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Georgia Tech Sails Past UNC

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Team
  • Georgia Tech moved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. North Carolina fell to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in ACC play.
  • Georgia Tech moved to 2-0 in ACC play for the fourth time in the past seven seasons (2011, 2013, 2014 and 2017) but only the fifth time in the last 18 years.
  • Dating back to last season, Georgia Tech has won seven of its last eight games and nine of its last 11 contests.
  • Georgia Tech extended its home winning streak to six games.
  • Georgia Tech snapped a three-game losing streak against North Carolina.
  • Georgia Tech limited North Carolina to seven points after the Tar Heels averaged 44.7 points per game during their three-game winning streak versus the Yellow Jackets from 2014-16.
  • Georgia Tech’s defense forced seven three-and-outs in 12 defensive series. In 49 defensive series this season, Georgia Tech has forced 26 three-and-outs (53.1 percent). Georgia Tech entered the game ranked second nationally in defensive three-and-out percentage (behind only Michigan – 56.6 percent).
  • Georgia Tech scored at least 28 points for the eighth-straight game, marking only the fourth time since 1904 that it has scored 28 or more points in eight-straight games. Of the four times Georgia Tech has accomplished the feat in the past 104 seasons, two have come in Johnson’s 10 seasons as head coach (10 games – Oct. 14, 2014-Sept. 12, 2015; eight games – Nov. 12, 2016-present).
  • Georgia Tech’s 18-play touchdown drive in the first quarter is tied for the ninth-longest scoring drive in school history in terms of plays and was the longest drive by the Yellow Jackets in terms of plays since an 18-yard touchdown drive in a 42-24 win over Duke on Nov. 17, 2012.
  • Georgia Tech also had a 17-play drive that resulted in a field goal in the second quarter, marking the first time in Paul Johnson’s 10 seasons as head coach that the Yellow Jackets had two drives of 17 plays or more in the same game.
  • Georgia Tech BB KirVonte Benson (130) and QB TaQuon Marshall (137) both rushed for at least 100 yards for the third time in four games this season. Georgia Tech has had multiple 100-yard rushers four times in the last eight games overall (BB Marcus Marshall and QB Matthew Jordan at Virginia Tech on Nov. 12, 2016; Benson and Marshall vs. Tennessee on Sept. 4, Pittsburgh on Sept. 23 and North Carolina on Saturday).

Individual
  • Sophomore BB KirVonte Benson rushed for 130 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries (7.2 avg.). He has rushed for at least 100 yards three times in four career starts.
  • Benson’s 63-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was the longest run of his career (prev.: 47 vs. Pittsburgh last Saturday).
  • Junior QB TaQuon Marshall rushed for 137 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries (5.1 avg.). He has rushed for at least 100 yards three times in four career starts.
  • Marshall’s 65-yard run in the third quarter was the longest of his career (prev.: 32 vs. Pittsburgh last Saturday).
  • Marshall, who entered the game ranked No. 1 nationally in scoring (16.0 ppg) and No. 4 nationally in points responsible for (22.0 ppg), scored one touchdown and was responsible for two (one rushing, one passing).
  • Junior safety A.J. Gray had a career-high two interceptions. Gray entered the game with one interception in his three-year career. He is the second Georgia Tech student-athlete in the last eight games to intercept multiple passes in a game (Lawrence Austin had two interceptions in a 30-20 win at No. 18 Virginia Tech on Nov. 11, 2016).