1974 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1974 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
File:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference	Independent
1974 record	6–5
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (1st season)
Captain	Billy Shields Joe Harris Randy Rhino
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)
Seasons

1974 NCAA Division I Independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Notre Dame			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Penn State			–					10	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	3	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Houston			–					8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State			–					7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii			–					6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss			–					6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	1
Tulane			–					5	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					4	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina			–					4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	7	–	0
Army			–					3	–	8	–	0
Dayton			–					3	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	8	–	0
Air Force			–					2	–	9	–	0
Syracuse			–					2	–	9	–	0
Florida State			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	No. 2 Notre Dame	Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	L 7–31	44,228
September 14	South Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta		W 35–20	47,171
September 21	No. 15 Pittsburgh	Grant Field Atlanta		L 17–27	37,361
September 28	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Rivalry)		L 17–21	42,000
October 5	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta		W 28–24	26,371
October 12	North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta		W 29–28	38,413
October 19	at No. 5 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Rivalry)		L 22–31	62,907
October 26	No. 18 Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	W 27–7	48,623
November 2	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		L 0–9	34,500
November 16	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta		W 22–0	41,132
November 30	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 34–14	47,500
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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