1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRalph Friedgen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge O'Leary (3rd season)
CaptainJerry Mays
Eric Thomas
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Virginia + 6 –1 –010 –3 –0
Duke + 6 –1 –08 –4 –0
No. 12 Clemson 5 –2 –010 –2 –0
Georgia Tech 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
NC State 4 –3 –07 –5 –0
Maryland 2 –5 –03 –7 –1
Wake Forest 1 –6 –02 –8 –1
North Carolina 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bobby Ross, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth. Despite winning seven of their last eight games and ending on a four-game winning streak, they were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9at No. 25 NC State
RaycomL 28–3840,800
September 16Virginia
RaycomL 10–1738,062
September 23at South Carolina*
L 10–2170,018
October 7Maryland
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 28–2432,062
October 14at No. 14 Clemson
W 30–1482,500
October 21North Carolinadagger
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 17–1441,114
October 28at Duke
L 19–3038,621
November 4Western Carolina*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 34–728,821
November 18Wake Forest
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
RaycomW 43–1426,114
November 25Boston College*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–1228,221
December 2Georgia*
W 33–2246,064[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Shawn Jones Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Marco Coleman Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "Ga. Tech bowls over Peach-bound Georgia". The Orlando Sentinel. December 3, 1989. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 174


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