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1978 Georgia Tech

7–⁠5, coached by Pepper Rodgers.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1978, game by game: lost at Duke 10–28; lost vs. California 22–34; won vs. Tulane 27–17; won vs. The Citadel 28–0; won vs. South Carolina 6–3; won vs. Miami 24–19; won at Auburn 24–10; won vs. Florida 17–13; won at Air Force 42–21; lost vs. No. 10 Notre Dame 21–38; lost at No. 11 Georgia 28–29; lost vs. No. 17 Purdue 21–41+28−20Lost 10–28 at Duke-18DukeLost 22–34 vs. California-12CaliforniaWon 27–17 vs. Tulane+10TulaneWon 28–0 vs. The Citadel+28The CitadelWon 6–3 vs. South Carolina+3South CarolinaWon 24–19 vs. Miami+5MiamiWon 24–10 at Auburn+14AuburnWon 17–13 vs. Florida+4FloridaWon 42–21 at Air Force+21Air ForceLost 21–38 vs. No. 10 Notre Dame-17No. 10 Notre DameLost 28–29 at No. 11 Georgia-1No. 11 GeorgiaLost 21–41 vs. No. 17 Purdue-20No. 17 Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atDukeL 10–⁠2847%
Sep 16vsCaliforniaL 22–⁠3454%
Sep 23vsTulaneW 27–⁠1768%
Sep 30vsThe CitadelW 28–⁠066%
Oct 7vsSouth CarolinaW 6–⁠357%
Oct 14vsMiamiW 24–⁠1964%
Oct 21atAuburnW 24–⁠1037%
Oct 28vsFloridaW 17–⁠1363%
Nov 11atAir ForceW 42–⁠2176%
Nov 18vs10Notre DameL 21–⁠3838%
Dec 2at11GeorgiaL 28–⁠2936%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs17PurduePeach BowlL 21–⁠4146%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 41–⁠21 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 11: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1978.

Led the nationDrew Hill: kickoff return average (30.0)

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
270–⁠253
Coach
Pepper Rodgers
Elo
1540 +12 this season
SP+ rating
4.4 No. 60 of 133; offense No. 48, defense No. 78
SRS
5.8 No. 46 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captains
Eddie Lee Ivery, Don Patterson, Jeff Shank and Mike Taylor

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 1Eddie Lee Ivery RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 1Kent Hill OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Don Bessillieu DBMiami Dolphins