2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was former University of Florida quarterback Chan Gailey. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Champs Sports Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal
2004 record7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Nix (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMixed shotgun and ace
Defensive coordinatorJon Tenuta (3rd season)
Base defenseZone blitz
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 55,000)
2004 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Virginia Tech $  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 15 Florida State  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 11 Miami  5 –3     9 –3  
No. 23 Virginia  5 –3     8 –4  
North Carolina  5 –3     6 –6  
Georgia Tech  4 –4     7 –5  
Clemson  4 –4     6 –5  
NC State  3 –5     5 –6  
Maryland  3 –5     5 –6  
Wake Forest  1 –7     4 –7  
Duke  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 41:00 pmSamford*
W 28–743,100[1][2][3][4]
September 118:00 pmat No. 20 Clemson
ABCW 28–2481,427[5][6][7][8]
September 186:05 pmat North Carolina
L 13–3446,250[9][10]
October 23:30 pmNo. 4 Miami
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
ABCL 3–2755,000[11][12][13][14][15]
October 93:30 pmat No. 23 Maryland
ABCW 20–752,733[16][17][18][19][20]
October 1612:00 pmDuke
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
JPSW 24–746,856[21][22][23][24]
October 287:45 pmNo. 22 Virginia Tech
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
ESPNL 20–3448,398[25][26]
November 612:00 pmat NC State
JPSW 24–1456,800[27][28][29]
November 131:00 pmConnecticut*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
W 30–1043,577[30][31][32]
November 201:00 pmNo. 18 Virginia
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
ABCL 10–3043,971[33][34][35]
November 273:30 pmat No. 8 Georgia*
CBSL 13–1992,746[36][37][38]
December 217:45 pmvs. Syracuse*
ESPNW 51–1428,237[39][40][41][42]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff
  • Chan Gailey – Head Coach
  • Joe D'Alessandris – Offensive Line
  • Buddy Geis – Wide Receivers/Assistant Head Coach
  • Brian Jean-Mary – Linebackers
  • Curtis Modkins – Running Backs
  • Patrick Nix – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Tommie Robinson – Tight Ends
  • Giff Smith – Defensive Line
  • Jon Tenuta – Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
  • David Wilson – Special Teams/Recruiting Coordinator

References
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