JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —  Georgia beat Florida 24-17 Saturday night to improve to 7-1 on the year. The day’s events rejuvenated the outlook for the 2019 season. Georgia football earned its third straight win in the series and that’s just the start of the stat parade for the Bulldogs.

  • Georgia won its sixth game in the series this decade.
  • That gives the Bulldogs a 6-4 edge over the last 10 games and a series win for this decade.
  • Kirby Smart is now 7-3 all-time at Georgia in top 10 matchups

It was a “get well” or a “get right” kind of day for the program. The Bulldogs were able to discredit a lot of the chatter about what the program has and has not been able to do so far in 2019.

It meant the Bulldogs also had another great time in the end zone both during and after the game.

The biggest of those days belonged to the graduate transfer receiver, Lawrence Cager. He brought down seven catches for 132 yards and a touchdown catch. That 52-yard pass was the longest play of his Georgia career.

Cager also caught a pass from Jake Fromm for the two-point conversion.

His 132 yards marked the highest single-game total for a Georgia receiver since Reggie Davis piled up 134 yards on two catches against North Texas in 2014.

A few frames from Cager is a good way to get our photo tour from Georgia’s big SEC East win going.

Lawrence Cager came to Georgia as a graduate transfer WR this summer. He had played for the last few seasons at Miami. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Cager was checking out his scoring play on the Jumbotron in Jacksonville as he was crossing the goal line. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)

Check out the chaser behind Lawrence Cager on his big TD

Kirby Smart was testing out his short space quickness trying to mirror Cager on his big score. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)

Georgia football: Another party in the end zone vs. Florida

Kirby Smart took another victory lap around TIAA Bank Stadium. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Junior tailback D’Andre Swift was all smiles after the big win on Saturday. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Herrien is now 3-1 in his career against the Gators. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Georgia senior tailback Brian Herrien kept throwing up the “Ws” after the 24-17 win against Florida in Jacksonville. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Georgia redshirt sophomore DB Ameer Speed is a Jacksonville native. He was certainly smiling big on Saturday night. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Richard LeCounte III was doing the Florida Gator chomp on Saturday in the end zone after another big win against Florida. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Richard LeCounte III is also now 3-0 against the Florida Gators in his Georgia career. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
JR Reed was a team captain for Georgia against the Gators on Saturday. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Junior reserve running back and ace special teamer Prather Hudson was one of the happiest Bulldogs on Saturday night. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Freshman DT Travon Walker and redshirt junior WR Demetris Robertson were two happy Bulldogs Saturday night in Jacksonville. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
There were a lot of fun images of Travon Walker, Demetris Robertson and freshman RB Kenny McIntosh from Saturday night. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Freshman ILB Trezmen Marshall knows all about the Georgia-Florida rivalry having grown up in South Georgia playing for Clinch County. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Redshirt freshman RB Zamir White was right in the middle of things on Saturday night. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Malik Herring (right) had several big plays for Georgia on Saturday night in the 24-17 win against Florida. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation_)/Dawgnation)
Reed will finish up his Georgia career having never lost to the Florida Gators when he was on the field. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Junior All-American candidate Andrew Thomas is also now 3-0 against the Florida Gators in Jacksonville. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)
Junior defensive back Mark Webb Jr. was high school teammates with star Florida TE Kyle Pitts. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)

Jake Fromm: He’s been a big problem for Florida

It seems fitting to end things here with Jake Fromm. The junior quarterback flashed some wheels on Friday and added a few reels to his career highlight tape with his night against Florida.

Jake Fromm is now 3-0 all-time in his career facing the Gators in Jacksonville. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)

Consider this:

  • He’s now 3-0 against Florida. DawgNation’s Connor Riley also dug up on Sunday that he is also 6-3 all-time in his career against Top 10 opponents.
  • The Georgia Sports Information Department noted on Saturday night in its press notes that he now becomes one of only four Georgia QBs to earn three all-time wins against the Gators. The other three are Johnny Rauch, Buck Belue and Aaron Murray.
  • Fromm has been on fire in his last two games against Florida. He’s completed 37 of his 54 passes for 519 yards. That’s a completion percentage of 69 percent. His passing line includes five touchdowns and zero interceptions.
  • On a weekend where former Bulldogs Champ Bailey and Jarvis Jones were enshrined in the Georgia-Florida Football Hall of Fame, the junior from Warner Robins is sure stacking up a career that will receive the same recognition one day.

What did Fromm have to say about his day afterward?

“For me to go out and prove anything that I’m something that people think I’m not that’s never anything or not what I am playing for,” he said. “I play to glorify my God. I play for my teammates in the locker room who are here right now.”

When he said that, it was impossible not to pay attention to what junior teammate Monty Rice said to him as he was walking by.

“Jake you put them on ice today,” Rice proudly shouted in his direction.

Fromm laughed. Then returned to his point.

“I play for my teammates,” he said. “I play for my family and I play for this university. That’s what I want to play for and to go out and be the best that I can be.”

The game plan, to him, was simple.

“Just go out and execute,” he said. “Win the one-on-ones and go out and play the best we could.”

In his last two games against Florida, Jake Fromm has completed 69 percent of his 54 pass attempts for 519 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. (Jeff Sentell/DawgNation)/Dawgnation)