1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 17–9 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 13
1970 record	9–3
Head coach	Bud Carson (4th season)
Captain	Jack Williams Rock Perdoni
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		10	–	1	–	0
Villanova		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston		–		8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		7	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	4	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	9	–	0
Army		–		1	–	9	–	1
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Bud Carson and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Georgia Tech started the year with four straight victories, climbing to 13th in the AP Poll. Two losses to ranked rivals Tennessee and Auburn knocked them out of the polls. After racking up three more wins, they traveled to Notre Dame and almost pulled off an upset over the #1 team in the country, as the Fighting Irish needed a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Yellow Jackets.^[1] The close loss actually brought Georgia Tech back into the polls, at 16th. After defeating rival Georgia, they were invited to the 1970 Sun Bowl, where they defeated Texas Tech, 17–9.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	No. 17 South Carolina		Grant Field Atlanta		W 23–20	51,206
September 19	Florida State		Grant Field Atlanta		W 23–13	50,324
September 26	Miami (FL)	No. 19	Grant Field Atlanta		W 31–21	44,246
October 3	Clemson	No. 15	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		W 28–7	50,113
October 10	No. 20 Tennessee	No. 13	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		L 6–17	59,624
October 17	at No. 8 Auburn	No. 16	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)		L 7–31	62,391
October 24	Tulane		Grant Field Atlanta		W 20–6	32,129
October 31	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		W 24–16	32,650
November 7	Navy		Grant Field Atlanta		W 30–8	50,105
November 14	at No. 1 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana		L 7–10	59,075
November 28	at Georgia	No. 16	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 17–7	59,803
December 19	vs. No. 19 Texas Tech	No. 13	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 17–9	30,512
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[2]^[3]

Roster[edit]

1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Eddie McAshan	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Bud Carson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References[edit]

^ Markus, Robert (November 15, 1970). "Late T.D. Trips Tech, 10-7: Irish Rally to Win". Chicago Tribune. p. b1.
^ "1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 172

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[1] Markus, Robert (November 15, 1970). "Late T.D. Trips Tech, 10-7: Irish Rally to Win". Chicago Tribune. p. b1.

[2] "1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[3] 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 172

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