1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their second year as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in fifth with a final record of 6–4–1 (2–2–1 ACC).

1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1984 record	6–4–1 (2–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Lindsey (1st season)
Captain	David Bell Donnie Chisholm Robert Lavette
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)

1984 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Virginia	3	–	1	–	2			8	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0*			7	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	No. 19 Alabama*		Grant Field Atlanta	TBS	W 16–6	56,107
September 22	The Citadel*		Grant Field Atlanta		W 48–3	31,684
September 29	No. 13 Clemson*^A	No. 18	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)	ESPN	W 28–21	57,704
October 6	NC State	No. 12	Grant Field Atlanta	Raycom	L 22–27	32,627
October 13	at Virginia	No. 20	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia		T 20–20	40,067
October 20	at No. 13 Auburn*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)		L 34–48	75,216
October 27	Tennessee*		Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		L 21–24	45,167
November 3	Duke		Grant Field Atlanta		W 31–3	36,393
November 10	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		L 17–24	47,000
November 17	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		W 24–7	22,700
December 1	at No. 18 Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	Raycom	W 35–18	82,122
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[2][3]

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.[4][1]

References

1. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
2. "1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
3. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173
4. "No. 18 Georgia Tech Outlasts No. 13 Clemson 28-21". Boston Globe. September 30, 1984. p. 104. The game, however, does not count in league standings since the Tigers are on NCAA probation and ineligible for the conference title.