The first matchup of top-five teams in Austin since then, No. 2 Texas, hosted No. 1 Ohio State in 2006, and it concluded with the Dawgs on top!
Georgia took home a win (30-15), helping them slowly out of the danger zone and keeping them in the running for the conference championship.
Trevor Etienne ran for three touchdowns, the first two set up by cornerback Daylen Everette's takeaways.
Etienne's last score was a 1-yard plunge on fourth down with 12:04 left. That came right after an ugly sequence when Texas fans littered the field with water bottles and other trash after referees called a pass-interference penalty that initially wiped out an interception and long return, before the flag was picked up and set up a Longhorns TD.
Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference), which began the season at No. 1, has won three in a row since a 41-34 loss at then-No. 4 Alabama, when the Bulldogs overcame a 28-0 deficit and went ahead late during an exchange of long TD passes.
The Bulldogs never trailed in their first trip to Austin since 1958 to take on the SEC newcomer that had gotten through the first half of its schedule pretty much unscathed.
Texas (6-1, 2-1) won at reigning national champion Michigan in Week 2 and had been behind for less than four minutes all season before Saturday night against the team that won back-to-back national titles before the Wolverines.
The 15-point loss was the most lopsided for a No. 1 team at home since Notre Dame’s 31-16 win at Pittsburgh in 1982, according to Sportradar, when Dan Marino was the Panthers quarterback.
Saturday's key matchup came after the Bulldogs slipped in the AP Top 25 rankings from No. 1, with Texas slowly taking the title.
The Bulldogs have the longest active streak of being ranked in the AP top 10 at 57 consecutive polls. It is the first regular-season meeting between the Longhorns and Bulldogs since 1958.
Texas is No. 1 in total defense and scoring defense. The Longhorns have allowed just three touchdowns all season and give up an average of 6.33 points per game. Texas opponents have forced four turnovers inside Texas territory. The Longhorns have allowed no points after those turnovers.
Up next, the Dawgs have a bye week before they head to Jacksonville for the annual Georgia-Florida game.
