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Dec 30, 2023; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles wide receiver Ja'Khi Douglas (0) is tackled by Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Terrell Foster (30) during the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

Florida State, Georgia nix 2027-28 home-and-home series

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Georgia and Florida State are calling off a home-and-home series scheduled for 2027 and 2028.

There was no longer room on their respective calendars after the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference moved to nine-game league schedules.

The Seminoles and Bulldogs already are playing in-state, non-conference rivalry games against Florida and Georgia Tech, respectively, giving both teams 10 Power 4 opponents on their annual schedule.

They could still potentially meet in a neutral-site matchup. Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said he was “optimistic” about making such a deal, per ESPN.

Georgia is 7-4-1 against Florida State, including a 63-3 thumping in their most recent meeting in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30, 2023.

–Field Level Media

Fresno State stands between Miami (Ohio) and back-to-back Arizona Bowl crowns

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Miami (Ohio) will try to win the Arizona Bowl for the second straight year when it meets Fresno State in the first meeting between the schools on Saturday afternoon in Tucson.

The RedHawks (7-6) defeated Colorado State 43-17 at the University of Arizona last season to cap their fifth straight year in a postseason bowl game.

“We loved it last year,” said Miami coach Chuck Martin. “We were very, very excited that we got to go again.”

The RedHawks experienced their share of adversity before returning to Tucson. They began the season 0-3. Then seventh-year starting quarterback Dequan Finn, who was on his third college team, departed in mid-November to begin training for the NFL Draft.

Henry Hesson, a fourth-year senior with Miami, was given the first shot at the starting role, but freshman Thomas Gotkowski quickly passed him by and led the RedHawks to back-to-back wins against Buffalo and Ball State that advanced them to their third straight MAC championship game.

In four games, Gotkowski has completed 32 of 64 passes for 503 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. He also has rushed for 99 yards and one score.

“I always expected to see the field at some point,” Gotkowski said. “My mentality going into the season was, ‘Let’s prepare at a high level in case that opportunity comes sooner than you think.’ It may come today, may come tomorrow, but let’s be in a position where I’m able to execute at a high level and know the game plan whenever that moment comes.”

Miami also has a solid ground game led by senior Jordan Brunson, who has rushed for 724 yards and four touchdowns this season while averaging 4.7 yards per carry.

The Bulldogs (8-4) are bowl-eligible for the fifth season in a row after holding their opponents to 293.5 yards per game, their fewest in a season since 1988.

Simeon Harris has five interceptions for Fresno State while Finn Claypool has racked up 6 1/2 sacks in his first year playing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. He stacked up 30.5 sacks in four years at FCS Drake.

E.J. Warner, the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, started the first seven games for Fresno State before he was benched in favor of sophomore Carson Conklin.

The Bulldogs were shut out for the first time at their home stadium in Conklin’s debut, so Warner eventually won back the starting job for the final two games of the regular season.

“We know what’s at stake,” Fresno State coach Matt Entz said. “Our guys have shown all year they can rise to the occasion. Now it’s about executing for four quarters.”

Entz has already earned $110,000 in bonuses for winning eight games and qualifying for a bowl game. He can pocket another $45,000 with an Arizona Bowl win.

Entz, who came to Fresno State this season after serving as the assistant head coach for defense and linebackers coach at USC last season, knows the type of player he wants in his program.

“The things that we look for are high character, intelligence in the classroom and on the field, athleticism, and a level of toughness to fit into our program,” Entz said. “We don’t skip the work and we don’t skip the development at Fresno State. So, if you’re looking for a place where you’re going to show up and move right into a playing role, this isn’t it. You’ve got to come earn it at Fresno State.”

–Field Level Media

No. 4 Georgia caps 11-1 regular season, outlasts No. 23 Georgia Tech

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ATLANTA — Nate Frazier ran for 108 yards, Gunner Stockton threw a 7-yard pass to Zachariah Branch for the game’s only touchdown and No. 4 Georgia beat rival No. 23 Georgia Tech 16-9 on Saturday.

