ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The No. 7 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Saturday took down the Syracuse Orange 41-16 at Bobby Dodd Stadium to advance to 8-0 (5-0 ACC) on the season.
It's the first 5-0 ACC start in program history for the Yellow Jackets.
Quarterback Haynes King threw for 304 yards and three touchdown passes, while rushing for 91 yards on 12 carries and scoring two rush touchdowns of his own. Running back Malachi Hosley rushed for 81 yards on eight carries.
The Yellow Jackets briefly fell behind 3-0 early, but even Syracuse's lone points of the first half felt like a missed opportunity. The Orange (3-5, 1-4) had the ball first-and-goal at the 1, but two pre-snap penalties and a sack killed the momentum and forced a field goal attempt.
Georgia Tech scored the next 20 points, with the two King-to-Beetham touchdowns sandwiched between field goals, and ended up allowing its lowest point total of the season in conference play.
King tacked on another touchdown pass to Dean Patterson, and reached the end zone twice with his legs later on to make it five total touchdowns.
The Yellow Jackets are 8-0 for just the sixth time in school history, and first time since 1966.
Outside of a quick touchdown drive to open the second half, it was another dismal day for the struggling Syracuse offense. The Orange are 0-4 since quarterback Steve Angeli's injury, and are averaging just 12.5 points during the streak.
King continued his outstanding season, accounting for 395 total yards. He completed 25-of-31 passes for 304 yards along with 91 rushing yards. His second-half scores brought his rushing touchdown tally to 12, the most by any FBS quarterback.
Syracuse will turn around and prepare for a short week with a home game against North Carolina on Friday night.
Georgia Tech will travel to Raleigh to take on NC State for its last game before its second bye week.