Georgia football final: Bulldogs explode in second half to run away from Auburn

No. 2 Georgia football improved to 6-0 with a 42-10 win Saturday over Auburn in Sanford Stadium.

The Bulldogs used three touchdowns from Daijun Edwards and a 64-yard touchdown run from Stetson Bennett to seal the victory.

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Here are five takeaways: No. 2 Georgia runs away from rival Auburn again.

The Bulldogs are back in Sanford Stadium next Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff against Vanderbilt.

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6:45 p.m. Georgia football freshman Branson Robinson scores first touchdown as a Bulldog

Branson Robinson takes a sweep 15 yards around the left side and down the sideline for a touchdown. Bulldogs lead Auburn football 42-10 with 4:45 to play.

6:27 p.m. Georgia football RB Daijun Edwards scores his third touchdown of the game

Georgia extends its lead to 35-3 with 11:10 to play as Daijun Edwards scores his third touchdown of the day on a 14-yard run.

6:14 p.m. Georgia football QB Stetson Bennett goes 64 yards for touchdown run.

Stetson Bennett rushes up the middle for 64 yards on Georgia's first play of the third quarter and the Bulldogs lead Auburn 28-3 with 14:49 to play.

6:05 p.m. Georgia freshman sensation Malaki Starks intercepts third pass of the season—or so it seemed

The former Jefferson High School star from 20 minutes up the road from Athens thought he intercepted his third pass of the season but it was r

5:49 p.m. Georgia football adds to lead with Daijun Edwards' second touchdown

The Bulldogs put together an 11-play 81-yard touchdown drive that ended with Daijun Edwards' 1-yard score, his second touchdown of the game. Georgia leads Auburn 21-3 with 7:07 to play in the third quarter.

5:37 p.m. Georgia football holds Auburn Tigers to field goal after Stetson Bennett fumble

Stetson Bennett fumbled deep in Bulldogs territory on Georgia's third play of the second half. The defense held the Tigers to a field goal. Georgia leads 14-3.

5:10 p.m. Georgia football leads 14-0 at half despite not much from Stetson Bennett and passing game

Georgia had a chance to add more points with the ball at its own 46 and 1:17 to go. Stetson Bennett couldn't complete a single pass on three attempts and Georgia punted. Bennett went 7 of 13 for 25 yards in the first half.

4:40 p.m. Georgia football RB Daijun Edwards rushing TD makes it 14-0

Daijun Edwards 1-yard touchdown run over the right side of the offensive line gives Georgia a 14-0 lead with 8:45 to go in the second quarter. The Bulldogs have 111 rushing yards and 23 passing yards so far. The Bulldogs are averaging 7.9 yards per carry.

4:34 p.m. Georgia RB Kendall Milton out of the game with injury

Georgia running back Kendall Milton is out with a right groin injury, according to Georgia radio reporter D.J. Shockley. It sounds like he's not expected to return.

4:29 p.m. Georgia football goes up 7-0

Kenny McIntosh's 1-yard touchdown run on the left side puts Georgia up 7-0 with 11:42 to go in the first half. The Bulldogs have showed more punch running the ball .Georgia has 80 rushing yards on 11 attempts led by Daijun Edwards with 45 on 5 rushes.

4:18 p.m. Auburn football fake punt backfires on Tigers.

Georgia picked up great field position when an Auburn fake punt was snuffed out by Nolan Smith who tackled John Samuel Shenker who tried to run with the ball. That gave Georgia the ball at the Auburn 36 late in the first quarter in a scoreless game.

4:00 p.m. Georgia football and Auburn Tigers struggling to get offense going

More than halfway through the first quarter and each team has punted two times.

Stetson Bennett is a bit off target on some of his throws early. He's 4 of 6 for 10 yards. Auburn hasn't gotten much going offensively as the Bulldogs have put pressure on Robby Ashford and snuffed out the Tigers ground game.

3:18 p.m. Georgia football wants to 'confuse' Auburn Tigers QB Robby Ashford

Redshirt freshman quarterback Robby Ashford is making his third start for Auburn.

