No. 2 Georgia matches up with Western Kentucky in Week 2

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Western Kentucky (0-1) at No. 2 Georgia (1-0), Sept. 12 at 12:45 p.m. EDT.

Opening Line: Georgia by 40.5. Against the spread: Georgia 1-0, Western Kentucky 0-1.

How to watch: SEC Network

Key stats

Georgia Offense

Overall: 660 yards per game (5th in FBS)

Passing: 388 yards per game (8th)

Rushing: 272 yards per game (25th)

Scoring: 63 points per game (9th)

Georgia Defense

Overall: 109 yards per game (5th in FBS)

Passing: 99 yards per game (20th)

Rushing: 10 yards per game (6th)

Scoring: 3 points per game (10th)

Western Kentucky Offense

Overall: 367 yards per game (91st in FBS)

Passing: 203 yards per game (90th)

Rushing: 164 yards per game (67th)

Scoring: 14 points per game (111th)

Western Kentucky Defense

Overall: 486 yards per game (120th in FBS)

Passing: 163 yards per game (60th)

Rushing: 323 yards per game (136th)

Scoring: 49 points per game (127th)

Western Kentucky ranks 110th in defensive third down percentage, allowing opponents to convert 50% of the time. Georgia ranks 7th on offense, converting on 66.7% of third downs.

Georgia ranks 124th in the FBS with 85 penalty yards per game.

Georgia is 96th in the FBS with an average time of possession of 28:27, compared to Western Kentucky's 45th-ranked average of 32:33.

Team leaders

Georgia

Passing: Gunner Stockton, 202 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 93.8 completion percentage

Rushing: Nate Frazier, 72 yards on 4 carries, 3 TDs

Receiving: Jeremy Bell, 54 yards on 1 catch, 1 TD

Western Kentucky

Passing: Rodney Tisdale Jr., 203 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 60 completion percentage

Rushing: Ajay Allen, 102 yards on 21 carries, 2 TDs

Receiving: Cameron Flowers, 60 yards on 7 catches, 0 TDs

Last game

Georgia beat Tennessee State 63-3 on Sept. 5. Stockton threw for 202 yards on 15-of-16 attempts (93.8%) with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Frazier had 72 rushing yards on four carries and three touchdowns. Bell put up 54 yards on one catch with one touchdown.

Western Kentucky fell 49-14 to Nevada on Sept. 5. Tisdale led Western Kentucky with 203 yards on 24-of-40 passing (60.0%) for no touchdowns and no interceptions. Allen had 102 rushing yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns, adding two receptions for seven yards. Flowers had seven receptions for 60 yards.

Next game

Georgia plays at Arkansas on Sept. 19. Western Kentucky plays at No. 5 Indiana on Sept. 19.

 

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