No. 3 Georgia routs Tennessee State 63-3
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No. 3 Georgia routed Tennessee State 63-3. Share this game
We had Georgia favored. It won.
Top comment in the game thread
we've scored as many here in the 1st quarter as we did in the entire game against Austin Peay last year
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Georgia better than a 99% chance, and the closing betting line (Georgia was a 49.5-point favorite) put it above 99%.
Georgia led by 28 after the first quarter and by 32 at the half.
Georgia 63-3 Tennessee State
Georgia wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Tennessee State 3-63 GeorgiaTennessee State lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
What fans said, play by play
The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.
- Q1 7:10Georgia fans celebrate Stockton's touchdown pass to Williams and mock Mike Bobo
Make sure to talk to your kids about minimizing their screen time so you don’t end up raising the next Mike Bobo
r/CFB game threadWilliams is gonna be a Dawggg!
r/CFB game thread - Q1 2:08Georgia fans celebrate 28-0 lead and mock Tennessee State's lack of first downs
28 in the first is unacceptable Bobo needs to go
r/CFB game threadQuoted at the top of the page. - Q2 10:33Georgia fans celebrate Jaden Reddell's touchdown reception from Gunner Stockton
Reddell has been absolutely buried on the depth chart last few years. Glad he’s finally getting good reps
r/CFB game thread - Q2 7:48Georgia fans mock special teams botch and demand Kirby Smart punish the holder
Mark Richt has lost control of our special teams.
r/CFB game threadSo backup special teams bad. Why was Puglisi not the holder? Our QB's are always the holders.
r/CFB game thread
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Georgia -49.5), at 100% for Georgia (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. The gray band is r/CFB game-thread activity, its loudest stretches in gold. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.Watch the plays
The bar and the arrow show Georgia’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.
- Q1, 13:36Frazier 48-yd TD runGeorgia goes ahead 7-0Q1, 13:36 · Georgia 7, Tennessee State 07-0score after the play7-0score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q1, 10:08Frazier 14-yd TD runGeorgia leads 14-0Q1, 10:08 · Georgia 14, Tennessee State 014-0score after the play14-0score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q1, 6:30Stockton 17-yd TD pass to WilliamsGeorgia leads 21-0Q1, 6:30 · Georgia 21, Tennessee State 021-0score after the play21-0score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q1, 2:08Stockton 11-yd TD pass to TaylorGeorgia leads 28-0Q1, 2:08 · Georgia 28, Tennessee State 028-0score after the play28-0score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q2, 10:33Stockton 14-yd TD pass to ReddellGeorgia leads 35-0Q2, 10:33 · Georgia 35, Tennessee State 035-0score after the play35-0score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q3, 10:56Frazier 3-yd TD runGeorgia leads 42-3Q3, 10:56 · Georgia 42, Tennessee State 342-3score after the play42-3score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q3, 5:01Puglisi 16-yd TD pass to ProthroGeorgia leads 49-3Q3, 5:01 · Georgia 49, Tennessee State 349-3score after the play49-3score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q3, 2:17McNair sacked for a 14-yd lossQ3, 2:17 · Georgia 49, Tennessee State 349-3score after the play49-3score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
- Q4, 8:57Lamar 11-yd TD runGeorgia leads 63-3Q4, 8:57 · Georgia 63, Tennessee State 363-3score after the play63-3score after the play▶Watch from this playESPN College Football
Every drive
Georgia scored on 9 of its 12 drives; Tennessee State on 1 of its 12.
Georgia’s drives are teal, Tennessee State’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
“That was Bobos fault. Idk how but it was”
When fans got loud
Busy
The loudest stretch came in the second quarter.
The jump was busy; the crowd was steady.
Never in doubt.
Box score
Georgia 63, Tennessee State 3
Georgia covered −49.5 by 10.5. The total, 66, went over 55.5.
| Team totals | Tennessee State | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 109 | 660 |
| Passing | 15 of 26, 99 yds | 25 of 33, 388 yds |
| Rushing | 32 for 10 yds | 27 for 272 yds |
| First downs | 10 | 31 |
| Third down | 6 of 17 | 4 of 6 |
| Fourth down | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 1 for 10 yds | 8 for 85 yds |
| Time of possession | 31:33 | 28:27 |
Tennessee State leaders
- Passing Daylin Lee 11 of 19, 62 yds
- Rushing Travis Pearson 5 for 14 yds; Byron McNair 8 for 14 yds
- Receiving Cam Bulluck 4 for 28 yds; Daion Gaston 1 for 17 yds
Georgia leaders
- Passing Gunner Stockton 15 of 16, 202 yds, 3 TD
- Rushing Nate Frazier 4 for 72 yds, 3 TD; Bo Walker 5 for 35 yds
- Receiving Jeremy Bell 1 for 54 yds, 1 TD; Jaden Reddell 2 for 38 yds, 1 TD
Feels like 85° to 104° through the game
97° at kickoff · feels like 85° to 104° · no rain recorded · wind 7 mph from the northeast, gusts to 35
A feels-like 104° is hotter than the peak in 99% of games since 2018.