Georgia recruited him out of powerhouse Hoover High in Alabama. He signed with Oregon where Georgia wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon saw up close what type of athlete he is, working out with the receivers and running backs in conditioning.

Smart said on his radio show that Ashford hit 22 MPH on the GPS at Oregon, which would be in the top 5 speed guys on Georgia.

“We know a big task at hand is keeping him bottled up,” Smart said. “We got to do some things to confuse him and frustrate him.”

2:52 p.m. Former Georgia Bulldogs coach Vince Dooley hospitalized

Former Georgia football coach Vince Dooley is in a local hospital with what was described as a "mild case of COVID," according to a UGA athletics spokesperson.

Dooley was supposed to make an appearance at the UGA Bookstore today as he often does before home football games.

The Redcoat band played "Happy Birthday" to Dooley to mark his 90th birthday at the Oregon game in Atlanta early last month.

Dooley also attended the Samford game on Sept. 10.

2:33 p.m. Georgia football's Mike Bobo on other side this time

Mike Bobo, the former Georgia offensive coordinator, is greeting Auburn staffers who he worked with last season before Tigers coach Bryan Harsin cut him loose.

Bobo chatted up good friend Will Friend on the field and has been talking with a few others here pregame on the Tigers side.

Bobo is an offensive analyst back at his alma mater this season.

2:18 p.m. Georgia football WR AD Mitchell going through warmups

Wide receiver AD Mitchell just turned and grabbed a pass during pregame warmups. He's missed the last three games with an ankle injury. Smart said this week that Mitchell had hit good GPS speeds on the practice field.

"I don't know how much the role will be, but we'll see," he said. "We've got a lot of guys banged up, so it's going to be done by committee in a lot of places."

2:10 p.m. Georgia Bulldogs TE Arik Gilbert update

The tight ends are stretching in the end zone. That includes LSU transfer Arik Gilbert who made the trip to Missouri but did not dress out.

He hasn't played since early this season due to personal reasons.

“I’m really proud of Arik’s progress and what he’s done and continue to be hopeful that he’ll contribute and help us,” Smart said on Wednesday.

Gilbert is now also catching passes in a warm-up line.

1:43 p.m. A couple of familiar faces from Georgia Bulldogs past with Auburn Tigers

Former Georgia linebacker Christian Robinson is greeting from friends on the other side on the field. Robinson coaches the linebackers and is defensive run game coordinator in his first season with Auburn. He coached on Dan Mullen's staff previously at Florida.

Robinson hugged Georgia team chaplain Thomas Settles on the field and chatted with sports information staffers Leland Barrow and Mike Mobley.

Former Georgia offensive line coach Will Friend is also on staff with the Tigers. He coached the Bulldogs line from 2011-2014.

1:29 p.m. Today's Georgia football vs. Auburn referee and Bulldogs game captains

Today’s referee is listed as James Carter. The back judge is Dax Hill. Pretty sure that’s not the former Michigan safety now with the Bengals.

Georgia’s game captains: tight end Darnell Washington, outside linebacker Nolan Smith, running back Kenny McIntosh and inside linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson.

1:03 p.m. Kirby Smart message to Georgia Bulldogs fans: We need you

This is Georgia’s third home game. Auburn is not Samford or Kent State in stirring the emotions for Bulldog fans.

Kirby Smart texted radio co-host Jeff Dantzler this morning asking him to remind the fans the team needs them to be super loud.

“We haven’t had this kind of game, this kind of environment at home yet,” Smart said on his radio show Thursday night. “What’s the standard at Georgia? What’s the standard of our fans? We’ve never needed them more to impact a game for a team that has not been on the road for the entire year, been home for every game and they’re going on the road, the environment that should be created at the University of Georgia, I have expectations of that. I’d be terribly disappointed if it wasn’t that way.”

Even with Georgia at being not on top of its game the last two games including in its come-from-behind win at Missouri last week.

“I know everybody has expectations of our team, I do too and expectations of our coaching staff and expectations of the fan is that they control this game and they make it really difficult to play in the environment we create,” Smart said. “That’s what a great home stands does. There’s nothing casual about that.”

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