GEORGIA TECH (4-2, 2-2 ACC) 24, DUKE (5-1, 1-1 ACC) 14
October 5, 2024 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)
Postgame Notes
October 5, 2024 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
- Georgia Tech moved to 4-2 on the season overall and evened its record in Atlantic Coast Conference play at 2-2.
- The 4-2 start is Georgia Tech’s best since it also began 4-2 in 2017.
- Duke (5-1, 1-1 ACC) suffered its first loss of the season and had its seven-game overall winning streak snapped.
- Georgia Tech moved to 3-0 at home this season, which is its longest home winning streak at Bobby Dodd Stadium since it won eight-straight home games from Oct. 15, 2016-Nov. 11, 2017.
- Georgia Tech moved to 11-1 in games that have immediately followed a defeat under head coach Brent Key.
- The win was Georgia Tech’s fourth-straight over Duke.
- Georgia Tech moved to 55-35-1 all-time versus Duke, including a 32-14-1 record versus the Blue Devils at home.
- Georgia Tech moved to 3-1 all-time versus Duke in games when the Blue Devils entered with a record of 5-0 or better.
- Georgia Tech moved to 6-0 in games when ACC Network’s “The Huddle” programming is on-site.
- Georgia Tech, which trailed 14-10 after three quarters, rallied to win a game that it trailed after three quarters for the first time since it came back from a 35-24 deficit after three quarters in last season’s 46-42 win over No. 17 North Carolina (Oct. 28, 2023).
- Georgia Tech allowed less than 100 rushing yards for the third-straight game, limiting Duke to just 74 yards on the ground. It marks the first time that Georgia Tech has surrendered less than 100 rushing yards in three-straight games since Oct. 19-Nov. 2, 2013 (Syracuse – 75 yds., at Virginia – 68, Pitt – minus-5).
- Georgia Tech has held four of its first six opponents of the season to under 100 rushing yards, which is the most opponents that it has held less than 100 yards on the ground since 2013, when it allowed less than 100 rushing yards six times.
Individual Notes
- r-Jr. RB Jamal Haynes finished with a season-high 128 rushing yards on 19 carries (6.7 avg.). He matched his career high of 128 rushing yards in last season’s Gasparilla Bowl win over UCF (Dec. 22, 2023) and his previous season high was 84 rushing yards vs. Georgia State (Aug. 31). He also had three receptions, including a touchdown.
- The 100-yard game is Haynes’ first of the season and fifth of his career.
- r-Jr. WR Malik Rutherford set a career high with eight receptions (prev.: 7, which he achieved three times in the last four games, including on Sept. 21 at Louisville).
- With his eight receptions, Rutherford moved into 11th place in Georgia Tech history with 111 career receptions, surpassing John Sias (110 – 1966-68).
- Rutherford had at least one reception for the 22nd-straight game, which extends the ninth-longest streak in Georgia Tech history.