1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season

1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Ross (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	George O'Leary (3rd season)
Captain	Jerry Mays Eric Thomas
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium
Seasons← 1988 1990 →

1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Virginia +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Duke +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bobby Ross, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth. Despite winning seven of their last eight games and ending on a four-game winning streak, they were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	at No. 25 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	Raycom	L 28–38	40,800
September 16	Virginia	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	L 10–17	38,062
September 23	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 10–21	70,018
October 7	Maryland	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 28–24	32,062
October 14	at No. 14 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		W 30–14	81,550
October 21	North Carolina	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 17–14	41,114
October 28	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 19–30	38,621
November 4	Western Carolina*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 34–7	28,821
November 18	Wake Forest	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 43–14	26,114
November 25	Boston College*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 13–12	28,221
December 2	Georgia*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 33–22	46,064
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Shawn Jones	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Marco Coleman	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Bobby Ross

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Ralph Friedgen – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Danny Smith – Running backs
Jimmy Robinson – Wide receivers
Mark Hendrickson – Tight ends/special teams
Pat Watson – Offensive line
George O'Leary – Defensive coordinator/defensive line
Brian Baker – Outside linebacker
Chuck Bresnahan – Inside linebackers
Chuck Priefer – Defensive backs

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

"State passes Ga. Tech". The Roanoke Times & World-News. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Moore, McGonnigal hook up for Cavs". The Charlotte Observer. September 17, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Gamecocks win 21–10, make Georgia Tech see Green". The Sun-News. September 24, 1989. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Georgia Tech downs Maryland". Greensboro News & Record. October 8, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Clemson clobbered, 30–14". Detroit Free Press. October 15, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Big play flattens Heels". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Cuthbert gets 234 yards in 30–19 Duke victory". Statesville Record and Landmark. October 29, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Georgia Tech 'murders' Western, 34–7". The Asheville Citizen-Times. November 5, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Mays' 3 TDs help Georgia Tech run over Wake Forest 43–14". Daily Press. November 19, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"BC comes up empty in finale". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Ga. Tech bowls over Peach-bound Georgia". The Orlando Sentinel. December 3, 1989. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 174

v t e Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Venues	Piedmont Park (1892–1893, 1898–1901, 1903–1904) Brisbine Park (1892, 1896–1897, 1902) Athletic Park Grounds (1894) The Flats (1905–1907, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Bobby Dodd Stadium (1913–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game 1990 Virginia game 2015 Florida State game
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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