DUBLIN — Aidan Birr made a 44-yard area aim as time expired and Georgia Tech upset No. 10 Florida State 24-21 on Saturday within the first main faculty soccer recreation of the season.
Coming off an undefeated common season, however with a remade roster, the Seminoles tied the sport at 21 with 6:33 left within the fourth quarter on a 15-play landing drive that included two fourth-down conversions by DJ Uiagalelei.
Florida State (0-1, 0-1 ACC) by no means touched the ball once more, and Birr got here on with 5 seconds left on the clock to drill the winner.
Jamal Haynes ran for 75 yards and two touchdowns for GeorgiaTech, and Haynes King threw for 146 yards and ran for 54 because the Yellow Jackets (1-0, 1-0) have been in a position to management the road of scrimmage and accumulate 190 speeding yards and 5.3 yards per carry.
Uiagalelei accomplished 19 of 27 passes for 193 yards in his Florida State debut.
Ryan Fitzgerald made a 59-yard area aim, a profession lengthy and the second longest in class historical past, simply earlier than halftime to tie the sport at 14.
Fitzgerald had a 52-yarder earlier within the recreation.
The groups had simply seven drives apiece.
Georgia Tech’s last two drives have been among the many greatest, an 11-play, 89-yard landing drive after which the 12-play, 49-yard drive to arrange Birr’s kick.
Florida State followers packed Aviva Stadium for the Aer Lingus School Soccer Basic, the third straight Week 0 opener in Dublin.
