Alabama snaps Georgia’s home winning streak with upset win

Athens, Ga. – Ty Simpson went for 276 yards and two affected and ran for a score while Alabama n ° 17 was held late to beat the n ° 5 Georgia 24-21 Saturday evening to give the Bulldogs their first home defeat in six years.

Alabama (3-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) won three consequences after opening the season with a defeat of 31-17 in Florida State.

Georgia (3-1, 1-1) has lagged behind 17-7 in the first half and never led-the first time that has happened since the 2019 DRA championship match. Georgia had held a lead in 72 consecutive games, the longest active sequence in FBS.

The Bulldogs fell to 1-7 against Alabama under coach Kirby Smart, the former defensive coordinator of Crimson Tide.

Alabama ended the Home Victories Sequence in Georgia at 33. It was the longest active sequence among the schools of FBS and included 10 victories against the 25 best teams.

With the Crimson Tide leading 24-21 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the defensive player LT Overton abandoned Georgia by Cash Jones for a defeat of 3 yards during a fourth and 1 of Alabama 8. After having made another defensive stop, the Alabama held the ball for the last 3 minutes, 19 seconds.

Georgia dragged 21-7 at halftime from its 44-41 victory in overtime in Tennessee last week. After having lagged behind 17-7 against the crimson tide, the Bulldogs could not finish another return.

The Associated Press and ESPN research contributed to this report.