Vanderbilt did just about everything it could to build a chance for an upset.

The Commodores scored first, and ended a 5-year touchdown drought against Georgia, then forced a turnover on the ensuing drive for the Bulldogs.

It was quite a start for Vanderbilt, which came into Saturday on a 5-game losing streak after a 38-14 loss at Florida. But then Georgia recovered, got back on track, and coasted to 37-20 victory for its 24th consecutive win.

Vanderbilt made it somewhat interesting with a pair of 4th-quarter touchdowns, including a touchdown after a Carson Beck interception. But it wasn’t enough to land the upset as Georgia enjoyed its 6th-straight win in the series.

Here are our 3 takeaways from the game:

Brock Bowers leaves game in first half

Star tight end Brock Bowers left in the first half with a left ankle injury that coach Kirby Smart said led to X-rays at halftime.

“He was in good spirits,” Smart said. “He’s got a little bit of an ankle sprain on the bottom part of his foot, but he thinks he’ll be fine.”

Bowers appeared to have trouble putting weight on his left leg, and eventually kneeled to the turf. There was a hold flagged on QB Carson Beck on the play that wiped out the gain. Bowers suffered the injury at the end of a 14-yard gain on an end around down to the Vanderbilt 11. He was tackled by Vanderbilt safety Savion Riley on the sideline, but after he was slow to get up, Bowers pounded the turf in frustration as he kneeled to wait on the medical staff.

Bowers appeared to tweak his left ankle on the play before he was tackled. Bowers had 4 catches for 22 yards and had 2 carries for 11 yards.

The injury forced the end to Bowers’ 100-yard streak. He was the first Georgia player to collect 3 straight games with at least 100 receiving yards since Terrence Edwards in 2002.

Dominic Lovett delivers breakout game

Georgia’s transfer wide receivers, Rara Thomas and Dominic Lovett, have had slow starts to the season in terms of getting involved in the offense. That changed early on for Lovett, as he made 7 catches for 53 yards and had an especially strong drive when he also caught a touchdown pass.

On a 4-play scoring drive in the waning seconds of the second quarter, Lovett caught a 4-yard touchdown, but also grabbed a 30-yard pass on 1st down from the Vanderbilt 35-yard line.

That was Lovett’s first touchdown catch this season, as he came into Saturday with 22 catches for 210 yards.

Vanderbilt puts up a fight

Even though Vanderbilt was a heavy underdog, the Commodores made things interesting early on, and then showed second-half fight with a 13-play scoring drive to trim the deficit to 27-14 by early in the fourth quarter.

Despite just 18 rushing yards by early in the fourth quarter, Vanderbilt kept things within a puncher’s chance. QB Ken Seals was pretty efficient with a 17-for-24 outing for 187 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception. He connected with at least 8 different receivers, led by Jayden McGowan and London Humphreys.

Seals made his 3rd straight start for Vanderbilt as AJ Swann is still day to day recovering from a bruised elbow on his throwing arm.

Even though Georgia scored on 6 straight possessions at one point, 3 of them were field goals, which were wins for the Vanderbilt defense.