# @sec on YouTube

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- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T17:00:34.000+00:00
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## Caption

2002 SEC Championship Game: Georgia 30, Arkansas 3 | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA. | December 7, 2002

Mark Richt's Georgia Bulldogs claimed the program's first SEC title in 20 years, routing the Arkansas Razorbacks 30-3 in front of a crowd of 74,835 that was heavily tilted toward the Bulldogs, just 75 miles from the Athens campus.

The matchup itself was unusual before it even kicked off. Alabama had finished atop the SEC Western Division standings, but an NCAA probation stipulation barred the Crimson Tide from postseason play, opening the door for Arkansas, which won a three-way tiebreaker over Auburn and LSU, to represent the West instead.

Fourth-ranked Georgia scored on its first five possessions, building a commanding 23-to-0 halftime lead and never allowing Arkansas back into the game. Quarterback David Greene threw for 237 yards and a touchdown, earning game MVP honors, while Terrence Edwards hauled in seven catches for 92 yards, a total that made him the SEC's career leader in receiving yards. Placekicker Billy Bennett added a career-long 55-yard field goal for good measure. Arkansas' only points came on a Marvin Jackson punt return score that was actually erased by the final margin, with the Razorbacks managing just a field goal on the day against Georgia's defense, which had ranked among the SEC's best all season.

Earlier that day, Coach Mark Richt said that after his team learned their hopes of making the National Championship game with an SEC Championship win were over, he briefly worried it might deflate his players, but Georgia responded by taking care of business in Atlanta. The win capped a 13-1 season, Georgia's first conference championship since Vince Dooley coached Herschel Walker to glory two decades earlier, and sent the Bulldogs into the Sugar Bowl with the SEC crown finally back in Athens.

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