2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Seattle Bowl champion
Seattle Bowl, W 2414 vs. Stanford
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 24
Record85 (44 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien (1st season)
Offensive schemeMixed Shotgun & Ace
Defensive coordinator Ted Roof (3rd season)
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 41,000)
Seasons
  2000
2002  
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Maryland $  7 1   10 2  
No. 15 Florida State  6 2   8 4  
North Carolina  5 3   8 5  
Clemson  4 4   7 5  
No. 24 Georgia Tech  4 4   8 5  
NC State  4 4   7 5  
Wake Forest  3 5   6 5  
Virginia  3 5   5 7  
Duke  0 8   0 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary, who would leave the school before the bowl game to accept the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

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Preseason

Coming off of three strong seasons (including 3 straight New Year's Day bowl appearances and 3 wins over the archrival Georgia Bulldogs), the Jackets were expected to contend for the national championship in 2001. In 2000, quarterback George Godsey had picked up where his predecessor Joe Hamilton had left off, passing for 2,906 yards and 23 touchdowns (against just 6 interceptions). Armed with targets like Kelly Campbell for his senior season, a number of preseason magazines named Godsey to 1st Team All-ACC honors, and pundits predicted that a loaded Georgia Tech team would win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with the departure of many key players from the defending champion Florida State Seminoles.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 262:00 pmvs. Syracuse *No. 10 ABC W 13–741,517
September 16:00 pm The Citadel *No. 11W 35–741,804
September 812:00 pmat Navy *No. 10 FSN W 70–730,602
September 293:30 pm Clemson No. 9
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
ABCL 44–47 OT41,924
October 61:00 pmat Duke No. 17W 37–1010,431
October 117:30 pmNo. 22 Maryland No. 15
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPN L 17–20 OT40,574
October 203:30 pm NC State No. 23
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ABCW 27–1741,942
November 17:30 pmNo. 22 North Carolina No. 23
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPNW 28–2141,893
November 103:15 pmat Virginia No. 20L 38–3952,494
November 1712:00 pmat Wake Forest JPS W 38–3324,263
November 247:45 pmNo. 19 Georgia *No. 21
ESPNL 17–3141,974
December 13:30 pmat Florida State ESPNL 17–2882,269
December 274:00 pmvs. No. 11 Stanford *ESPNW 24–1430,144
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85Salih BesirevicFr
WR 8Trevor BrowmanFr
G 63Tim BrownJr
RB 35 Joe Burns Sr
WR 6 Kelly Campbell Sr
WR 5Nate CurrySo
RB 48 P. J. Daniels Fr
OT 70 Nat Dorsey Fr
RB 2Sidney FordJr
TE 89 John Paul Foschi So
QB 11 George Godsey Sr
WR 3Will GloverJr
QB 13Andy HallSo
G 72Brad HoneycuttFr
TE 84 Will Hunter So
TE 88Brian LeeJr
FB 45Ross MitchellSr
C 61David SchmidgallSr
WR 82 Jonathan Smith So
WR 9Kerry WatkinsJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 99Omar BillyFr
FS 22James ButlerFr
CB 23Joanthan CoxSo
SS 4Corey CollinsJr
LB 59Matthew EiheridgeJr
DE 44 Tony Hargrove Fr
DT 96Gary JohnsonJr
FS 21Marty O'LearySr
DE 38 Nick Rogers Sr
LB 51 Daryl Smith So
DE 56Scott WolfFr
SS 33Chris YoungSr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 4Max DiPaceJr
P 30Dan DykeJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Bill O'Brien Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Glenn Spencer Running backs
  • David Kelly Wide receivers
  • Geoff Collins Tight ends
  • Mac McWhorter Offensive line/assistant head coach
  • Ted Roof Defensive coordinator/linebackers
  • Peter McCarty Defensive tackles
  • Lance Thompson Defensive ends/recruiting coordinator
  • Danny Crossman Defensive backs/special teams

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

References