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1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1983Georgia 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 →

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 fromAP Poll

The1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented theGeorgia Institute of Technology during the1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coachBill Curry, and played their home games atGrant Field inAtlanta. In their first year as full members of theAtlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in third with a final record of 3–8 (3–2 ACC).

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at No. 14Alabama*	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	atClemson*^A	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–41	73,000	^[4]
October 1	No. 5North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 21–38	28,395	^[5]
October 8	atNC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 20–10	40,800	^[6]
October 15	No. 5Auburn*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 13–31	55,112	^[7]
October 22	atTennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		L 3–37	94,768	^[8]
October 29	atDuke	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. 7Georgia*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 24–27	59,113	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[15]^[1]

Roster

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1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Robert Lavette
WR		David Dean	So
TE	`9`	Ken Whisenhunt
OL		Derek Gwinn
OL		Dean Waters

Defense

Pos.	#	Name
DL		Bobby Hodge
DL		Donnie Chisholm
LB		Rob Horton
LB		Dante Jones
LB		Pat Swilling
LB		Ted Roof
CB	`22`	Jack Westbrook
DB		Mike Travis

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Bill Curry

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Dwain Painter –Offensive coordinator
Rip Scherer –Running backs
Keith Colson –Wide receivers
Tim Harkness –Wide receivers/Tight ends
Dan Dorazio –Offensive line
Mac McWhorter –Offensive line
Rick Lantz –Defensive coordinator
Larry New –Defensive line
John Guy –Outside linebackers
Rick Smith –Defensive backs

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

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^^a ^bWilliams, Larry (2012).The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
^"Tide rolls stubborn Tech".The Atlanta Constitution. September 11, 1983. RetrievedNovember 30, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Tech upset by Furman".The Atlanta Constitution. September 18, 1983. RetrievedNovember 30, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Clemson rolls past Tech".Anderson Independent-Mail. September 25, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Tar Heels rally past Ga. Tech".Greensboro News & Record. October 2, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Georgia Tech shocks North Carolina State".St. Petersburg Times. October 9, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"AU gets scare against Tech".The Dothan Eagle. October 16, 1983. RetrievedNovember 4, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Vols don't let down".The Jackson Sun. October 23, 1983. RetrievedAugust 18, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Blue Devils' 1st win also morale victory".The Charlotte Observer. October 30, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Georgia Tech rambles past Virginia".The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 4, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Georgia Tech outscores Wake".The State. November 13, 1983. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Georgia survives Tech's upset bid".The Macon Telegraph & News. November 27, 1983. RetrievedNovember 4, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedJune 15, 2017.
^2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at theWayback Machine. p. 173
^Outlar, Jesse (September 25, 1983). "Clemson Stings Tech 41-14".The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1C.Since Clemson is on probation, the loss doesn't count in the ACC standings ...

v t e Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Venues	Piedmont Park (1892–1893, 1898–1901, 1903–1904) Brisbine Park (1892, 1896–1897, 1902) Athletic Park Grounds (1894) The Flats (1905–1907, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Bobby Dodd Stadium (1913–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Auburn Clemson Duke 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 Virginia game 2015 Florida State game
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