1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
1982 record	6–5
Head coach	Bill Curry (3rd season);
Captain	Dave Lutz ; Sammy Brown ; Kevin Brownlee
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. It was their last year competing as football independents before joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1983.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	12:30 p.m.	No. 4 Alabama	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 7–45	57,126	^[1]
September 18		The Citadel	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 36–7	24,463
September 25		at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 24–20	15,061
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at No. 12 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 0–41	49,500	^[2]
October 9		at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 19–13	34,321	^[3]
October 16		at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 0–24	57,000
October 23		Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–21	43,182
October 30		Duke	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 21–38	36,562
November 6		Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 38–32	22,103
November 13		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 45–7	19,257
November 27		at No. 1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 18–38	82,122
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name
QB	`12`	Jim Bob Taylor
RB		Robert Lavette
RB		Eddie Fortier
WR		Mike Harrington
WR		Jeff Keisler
TE	`9`	Ken Whisenhunt
TE		Gary Wilkins
OL
T	`78`	Dave Lutz
OL		Ellis Gardner
OL		Ken Howell
OL		Dean Waters

Defense

Pos.	#	Name
DL		Bobby Hodge
DL		Donnie Chisholm
DL		Marvin Dyett
LB	`56`	Robert Jaracz
LB		Rob Horton
LB		Dante Jones
LB		Duane Wood
LB		Pat Swilling
LB		Ted Roof
CB	`22`	Jack Westbrook
DB		Sammy Brown
DB		Paul Menegazzi
DB		Mike Travis
DB		Ted Thurson

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Bear's revenge: Tide 45, Tech 7". The Atlanta Constitution. September 12, 1982. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia Tech at North Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. October 2, 1982. p. 6C. Retrieved July 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tech finds defense, stops Tulane 19–13". The Atlanta Constitution. October 10, 1982. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
^ 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

1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Pittsburgh		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll