# SEC Football: Georgia Bulldogs Dominates Arkansas Razorbacks 45-17 **Published:** 2026-09-19 — **By:** Stacy Stanfield **Category:** games — **Type:** game-recap **Source:** https://secscouts.com/news/georgia-bulldogs-dominate-arkansas-razorbacks-45-17 **Teams:** [Arkansas](https://secscouts.com/arkansas/), [Georgia](https://secscouts.com/georgia/) --- FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (09/17/2026) — The Georgia Bulldogs walked into Razorback Stadium on a Thursday night and left with a 45-17 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks, leaning on a 254-yard rushing performance and a three-touchdown night from Chauncey Bowens in front of 66,123 fans. Georgia outgained Arkansas 464-300, controlled the ball for 35:40, and converted seven third downs while holding the Razorbacks to four. The Bulldogs' offense was efficient in every phase — Gunner Stockton completed 17 of 21 passes for 147 yards, and the ground game carried the rest of the load in a 28-point road win over an SEC opponent. ## How It Happened The defining number of the night was on the ground. Georgia ran for 254 yards; Arkansas ran for 17. That gap shaped everything else about the game — the time of possession, the third-down efficiency, and ultimately the scoreboard. With the running game producing, Georgia rarely needed to lean on Stockton, and when it did, he delivered. His 17-of-21 line represented an 81 percent completion rate, and the Bulldogs finished with 210 passing yards to complement the rushing total. Georgia moved the chains 23 times, and its seven third-down conversions kept drives alive and kept the Arkansas offense on the sideline. Bowens finished with three touchdowns, and Peyton Woodring accounted for nine points as Georgia turned its yardage advantage into points across the full 60 minutes. Defensively, Raylen Wilson recorded two sacks as Georgia made Arkansas one-dimensional and then pressured that single dimension. Arkansas, unable to establish anything on the ground, put the game in KJ Jackson's hands. Jackson threw for 212 yards and a touchdown, and the Razorbacks finished with 283 passing yards on 29-of-42 passing. The Razorbacks actually posted 18 first downs — a respectable total — but the drives that generated them too often stalled. Arkansas converted just 4 third downs and committed the game's only turnover. Max Gilbert accounted for five Arkansas points, and Quincy Rhodes Jr. registered a sack for the Razorback defense. ## Turning Point Without a single swing play to point to, the turning point in this one was structural rather than momentary: Georgia's ability to run the ball at will while Arkansas could not run it at all. A 254-to-17 rushing disparity is not something a team overcomes by throwing 42 passes, and it showed in the possession battle. Georgia held the ball for more than 11 minutes longer than Arkansas. Every time the Razorbacks needed a stop to get their offense back on the field, the Bulldogs answered with another conversion — seven of them on third down. That combination of ball control and sustained drives kept the Razorbacks chasing the game from the start and never allowed Jackson and the Arkansas passing attack to build any real momentum toward a comeback. The lone Arkansas turnover only compounded the problem. Against a Georgia offense that was already winning the possession battle by a wide margin, giving the ball away meant surrendering even more of the clock. ## Star of the Game Chauncey Bowens was the difference-maker. Three touchdowns in a road SEC game is a statement performance, and Bowens supplied the finishing touch on an offense that spent the evening grinding down the Arkansas front. Behind a ground attack that piled up 254 yards, Bowens turned Georgia's yardage advantage into points on the board. Raylen Wilson deserves mention on the other side of the ball. His two sacks set the tone for a Georgia defense that held Arkansas to 300 total yards and just 17 on the ground, forcing the Razorbacks into obvious passing situations. For Arkansas, KJ Jackson was the bright spot. His 212 passing yards and a touchdown kept the Razorbacks moving in stretches, and his 18-first-down offense was not without production. But with no ground support to lean on, he was asked to do too much against a Georgia front that came after him all night. ## What It Means For Georgia, this is exactly the kind of road win that builds a résumé in the SEC. The Bulldogs showed balance — 210 through the air, 254 on the ground — and efficiency, converting third downs at a high rate and dominating time of possession. Stockton's 17-of-21 night reflects an offense that knows what it wants to do and executes it. Georgia's defense generating multiple sacks while erasing the opponent's running game is a formula that travels well. For Arkansas, the 45-17 result exposes a clear point of emphasis: the running game. Seventeen rushing yards against an SEC defense is not sustainable, and it forced Jackson into a 42-attempt game the Razorbacks were never built to win. The passing production — 283 yards and 18 first downs — shows there is something to build on offensively, and Rhodes Jr.'s pressure and Gilbert's contributions gave Arkansas positive moments. But until the Razorbacks can generate balance and get off the field on third down, SEC opponents will continue to control the clock the way Georgia did on Thursday night. The Bulldogs head home with a decisive conference road win. The Razorbacks regroup with a tough loss and a clear list of items to address. --- *Original article: [SEC Football: Georgia Bulldogs Dominates Arkansas Razorbacks 45-17](https://secscouts.com/news/georgia-bulldogs-dominate-arkansas-razorbacks-45-17) — SEC Scouts*