Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

7-0

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets beat the Duke Blue Devils

7-0 27 – 18

4-3

Final · Sat, Oct 18

Game Details

Wallace Wade Stadium (Durham) · 27,846 fans · ESPN

Highlights

Fumble return and late offense lead No. 12 Georgia Tech past Duke 27-18

Omar Daniels returned a fumble a school-record 95 yards for a touchdown and No. 12 Georgia Tech pieced together enough late-game offense to beat Duke 27-18 on Saturday and continue its best start to a season in more than a half-century.

Recap via ESPN

0:48 Omar Daniels takes Duke fumble 95 yards to the house

0:22 Duke's field goal attempt goes awry

0:16 Duke's Jake Taylor makes ridiculous bobbling catch

0:54 Darian Mensah connects for 20-yard TD pass

Clips play on ESPN

Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
GT	7	0	3	17	27
DUKE	0	7	3	8	18

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Game Leaders

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Haynes King · 14/21, 205 YDSPassing Yards
Haynes King · 14 CAR, 120 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Isiah Canion · 3 REC, 56 YDSReceiving Yards
Matthew Alexander · 0.5Sacks
Jy Gilmore · 11Tackles

Duke Blue Devils

Darian Mensah · 32/44, 373 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Nate Sheppard · 15 CAR, 50 YDSRushing Yards
Cooper Barkate · 13 REC, 172 YDSReceiving Yards
Luke Mergott · 11Tackles

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team
Miami
Pittsburgh
Duke
SMU
Wake Forest
Clemson
Florida State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
NC State
California
Louisville
Stanford
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Boston College

Scoring

Q4 1:13

TD Sahmir Hagans 19 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Darian Mensah Pass to Cooper Barkate for Two-Point Conversion)27–18

Q4 2:10

TD Haynes King 28 Yd Run (Aidan Birr Kick)27–10

Q4 4:57

TD Malachi Hosley 10 Yd Run (Aidan Birr Kick)20–10

Q4 11:01

FG Aidan Birr 23 Yd Field Goal 13–10

Q3 2:45

FG Aidan Birr 40 Yd Field Goal 10–10

Q3 6:10

FG Todd Pelino 23 Yd Field Goal 7–10

Q2 0:27

TD Landen King 20 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)7–7

Q1 3:46

TD Omar Daniels 95 Yd Fumble Return (Aidan Birr Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsDuke Blue Devils

Offense

376 Total Yards 441

205 Passing Yards 373

171 Rushing Yards 68

21 First Downs 26

Efficiency

6-12 3rd Down 7-15

0-0 4th Down 1-2

14/21 Completions 32/44

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 1

4-17 Penalties 8-59

26:31 Possession 33:29

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Haynes King	14/21	205	9.8	0	0	81.9
Team	14/21	205	9.8	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Haynes King	14	120	8.6	1	32
Jamal Haynes	8	29	3.6	0	6
Malachi Hosley	11	23	2.1	1	10
Eric Rivers Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	2	-4	-2.0	0	0
Team	36	171	4.8	2	32

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Isiah Canion	3	56	18.7	30
Josh Beetham	1	49	49.0	49
Luke Harpring	1	24	24.0	24
J.T. Byrne	1	21	21.0	21
Eric Rivers Jr.	3	21	7.0	13
Jordan Allen	2	20	10.0	13
Bailey Stockton	2	16	8.0	9
Malik Rutherford	1	-2	-2.0	-2
Team	14	205	14.6	49

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Omar Daniels	0	0	1
Team	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Jy Gilmore	11	5	0.5	1.5	2	0	0
Clayton Powell-Lee	10	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kyle Efford	9	2	0	0	0	0	0
E.J. Lightsey	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cayman Spaulding	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Shelley	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Moore	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan van den Berg	5	0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Zachary Tobe	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tah'j Butler	4	2	0	0	1	0	0
Matthew Alexander	4	1	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Daiquan White	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Omar Daniels	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ronald Triplette	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Hoffler	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jon Mitchell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brayden Manley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Melvin Jordan IV	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
D.J. Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Boyd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amontrae Bradford	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	1	0
Chris Elko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	85	31	2	3	5	4	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Shane Marshall	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team	1	14	14.0	14	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Aidan Birr	2/2	100.0	40	3/3	9
Team	2/2	100.0	40	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Marshall Nichols	3	130	43.3	1	1	49
Team	3	130	43.3	1	1	49

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Darian Mensah	32/44	373	8.5	2	0	57.5
Team	32/44	373	8.5	2	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Nate Sheppard	15	50	3.3	9
Anderson Castle	11	32	2.9	15
Henry Belin IV	1	12	12.0	12
Darian Mensah	4	-13	-3.3	6
Team	1	-13	-13.0	0
Team	32	68	2.1	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cooper Barkate	13	172	13.2	0	35
Sahmir Hagans	5	69	13.8	1	24
Que'Sean Brown	3	39	13.0	0	31
Landen King	3	34	11.3	1	20
Nate Sheppard	4	30	7.5	0	15
Andrel Anthony	2	16	8.0	0	14
Jeremiah Hasley	1	9	9.0	0	9
Jake Taylor	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	32	373	11.7	2	35

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Darian Mensah	1	1
Team	1	0
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Luke Mergott	11	4	1.5	0	0
Caleb Weaver	10	5	2	0	0
Chandler Rivers	7	5	0.5	2	0
Josiah Green	5	0	0.5	0	0
DaShawn Stone	4	2	0	0	0
Wesley Williams	3	3	0	0	1
Kendall Johnson	3	2	0	0	1
Aaron Hall	3	1	0	0	0
Kimari Robinson	3	1	0	1	0
Jaiden Francois	3	0	1	0	0
Landan Callahan	2	1	0	0	0
Preston Watson	2	1	0	1	0
Vincent Anthony Jr.	2	0	0.5	0	0
Ma'Khi Jones	1	1	0	0	0
Tre Freeman	1	0	0	0	0
Elliott Schaper	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Pellicciotta	1	0	0	0	0
Team	62	26	6	4	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sahmir Hagans	1	35	35.0	35	0
Team	1	35	35.0	35	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Todd Pelino	1/2	50.0	23	1/1	4
Team	1/2	50.0	23	1/1	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kade Reynoldson	3	127	42.3	0	2	48
Team	3	127	42.3	0	2	48

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