Stockton completed just 11 of 21 passes for 70 yards and threw an interception, but Georgia (11-1) held Georgia Tech to just 69 rushing yards in its eighth straight win in the series.

Haynes King threw for 181 yards and an interception for Georgia Tech (9-3), which dropped three of its last four games to finish the regular season.

After punting on its opening drive of the second half, Georgia posted its only takeaway as Ellis Robinson IV intercepted King’s deep ball at the Bulldogs’ 4-yard line.

Georgia Tech then forced a punt and cut its deficit to 13-6 on Aidan Birr’s 44-yard field goal with 4:33 left in the third.

Peyton Woodring’s 50-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter pushed the lead back to 10 points.

Each team then traded punts, before Georgia Tech’s ensuing drive was extended by Christen Miller’s roughing-the-passer penalty and Joenel Aguero’s pass interference, pushing the drive to Georgia’s 24-yard line.

From there, Georgia Tech settled for Birr’s 41-yarder at the 3:30 mark.

Georgia was able to drain the clock until Brett Thorson’s 61-yard punt sailed into the end zone with 14 seconds left.

King’s 27-yard pass to Isiah Canion gave the Yellow Jackets the ball at Georgia’s 44 with one second left, but King’s Haily Mary attempt was batted down in the end zone as time expired.

Georgia Tech punted on its opening drive, but the Yellow Jackets regained possession as Tah’j Butler intercepted Stockton and returned it to the Bulldogs’ 37.

Georgia Tech then grabbed a 3-0 lead on Birr’s 30-yard field goal with 1:20 remaining in the first quarter.

Georgia answered with a 13-play, 71-yard drive, tying the score on Woodring’s 22-yard field goal at the 9:42 mark of the second quarter.

After Georgia Tech’s Marshall Nichols shanked a 22-yard punt, Stockton connected with Branch for 24 yards to the Yellow Jackets’ 12-yard line. Three plays later, Stockton hit Branch for a 7-yard touchdown pass, giving Georgia a 10-3 edge with 4:35 remaining in the first half.

Following Nichols’ third punt, Georgia tacked on with Woodring’s 29-yarder, sending the Bulldogs into halftime with a 13-3 lead.

–Jack Batten, Field Level Media

No. 5 Georgia makes easy work of Mississippi State

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Gunner Stockton completed 18 of 29 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday as No. 5 Georgia blew past Mississippi State 41-21 in Starkville, Miss., in Southeastern Conference play.

Nate Frazier rushed for a career-high 181 yards and a score as Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) won its fifth straight game. Noah Thomas had three catches for 78 yards and a touchdown, as Georgia outgained Mississippi State 567-322 in its sixth consecutive win in the series.

Blake Shapen threw for 86 yards for Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5) before exiting with an upper-body injury. Backup Kamario Taylor threw for 87 yards and rushed for 53 yards and three touchdowns for coach Jeff Lebby’s Bulldogs, who have dropped five of six.

Leading by 17 at halftime, Georgia extended its edge to 31-7 on Frazier’s 59-yard rushing score with 12:32 left in the third quarter.

Following Mississippi State’s three-and-out, Stockton found Thomas for a 64-yard touchdown pass at the 9:58 mark.

Taylor ran in his second touchdown with 4:49 remaining in the third, cutting the deficit to 38-14, before Peyton Woodring’s 46-yard field goal pushed the lead to 27.

Taylor scrambled for a 2-yard touchdown with 4:47 left for the game’s final score.

Mississippi State struck first as Shapen led the offense to Georgia’s 4-yard line, where Taylor ran in the game’s opening touchdown at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter.

Georgia cut into the deficit with Woodring’s 49-yard field goal on the Bulldogs’ first drive.

After forcing a punt, Georgia threatened to take its first lead after Frazier’s 31-yard rush to Mississippi State’s 4-yard line. Two plays later, Mississippi State’s Isaac Smith recovered Dillon Bell’s fumble at the 3-yard line.

Georgia got the ball back after Quintavius Johnson forced Shapen’s fumble, before KJ Bolden fell on it at Mississippi State’s 27-yard line.

