For the first time in 66 years, the Georgia football team is set to visit the Texas campus.

The stakes will be a little bigger than when Texas recorded a 13-8 home win over the Bulldogs during the first week of the 1958 season. Texas (6-0, 2-0) and Georgia (5-1, 3-1) were ranked first and fourth, respectively, in the US LBM Coaches Poll on Sunday. Texas also tops the Associated Press poll, which lists Georgia fifth. That means that this Saturday's ABC-televised tussle at 6:30 p.m. will be the first top-five matchup at Royal-Memorial Stadium since the Ohio State-Texas game in 2006.

Here are five things to know about the Bulldogs:

1. Georgia's Carson Beck coming off a career-best performance

Texas has allowed only one team to throw for more than 200 yards this season, and Michigan barely exceeded that threshold Sept. 7. Georgia's Carson Beck, though, will be the best quarterback UT has faced.

The first-team quarterback on the All-Southeastern Conference preseason team, Beck threw for 459 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions in this past weekend's 41-31 win over Mississippi State. In the Georgia record books, those 459 yards trail just Eric Zeier's 544-yard game against Southern Miss in 1993 and Zeier's 485-yard performance against South Carolina in 1994.

For the season, Beck has thrown for 1,818 yards, 15 touchdowns and five interceptions while completing 67.9% of his passes. Beck also compiled 439 passing yards Sept. 28 against Alabama.

2. Georgia defense allowing more points than usual

To start this season, Georgia held Clemson, Tennessee Tech and Kentucky to a total of 18 points. The defense, however, hasn't been as dominant over its last three outings. While going 2-1 against Alabama, Auburn and Mississippi State, Georgia has allowed 85 points.

Over the weekend, Mississippi State freshman Michael Van Buren Jr. threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns against a Georgia team that boasted a top-10 passing defense last season. Van Buren made his first career start Sept. 28 against Texas and was held to 144 passing yards and 12 completions in a 35-13 loss.

3. Several Bulldogs have a championship pedigree

Last year, Texas reached the four-team College Football Playoff while Georgia just missed the cut. But that doesn't mean the Bulldogs are unaware of what it takes to win a championship.

There are five players on the Georgia roster — offensive linemen Tate Ratledge and Xavier Truss, defensive back Malaki Starks, defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse and linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. — who started in a 65-7 thrashing of TCU that closed out the 2022 season and secured a national championship for the Bulldogs.

4. Georgia, not Texas, was picked to win the SEC this season

With 165 votes, Georgia was the overwhelming favorite to win the SEC championship in the conference's preseason poll. Texas, which received 27 first-place votes, was picked to finish second.

At the regular season's halfway point, Texas, Texas A&M and LSU are the only SEC teams that have yet to lose a game in conference play. The Longhorns, however, have played just two SEC foes. Georgia has won three conference contests, but it was beaten by Alabama last month.

5. Why are Georgia teams nicknamed Bulldogs?

According to AL.com, Georgia's nickname might trace back to a badge worn by fans to a game against Auburn in 1901 that featured a bulldog tearing at a piece of clothing. Georgia began to officially use the Bulldog nickname in 1920.

The University of Georgia's history with live mascots dates back to 1892, but it has been represented by a line of white English bulldogs since the 1950s. Texas fans already knew that, though. At the 2019 Sugar Bowl, an irritated Bevo XV charged through a barrier during a pregame photo op with Uga X.

Uga X retired after the 2022 season and died earlier this year. Uga X was succeeded by Uga XI, who is also known as Boom.

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