2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=2001
Team=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets


Conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
Division=
ShortConference=ACC
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=9-4
ConfRecord=4-4
HeadCoach=George O'Leary
OffCoach=Ralph Friedgen
DefCoach=Ted Roof
OScheme=Mixed Shotgun & Ace
DScheme=
StadiumArena=Bobby Dodd Stadium
Champion=
BowlTourney=Seattle Bowl
BowlTourneyResult=WThe 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the college football season of 2001-2002. The team's coach was George O'Leary, who would leave the school before the bowl game to accept the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.__TOC__

Preseason

Coming off of three strong seasons (including 3 straight New Year's Day bowl appearances and 3 wins over the archrival Georgia Bulldogs), the Jackets were expected to contend for the National Championship in 2001. In 2000, quarterback George Godsey had picked up where his predecessor Joe Hamilton had left off, passing for 2,906 yards and 23 touchdowns (against just 6 interceptions). Armed with targets like Kelly Campbell for his senior season, a number of preseason magazines named Godsey to 1st Team All-ACC honors, and pundits predicted that a loaded Georgia Tech team would win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with the departure of many key players from the defending champion Florida State Seminoles.

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Coaching staff

* George O'Leary - Head Coach
* Ralph Friedgen - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
* Ted Roof - Defensive Coordinator

References

External links

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teamsched?teamId=59&year=2001 2001 Season Schedule on ESPN]