Chauncey Bowens’ 4-yard touchdown gave Georgia a 10-7 lead with 14:11 in the second quarter.

Georgia tacked on with Stockton’s 8-yard touchdown pass to Oscar Delp, pushing the margin to 10 at the 5:09 mark of the first half.

After forcing Mississippi State’s turnover on downs, the visitors’ ensuing drive was aided by three defensive penalties, before Stockton’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Zachariah Branch with 11 seconds left gave Georgia a 24-7 halftime advantage.

–Field Level Media

No. 5 Georgia looks for dominant effort at Mississippi St.

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Searching for a fifth straight victory, No. 5 Georgia travels to Starkville, Miss., on Saturday to face a Mississippi State team coming off a rare Southeastern Conference win.

Georgia (7-1, 5-1 SEC), which rallied to stay in the conference title race last week with a 24-20 win over Florida, is still looking for a complete performance in the eyes of head coach Kirby Smart.

Although the Bulldogs keep winning, Smart wants to see a dominant effort Saturday.

“It’s not about the score because we really don’t make it about that,” Smart said of his team playing close games. “When you want to dominate someone, you don’t check the score halfway through. There’s no scoreboard when you’re talking about dominating somebody. You look at it at the end of the day and see if you did. We haven’t done that very often in terms of dominating the way we want to, but we’ll continue to try to.”

Georgia’s initial College Football Playoff ranking saw it land at the five-spot, but Smart knows that will take a massive hit if the Bulldogs overlook Mississippi State.

“The energy, enthusiasm coming out of (Mississippi State), you can see it in the way their kids play. They’ve got no quit in them,” Smart said. “They’ve been in every game they’ve played. They have a great fan base, and (head coach) Jeff (Lebby) and his staff have done an incredible job. Our guys are going to be up for a great challenge this week.”

Georgia has won 21 of 27 games in the series, last losing in 2010 in Starkville. With an 11 a.m. local start, combined with the famed Davis Wade Stadium cowbells, the visitors will look to avoid a slow start.

“They’ve got a really vertical stadium,” Smart said. “I think the noise gets trapped in their stadium. It’s one of the loudest places I’ve coached, and I’ve coached there a lot. As far as the early kickoff, that’s more unique to me than the stadium, but sometimes you make a bigger deal out of it than it is. You’ve just gotta go play.”

Gunner Stockton has thrown for 1,776 yards, 12 touchdowns and two interceptions, while leading SEC quarterbacks with seven rushing scores in his first full year as the Georgia starter.

Mississippi State (5-4, 1-4) snapped a 16-game conference losing streak last time out, rallying from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to pull out a 38-35 victory at Arkansas. Lebby’s team had dropped three of four games by seven points or fewer, but with the second-year coach’s first SEC win under his belt, the challenge is now replicating the success.

“It’s going to be about having balance,” Lebby said of what it would take for an upset Saturday. “(Georgia) has been great against the run. We can’t be one dimensional or it’s going to be really, really hard for us up front.”

Led by quarterback Blake Shapen’s 2,146 passing yards and 16 total touchdowns, Mississippi State’s 33.2 points per game are the program’s most since 2015 (34.4) and the team is a win away from bowl eligibility following consecutive losing campaigns.

“We’ve talked about it a ton, being postseason eligible as soon as possible,” Lebby said. “Now it takes one more and our guys understand that. It’s right out there in front of us on Saturday.”

–Field Level Media

Oct 18, 2025; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators defensive end Kamran James (24) gestures after a sack against the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the first half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images

Michai Boireau’s late INT preserves Florida win over Mississippi State

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Florida’s Jadan Baugh rushed for a career-high 150 yards and a score, and defensive lineman Michai Boireau intercepted a pass with 21 seconds left to preserve the embattled Gators’ 23-21 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla.

With Mississippi State (4-3, 0-3 Southeastern Conference) driving for a potential game-winning field goal, Boireau dropped into coverage and grabbed his first career interception to seal the win.

With social media rumors swirling about the possible firing of coach Billy Napier, the Gators (3-4, 2-2) nearly squandered a 23-14 fourth-quarter lead.

