1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
American college football season
1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 4–6–1 |
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Captain | Tom Daniel |
Home stadium |
Grant Field
(Capacity: 58,121) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
No. 6 Florida State | – | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | |||||
No. 7 Pittsburgh | – | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | |||||
UNLV | – | – | 9 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |||||
No. 17 Temple | – | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | |||||
Tulane | – | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | |||||
Rutgers | – | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | |||||
Tennessee State | – | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | |||||
East Carolina | – | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | |||||
No. 20 Penn State | – | – | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | |||||
South Carolina | – | – | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | |||||
Navy | – | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | |||||
Notre Dame | – | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | |||||
Southern Miss | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | |||||
Syracuse | – | – | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | |||||
Colgate | – | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | |||||
Boston College | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
Holy Cross | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
Memphis State | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
Miami (FL) | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
North Texas State | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
Villanova | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
Virginia Tech | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
West Virginia | – | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | |||||
Georgia Tech | – | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | |||||
Louisville | – | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | |||||
William & Mary | – | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | |||||
Illinois State | – | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | |||||
Northeast Louisiana | – | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | |||||
Army | – | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | |||||
Air Force | – | – | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | |||||
Cincinnati | – | – | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | |||||
Richmond | – | – | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | |||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Pepper Rodgers , in his sixth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta . Rodgers was fired as head coach after a 4–6–1 campaign. [1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 8 | No. 2 Alabama | ABC | L 6–30 | 57,621 | ||
September 22 | at Florida | T 7–7 | 60,313 | |||
September 29 | William & Mary |
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W 33–7 | 28,511 | ||
October 6 | at No. 10 Notre Dame | L 13–21 | 59,075 | |||
October 13 | at Tennessee | L 0–31 | 85,524 | [2] | ||
October 20 | No. 14 Auburn |
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L 14–38 | 54,236 | ||
October 27 | at Tulane | L 7–12 | 51,963 | |||
November 3 | Duke |
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W 24–14 | 23,445 | ||
November 10 |
Air Force
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W 21–0 | 30,113 | ||
November 17 | Navy |
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W 24–14 | 24,318 | ||
November 24 | Georgia |
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ABC | L 3–16 | 48,781 | |
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Roster
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References
- ↑ McCollister, Tom (December 19, 1979). "Georgia Tech Fires Pepper Rodgers". The Atlanta Constitution . p. 1A.
- ↑ "Streater leads Tennessee to whitewashing of Tech" . The Macon News . October 14, 1979 . Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
- ↑ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . p. 173
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