Georgia Tech upsets No. 10 Florida State 24-21 in Dublin to open the 2024 college football season
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- 2024-08-25 06:11:18649browse
One game into the 2024 college football season and we have an upset. Georgia Tech football pulled off the improbable upset 24-21 over Florida State at Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.
No. 10 Florida State and Georgia Tech kicked off the 2024 college football season in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. Here are live updates from the game at Aviva Stadium.
Final: Georgia Tech 24, Florida State 21
3:09 p.m: Aiden Birr connects on a 44-yard field goal to give Georgia Tech the upset victory over No. 10 Florida State.
3:08 p.m.: Eric Singleton Jr. catches a ball and takes it for 12 yards to the FSU 26. The Yellow Jackets took a timeout with five seconds left.
3:06 p.m.: Georgia Tech has trouble with the snap and loses 11 yards to the FSU 39-yard line. FSU calls its final timeout with 55 seconds left.
3:02 p.m.: Chad Alexander rushes for 3 yards up the middle and FSU takes its second timeout. There is 1:02 left.
2:58 p.m.: Florida State calls its first timeout with 1:11 left. The Yellow Jackets have the ball at the FSU 31 and are within field goal range. Another first down could let them bleed the clock out for a game-winning field goal opportunity.
2:52 p.m.: At the two-minute warning, Georgia Tech is into FSU territory with a chance to take the lead. It'll be second-and-seven after the timeout from the Seminoles' 39.
2:45 p.m.: Roydell Williams caps a 15-play drive with a two-yard touchdown score to even the score at 21. DJ Uiagalelei completed a pair of fourth-down conversions to keep the drive alive, one to Ja'Khi Douglas and the other to Malik Benson. The game is tied with 6:33 left.
2:30 p.m.: Jamal Haynes gives Georgia Tech the lead again with a three-yard touchdown run. The Yellow Jackets drive was 11 plays for 89 yards and took nearly seven minutes off the clock
Third quarter: Georgia Tech 14, Florida State 14
2:25 p.m.: It’s a tie game at 14 following a scoreless third quarter for both teams. However, the fourth quarter opens with Georgia Tech deep into FSU territory. Haynes King has taken over on the drive, completing five passes and running for 21 yards on the second to last play of the quarter.
2:15 p.m.: A sack by Georgia Tech’s Kevin Harris cuts another Florida State drive short. The Seminoles will punt for the second straight drive. They have not scored a touchdown since their first drive.
2:07 p.m.: Florida State punted for the first time today from the Georgia Tech 44 after not converting a third-and-seven. The Yellow Jackets will start on their own 20 after a touchback. Earlier in the drive, Ja’Khi Douglas had a 15-yard catch on a third-and-seven to keep the drive alive. The play was initially called incomplete but overturned by replay, showing Douglas got his right toe down in bounds to gain possession.
Georgia Tech then went 3-and-out on its own drive. FSU starts at its own 33.
1:54 p.m.: Aidan Birr’s 51-yard field goal goes wide left and the score remains tied at 14-14. Jamal Haynes set up the scoring opportunity with his long run to open the second half.
1:52 p.m.: The second half is underway with Georgia Tech starting on its own 25 following a touchback. Running back Jamal Haynes went for 36 yards on the first play.
Halftime: Georgia Tech 14, Florida State 14
1:38 p.m.: Individual halftime stats:
DJ Uiagalelei is 12-for-14 passing for 96 yards for the Seminoles, while Lawrance Toafili has seven touches for 52 yards and a touchdown. Haynes King is 3-for-5 passing for 53 yards and has 33 rushing yards and a touchdown for the Yellow Jackets.
1:33 p.m.: Halftime stats:
1:30 p.m: Ryan Fitzgerald made a 59-yard field goal to end the first half to tie the game at 14-14. Fitzgerald hit a 52-yard field goal earlier in the quarter. He’s been the MVP of the first half for the Seminoles. Georgia Tech has kept up with the No. 10 ranked team in the country thus far
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