Florida’s DJ Lagway was 20-of-34 passing for 280 yards and two interceptions. Vernell Brown III had five receptions for 95 yards.

Mississippi State QB Blake Shapen was 24-of-36 passing for 324 yards and the costly interception as the Bulldogs lost their third straight game and 15th straight in the SEC dating back to October 2023.

Davon Booth rushed for 105 yards on 22 carries with two TDs. Brenen Thompson had seven receptions for 155 yards, while Anthony Evans III had a game-high 11 catches for 107 yards.

The visitors opened with an impressive drive to open the game, traveling 75 yards in eight plays. On 3rd-and goal, Komario Taylor, the squad’s backup quarterback, kept the ball and scooted around the right corner at 12:18 for a 7-0 lead.

Lagway and the Gators had a strong answer, but his third-down throw was ruled incomplete in the end zone. Trey Smack followed with a 24-yard field goal at 8:55.

Baugh ran wide to the right and rambled 19 yards to paydirt early in the second quarter to conclude a 69-yard drive.

The Gators appeared to be set to add on after Brown’s 50-yard catch, but Brylan Lanier picked off Lagway on the next play for the first of his two second-quarter interceptions.

Smack’s 54-yard boot pushed the lead to 13-7 at 3:08, but another good drive ended with another Lanier pick.

To end Florida’s most impressive drive, KD Daniels’ short TD run from the Wildcat formation finished off a 93-yard drive at 13:41 to put the home side up two scores in the fourth quarter, but Booth scored at 11:57 to make it 20-14.

Smack made a 53-yard kick at 6:49, but Booth’s second TD made it 23-21 before Boireau’s game-saving pick.

–Field Level Media

Oct 18, 2025; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Bulldogs tight end Lawson Luckie (7) makes a catch for a touchdown against the Mississippi Rebels during the first quarter of the game at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images

Lawson Luckie hauls in 3 TDs, No. 9 Georgia upsets No. 5 Ole Miss

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ATHENS — Gunner Stockton completed 26 of 31 passes for 289 yards and four touchdowns as No. 9 Georgia posted a 43-35 victory over visiting No. 5 Ole Miss on Saturday in Southeastern Conference play.

Stockton also ran for 59 yards and a score, while Lawson Luckie hauled in three touchdowns receptions for Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC), which outgained Ole Miss 510-351.

Ole Miss (6-1, 3-1) was paced by Trinidad Chambliss. He threw for 263 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 42 yards and two touchdowns.

After leading by a point at halftime, Ole Miss tacked on with Chambliss’s 75-yard pass to De’Zhaun Stribling on the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter.

Stockton then hit Luckie for a 3-yard score, before Georgia’s two-point conversion came up short, as the Bulldogs cut their deficit to 28-26 with 10:02 left in the third.

Chambliss continued the offensive barrage with a 2-yard rushing score, but Stockton responded with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Nate Frazier, cutting Georgia’s deficit to 35-33 with 12:56 left in the fourth.

After a punt by Ole Miss, Stockton hit Luckie for the duo’s third touchdown connection of the game, giving Georgia a 40-35 lead with 7:29 left.

Following Ole Miss’s second straight punt, Peyton Woodring added on with a 42-yard field goal, giving Georgia an eight-point lead at the 2:06 mark.

Georgia forced a turnover on downs on the Rebels’ final possession to secure the massive conference win.

After Woodring’s 51-yard field goal began the scoring, Chambliss’s 7-yard touchdown run gave Ole Miss a 7-3 lead with 5:47 left in the opening quarter.

Stockton then led Georgia to a 13-play, 75-yard drive, stamped with his 11-yard touchdown pass to Luckie on the first play of the second quarter.

Kewan Lacy’s 1-yard touchdown rush gave Ole Miss a 14-10 edge before Stockton’s 22-yard scamper helped Georgia retake the lead with 7:13 left in the first half.

Lacy’s second score gave Ole Miss a 21-17 lead, before Woodring’s 35-yard field goal as time expired cut the Bulldogs’ halftime deficit to 21-20.

