Overview
- Haynes King accounted for 395 yards with three touchdown passes and two rushing scores, including strikes to Josh Beetham (two) and Dean Patterson, and he now has 12 rushing TDs to lead FBS quarterbacks.
- After Syracuse settled for a field goal despite first-and-goal at the 1, Georgia Tech answered with 20 straight points and posted its best start since 1966 in its first home game as a top-10 team since 2009.
- Syracuse dropped to 3-5 (1-4 ACC) with a fourth straight loss since Steve Angeli’s season-ending injury, as Rickie Collins went 17-of-29 for 224 yards and a touchdown.
- Georgia Tech played without starters Malik Rutherford, Harrison Moore and Jy Gilmore, with Ahmari Harvey also out, while Syracuse was missing starting center Austin Collins and lost leading tackler Gary Bryant III during the game.
- Georgia Tech improved to 5-0 in the ACC and remains on track for the league title race, heading to NC State next, while Syracuse hosts North Carolina on Friday.