2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Champs Sports Bowl champion
Champs Sports Bowl, W 51–14 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal
Record	7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Chan Gailey (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Nix (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Mixed 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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 pm	Samford *	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		W 28–7	43,100 [1] [2] [3] [4]
September 11	8:00 pm	at No. 20 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina	ABC	W 28–24	81,427 [5] [6] [7] [8]
September 18	6:05 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		L 13–34	46,250 [9] [10]
October 2	3:30 pm	No. 4 Miami	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	ABC	L 3–27	55,000 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
October 9	3:30 pm	at No. 23 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	ABC	W 20–7	52,733 [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
October 16	12:00 pm	Duke	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	JPS	W 24–7	46,856 [21] [22] [23] [24]
October 28	7:45 pm	No. 22 Virginia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	L 20–34	48,398 [25] [26]
November 6	12:00 pm	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	JPS	W 24–14	56,800 [27] [28] [29]
November 13	1:00 pm	Connecticut *	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		W 30–10	43,577 [30] [31] [32]
November 20	1:00 pm	No. 18 Virginia	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ABC	L 10–30	43,971 [33] [34] [35]
November 27	3:30 pm	at No. 8 Georgia *	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 13–19	92,746 [36] [37] [38]
December 21	7:45 pm	vs. Syracuse *	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Champs Sports Bowl)	ESPN	W 51–14	28,237 [39] [40] [41] [42]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

• Chan Gailey – Head Coach
• Joe D'Alessandris – Offensive Line
• Buddy Geis – Wide Receivers/Assistant Head Coach
• Brian Jean-Mary – Linebackers
• Curtis Modkins – Running Backs
• Patrick Nix – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Tommie Robinson – Tight Ends
• Giff Smith – Defensive Line
• Jon Tenuta – Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
• David Wilson – Special Teams/Recruiting Coordinator

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