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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

ACCAtlanta, GABobby Dodd Stadium

2026: 2–⁠4 (1–⁠2 ACC). Last: lost at Virginia Tech 34–⁠24. Next: Boston College, Saturday, Oct 24, 3:30 p.m. ET.

  1. L 13–⁠14Colorado
  2. L 24–⁠45No. 18 Tennessee
  3. W 44–⁠11Mercer
  4. L 27–⁠34at Stanford
  5. W 28–⁠25Duke
  6. L 24–⁠34at Virginia Tech
  7. Oct 24Boston College
  8. Oct 31at Pittsburgh
  9. Nov 7Louisville
  10. Nov 14at Clemson
  11. Nov 21Wake Forest
  12. Nov 28at Georgia
  • Outfitted by Under Armour

Georgia Tech has played football since 1892 and is 768–⁠533–⁠40 in the 1,341 games on record here, which start in 1902. Georgia Tech claims four national championships (1917, 1928, 1952, 1990). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 1990. They have won five Southeastern Conference titles (the last in 1952), plus five Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, three Atlantic Coast Conference titles, three Southern Conference titles, counting shared titles. Since 1938, the NFL Draft has taken 113 players from here in its first seven rounds, 11 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took seven players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 14 players and 4 coaches from Georgia Tech. Bobby Dodd (1945–⁠1966) won more games here than any other coach: 165. The most-played rival is Georgia: 119 meetings, Georgia leads 73–⁠41–⁠5. This season, under Brent Key, they’re 2–⁠4.

Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta
Bobby Dodd StadiumPhoto: WhoIsDanielHord, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2024Georgia Tech lost to No. 12 Notre Dame 31–⁠13.

Résumé

All-time record
774–⁠550–⁠43 official; 768–⁠533–⁠40 on file; how we count
Postseason
26–⁠22 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 292 ranked
Elo now
1495 80th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 74 · Composite No. 83 in FBS, Oct 17; down 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1952 rated 1800
Conference titles
16 last in 2009
Seasons
125 since 1902, 1,341 games

Identity

Fight song
Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech
Mascot
Buzz
Student section
SWARM
Band
Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Marching Band since 1908, 320 members

2026 season 2–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsColoradoL 13–⁠1471%
Sep 12vs18TennesseeL 24–⁠4550%
Sep 19vsMercerW 44–⁠1172%
Sep 26atStanfordL 27–⁠3455%
Oct 10vsDukeW 28–⁠2537%
Oct 17atVirginia TechL 24–⁠3445%
Oct 24vsBoston CollegePreview65%
Oct 31atPittsburghPreview34%
Nov 7vsLouisvillePreview39%
Nov 14atClemsonPreview31%
Nov 21vsWake ForestPreview38%
Nov 28atGeorgiaPreview14%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Georgia Tech’s Elo through 2026: 1544 going into the opener, 1495 after the latest game.150015251550Elo 1544 going in; lost to Colorado 14–13Elo 1533 going in; lost to Tennessee 45–24Elo 1503 going in; beat Mercer 44–11Elo 1521 going in; lost to Stanford 34–27Elo 1498 going in; beat Duke 28–25Elo 1516 going in; lost to Virginia Tech 34–24Now: Elo 1495 after the latest game1495
ColoradoTennesseeMercerStanfordDukeVirginia TechNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Future schedule

2027–⁠36
202711 games: 5 home, 6 away
202810 games: 6 home, 4 away
20299 games: 4 home, 5 away
20309 games: 5 home, 4 away
20311 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20361 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Georgia Tech’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 30, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Georgia Tech.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Under Armour · Official source
Mascot
Buzz · Official source
Student section
SWARM · Single source
Athletic director
Ryan Alpert · Official source
Offensive coordinator
George Godsey · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Jason Semore · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Under Armour, from July 2026. Switched from Adidas. The deal includes NIL opportunities for athletes.

