1964 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1964 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Captain Bill Curry
Johnny Gresham
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
  1963
1965  
1964 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Notre Dame   9 1 0
Florida State   9 1 1
Colgate   7 2 0
Georgia Tech   7 3 0
Syracuse   7 4 0
Villanova   6 2 0
Boston College   6 3 0
Southern Miss   6 3 0
New Mexico State   6 4 0
Penn State   6 4 0
Memphis State   5 4 0
Utah State   5 4 1
Holy Cross   5 5 0
Buffalo   4 4 1
Colorado State   5 6 0
Air Force   4 5 1
Miami (FL)   4 5 1
Xavier   4 5 1
Army   4 6 0
Idaho   4 6 0
West Texas State   4 6 0
San Jose State   4 6 0
Pittsburgh   3 5 2
Navy   3 6 1
Dayton   3 7 0
Detroit   3 7 0
Boston University   2 7 0
Houston   2 6 1
Texas Western   0 8 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 20th-year head coach Bobby Dodd, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. They competed as independents for the first time since 1920, after dropping from the Southeastern Conference in 1963. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Vanderbilt W 14–244,288 [2]
September 26 Miami (FL)
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 20–044,115 [3]
October 3 Clemson
W 14–746,571 [4]
October 9vs. Navy W 17–040,000 [5]
October 17at Auburn W 7–357,000 [6]
October 24 Tulane Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 7–645,129 [7]
October 31at Duke No. 8W 21–845,000 [8]
November 7 Tennessee No. 7
L 14–2250,763 [9]
November 14No. 2 Alabama No. 10
L 7–2453,505 [10]
November 28at Georgia L 0–752,000 [11]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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