Colorado stunned Georgia Tech 14-13 on Thursday night in Atlanta after Boo Carter blocked a 45-yard game-winning field goal attempt on the final play, sealing a dramatic road win for Deion Sanders's Buffaloes. The result gives Colorado a strong opening result after a difficult 3-9 campaign last season, Sanders's third year in charge, and offers early encouragement, particularly from the team's run game under new offensive coordinator Breanna Marion.

Colorado trailed for much of the contest before quarterback Julian Lewis found tight end Charlie Williams for a 20-yard touchdown with 37 seconds remaining to snap a lengthy scoring drought. Georgia Tech's only touchdown came from a 100-yard kickoff return by Rahkeem Smith, while kicker Aidan Birr had put the Yellow Jackets ahead 13-10 with a field goal before the late Colorado score; Colorado also had its own go-ahead field goal blocked earlier in the fourth quarter. The Buffaloes dominated on the ground, outrushing Georgia Tech 183-51, though they struggled to convert that advantage into points, leaving special teams as an area to address going forward.