1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–4–1 (2–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dwain Painter (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Lindsey (1st season)
Captains	David Bell; Donnie Chisholm; Robert Lavette;
Home stadium	Grant Field
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their second year as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in fifth with a final record of 6–4–1 (2–2–1 ACC).

Record6–4–1 (2–2–1 ACC)

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OffensivecoordinatorDwain Painter (3rd season)

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1984 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Virginia	3	–	1	–	2	8	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0*	7	–	4	–	0

$ – 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	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	No. 19 Alabama*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	TBS	W 16–6	56,107	^[2]
September 22	The Citadel*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 48–3	31,684	^[3]
September 29	No. 13 Clemson*^A	No. 18	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 28–21	57,704	^[4]
October 6	NC State	No. 12	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	Raycom	L 22–27	32,627	^[5]
October 13	at Virginia	No. 20	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		T 20–20	40,067	^[6]
October 20	at No. 13 Auburn*		Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 34–48	75,216	^[7]
October 27	Tennessee*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 21–24	45,167	^[8]
November 3	Duke		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 31–3	36,393	^[9]
November 10	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill NC		L 17–24	47,000	^[10]
November 17	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 24–7	22,700	^[11]
December 1	at No. 18 Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	Raycom	W 35–18	82,122	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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