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Georgia Tech Football: Gold comes back to beat White 21-16 in spring game

By Blake Silvers

Sep 10, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; A Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets cheerleader waves a Georgia Tech flag after a touchdown run in the third quarter of their game against the Mercer Bears at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Yellow Jackets won 35-10. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; A Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets cheerleader waves a Georgia Tech flag after a touchdown run in the third quarter of their game against the Mercer Bears at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Yellow Jackets won 35-10. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Yellow Jackets held their 2017 spring football game on Friday night under the lights at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Georgia Tech finally got a night of perfect weather for its annual spring game, and both sides shined at times in a 21-16 win for the Gold team.

The White team was made up of the first team offense and second team defense, and vice versa for the Gold team.

Junior quarterback TaQuon Marshall led the offense for White, along with a-back Qua Searcy, b-back Dedrick Mills and wideout Brad Stewart.

Ricky Jeune was held out with injury as a precautionary measure and presumptive starting quarterback Matthew Jordan was still out with a foot injury.

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Headlining the first team defense for the Gold team was KeShun Freeman, Brant Mitchell, Corey Griffin, and brothers Lance Austin and Lawrence Austin.

Coach Paul Johnson went with a few modified rules for his squad’s scrimmage  Friday, including a 10 minute halftime, a running clock in the second half and no live returns of the football.

White went up early with a 38-yard field goal from Shawn Davis on the opening possession of the game, but a 70-yard burst from Gold quarterback Lucas Johnson put his team up 7-3.

In the second quarter, it was kicker Shawn Davis again for White, hitting a 35-yard field goal to make it a 7-6 game.

White got things cooking again later on as quarterback Jay Jones broke loose for a 56-yard run down the sideline to the Gold 23, but a fumble by the offense shortly after gave the ball back to the Gold team nearing the middle of the second.

The next score of the game came again from kicker Shawn Davis, who hit a 33-yard field goal to give White a 9-7 lead in the contest, and that would be the score going into the half.

It would be late in the third quarter before another score, when b-back KirVonte Benson gave white a 16-7 lead on a short touchdown run. That would be the last score for White int he game.

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With less than 5:00 to play in the game, Xavier Gantt caught a touchdown pass for Gold to cut the lead down a bit at 16-14 White. With around 1:00 left, Brady Swilling put his team up 21-16 for the final score in a Gold victory.

Tech wasn’t able to escape the scrimmage without some cost, however, with a few players leaving with injury. David Curry left the game and appeared to be in a lot of pain with an apparent lower leg injury. Brad Stewart left during the first drive of the game after being rolled on during a play.

Watch the full Georgia Tech spring football game at ESPN3 by clicking HERE.