What Kirby Smart, Georgia players said after beating Auburn

Georgia, No. 5, fell behind early in the game, but came back a few to defeat the 24th Auburn on Saturday night at Sanford Stadium. The Tigers have not won in Athens since 2005.

Offensively, Auburn scored just three points after the first quarter. Defensively, they allowed over 300 rushing yards for the second time this season. This is what the head coach and the Georgia players said after the match.

Kirby Smart, head coach of Georgia

On the victory: "We did not play a perfect match. It was physical and we shot ourselves too much in the foot. We are a work in progress. We fight tooth and nail and we do not panic. … it was a physical game. We played a ton of guys in defense. I'm proud of the way guys have competed. "

On Andre Swift: "If we feed him, he's fine. He has an excellent offensive line in front of him, he is explosive and he misses the guys at the second level. The outsiders also deserve to be commended for some big blockages downstream. "

In his team: "We work hard and we improve. Guys buy what we sell. If we can continue to progress as a team, if the guys continue to buy, we have a good shot. "

At next week's match: "UMass has a good offensive unit. We need to improve this week and work on us. "

On the fans of Georgia: "The fans were great. The students were packed there. The fans have well represented and impacted the match. We love it and recruits fall in love with it. "

RS-Fr. cornerback Eric Stokes

On what has changed with the defensive effort in the second half: "It was just a question of what they were going to do and how we were going to finally adapt to it."

During his pass, a critical one-third division inside the red zone: "We had our call and basically I knew I had it man to man, so I just had to lock it. Fortunately, I managed to separate him and keep him out of the end zone. "

Defensive end Sr. Jonathan Ledbetter:

On the defensive goals for this game: "We wanted to keep them under 100 yards, whether it's a running back or anyone hurrying, no 100-yard riders. We wanted to keep them at 3 points, so technically we did not reach our goal, but they did not score in the second half. We still have work to do. We set a standard and we got it. We did not do it, but we played well. We do not say we did not have a good win, but you do not want to celebrate too much. We will enjoy tonight with our friends, family and teammates. We will come to the drawing board and start working again. "

On the third consecutive victory of Georgia in the top 25: "It feels good right now. I'm happy to watch the tape and see what I can fix and what the team can fix. Everyone has a job to do and if we do our best we can not be stopped. "

Jr. WR Tyler Simmons

On the performance of Jake Fromm on the third declines, with 8 conversions on the third decline: "It's something we really emphasize to practice. We have a day of the week where we focus on the third downhill and it shows on the field … We have always put ourselves in this situation in practice, so when we come to the match, it's easy. "

In his first career touchdown, a 14-yard runner with 2:47 to tie in the first half: "It gave us a lot of momentum in the game. Of course, it makes me feel good to enter the end zone, but it made the team want to take a momentum. "