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Georgia Tech Yellowjackets football

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
Georgia Tech Outline Interlocking logo.svg
First season 1892
Athletic director Todd Stansbury
Head coach Paul Johnson
9th year, 69–48 (.590)
Stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field
Seating capacity 55,000
Field surface Grass
Location Atlanta, Georgia
Conference ACC
Division Coastal
Past conferences Independent (1892–1893)
SIAA (1894–1913)
Independent (1914–1915)
SIAA (1916–1921)
SoCon (1922–1932)
SEC (1933–1963)
Independent (1964–1982)
All-time record 716–486–43 (.592)
Bowl record 24–19–0 (.558)
Claimed nat'l titles 4 (1917, 1928, 1952, 1990)
Unclaimed nat'l titles 3 (1916, 1951, 1956)
Conference titles 15
Division titles 4 (2006, 2009, 2012, 2014)
Consensus All-Americans 21
Colors Old Gold and White
         
Fight song "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech"
and "Up With the White and Gold"
Mascot Buzz, The Ramblin' Wreck
Marching band Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Marching Band
Rivals Georgia Bulldogs
Virginia Tech Hokies
Clemson Tigers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Website ramblinwreck.com

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the sport of American football. The Yellow Jackets team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Georgia Tech has fielded a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 700–471–43 (a .594 winning percentage). The Yellow Jackets play in Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia, which has a capacity of 55,000. The Yellow Jackets have won four Division I-A college football national championships and fifteen conference titles.

A number of successful collegiate and professional football players once played for Tech. The school has 48 first-team All-Americans and over 150 alumni who have played in the NFL. Among the most lauded and most notable players the school has produced are Calvin Johnson, Demaryius Thomas, Keith Brooking, Joe Hamilton, Joe Guyon, and Billy Shaw. In addition to its players, Tech's football program has been noted for its coaches and its, in many cases bizarre traditions and game finishes. Among the team's former coaches are John Heisman, for whom the Heisman Trophy is named, and Bobby Dodd, for whom the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award and the school's stadium are named. Heisman led the team to the highest-scoring game in American football history, and both Heisman and Dodd led Tech's football team to national championships. Dodd also led the Jackets on their longest winning streak (8 games) against the University of Georgia, Tech's most time-endured rival.


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