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Georgia Tech Falls to No. 7 Georgia

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Team Notes
  • Georgia Tech fell to 5-6 overall.
  • Georgia Tech fell to 2-2 over the last four seasons, 26-36-4 in Atlanta and 41-66-5 overall in 112 all-time meetings against Georgia.
  • The loss was Georgia Tech’s first at Bobby Dodd Stadium since a 35-21 loss to Miami (Fla.) on Oct. 1, 2016, snapping an eight-game home winning streak. The eight-game home winning streak was the Yellow Jackets’ longest since they also won eight in a row at Bobby Dodd Stadium from Nov. 21, 1998-Sept. 2, 2000.
  • Georgia Tech lost to Georgia at home for the ninth-straight time (the Yellow Jackets’ last home win in the series was a 51-48 overtime victory on Nov. 27, 1999).
  • The 31-point margin of victory was the largest for either team in the series since Georgia beat Georgia Tech, 42-10, in Athens on Nov. 24, 2012. Each of the last four and 10 of the last 13 meetings had been decided by seven points or less.
Individual Notes
  • With 72 rushing yards on the afternoon, Georgia Tech junior QB TaQuon Marshall set a new single-season school record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,146 (prev.: 1,086 – Justin Thomas, 2014).
  • Marshall also became the 13th student-athlete in Georgia Tech history with 1,100 rushing yards in a season, regardless of position.
  • Georgia Tech senior WR Ricky Jeune caught two passes for 38 yards and a touchdown. He finished the regular season with career highs for receiving yards (545 – prev.: 520, 2015) and touchdown receptions (six – prev.: four, 2015) and tied for his career high in receptions (25 – prev.: 2016).