1997 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1997 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Carquest Bowl champion
Carquest Bowl, W 3530 vs. West Virginia
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 25
Record75 (53 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Dave Huxtable (2nd season)
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Florida State $  8 0   11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina  7 1   11 1  
Virginia  5 3   7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech  5 3   7 5  
Clemson  4 4   7 5  
NC State  3 5   6 5  
Wake Forest  3 5   5 6  
Maryland  1 7   2 9  
Duke  0 8   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 62:30 pmat No. 11 Notre Dame * NBC L 13–1780,225
September 206:30 pmat Wake Forest W 28–2622,832
September 277:30 pmNo. 17 Clemson ESPN W 23–2045,275
October 43:30 pmat Boston College * CBS W 42–1438,462
October 113:30 pm NC State No. 25
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
ABC W 27–1744,195
October 183:30 pmat No. 3 Florida State No. 21ABCL 0–3878,157
October 308:00 pmNo. 5 North Carolina
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
ESPNL 13–1645,126
November 83:30 pmat Virginia ABCL 31–3541,000
November 151:30 pmat Duke W 41–3822,638
November 223:30 pm Maryland
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
ABCW 37–1835,267
November 291:00 pmNo. 14 Georgia *
ABCL 24–2746,015
December 297:30 pmvs. West Virginia * TBS W 35–3028,262
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP 252125
Coaches 25

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