1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
File:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference	Independent
1981 record	1–10
Head coach	Bill Curry (2nd season)
Captain	Dave Lutz Lance Skelton Mark Bradley Ken Carney
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)
Seasons

1981 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Miami		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Memphis		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by second-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech produced abysmal results for the second consecutive year under Curry, finishing with a record of 1–10, their worst season in terms of winning percentage in school history (it would later be matched by another 1-10 season in 1994). Their sole win was a season-opening upset victory over the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in Birmingham.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	at No. 2 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	ESPN	W 24–21	78,865
September 19	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida		L 6–27	63,876
September 26	Memphis State	Grant Field Atlanta		L 15–28	32,463
October 3	No. 6 North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia		L 7–28	39,263
October 10	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry)		L 7–10	94,478
October 17	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta (Rivalry)		L 7–31	50,263
October 24	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans		L 10–27	37,431
October 31	Duke	Grant Field Atlanta		L 24–38	30,232
November 7	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana		L 3–35	59,075
November 14	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia		L 14–20	20,129
December 5	No. 2 Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 7–44	58,623
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Kelley, MikeMike Kelley 7.0 !Sr T 78 Lutz, DaveDave Lutz 5.0 !Jr QB 12 Taylor, Jim BobJim Bob Taylor 5.0 !Jr G 64 Utt, BenBen Utt 7.0 !Sr TE 9 Whisenhunt, KenKen Whisenhunt 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 22 Westbrook, JackJack Westbrook 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Curry Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

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