GEORGIA TECH (5-2, 3-1 ACC) 41, NORTH CAROLINA (3-4, 0-3 ACC) 34
October 12, 2024 • Chapel Hill, N.C. (Kenan Stadium)
Postgame Notes
October 12, 2024 • Chapel Hill, N.C. (Kenan Stadium)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
- Georgia Tech moved to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
- North Carolina fell to 3-4 overall (0-3 ACC).
- Georgia Tech’s 5-2 record is its best through seven games since it started 5-2 in 2014.
- The win was Georgia Tech’s first true road win of the season (1-2).
- The win was Georgia Tech’s fourth-straight and sixth in its last seven games versus North Carolina.
- The win was Georgia Tech’s third-straight at UNC’s Kenan Stadium.
- Georgia Tech moved to 34-22-3 all-time versus North Carolina.
- Georgia Tech’s 371 rushing yards were a season high (prev.: 245 vs. Duke – last Saturday).
- Georgia Tech’s 371 rushing yards were its most since it ran for 377 vs. Duke on Nov. 28, 2020.
- Georgia Tech had two 100-yard rushers (RB Jamal Haynes – 170 and QB Haynes King – 107) for the first time since QB Jeff Sims and current San Francisco 49ers RB Jordan Mason had 108 and 105, respectively, vs. Duke on Nov. 28, 2020.
- Georgia Tech’s field goal block in the second quarter was its fourth of the season (tied for first nationally) and its 11th in 28 games since Brent Key’s first game as interim head coach on Oct. 1, 2022 (the most in the nation during that span).
- Georgia Tech had a season-high two takeaways (prev.: 1 – three times).
- Georgia Tech, which did not commit a turnover, moved to 3-0 this season and 10-3 under Key when it wins the turnover battle.
- Georgia Tech’s three sacks defensively matched a season high (prev.: 3 vs. VMI – Sept. 14).
- North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton (137 yards), who entered the game ranked No. 4 nationally with 764 rushing yards, became the first player to run for 100 yards against Georgia Tech this season (prev. high: 83 by Syracuse’s LeQuint Allen – Sept. 7).
- North Carolina’s punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter was the first allowed by Georgia Tech since Nov. 5, 2022 (at Virginia Tech).
Individual Notes
- r-Jr. RB Jamal Haynes rushed for a career-high 170 yards, including the game-winning 68-yard touchdown run with 16 seconds to go in the game.
- Haynes’ 170 rushing yards shattered his previous career of 128, set last Saturday vs. Duke and in the 2023 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF (Dec. 22, 2023).
- Haynes’ 100-yard rushing game was his second of the season (prev.: 128 vs. Duke – last Saturday) and sixth of his career.
- Haynes has rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games for the second time in his career (prev.: 119 at Virginia – Nov. 4, 2023 and 104 at Clemson – Nov. 11, 2023).
- r-Jr. QB Haynes King’s 107 rushing yards were a season high (prev.: 67 at Syracuse – Sept. 7).
- The 100-yard rushing game was King’s second at Georgia Tech (prev. 150 vs. Boston College – Oct. 21, 2023).
- r-So. DB Syeed Gibbs’ sack and forced fumble in the first quarter were both his firsts at Georgia Tech.
- r-Jr. DL Jordan van den Berg’s recovery of Gibbs’ forced fumble was his first at Georgia Tech.
- So. RB Chad Alexander’s 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the first of his career.
- Jr. DB Rodney Shelley’s field goal block in the second quarter was his first of the season and second of his career (prev.: at Clemson – Nov. 11, 2023).
- Sr. LB Trenilyas Tatum’s forced fumble in the fourth quarter was his first of the season and second of his career (prev.: vs. Virginia – Oct. 20, 2022).
- r-Jr. DB Ahmari Harvey’s recovery of Tatum’s force fumble was his first of the season and second of his career (prev.: vs. Virginia – Oct. 20, 2022).
- r-Jr. WR Malik Rutherford caught a pass for the 23rd-consecutive game, the ninth-longest streak in Georgia Tech history.
- Fr. TE Luke Harpring, who had one reception for 7 yards coming into the game, caught two passes for a team-high 36 yards.
