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2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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ACC champion (vacated)
ACC Coastal Division champion
ACC Championship Game, W 39–34 vs. Clemson (vacated)
Orange Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Iowa
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Coastal
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 13
2009 record 10–3, 1 win vacated (7–1 ACC)
Head coach Paul Johnson
Offensive scheme Flexbone
Defensive coordinator Dave Wommack
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#24 Clemson x   6 2         9 5  
Boston College   5 3         8 5  
Florida State   4 4         7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5         5 7  
NC State   2 6         5 7  
Maryland   1 7         2 10  
Coastal Division
#13 Georgia Tech* x$   7 1         11 3  
#10 Virginia Tech   6 2         10 3  
#19 Miami   5 3         9 4  
North Carolina*   0 4         0 5  
Duke   3 5         5 7  
Virginia   2 6         3 9  
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34
December 5, 2009
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins.
Rankings from AP Poll
ACC Championship Game
#10 Georgia Tech vs. Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia Tech 3 13 17 6 39
Clemson 7 6 7 14 34

The 2009 Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second year head coach Paul Johnson. Georgia Tech played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field in Atlanta.

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in ACC play, represented the coastal division in the ACC Championship Game where they defeated atlantic division champion Clemson 39–34 to earn the ACC's automatic bid to the BCS. The Yellow Jackets would be invited to the Fedex Orange Bowl where they lost 24–14 to Iowa. The ACC Championship was vacated by the NCAA on July 14, 2011 as a penalty for Georgia Tech's non-compliance with NCAA rules and its refusal to cooperate with the NCAA in the investigation of those rules violations.

The previous season ended with a 9–4 record under first-year head coach Paul Johnson, including a share of the ACC Coastal Crown and continuing 12-year bowl streak with an invite to the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl. The Jackets ended a 13-game losing streak against Florida State with a 31–28 win in Atlanta, and ended a seven-game losing streak to rival Georgia by 45–42 in Athens. Tech finished the season ranked 22 in the AP and the USA Today Coaches' Poll. Johnson was named ACC Coach of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference Media Association and 2008 National Coach of the Year by CBSSports.com.


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