2010 SCHEDULE
Sept. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AtlantaSept. 11 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan.
Sept. 18 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sept. 25 NC STATE Atlanta
Oct. 2 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C.
Oct. 9 VIRGINIA Atlanta
Oct. 16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE Atlanta
Oct. 23 at Clemson Clemson, S.C.
Nov. 4 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va.
Nov. 13 MIAMI Atlanta
Nov. 20 DUKE Atlanta
Nov. 27 at Georgia Athens
ATLANTA – Seven teams that participated in postseason play in 2009 are on Georgia Tech’s 12-game 2010 football schedule, which was announced Thursday.
The 2010 schedule includes six home games against South Carolina State, Middle Tennessee State, N.C. State, Virginia, Duke and Miami. The Yellow Jackets also have six road games, at Kansas, Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Georgia.
“I think it’s an extremely challenging schedule, but one we are very much looking forward to,” coach Paul Johnson said. “Just within our division (the ACC Coastal) there are four teams that could be ranked in the preseason top 25.”
N.C. State replaces Florida State on the ACC schedule.
Seven Tech opponents – Virginia Tech (10-3), Middle Tennessee State (10-3), South Carolina State (10-2), Miami (9-4), Clemson (9-5), North Carolina (8-5) and Georgia (8-5) – all won at least eight games in 2009 and participated in postseason play.
While television schedules are not announced until later in the year, Georgia Tech knows that it will play in an ESPN Thursday Night game for the 18th consecutive season. The Yellow Jackets will play at Virginia Tech on Thursday, Nov. 4. Tech will not host an ESPN Thursday Night game for the first time since 2002.
The Yellow Jackets, 11-3 overall and ACC champions last season, open the 2010 campaign Sept. 4 against MEAC champion South Carolina State at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Bulldogs went 8-0 in MEAC play and lost to Appalachian State, 20-13, in the opening round of the FCS playoffs.
The following week Georgia Tech plays at Kansas – its first ever trip to Lawrence, Kan. – to play the Jayhawks and new head coach Turner Gill. The only previous meeting between Tech and KU came in the 1948 Orange Bowl (Georgia Tech won, 20-14). The Yellow Jackets have played a Big 12 team on the road just once previously, a 31-27 loss at Baylor in 1992.
North Carolina, likely a preseason top 25 team, will host the Yellow Jackets Sept. 18 in Chapel Hill. Tech has won four of the last five meetings, but the Tar Heels beat Paul Johnson’s first Yellow Jacket team in 2008 when the two teams played at Kenan Stadium.
NC State (Sept. 25) comes back on the schedule for the first time since 2006 and the Wolfpack come to Atlanta for the first time since 2005.
The Yellow Jackets will play their third straight North Carolina-based opponent Oct. 2 at Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons nearly spoiled Georgia Tech’s march to the ACC championship in 2009, taking the Yellow Jackets into overtime before falling, 30-27. Tech will play in Winston-Salem – a place it has not lost since 1999 – for the first time since 2003.
The Oct. 9 meeting with Virginia in Atlanta will have an interesting storyline as the Cavaliers will face their former coach, Al Groh, who is now Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator. One year after beating Virginia in Charlottesville for the first time since 1990, Tech will be attempting to beat the Cavaliers in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1990-91. Virginia, under the direction of new coach Mike London, spoiled the Yellow Jackets’ homecoming in 2008, 24-17.
Tech steps out of conference play Oct. 16 to host Middle Tennessee State, a team that won 10 games including a bowl game in 2009. The Blue Raiders, who won seven consecutive games to close the ’09 season, are led by all-star quarterback Dwight Dasher, who was responsible for 36 touchdowns last season.
Georgia Tech will play Clemson (Oct. 23) for the third time in just over a year when the two teams meet XXX in Death Valley. The Yellow Jackets won both meetings last year, including the ACC Championship Game in Tampa. The Yellow Jackets have won the last four meetings, including a win at Clemson in 2008 in Dabo Swinney’s first game as the Tigers’
head coach.
After an open date on Oct. 30, Tech will play at Virginia Tech Nov. 4 in an ESPN Thursday Night game that could have ACC Coastal Division championship implications. The Yellow Jackets lost in their last trip to Blacksburg, 20-17, in 2008.
Miami, which handed Tech its only ACC loss last season and a sure pick to be ranked high in the preseason polls, comes to Atlanta Nov. 13. The Hurricanes’ win at Land Shark Stadium last season ended Tech’s four-year winning streak against Miami.
Tech’s final home game comes Nov. 20 against Duke, a team that fell one victory short of being bowl-eligible in 2009. The Blue Devils, who return 17 starters, will be looking for their first win in Atlanta since 1994.
