QB Haynes King Accounts for five TDs as No. 7 Georgia Tech Beats Syracuse 41-16

Football
October 25, 2025

By ALAN COLE

ATLANTA — (AP) — Haynes King threw two landing passes to Josh Beetham within the second quarter and accounted for 5 on the day, and No. 7 Georgia Tech cruised to a 41-16 victory over Syracuse on Saturday in its first residence sport as a top-10 group since 2009.

The Yellow Jackets (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) briefly fell behind 3-0 early, however even Syracuse’s lone factors of the primary half felt like a missed alternative. The Orange (3-5, 1-4) had the ball first-and-goal on the 1, however two pre-snap penalties and a sack killed the momentum and compelled a discipline objective try.

Georgia Tech scored the subsequent 20 factors, with the 2 King-to-Beetham touchdowns sandwiched between discipline targets, and ended up permitting its lowest level complete of the season in convention play.

“We’re getting closer to playing a full game,” Georgia Tech coach Brent Key stated. “The good thing about that is we haven’t peaked yet.”

King tacked on one other landing cross to Dean Patterson, and reached the tip zone twice along with his legs in a while to make it 5 complete touchdowns.

The Yellow Jackets are 8-0 for simply the sixth time in class historical past, and first time since 1966.

Beetham Bounces Back

Before he caught his first two touchdowns of the season, Beetham had an early mistake. The senior tight finish dropped what would have been a landing cross on Georgia Tech’s second offensive possession, flubbing a second-and-goal throw from King. Georgia Tech ended up settling for a discipline objective on the drive, however Key shortly supplied a message for him.

“He came off the field and I told him, ‘Move on, next play,’” Key stated. “And fourth-and-1, we had a really good play designed. He was able to get the touchdown, and he got another one later on.”

Secondary Depth Steps Up

Georgia Tech performed with out each beginning nickel Jy Gilmore and beginning nook Ahmari Harvey, and misplaced nook Zachary Tobe to an harm on the primary drive of the season half. Despite enjoying with a depleted secondary, the Yellow Jackets nonetheless held Syracuse to only three factors within the first half.

“It’s just seizing an opportunity,” security Clayton Powell-Lee stated. “That’s how I look at it when it comes to us being banged up. It’s next man up. That doesn’t mean the play drops, it doesn’t mean things go bad or anything. It’s just like, ‘OK, now it’s your turn.’”

The Takeaway

Syracuse: Outside of a fast landing drive to open the second half, it was one other dismal day for the struggling Syracuse offense. The Orange are 0-4 since quarterback Steve Angeli’s harm, and are averaging simply 12.5 factors in the course of the streak.

Georgia Tech: King continued his excellent season, accounting for 395 complete yards. He accomplished 25-of-31 passes for 304 yards together with 91 dashing yards. His second-half scores introduced his dashing landing tally to 12, probably the most by any FBS quarterback.

Up Next

Syracuse will flip round and put together for a brief week with a house sport in opposition to North Carolina on Friday night time.

Georgia Tech will journey to Raleigh to tackle NC State for its final sport earlier than its second bye week.