2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Seattle Bowl champion
Seattle Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Stanford
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 24
2001 record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	George O'Leary (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill O'Brien (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Mixed Shotgun & Ace
Defensive coordinator	Ted Roof (3rd season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium (Capacity: 41,000)
Seasons

2001 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 Maryland †		7	–	1					10	–	2
#15 Florida State		6	–	2					8	–	4
North Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
#24 Georgia Tech		4	–	4					9	–	4
Clemson		4	–	4					7	–	5
NC State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	5					6	–	5
Virginia		3	–	5					5	–	7
Duke		0	–	8					0	–	11
† – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary, who would leave the school before the bowl game to accept the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Preseason

Coming off of three strong seasons (including 3 straight New Year's Day bowl appearances and 3 wins over the archrival Georgia Bulldogs), the Jackets were expected to contend for the national championship in 2001. In 2000, quarterback George Godsey had picked up where his predecessor Joe Hamilton had left off, passing for 2,906 yards and 23 touchdowns (against just 6 interceptions). Armed with targets like Kelly Campbell for his senior season, a number of preseason magazines named Godsey to 1st Team All-ACC honors, and pundits predicted that a loaded Georgia Tech team would win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with the departure of many key players from the defending champion Florida State Seminoles.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	2:00 PM	vs. Syracuse*	No. 10	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic)	ABC	W 13–7	41,517
September 1	6:00 PM	The Citadel*	No. 11	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		W 35–7	41,804
September 8	12:00 PM	at Navy*	No. 10	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	FSN	W 70–7	30,602
September 29	3:30 PM	Clemson	No. 9	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta (Rivalry)	ABC	L 44–47 OT	41,924
October 6	1:00 PM	at Duke	No. 17	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		W 37–10	10,431
October 11	7:30 PM	No. 22 Maryland	No. 15	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	L 17–20	40,574
October 20	3:30 PM	NC State	No. 23	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ABC	W 27–17	41,942
November 1	7:30 PM	No. 22 North Carolina	No. 23	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	W 28–21	41,893
November 10	3:15 PM	at Virginia	No. 20	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia		L 38–39	52,494
November 17	12:00 PM	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina	JPS	W 38–33	24,263
November 24	7:45 PM	No. 19 Georgia*	No. 21	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN	L 17–31	41,974
December 1	3:30 PM	at Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	L 17–28	82,269
December 27	4:00 PM	vs. No. 11 Stanford*		Safeco Field Seattle (Seattle Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–14	30,144
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 85 Besirevic, SalihSalih Besirevic 1.0 !Fr WR 8 Browman, TrevorTrevor Browman 1.0 !Fr G 63 Brown, TimTim Brown 5.0 !Jr RB 35 Burns, JoeJoe Burns 7.0 !Sr WR 6 Campbell, KellyKelly Campbell 7.0 !Sr WR 5 Curry, NateNate Curry 3.0 !So RB 48 Daniels, P. J.P. J. Daniels 1.0 !Fr T 70 Dorsey, NatNat Dorsey 1.0 !Fr RB 2 Ford, SidneySidney Ford 5.0 !Jr TE 89 Foschi, John PaulJohn Paul Foschi 3.0 !So QB 11 Godsey, GeorgeGeorge Godsey 7.0 !Sr WR 3 Glover, WillWill Glover 5.0 !Jr QB 13 Hall, AndyAndy Hall 3.0 !So G 72 Honeycutt, BradBrad Honeycutt 1.0 !Fr TE 84 Hunter, WillWill Hunter 3.0 !So TE 88 Lee, BrianBrian Lee 5.0 !Jr FB 45 Mitchell, RossRoss Mitchell 7.0 !Sr C 61 Schmidgall, DavidDavid Schmidgall 7.0 !Sr WR 82 Smith, JonathanJonathan Smith 3.0 !So WR 9 Watkins, KerryKerry Watkins 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 99 Billy, OmarOmar Billy 1.0 !Fr FS 22 Butler, JamesJames Butler 1.0 !Fr CB 23 Cox, JoanthanJoanthan Cox 3.0 !So SS 4 Collins, CoreyCorey Collins 5.0 !Jr LB 59 Eiheridge, MatthewMatthew Eiheridge 5.0 !Jr DE 44 Hargrove, TonyTony Hargrove 1.0 !Fr DT 96 Johnson, GaryGary Johnson 5.0 !Jr FS 21 O'Leary, MartyMarty O'Leary 7.0 !Sr DE 38 Rogers, NickNick Rogers 7.0 !Sr LB 51 Smith, DarylDaryl Smith 3.0 !So DE 56 Wolf, ScottScott Wolf 1.0 !Fr SS 33 Young, ChrisChris Young 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 4 DiPace, MaxMax DiPace 5.0 !Jr P 30 Dyke, DanDan Dyke 5.0 !Jr	Head coach George O'Leary Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

• George O'Leary, head coach
• Bill O'Brien, offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
• Ted Roof, defensive coordinator