Georgia Tech upsets No. 10 Florida State in Dublin on FG with no time remaining

If the 2024 ACC season plays out like Saturday’s Week 0 opener for Florida State and Georgia Tech in Dublin, college football fans are in for an amazing thrill ride.

Aidan Birr kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the Yellow Jackets a 24–21 win over the No. 10 Seminoles. Brent Key begins his third season as Georgia Tech head coach with a huge win over a top-10 team and the perceived favorite in the ACC.

Georgia Tech was in jeopardy of being pushed out of field-goal range when quarterback Haynes King fumbled a shotgun snap on the go-ahead drive, apparently obscured by Eric Singleton Jr. running in motion to the right as the ball was snapped. The mishap resulted in a 10-yard loss, moving the Jackets back to the FSU 38-yard line.

But King and Singleton followed up to connect on a 12-yard pass with 41 seconds remaining to get that yardage back and put Birr in position to kick the winning field goal.

The Yellow Jackets took a 21–14 lead to begin the fourth quarter, finishing off an 11-play, 89-yard drive on a 2-yard touchdown run by Jamal Haynes. The Seminoles answered with their own long scoring drive, going 84 yards in 15 plays to tie the game.

The highlight of the drive was a fourth-down pass from DJ Uiagalelei to Malik Benson for a 19-yard gain to the Georgia Tech 1-yard line. Roydell Williams followed up by punching the ball in for the score.

Uiagalelei finished with 193 passing yards on 19-for-27 passing with no touchdowns, while Williams led the Seminoles with 38 yards rushing and a score on 12 carries. Ja’Khi Douglas caught four passes for 55 yards.

For Georgia Tech, King compiled 200 yards from scrimmage, while Haynes rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Rutherford added 66 yards receiving on four catches.

Saturday’s game began in thrilling fashion with FSU’s Lawrance Toafili making a quick cut…

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Publish date : 2024-08-24 19:15:47

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