GEORGIA TECH (6-4, 4-3 ACC) 28, NO. 4 MIAMI (FLA.) (9-1, 5-1 ACC) 23
November 9, 2024 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
- Georgia Tech moved to 6-4 overall and 4-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. No. 4 Miami (Fla.) suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 9-1 overall (5-1 ACC).
- With its sixth win of the season, Georgia Tech clinched bowl eligibility. The Yellow Jackets are bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2013 and 2014.
- With a 4-3 ACC record, Georgia Tech is guaranteed to finish .500 or better in conference play for the third-straight season and 26th time in the last 30 seasons.
- Georgia Tech moved to 6-1 against nationally ranked ACC opponents under head coach Brent Key (interim head coach – final eight games of 2022; full-time head coach – 2023-pres.).
- The win was Georgia Tech’s first over a top-five opponent since a 28-23 win over No. 4 Virginia Tech on Oct. 17, 2009, snapping a 13-game losing streak against top-five teams.
- The win was Georgia Tech’s ninth in 106 all-time matchups against top-five opponents (9-55-2).
- Georgia Tech moved to 15-14 all-time against Miami. The Yellow Jackets are one of only two ACC programs that have played Miami at least 15 times and are .500 or better against the Hurricanes, joining North Carolina (14-11).
- The win was Georgia Tech’s second-straight against Miami and its fourth in the last six matchups with the Hurricanes.
- Georgia Tech moved to 4-0 this season at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, which extends its longest winning streak at Bobby Dodd since it won eight-straight on The Flats from 2016-17.
- Georgia Tech snapped a modest two-game skid with the win. The Yellow Jackets remain one of only four ACC teams that has not had a three-game losing streak since the beginning of the 2022 season (joining Clemson, Duke and NC State).
- Georgia Tech’s 271 rushing yards were the most that Miami, which had the nation’s No. 8-ranked rushing defense coming in (95.2 ypg), has allowed this season (prev.: 206 vs. Virginia Tech – Sept. 27).
- Georgia Tech attempted just 16 passes, but completed 11, including two touchdowns.
- Georgia Tech held Miami’s offense, which was ranked No. 1 nationally in scoring (47.4 ppg) and total offense (556.9 ypg) to 23 points and 436 yards.
- Georgia Tech’s 17-play, 75-yard, 10-minute-and-45-second touchdown drive spanning the first and second quarters was the second-longest scoring drive in terms of time elapsed in program history (record: 10:47 TD drive at Virginia – Oct. 24, 2009).
- The 17-play scoring drive was also Georgia Tech’s longest this season in terms of plays (prev.: 16-play FG drive at Louisville – Sept. 21). The Yellow Jackets’ previous long TD drives of the season were 14 plays (Aug. 24 vs. Florida State and Oct. 5 vs. Duke).
- Attendance of 47,538 was the largest for an ACC game at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field since 48,217 attended a 27-21 win over Miami on Nov. 10, 2018, a victory that clinched bowl eligibility for the 6-4 Jackets.
Individual Notes
- Georgia Tech r-Jr. RB Jamal Haynes ran for 81 yards on two carries on the opening series of the game (65-yard run and a 16-yard touchdown run) but left the game due to injury after the first play of the Yellow Jackets’ second possession. He finished with three runs for 83 yards (27.7 avg.).
- After missing the previous two games due to injury, r-Jr. QB Haynes King returned to the starting lineup and split time with Fr. QB Aaron Philo. King completed 6-of-6 passes for 32 yards and one touchdown and ran 20 times for 93 yards and one touchdown.
- King (5 yds. to r-Jr. WR Malik Rutherford) and Philo (15 yds. to r-Sr. WR Chase Lane) both threw touchdown passes.
- r-Jr. DB Omar Daniels had a career-high eight tackles (prev.: 5 at Syracuse – Sept. 7), including a tackle for loss and also had a pass break-up.
- r-So. LB E.J. Lightsey had a career-high six tackles (prev.: 3 vs. Notre Dame – Oct. 19).
