1986 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1986 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
File:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1986 record	5–5–1 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Lindsey (3rd season)
Captain	Cory Collier Kyle Ambrose Bart Jones
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons

1986 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#17 Clemson †	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	2
NC State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bill Curry, in his seventh and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	Furman*	Grant Field Atlanta		T 17–17	33,352
September 20	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia		W 28–14	34,800
September 27	Clemson	Grant Field Atlanta (Rivalry)	Raycom	L 3–27	46,062
October 4	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		L 20–21	50,000
October 11	No. 17 NC State	Grant Field Atlanta	Raycom	W 59–21	24,110
October 18	at No. 7 Auburn*	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Rivalry)		L 10–31	72,500
October 25	Tennessee*	Grant Field Atlanta (Rivalry)	TBS	W 14–13	28,432
November 1	Duke	Grant Field Atlanta		W 34–6	37,102
November 8	VMI*	Grant Field Atlanta		W 52–6	23,542
November 22	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Raycom	L 21–24	17,300
November 29	at No. 18 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	TBS	L 24–31	82,122
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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