NO. 17/19 OLE MISS (3-0) 48, GEORGIA TECH (1-2) 23
Sept. 16, 2023 • Oxford, Miss. (Vaught-Hemingway Stadium)
Postgame Notes
Sept. 16, 2023 • Oxford, Miss. (Vaught-Hemingway Stadium)
Postgame Notes
Team Notes
· Georgia Tech fell to 1-2 on the season, while No. 17/19 Ole Miss moved to 3-0.
· Georgia Tech fell to 2-4 all-time against Ole Miss with its fourth-straight loss to the Rebels, dating back to 1971. The Yellow Jackets’ last win in the series was a 24-7 win in the 1953 Sugar Bowl, which clinched the 1952 national championship for the Jackets.
· Georgia Tech has lost eight-straight games against opponents from the Southeastern Conference, with its last win over an SEC team coming in a 33-18 win over Kentucky in the 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl.
· Georgia Tech committed no penalties in a game for only the eighth time in school history (first time since Sept. 3, 2015 vs. Alcorn State).
· Georgia Tech’s 11 third-down conversions (11-of-20) are tied for the 16th-most in school history.
· Georgia Tech’s 17-play 90-yard drive in the second quarter that resulted in a 22-yard field goal was Tech’s longest scoring drive in terms of plays since a 17-play, 74-yard drive that resulted in a 21-yard field goal in a 33-7 win over North Carolina on Sept. 30, 2017.
· Georgia Tech held Ole Miss to 251 passing yards, 148 yards below the 399 yards through the air that the Rebels were averaging this season, which ranked No. 4 nationally. However, Ole Miss rushed for 299 yards, 183 more than its season average of 116 rushing yards coming in to the game.
Individual Notes
· r-So. Haynes King completed 28 passes on 42 attempts for 307 yards and two touchdowns. The 28 completions are tied for the fourth-most in Georgia Tech single-game history and are tied for the third-most completions without an interception in school history. Both are the most since A.J. Suggs also completed 28 passes without an INT vs. Maryland on Oct. 27, 2002).
· With his 15-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, Fr. WR Eric Singleton Jr.’s has a touchdown catch in each of his first three collegiate games.
· Singleton’s five receptions and 97 receiving yards were both career highs (prev.: three receptions and 69 receiving yards last Saturday vs. South Carolina State).
· Jr. DB LaMiles Brooks matched a career high with nine tackles (prev.: vs. Virginia – Oct. 20, 2022).
· r-Jr. DL D’Quan Douse set a career high with eight tackles (prev.: seven at Virginia Tech – Nov. 5,
