Georgia Tech 35, Virginia Tech 20
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 11, 2025
Where: Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
75°
Head Official:
Mike Roche
Attendance:
50878
By Field Level Media
ATLANTA -- Haynes King completed 20 of 24 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown, adding 60 rushing yards and two scores on the ground on Saturday, helping No. 13 Georgia Tech post a 35-20 victory over Virginia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Malachi Hosley rushed 11 times for 129 yards and a touchdown for the Yellow Jackets (6-0, 3-0 ACC), who won their sixth straight game to open a season for the first time since 2011.
Kyron Drones completed 13 of 21 passes for 181 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, while rushing for 83 yards and a score for the Hokies (2-5, 1-2), who were outgained 481-367.
Trailing by 14 points at halftime, Virginia Tech pieced together a nine-play, 75-yard scoring drive to open the third quarter, finished with Drones' 33-yard touchdown pass to Ja'Ricous Hairston on fourth-and-9.
Georgia Tech answered in just over three minutes, as Hosley ran in a 15-yard score to give the Yellow Jackets a 28-14 lead. Rodney Shelley then picked off Drones for the game's only turnover with 6:08 left in the third.
Two drives later, Georgia Tech tacked on with King's 26-yard rushing score at the 11:54 mark of the fourth.
Drones' 3-yard push-pass touchdown to Hairston cut the Hokies' deficit to 35-20 with 4:58 left. The margin stood at 15 after Virginia Tech's unsuccessful two-point conversion attempt.
Georgia Tech opened the game with a nine-play, 80-yard scoring drive stamped with King's 2-yard touchdown rush. The hosts tacked on two points with a jet pass to Malik Rutherford to give the Yellow Jackets an 8-0 lead with 10:53 left in the first quarter.
After a Virginia Tech punt, King's 9-yard touchdown pass to Rutherford pushed the lead to 15-0 at the 4:34 mark.
Aidan Birr's 25-yard field goal extended the margin to 18 with 9:01 left in the first half.
Following their third consecutive punt, the Hokies finally found the end zone on their fourth possession, with Drones' 32-yard rushing touchdown trimming Georgia Tech's lead to 18-7 with 2:52 remaining.
Birr's 30-yard field goal gave the Yellow Jackets a 14-point halftime edge.
--Jack Batten, Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Virginia Tech |
|
Georgia Tech |
Kyron Drones
|
Player |
Malachi Hosley
|
16 |
Attempts |
11 |
83 |
Yards |
129 |
5.2 |
Avg Yards |
11.7 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Virginia Tech
|
367 |
186 |
181 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
Georgia Tech
|
481 |
268 |
213 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
4.0 |
0 |