FOOTBALL Post-Game Notes GT-Cuse

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GEORGIA TECH (6-5, 5-3 ACC) 31, SYRACUSE (5-6, 1-6 ACC) 22

Nov. 18, 2023 • Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field)

Postgame Notes​

Team Notes

• Georgia Tech moved to 6-5 overall and 5-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
• Georgia Tech secured bowl eligibility for the first time since 2018.
• Georgia Tech finished above .500 in ACC play for the first time since 2018.
• The win was Georgia Tech’s third in its last four games, which marks the first time that Tech has had three wins in a four-game stretch since it went 3-1 in its final four games of the 2018 regular season.
• Georgia Tech moved to 4-1 all-time against Syracuse, 2-1 against the Orange in ACC play and 2-0 against SU at home.
• Georgia Tech has won consecutive home games for the first time since victories over Kennesaw State (45-17) and North Carolina (45-22 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium) on Sept. 11 and Sept. 25, 2021 and its first back-to-back wins at Bobby Dodd Stadium since victories over Miami (Fla.) (27-21) and Virginia (30-27 in OT) on Nov. 10 and 17, 2018.
• Syracuse’s 259 yards of offense were the fewest surrendered by Georgia Tech this season (prev.: 291 vs. South Carolina State, Sept. 9; prev. vs. FBS opponent: 351 vs. Virginia, Nov. 4).
• Syracuse’s 94 yards in the first half were the fewest that Georgia Tech has allowed in a first half this season (prev.: 127 vs. South Carolina State, Sept. 9; prev. vs. FBS opponent: 172 vs. Louisville, Sept. 1).
• For the first time this season, Georgia Tech started three linebackers on defense (Kyle Efford, Paul Moala and Braelen Oliver).

Individual Notes

• One week after compiling his lowest completion percentage of the season (13-for-31 – 41.9%), r-So. QB Haynes King completed 16-of-20 passes for an 80.0% completion percentage, his highest of the season (prev.: 23-for-30 – 76.7% vs. North Carolina, Oct. 28 and at Virginia, Nov. 4).
• Georgia Tech r-So. RB Jamal Haynes scored two touchdowns in a game for the first time in his career (15-yard reception in the first quarter, 30-yard rush in the third quarter).
• Haynes’ touchdown reception was the first of his career.
• Haynes’ eight touchdowns this season are the most by a Yellow Jacket since QB Tobias Oliver scored 12 in 2018 and the most by a Georgia Tech RB since Dedrick Mills scored 13 in 2016.
• Georgia Tech r-Jr. WR Dominick Blaylock’s 53-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was his longest catch as a Yellow Jacket (prev.: 34 at Miami (Fla.), Oct. 7) and the second-longest of his collegiate career, behind only a 60-yard reception vs. Arkansas State as a true freshman at Georgia in 2019.
• Georgia Tech r-Fr. LB Kyle Efford’s 11 tackles were a career high (prev.: 10 at Virginia, Nov. 4).
• Georgia Tech r-Sr. LB Paul Moala’s two forced fumbles matched a single-game school record, which had been accomplished 14 times previously, most recently by Jordan Domineck vs. Kennesaw State on Sept. 11, 2021.
• Moala’s 8 tackles were a season high (prev.: 7 – 3X, most recently at Clemson, Nov. 11).
• Georgia Tech r-Sr. LB Braelen Oliver made his first start as a Yellow Jacket in the three-LB formation. Oliver previously made 17 starts in five seasons at Minnesota (2018-22).
• Oliver’s 4 tackles for loss were a season high (prev.: 1.0 at Clemson, Nov. 11).
• Georgia Tech Fr. LB Jacob Cruz’s fumble recovery on the opening kickoff of the second half was the first of his career.

 

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