GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL 2011 Yellow Jackets GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL 2011 INTRODUCTION 2011 Schedule Date Opponent Site Stadium Series TV Time Sept. 1 (Thursday) WESTERN CAROLINA ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM GT leads 4-0 ESPN3.com 7:30 Sept. 10 Middle Tennessee State Murfreesboro, Tenn. Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium GT leads 1-0 ESPN3.com 7:00 Sept. 17 KANSAS ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM Tied 1-1 RSN 12:30 Sept. 24 NORTH CAROLINA ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM GT leads 25-18-3 TBD TBD Oct. 1 NC State Raleigh, N.C. Carter-Finley Stadium GT leads 17-10 TBD TBD Oct. 8 MARYLAND ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM GT leads 13-6 TBD TBD Oct. 15 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. Scott Stadium Tied 16-16-1 TBD TBD Oct. 22 Miami Miami Gardens, Fla. Sun Life Stadium GT leads 10-6 TBD TBD Oct. 29 CLEMSON ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM GT leads 49-25-2 TBD TBD Nov. 5 Open Nov. 10 (Thursday) VIRGINIA TECH ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM VT leads 5-3 ESPN 8:00 Nov. 19 Duke Durham, N.C. Wallace Wade Stadium GT leads 47-30-1 TBD TBD Nov. 26 GEORGIA ATLANTA BOBBY DODD STADIUM GA leads 61-39-5 TBD TBD 2011 GEORGIA TECH INFORMATION GUIDE 1 Yellow Jackets GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL 2011 WHAT’S INSIDE Introduction 49 Ju. Moore/Morgan/Munroe 100 Participation 1 Schedule 50 Nealy/Noble/Oliver/Onwuala 101 Miscellaneous statistics CREDITS 2 Table of contents 51 Paige/Peeples 104 Superlatives 3 Quck facts 52 Perkins/Peters 105 Game summaries The 2011 Georgia Tech Football 4 Media information 53 Peterson/Poole Guide is a product of the Georgia 6 SID office/On the airwaves 54 Pritchett/Rawlings/Reid Records Tech Athletic Association. 7 Yellow Jacket notebook 55 Richardson/Rogers 112 Team records Designed and edited by Assistant 9 Bobby Dodd Stadium 56 Scott/Scully/Seager/Serpico/Sims 113 Team/season Athletic Director Dean Buchan 57 D. Smith/O. Smith 114 Team/game 2011 Preview 58 P. Smith/ Snoddy/Sparlin/ 116 Points/margins/comebacks Editorial assistance provided by 12 Outlook Sweeney 117 Team miscellaneous Mike Huff, Mike Stamus, Marcus 15 Depth chart 59 Sweeting/Sylvester 118 Individual records Dittmer, Seth Gerard and Betsy 16 Alphabetical roster 60 Tanner/Thomas 120 Individual/career Devine of the Georgia Tech sports in- 18 Numerical roster 61 Tobin/Travis/Turner/Uzzi 124 Individual/season formation office. Other assistance 20 Roster breakdown 62 Waller/Walls 126 Individual/game provided by Hunter McKay, Robert 22 Personality grid 63 Washington/Watson 128 100-yard rushing games Kretschmar and Lindsey Jones. 24 Players’ survey 64 Watts/Williams 129 Yearly leaders Covers designed by Summit Design. 65 Wright/Young 132 Opponent/game The Players 66 Zenon 133 Longest plays Photography by David 26 Alcala/Alford/Alford/Alvarez 134 Last time it happened Johnson/Lens Effects, Dennis Hub- 27 Anderson/Attaochu The Staff 136 Year-by-year team statistics bard, Josh Weiss, Dave Tulis, Gary 28 Ayers/Bailey/Barnes 68 Paul Johnson 138 Tech in the NCAA statistics Meeks, Vern Verna, Juan Moore, 29 Barnett/Beno 74 Brian Bohannon Pete Casabonne, Mike Jula, Jack 30 Bostic/Braun 75 Al Groh History Reimer, Jerry Pillarelli, David Gentry, 31 Burnett/Carlson/Carter 77 Charles Kelly 140 Historic moments Danny Karnik, Stephen Jensen, 32 Chamberlain/Chau/Cheeks/ 78 Andy McCollum 142 All-Americans CFA/ESPN/Disney and many photog- Chipman/Connors 79 Lamar Owens 144 National honors raphers of the past. Also, thanks to 33 Crenshaw/Cross 80 Al “Buzz” Preston 145 Academic honors each NFL organization that provided 34 Cummings/Days/Dennis/Dickey 81 Mike Sewak 146 All-ACC photos of former Georgia Tech play- 35 Dieke/Drummond/Elakman 82 Joe Speed 147 All-conference ers. 36 Finch/Garrett/Godhigh 83 Todd Spencer 148 Yellow Jackets in the NFL 37 Golden/Green/Greene/Harrell/ 84 Support staff 150 Jackets in the NFL draft D. Hill 87 Dr. G.P. Bud Peterson 151 Halls of Fame 38 S. Hill/Hogan Dr. Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen 152 Letterwinners 39 Holton/Hunt-Days/Jackson 88 Dan Radakovich 157 All-time starting lineups 40 Jiles/Joe/Johnson 89 Administration 160 Head coaches 41 Jones 90 Staff Directory 161 Assistant coaches 42 Keith/Kelly/Kidney/Kitchen/ 162 Bowl history Lanier 2010 Review 164 Tech in the national polls 43 Laskey/Lee/Lockhart 92 2010 summary 165 Season-by-season record 44 Luly/Lyons/Machen 94 Final statistics 166 Year-by-year scores 45 Mann/Marcordes/Mason/McCoy 96 Game-by-game statistics 178 All-time series results 46 McDonald/McKayhan/McNair 97 Opponent game-by-game 184 National championships 47 McNearney/McRae/Melton 98 Individual game-by-game 48 Menocal/Milton/Je. Moore 99 Defense game-by-game 2 2011 GEORGIA TECH INFORMATION GUIDE GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL 2011 Yellow Jackets QUICK FACTS INTRODUCTION