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1992 Georgia Tech

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Lewis.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1992, game by game: won vs. Western Carolina 37–19; lost at No. 20 Virginia 24–55; won vs. No. 16 Clemson 20–16; won vs. No. 21 NC State 16–13; won at Maryland 28–26; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 24–29; lost at North Carolina 14–26; won vs. Duke 20–17; lost at Baylor 27–31; lost vs. Wake Forest 10–23; lost at No. 9 Georgia 17–31+18−31Won 37–19 vs. Western Carolina+18Western CarolinaLost 24–55 at No. 20 Virginia-31No. 20 VirginiaWon 20–16 vs. No. 16 Clemson+4No. 16 ClemsonWon 16–13 vs. No. 21 NC State+3No. 21 NC StateWon 28–26 at Maryland+2MarylandLost 24–29 vs. No. 6 Florida State-5No. 6 Florida StateLost 14–26 at North Carolina-12North CarolinaWon 20–17 vs. Duke+3DukeLost 27–31 at Baylor-4BaylorLost 10–23 vs. Wake Forest-13Wake ForestLost 17–31 at No. 9 Georgia-14No. 9 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsWestern CarolinaW 37–⁠1990%
Sep 19at20VirginiaL 24–⁠5538%
Sep 26vs16ClemsonW 20–⁠1651%
Oct 3vs21NC StateW 16–⁠1355%
Oct 10atMarylandW 28–⁠2667%
Oct 17vs6Florida StateL 24–⁠2936%
Oct 24atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2645%
Oct 31vsDukeW 20–⁠1775%
Nov 7atBaylorL 27–⁠3144%
Nov 14vsWake ForestL 10–⁠2364%
Nov 28at9GeorgiaL 17–⁠3124%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 31–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 23
  2. Wk 2: 24
  3. Wk 3: 24
  4. Wk 4: 22
  5. Wk 6: 23
  6. Wk 7: 17
  7. Wk 8: 16
  8. Wk 9: 19

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 1992.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
237–⁠286
Coach
Bill Lewis
Elo
1515 −75 this season
SP+ rating
2.8 No. 50 of 105; offense No. 47, defense No. 60
SRS
1.7 No. 48 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Shankweiler
Defensive coordinator
Mike Cassity
Captains
Shawn Jones, Coleman Rudolph, Kevin Battle and Steve Pharr

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 2Coleman Rudolph DENew York Jets
Rd 5Scott Sisson KNew England Patriots

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠12
NC State6–⁠29–⁠3–⁠117
North Carolina5–⁠39–⁠319
Wake Forest4–⁠48–⁠425
Virginia4–⁠47–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Clemson3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke0–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.