Peach State College Football Scoreboard: FVSU pulls off the road upset
Saturday’s Peach State results
To be updated for your post-church and pre-Falcons reading.
Georgia 43, Tennessee 14
Georgia was on the verge of trailing at halftime as a 24.5-point favorite.
Tennessee missed a field goal, and Jake Fromm marched the Bulldogs 70 yards in five plays and 50 seconds for a score for a 26-14 halftime lead and all the momentum.
The Bulldogs, not dominant in any form, finally pulled away almost halfway into the fourth quarter on Brian Herrien’s 1-yard run, another touchdown coming a little less than four minutes later.
Jake Fromm had a major night, completing 24 of 29 for 288 yards and two touchdowns, not getting sacked or picked. Herrien led the rushing attack of 41-247 with 88 yards on 11 carries.
Warner Robins grad Marquez Callaway caught three passes, including a 73-yard touchdown to get the Vols on the board early.
More competitiveness, yes, but …
UGA release (with notes and quotes)
UT release (with notes and quotes)
North Carolina 38, Georgia Tech 22
There was no shuffling of quarterbacks for Georgia Tech, but that had little to do with a defense that couldn’t stop the Tar Heels at clutch times.
James Graham made his first start and went 11 of 24 for 171 yards and two scores with two interceptions. The Yellow Jackets ran for 150 yards on 29 carries.
Northside grad Tobias Oliver carried three times for 11 yards, caught a 9-yard pass, and returned two kickoffs for 83 yards, one for 64. But Graham was the only passer.
North Carolina rolled for 211 yards on the ground and 376 in the air, and thumped Tech for a whopping 34 first downs.
UNC followed near-upset with solid game
Chattanooga 34, Mercer 17
A 27-3 second half plus a defense that held Mercer to 14 first downs and only 29 yards rushing lifted Chattanooga to the road Southern Conference win.
The Bears (2-4/1-2) led 14-7 only for the Mocs (3-3/2-0 to tie it five minutes in the second quarter and take the lead for good on a 21-yard field with 19 seconds left in the first half. The lead hit double figures once and for all four minutes into the third quarter after Chattanooga’s third scoring drive of at least 10 plays.
It was Mercer’s lowest rushing total since reviving football in 2013.
FVSU 33, Florida Tech 29
Down the entire game, the Wildcats took the lead with 4:49 left on Slade Jarman’s second straight 3-yard touchdown run, the PAT kick of Eli Mashburn putting FVSU up by four.
But the defense came up with the pass breakup on fourth-and-goal from the 12 to seal the win and improve FVSU to 3-2.
The Wildcats are on their first three-game winning streak since 2017, beating Florida Tech for the first time in three tries.
After coughing up 280 yards in the first half, the FVSU defense tightened up and surrendered 138 in the second half and three points in the second half. Florida Tech returned an interception 96 yards to turn a one-point lead into a seven-point one. A field goal upped the margin to 10 early in the fourth quarter.
Georgia State 52, Arkansas State 38
Quarterback Dan Ellington celebrated his 22nd birthday with a career-high 328 yards passing – plus 69 rushing yards – as the Panthers set records in the big Sun Belt win.
The Panthers (3-2/1-1) set a program mark with 340 rushing yards and six touchdowns en route to 722 total yards, a school mark. They tied a conference mark with 39 first downs.
Georgia State led 31-21 at halftime, Arkansas State pulling within 38-35 with 10 minutes left only for the hosts to answer with a 75-yard scoring drive.