1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by second-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech produced abysmal results for the second consecutive year under Curry, finishing with a record of 1–10, their worst season in terms of winning percentage in school history (it would later be matched by another 1-10 season in 1994). Their sole win was a season-opening upset victory over the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in Birmingham.

1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceIndependent
1981 record1–10
Head coach
CaptainDave Lutz
Lance Skelton
Mark Bradley
Ken Carney
Home stadiumGrant Field
(Capacity: 58,121)
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Penn State        10 2 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh        11 1 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)        9 2 0
Southern Miss        9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia        9 3 0
Colgate        7 3 0
Virginia Tech        7 4 0
Navy        7 4 1
Cincinnati        6 5 0
Florida State        6 5 0
Holy Cross        6 5 0
Tulane        6 5 0
UNLV        6 6 0
South Carolina        6 6 0
Temple        5 5 0
Boston College        5 6 0
East Carolina        5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana        5 6 0
Louisville        5 6 0
Notre Dame        5 6 0
Rutgers        5 6 0
William & Mary        5 6 0
Syracuse        4 6 1
Richmond        4 7 0
Army        3 7 1
North Texas State        2 9 0
Georgia Tech        1 10 0
Memphis State        1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12at No. 2 AlabamaESPNW 24–2178,865
September 19at FloridaL 6–2763,876
September 26Memphis StateL 15–2832,463
October 3No. 6 North Carolina
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia
L 7–2839,263
October 10at TennesseeL 7–1094,478
October 17Auburn
L 7–3150,263
October 24at TulaneL 10–2737,431
October 31Duke
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta
L 24–3830,232
November 7at Notre DameL 3–3559,075
November 14Navy
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia
L 14–2020,129
December 5No. 2 Georgia
ABCL 7–4458,623
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[1][2]

Roster

1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Mike Kelley Sr
QB 12 Jim Bob Taylor Jr
RB Robert Lavette
RB Ronny Cone
WR Kenny Thompson
WR Jeff Keisler
TE 9 Ken Whisenhunt So
G 64 Ben Utt Sr
T 78 Dave Lutz Jr
OL Ellis Gardner
OL Ken Howell
OL Mark Schultz
OL Dean Waters
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Mark Bradley
DL Donnie Chisholm
DL Marvin Dyett
LB 56 Robert Jaracz
LB Rob Horton
LB Lance Skelton
LB Duane Wood
CB 22 Jack Westbrook So
DB Sammy Brown
DB Paul Menegazzi
DB Mark Sheffield
DB Ted Thurson
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. "1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173
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