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Football By KEVIN COONEY

Temple Defense Keys 24-2 Win Over Georgia Tech

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP & ramblinwreck.com) - Temple (3-1) spoiled the return of former head coach Geoff Collins, who posted a 15-10 record over two years as Owls coach before agreeing to take the head coaching job at Georgia Tech in December 2018.

The Temple defense forced three turnovers and recorded a 74-yard touchdown by safety Benny Walls during a 24-2 victory over.

The Yellow Jackets head back into the ACC next Saturday for the first time since their opening night loss to Clemson when they host North Carolina - fresh off a scare of No. 1 Clemson Saturday. Georgia Tech has won the last two meetings between the schools, including a 38-28 victory in Chapel Hill last season.

Georgia Tech Team Notes

  • Georgia Tech fell to 1-3 on the season. Temple moved to 3-1.
  • Georgia Tech fell to 72-28-1 all-time and 1-1 this season against current members of the American Athletic Conference.
  • The loss was Georgia Tech’s fifth-straight in non-conference games played away from home.
  • Despite having a combined total of 248 seasons of football history between them (Georgia Tech is in its 127th season, Temple is in its 121st), the meeting was the first ever between the two schools. The teams will conclude their home-and-home series on Sept. 20, 2025 at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium.
  • Georgia Tech’s third-quarter safety on a tackle in the end zone by Jr. DL Antwan Owens and So. LB Charlie Thomas was the Yellow Jackets’ first safety of the season (last GT safety: Nov. 17, 2018 vs. Virginia).
  • Georgia Tech has not been shutout in 278 games, which is the seventh-longest streak in the nation (last time GT was shut out: Oct. 18, 1997 – 38-0 at Florida State).

Georgia Tech Individual Notes

  • WR Ahmarean Brown set career highs with 3 receptions (prev.: 2 vs. USF, Sept. 7) and 64receiving yards (prev.: 28 vs. Clemson, Aug. 29).
  • Brown’s 42-yard reception from So. QB Tobias Oliver in the first quarter was the longest reception of Brown’s career, Georgia Tech’s second-longest pass play of the season and Georgia Tech’s longest reception by a wide receiver this season (GT’s longest pass play of the season was a 54-yard pass from Oliver to Jr. RB Jerry Howard Jr. Clemson, Aug. 29).
  • WR Jalen Camp set a career high with 4 receptions.
  • WR Adonicas Sanders set a career high with 2 receptions (prev.: 1 vs. USF, Sept. 7).