ATHENS, Ga. _ Georgia's one-two punch of Nick Chubb and Sony Michel knocked out Kentucky, 42-13, on Saturday at Sanford Stadium.
The Bulldogs duo combined for 238 yards and five touchdowns against a UK rushing defense that came into the game in the top 20 in the nation.
No. 7 Georgia finished with 381 rushing yards, 119 more yards than Kentucky's offense managed in all. Benny Snell was one key bright spot for the Cats, with 94 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries.
The loss ended the sophomore running back's streak of three straight games with three touchdowns.
The victory for the Bulldogs (10-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) was their eighth straight over Kentucky and they finished 2017 with victories over every team in the SEC's Eastern Division.
Chubb led the way with 151 yards and two scores on 15 carries. Michel added three touchdowns of his own and 87 yards on 12 carries. Several other Bulldogs runners added to the total.
Quarterback Jake Fromm shook off an early interception to throw for 123 yards and a touchdown.
Kentucky's defense opened the game up with a small victory when Josh Allen picked off Fromm and set the Cats' offense up at the Georgia 32-yard line. It was the junior linebacker's first career interception.
The UK offense had to settle for a 37-yard field goal from Austin MacGinnis after three straight passes fell incomplete.
Kentucky (7-4, 4-4) had another third-down stop, but went after Georgia punter Cameron Nizialek, resulting in a roughing the punter penalty that gave the Bulldogs another set of downs.
Georgia promptly marched 66 yards down the field and scored on an 8-yard touchdown run for Chubb.
The Cats had another drive stall inside the Georgia 20-yard line and MacGinnis' 35-yarder helped get UK within a point, 7-6, late in the first quarter.
But then things went sideways.
Georgia needed just six plays to go 80 yards behind Fromm, who completed all three pass attempts on the drive, including the one for points, a 27-yard touchdown to Javon Wims.
On the next drive, which started at midfield, Georgia needed just 1:27 to find the end zone, this time on 37 lightning-fast yards from Michel.
Trailing 21-6, the Cats had a chance to get within striking distance on a series just before the break, but Tavin Richardson couldn't haul in the pass from Stephen Johnson on fourth-and-1.
The Kentucky quarterback completed 12 of 22 pass attempts for 138 yards.
For the third straight game, Kentucky was able to score out of the halftime break, this time on a Snell 1-yard run out of the wildcat. It capped an eight-play, 75-yard drive.
That score got Kentucky within eight points, 21-13, but Georgia answered quickly with an 8-yard touchdown run from Michel. The Bulldogs only needed six plays to swipe momentum back for good.
Kentucky heads home to take on Louisville at Kroger Field on Saturday.
Darius West led the Cats' defense with seven tackles.
