Georgia Bulldogs defeat Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 in the College Football Playoff 2021 for its first title in 41 years, stats.

Four decades of pent-up emotion were unleashed Monday night as the Bulldogs snapped a frustrating national championship drought by vanquishing their nemesis.

Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, beating Alabama 33-18 in the College Football Playoff for its first title in 41 years.

Bennett connected with Adonai Mitchell on a 40-yard touchdown to give No. 3 Georgia a 19-18 lead with 8:09 left and then hooked up with Brock Bowers for a 15-yard TD on a screen to put the Bulldogs up eight with with 3:33 left.

Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner, finished the game with 369 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions on 35-of-57 passing. Bennett was 17-of-26 on the day with two touchdowns and 224 passing yards.

The final blow came from Georgia’s dominant defense. Kelee Ringo intercepted an underthrown deep ball down the sideline by Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young.

With just over a minute left, Ringo took off behind a convoy of blockers and went 79 yards, Smart chasing and yelling at him to go down so he wouldn’t risk a fumble. The touchdown set off a wild celebration by the relieved Georgia fans who packed Lucas Oil Stadium.

Stetson Bennett rallies Georgia past Alabama to win first national title since 1980, Best Stats.

1 -- The Bulldogs (14-1) hadn’t won a national title since freshman Herschel Walker led them there in 1980.

2 -- The Bulldogs lost two SEC championship games, including one five weeks ago, and the 2018 CFP title game to Alabama under Smart.

3 -- For most of the first three quarters, the first CFP title game to be a rematch of a regular-season game was an ol’ fashion SEC defensive struggle in the heart of Big Ten country.

4 -- Since 2016, Smart's Bulldogs have lost just nine games. Four of those have been against Nick Saban and the Tide -- three times with hardware on the line.

5 -- Alabama was winning in the fourth quarter and lost by 15.
This is the second largest loss of the Nick Saban era, behind only the 44-16 loss to Clemson in 2018.