1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
1979 record	4–6–1
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (6th season);
Captain	Tom Daniel
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Pepper Rodgers, in his sixth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Rodgers was fired as head coach after a 4–6–1 campaign.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	No. 2 Alabama	Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	L 6–30	57,621
September 22	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida		T 7–7	60,313
September 29	William & Mary	Grant Field Atlanta		W 33–7	28,511
October 6	at No. 10 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana		L 13–21	59,075
October 13	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)		L 0–31	85,524
October 20	No. 14 Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		L 14–38	54,236
October 27	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans		L 7–12	51,963
November 3	Duke	Grant Field Atlanta		W 24–14	23,445
November 10	Air Force	Grant Field Atlanta		W 21–0	30,113
November 17	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta		W 24–14	24,318
November 24	Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 3–16	48,781
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Roster[]

1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Mike Kelley	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`81`	Al Richardson	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Pepper Rodgers

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References[]

^ McCollister, Tom (December 19, 1979). "Georgia Tech Fires Pepper Rodgers". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1A.
^ "1979 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] McCollister, Tom (December 19, 1979). "Georgia Tech Fires Pepper Rodgers". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1A.

[2] "1979 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

1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Florida State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
UNLV		–		–		9	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Temple		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Tulane		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–		5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Memphis		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
North Texas State		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Louisville		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
William & Mary		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
Air Force		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Richmond		–		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll