Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee final score: Vols win 42-41 in double overtime

A jubilant Butch Jones puts on the leather helmet

Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 41 (Final): Tech goes for two and Marshall keeps it and is stopped short of the goal line. Tennessee wins it.

Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 41 (2OT): Taquon Marshall scores his fifth touchdown of the night to put the Jackets with a chance to go for two and win it.

Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 35 (2OT): 3rd and 2 coming for the Yellow Jackets, and they get it. 1st down on Tennessee’s 13.

Tennessee 42, Georgia Tech 35 (2OT): John Kelly gets the touchdown to give the Vols the lead. GT possession next.

Georgia Tech 35, Tennessee 35 (2 OT): Dormady finds Callaway for a 1st down inside the GT 9. On the next play, Georgia Tech gets flagged for PI, ball moves to the 2.

To second OT we go!

Georgia Tech 35, Tennessee 35 (1 OT): On first and goal, John Kelly was ruled to be stopped short of the goal line, but the play was reviewed and ruled a touchdown.

Georgia Tech 35, Tennessee 28 (1 OT): Marshall keeps it for a one-yard touchdown run with the Jackets’ first possession.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 28 (1 OT): On Tech’s first possession, Jackets convert on 3rd and 1 to make it 1st and goal from the 1.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 28 (00:00 4Q) GT’s field goal is BLOCKED. TO OVERTIME WE GO, FOLKS.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 28 (00:03 4Q) Georgia Tech timeout as Marshall rushes to the Tennessee 19. Field goal to win it coming.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 28 (00:25 4Q) Georgia Tech timeout on 3rd and 2. Marshall overthrew a wide open receiver on 2nd down that would’ve been a touchdown.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 28 (1:004Q) Taquon Marshall with back-to-back first downs on a run then throw. Jackets on the Tennessee 45.

Y’all knew this was coming:

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 28 (1:29 4Q): Touchdown Vols on a John Kelly rush for 11 yards.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21 (2:53 4Q) On 1st and 10, Dormady finds an open Marquez Callaway downfield, it’s 1st and 10 from the 27.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21 (4:50 4Q): J.J. Green fumbles and it’s Tennessee ball.

Yellow Jackets offense has been cooking all night.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21 (6:02 4Q) Taquon Marshall has a 27-yard rush for the first down with a nice juke move.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21 (7:12 4Q) Tech gets a first down, clock still moving.

Yellow Jackets QB Taquon Marshall back in.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21 (8:07 4Q): 3rd and 7 from GT’s 41, and Dormady’s pass is incomplete. Punt coming.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21 (9:02 4Q): Jordan unable to complete on third down, and the Yellow Jackets shank the ensuing punt. Goes just 34 yards, landing on Tennessee’s 37. 8:49 to go.

Georgia Tech QB Matthew Jordan now in for the Yellow Jackets.

Pretty sure Tennessee’s coordinators are listening to Les Miles, it’s the only explanation for that last touchdown.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 21: (11:49 4Q): Vols have life with Dormady’s 50-yard touchdown up the right sideline.

Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 14: (15:00 4Q): Taquon Marshall hits a deep pass to get inside Tennessee’s 7, the Marshall runs it in for the score on second down, Vols up 14 again.

Aggressive Vol fan shirt spotted.

Also, after that last Tennessee score:

Georgia Tech 21, Tennessee 14 (00:42 3Q): Tennessee responds with a Dormandy 10-yard touchdown. Tech still dominating time of possession offensively, though.

Looking at these offensive numbers side by side is well, something.

Georgia Tech 21, Tennessee 7 (3:20 3Q): Tech’s 47-yard field goal is no good.

Sup, triple option.

Georgia Tech 21, Tennessee 7 (7:30 3Q): Tech adds to its lead with a touchdown in the third quarter.

Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee, 7 ( Halftime): Tennessee WR Jauan Jennings will not return int he second half. Big blow for the Vols. Per ESPN’s Mark Schlabach, it’s due to an undisclosed injury.

Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee, 7 ( End of the 1st half): Jackets go to the locker room with a 14-7 lead. Tennessee’s offense has to get Georgia tech’s offense on the field in the second half.

Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee, 7 ( 00:07 2Q): Dormady being a bit inconsistent on this drive, Vols trying to make something happen late in the quarter here.

Georgia Tech 14, Tennessee, 7 ( 1:05 2Q): Georgia Tech is dominating time of possession. The triple option effect, folks.

