1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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]

1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record4–6–1
Head coach
CaptainTom Daniel
Home stadiumGrant Field
(Capacity: 58,121)
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
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        5 6 0
Miami        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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 8No. 2 AlabamaABCL 6–3057,621
September 22at FloridaT 7–760,313
September 29William & Mary
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
W 33–728,511
October 6at No. 10 Notre DameL 13–2159,075
October 13at TennesseeL 0–3185,524
October 20No. 14 Auburn
L 14–3854,236
October 27at TulaneL 7–1251,963
November 3Duke
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
W 24–1423,445
November 10Air Force
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
W 21–030,113
November 17Navy
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
W 24–1424,318
November 24Georgia
ABCL 3–1648,781
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[2][3]

Roster

1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Mike Kelley So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 81 Al Richardson Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. McCollister, Tom (December 19, 1979). "Georgia Tech Fires Pepper Rodgers". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1A.
  2. "1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  3. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173
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