1968 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1968 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1968 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
1968 record	4–6
Head coach	Bud Carson (2nd season);
Captain	Bill Kinard; Joel Stevenson
Home stadium	Grant Field; (capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by second-year head coach Bud Carson and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	TCU	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 17–7	43,273
September 28	No. 15 Miami (FL)	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 7–10	44,774
October 5	Clemson	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 24–21	56,116
October 12	No. 10 Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 7–24	60,011
October 19	at Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 21–20	50,000
October 26	Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 23–19	47,481	^[1]
November 2	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 30–46	25,000
November 9	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 15–35	31,624
November 16	at No. 9 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 6–34	50,075
November 30	at No. 4 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 8–47	59,537
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Williams sparks Tech over Greenies, 23–19". The Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1968 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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Venues	Piedmont Park (1899–1901; 1903–1904) Brisbane Park (1902) The Flats (1905–1906, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Grant Field (1913–1987) Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game 1990 game at Virginia
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State		–		11	–	0	–	0
Rutgers		–		8	–	2	–	0
West Texas State		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Florida State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Air Force		–		7	–	3	–	0
Army		–		7	–	3	–	0
Buffalo		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Houston		–		6	–	2	–	2
Utah State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	3	–	0
VPI		–		7	–	4	–	0
Pacific		–		6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	0
Xavier		–		6	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		4	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		3	–	6	–	1
San Jose State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll