1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their first year as full members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in third with a final record of 3–8 (3–2 ACC).

1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–8 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (4th season)
Captain	Rob Horton Dean Waters Ron Rice
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
No. 11 Clemson *	0	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
$ – 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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at No. 14 Alabama*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 7–20	77,143	^[2]
September 17	Furman*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 14–17	24,311	^[3]
September 24	at Clemson*^A	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–41	73,000
October 1	No. 5 North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 21–38	34,000
October 8	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 20–10	40,800
October 15	No. 5 Auburn*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 13–31	55,112
October 22	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		L 3–37	94,768	^[4]
October 29	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 26–32	17,650
November 3	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	TBS	W 31–27	22,032
November 12	Wake Forest	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 49–33	26,330
November 26	No. 7 Georgia*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 24–27	59,113
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[5][6]

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[7][1]

References

1. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
2. "Tide rolls stubborn Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. September 11, 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tech upset by Furman". The Atlanta Constitution. September 18, 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Vols don't let down". The Jackson Sun. October 23, 1983. Retrieved August 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
6. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 173
7. Outlar, Jesse (September 25, 1983). "Clemson Stings Tech 41-14". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1C. Since Clemson is on probation, the loss doesn't count in the ACC standings ...