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Live Updates: Ole Miss 39, Georgia 34 Final

Jeremy Johnsonby: Jeremy Johnson01/01/26JeremyO_Johnson

NEW ORLEANS – Georgia is back in the bayou for the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night. A familiar opponent is waiting.

Georgia will face Ole Miss for the second time this season. The Bulldogs won round one 43-35 in Athens on Oct. 18. The Rebels will be without Lane Kiffin this time around.

Kiffin has moved an hour North of tonight’s location to coach LSU in the coming years. Pete Golding is the new head coach in Oxford.

Ole Miss has a game in hand already in these College Football Playoffs. The Rebels bested Tulane in the first round game in Oxford.

The Bulldogs have been off since they beat Alabama in the SEC Championship Game back on Dec. 6. The layoff is a topic of discussion. The first two games of the quarterfinals have gone the way of the team that played last week.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart isn’t too sure that it will matter when the teams hit the field tonight.

“I think it’s a good topic for you guys to talk about, debate about,” Smart said on Wednesday. “Once the players get on the field, all that goes away. None of that matters. When you play in the SEC, every week is big.”

Where to watch?

TV: ESPN

Time: 8 p.m. EST.

TV Announcers: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Laura Rutledge and Molly McGrath.

Local Radio: 95.5 WSB

Local Radio announcers: Scott Howard (PxP), Josh Brock (Analyst), D.J. Shockley (Sideline).

National Radio: SiriusXM 84, and on the SiriusXM App.

Relevant pre-game reading

Staff Predictions: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/staff-predictions-georgia-vs-ole-miss-key-match-ups-nationally/

Emptying the Notebook: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/emptying-the-notebook-when-it-comes-to-perception-georgia-has-golden-opportunity/

Three Players to Watch: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/most-important-visitor-georgia-vs-texas-brings-out-the-stars/

Meet The Captains

  • LB CJ Allen
  • QB Gunner Stockton
  • Center Drew Bobo
  • DL Christen Miller

Bulldogs have arrived

Pre Game Things

Nate Frazier leads the RBs

OLBs warm up without injured Gabe Harris

Ethan Barbour getting ready

Bulldogs hit the field

Early enrollees getting first taste of gameday

First Quarter

Georgia won the toss and defers.

8:11 opening kick is a touchback. Ole Miss will get the ball first.

8:15 Georgia takes over after a punt from Ole Miss.

8:19 p.m. Georgia grabs two first downs but will be forced to punt.

8:19 p.m. Brett Thorson places the punt at the 2-yard line for Ole Miss’ second possession of the game.

8:24 p.m. Kewan Lacey gets the first explosive of the game with a 16-yard run.

8:29 p.m. Ole Miss on the board first with a 55-yard field goal. Ole Miss leads 3-0 with 5:47 left in the first quarter.

8:30 p.m. That field goal by Lucas Carneiro was the longest in Sugar Bowl history.

8:46 Carneiro breaks his own record with a 56-yard field goal. Ole Miss leads 6-0.

8:50 p.m. End of the first quarter. Ole Miss leads 6-0.

Second Quarter

8:55 p.m. Gunner Stockton puts Georgia on the board with a 12-yard touchdown run. Georgia leads 7-6.

9:04 p.m. Trinidad Chambliss connects with Luke Haez for a touchdown. Ole Miss leads 12-7.

9:15 p.m. Stockton back in the endzone with a 1-yard touchdown run. Georgia leads 14-12.

9:21 p.m. Lacey fumbles and Daylen Everette picks it up and scores a 46-yard touchdown. Georgia leads 21-12.

9:30 p.m. Ole Miss is driving as we reach the two-minute break. Georgia leading 21-12.

9:44 p.m. Ole Miss is unable to get its field goal unit on the field in time. The half ends with Georgia leading 21-12.

Third Quarter

10:14 p.m. Georgia stops Ole Miss on fourth and short.

10:21 p.m. Peyton Woodring misses a 55-yard field goal attempt. Georgia leads 21-12.

10:29 p.m. Lacy scampers in for a short touchdown. Georgia still leads 21-19.

10:37 p.m. Freshman WR Landon Roldan comes in for a fake punt and connects with Lawson Luckie for a big gain.

10:40 p.m. Woodring hits a 37-yard field goal. Georgia leads 24-19.

End of the third quarter.

Fourth Quarter

10:53 p.m. Lacey gets in for a 5-yard touchdown. Ole Miss now leads 25-24. Ole Miss leads 27-24 after a two-point conversion.

11:04 p.m. Georgia goes for it on fourth down and Stockton is sacked and stripped of the ball. Ole Miss takes over inside Georgia territory.

11:05 p.m. Chambliss connects with Wallace for a touchdown. Ole Miss now leads 34-24.

11:12 p.m. Stockton connects with Zachariah Branch for a touchdown pass. Ole Miss leads 34-31. 7:03 remains.

11:34 p.m. Georgia has advanced to the Ole Miss 6-yard line.

11:36 p.m. Woodring’s short field goal ties the game at 34-34.

11:45 p.m. A 47-yard field goal puts Ole Miss on top 37-34 with 6 seconds remaining.

Final Ole Miss 39-34.

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