2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Humanitarian Bowl champion
Humanitarian Bowl, W 5210 vs. Tulsa
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record76 (44 ACC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinator Patrick Nix (1st as OC, 2nd overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBuddy Geis (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta (2nd season)
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons
  2002
2004  
2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Florida State $  7 1   10 3  
No. 17 Maryland  6 2   10 3  
No. 22 Clemson  5 3   9 4  
NC State  4 4   8 5  
Virginia  4 4   8 5  
Georgia Tech  4 4   7 6  
Wake Forest  3 5   5 7  
Duke  2 6   4 8  
North Carolina  1 7   2 10  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Chan Gailey. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 289:30 pmat BYU * ESPN2 L 13–2461,930
September 63:30 pmNo. 17 Auburn * ABC W 17–355,000
September 138:00 pmat No. 10 Florida State ABCL 13–1482,133
September 207:00 pm Clemson
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta (rivalry)
L 3–3953,189
September 277:00 pmat Vanderbilt * PPV W 24–17 OT25,007
October 412:00 pm NC State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
JPS W 27–1750,113
October 113:30 pmat Wake Forest W 24–727,382
October 237:45 pm Maryland
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
ESPN W 7–351,524
November 81:00 pmat Duke L 17–4112,976
November 1512:00 pm North Carolina
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
JPSW 42–2452,346
November 2212:00 pmat Virginia JPSL 17–2958,526
November 291:00 pmNo. 5 Georgia *
ABCL 17–3455,000
January 312:00 pmvs. Tulsa *ESPNW 52–1023,118
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "2003-04 Archive". Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2012.