Each gray tick is one game. The black line is the typical game.
Warmer than 9 in 10 of the 61 other games played at Sanford Stadium since 2016 (airport temperature during the game window). The usual here around this date is 79°, with about 7 in 10 games between 71° and 87°.
September game-day temperatures at Sanford Stadium
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Athens Municipal airport, 2.7 miles away. The paler thunder bar is thunder reported in the vicinity of an airport. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Tennessee State · 2-10
Rated 217th in our preseason ratings, 217th now.
Three straight losses.
L 6-7 @ Charleston Southern #216 of 667
lost by 1 as a 12.5-point underdog
L 14-30 vs Gardner-Webb #166 of 667
lost by 16 as a 15-point underdog
L 7-26 @ UT Martin #166 of 667
lost by 19 as a 14.5-point underdog
L 13-35 vs Lindenwood #208 of 667
lost by 22 as a 3.5-point underdog
L 16-17 vs Western Illinois #239 of 667
lost by 1 as a 3-point favorite
W 24-7 vs Howard #228 of 667
won by 17 as a 2-point underdog
L 12-28 @ Southeast Missouri State #219 of 667
lost by 16 as a 16.5-point underdog
L 7-31 @ Eastern Illinois #203 of 667
lost by 24 as a 5-point underdog
L 8-35 vs Tennessee Tech #103 of 667
lost by 27 as a 31.5-point underdog
L 21-23 vs Alabama A&M #168 of 667
lost by 2 as a 1-point underdog
L 3-59 vs North Dakota State #145 of 667
lost by 56 as a 32.5-point underdog
W 24-21 vs North Carolina A&T #258 of 667
won by 3 as a 6.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Georgia · 12-2
Rated 2nd in our preseason ratings.
L 34-39 vs Ole MissTop 25 #5 of 667
lost by 5 as a 6-point favorite
W 28-7 @ AlabamaTop 25 #9 of 667
won by 21 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 16-9 @ Georgia TechTop 25 #47 of 667
won by 7 as a 15.5-point favorite
W 35-3 vs Charlotte #231 of 667
won by 32 as a 42.5-point favorite
W 35-10 vs TexasTop 25 #18 of 667
won by 25 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 41-21 @ Mississippi State #46 of 667
won by 20 as a 9.5-point favorite
W 24-20 @ FloridaTop 25 #24 of 667
won by 4 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 43-35 vs Ole MissTop 25 #8 of 667
won by 8 as a 7.5-point favorite
W 20-10 @ AuburnTop 25 #19 of 667
won by 10 as a 4.5-point favorite
W 35-14 vs Kentucky #49 of 667
won by 21 as a 19.5-point favorite
L 21-24 vs AlabamaTop 25 #7 of 667
lost by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 44-41 @ TennesseeTop 25 #9 of 667
won by 3 as a 3.5-point favorite
W 28-6 vs Austin Peay #119 of 667
won by 22 as a 46.5-point favorite
W 45-7 vs Marshall #79 of 667
won by 38 as a 38.5-point favorite
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line agree on Georgia’s chances here.
Georgia favored by 49.5 · Total 55.5
How games like this usually go
Georgia by 49.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 3 points toward Georgia.
The total fell 1 point.
Spread: −46.5 → −49.5 · Total: 56.5 → 55.5
Weather at kickoff
Hot and dry. Feels like 95° at kickoff.
Tennessee State at Georgia · Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 · Sanford Stadium, Athens
- 95°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 39weather score, Harsh
At kickoff, Sept. 5, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At Sanford Stadium that day, a 7:45 pm kickoff would have scored 96, against 39 at 3:30 pm.
- noon: 41, Harsh
- 12:45 pm: 39, Harsh
- 2 pm: 30, Harsh
- 3:30 pm: 39, Harsh (this game)
- 6 pm: 71, Rough
- 7 pm: 93, Comfortable
- 7:45 pm: 96, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.
At kickoff, Sept. 5, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
Georgia is worth +3.6 points (±3.7) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 40th percentile.
93% at home, 88% on the road against FBS opponents (43-3 home, 30-4 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -2.2 at home vs. away over 88 games — inside the ±5.8 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 246 miles to get here.