American college football season
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Independent |
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Dave Lutz Sammy Brown Kevin Brownlee |
Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121) |
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The 1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. It was their last year competing as football independents before joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1983.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 11 | No. 4 Alabama | | | L 7–45 | 57,126 |
September 18 | The Citadel | | | W 36–7 | 24,463 |
September 25 | at Memphis State | | | W 24–20 | 15,061 |
October 2 | at No. 12 North Carolina | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
| | L 0–41 | 49,500 |
October 9 | at Tulane | - Louisiana Superdome
- New Orleans
| | W 19–13 | 34,321 |
October 16 | at Auburn | - Jordan–Hare Stadium
- Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
| | L 0–24 | 57,000 |
October 23 | Tennessee | - Grant Field
- Atlanta (rivalry)
| ABC | W 31–21 | 43,182 |
October 30 | Duke | | | L 21–38 | 36,562 |
November 6 | Virginia | | | W 38–32 | 22,103 |
November 13 | at Wake Forest | - Groves Stadium
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
| | W 45–7 | 19,257 |
November 27 | at No. 1 Georgia | - Sanford Stadium
- Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)
| | L 18–38 | 82,122 |
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Sources:[1][2]
Roster[edit]
1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster |
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Players | Coaches |
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OffensePos. | # | Name | Class |
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QB | 12 | Jim Bob Taylor | RB | | Robert Lavette | RB | | Eddie Fortier | WR | | Mike Harrington | WR | | Jeff Keisler | TE | 9 | Ken Whisenhunt | TE | | Gary Wilkins | OL | | Derek Gwinn | T | 78 | Dave Lutz | OL | | Ellis Gardner | OL | | Ken Howell | OL | | Dean Waters |
| DefensePos. | # | Name | Class |
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DL | | Bobby Hodge | DL | | Donnie Chisholm | DL | | Marvin Dyett | LB | 56 | Robert Jaracz | LB | | Rob Horton | LB | | Dante Jones | LB | | Duane Wood | LB | | Pat Swilling | LB | | Ted Roof | CB | 22 | Jack Westbrook | DB | | Sammy Brown | DB | | Paul Menegazzi | DB | | Mike Travis | DB | | Ted Thurson |
| Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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References[edit]
- ^ "1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173
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- Tennessee
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- "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech"
- "Up with the White and Gold"
- Marching band
- Heisman shift
- 1916 Cumberland game
- 1990 game at Virginia
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- Starting quarterbacks
- NFL draftees
- Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold |