On January 9th, the Georgia Bulldogs took on the TCU Horned Frogs in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship. This game was played in the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
This was only the ninth College Football Playoff National Championship played since its creation in 2014. Before the National Championship was created, the top two ranked teams would play in the BCS National Championship Game to determine the National Champion.
Georgia is ranked No. 1 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and had a record of 14-0 before the game and is the defending national champion. TCU was ranked No. 3 in the Big 12 Conference with a record of 13-1.
In the first quarter of the game, the Bulldogs scored two touchdowns and a field goal while keeping TCU to only one touchdown. In the second quarter, Georgia scored three touchdowns and managed to block TCU from scoring anything. The half ended with a score of 38-7 Georgia. Georgia was also able to score on every possession they had in the first half.
The second half went basically the same way. In the 3rd quarter, Georgia scored two touchdowns making it 52-7, and keeping TCU at 7. In the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs scored another two touchdowns, however, they missed one of their extra points bringing the final score to 65-7.
Georgia ended their season 15-0, the third college football team to ever do that. Georgia also had 5 sacks on TCU. On top of that, this game had the largest margin of victory in a bowl game, ever. For more information check out this website.