Bulldogs cap comeback, edge Volunteers in OT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Josh McCray scored connected a 1-yard tally successful overtime to springiness No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 victory implicit No. 15 Tennessee connected Saturday.

The Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 SEC) came from down 3 times to bushed the Volunteers (2-1, 1-0) for the ninth consecutive clip with Nate Frazier mounting up the winning people with a 21-yard tally connected Georgia's archetypal drawback successful overtime.

Max Gilbert kicked a 42-yard tract extremity to springiness Tennessee a 41-38 borderline successful overtime. Tennessee had a accidental to triumph successful regulation, but Gilbert pushed a 43-yard field-goal effort wide close conscionable earlier the last whistle.

Joey Aguilar threw for 371 yards and 4 touchdowns and ran for a TD to pb Tennessee. The Volunteers came from down doubly successful the 2nd fractional aft jumping retired to a 14-point pb successful the archetypal quarter.

Chris Brazzell III caught scoring passes of 72, 14 and 66 yards. Braylon Staley's 32-yard TD reception aboriginal successful the 4th fourth enactment Tennessee connected apical 35-30 with 11:01 left.

Georgia backmost Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and 2 touchdowns and besides ran for a TD. Trailing 38-30 with 2:32 near successful the game, Stockton deed London Humphreys with a 28-yard slice successful the extremity zone. The two-point conversion tied it for the 3rd time.

"Tennessee was earning this game, and I person a batch of respect for the mode they played, but these kids, they ne'er quit," Georgia manager Kirby Smart told ESPN successful his postgame, on-field interview. "We knew we could tally the ball, and we wanted to tally the shot successful the 2nd half. We ne'er quit, and I'm arrogant of this team."

Tennessee dominated the archetypal quarter, jumping to a 21-7 pb but Georgia pulled wrong 21-17 astatine halftime. The Volunteers Tennessee the 3rd squad to people connected its archetypal 3 drives against Georgia since Smart took implicit successful 2016.

After an unfastened day adjacent week, the Bulldogs big Alabama Sept. 27. The Volunteers, meanwhile, permission the SEC and big Alabama-Birmingham adjacent Saturday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.