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. Aidan Birr hit a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give the Yellow Jackets the victory over the Seminoles.
The game marked the third straight year and the ninth time in history a college football game has been played in Ireland. Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King completed 11-of-16 passes for 146 yards and also added 15 rushes for 46 yards, while Jamal Haynes had 75 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Birr had missed a 51-yard field goal earlier in the game.
Making his FSU debut, DJ Uiagalelei completed 19-of-27 passes for 193 yards. He had his best drive on the final FSU drive, converting two fourth-down conversions, as the Seminoles tied the game at 21 with 6:33 left. The offense never got another opportunity.
The Seminoles had won 19 straight games before an Orange Bowl loss last year to Georgia after they were snubbed from the College Football Playoff in favor of two one-loss teams in Texas and Alabama. The Seminoles have lost back-to-back games for the first time since 2022, when they lost three in a row to Wake Forest, NC State, and Clemson.
Watch Florida State vs Georgia Tech on Fubo (free trial)Georgia Tech is entering Year 2 under Brent Key, and is led by quarterback Haynes King. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 7-6 season — their first…
