Postgame Notes
Team
·Georgia Tech suffered its first season-opening loss since 2012 (a 20-17 overtime loss on Labor Day evening at Virginia Tech).
·The loss was Georgia Tech’s second in 10 season openers under head coach Paul Johnson.
·The loss snapped Georgia Tech’s four-game overall winning streak and three-game winning streak versus Southeastern Conference opponents.
·Georgia Tech dropped to 5-2 in its last seven games versus SEC opponents.
·Georgia Tech has scored 28 or more points in five-consecutive games, marking the 10th time since 1904 that the Yellow Jackets have accomplished the feat. Of the 10 times that Georgia Tech has scored 28 points or more in five-straight games over the last 114 seasons, five have occurred since Johnson became the Jackets’ head coach in 2008.
·With an attendance of 75,107, the Yellow Jackets played in front of their largest crowd in a season opener since 2007 (at Notre Dame – 80,795).
·The double-overtime thriller is the first double OT game for Georgia Tech, last coming against Georgia in 2013 (lost 41-34).
·The loss is the first overtime defeat since Nov. 30, 2013 (vs. Georgia – 41-34) – also a double overtime game.
·Georgia Tech falls to 54-11 overall and 9-5 vs. ranked teams when scoring 30 points or more under head coach Paul Johnson.
Individual
·Junior quarterback TaQuon Marshall (249 yards on 44 carries) became the second-straight Georgia Tech quarterback to rush for 100 yards in his first-career start (Matthew Jordan rushed for 121 yards on 32 carries in his first-career start at Virginia Tech on Nov. 12, 2016).
·With 249 rushing yards, TaQuon Marshall sets the school record for most rushing yards by a quarterback (prev. 199 yards by Eddie Prokop vs. Tulsa in 1944 Sugar Bowl).
·TaQuon Marshall’s five rushing touchdowns are the most rushing touchdowns by a single player in school history (five players were previously tied with four)
·Marshall also moves into third all-time for most rushing yards in a game.
·Sophomore B-back KirVonte Benson (124 yards on 26 carries) became the first Georgia Tech running back to rush for 100 yards in his first-career start since Marcus Marshall versus Pitt on Oct. 17, 2015 (159 yards on 10 carries).
·Georgia Tech had two 100-yard rushers for the second time in its last five games (M. Marshall – 143 and Jordan – 121 at Virginia Tech, Nov. 12, 2016).
·Six Yellow Jackets made their first-career starts: Marshall, Benson, So. AB Nathan Cottrell, Jr. RT Jake Stickler, Jr. DTDesmond Branch and Jr. DE Anree Saint-Amour.
·Six Yellow Jackets appeared in their first collegiate games: true-Fr. P Pressley Harvin III, true-Fr. LB Jaquan Henderson, true-Fr. LB Bruce Jordan-Swilling, r-Fr. DB Ajani Kerr, Jr. HOL Chase Martenson and true-Fr. LB T.D. Roof.
Team
·Georgia Tech suffered its first season-opening loss since 2012 (a 20-17 overtime loss on Labor Day evening at Virginia Tech).
·The loss was Georgia Tech’s second in 10 season openers under head coach Paul Johnson.
·The loss snapped Georgia Tech’s four-game overall winning streak and three-game winning streak versus Southeastern Conference opponents.
·Georgia Tech dropped to 5-2 in its last seven games versus SEC opponents.
·Georgia Tech has scored 28 or more points in five-consecutive games, marking the 10th time since 1904 that the Yellow Jackets have accomplished the feat. Of the 10 times that Georgia Tech has scored 28 points or more in five-straight games over the last 114 seasons, five have occurred since Johnson became the Jackets’ head coach in 2008.
·With an attendance of 75,107, the Yellow Jackets played in front of their largest crowd in a season opener since 2007 (at Notre Dame – 80,795).
·The double-overtime thriller is the first double OT game for Georgia Tech, last coming against Georgia in 2013 (lost 41-34).
·The loss is the first overtime defeat since Nov. 30, 2013 (vs. Georgia – 41-34) – also a double overtime game.
·Georgia Tech falls to 54-11 overall and 9-5 vs. ranked teams when scoring 30 points or more under head coach Paul Johnson.
Individual
·Junior quarterback TaQuon Marshall (249 yards on 44 carries) became the second-straight Georgia Tech quarterback to rush for 100 yards in his first-career start (Matthew Jordan rushed for 121 yards on 32 carries in his first-career start at Virginia Tech on Nov. 12, 2016).
·With 249 rushing yards, TaQuon Marshall sets the school record for most rushing yards by a quarterback (prev. 199 yards by Eddie Prokop vs. Tulsa in 1944 Sugar Bowl).
·TaQuon Marshall’s five rushing touchdowns are the most rushing touchdowns by a single player in school history (five players were previously tied with four)
·Marshall also moves into third all-time for most rushing yards in a game.
·Sophomore B-back KirVonte Benson (124 yards on 26 carries) became the first Georgia Tech running back to rush for 100 yards in his first-career start since Marcus Marshall versus Pitt on Oct. 17, 2015 (159 yards on 10 carries).
·Georgia Tech had two 100-yard rushers for the second time in its last five games (M. Marshall – 143 and Jordan – 121 at Virginia Tech, Nov. 12, 2016).
·Six Yellow Jackets made their first-career starts: Marshall, Benson, So. AB Nathan Cottrell, Jr. RT Jake Stickler, Jr. DTDesmond Branch and Jr. DE Anree Saint-Amour.
·Six Yellow Jackets appeared in their first collegiate games: true-Fr. P Pressley Harvin III, true-Fr. LB Jaquan Henderson, true-Fr. LB Bruce Jordan-Swilling, r-Fr. DB Ajani Kerr, Jr. HOL Chase Martenson and true-Fr. LB T.D. Roof.
