The Texas A&M Aggies travel East this Saturday as the Georgia Bulldogs will host them in Sanford Stadium for what will be the Dawgs final SEC matchup of the regular season.
Georgia secured a ticket to its third straight SEC Championship Game this past Saturday with a 21-14 victory at Auburn.
The unranked Aggies (7-3, 4-2) are not a team to overlook. Jimbo Fisher and company have lost games to previously ranked #1 Clemson, #1 Alabama and #8 Auburn. A&M has one of the toughest schedules in all of college football, still having #4 Georgia as well as #1 LSU the week after.
That will be a total of three #1 teams and four top five teams on the season.
That being said, let’s take a look at how these two teams matchup statistically this season.
On paper, the first matchup between the Bulldogs ands Aggies since TAMU joined the SEC in 2012 looks to be a Georgia win. But, hey, we said the same thing before South Carolina.
Here’s a look at how the two SEC programs match up statistically.
OFFENSE
SCORING OFFENSE
The Dawgs rank 41st in scoring offense, averaging 32.4 points per game.
The Aggies sit at 31st with 34 points per game.
RUSHING OFFENSE
Georgia ranks 24th in rushing offense, led by junior D’Andre Swift helping the Dawgs average 208.4 rushing yards per game.
Texas A&M ranks 49th averaging 175 rushing yards per game, led by Isaiah Spiller.
PASSING OFFENSE
Georgia’s passing offense isn’t quite as impressive as its rushing offense, coming in 80th with QB Jake Fromm having 220.3 yards per game, 18 touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
A&M comes in at 40th with QB Kellen Mond leading them to 259.3 yards per game, 20 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
TOTAL OFFENSE
The Dawgs come in ranked No. 47 in the nation, averaging 428.7 yards of total offense per game.
Georgia’s defense will need to be ready Saturday for the Aggies 43rd best total offense. They are averaging 434.3 yards per game.
FIRST DOWNS
Georgia ranks 54th in this category, averaging 21.8 first downs per game.
Texas A&M ranks 19th with 24 per game.
PENALTIES
Both teams have been mediocre when it comes to being penalized.
Georgia ranks 70th and is giving 55.6 penalty yards per game.
A&M ranks 72nd allowing 55.8 penalty yards per game.
TURNOVER MAGIN
Georgia ranks 41st in this department, with a 0.3 turnover margin per game.
Texas A&M ranks 63rd with a 0.0 margin.
SACKS ALLOWED
Georgia’s offensive line was ranked No. 1 in all of college football preseason, and have been proving their worth. The Dawgs rank 2nd in sacks allowed, allowing only 0.6 sacks per game.
The Aggies rank 84th in this category, allowing 2.4 sacks per game, giving the offensive line edge to the Dawgs.
DEFENSE
SCORING DEFENSE
This is another category that the Bulldogs pride themselves in, ranking 2nd in the country and allowing an average of only 10.5 points per game.
Texas A&M comes in at 23rd in this statistic, allowing opponents to score an average of 20.3 points per game.
RUSHING DEFENSE
Georgia’s defense has been playing off the charts this season. They currently rank 3rd in rushing defense and are allowing just 75.5 rushing yards per game.
A&M ranks 36th in the category, giving up 132.4 rushing yard per game.
PASSING DEFENSE
The two teams’ passing defense are pretty similar. Georgia sits at 20th in the country, giving up 191.7 passing yards per game.
Texas A&M sits at 27th, allowing teams to put up 195.2 passing yards per game.
TOTAL DEFENSE
UGA’s overall defense ranks 6th with the Dawgs allowing 267.2 total yards per game, giving them the defensive edge over the Aggies who are 25th, allowing 327.6 total yards per game.
SACKS
Neither teams have gotten to the quarterback exceptionally well in the 2019 season.
Georgia comes in at 60th, tallying 2.2 sacks per game.
Texas A&M ranks 78th with 1.9 sacks per game.
SPECIAL TEAMS
PUNT RETURNS
Georgia’s punt returners have been solid this season, ranking 33rd and averaging 21 yards per return.
A&M has the slight edge in this category, ranking 15th on a 29.2 yard return average.
KICK RETURNS
The Dawgs have not had much luck this season returning kickoffs. They average 16.45 yards per return and rank 120th in the category.
A&M sits at 87th with an average return of 19.35 yards per return.
KICKING
Hot Rod takes the cake in this category with the #20 rank on field goal kicking. Rodrigo Blankenship is 86.4% on the season and has hit 1.9 FG per game for the Bulldogs.
A&M’s Seth Small has hit 75% of his FGs and averages 1.5 per game, putting the Aggies in the #56 spot in this category.
