GEORGIA TECH (4-4, 3-2 ACC) 46, NO. 17 NORTH CAROLINA (6-2, 3-2 ACC) 42
Oct. 28, 2023 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)
Postgame Notes
Oct. 28, 2023 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
- Georgia Tech evened its overall record at 4-4 and moved to 3-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
- No. 17 North Carolina fell to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in ACC play.
- Georgia Tech continued a season-long trend of alternating losses and wins.
- Georgia Tech moved to 4-0 under head coach Brent Key against nationally ranked ACC opponents:
- W, 26-21 at No. 24 Pitt – Oct. 1, 2022
- W, 21-17 at No. 13/11 North Carolina – Nov. 19, 2022
- W, 23-20 at No. 17 Miami (Fla.) – Oct. 7, 2023
- W, 46-42 vs. No. 17 North Carolina – Oct. 28, 2023
- Georgia Tech defeated a nationally ranked team at home for the first time since a 45-22 win over No. 21/20 North Carolina on Sept. 25, 2021 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
- Georgia Tech defeated a nationally ranked team at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field for the first time since a 28-22 win over No. 17 Virginia Tech on Nov. 11, 2017.
- Georgia Tech snapped a skid of four-straight ACC home defeats with its first conference win at home since a 30-27 OT win over Duke on Oct. 8, 2022.
- The win was Georgia Tech’s third-straight over North Carolina (all against nationally ranked UNC teams) and its fifth win in its last six matchups with the Tar Heels.
- Georgia Tech moved to 33-22-2 overall and 21-9 at home all-time versus North Carolina.
- Georgia Tech moved to 55-18-1 overall and 5-0 against North Carolina in homecoming games.
- Georgia Tech’s 635 yards of offense were a season high (prev.: 578 vs. South Carolina State – Sept. 9).
- The teams’ 1,212 combined yards of total offense were the most ever combined yards of offense in a Georgia Tech game (prev.: 1,206 at Virginia – Oct. 23, 2021).
- Georgia Tech’s block of a UNC punt in the third quarter was its third blocked kick of the season. The Yellow Jackets entered the game tied atop the ACC and tied for seventh nationally with two blocked kicks.
- Georgia Tech’s punt block was its 30th since 2013. The Yellow Jackets entered the game ranked third nationally with 29 blocked kicks since 2013.
Individual Notes
- After missing last Saturday’s game vs. Boston College (illness), Fr. WR Eric Singleton set career highs with 8 receptions and 117 receiving yards (prev.: 5 rec. and 97 rec. yds at No. 17/19 Ole Miss on Sept. 16).
- r-Sr. RB Dontae Smith set a career-high with 178 rushing yards (prev.: 102 vs. Western Carolina – Sept. 10, 2022).
- Smith’s 178 rushing yards were the most by a Yellow Jacket this season and the second-straight week a Yellow Jacket ran for 150-plus rushing yards (r-So. QB Haynes King had 150 rushing yards against Boston College on Oct. 21, 2023).
- r-Jr. Brett Seither had a career-high two touchdown receptions (35 yards in the second quarter and 5 yards in the fourth quarter).
- Four of Seither’s five receptions as a Yellow Jacket have been touchdowns.
- Seither’s 35-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was the longest reception of his career, including his previous four seasons at Georgia. The longest previous catch of his career was a 30-yarder for Georgia vs. Charleston Southern in 2021. His previous long as a Yellow Jacket was a 16-yarder at No. 17/19 Ole Miss on Sept. 16.
- R-Jr. WR Abdul Janneh’s blocked punt in the third quarter was his first as a Yellow Jacket.
