No. 3 Georgia a 54-48 victory against No. 2 Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal Monday night.

Michel, who had a fumble in the fourth quarter returned for a go-ahead Oklahoma touchdown, ran for 181 yards and three scores for the Bulldogs (13-1), but none bigger than the last one.

"I made plays. I gave up plays. My team just had faith in me," said Michel, who did all that damage on just 11 carries and got a hug from former Bulldogs great tailback Garrison Hearst after scoring the winning TD. "That's what this team is all about. They showed true character today."

In the final game of his great career, Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns, and caught a touchdown pass that gave the Sooners a 17-point lead with 6 seconds left in the first half.

But the Heisman Trophy winner could not get the Sooners (12-2) into the end zone in the first overtime when a touchdown would have ended the game.

"It's tough to describe right now," Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said of the loss. "It's a hell of a college football game. You know, an epic Rose Bowl game."

The Bulldogs will play Alabama on Jan. 8 fin an all-Southeastern Conference national championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, about 70 miles from their campus. After Georgia made its first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1943 a heart-stopping success, the Bulldogs will play for their first national title since 1980.

"We got to get back to work. It's not done," Michel said. "Now we got to finish. Let's just finish this season off right."

The 104th Rose Bowl was also the highest-scoring, surpassing last year's 52-49 USC victory against Penn State. There was a lot more on the line in this one, the first CFP game to go to overtime as well.

After an offside penalty on Georgia gave Oklahoma a first down on third-and-five in the second OT possession, the Sooners stalled again and Austin Seibert came out for a 27-yard field goal. Leaping through the line, Lorenzo Carter got his outstretched hand on the kick and the ball fluttered down short of the uprights.

Any score would have ended it for the Bulldogs, and on the second play Michel slipped one tackle and was home free. The Bulldogs sprinted off the sideline and toward the corner of the end zone to mob Michel. Confetti rained down. Meanwhile, Mayfield stood motionless on the sideline for several seconds, bent over with his hands on his knees and head down. Mayfield battled flu-like symptoms the week leading into the game, but he played just fine.

"I can't believe it's over. It's been a wild ride," said Mayfield with a hoarse voice before he started to cry.

Michel and his roommate and running mate Nick Chubb were awesome for Georgia. Chubb ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, including a 2-yarder on a direct snap with 55 seconds left in regulation to tie it. The Sooners had taken a 45-38 lead when Steven Parker returned Michel's fumble for a TD with 6:52 left in the fourth.

"I told him that he had to keep running and trying to hit the corner," Chubb said. "We had a long game and after the fumble, we went down and he made up for it with that run to win the game."

Both teams settled for field goals in the first overtime. First, Georgia's Rodrigo Blankenship hit from 38 to make it 48-45.

Then it was Mayfield's turn. A touchdown would have sent the Sooners to Atlanta, but on a third-and-2 from the 17 Georgia All-America linebacker Roquan Smith nailed Jordan Smallwood a yard short of the first down.

Seibert kicked a 33-yarder and the Bulldogs and Sooners played on, but not for much longer.

THE TAKEAWAY

Georgia: The Bulldogs came in with the sixth-best defense in the country, but Mayfield and the Sooners sliced it up in the first half, including a nifty reverse pass to the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback that made it 31-14 with 6 seconds left in the second quarter. Oklahoma had 360 yards in the first half, the second-most the Bulldogs had allowed in a game this season.

Coach Kirby Smart said the defense "stunk it up" in the first half, but there were no dramatic changes in the second. Smith and company just played better. Oklahoma managed only 171 yards and one touchdown in the second half and OT.

Oklahoma: The Sooners' defense has been an issue all season, but it did look for a while like it might make the decisive play. Linebacker Caleb Kelly lowered a shoulder into Michel trying to turn the corner on a sweep and the ball popped loose. Parker picked it up on the bounce, tight-roped the sideline and sprinted 46 yards for the score.

But with a chance to close out the game with 3:22 left in the fourth, Georgia freshman quarterback Jake Fromm led a game-tying drive. Fromm finished 20-for-29 for 210 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.






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