So, excluding three kneel-downs at the end of the game, Vanderbilt ran 47 plays on Saturday for 177 yards, an average of 3.77 yards per play. Georgia ran 75 plays for 421 yards, an average of 5.61 yards per play. If those were the only numbers you knew about the game, you’d probably assume Georgia won big. And you’d be wrong.
You’d also probably assume that if Vanderbilt did win, then Georgia probably made a bunch of mistakes, but that wasn’t really true, either. The Bulldogs held onto the ball and aside from a bone-headed play on a kickoff return (more on that in a minute), they didn’t really make any major screwups.