GENERAL Location ................................................Atlanta, GA 30332 Future Opponents Founded ...................................................................1885 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Enrollment.............................................................19,404 Boston College Clemson Wake Forest Clemson (Non-conference only) Nicknames.........................Yellow Jackets, Rambling Wreck Virginia Florida State Virginia NC State Vanderbilt Colors ..................................................Old Gold and White Duke North Carolina Duke North Carolina Syracuse Conference ........................Atlantic Coast (Coastal Division) Miami Virginia Tech Miami Virginia Tech TBD President........................................Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson SE Louisiana Elon Wofford Georgia Southern at Georgia Alma Mater.........................................Kansas State (1977) Middle Tennessee St. Georgia Brigham Young Tulane Director of Athletics ................................Dan Radakovich Brigham Young at Boston College at Clemson Georgia 2017 Alma Mater.................Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania (1980) at Maryland at Virginia at Florida State at Wake Forest (Non-conference only) Stadium............................Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field at Clemson at Duke at North Carolina at Virginia Georgia Surface.........................................................Natural Grass at North Carolina at Miami at Virginia Tech at Duke TBD Capacity.................................................................55,000 at Virginia Tech at Brigham Young at Tulane at Miami at Mississippi Basic Offense..............................................Spread Option at Georgia TBD at Georgia at Syracuse at Brigham Young Basic Defense.............................................................3-4 HISTORY First Year of Football ...............................................1892 Number of Seasons ...................................................118 2011 ACC Composite Schedule All-Time Record..............................................679-456-43 All-Time W-L at Bobby Dodd Stadium ..........438-182-21 Bowl Appearances...........................................39 (22-17) Thursday, September 1st Thursday, October 27th Consecutive Bowl Appearances..................................14 Western Carolina at Georgia Tech, Virginia at Miami, ESPN, 7:45 First Year Competed For ACC Title .........................1983 7:30, ESPN3.com National Championships..................4 (1990, ‘52, ‘28, ‘17) Wake Forest at Syracuse, 8:00, Saturday, October 29th ACC Championships .........................3 (2009, 1998, 1990) ESPN3.com Boston College at Maryland SEC Championships ......................................................5 Clemson at Georgia Tech Southern Conference Championships..........................3 Saturday, September 3rd Virginia Tech at Duke Northwestern at Boston College, NC State at Florida State 2010 SUMMARY 12:00, ESPNU Wake Forest at North Carolina Appalachian State at Virginia Tech, 2010 Record ...............................................................6-7 12:30, ACC Network Thursday, November 3rd 2010 Bowl...........Independence Bowl (L, 7-14 vs. Air Force) James Madison at North Carolina, Florida State at Boston College, ESPN, 2010 ACC Record .......................................................4-4 3:30, RSN 7:45 2010 Coastal Division Finish ..............................(tie) 3rd Troy at Clemson, 3:30, ESPN3.com Louisiana-Monroe at Florida State, Saturday, November 5th COACHING STAFF 3:30, ESPNU Duke at Miami Head Coach ..................................................Paul Johnson Liberty at NC State, 6:00, ESPN3.com Virginia at Maryland Alma Mater...................................Western Carolina (1979) William & Mary at Virginia, 6:00, Saturday, September 24th North Carolina at NC State Record at Georgia Tech ........................25-14 (3 seasons) ESPN3.com Massachusetts at Boston College Notre Dame at Wake Forest Record Overall...................................132-53 (14 seasons) Richmond at Duke, 7:00, ESPN3.com Florida State at Clemson Quarterbacks/B-Backs ............................Brian Bohannon Tulane at Duke Thursday, November 10th Defensive Coordinator .........................................Al Groh Monday, September 5th North Carolina at Georgia Tech Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech , Secondary .....................................................Charles Kelly Miami at Maryland, ESPN, 8 pm Temple at Maryland ESPN, 8:00 Defensive Line/Recruiting Coord. ...........Andy McCollum Kansas State at Miami A-Backs........................................................Lamar Owens Saturday, September 10th Southern Mississippi at Virginia Saturday, November 12th Wide Receivers.......................................Al “Buzz” Preston Rutgers at North Carolina, 12:30, ACC Virginia Tech at Marshall NC State at Boston