Georgia Tech and Georgia will meet for the 105th time and will close out the regular season (Nov. 27). The Bulldogs spoiled Tech’s perfect home season in 2009, avenging the Yellow Jackets’ win in Athens in 2008.
The 2010 schedule includes six home games against South Carolina State, Middle Tennessee State, N.C. State, Virginia, Duke and Miami. The Yellow Jackets also have six road games, at Kansas, Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Georgia.
“I think it’s an extremely challenging schedule, but one we are very much looking forward to,” coach Paul Johnson said. “Just within our division (the ACC Coastal) there are four teams that could be ranked in the preseason top 25.”
N.C. State replaces Florida State on the ACC schedule.
Seven Tech opponents – Virginia Tech (10-3), Middle Tennessee State (10-3), South Carolina State (10-2), Miami (9-4), Clemson (9-5), North Carolina (8-5) and Georgia (8-5) – all won at least eight games in 2009 and participated in postseason play.
While television schedules are not announced until later in the year, Georgia Tech knows that it will play in an ESPN Thursday Night game for the 18th consecutive season. The Yellow Jackets will play at Virginia Tech on Thursday, Nov. 4. Tech will not host an ESPN Thursday Night game for the first time since 2002.
The Yellow Jackets, 11-3 overall and ACC champions last season, open the 2010 campaign Sept. 4 against MEAC champion South Carolina State at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Bulldogs went 8-0 in MEAC play and lost to Appalachian State, 20-13, in the opening round of the FCS playoffs.
The following week Georgia Tech plays at Kansas – its first ever trip to Lawrence, Kan. – to play the Jayhawks and new head coach Turner Gill. The only previous meeting between Tech and KU came in the 1948 Orange Bowl (Georgia Tech won, 20-14). The Yellow Jackets have played a Big 12 team on the road just once previously, a 31-27 loss at Baylor in 1992.
North Carolina, likely a preseason top 25 team, will host the Yellow Jackets Sept. 18 in Chapel Hill. Tech has won four of the last five meetings, but the Tar Heels beat Paul Johnson’s first Yellow Jacket team in 2008 when the two teams played at Kenan Stadium.
NC State (Sept. 25) comes back on the schedule for the first time since 2006 and the Wolfpack come to Atlanta for the first time since 2005.
The Yellow Jackets will play their third straight North Carolina-based opponent Oct. 2 at Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons nearly spoiled Georgia Tech’s march to the ACC championship in 2009, taking the Yellow Jackets into overtime before falling, 30-27. Tech will play in Winston-Salem – a place it has not lost since 1999 – for the first time since 2003.
The Oct. 9 meeting with Virginia in Atlanta will have an interesting storyline as the Cavaliers will face their former coach, Al Groh, who is now Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator. One year after beating Virginia in Charlottesville for the first time since 1990, Tech will be attempting to beat the Cavaliers in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1990-91. Virginia, under the direction of new coach Mike London, spoiled the Yellow Jackets’ homecoming in 2008, 24-17.
Tech steps out of conference play Oct. 16 to host Middle Tennessee State, a team that won 10 games including a bowl game in 2009. The Blue Raiders, who won seven consecutive games to close the ’09 season, are led by all-star quarterback Dwight Dasher, who was responsible for 36 touchdowns last season.
Georgia Tech will play Clemson (Oct. 23) for the third time in just over a year when the two teams meet XXX in Death Valley. The Yellow Jackets won both meetings last year, including the ACC Championship Game in Tampa. The Yellow Jackets have won the last four meetings, including a win at Clemson in 2008 in Dabo Swinney’s first game as the Tigers’
head coach.
After an open date on Oct. 30, Tech will play at Virginia Tech Nov. 4 in an ESPN Thursday Night game that could have ACC Coastal Division championship implications. The Yellow Jackets lost in their last trip to Blacksburg, 20-17, in 2008.
Miami, which handed Tech its only ACC loss last season and a sure pick to be ranked high in the preseason polls, comes to Atlanta Nov. 13. The Hurricanes’ win at Land Shark Stadium last season ended Tech’s four-year winning streak against Miami.
Tech’s final home game comes Nov. 20 against Duke, a team that fell one victory short of being bowl-eligible in 2009. The Blue Devils, who return 17 starters, will be looking for their first win in Atlanta since 1994.
Georgia Tech and Georgia will meet for the 105th time and will close out the regular season (Nov. 27). The Bulldogs spoiled Tech’s perfect home season in 2009, avenging the Yellow Jackets’ win in Athens in 2008.