1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator George O'Leary (3rd season)
Captain Jerry Mays
Eric Thomas
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
Seasons
  1988
1990  
1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Virginia + 6 1 010 3 0
Duke + 6 1 08 4 0
No. 12 Clemson 5 2 010 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 4 0
NC State 4 3 07 5 0
Maryland 2 5 03 7 1
Wake Forest 1 6 02 8 1
North Carolina 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bobby Ross, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth. Despite winning seven of their last eight games and ending on a four-game winning streak, they were not invited to a bowl game.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9at No. 25 NC State Raycom L 28–3840,800 [1]
September 16 Virginia RaycomL 10–1738,062 [2]
September 23at South Carolina *L 10–2170,018 [3]
October 7 Maryland
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 28–2432,062 [4]
October 14at No. 14 Clemson W 30–1481,550 [5]
October 21 North Carolina Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 17–1441,114 [6]
October 28at Duke L 19–3038,621 [7]
November 4 Western Carolina *
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 34–728,821 [8]
November 18 Wake Forest
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
RaycomW 43–1426,114 [9]
November 25 Boston College *
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–1228,221 [10]
December 2 Georgia *
W 33–2246,064 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Shawn Jones Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Marco Coleman Fr
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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