–Field Level Media

Oct 4, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies wide receiver KC Concepcion (7) runs the ball in for a touchdown during the second half against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images

Marcel Reed accounts for 3 TDs as No. 6 Texas A&M beats Mississippi State

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Marcel Reed threw two touchdown passes to KC Concepcion and ran for another touchdown, and No. 6 Texas A&M defeated Mississippi State 31-9 on Saturday night in College Station, Texas.

Reed passed for only 180 yards while completing 13 of 23 with an interception, but the Aggies (5-0, 2-0 SEC) rushed for 299 yards, led by Rueben Owens II’s 142 yards on 21 attempts.

Blake Shapen passed for just 142 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Mississippi State (4-2, 0-2) totaled 219 yards.

Texas A&M held the Bulldogs to one conversion on 10 third downs. A week earlier in a 16-10 win against Auburn, the Aggies didn’t allow any conversions on 13 third-down and two fourth-down attempts.

Both teams punted on their first two possessions of the second half before Owens’ 17-yard run and Reed’s 42-yard completion to Mario Craver set up Reed’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Concepcion. That increased the Aggies’ lead to 14-3 at the end of the third quarter.

On the sixth play of the fourth quarter, Reed’s 7-yard touchdown run expanded the lead to 21-3. On the first play of the ensuing drive, Dalton Brooks recovered Anthony Evans III’s fumble and Texas A&M took over at the Mississippi State 24. Four plays later, Craver ran 7 yards for a touchdown.

Four plays after the ensuing kickoff, Shapen threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Brenen Thompson for the Bulldogs’ only touchdown before Randy Bond kicked a 27-yard field goal for the Aggies to complete the scoring.

On its second possession of the game, Mississippi State drove 88 yards to the Texas A&M 1-yard line before stalling, and Kyle Ferrie kicked a 24-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead that held up through the end of the first quarter.

The Aggies drove 82 yards in 17 plays but failed to score when they turned the ball over on downs at the Bulldogs’ 2 midway through the second quarter.

Reed’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Concepcion gave the Aggies a 7-3 halftime lead.

–Field Level Media

Sep 6, 2025; Athens, Georgia, USA; Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) throws a pass against the Austin Peay Governors in the fourth quarter at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images

No. 6 Georgia to face first big test from No. 15 Tennessee

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Eager to snap a prolonged losing streak against their hated rival, the No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers host the No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs in Knoxville, Tenn., in each team’s Southeastern Conference opener.

Tennessee (2-0) has breezed past Syracuse and East Tennessee State, but an entirely new energy will surround Neyland Stadium on Saturday. With ESPN’s “College GameDay” coming to town for the 55th all-time meeting between the longtime SEC foes, the Volunteers are out to end an eight-year skid against Georgia.

“We know the test that we have in front of us facing a really good Georgia football team,” Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said. “It’s a great weekend. It’s an opportunity for ‘GameDay’ to be here on the biggest stage in college football.”

Following the offseason drama surrounding the exit of Nico Iamaleava, fifth-year quarterback Joey Aguilar has taken the reins under center and impressed through two weeks. The transfer from Appalachian State (2023-24 seasons) and UCLA (spring 2025) has thrown for 535 yards and five touchdowns across the two blowout victories ahead of his biggest test.

“I’m super excited,” Aguilar said of facing Georgia. “But it’s another team on our schedule that we have to go out and play. Excited for the week of preparation, going out there and trusting my guys and playing how we play.”

Tennessee hasn’t beaten Georgia since Joshua Dobbs hit Jauan Jennings on a Hail Mary as time expired in 2016, providing a 34-31 victory in Athens in arguably the rivalry’s most iconic moment — at least from the Vols’ perspective.

Since first-year Georgia head coach Kirby Smart lost that game, the Bulldogs have had a stranglehold in the series, including three consecutive ranked wins over the Volunteers. Nonetheless, Smart knows as well as anyone that last year’s 31-17 win has little to do with Saturday.

