Purdue would manage a touchdown drive, scoring with 1:34 left, but when the Boilermakers couldn't recover the ensuing onside kick it appeared the game was over.
Purdue was out of timeouts when Mark Richt called a run on second down instead of ordering quarterback David Greene to take a knee.
Taking the ball first, the Bulldogs got to the 3 with the help of a pass interference penalty on Bobby Iwuchukwu, then went for it on fourth down from inside the 1.
Georgia appeared to get the clinching stop when Kyle Orton threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-goal from the 8, but the Bulldogs were offsides.
Orton's final pass was intercepted by Taylor in the end zone, setting off a wild celebration by the Georgia players.