1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 3–8 (3–2 ACC) |
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Offensive coordinator | Dwain Painter (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Rick Lantz (2nd season) |
Captain | Rob Horton Dean Waters Ron Rice |
Home stadium | Grant Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Clemson * | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their first year as full members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in third with a final record of 3–8 (3–2 ACC).
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | at No. 14 Alabama * | L 7–20 | 77,143 | [2] | ||
September 17 | Furman * | L 14–17 | 24,311 | [3] | ||
September 24 | at Clemson* A | ESPN | L 14–41 | 73,000 | [4] | |
October 1 | No. 5 North Carolina |
| L 21–38 | 28,395 | [5] | |
October 8 | at NC State | W 20–10 | 40,800 | [6] | ||
October 15 | No. 5 Auburn * |
| L 13–31 | 55,112 | [7] | |
October 22 | at Tennessee * | L 3–37 | 94,768 | [8] | ||
October 29 | at Duke | L 26–32 | 17,650 | [9] | ||
November 3 | Virginia |
| TBS | W 31–27 | 22,032 | [10] |
November 12 | Wake Forest ![]() |
| W 49–33 | 26,330 | [11] | |
November 26 | No. 7 Georgia * |
| L 24–27 | 59,113 | [12] | |
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1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
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Since Clemson is on probation, the loss doesn't count in the ACC standings ...