Kasay’s Field Goal Keeps Alabama Winless, 17-16
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ATHENS, Ga. — John Kasay’s 40-yard field goal with 1:31 remaining lifted Georgia to a 17-16 victory over Alabama on Saturday, extending the Crimson Tide’s longest losing streak in 34 years to five games.
Kasay’s third field goal of the game capped a fourth-quarter rally from a 16-6 deficit.
Georgia drove 71 yards to cut the lead to 16-14 on Larry Ware’s three-yard touchdown run with 5:53 left.
Ware threw a halfback pass to Chris Broom for the two-point conversion.
When Alabama failed to move after the kickoff, Georgia took over at the Alabama 45 with 4:10 remaining.
Garrison Hearst had a 17-yard run in the drive that bogged down on the 23, and Kasay came in to kick the game-winner.
Georgia (2-1) squared its Southeastern Conference record at 1-1. Alabama fell to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the SEC, and is in the cellar of a league it has dominated.
The loss left Gene Stallings still looking for his first victory as the Crimson Tide coach, a position he took in January when Bill Curry left for Kentucky.
Alabama’s last five-game losing streak came when the 1956 team lost its first four to give the Tide 17 losses in succession over three seasons.
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