Before: Adidas, through June 2026.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Georgia Tech end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 1952 at 1800.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201952 peak: Elo 1800
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Brent Key2022–⁠202629–⁠24
Geoff Collins2019–⁠202210–⁠28
Paul Johnson2008–⁠201883–⁠60
Jon Tenuta20070–⁠1
Chan Gailey2002–⁠200744–⁠32
Mac McWhorter20011–⁠0
George O’Leary1994–⁠200152–⁠33
Bill Lewis1992–⁠199411–⁠19
Bobby Ross1987–⁠199131–⁠26–⁠1
Bill Curry1980–⁠198631–⁠43–⁠4
Pepper Rodgers1974–⁠197934–⁠31–⁠2
Bill Fulcher1972–⁠197312–⁠10–⁠1
Bud Carson1967–⁠197127–⁠27
Bobby Dodd1945–⁠1966165–⁠64–⁠8
William Alexander1920–⁠1944134–⁠95–⁠15
John Heisman1904–⁠1919102–⁠29–⁠7
Oliver Huie19032–⁠5
John McKee19020–⁠6–⁠2

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesGT record
Georgia11941–⁠73–⁠5 ‡
Duke9357–⁠35–⁠1
Clemson8951–⁠36–⁠2 ‡
Auburn8641–⁠42–⁠3
North Carolina5934–⁠21–⁠3 †
Alabama5221–⁠28–⁠3
Tulane5037–⁠13
Virginia4522–⁠22–⁠1

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Duke, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech.

The trophy it holds: Gold Cowbell (Vanderbilt, since 1948). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (113)

Every program Georgia Tech has played, A to Z, with Georgia Tech’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

16, counting shared titles
Atlantic Coast Conference 3
1990, 1998 (shared), 2009
Southeastern Conference 5
1939 (shared), 1943, 1944, 1951 (shared), 1952
Southern Conference 3
1922 (shared), 1927 (shared), 1928
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 5
1916, 1917, 1918, 1920 (shared), 1921 (shared)
ACC Coastal 5
2006, 2008 (tied), 2009, 2012, 2014

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892–⁠1915
  2. SIAA 1916–⁠1921
  3. SEC 1933–⁠1963
  4. Independent 1964–⁠1982
  5. ACC since 1983
  • 1932Joined the SEC from the SoCon. Source
  • 1964Went independent from the SEC, announced January 17, 1964. Source
  • 1983Joined the ACC from independence in football. Source

Georgia Tech’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2020Pressley Harvin III PRay Guy
2010Sean Bedford CBurlsworth
2007Durant Brooks PRay Guy
2006Calvin Johnson WRBiletnikoff
2000George O’Leary coachBobby Dodd Award
1999Joe Hamilton QBDavey O’Brien
1999Ralph Friedgen coachBroyles Award
1990Bobby Ross coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach, Bear Bryant Award, Bobby Dodd Award

Consensus All-Americans 22

2020Pressley Harvin III P
2006Calvin Johnson WR
2000Chris Brown OT
1999Joe Hamilton QB
1998Craig Page C
1990Ken Swilling DB
1973Randy Rhino DB
1970Rock Perdoni DT
1966Jim Breland C
1959Maxie Baughan C
1953Larry Morris C/LB
1952Hal Miller OT
1947Bobby Davis OT
1946Paul Duke C
1944Phil Tinsley E
1942Harvey Hardy OG
1928Peter Pund C
1920Bill Fincher OT
1918Bill Fincher OT
1918Bum Day C
1918Joe Guyon RB
1917Everett Strupper RB

Led the nation 4

2011Stephen Hill yards per catch (29.3)
1978Drew Hill kickoff return average (30.0)
1975David Sims yards per carry (8.2)
1972Randy Rhino punt return average (17.6)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1999Joe Hamilton QB2nd
1963Billy Lothridge QB2nd
1943Eddie Prokop RB5th
1942Clint Castleberry RB3rd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
14
Coaches
4
2023Paul Johnson coach here, 2008–⁠2018
2018Calvin Johnson WR
2014Joe Hamilton QB
2009Pat Swilling LB
1997Ray Beck OG
1993Bobby Dodd coach here, 1945–⁠1966
1992Larry Morris C/LB
1988Maxie Baughan C
1982Randy Rhino DB
1981George Morris C/LB
1978Bobby Davis OT
1974Bill Fincher OT
1972Everett Strupper RB
1971Joe Guyon RB
1963Peter Pund C
1955Buck Flowers RB
1954John Heisman coach here, 1904–⁠1919
1951Bill Alexander coach, career 1920–⁠1944

