No. 19 Louisville beats Georgia Tech for 3-0 start

Tyler Shough threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and No. 19 Louisville repeatedly came up with big plays to overcome visiting Georgia Tech 31-19 in an Atlantic Coast Conference thriller on Saturday.The Cardinals (3-0) also got a touchdown apiece on defense and special teams and stuffed a would-be tying score at the 1-yard line in winning their conference opener, while the Yellow Jackets (3-2) fell to 1-2 in the ACC.Just after Georgia Tech tied the game at 17 on Aidan Birr’s 26-yard field goal, Shough hit Ja’Corey Brooks for a 57-yard touchdown pass down the right sideline. Brooks finished with four receptions for 125 yards.Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King piled up 312 yards passing and 58 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Malik Rutherford made seven catches for 113 yards.The Yellow Jackets, who outgained the Cardinals 410-326 for the game, had multiple chances to knot the game again, first going 66 yards in about five minutes before being stopped on fourth down at the Louisville 1.The visitors got a second chance when Shough stumbled in the end zone and went down for a safety to make it 24-19 with 11:23 to play. Taking over after the free kick, the Yellow Jackets made it to the Louisville 33, but the Cardinals’ Tayon Holloway blocked a 50-yard field goal attempt and returned it for the game-breaking score with 7:05 left.Louisville scored 17 straight points to lead 17-7 late in the first half, but King burned the Cardinals with a 51-yard pass to Eric Singleton Jr. for a first-and-goal at the 3. On fourth down, the Yellow Jackets capitalized on Jamal Haynes’ 1-yard run with four seconds remaining.

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