No. 5 Georgia rallies and escapes 'Cocktail Party' with a 24-20 victory against Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- , Gunner Stockton threw two touchdown passes, Chauncey Bowens scored on a late 36-yard run and No. 5 Georgia escaped the rivalry known as the “World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” with a 24-20 victory against Florida on Saturday. It was the Bulldogs' fifth consecutive victory in the series and their eighth in the last nine meetings. But this one was closer than any of those others. Georgia stopped Florida on a fourth-and-1 at the Bulldogs 18-yard line with a little less than eight minutes to play, a momentum-turning moment in a back-and-forth game. Stockton and Zachariah Branch took over from there, putting Georgia (7-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) in position for its fourth come-from-behind victory in six league games. Bowens darted up the middle following the duo's second connection and scampered untouched to the end zone.