Kendall Milton ran for a career-high 156 yards and two touchdowns as top-ranked Georgia beat arch-rival Georgia Tech 31-23 Saturday night in Atlanta.

The Bulldogs set the SEC record with their 29th straight win as they finished off their third straight 12-0 regular season.

Milton’s first touchdown came on a three-yard run early in the second quarter. He added his second TD late in the third quarter to give Georgia its biggest lead at 31-13. Milton notched his ninth and tenth touchdowns of the season. The senior from Fresno, California now has 19 career rushing touchdowns and 20 overall.

Bulldogs’ quarterback Carson Beck was 13-20 passing for 175 yards and a touchdown.

Georgia finished the game with 437 yards of offense including 262 on the ground.

For the fifth time in six games, the Bulldogs trailed as Tech took a 7-0 lead on quarterback Haynes King’s nine-yard touchdown run with 11:32 remaining in the first quarter.

Georgia answered on its next possession as Dominic Lovett caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Beck. It was Lovett’s third TD catch of the season and the sixth of this career after spending the previous two seasons at Missouri.

Following a Tech field goal and Milton’s first touchdown of the night, the Bulldogs made it 21-13 on Daijun Edwards team-leading 11th touchdown of the season, a three-yard run with just over a minute remaining in the first half.

The Bulldogs led for the final 42:40 but couldn’t put Tech away until the end when the Bulldogs ran out the final 3:45 of the clock following Tech’s last score, a King five-yard TD run.

Georgia has now won a school-record 39 straight regular season games while also winning a UGA best 15 straight games in opponent’s stadiums.

The Bulldogs have also won 12 straight games at Bobby Dodd Stadium dating back to 2001. Georgia is also 19-3 against Tech during that span.

Georgia gets back in action next Saturday taking on number eight Alabama in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta. Kickoff is set for 4:00 at Mercedes-Benz stadium. Alabama finished the regular season earlier in the afternoon with a 27-24 come-from-behind win at Auburn.

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