ATHENS, GA. After No. 6 Georgia pulled off an unlikely fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Georgia Tech 44-42 on Friday night, freshman Nate Frazier ran for a 2-point convert in the seventh overtime in a marathon for the ages.
The Bulldogs (10-2, No. 7 CFP) may have guaranteed a position in the College Football Playoff regardless of their performance in the SEC title game next weekend after trailing 17-0 at the half and being overpowered for the majority of the game.
In a game that the Bulldogs never took the lead in until after regulation ended 27-all, Carson Beck threw five touchdown passes, including two in overtime.
Haynes King led Georgia Tech (7-5) with three touchdowns on the ground and two more through the air. A few minutes after midnight on a chilly night between the hedges, however, the Yellow Jackets suffered their eighth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs.
After receiving a pass from Beck, Frazier exploded over the middle, igniting pyrotechnics over Sanford Stadium.
Illinois’ 20-18 victory over Penn State in 2021, which went to nine extra periods, was the longest game in SEC history and only one overtime short of the record for any FBS game.
With 5:37 left, King scored an 11-yard run to give Georgia Tech a seemingly easy 27-13 lead. However, the Bulldogs rallied with eight plays totaling 75 yards to give themselves a shot. With 3:39 remaining, Beck completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Dominic Lovett.
After battling to control the slithery quarterback for the majority of the game, the Bulldogs defense then forced a key turnover by King. On a tremendous hit by Dan Jackson, he coughed up the ball after keeping it himself on third-and-one.
With 1:01 remaining in regulation, Beck swiftly led the Bulldogs to a tying touchdown on a 3-yard pass to Lovett after Chaz Chambliss recovered the fumble at the Yellow Jackets 32.
After that, the game continued to go on and on into overtime.
King and Beck both threw touchdown passes that were identical, and they were followed by traditional extra points. King then scored on a one-yard rush, but Beck answered with a toss to Cash Jones that was 25 yards long. It came down to just 2-point tries since neither team was able to convert their 2-point attempts.
In the eighth extra period, Frazier eventually put an end to it by running it in from the three-point line after both sides had converted in the fifth.
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