Jovesa Damuni scored the go-ahead landing with two minutes remaining as No. 12 BYU rallied for a 25-21 victory over No. 22 Georgia Tech on Saturday on the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
Damuni’s 4-yard run capped a 15-point fourth quarter flurry for the Cougars (12-2), who earned their first 12-win season since 2001. Enoch Nawahine additionally rushed for a rating within the last quarter and Evan Johnson made the game-sealing interception, as BYU overcame an 11-point deficit.
“We’ve not gained 12 video games shortly,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake stated. “So that is one thing to be actually happy with and one thing to hold for the remainder of their life.”
Bear Bachmeier accomplished 27 of 38 passes for 325 yards, one landing and one interception for BYU. Chase Roberts had a landing catch, and Carsen Ryan had eight receptions for 120 yards.
Haynes King was 23-of-41 passing for 275 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for the Yellow Jackets (9-4), who misplaced for the fourth time in 5 video games.
Trelain Maddox rushed for a landing whereas Eric Rivers (102 receiving yards) and J.T. Byrne caught scoring passes. Malik Rutherford had eight catches for 105 yards.
BYU was a part of this bowl sport after being handed over for a Faculty Soccer Playoff at-large berth. The Cougars’ blemishes have been two blowout losses towards Texas Tech.
BYU pulled inside 21-18 when Nawahine scored from the 2-yard line on the direct snap and Bachmeier added a two-point conversion run with 11:13 remaining within the sport.
Later within the quarter, the Cougars drove 70 yards on 9 performs with Damuni scoring the game-winner.
“We have been simply staying calm,” Ryan stated of BYU’s comeback. “We have been on this place earlier than. We all know to stay collectively and belief our course of and belief your teammates and we’ll come out on high.”
Georgia Tech had one final probability, and King transformed a fourth-and-15 with a 66-yard cross to Rivers to the BYU 18-yard line with 52 seconds left.
King then threw three straight incompletions, one simply over the arms of Dean Patterson ultimately zone with 14 seconds to play.
King’s last throw was into the top zone and Johnson, who was the crushed defender on the 66-yard play, made the decide with six seconds left.
BYU prevailed with out star operating again LJ Martin, the Massive 12 Offensive Participant of the 12 months, who sat out with an damage.
Earlier, Georgia Tech scored two second-quarter touchdowns in a span of 13 seconds to take an 11-point lead.
The stretch began with King throwing a 5-yard landing cross to Rivers with 5:28 left to cap a 10-play, 76-yard drive.
BYU’s Cody Hagen didn’t catch the following kickoff and Georgia Tech’s Will Kiker recovered on the BYU 6-yard line. On the following play, King tossed a scoring cross to Byrne for a 21-10 lead.
The groups traded touchdowns within the first quarter. Bachmeier tossed a 7-yard scoring cross to Roberts, and Maddox scored on a 3-yard run for the Yellow Jackets.
Will Ferrin kicked a 22-yard discipline objective to provide the Cougars a 10-7 lead with 9:49 left within the first half.
–Subject Degree Media
