ATLANTA (AP) — Aidan Birr made a 55-yard field goal as time expired and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets upset the No. 12 Clemson Tigers 24-21 on Saturday.
With no timeouts left and the clock running with under 20 seconds to play, the Georgia Tech special teams squad sprinted onto the field and lined up.
And on fourth-and-3, Birr connected and the home crowd rushed the field. Birr’s kick tied for the longest field goal in Georgia Tech history.
“We worked that situation a lot throughout camp and practice,” Birr said. “Seeing the offense and the defense play so well, I didn’t want to let them down.”
Quarterback Haynes King returned from a lower-body injury that kept him out of Georgia Tech’s Sept. 6 win over Gardener-Webb.
King was 19 for 27 for 216 yards and added 25 carries for 103 y