1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. It was their last year competing as football independents before joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1983.

1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Bill Curry (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dwain Painter (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (1st season)
Captain	Dave Lutz Sammy Brown Kevin Brownlee
Home stadium	Grant Field

1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Pittsburgh		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		–				8	–	3	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				6	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	12:30 p.m.	No. 4 Alabama	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 7–45	57,126
September 18		The Citadel	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 36–7	24,463
September 25		at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 24–20	15,061
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at No. 12 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 0–41	49,500
October 9		at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 19–13	34,321
October 16		at Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 0–24	57,000
October 23		Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–21	43,182
October 30		Duke	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 21–38	36,562
November 6		Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 38–32	22,103
November 13		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 45–7	19,257
November 27		at No. 1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 18–38	82,122
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1982 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 12 Jim Bob Taylor RB Robert Lavette RB Eddie Fortier WR David Dean Fr WR Mike Harrington WR Jeff Keisler TE 9 Ken Whisenhunt TE Gary Wilkins OL Derek Gwinn OT 78 Dave Lutz OL Ellis Gardner OL Ken Howell OL Dean Waters	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Bobby Hodge DL Donnie Chisholm DL Marvin Dyett LB 56 Robert Jaracz LB Rob Horton LB Dante Jones LB Duane Wood LB Pat Swilling LB Ted Roof CB 22 Jack Westbrook DB Sammy Brown DB Paul Menegazzi DB Mike Travis DB Ted Thurson	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Curry Coordinators/assistant coaches Dwain Painter – Offensive coordinator Rip Scherer – Running backs Jeff Hollis – Offensive line Dan Dorazio – Offensive line Mac McWhorter – Offensive line Rick Lantz – Defensive coordinator John Guy – Defensive line Barry Wilson – Inside linebackers Rick Smith – Defensive backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt