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1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Outline Interlocking logo.svg
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 10–14 vs. Missouri
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
1962 record 7–3–1 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach Bobby Dodd (18th year)
Home stadium Grant Field
(Capacity: 53,300)
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Ole Miss $ 6 0 0     10 0 0
#5 Alabama 6 1 0     10 1 0
#7 LSU 5 1 1     9 1 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 0     7 3 1
Florida 4 2 0     7 4 0
Auburn 4 3 0     6 3 1
Georgia 2 3 1     3 4 3
Kentucky 2 3 1     3 5 2
Mississippi State 2 5 0     3 6 0
Tennessee 2 6 0     4 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 0     1 9 0
Tulane 0 7 0     0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1962 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 18th-year head coach Bobby Dodd, and played their home games at the newly-expanded Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia.

On November 17th, 1962, Georgia Tech pulled off a huge upset over defending national champions Alabama, ending their 27-game undefeated streak. The Yellow Jackets stopped a go-ahead two point conversion from Alabama and then intercepted a pass from Joe Namath deep in Georgia Tech territory late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal. Georgia Tech finished the regular season fourth in the Southeastern Conference, with a 7–2–1 overall record and ranked 11th in the final Coaches' Poll. They were invited to the 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Missouri.


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