On Saturday, the Georgia football program continued its winning ways by narrowly defeating the Florida Gators in their annual game held in Jacksonville, Florida. As has been a familiar theme for the Bulldogs this year, Georgia had to work its way back from a deficit to pull out the victory. In the end, they did just enough down the stretch to improve their record to 7-1 in the 2025 college football season.
This game marked the first contest for the Gators since firing head coach Billy Napier. After the game, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart made sure to acknowledge his former adversary for the impact he made on the Florida program.
“Lot of credit to Florida. Their kids fight. You know, Billy Napier has got a really good roster here and did a great job assembling this thing. They’ve got a physical football team. They’re just in a really tough league,” said Smart, per Thomas Goldkamp of On3 Sports.
Georgia benefited from a late replay review that confirmed the Gators had dropped a deep pass that would have put them deep in Bulldogs territory with a chance to win the game.
“Well it was a huge stop,” Smart said. “I don’t think we played real well defensively throughout the game. But you know what? We won the game. They keep coming. Offense played when they had to.”
### Another Close Win for Georgia
Georgia football has only blown out one of its SEC opponents this year, beating the Kentucky Wildcats in comfortable fashion earlier in the season. Other than that, the Bulldogs have either had to find ways to squeak by or suffered a loss, as was the case in late September against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Still, the Bulldogs sit at 7-1 as the season reaches its home stretch and are in great position to once again be in the College Football Playoff next month.
Up next for Georgia is a road game against Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon.
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