GEORGIA TECH (3-1, 1-1 ACC) 59, VMI (0-3) 7
September 14, 2024 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
- Georgia Tech moved to 3-1 on the season, its best start since 2017.
- Georgia Tech is 2-0 at home for the first time since 2017.
- The win is Georgia Tech’s fourth in its last five games overall, dating back to last season’s Gasparilla Bowl victory over UCF. It marks the first time that Georgia Tech has had four wins in any five-game stretch since it won four in a row from Oct. 25-Nov. 17, 2018.
- Georgia Tech moved to 15-1 all-time versus VMI with its sixth-straight win over the Keydets. The Yellow Jackets’ only loss in the series, which dates back to 1914, was a 14-13 defeat on Nov. 11, 1950.
- Georgia Tech moved to 10-1 under head coach Brent Key in games that followed an in-season loss.
- Georgia Tech has not lost consecutive games since losses to Virginia and Florida State on Oct. 20 and 29, 2022.
- After Georgia Tech led 38-0 at halftime, the third and fourth quarters were shortened to 10-minute periods.
- VMI’s seven points were the fewest allowed by Georgia Tech since a 41-0 win over Alcorn State on Sept. 1, 2018.
- The 52-point margin of victory was the 10th-largest in Georgia Tech’s modern history (post-1950) and the Yellow Jackets’ largest since a 65-10 win over Tulane on Sept. 12, 2015.
- Georgia Tech outgained VMI, 572-104, including a 363-35 margin in the first half.
- Georgia Tech had 30 first downs, compared to five for VMI. The 25 first-down margin was the largest in program history, breaking the previous record of 22 (28-6) versus Texas A&M on Sept. 17, 1966.
- VMI’s five first downs tied for the second-fewest that Georgia Tech has surrendered in a game in program history and the fewest since Miami had five first downs against the Yellow Jackets on Sept. 26, 1964.
- Georgia Tech limited VMI Sr. RB Hunter Rice, a first-team all-Southern Conference selection with 1,633 career rushing yards coming into the game, to just 10 yards on seven carries.
- Georgia Tech’s 38 first-half points were tied for the 10th-most points in any half in program history and were the most since the Yellow Jackets scored 48 points in the first half vs. Alcorn State on Sept. 3, 2015.
- Georgia Tech’s 38-0 halftime lead was tied for the sixth-largest halftime lead in program history and was the Yellow Jackets’ largest since it led Alcorn State 48-0 at halftime on Sept. 3, 2015.
- Georgia Tech’s five touchdowns in the first half were tied for the 10th-most in a half in program history and were the Yellow Jackets’ most since they scored five TDs in the second half vs. Louisville on Oct. 9, 2020.
- Georgia Tech’s 363 yards of total offense in the first half were the 11th-most in any half in program history and were the Yellow Jackets’ most since they had 364 yards in the second half vs. Tennessee on Sept. 4, 2017.
Individual Notes
- r-Jr. QB Haynes King passed for 275 yards and three touchdowns in just one half of action (he did not play in the second half). It was the fifth time in King’s 17 games as a Yellow Jacket that he has had at least three touchdown passes.
- r-So. QB Zach Pyron had a career-high two rushing touchdowns (both from 1 yard out in the first half). He had previously scored one touchdown on the ground in three different games (last: vs. Florida State – Aug. 24).
- Pyron’s 24-yard touchdown pass to r-Jr. WR Leo Blackburn in the third quarter was the fourth TD pass of his career and Blackburn’s second career TD reception.
- Making his collegiate debut, true Fr. RB Trelain Maddox rushed for a game-high 53 yards on nine carries.
- r-Jr. DB Ahmari Harvey’s forced fumble in the first quarter was the second of his career (prev.: vs. North Carolina – Oct. 28, 2023).
- Jr. DB Clayton Powell-Lee’s fumble recovery in the first quarter was the fourth of his career (last: vs. Georgia – Nov. 26, 2022).
