1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Hall of Fame Classic champion
Hall of Fame Classic, W 17–14 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 19
1985 record	9–2–1 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (6th season);
Defensive coordinator	(2nd season)
Captain	John Ivemeyer ; Ted Roof ; Mike Snow
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by sixth-year head coach Bill Curry and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their third season as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, they finished in second with an ACC record of 5–1. They were invited to the 1985 Hall of Fame Classic bowl game, where they defeated Michigan State, 17–14. The Yellow Jackets finished ranked in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll for the first time in 15 years.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	Raycom	W 28–18	32,100
September 21	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 13–24	38,291
September 28	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		W 14–3	78,000
October 5	North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 31–0	35,625
October 12	Western Carolina*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 24–17	36,111
October 19	No. 8 Auburn*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	CBS	L 14–17	57,501
October 26	at No. 16 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	T 6–6	94,575
November 2	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 9–0	14,400
November 9	Chattanooga*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 35–7	25,763
November 16	Wake Forest	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 41–10	28,575
November 30	No. 20 Georgia*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	TBS	W 20–16	59,602
December 31	vs. Michigan State*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Hall of Fame Classic)	TBS	W 17–14	45,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[1]

References[]

^ "1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

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[1] "1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

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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
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National championship seasons in bold

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Georgia Tech	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Virginia	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
NC State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll