1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record3–8 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dwain Painter (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Rick Lantz (2nd season)
CaptainRob Horton
Dean Waters
Ron Rice
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
  1982
1984  
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland $ 5 0 08 4 0
North Carolina 4 2 08 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 03 8 0
Virginia 3 3 06 5 0
Duke 3 3 03 8 0
Wake Forest 1 5 04 7 0
NC State 1 5 03 8 0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 0 09 1 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

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).

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10at No. 14 Alabama *L 7–2077,143 [2]
September 17 Furman *L 14–1724,311 [3]
September 24at Clemson* A ESPN L 14–4173,000 [4]
October 1No. 5 North Carolina
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 21–3834,000 [5]
October 8at NC State W 20–1040,800 [6]
October 15No. 5 Auburn *
L 13–3155,112 [7]
October 22at Tennessee *L 3–3794,768 [8]
October 29at Duke L 26–3217,650 [9]
November 3 Virginia
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
TBS W 31–2722,032 [10]
November 12 Wake Forest Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 49–3326,330 [11]
November 26No. 7 Georgia *
L 24–2759,113 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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A. ^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings. [15] [1]

Roster

1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Robert Lavette
TE 9 Ken Whisenhunt
OL Derek Gwinn
OL Dean Waters
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Bobby Hodge
DL Donnie Chisholm
LB Rob Horton
LB Dante Jones
LB Pat Swilling
LB Ted Roof
CB 22Jack Westbrook
DB Mike Travis
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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