American college football season
The 2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium . They are members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they were defeated by Utah 27–30 in overtime.
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Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:30 pm Western Carolina * ESPN3 W 63–2142,132
September 10 6:00 pm at Middle Tennessee * ESPN3 W 49–2130,501
September 17 12:30 pm Kansas * Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA FSN W 66–2442,025
September 24 12:00 pm North Carolina No. 24 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN W 35–2846,849
October 1 3:30 pm at NC State No. 21 ABC/ESPN W 45–3555,811
October 8 12:00 pm Maryland No. 13 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPNU W 21–1645,905[1]
October 15 3:30 pm at Virginia No. 12 ESPNU L 21–2447,692[2]
October 22 3:30 pm at Miami (FL) No. 20 ESPN L 7–2443,716[3]
October 29 8:00 pm No. 6 Clemson Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry ) ABC W 31–1755,646[4]
November 10 8:00 pm No. 10 Virginia Tech No. 20 ESPN L 26–3750,140[5]
November 19 12:30 pm at Duke ACCN W 38–3118,747
November 26 12:00 pm No. 13 Georgia * No. 25 ESPN L 17–3154,925
December 31 2:00 pm vs. Utah * CBS L 27–30 OT 48,123
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — RV RV 25 21 13 12 20 RV 22 20 RV 25 RV RV Coaches RV RV RV 24 21 13 12 19 RV 23 19 23 21 RV RV Harris — RV RV RV RV RV 12 18 RV 21 19 24 22 RV RV Not released BCS — — — — — — — 22 — 23 21 — 23 — — Not released
Game summaries
Clemson
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2 3 4 Total
Clemson
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0 7 7
17
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17 7 0
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1 8:45 CLEM Chandler Catanzaro 34-yard field goalCLEM 3-0
1 2:59 GT Orwin Smith 1-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 7-3
2 12:01 GT Justin Moore 23-yard field goal GT 10-3
2 5:44 GT Orwin Smith 3-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 17-3
2 0:37 GT Tevin Washington 3-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 24-3
3 13:34 CLEM Sammy Watkins 48-yard pass from Tajh Boyd (Chandler Catanzaro kick)GT 24-10
3 11:30 GT David Sims 11-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 31-10
4 14:47 CLEM Brandon Thomas recovered fumble in end zone (Chandler Catanzaro kick) GT 31-17
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References
^ "Maryland Terrapins vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Box Score" . ESPN . October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^ "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Virginia Cavaliers Box Score" . ESPN . October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011 .
^ "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Miami Hurricanes Box Score" . ESPN . October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011 .
^ "Georgia Tech Upsets No. 6 Clemson" . USA Today . October 29, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011 .
^ "Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Box Score" . ESPN . November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011 .
^ "Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site - Football" . Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2011 .
^ "Tevin Washington Runs for 176 Yards as Georgia Tech Knocks off Clemson" . ESPN . October 29, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
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