Jackets Suffer First Loss at NC State

Team Notes

• No. 8/7 Georgia Tech suffered its first loss of the season to fall to 8-1 overall and 5-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
• Georgia Tech remains in a tie for second place in the ACC standings, a half-game behind first-place Virginia (8-1, 5-0 ACC).
• Georgia Tech’s eight-game winning streak, its longest since 2009, was snapped.
• Georgia Tech’s seven-game ACC winning streak, its longest since 2009-10, was snapped.
• Georgia Tech’s three-game road winning streak, its longest since 2023, was snapped.
• Georgia Tech’s 559 yards of total offense were a season-high against an NCAA Division I FBS opponent (prev.: 543 vs Syracuse, last Saturday).
• Georgia Tech’s 408 passing yards were the fifth-most in school history and fourth-most against an NCAA Division I FBS opponent. The 408 passing yards were its most against an FBS opponent since its school-record 486 passing yards vs. Virginia on Nov. 10, 2001.
• NC State’s 589 yards of total offense were the most allowed by Georgia Tech since Florida State had 642 yards against the Yellow Jackets on Oct. 29, 2022.
• NC State’s 243 rushing yards were the most that Georgia Tech has allowed since the Wolfpack ran for 253 against the Yellow Jackets on Nov. 21 of last season.
• Georgia Tech allowed more than 24 points in regulation for the first time this season, snapping its longest streak of consecutive games allowing 24 points or less in regulation (eight games) since the first eight games of 2008.
• Georgia Tech lost the opening coin toss for the eighth time in nine games this season. The Yellow Jackets’ lone win on an opening coin toss came in their second game of the season (Sept. 6 vs. Gardner-Webb). Including losing the coin toss at the beginning of overtime at Wake Forest (Sept. 27), Tech is 1-9 in coin tosses this season. The statistical odds of winning just 1-of-10 coin tosses are just 0.98% (10 in 1024).

Individual Notes

• r-Sr QB Haynes King accounted for a school-record 511 yards of total offense (408 passing, 103 rushing) and four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing).
• King’s 511 yards of total offense shattered Georgia Tech’s previous single-game record of 477, set by George Godsey vs. Virginia on Nov. 10, 2001.
• King’s 408 passing yards are the fourth-most in Georgia Tech history and the most by a Yellow Jacket since Godsey’s 486 vs. Virginia in 2001.
• King’s four touchdowns responsible touchdowns give him a school-record 85 at Georgia Tech. His 85 touchdowns responsible as a Yellow Jacket broke the previous Georgia Tech career record of 83, set by Joe Hamilton from 1996-99. King set the school record in just 32 games at Georgia Tech – Hamilton played 43 games at Tech.
• King extended his own Georgia Tech career record with his 16^th game with a passing touchdown and rushing touchdown (second-most: 12 – Joe Hamilton, 1996-99).
• King extended his own Georgia Tech career record with his eighth game as a Yellow Jacket with 100 passing yards and 100 rushing yards (second-most: 5 – Justin Thomas, 2013-16).
• King set a new Georgia Tech single-season record with his fifth game of the season with 100 passing yards and 100 rushing yards (prev.: Justin Thomas – 4, 2014).
• King’s eight 100-yard rushing games as a quarterback are tied for the second-most in Georgia Tech history (tied with Josh Nesbitt – 2008-10 and two behind TaQuon Marshall’s 10 – 2015-18).
• Fr. WR Jordan Allen’s 110 receiving yards were a career high (prev.: 78 vs. Gardner-Webb – Sept. 6).
• r-Sr. WR Eric Rivers’ 97 receiving yards were his most as a Yellow Jacket (prev.: 77 at Wake Forest – Sept. 27).
• r-Sr. TE J.T. Byrne’s 2-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was the first TD of his 34-game collegiate career (Oregon State – 2021-22, Cal – 2023-24, Georgia Tech – 2025).
• r-Sr. TE Brett Seither’s four receptions and 73 receiving yards were both his most in 48 career collegiate games (including four seasons at Georgia (2019-22) and three at Georgia Tech (2023-25) – (prev.: 2 receptions and 40 yards vs. North Carolina – Oct. 28, 2023).
• r-Jr. PK Aidan Birr matched a career high by making three field goals in a game for the seventh time in his career (most recently at Wake Forest – Sept. 27).