1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
1973 record	5–6
Head coach	Bill Fulcher (2nd season);
Captain	Jim Owings ; Steve Putnal
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bill Fulcher, in his second and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Fulcher resigned as head coach at the end of the season, claiming that he simply didn't enjoy the job.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	L 28–41	51,584
September 22	No. 1 USC	Grant Field Atlanta	L 6–23	58,228
September 29	Clemson	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)	W 29–21	48,062
October 6	Army	Grant Field Atlanta	W 14–10	50,111
October 13	at No. 8 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	L 14–20	70,616
October 20	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)	L 10–24	59,123
October 27	at No. 15 Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans	L 14–23	66,286	^[2]
November 3	Duke	Grant Field Atlanta	W 12–10	47,129
November 10	VMI	Grant Field Atlanta	W 36–7	38,112	^[3]
November 17	vs. Navy	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	W 26–22	26,235
December 1	Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 3–10	60,316
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Moffit, David (December 7, 1973). "Fulcher Resigns At Georgia Tech". Atlanta Daily World. p. 5.
^ "Tech engulfed by Green Wave". The Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1973. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jackets 'boot' VMI". The Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1973. Retrieved February 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 172

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[1] Moffit, David (December 7, 1973). "Fulcher Resigns At Georgia Tech". Atlanta Daily World. p. 5.

[2] "Tech engulfed by Green Wave". The Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1973. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Jackets 'boot' VMI". The Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1973. Retrieved February 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

[5] 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 172

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v t Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Penn State		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 9 Houston		–		11	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Tulane		–		9	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Tampa		–		8	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		7	–	4	–	0
Utah State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	4	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		6	–	5	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	5	–	1
Xavier		–		5	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		5	–	6	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	1
Villanova		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		2	–	9	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		2	–	9	–	0
Army		–		0	–	10	–	0
Florida State		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll