Auburn
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrum Brown | 15/26 | 150 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Neptune (WR) | 1/1 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Ti’a | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How it played out
Georgia opened with a 14–0 first quarter. Auburn then scored 24 unanswered points, Georgia tied it at 24 with 2:58 to play, and Alex McPherson’s 34-yard field goal as time expired won it.
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Georgia | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Scoring plays
| Qtr | Time | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12:24 | UGA — Dwight Phillips Jr. 15-yd run (Woodring XP) | AUB 0, UGA 7 |
| 1st | 6:55 | UGA — Gunner Stockton to Lawson Luckie, 24-yd pass (Woodring XP) | AUB 0, UGA 14 |
| 1st | 3:10 | AUB — Christian Neptune to Keshaun Singleton, 24-yd pass (trick play) (McPherson XP) | AUB 7, UGA 14 |
| 2nd | 6:35 | AUB — Byrum Brown to Chas Nimrod, 9-yd pass (McPherson XP) | AUB 14, UGA 14 |
| 2nd | 1:25 | AUB — Alex McPherson 49-yd field goal | AUB 17, UGA 14 |
| 3rd | 11:35 | AUB — Byrum Brown 5-yd run (McPherson XP) | AUB 24, UGA 14 |
| 4th | 14:23 | UGA — Peyton Woodring 42-yd field goal | AUB 24, UGA 17 |
| 4th | 3:05 | UGA — Gunner Stockton to London Humphreys, 4-yd pass (Woodring XP) | AUB 24, UGA 24 |
| 4th | 0:03 | AUB — Alex McPherson 34-yd field goal as time expired | AUB 27, UGA 24 |
How the winner was decided: with the game tied 24–24 and 1:12 left, Georgia’s Gunner Stockton fumbled on a designed draw near midfield (forced by Cody Sigler, recovered at the Auburn 44 with 1:04 left). Auburn ran three plays and, aided by a roughing-the-passer penalty, set up McPherson’s walk-off 34-yarder.
Team stats
Georgia outgained Auburn by 74 yards and 1.9 yards per play — and lost by three turnovers and a 192-to-113 rushing margin the other way.
| Stat | Auburn | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Final score | 27 | 24 |
| First downs (pass / rush / penalty) | 23 (9 / 10 / 4) | 24 (15 / 7 / 2) |
| Total yards | 366 | 440 |
| Total plays | 74 | 65 |
| Yards per play | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| Passing (comp / att) | 16 / 28 | 25 / 37 |
| Net passing yards | 174 | 327 |
| Rushing (att / yds) | 46 / 192 | 28 / 113 |
| Sacks allowed (count / yds) | 5 / 17 | 2 / 14 |
| 3rd down | 6 / 16 | 6 / 12 |
| 4th down | 2 / 2 | 0 / 0 |
| Red zone | 3 / 3 | 2 / 2 |
| Turnovers (INT / fumbles lost) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3 (2 / 1) |
| Penalties (count / yds) | 11 / 85 | 4 / 60 |
| Time of possession | 29:33 | 30:27 |
| Punts | 7 | 3 |
Team statistics: Sportradar official box score.
Player stats
Every player who threw a pass, carried the ball, or caught a pass, plus each team’s top tacklers.
Passing
Georgia
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunner Stockton | 22/34 | 272 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Puglisi | 3/3 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
Auburn
| Player | Att | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byrum Brown (QB) | 26 | 115 | 1 |
| Jeremiah Cobb | 13 | 61 | 0 |
| Omar Mabson II | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bryce Cain (WR) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Georgia
| Player | Att | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Phillips Jr. | 10 | 68 | 1 |
| Gunner Stockton (QB) | 9 | 26 | 0 |
| Nate Frazier | 9 | 19 | 0 |
Receiving
Auburn
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chas Nimrod | 6 | 60 | 1 |
| Keshaun Singleton | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Jake Johnson (TE) | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Koger | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Arlis Boardingham (TE) | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Omar Mabson II (RB) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| DeShawn Spencer | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Cobb (RB) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Georgia
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Dandridge | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Talyn Taylor | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Lawson Luckie (TE) | 3 | 41 | 1 |
| Sacovie White-Helton | 4 | 37 | 0 |
| London Humphreys | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| Dwight Phillips Jr. (RB) | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Landon Roldan | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Frazier (RB) | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ethan Barbour (TE) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Bo Walker (RB) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Defense — top tacklers and game-changing plays
Auburn
| Player | Tkl | Impact plays |
|---|---|---|
| Elijah Melendez (LB) | 9 | 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 PBU |
| Bryce Deas (LB) | 8 | — |
| AnQuon Fegans (S) | 4 | 1 INT, 1 PD |
| Rayshawn Pleasant (CB) | 4 | — |
| Andre Jordan Jr. (CB) | 4 | — |
| Kaleb Harris (S) | 4 | — |
| Cody Sigler (DL) | 1 | Forced the game-deciding fumble |
| Sylvester Smith-Reed (S) | 3 | Fumble recovery |
| Jared Smith (DE) | 1 | 0.5 sack |
| Darrion Smith (DL) | 2 | 0.5 sack |
Georgia
| Player | Tkl | Impact plays |
|---|---|---|
| Raylen Wilson (LB) | 10 | 1 sack |
| Chris Cole (LB) | 10 | 1 TFL |
| Rasean Dinkins (S) | 6 | — |
| Ja’Marley Riddle (S) | 5 | — |
| Justin Williams (LB) | 5 | — |
| Quintavius Johnson (OLB) | 5 | 1 sack |
| Elijah Griffin (DL) | 3 | 1 sack |
| Josh Horton (DT) | 2 | 1 sack |
| AJ Lonon Jr. (DL) | 1 | 1 sack |
Special teams
Auburn
| Player | Kicks |
|---|---|
| Alex McPherson (K) | 2/2 FG (49-yd make, 34-yd walk-off game winner), 3/3 XP |
| Hudson Kaak (P) | 7 punts, 279 yds (39.9 avg), 3 inside the 20 |
Georgia
| Player | Kicks |
|---|---|
| Peyton Woodring (K) | 1/2 FG (42-yd make, 1 blocked), 3/3 XP |
| Drew Miller (P) | 3 punts, 109 yds (36.3 avg), 1 inside the 20 |
Player statistics: Sportradar official box score; Auburn Wire postgame recap (cross-check).
