In the most-anticipated game of the season, the Longhorns hold the betting odds.
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As the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs travel to Austin to face the No. 1 Texas Longhorns with higher stakes than the ultimately meaningless exhibition of the 2019 Sugar Bowl that looms as the last time the two programs met, the Horns are favored to gore the Dogs again as 3.5-point favorites on Sunday, according to FanDuel.
Texas enters the game undefeated at 6-0 for the first time since 2009 and ranked as the nation’s top team in both polls following the 34-3 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday.
Georgia heads to the Forty Acres coming off an unexpectedly-close 41-31 win over Mississippi State in Athens, in stark contrast to the flawed but ultimately decisive 35-13 win by the Longhorns over the Bulldogs as Texas opened its first SEC slate.
The game marks the sixth all-time matchup between the two programs with the Longhorns holding a 4-1 advantage over the Bulldogs, including the 28-21 win by Texas in New Orleans. The only previous game in Austin came in 1958, a 13-8 win by the Horns as part of a home-and-home series that also featured a 26-7 win by Texas the previous year in Athens. Georgia beat Texas 10-9 in the 1984 Cotton Bowl in addition to a 41-38 win by the Longhorns in the 1949 Orange Bowl.
Kickoff on Saturday is at 6:30 p.m. Central on ABC.