1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–8 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dwain Painter (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (2nd season)
Captains	Rob Horton; Dean Waters; Ron Rice;
Home stadium	Grant Field
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their first year as full members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in third with a final record of 3–8 (3–2 ACC).

Record3–8 (3–2 ACC)

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OffensivecoordinatorDwain Painter (2nd season)

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1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
NC State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
No. 11 Clemson *	0	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1

$ – Conference champion * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at No. 14 Alabama*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		L 7–20	77,143	^[2]
September 17	Furman*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 14–17	24,311	^[3]
September 24	at Clemson*^A	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–41	73,000	^[4]
October 1	No. 5 North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 21–38	28,395	^[5]
October 8	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 20–10	40,800	^[6]
October 15	No. 5 Auburn*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 13–31	55,112	^[7]
October 22	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		L 3–37	94,768	^[8]
October 29	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 26–32	17,650	^[9]
November 3	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	TBS	W 31–27	22,032	^[10]
November 12	Wake Forest	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 49–33	26,330	^[11]
November 26	No. 7 Georgia*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 24–27	59,113	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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