2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Champs Sports Bowl champion
Champs Sports Bowl, W 5114 vs. Syracuse
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal
Record75 (44 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Patrick Nix (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMixed shotgun and ace
Defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta (3rd season)
Base defense Zone blitz
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons
  2003
2005  
2004 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Virginia Tech $  7 1   10 3  
No. 15 Florida State  6 2   9 3  
No. 11 Miami (FL)  5 3   9 3  
No. 23 Virginia  5 3   8 4  
North Carolina  5 3   6 6  
Georgia Tech  4 4   7 5  
Clemson  4 4   6 5  
NC State  3 5   5 6  
Maryland  3 5   5 6  
Wake Forest  1 7   4 7  
Duke  1 7   2 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was former University of Florida quarterback Chan Gailey. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 41:00 pm Samford *W 28–743,100 [1] [2] [3] [4]
September 118:00 pmat No. 20 Clemson ABC W 28–2481,427 [5] [6] [7] [8]
September 186:05 pmat North Carolina L 13–3446,250 [9] [10]
October 23:30 pmNo. 4 Miami
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
ABCL 3–2755,000 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
October 93:30 pmat No. 23 Maryland ABCW 20–752,733 [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
October 1612:00 pm Duke Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, Georgia
JPS W 24–746,856 [21] [22] [23] [24]
October 287:45 pmNo. 22 Virginia Tech
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
ESPN L 20–3448,398 [25] [26]
November 612:00 pmat NC State JPSW 24–1456,800 [27] [28] [29]
November 131:00 pm Connecticut *
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
W 30–1043,577 [30] [31] [32]
November 201:00 pmNo. 18 Virginia
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta
ABCL 10–3043,971 [33] [34] [35]
November 273:30 pmat No. 8 Georgia * CBS L 13–1992,746 [36] [37] [38]
December 217:45 pmvs. Syracuse *ESPNW 51–1428,237 [39] [40] [41] [42]
  • *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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