1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 10–14 vs. Missouri
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
1962 record 7–3–1 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach Bobby Dodd (18th season)
Captain Tom Winingder
Home stadium Grant Field
(Capacity: 53,300)
1962 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Ole Miss $ 6 0 0  10 0 0
No. 5 Alabama 6 1 0  10 1 0
No. 7 LSU 5 1 0  9 1 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 0  7 3 1
Florida 4 2 0  7 4 0
Auburn 4 3 0  6 3 1
Georgia 2 3 1  3 4 3
Kentucky 2 3 1  3 5 2
Mississippi State 2 5 0  3 6 0
Tennessee 2 6 0  4 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 0  1 9 0
Tulane 0 7 0  0 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1962 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 18th-year head coach Bobby Dodd, and played their home games at the newly expanded Grant Field in Atlanta.

On November 17, 1962, Georgia Tech pulled off a huge upset over defending national champions Alabama, ending their 27-game undefeated streak. The Yellow Jackets stopped a go-ahead two point conversion from Alabama and then intercepted a pass from Joe Namath deep in Georgia Tech territory late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal.[1] Georgia Tech finished the regular season fourth in the Southeastern Conference, with a 7–2–1 overall record and ranked 11th in the final Coaches' Poll. They were invited to the 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Missouri.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 22 Clemson* Grant FieldAtlanta (Rivalry) W 269   51,140
September 29 at Florida No. 8 Florida FieldGainesville, Florida W 170   44,500
October 6 LSU No. 5 Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia NBC L 710   49,744
October 13 Tennessee Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia (Rivalry) W 170   52,223
October 20 at Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama (Rivalry) L 1417   56,319
October 27 Tulanedagger Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia W 4212   46,370
November 3 at Duke* Duke StadiumDurham, North Carolina W 209   44,000
November 10 Florida State* Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia T 1414   43,802
November 17 No. 1 Alabama Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia W 76   52,971
December 1 at Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 376   55,000
December 22 vs. Missouri* Rice StadiumHouston (Bluebonnet Bowl) CBS L 1014   55,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[3]

References

  1. "First Tide Defeat". New York Times. November 18, 1962. p. S1.
  2. "1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  3. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 171


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