2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team American college football season
The 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team's coach was George O'Leary , who would leave the school before the bowl game to accept the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame . It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta .
Preseason
Coming off of three strong seasons (including 3 straight New Year's Day bowl appearances and 3 wins over the archrival Georgia Bulldogs ), the Jackets were expected to contend for the national championship in 2001. In 2000, quarterback George Godsey had picked up where his predecessor Joe Hamilton had left off, passing for 2,906 yards and 23 touchdowns (against just 6 interceptions). Armed with targets like Kelly Campbell for his senior season, a number of preseason magazines named Godsey to 1st Team All-ACC honors, and pundits predicted that a loaded Georgia Tech team would win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with the departure of many key players from the defending champion Florida State Seminoles .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 26 2:00 pm vs. Syracuse * No. 10 ABC W 13–741,517
September 1 6:00 pm The Citadel * No. 11 W 35–741,804
September 8 12:00 pm at Navy * No. 10 FSN W 70–730,602
September 29 3:30 pm Clemson No. 9 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry ) ABC L 44–47 OT 41,924
October 6 1:00 pm at Duke No. 17 W 37–1010,431
October 11 7:30 pm No. 22 Maryland No. 15 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN L 17–20 OT 40,574
October 20 3:30 pm NC State No. 23 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ABC W 27–1741,942
November 1 7:30 pm No. 22 North Carolina No. 23 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN W 28–2141,893
November 10 3:15 pm at Virginia No. 20 L 38–3952,494
November 17 12:00 pm at Wake Forest JPS W 38–3324,263
November 24 7:45 pm No. 19 Georgia * No. 21 ESPN L 17–3141,974
December 1 3:30 pm at Florida State ESPN L 17–2882,269
December 27 4:00 pm vs. No. 11 Stanford * ESPN W 24–1430,144
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster
2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
4
Max DiPace
Jr
P
30
Dan Dyke
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Bill O'Brien – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Glenn Spencer – Running backs
David Kelly – Wide receivers
Geoff Collins – Tight ends
Mac McWhorter – Offensive line/assistant head coach
Ted Roof – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
Peter McCarty – Defensive tackles
Lance Thompson – Defensive ends/recruiting coordinator
Danny Crossman – Defensive backs/special teams
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Coaching staff
References
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