Jackets fourth quarter rally against Down Duke, 24-14 – Football – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE APARTMENTS – Quarterback Haynes King managed two touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Georgia Tech rallied from a deficit to secure a 24-14 Atlantic Coast Conference football victory over previously unbeaten Duke on Saturday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field.

Behind a career-high 128 rushing yards Jamal HaynesTech ran for a season-high 245 yards and dominated time of possession nearly 2-1, holding the ball 39-27 while Duke scored 20-33. The Yellow Jackets outscored the Blue Devils 412-279, which included a whopping 245-74 advantage on the ground.

Georgia Tech (4-2, 2-2 ACC) trailed 14-10 early in the fourth quarter, but King led the Yellow Jackets in the final period with back-to-back touchdown drives of 85 and 70 yards to lead the Yellow Jackets to victory Comeback victory. King threw both of his two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter – a 3-yard toss to Haynes that gave the Jackets a 17-14 lead, and a 9-yard pitch-and-catch Eric Singleton, Jr. That increased the lead to 24-14.

Tech took the first kickoff and ran 60 yards in 12 plays to take a 7-0 lead as the reserve quarterback Zach Pyrons Fourth touchdown of the season, a 2-yard plunge. The Yellow Jackets then added a 23-yard field goal Aidan Birr He took a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter. The Jackets stifled the Blue Devils defensively in the first half, allowing just 21 yards on the ground in the first two quarters. However, Duke took advantage of two crucial penalties on its final possession of the half and scored on a 20-yard pass just before halftime to cut Tech's lead to 10-7.

Duke (5-1, 1-1 ACC) scored the only points of the third quarter with a 65-yard touchdown pass and the Yellow Jackets trailed 14-10 heading into the final period.

The Jackets dominated the fourth quarter in coming from behind to win, as they held the ball for 11:04, had a 121:46 yardage gain and outscored the Blue Devils 14-0.

King completed 23 of 31 through the air for 167 yards and two touchdown passes, his most of the season. Malik Rutherford Had eight passes for 76 yards, a career-best, while Singleton caught six passes for 42 yards. Chad Alexander ran for 59 yards on 10 carries and complemented Haynes' 128 yards on the ground.

Defensive, Ahmari Harvey had a team-high seven tackles and recorded the Yellow Jackets' first interception of the season Jordan van den Berg had a sack and two tackles for loss in his first start as a Jacket.

Georgia Tech travels to North Carolina (3-3, 0-2 ACC) next Saturday for its noon opener. The game will be broadcast nationally on The CW (Peachtree TV in Atlanta).

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