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Tech stuns undefeated No. 4 Miami, 28-23 – Football – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

by November 9, 2024

THE APARTMENTS – Georgia Tech earned bowl eligibility for the second straight year and handed No. 4 Miami its first loss of the year on Saturday as the Yellow Jackets beat the Hurricanes 28-23 at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field.

The Jackets (6-4, 4-3 ACC) were coming off a two-game losing streak while the Hurricanes (9-1, 5-1 ACC) fell out of first place in the ACC.

Tech quarterback Haynes King returned after a two-game absence and with a substitute Aaron Philohelped a Yellow Jackets offense rack up 271 yards on the ground. Tech’s defense caused the game’s only turnover with three crucial fourth-down stops and a strip sack on Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward with less than two minutes left.

Tech used a ball control offense and rotating QB duties between King and Philo to keep Miami’s offense off the field. He held the ball for nearly 35 of the game’s 60 minutes and limited the Hurricanes, who averaged more than 47 points per game, to a season low in points.

Jamal Haynes ran for 81 of his 83 yards on Tech’s opening series, passing for 16 yards for a TD. King ran for a game-high 93 yards on 20 carries and scored the Jackets’ final touchdown in the fourth period.

King and Philo, who combined to go 11-for-16 for 99 yards through the air, each threw a touchdown pass. King associated with Malik Rutherford for a goal in the second period that gave the Jackets the lead for good, and Philo scored Chase Lane for Tech’s third goal of the third period, making the score 28-16.

Defensively, Tech stopped the Hurricanes at 23 on fourth down in the second quarter, again at 39 in the third, and again at 28 in the fourth. The Jackets again held Miami at the 19 to start the Hurricanes’ final possession of the game, and on 2nd and 10th Romello height came to Ward and stripped the ball, which was recovered by him Jordan van den Berg with 1:48 remaining.

Tech returns to action on Thursday, November 21st, hosting NC State for its final home game of the season. The game begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

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