1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
File:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference	Independent
1982 record	6–5
Head coach	Bill Curry (3rd season)
Captain	Dave Lutz Sammy Brown Kevin Brownlee
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)
Seasons

1982 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Pittsburgh		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		–				8	–	3	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Miami		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				6	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Memphis		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Richmond		–		–				0	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. It was their last year competing as football independents before joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1983.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	No. 4 Alabama	Grant Field Atlanta		L 7–45	57,126
September 18	The Citadel	Grant Field Atlanta		W 36–7	24,463
September 25	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee		W 24–20	15,061
October 2	at No. 12 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		L 0–41	49,500
October 9	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans		W 19–13	34,321
October 16	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Rivalry)		L 0–24	57,000
October 23	Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta (Rivalry)	ABC	W 31–21	43,182
October 30	Duke	Grant Field Atlanta		L 21–38	36,562
November 6	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta		W 38–32	22,103
November 13	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		W 45–7	19,257
November 27	at No. 1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 18–38	82,122
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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