Georgia Tech Edges Duke on Maddox's Late Touchdown
Duke led for exactly 1 minute and 46 seconds of game clock in this one, and still looked like it was about to win. Nate Sheppard's 5-yard run made it 25-21 with 2:40 left. Then Trelain Maddox ran in from the 1 with 54 seconds to go, and Georgia Tech won 28-25.
Georgia Tech started it. Alberto Mendoza hit Jordan Allen from 5 yards out in the first quarter, Sheppard tied it at 7-7 early in the second, and Maddox answered with a 5-yard run to make it 14-7. Gavin Strange kicked a 35-yard field goal for Duke before the break, and then Maddox broke a 60-yard touchdown run in the third quarter for a 21-10 lead.
Duke came back in a hurry. Walker Eget threw an 8-yard touchdown to Jared Richardson late in the third and then hit Jonah Burton for the two-point conversion, which pulled it to 21-18 entering the fourth. That was where Sheppard's second touchdown put the Blue Devils in front for the first time, which is the only lead Duke had all afternoon.
Neither team turned the ball over. Duke had more total yards, 418 to 385, with Eget going 26 of 41 for 259. Georgia Tech needed only 26 carries to pile up 167 rushing yards, and Mendoza was 23 of 30 for 218. Maddox's three touchdowns went for 5, 60 and 1 yards, so 66 of his 81 rushing yards came on those scoring runs. Georgia Tech is 2-3 and Duke slips to 4-1.
Fantasy owners had a good Saturday if they held Sheppard (38.0 points in a loss), Maddox or Allen.