“When you play in the SEC and you’re in these really tough Top 10 matchups, Top 25 matchups, they can go either way a lot of times,” Smart said. “They’ve played us physical, we’ve played them physical. I think being at home usually helps either team, but I don’t know that you can attribute it to anything, because this year has nothing to do with previous years.”

Like Tennessee, Georgia (2-0) hasn’t faced a true challenge through two home games. After beating Marshall by 38 points, the Bulldogs sleepwalked through a 28-6 win over FCS opponent Austin Peay in Week 2.

Quarterback Gunner Stockton is slated to make the first road start of his career in front of 101,915 fans in Knoxville, signaling his first “welcome to the SEC” moment.

“Me being in this league for a long time, it plays a factor on the ability to execute when you’re in an environment that someone’s never been in,” Smart said. “As a coach, you have to be smart about what you’re asking them to execute, because at the end of the day, that’s what it is. Who can execute, who can block and tackle, and who can be physical.”

Stockton has thrown for 417 yards and two touchdowns, while adding 86 yards and a pair of scores on the ground through two home starts.

“I think he’s going to be great,” Smart said of Stockton’s first road start. “It’s something that we practice all year round. I don’t believe in waiting till the week of the game. We do it in spring. We do it all preseason camp. We put a lot of pressure on the players in practice to communicate.”

-Field Level Media

Sep 6, 2025; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs quarterback Blake Shapen (2) drops back to pass during the second quarter against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

Late 58-yard TD pass lifts Mississippi State past No. 12 Arizona State

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Blake Shapen tossed a 58-yard touchdown pass to Brenen Thompson with 30 seconds left to give Mississippi State a 24-20 victory over No. 12 Arizona State on Saturday night at Starkville, Miss.

The Mississippi State defense put together a stellar goal-line stand to hold Arizona State to a field goal before the big play in which Thompson found operating room and caught Shapen’s pass inside the 25-yard line and dashed into the end zone.

Hunter Washington intercepted Arizona State’s Sam Leavitt on the next play with 21 seconds left to seal it for the Bulldogs.

Shapen completed 19 of 33 passes for 279 yards and three touchdowns for Mississippi State (2-0).

Thompson had six receptions for 133 yards and two scores and Anthony Evans III caught nine passes for 108 yards and one touchdown for the Bulldogs.

Raleek Brown rushed for 110 yards on 18 carries and Kanye Udoh had 105 yards and one score on 23 carries for Arizona State. Leavitt was 10-of-22 passing for just 82 yards and was intercepted twice. He also threw a touchdown pass to Jordyn Tyson.

The game was tied at 17 with 10:32 in the fourth quarter left when the Sun Devils took over at their 4-yard line and put together a 17-play, 95-yard drive that lasted eight minutes and 54 seconds.

Udoh got the Sun Devils out of the hole with consecutive runs of 11 and 12 yards. Arizona State later had second-and-3 from the Mississippi State 29-yard line and Brown broke loose up the middle for 26 yards with the Bulldogs’ DeAgo Brumfield making the touchdown-saving tackle.

The Bulldogs’ defense then stepped up. Udoh gained 2 yards to the 1 and then was stuffed for no gain on each of the next two plays.

Jesus Gomez entered to boot an 18-yard field goal with 1:38 left to give Arizona State its first lead of the night.

But Mississippi State answered with a five-play, 77-yard drive capped by Shapen’s throw to Thompson.

Arizona State received a 51-yard field goal from Gomez to end the first half and leave the Sun Devils with a 17-3 deficit.

Arizona State then opened the second half with a 75-yard drive in which all eight plays were on the ground with Udoh scoring from the 6.

The momentum continued and the Sun Devils knotted the score at 17 with 13:07 left in the game. The tying points came when Tyson made a diving catch of Leavitt’s throw on fourth-and-1.

Earlier, Shapen threw a 48-yard scoring pass to Evans on the game’s fourth play from scrimmage, and Kyle Ferrie tacked on a 37-yard field goal to make it 10-0 with 1:18 remaining in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs pushed the advantage to 17 when Shapen tossed a 47-yard touchdown pass to Thompson with 12:51 left in the half.

–Field Level Media