ATHENS — Georgia will be looking to get off to a fast start after failing to score in the first quarter of its past two games against Missouri and Auburn.

The No. 1-ranked Bulldogs play host to Vanderbilt at 3:30 p.m. in their designated homecoming game on Saturday.

Coach Kirby Smart attributed his team’s recent slow starts to “missed opportunities,” adding that, “when you play in the SEC, you play against really good quality defenses, and usually at the start of the game, they’re at their best.”

Georgia (6-0, 3-0 SEC) has failed to score in the first quarter of its past two games against Missouri and Auburn, needing six drives to put points on the board at Mizzou, and four drives to score in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.

The Bulldogs’ season scoring trend has seen the team score almost twice as many points in the second quarters of games (82) than in the first quarters (46). UGA has scored 54 points in third quarters and 55 in fourth quarters including 21 last Saturday against Auburn.

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