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Georgia Tech Football: Top five games of the Paul Johnson era

By Blake Silvers

Oct 24, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets fans rush the field as Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson, left, greets Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher after their game at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Georgia Tech won 22-16. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets fans rush the field as Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson, left, greets Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher after their game at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Georgia Tech won 22-16. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /
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#4: Georgia Tech vs Georgia – 2008

By the time No. 16 Florida State came to town in 2008, the Yellow Jackets were 6-2 with only close losses to Virginia Tech and Virginia. Tech needed seven wins to become bowl eligible, however, having played two FCS teams.

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Tech had not beaten the Seminoles since the 1975 season and scored 21 points in the second quarter for a 24-20 halftime lead. The Jackets scored another seven unanswered points in the third quarter, but FSU came mounted a comeback in the fourth with eight of their own.

Trailing by three, the Noles drove all the way to the Georgia Tech three-yard line and with a running close, snapped the ball for an up-the-gut power run with 0:52 on the clock. Around the two yard line, safety Cooper Taylor got his helmet on the football and forced a fumble which was recovered by Rashaad Reid for a touchback in the Tech end zone. This allowed the Jackets to run the clock out and salvage a 31-28 win and the fans rushed the field.