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
113 since 1938
First-round picks
11
AAFC and AFL picks
7 1947, 1949, 1961, 1963–⁠64
2026Keylan Rutledge OGNo. 26, Houston Texans
2010Derrick Morgan DENo. 16, Tennessee Titans
2010Demaryius Thomas WRNo. 22, Denver Broncos
2007Calvin Johnson WRNo. 2, Detroit Lions
1998Keith Brooking LBNo. 12, Atlanta Falcons
1992Marco Coleman DENo. 12, Miami Dolphins
1979Eddie Lee Ivery RBNo. 15, Green Bay Packers
1979Kent Hill OTNo. 26, Los Angeles Rams

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Enrollment
53,363 20,591 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Atlanta, Georgia
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1885
Graduates’ median earnings
$102,772 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @GeorgiaTechFBInstagram @georgiatechfbFacebook GTFootball
Athletics department
YouTube georgiatechathletics

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones ramblinwreck.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. from 1978Kim King
  2. 1995–⁠96Wes Durham radio

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Georgia Tech football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

And 43 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

And 1 more

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Georgia Tech (4 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠41–⁠2Brent Key14951.3
20259–⁠46–⁠2Brent Key15669.3
20247–⁠65–⁠3Brent Key15381.9
20237–⁠65–⁠3Brent Key15200.3
20225–⁠74–⁠4Geoff Collins, Brent Key1408-11.8
20213–⁠92–⁠6Geoff Collins1401-6.7
20203–⁠73–⁠6Geoff Collins1411-1.0
20193–⁠92–⁠6Geoff Collins1414-12.0
20187–⁠65–⁠3Paul Johnson15620.3
20175–⁠64–⁠4Paul Johnson15518.9
20169–⁠44–⁠4Paul Johnson15957.8
20153–⁠91–⁠716Paul Johnson15069.0
201411–⁠36–⁠28Paul Johnson171911.2
20137–⁠65–⁠3Paul Johnson155211.4
20127–⁠75–⁠3Paul Johnson15796.0
20118–⁠55–⁠3Paul Johnson15695.1
20106–⁠74–⁠416Paul Johnson15322.9
200911–⁠37–⁠11513Paul Johnson16699.7
20089–⁠45–⁠322Paul Johnson15858.6
20077–⁠64–⁠4Chan Gailey, Jon Tenuta15478.7
20069–⁠57–⁠1Chan Gailey161513.5
20057–⁠55–⁠3Chan Gailey15696.9
20047–⁠54–⁠4Chan Gailey158612.4
20037–⁠64–⁠4Chan Gailey154410.1
20027–⁠64–⁠4Chan Gailey15628.2
Every season back to 1902 (100 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20018–⁠54–⁠41024George O’Leary, Mac McWhorter162311.0
20009–⁠36–⁠217George O’Leary166313.4
19998–⁠45–⁠31120George O’Leary162714.1
199810–⁠27–⁠19George O’Leary166414.9
19977–⁠55–⁠325George O’Leary154212.0
19965–⁠64–⁠4George O’Leary14640.5
19956–⁠55–⁠3George O’Leary14710.4
19941–⁠100–⁠8Bill Lewis, George O’Leary1340-14.0
19935–⁠63–⁠5Bill Lewis1498-3.4
19925–⁠64–⁠423Bill Lewis15152.8
19918–⁠55–⁠28Bobby Ross163614.7
199011–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0–⁠12Bobby Ross171924.9
19897–⁠44–⁠3Bobby Ross15284.0
19883–⁠80–⁠7Bobby Ross1398-2.1
19872–⁠90–⁠6Bobby Ross1363-14.5
19865–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3Bill Curry15639.8
19859–⁠2–⁠15–⁠119Bill Curry164816.2
19846–⁠4–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Bill Curry157011.0
19833–⁠83–⁠3Bill Curry1439-0.6
