2013 Capital One Bowl

Each team lost its conference championship game, Georgia 32–28 to eventual national champion Alabama and Nebraska 70–31 to unranked Wisconsin.

Georgia and Nebraska met once prior to 2013, a 45–6 Cornhuskers win in the 1969 Sun Bowl.^[5]

Georgia

Main article: 2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Nebraska

Main article: 2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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Georgia took an early lead when Shawn Williams blocked a Brett Maher out of the back of the end zone – though several Bulldogs missed an opportunity to recover the ball for a touchdown, Aaron Murray led a ten-play drive on the ensuing possession to give UGA a 9–0 lead.^[1] Nebraska, which entered as a double-digit underdog, mounted a strong response, marching 75 yards to get on the board. It was followed by a Will Compton pick-six of Murray to take a 14–9 lead, but on Georgia's next play from scrimmage, Murray hit Tavarres King on a downfield strike to reclaim the lead.^[6]

After intercepting Taylor Martinez in NU territory, Georgia stretched its lead back to nine on a Todd Gurley touchdown. The Cornhuskers again responded to a two-possession Georgia lead, scoring ten unanswered points to take a 24–23 lead into halftime. After the break, NU added to its lead on a thirteen-play drive capped by Rex Burkhead's second touchdown.^[7] UGA answered quickly on its ensuing drive, converting a third down to King before tying the game on a deep shot to Chris Conley and two-point conversion to Rhett McGowan.^[7]

With the game tied at 31, Nebraska advanced into Georgia territory, but Ameer Abdullah lost a fumble on third down despite NU players insisting tight end Ben Cotton had recovered the ball.^[6] Officials declined to review the play, and Georgia mounted a six-play touchdown drive to take the lead. After a Nebraska punt, Murray threw his fifth touchdown in the face of a six-man blitz, a screen pass to Conley that he took 87 yards to the end zone. Nebraska was unable to mount a scoring threat over the remaining eleven minutes and Georgia won 45–31.^[6]

Murray was named most valuable player after a hyper-efficient passing performance (a UGA bowl-record 427 yards on just eighteen completions) that included three touchdowns of 49 yards or more.^[8] Georgia set a new Citrus Bowl record with 589 yards of offense.^[8]

Scoring summary

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Qtr	Time	Drive			Team	Detail[9]	Score
		Plays	Yards	TOP			UGA	NU
1	11:39	–	–	–	UGA	Shawn Williams blocked punt out of end zone	2	0
	7:54	10	80	3:45	UGA	Arthur Lynch 2-yd pass from Aaron Murray (Marshall Morgan kick)	9	0
	4:42	7	75	3:12	NU	Jamal Turner 14-yd pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick)	9	7
	4:15	–	–	–	NU	Will Compton 24-yd interception return (Maher kick)	9	14
	4:04	1	75	0:11	UGA	Tavarres King 75-yd pass from Murray (Morgan kick)	16	14
2	10:33	4	38	1:09	UGA	Todd Gurley 24-yd run (Morgan kick)	23	14
	8:48	5	46	1:45	NU	Maher 39-yd field goal	23	17
	4:43	6	76	1:58	NU	Rex Burkhead 16-yd pass from Martinez (Maher kick)	23	24
3	9:42	13	75	5:18	NU	Burkhead 2-yd run (Maher kick)	23	31
	7:26	5	79	2:16	UGA	Chris Conley 49-yd pass from Murray (Murray pass to Rhett McGowan)	31	31
4	14:52	6	74	2:27	UGA	Keith Marshall 24-yd pass from Murray (Morgan kick)	38	31
	11:03	3	85	1:22	UGA	Conley 87-yd pass from Murray (Morgan kick)	45	31

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Individual leaders

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Team	Category	Player	Statistics[9]
UGA	Passing	Aaron Murray	18/33, 427 yds, 5 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Todd Gurley	23 car, 125 yds, TD
	Receiving	Chris Conley	2 rec, 136 yds, 2 TD
NU	Passing	Taylor Martinez	16/27, 204 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Rex Burkhead	24 car, 140 yds, TD
	Receiving	Ben Cotton	2 rec, 69 yds

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Team statistics

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Statistic[9]	Georgia	Nebraska
First downs	23	26
Rushes-yards	38–162	52–239
Comp.–att.–yards	18–33–427	16–27–204
Total offense	589	443
Turnovers	2	3
Punts–average	3–39.0	4–34.0
Penalties–yards	7–76	8–69
Time of possession	27:33	32:27

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