Five Mind-Blowing Statistics From Georgia’s Orange Bowl Victory Over Florida State
The Georgia Bulldogs capped off their 2023 season with a 63-3 victory over the Florida State Seminoles in the Orange Bowl at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. The game was 7-0 after one quarter but was effectively finished by halftime. Georgia led 42-3 at halftime and only increased its lead after the break, outscoring the Seminoles 21-0 in the remaining two quarters. Here are five amusing statistics from the Orange Bowl:
1. GEORGIA MAKES HISTORY … AGAIN Georgia’s 60-point win goes down as the largest margin of victory in NCAA bowl game history. Who did they surpass to claim that title? Well, themselves less than a year ago-a 65–7 win over TCU in the national championship game. The Bulldogs have outscored their last two bowl opponents 128–10.
2. FLORIDA STATE FLOP The Seminoles’ 63–3 loss was the largest scoring margin in a loss in program history that goes back 70 years.
Since Florida State (13–1) finished the year with just one loss, technically it was also its smallest scoring margin in a loss this season.
3. EVERYBODY EATS Georgia’s final box score looks like a high school football team trying to get everybody involved on Senior Night. Eleven different Bulldogs saw at least one rushing attempt and nobody carried the ball more than nine times. Kendall Milton led the way with 104 rushing yards and two touchdowns on nine carries.
That lengthy list also included quarterback Jackson Muschamp-the son of co-defensive coordinator Will Muschamp-who ran for 14 yards and a first down in the fourth quarter. Through the air, three different passers completed throws to 11 different receivers.
4. OPTING OUT After previously unbeaten Florida State was snubbed from the College Football Playoff, at least 23 Seminoles players opted out of playing in the Orange Bowl.
In addition to injured quarterback Jordan Travis, the list included outstanding receivers Keon Coleman and Johnny Wilson, defensive end Jared Verse, and six more players who declared for the NFL draft. In addition, 14 players entered the transfer portal and did not play in the bowl game, including backup quarterback Tate Rodemaker. The Seminoles dressed only 53 scholarship players on Saturday, and some of them had never played in a college football game before.
5. 50-WIN CLUB Running backs Milton and Daijun Edwards led the way in the Orange Bowl with two rushing touchdowns apiece. They also made history as part of a senior class that wrapped up its Georgia tenure with a school-record 50 wins. The 2023 senior class went 8–2 as freshmen, 14–1 as sophomores, 15–0 as juniors and 12–1 as seniors, winning two national titles along the way. What a run.
