1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Peach Bowl, L 21–41 vs. Purdue
Conference	Independent
1978 record	7–5
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (5th season);
Captain	Eddie Lee Ivery ; Don Patterson ; Jeff Shank ; Mike Taylor
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. The team was invited to the 1978 Peach Bowl, held just three miles from their home stadium in Atlanta, where they lost to Purdue.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		L 10–28	27,865
September 16	California		Grant Field Atlanta		L 22–34	26,577
September 23	Tulane		Grant Field Atlanta		W 27–17	25,805	^[1]
September 30	The Citadel		Grant Field Atlanta		W 28–0	21,802
October 7	South Carolina		Grant Field Atlanta		W 6–3	36,128
October 14	Miami (FL)		Grant Field Atlanta		W 24–19	29,695
October 21	at Auburn		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–10	59,111
October 28	Florida		Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	W 17–13	44,866
November 11	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado		W 42–21	19,564
November 18	No. 10 Notre Dame	No. 20	Grant Field Atlanta		L 21–38	54,526
December 2	at No. 11 Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 28–29	59,700
December 25	vs. No. 17 Purdue		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta (Peach Bowl)	CBS	L 21–41	20,277
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ "Tech duo tops Tulane, 27–17". The Atlanta Constitution. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173

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[1] "Tech duo tops Tulane, 27–17". The Atlanta Constitution. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

[3] 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173

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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

1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 7 Notre Dame		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
William & Mary		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Memphis State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Air Force		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Colgate		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Boston College		–		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll