No word yet on Murray's knee injury

With Georgia having an open date this week, the team and staff were given a day off on Sunday. Richt, who conducted the conference call from home, said he had not met with director of sports medicine Ron Courson.

"I'm not going to talk about injuries in this conference," Richt said. "I'm just going to hold off on that. I've got to get a clear picture from Ron. ... When I get with Ron, I'm sure we'll have a discussion and will have a better idea of what is going on in that regard."

Murray was on the sideline for the final five plays of the game after his knee was jarred in a collision with a helmet-first hit from Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley.

"We don't think there was any kind of structural damage [to the knee]," Richt said in his postgame news conference Saturday night.  "We think it was more just a blow on the knee, the bone or whatever.  He actually wanted to go back in and play. He was able to. I just told him no."

Murray was not available for interviews after the game because he was receiving medical attention. Later in the night, he posted on Twitter: "Knee is all good, just gotta get some sleep and [I'll] be feeling good."

Murray took a battering during the game, mainly from Fairley.

Asked Sunday if he took issue with some of Fairley's hits, Richt said: "That's another subject I'm not going to make a comment on right now."

Tensions boiled over near the end of the game. Two Auburn players, defensive end Michael Goggans and defensive tackle Mike Blanc, were ejected for throwing punches.

"Just really disappointed in that," Auburn coach Gene Chizik said after the game. "That's a lot of reflection on us as coaches, and I am embarrassed by it. That's not who we are."

Richt said Sunday he had not heard from Chizik since the game and does not expect or need to be in contact.

"I know our guys were highly emotionally charged also, so I'm not going to sit here and try to say their guys were doing one thing and our guys were doing another," Richt said. "I had enough concern about what was going on that we took a knee on that last play just to try to defuse what was happening out there."

After this week's open date, Georgia closes its regular-season schedule Nov. 27 in Athens against Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs (5-6) need a win to become bowl-eligible for the 14th consecutive season.

"It is very important for us to go play in a bowl game, but the most important thing for us is to beat our in-state rival, Georgia Tech," Richt said. "That's more important to me and everyone else; that's the main focus for us. Bowl eligibility comes along with it."

Richt said the team will practice Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and take the weekend off. Georgia has played games in 11 consecutive weeks.