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2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Coastal
2010 record 6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach Paul Johnson (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Flexbone
Defensive coordinator Al Groh (1st year)
Base defense 3-4
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons
« 2009 2011 »
2010 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#17 Florida State x   6 2         10 4  
#23 Maryland   5 3         9 4  
#25 NC State   5 3         9 4  
Boston College   4 4         7 6  
Clemson   4 4         6 7  
Wake Forest   1 7         3 9  
Coastal Division
#16 Virginia Tech x$   8 0         11 3  
Miami   5 3         7 6  
Georgia Tech   4 4         6 7  
North Carolina   4 4         8 5  
Duke   1 7         3 9  
Virginia   1 7         4 8  
Championship: Virginia Tech 44, Florida State 33
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll
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1 2 3 4 Total
South Carolina State 3 0 7 0 10
#16 Georgia Tech 7 13 14 7 41
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1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Georgia Tech 7 10 0 8 25
Kansas 7 7 7 7 28
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1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia Tech 14 3 7 6 30
North Carolina 10 7 7 0 24
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1 2 3 4 Total
NC State 7 10 14 14 45
Georgia Tech 0 7 7 14 28
  • Date: September 25, 2010
  • Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium
    Atlanta, GA
  • Game start: 12:00 PM
  • Game attendance: 48,825
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1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia Tech 3 3 0 18 24
Wake Forest 3 7 7 3 20
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1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia 0 7 7 7 21
Georgia Tech 3 10 14 6 33
  • Date: October 9, 2010
  • Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium
    Atlanta, GA
  • Game start: 3:30 PM
  • Game attendance: 48,016
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1 2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee 0 7 0 7 14
Georgia Tech 7 7 21 7 42
  • Date: October 16, 2010
  • Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium
    Atlanta, GA
  • Game start: 3:30 PM
  • Game attendance: 40,652
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1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia Tech 0 3 10 0 13
Clemson 10 7 7 3 27

The 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 3rd year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in ACC play. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they were defeated by Air Force 7–14.


Pregame Line: South Carolina State +34

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets opened their season with a victory against the Bulldogs of South Carolina State, 41–10. This match up pitted two defending conference champions against each other. The Jackets winning the ACC championship with a record of 11–3 and the Bulldogs the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship in the FCS with a record of 10–2. The Jackets opened the scoring 35-yard run by quarterback Joshua Nesbitt. Nesbitt became the focus of the offense that lost the leading receiver, Demaryius Thomas, and leading rusher, Jonathan Dwyer, from last year's team. He finished the day with 130 yards and three rushing touchdowns. Rounding out the scoring were B-back Roddy Jones with two touchdown runs and backup quarterback Tevin Washington with one touchdown run. Tech's option offense worked well gaining 384 total yards, 372 of those coming on the ground.

South Carolina State's offense although not scoring a lot was able to move the ball on the new Al Groh 3–4 Defensive scheme. The Bulldogs were led by Asheton Jordan who ran for 125 yards on 17 carries and set up the Bulldogs' only touchdown with a 55-yard run to the Georgia Tech 3 in the third quarter. Quarterback Malcolm Long then scored from a yard out. Long was 11–25 passing for 94 yards. On the day SCSU amassed total 272 yards. The other score came when a 17-play drive stalled at the Georgia Tech 5-yard line and Blake Erickson converted a 28-yard field goal.


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