1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
American college football season
1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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Hall of Fame Classic champion
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Hall of Fame Classic
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Michigan State
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 18 |
AP | No. 19 |
Record | 9–2–1 (5–1 ACC) |
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Defensive coordinator | Don Lindsey (2nd season) |
Captain |
John Ivemeyer
Ted Roof Mike Snow |
Home stadium |
Grant Field
(Capacity: 58,121) |
Seasons
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
No. 18 Maryland $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||
No. 19 Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||
Virginia | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||
Clemson | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||
North Carolina | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||
Duke | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||
NC State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||
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The 1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Yellow Jackets were led by sixth-year head coach Bill Curry and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta . In their third season as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference , they finished in second with an ACC record of 5–1. They were invited to the 1985 Hall of Fame Classic bowl game, where they defeated Michigan State , 17–14. The Yellow Jackets finished ranked in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll for the first time in 15 years.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 14 | at NC State | Raycom | W 28–18 | 32,100 | |
September 21 | Virginia | L 13–24 | 38,291 | ||
September 28 | at Clemson | W 14–3 | 78,000 | ||
October 5 | North Carolina |
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Raycom | W 31–0 | 35,625 |
October 12 |
Western Carolina
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W 24–17 | 36,111 | |
October 19 | No. 8 Auburn * |
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CBS | L 14–17 | 57,501 |
October 26 | at No. 16 Tennessee * | ESPN | T 6–6 | 94,575 | |
November 2 | at Duke | W 9–0 | 14,400 | ||
November 9 | Chattanooga * |
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W 35–7 | 25,763 | |
November 16 | Wake Forest |
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Raycom | W 41–10 | 28,575 |
November 30 | No. 20 Georgia * |
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TBS | W 20–16 | 59,602 |
December 31 | vs. Michigan State * | TBS | W 17–14 | 45,000 | |
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Source: [1]
References
- ↑ "1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
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