Syracuse football: Orange hold on to knock off #23 Georgia Tech 31-28 in ACC play

The Syracuse Orange moved to 2-0 (1-0 in ACC play) by surviving a late Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets flurry to win 31-28. It was a sport the Orange had in management till the ultimate 8 minutes when Tech scored two touchdowns and had the JMA Dome nervously watching.

A clutch third down completion from Kyle McCord to Oronde Gadsden gave Orange followers a sigh of aid as they averted a late collapse.

The Orange offense obtained off to a blistering begin marching down the sector to attain first on Trebor Pena’s fourth landing of the season as he hauled in an 11 yard cross from Kyle McCord.

Georgia Tech equaled after Haynes King averted a deal with within the backfield and went 21 yards. Syracuse subsequent drive stalled after a dropped cross and Brady Denaburg’s subject objective was blocked and a wild first quarter ended up even at 7.

McCord and Pena connected once more and the protection obtained a cease and McCord labored some magic getting the Orange again down the sector. A mismatch obtained Oronde Gadsden large open to place Syracuse up 21-7. A nasty pursuit angle by Duce Chestnut allowed King to get his second speeding landing and the Dome crowd was subdued a bit.

After a blocked punt gave Tech nice subject place, the Syracuse protection saved them to a protracted subject objective try which went large and the Orange took a 21-14 lead into the half.

Syracuse obtained a cease and a protracted drive ended up with a Denaburg subject objective to push the result in 10. The Orange missed a few alternatives on the drive however Brown confirmed some religion in his offense by going for a 4th and 1 on Syracuse’s facet of the sector. A Zeed Haynes finish round saved the Tech protection on the sector for longer than they might have preferred. The following Orange drive stalled after a Gadsden drop on third down and we went to the fourth quarter with Syracuse up 24-14.

Large third and 4th down stops by Fadil Diggs gave the Orange the ball ready to place the sport away and McCord discovered Gadsen from 17 yards out to place Syracuse up 17. Georgia Tech’s offense lastly obtained going with the Orange sitting in a softer protection and King hit Chase Lane from 4 yards out to make it 31-21 with 5:08 to go.

In fact it may possibly’t be straightforward for the Orange so after they botched the onside kick, Tech made it 31-28 on a 15-yard run from Jamal Haynes. Syracuse needed to convert on offense and after two near-interceptions, Oronde Gadsden made a clutch third down catch adopted by a 24-yard run from LeQuint Allen to seal the win.

McCord completed the day with 380 passing yards and 4 touchdowns. Gadsden and Pena had 6 receptions and a pair of TD’s every. Allen completed with 83 yards speeding on 15 carries. Diggs and Derek McDonald led the protection with 7 tackles.

Syracuse was 10-17 on third down conversions because the Orange made clutch performs all through the afternoon to maintain drives alive. The Orange are off subsequent weekend and can welcome the Stanford Cardinal to the JMA Dome on Friday September twentieth.