Georgia Tech celebrated its annual homecoming this week, but the Yellow Jackets entered Saturday’s game as deep underdogs against the fourth-seeded team. Miami Hurricanes.

Georgia Tech quarterbacks Haynes King and Aaron Philo finished the day with a combined 99 passing yards. However ‘Yellow Jackets’ Their strong running game helped them to a shocking 28-23 victory, which helped fuel Saturday’s homecoming celebrations.

King ran for 93 yards with a touchdown and kicked for the score.

Fans and students stormed the field at Bobby Dodd Stadium just after game time reached zero, knocking down both goalposts.

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Students charge onto the field and try to take over the goal post after the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets’ 28-23 victory over the Miami Hurricanes at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta on November 9, 2024. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

The Hurricanes went into Atlanta with an unblemished record and the loss dropped them to 9-1. The win secured the Yellow Jackets’ first win among top-five teams in 15 years.

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Georgia Tech held off Heisman Trophy candidate Cam Ward’s 347 passing yards and three touchdown passes as Miami failed to record the program’s first 10-0 start since 2017. Georgia Tech is now bowl eligible and has ended its two-game losing streak.

Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (10) trails during the first half of the game against Miami on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen)

King, a dual-threat quarterback, missed the Yellow Jackets’ last few games after suffering a right shoulder injury.

Miami’s unbeaten streak through its first nine games included three second-half comebacks. Miami Defeat Duke The Blue Devils led 28-17 in the third quarter and were ahead 53-31 last week. Against Georgia Tech, the Hurricanes’ only lead was 10-7, and they ran out the remaining time after the Yellow Jackets took a 14-10 lead in the second quarter.

Ward responded with a record-breaking 74-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo. It was Ward’s school-record 30th goal of the season. Ward was tied with Steve Walsh for scoring 29 goals in 1988.

Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward (1) tackles the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the second quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field in Atlanta on November 9, 2024. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)

Haynes left the game and did not return after a big hit from safety Jaden Harris on the Yellow Jackets’ next possession.

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The Hurricanes will likely fall in the next AP Top 25 and College Football Playoff rankings. This defeat also knocked Miami out of a first-place tie with SMU At the top of the ACC standings.

Miami will return to South Florida in two weeks where they will host Wake Forest. Georgia Tech will also have a bye week and will return to action on Thursday, November 21 against North Carolina State.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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