Milroe completed his first eight passes and ended up 10 of 12 for 164 yards. He ran 11 times for 69 yards and two touchdowns — opening the scoring on a 53-yard scamper — to help Alabama (4-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) to its 16th straight victory over the Bulldogs (2-3, 0-3).
Mississippi State’s Will Rogers was 15 of 26 for 107 yards and a touchdown with three interceptions.
"I'm really proud of our kids," Auburn coach Hugh Feeze said. "Hopefully we can build off the way we played better today. It hurts and it's disappointing that we couldn't find a way to get it done."
Tied 20-20 with 2:52 remaining, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck connected on a 40-yard touchdown pass to Brock Bowers, whose eight receptions for 157 yards proved to be the game's decisive matchup.
Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders' Buffs fell to 3-2 overall and 0-2 in Pac-12 play while the Trojans improved to 5-0, 3-0.
After another slow start, the Buffs were down 34-14 at the half, and with just more than two minutes to go in the third quarter, the deficit had grown to 48-21.
Davis carried the ball 26 times for 280 yards and three rushing touchdowns. His rushing total was the third highest in UK history, just 19 yards short of Moe Williams’ record, set in 1995. Davis also caught a pass for a touchdown. His four touchdowns tied the most in Kentucky school history.
Defending National Defensive Player of the Week Maxwell Hairston continued his big play, leading the Cats with 10 tackles. Alex Afari had nine.
Florida (3-2, 1-1) had the first possession of the game and the Gators went three and out, aided by a sack from UK’s D’Eryk Jackson. Florida punted and Kentucky took over at its own 12-yard line.
