1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Aloha Bowl champion
Aloha Bowl, W 18–17 vs. Stanford
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record8–5 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen (5th season)
Defensive coordinator George O'Leary (5th season)
Captain Mike Mooney
Willie Clay
Steve Pharr
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
Seasons
  1990
1992  
1991 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Clemson $ 6 0 19 2 1
No. 24 NC State 5 2 09 3 0
Georgia Tech 5 2 08 5 0
Virginia 4 2 18 3 1
North Carolina 3 4 07 4 0
Maryland 2 5 02 9 0
Duke 1 6 04 6 1
Wake Forest 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Ross in his fifth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for second.

Contents

The defending national champions of the Coaches Poll, Georgia Tech finished with a disappointing five losses. They opened the year with a top-ten battle with Penn State in the Kickoff Classic, losing 22–34. Further losses to ACC foes Clemson and NC State knocked Georgia Tech out of the polls. They won 5 of their last 6, however, capped by a come-from-behind win over Stanford in the 1991 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 28vs. No. 7 Penn State *No. 8 Raycom L 22–3477,409 [1]
September 14at Boston College *No. 17W 30–1426,108 [2]
September 19 Virginia No. 17 ESPN W 24–2142,192 [3]
September 28at No. 7 Clemson No. 19 ABC L 7–983,194 [4]
October 5at No. 19 NC State No. 21RaycomL 21–2844,105 [5]
October 12 Maryland
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
RaycomW 34–1042,011 [6]
October 19at South Carolina *L 14–2367,220 [7]
October 26 North Carolina Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
RaycomW 35–1445,542 [8]
November 2at Duke W 17–638,732 [9]
November 9 Furman *
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 19–1740,039 [10]
November 16 Wake Forest
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
RaycomW 27–338,124 [11]
November 30No. 25 Georgia *
RaycomL 15–1846,053 [12]
December 25vs. No. 17 Stanford *ABCW 18–1734,433 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 36 William Bell Jr
QB 10 Shawn Jones Jr
OT 70 Mike Mooney Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 4 Willie Clay Sr
LB 95 Marco Coleman Jr
FS 1 Ken Swilling Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 9 Scott Sisson Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Yellow Jackets were selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season. [16]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
112 Marco Coleman Linebacker Miami Dolphins
4108 Mike Mooney Tackle Houston Oilers
7184 Ken Swilling Cornerback Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8221 Willie Clay Safety Detroit Lions
11300Tom Covington Tight end San Francisco 49ers

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