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In-game Replay: TaQuon Marshall puts Tech up 21-7

Georgia Tech quarterback TaQuon Marshall runs past Tennessee defenders for a first down on a scoring drive that ended with a touchdown during the second quarter in a NCAA college football game on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Georgia Tech quarterback TaQuon Marshall runs past Tennessee defenders for a first down on a scoring drive that ended with a touchdown during the second quarter in a NCAA college football game on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
By Alex Makrides
Sept 5, 2017

TaQuon Marshall plows into the end zone for his second 1-yard touchdown run of the game and Georgia Tech takes a 21-7 lead over Tennessee. The run capped off an 11-play, 80-yard drive that took 5:36.

Marshall has 116 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

The big play of the drive came on a first-and-10 at the Tennessee 34-yard line. Marshall faked the pitch to J.J. Green and ran down to the 6.

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