19826–⁠5Bill Curry1464-5.4
19811–⁠10Bill Curry1290-12.1
19801–⁠9–⁠1Bill Curry1362-6.1
19794–⁠6–⁠1Pepper Rodgers1475-1.8
19787–⁠5Pepper Rodgers15404.4
19776–⁠5Pepper Rodgers15425.3
19764–⁠6–⁠1Pepper Rodgers14931.5
19757–⁠4Pepper Rodgers15593.2
19746–⁠5Pepper Rodgers154710.0
19735–⁠6Bill Fulcher1495-6.3
19727–⁠4–⁠120Bill Fulcher157411.9
19716–⁠617Bud Carson155910.3
19709–⁠313Bud Carson161519.0
19694–⁠6Bud Carson1442
19684–⁠6Bud Carson1417
19674–⁠6Bud Carson1498
19669–⁠28Bobby Dodd1650
19657–⁠3–⁠1Bobby Dodd1611
19647–⁠3Bobby Dodd1620
19637–⁠34–⁠3Bobby Dodd1661
19627–⁠3–⁠15–⁠2Bobby Dodd1665
19617–⁠44–⁠313Bobby Dodd1611
19605–⁠54–⁠4Bobby Dodd1566
19596–⁠53–⁠3Bobby Dodd1549
19585–⁠4–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Bobby Dodd1529
19574–⁠4–⁠23–⁠4–⁠111Bobby Dodd1609
195610–⁠17–⁠144Bobby Dodd1767
19559–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1107Bobby Dodd1739
19548–⁠36–⁠27Bobby Dodd1710
19539–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠138Bobby Dodd1745
195212–⁠06–⁠032Bobby Dodd1800
195111–⁠0–⁠17–⁠05Bobby Dodd1719
19505–⁠64–⁠2Bobby Dodd1536
19497–⁠35–⁠2Bobby Dodd1619
19487–⁠34–⁠36Bobby Dodd1645
194710–⁠14–⁠1410Bobby Dodd1705
19469–⁠24–⁠211Bobby Dodd1647
19454–⁠62–⁠2Bobby Dodd1508
19448–⁠34–⁠01013William Alexander1660
19438–⁠33–⁠013William Alexander1678
19429–⁠24–⁠165William Alexander1620
19413–⁠62–⁠4William Alexander1438
19403–⁠71–⁠5William Alexander1494
19398–⁠26–⁠016William Alexander1630
19383–⁠4–⁠32–⁠1–⁠3William Alexander1510
19376–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1William Alexander1575
19365–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1William Alexander1525
19355–⁠53–⁠4William Alexander1472
19341–⁠90–⁠6William Alexander1384
19335–⁠52–⁠5William Alexander1542
19324–⁠5–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1William Alexander1481
19312–⁠7–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1William Alexander1399
19302–⁠6–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1William Alexander1425
19293–⁠63–⁠5William Alexander1537
192810–⁠07–⁠0William Alexander1736
19278–⁠1–⁠17–⁠0–⁠1William Alexander1655
19264–⁠54–⁠3William Alexander1556
19256–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1William Alexander1611
19245–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1William Alexander1565
19233–⁠2–⁠41–⁠0–⁠4William Alexander1589
19227–⁠24–⁠0William Alexander1671
19218–⁠13–⁠0William Alexander1709
19208–⁠13–⁠0William Alexander1721
19197–⁠33–⁠1John Heisman1654
19186–⁠13–⁠0John Heisman1710
19179–⁠04–⁠0John Heisman1788
19168–⁠0–⁠15–⁠0John Heisman1736
19157–⁠0–⁠1John Heisman1694
19146–⁠2John Heisman1638
19137–⁠2John Heisman1609
19125–⁠3–⁠1John Heisman1542
19116–⁠2–⁠1John Heisman1587
19105–⁠3John Heisman1563
19097–⁠2John Heisman1584
19086–⁠3John Heisman1509
19074–⁠4John Heisman1477
19065–⁠3–⁠1John Heisman1527
19056–⁠0–⁠1John Heisman1583
19048–⁠1–⁠1John Heisman1482
19032–⁠5Oliver Huie1318
19020–⁠6–⁠2John McKee1341

Officially 774–⁠550–⁠43 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 768–⁠533–⁠40 (−6 wins, −17 losses, −3 ties). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.