1989 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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.

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)
Captains	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
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