Vs. Louisville (1-2, 0-2 Acc) 2020 Georgia Tech Schedule/Results Friday, October 9, 2020 • 7 P.M
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128TH SEASON • 4 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 15 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 45 BOWL APPEARANCES • 25 BOWL VICTORIES GEORGIA TECH (1-2, 1-1 ACC) VS. LOUISVILLE (1-2, 0-2 ACC) 2020 GEORGIA TECH SCHEDULE/RESULTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020 • 7 P.M. ET • ATLANTA, GA. • BOBBY DODD STADIUM • Overall: 1-2 | ACC: 1-1 | Place: t-8th • Home: 0-1 | Away: 1-1 | Neutral: 0-0 | Streak: L2 MATCHUP AT A GLANCE Date Opponent Time/Result TV Sept. 12 at RV/- Florida State* W, 16-13 ABC Sept. 19 NO. 14/13 UCF L, 49-21 ABC GEORGIA TECH vs. LOUISVILLE Sept. 26 at Syracuse* L, 37-20 RSN 1-2 (1-1 ACC) ...............................................................................Record ...............................................................................1-2 (0-2 ACC) Oct. 9 (Fri.) LOUISVILLE* 7 p.m. ESPN Atlanta, Ga. ................................................................................ Location ..............................................................................Louisville, Ky. 1885.......................................................................................... Founded ......................................................................................... 1798 Oct. 17 No. 1/1 CLEMSON* TBA TBA 35,000..................................................................................... Enrollment .................................................................................... 23,000 Oct. 24 at -/rv Boston College* TBA TBA Yellow Jackets, Ramblin’ Wreck .................................................. ...................................................................................Cardinals Nickname Oct. 31 No. 5/5 NOTRE DAME* TBA TBA Tech Gold and White .....................................................................Colors .............................................................................. Red and Black Atlantic Coast (Coastal Division) .................................................Conference .................................................Atlantic Coast (Atlantic Division) Nov. 14 rv/rv PITT* TBA TBA Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field (55,000) ...........Stadium (Capacity) ................................................. Cardinal Stadium (60,800) Nov. 21 at 7/7 Miami (Fla.)* TBA TBA Geoff Collins ............................................................................ Head Coach .......................................................................Scott Satterfield Nov. 28 DUKE* TBA TBA 4-11 (2nd season) ...................................................Head Coach’s Record at School .....................................................9-7 (2nd season) Dec. 5 at rv/rv NC State* TBA TBA 19-21 (4th season) ....................................................Head Coach’s Overall Record ....................................................60-31 (7th season) None ...................................................................................National Ranking ...................................................................................None All times Eastern; Home games in BOLD CAPS Spread Pro-Style .....................................................................Basic Offense ...................................................................................Spread * ACC game 19.0 (13th/61st) ..........................................Points Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ...........................................29.8 (9th/42nd) Ranks for past/current games = AP/Coaches ranks at time of game Ranks for future games = current AP/Coaches rank 221.0 (4th/22nd) ..................................Rushing Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank) .................................156.3 (11th/41st) 233.0 (11th/41st) ................................. Passing Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank) .................................252.3 (10th/35th) ON THE AIR 454.0 (4th/22nd) .....................................Total Yards Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ....................................408.7 (11th/43rd) TV: ESPN 4-2-5 Effort Based ................................................................. Basic Defense ....................................................................................3-4-4 • Play-by-Play ............................................. Jason Benetti 33.0 (14th/57th) .................................. Points Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ....................................30.3 (9th/46th) • Analyst .........................................................Andre Ware 171.7 (11th/51st) ......................... Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ............................145.0 (8th/38th) • Sideline Reporter ...................................... Roddy Jones 269.7 (11th/47th) ..........................Passing Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ............................224.7 (6th/26th) • Online: WatchESPN.com 441.3 (13th/55th) ............................ Total Yards Allowed Per Game (Conference/National Rank) ..............................369.7 (5th/25th) RADIO: Georgia Tech Sports Network from Learfield IMG College L, 37-20 at Syracuse (Sept. 26, 2020) ....................................... Last Game ......................................L, 23-20 at No. 21 Pitt (Sept. 26, 2020) • Play-by-Play ............................................ Andy Demetra TOP STORYLINES TALE OF THE TAPE • Analyst ...................................................... Sean Bedford • After its first of two scheduled bye weeks this season, Georgia Tech football Average heights and weights of players listed Above The Line • Sideline Reporter ...................................... Wiley Ballard returns to action on Friday with a nationally televised primetime showdown versus (Georgia Tech)/on the depth chart (Louisville): • In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or 106.3 FM/1230 AM Xtra Louisville at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The 7 p.m. contest will air nationally on ESPN. Georgia Tech Louisville • Across Georgia: Visit RamblinWreck.com for 30-station affiliate list • Satellite: Sirius 137 / XM 193 6-4, 315. Offensive Line 6-4, 298 • Georgia Tech is hosting Louisville for the first time and playing the Cardinals for • Mobile App: GT Gameday only the second time ever on the gridiron. After Louisville joined the ACC in 2014, 6-5, 253 ......................... Tight Ends .........................6-2, 248 • TuneIn: buzz.gt/LiveTuneIn Tech and UL squared off for the first time on Oct. 5, 2018 at Cardinal Stadium in 6-1, 208 ..........Offensive Backs (QB and RB) .........6-0, 203 Louisville, Ky. (also in a nationally televised Friday night affair on ESPN). The Yellow 6-1, 201 ..........................Receivers .........................6-0, 194 GEORGIA TECH’S LAST GAME Jackets routed the Cardinals, 66-31. 6-3, 276 ......................Defensive Line .....................6-4, 273 at Syracuse ....................................................... L, 37-20 Date ...................................................................Sept. 26 • The Jackets enter Friday's contest ranked among the nation's top 25 in 10 dif- 6-1, 229 ........................Linebackers .......................6-1, 223 ferent statistical categories — net punting (fourth - 46.14 avg.), fumble recoveries 6-2, 203 .................... Defensive Backs....................6-0, 194 Location ...............................Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) (seventh - 3), fewest sacks allowed (eighth - .67/gm), takeaways (15th - 6), rushing Total Offense ............................................................ 453 offense (15th - 221.0 ypg), red-zone defense (18th - .750), total offense (22nd - TOP PERFORMERS AT A GLANCE Rushing ........................................................... 275 PASSING COMP. ATT. INT. YDS. TD 454.0 ypg), defensive interceptions (23rd - 3) and offensive first downs (25th - 70). ............................................................ 178 Georgia Tech Passing • Offensively, Georgia Tech has amassed more than 400 yards per game in each Jeff Sims 54 98 8 695 3 Turnovers ............................................................ 5 of its first three contests this season — 438 at Florida State (Sept. 12), 471 vs. No. Louisville Total Defense ........................................................... 357 Malik Cunningham 54 91 5 757 7 14 UCF (Sept. 19) and 453 at Syracuse (Sept. 26). In marks the first time that Tech ........................................................... 163 Rushing has had three-straight 400-yard games at any point of a season since 2016, the RUSHING ATT. YDS. AVG. TD Passing ............................................................ 194 first time that the Yellow Jackets have opened a season with three-straight 400-yard Georgia Tech Takeaways .......................................................... 1 games since 2013 and the first time the Jackets have opened a season with 400- Jeff Sims 37 184 5.1 2 Passing Leader yard games against three-straight NCAA Division I-A/FBS opponents since 1999. Jahmyr Gibbs 33 171 5.2 1 Louisville Jeff Sims .............................13-28-4, 174 yds., 1 TD • Georgia Tech head coach and Louisville head coach Scott Sat- Geoff Collins Javian Hawkins 59 313 5.3 3 Receiving Leaders terfield were the defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively, on head coach Malachi Carter .....................................4 rec., 47 yds. Mario Cristobal's Florida International team that won the 2010 Sun Belt Conference RECEIVING NO. YDS. AVG. TD championship and earned the first bowl berth