ATHENS, Ga. — Kentucky quarterback Jared Lorenzen got his job back and the Wildcats returned to their exciting ways Saturday. Unfortunately, UK continued its losing ways, falling to No.17 Georgia 43-29 despite Lorenzen's hand in four TD's - three passing and one rushing.

        He completed 32 of 54 passes for 377 yards and rushed for 61 yards.

        “We did a great job today, but we couldn't finish up at the end,” Lorenzen said. “We need to work on finishing strong.”

        The game was tied at 29 when Lorenzen made his most glaring mistake. On the first play of the fourth quarter, he was picked off by defensive end Robert Geathers, who surprised the Wildcats by dropping into coverage.

        Georgia ran for a short gain to its own 44, then David Greene launched a pass to Fred Gibson. The freshman somehow caught the ball between defenders Jeremy Bowie and Quentus Cumby, who tumbled to the turf while he coasted to the end zone for a 36-29 lead.

        The Bulldogs put Kentucky away on their next possession. Greene completed a 46-yard screen pass to Haynes, ran for 14 yards himself and connected with Haynes again on a 5-yard TD pass with 10:12 remaining.

        Gibson caught nine passes for a school-record 201 yards.

        Each team piled up 30 first downs and they combined for 1,084 yards — nearly identical to the numbers put up last season in Georgia's 34-30 victory at Lexington.

        The Wildcats couldn't overcome another dismal performance by their defense. Kentucky has allowed 256 points this season, an average of 36.6 per game.

        Greene, a redshirt freshman, had his third straight 300-yard game. The Georgia quarterback was 22-of-36 for a career-high 364 yards, throwing three touchdown passes and running for another score.

        Gibson had touchdown catches of 68 and 56 yards.

        “Well, that was wild,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “I shouldn't have thought it would be any different.”

        Georgia (5-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference), which hasn't won a league championship since 1982, set up a showdown with No.7 Florida next weekend in Jacksonville.

        Kentucky (1-6, 0-5) lost its fifth game in a row.

Team		1	2	3	4			SCORE
Kentucky		3	19	7	0			29
Georgia		7	7	15	14			43

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter	Georgia Touchdown - 1-yard run by Verron Haynes. (Billy Bennett kick). 10:53 Remaining. Kentucky Field Goal - 37-yarder by Seth Hanson. 7:18 Remaining.
2nd Quarter	Kentucky Touchdown - 10-yard pass from Jared Lorenzen to Derek Smith. (Seth Hanson kick). 11:04 Remaining. Kentucky Touchdown - 29-yard pass from Jared Lorenzen to Aaron Boone. (kick blocked). 8:53 Remaining. Kentucky Touchdown - 26-yard pass from Jared Lorenzen to Aaron Boone. (run failed). 7:04 Remaining. Georgia Touchdown - 68-yard pass from David Greene to Fred Gibson. (Billy Bennett kick). 5:50 Remaining.
3rd Quarter	Georgia Touchdown - 21-yard run by David Greene. (Greene pass to Randy McMichael). 11:58 Remaining. Kentucky Touchdown - 1-yard run by Jared Lorenzen. (Seth Hanson kick). 6:16 Remaining. Georgia Touchdown - 1-yard run by Verron Haynes. (Billy Bennett kick). 3:37 Remaining.
4th Quarter	Georgia Touchdown - 56-yard pass from David Greene to Fred Gibson. (Billy Bennett kick). 14:09 Remaining. Georgia Touchdown - 5-yard pass from David Green to Verron Haynes. (Billy Bennett kick). 10:12 Remaining.

Attendance: 86,520

Final Team Statistics	Kentucky	Georgia
First downs	30	30
Rushes-yards	22-116	43-197
Passing yards	377	394
Return yards	3	51
Passing (Att-Comp-Int)	54-32-2	37-23-1
Punts-Average	5-50.2	4-45.0
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-1
Penalties-Yards	12-109	9-68
Time of Possession	29:11	30:49

Rushing
Kentucky	- Lorenzen 8-61, Johnson 6-27, Allen 1-18, Pinner 7-10.
Georgia	- Haynes 14-86, Sanks 20-70, Greene 6-41, Gilliam 1-2, Wall 1-1, team 1-(-3).
Passing
Kentucky	- Lorenzen 32-54-2, 377 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Georgia	- Sanks 22-36-1, 364 yards and 3 touchdowns. Edwards 1-1-0, 30 yards.
Receiving
Kentucky	- Abney 7-69, Allen 6-65, Boone 5-94, Harp 4-63, Smith 3-20, Pinner 2-19, Cook 2-16, Hopewell 1-13, Johnson 1-9, Pyatt 1-9.
Georgia	- Gibson 9-201, Gary 4-77, Haynes 3-73, Mitchell 2-17, Edwards 2-15, Gilliam 2-7, McMichael 1-4.

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