2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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TaxSlayer Bowl champion
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TaxSlayer Bowl, W 33–18 vs. Kentucky
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Coastal Division | |
2016 record | 9–4 (4–4 ACC) |
Head coach | Paul Johnson (9th year) |
Offensive scheme | Triple Option |
Defensive coordinator | Ted Roof (4th year) |
Base defense | 4–3 Multiple |
Home stadium |
Bobby Dodd Stadium (Capacity: 55,000) |
2016 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 1 Clemson xy$# | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Louisville x | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Florida State | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 16 Virginia Tech xy | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Miami | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets are led by ninth-year head coach Paul Johnson and play their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They are a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Georgia Tech ended the 2015 season with a 3–9 overall record, 1–7 in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets finished last in the Coastal Division. Georgia Tech is picked to finished 6th in the Coastal Division, with Duke in 5th and Virginia in last.
National Signing Day was February 3, 2016. The Yellow Jackets signed a total of 18 players in their 2016 recruiting class.
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The schedule for Georgia Tech's 2016 football season was announced on January 26, 2016.
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Trailing much of the fourth quarter 14-7, Georgia Tech surged to victory on the backs of a Harrison Butker 40 yard field goal with 4:00 left, an ensuing three and out by the Georgia Tech defense, and a crunch time 4th and 19 conversion from 5th year senior veteran Justin Thomas to Redshirt Sophomore Qua Searcy to keep hopes alive for the Jackets on their game winning drive. Justin Thomas completed a momentous pass to Ricky Jeune, to get the Yellow Jackets into Boston College territory, and after a couple of sly runs by Thomas, Georgia Tech called a timeout at second and goal with 40 seconds left. Pitching the ball to true freshman and 19 year old Dedrick Mills, the young freshman followed a block by UGA transfer and redshirt junior JJ Green, and barreled his way over two Boston College defenders into the endzone, claiming a 17-14 lead over the home team Eagles. The game was a special opening weekend showdown, played as the "Aer Lingus Classic" in Dublin, Ireland.
The Georgia Tech offensive attack rushed for 364 yards against Mercer University, a team who had only been playing football for two seasons since reinstituting the Football program. Qua Searcy piled up 91 yards on the ground. Quarterback Matthew Jordan added 2 touchdowns on the ground and Marcus Marshall enjoyed 51 yards on 10 carries and a Touchdown. The Georgia Tech defense after a slow start finished the game in a positive way. Losing 7-0 to begin the game, the Tech Defense held Mercer to just a field goal the remaining three quarters, which propelled the team to victory. Overall, Tech played very positively and as it heads into conference play, it meets Vanderbilt next weekend on September 17th.