Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta, GA
December 30
 

Georgia 31

Team 1 2 3 4 T  Georgia 3 0 10 18 31    Virginia Tech 0 21 0 3 24

Virginia Tech 24

Virginia Tech (10-2)

Coach: Frank Beamer Record at VT: 156-81-2 (20 years) Bowl appearances: 19 Bowl record: 7-12 Last bowl: 2006 Gator Virginia Tech 35, Louisville 24 2006 ACC Coastal finish: 6-2, 2

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Georgia (8-4)

Coach: Mark Richt Record at UGA: 60-17 (6 years) Bowl appearances: 41 Bowl record: 22-16-3 Last bowl: 2006 Sugar West Virginia 38, Georgia 35 2006 SEC East finish: 4-4, t-3rd

Georgia finishes up and down season on an up note 31-24 over Virginia Tech in Chick-fil-A Bowl

Recap: At 6-4, Georgia's season appeared lost. The Bulldogs' streak of 10-win seasons and top-10 rankings would end at four and they were facing the real possibility of a losing record.

After three straight wins over ranked opponents, including a 31-24 comeback upset of No. 14 Virginia Tech in Saturday night's Chick-fil-A Bowl, Georgia coach Mark Richt had reason to be ecstatic.

``To be where we were, pretty much lost and forgotten, and to beat three ranked teams ... is pretty fantastic,'' Richt said.

Georgia finished an up-and-down season with three straight victories over ranked teams - No. 5 Auburn and No. 16 Georgia Tech before the bowl game - a first for the program......more

Scoring Summary  FIRST QUARTER  GEO FG 10:49 Brandon Coutu 39 yard (Bulldogs 3, Hokies 0)    SECOND QUARTER  VT TD 14:07 Branden Ore 1 yard run (Hokies 6, Bulldogs 3)    VT PAT 14:07 Brandon Pace kick (Hokies 7, Bulldogs 3)    VT TD 6:45 Branden Ore 1 yard run (Hokies 13, Bulldogs 3)    VT PAT 6:45 Brandon Pace kick (Hokies 14, Bulldogs 3)    VT TD 4:36 Sam Wheeler 53 yard pass from Eddie Royal (Hokies 20, Bulldogs 3)    VT PAT 4:36 Brandon Pace kick (Hokies 21, Bulldogs 3)    THIRD QUARTER  GEO FG 6:10 Brandon Coutu 51 yard (Hokies 21, Bulldogs 6)    GEO TD 1:52 Martrez Milner 6 yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Hokies 21, Bulldogs 12)    GEO PAT 1:52 Brandon Coutu kick (Hokies 21, Bulldogs 13)    FOURTH QUARTER  GEO TD 12:39 Kregg Lumpkin 3 yard run (Hokies 21, Bulldogs 19)    GEO 2PT 12:39 Martrez Milner pass from Matthew Stafford (Bulldogs 21, Hokies 21)    GEO FG 10:42 Brandon Coutu 28 yard (Bulldogs 24, Hokies 21)    GEO TD 7:30 Brannan Southerland 1 yard run (Bulldogs 30, Hokies 21)    GEO PAT 7:30 Brandon Coutu kick (Bulldogs 31, Hokies 21)    VT FG 3:41 Brandon Pace 28 yard (Bulldogs 31, Hokies 24)      Statistics  Georgia Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Matthew Stafford 9/21 129 41 1 1   Team 9/21 129 41 1 1    Virginia Tech Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Sean Glennon 13/26 94 28 0 3   Eddie Royal 1/1 53 53 1 0   Team 14/27 147 53 1 3  Georgia Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Kregg Lumpkin 12 39 3.3 1 26   Brannan Southerland 6 5 0.8 1 4   Danny Ware 6 24 4.0 0 8   Matthew Stafford 7 3 0.4 0 7   Team 31 71 2.3 2 26    Virginia Tech Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Sean Glennon 4 -5 -1.3 0 11   Branden Ore 20 42 2.1 2 6   Kenny Lewis 2 5 2.5 0 8   Team 26 42 1.6 2 11  Georgia Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Kris Durham 1 11 11.0 0 11   Brannan Southerland 1 27 27.0 0 27   Danny Ware 1 0 0.0 0 0   Martrez Milner 3 49 16.3 1 41   Mohamed Massaquoi 2 18 9.0 0 12   Mario Raley 1 24 24.0 0 24   Team 9 129 14.3 1 41    Virginia Tech Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG David Clowney 1 8 8.0 0 8   Justin Harper 1 6 6.0 0 6   Josh Morgan 2 14 7.0 0 7   Branden Ore 4 11 2.8 0 7   Eddie Royal 4 45 11.3 0 28   Greg Boone 1 10 10.0 0 10   Sam Wheeler 1 53 53.0 1 53   Team 14 147 10.5 1 53  Team Stat Comparison   GEO VT  Passing attempts - completions 21-9 27-14    Gross passing yards 129 147    Rushing attempts - yards 31-71 26-42    First downs 9 9    Punts - average 7-37.7 4-48.8    Return yards 44 53    Fumbles - lost 1-0 1-1    Penalties - yards 4-31 8-78    Time of possession 30:23 29:37