The 2004 Champs Sports Bowl was the 15th edition of the college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 bowl game

Bowl game

In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...

 and was played on December 21, 2004, featuring the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the college football season of 2004-2005. The team's coach is former Dallas Cowboys, Samford Bulldogs, and Troy Trojans coach Chan Gailey...

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Georgia Tech started the scoring with a 22 yard interception return for a touchdown, on the second play of scrimmage, giving Georgia Tech the early 7-0 lead. Syracuse quarterback Perry Patterson scored on a 21 yard touchdown run cutting the lead to 7-6. Tech answered with a 10 yard touchdown pass from Reggie Ball

Reggie Ball

Reginald Lewis Ball is an American football Quarterback who currently plays for the Bricktown Brawlers of the Indoor Football League He was originally signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2007...

 to wide receiver Calvin Johnson

Calvin Johnson (American football)

Calvin Johnson, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Lions second overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech....

, increasing Tech's lead to 14-6. Still in the first quarter, Reggie Ball threw an 80 yard touchdown pass to Nate Curry increasing the lead to 21-6.

In the second quarter PJ Daniels scored on a 5 yard touchdown run, increasing the lead to 28-6. Later in the quarter, Calvin Johnson scored on a 5 yard wide receiver reverse, increasing the lead to 35-6. That was the half-time score.

In the third quarter, Reggie Ball rushed for an 11 yard touchdown to increase the lead to 42-6. PJ Daniels 1 yard touchdown run increased the lead to 49-6. Perry Patterson found Steve Gregory for a 25 yard touchdown pass. The 2 point conversion was successful making the score 49-14. A Georgia Tech field goal made the final margin 52-14, Georgia Tech.

Aftermath

Syracuse announced in 2011 that they would join Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

, no earlier than 2014.

External links

• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores104/104356/20041221NCAAFGATECH----0nr.htm