Georgia Tech 13, Tennessee, 7 ( 1:11 2Q): KirVonte Benson with a one-yard touchdown run to take the lead.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 7 ( 1:23 2Q): TaQuan Marshall gets the first down on a nice run on the left end. 1st and goal Jackets.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 7 ( 3:51 2Q): Georgia Tech putting together a nice drive as the second quarter winds down. Yellow Jackets have 1st and 10 from Tennessee’s 16.

Hey, quick check-in on Les Miles!

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 7 ( 8:29 2Q): Dormady finds Ethan Wolf for a 1st and goal. One-yard touchdown run on the next play. All tied up, folks!

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 0 ( 8:37 2Q): Dormady to Jauan Jennings for a Vols first down inside GT’s 34. Then another first down run for 22 yards on the next play. Nice drive by Tennessee here.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 0 ( 10:41 2Q): Tennessee forces a Georgia Tech fumble, and it’s recovered by Cortez McDowell. Vols get the ball back on GT’s 46.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 0 ( 14:02 2Q): Vols can’t continue the drive, and they punt from GT’s 39. Downed at the 5.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 0 ( 14:53 2Q): Quinten Dormady’s pass complete for 37 yards, looks like it hit the turf, though. It’s reviewed and reversed as incomplete. 2nd and 10.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 0 ( 0:00 1Q): Tennessee returns the kickoff 51 yards to start their next drive on GT’s 45.

Georgia Tech 7, Tennessee, 0 ( 0:06 1Q): TaQuan Marshall keeps it and scores a 1-yard touchdown to give the Yellow Jackets the first lead of the night.

Tennessee 0, Georgia Tech 0 (3:34 1Q): Tech fumbles on 2nd down, but the Yellow Jackets get the ball back, loss of nine on the play. On 3rd and 12, Quinten Marshall finds Ricky Jeune for a 44-yard pass. Tech deep inside Tennessee territory.

Tennessee 0, Georgia Tech 0 (7:09 1Q): Quinten Dormady tries three straight passes, and all of them end up incomplete. Vols’ punt is a 70-yard boot though, and GT will take over from their own 14.

Tennessee has a trash can on its sideline, and no, we have no idea why!

Tennessee 0, Georgia Tech 0 (7:24 1Q): On 3rd and 8, Georgia Tech can’t get the first down. Vols defense looks real good against the triple option early.

Tennessee 0, Georgia Tech 0 (9:57 1Q) Vols go a quick three-and-out, and Georgia Tech gets the Tennessee punt at their own 27.

Tennessee 0, Georgia Tech 0 (11:50 1Q): On 3rd and 3, Tech is stopped short of the first down, punt is downed at Tennessee’s 18 yard line.

Vols OL Trey Smith destroyed Lance Austin during that first drive, man:

Tennessee 0, Georgia Tech 0 (13:20 1Q) Vols faced with a third down, and Quinten Dormady’s pass is incomplete. Vols to punt.

8:02 p.m. (Just before kickoff): Some Georgia Tech updates: TaQuan Marshall is Tech’s starting quarterback tonight, Shawn Davis is the Yellow Jackets’ starting kicker and A-back Clinton Lynch is out.

Tennessee wide receiver Josh Smith and LB/DL Austin Smith are out tonight against Georgia Tech.

Pregame: Hello. This stadium is nuts, ICYMI.

College football’s Week 1 comes to a close with one Monday game: The No. 25 Tennessee Volunteers against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. They’ll play at Atlanta’s massive, ornate new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the second big game there of the weekend after Saturday’s Alabama-Florida State clash. And that stadium still has the SEC Championship Game and the Playoff National Championship a few months out.

The Vols are coming off a decent, but disappointing, season. Considered the SEC East favorite in some circles, they started 5-0, including wins over divisional competition Florida and Georgia. Then everything went to hell, with a three-game losing streak costing the Vols their perch atop the division. Their year became a sideshow, and they finished 9-4 with a loss to Vanderbilt and a bowl win over Nebraska to close.

Georgia Tech was a matching 9-4, putting together a quietly effective season under coach Paul Johnson. The Jackets beat in-state rival Georgia, and they road their flexbone-option scheme to a solid offense: They avoided losses, kept the ball moving, and were able to hit on some big passing plays while defenses crashed to stop the run. It’s difficult to figure out what the Jackets will be in 2017.