Key takeaways
What actually decided the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry on Saturday.
- 01Turnovers were the whole game. Auburn forced three Georgia giveaways — two interceptions (Melendez, Fegans) plus Sigler’s strip of Stockton in the final minute — and committed zero. Georgia outgained Auburn 440 to 366 but could not overcome a minus-3 margin.
- 02The final minute flipped everything. Georgia tied the game 24–24 with 2:58 left and was driving for the win when Stockton fumbled at the Auburn 44 with 1:04 to play. Three Brown runs and a roughing-the-passer penalty put McPherson in range for the walk-off 34-yarder as time expired.
- 03Byrum Brown out-ran Georgia’s front. Brown carried 26 times for 115 yards and a touchdown — Auburn’s most productive runner — and Auburn’s 46 rushes for 192 yards flipped the script on Georgia’s top-ranked SEC run defense.
- 0424 unanswered after 14–0. Auburn fell behind by two touchdowns in the first 17 minutes, then ripped off 24 straight — capped by Brown’s 5-yard TD run in the third — to take a 10-point lead it never fully surrendered.
Against the call
The preview nailed the weather and the spread conversation — and missed the winner entirely.
Preview projection
Georgia 34, Auburn 13
Georgia by twenty-one; Georgia covers the −19 spread; total under 49.5.
Actual final
Auburn 27, Georgia 24
Auburn stuns No. 1 Georgia on a walk-off field goal in Athens.
The call was wrong on both the winner and the shape of the game. The preview’s core read — that Auburn’s league-worst pass protection would not survive Georgia’s pass rush, and that Brown’s turnover problems would end the game early — inverted: Brown threw zero interceptions, Auburn won the turnover battle 3–0, and the game swung on a Georgia quarterback’s fumble. First Auburn win in Athens in 31 years; first win over a No. 1 team since 2017.
Sources & caveats
Final score cross-checked against Sportradar, NCAA.com, USA Today, Auburn Wire and theScore — all agree: Auburn 27, Georgia 24. All player and team statistics below are from the Sportradar official box score, the only source publishing a complete box score.
- Sportradar official box scoreFinal score, scoring by quarter, all scoring plays, full team statistics, complete player statistics (passing, rushing, receiving, defense, kicking), play-by-play.
- NCAA.com recapAuburn 27-24 upset; McPherson 34-yard walk-off; Stockton’s three turnovers; first No. 1 to lose in back-to-back weeks since 1990.
- Auburn Wire live recapScore by quarter; final player stat lines (Brown 15/26, 150, TD / 26-115, TD; Melendez 9 tkl, sack, INT; McPherson 2/2 FG).
- USA Today27-24 final; Georgia’s 10 fourth-quarter points; Stockton fumble and McPherson’s game winner.
- theScore27-24 final; Stockton’s fumble set up the winning drive; snapped Georgia’s 53-game win streak vs unranked teams.
- Sports IllustratedMcPherson’s 49-yard make in the second quarter and 34-yard walk-off; postgame quotes.
- BVM Sports condensed gameAttendance of 93,033 at Sanford Stadium (matches stadium capacity).
Caveats
- Fumble recovery credit: Sportradar’s play-by-play credits the forced fumble to Cody Sigler and the recovery to Sylvester Smith-Reed; Auburn Wire’s recap credits Jared Smith with the recovery. The play-by-play version is shown above.
- Attendance (93,033) comes from a single source (BVM Sports); it matches Sanford Stadium’s listed capacity but was not confirmed in a second source.
- No overtime — the game ended in regulation; OT columns are omitted.
- Individual targets were listed for receivers in the box score but are omitted here for brevity; catches, yards and touchdowns for every receiver with a catch are shown.
- The preview projected Georgia 34, Auburn 13 (from the preview page).