Haynes King threw for 243 yards and a score, adding 106 yards and two touchdowns on the ground as No. 16 Georgia Tech escaped with a 30-29 overtime victory over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday.
King ran for a 2-yard touchdown to begin overtime, before Demond Claiborne's 25-yard rush cut Wake's deficit to 30-29. Wake Forest elected to go for the game-winning two-point conversion but Robby Ashford's pass fell incomplete, sealing the Georgia Tech win.
Eric Rivers had eight catches for 77 yards and a score for the Yellow Jackets (5-0, 2-0 ACC), who extended their best start to a season since 2014.
Ashford threw for 229 yards, adding a score on the ground, while Claiborne ran for 119 yards and two scores for Wake Forest (2-2 ,0-2 ACC).
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