2010 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TV TIME Sept. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Atlanta ESPN3.com 1:00 Sept. 11 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Fox Sports Net 12:00 (ET) Sept. 18 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. Raycom 12:00 Sept. 25 NC STATE Atlanta TBD TBD (Parent’s Weekend) Oct. 2 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. TBD TBD Oct. 9 VIRGINIA Atlanta TBD TBD (Homecoming) Oct. 16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE Atlanta TBD TBD (Hall of Fame Weekend) Oct. 23 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. TBD TBD Nov. 4 (Thur) at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ESPN 7:30 Nov. 13 MIAMI Atlanta TBD TBD (1990 National Championship Team Reunion Weekend) Nov. 20 DUKE Atlanta TBD TBD Nov. 27 at Georgia Athens, Ga. TBD TBD WHAT’S INSIDE 2009 ACC Champions 2009 ACC Introduction 44 Fraysier/Garrett/Godhigh The Staff 132 Defense 153 Academic honors 2 What’s inside 45 Shawn Green/Robert Hall 84 Paul Johnson 133 Yearly leaders 154 All-conference 3 Quick facts/ACC schedule 46 Deon Hill/Stephen Hill 85 Brian Bohannon 136 Individual single-game 156 Yellow Jackets in the NFL 4 Media information 47 Hogan III/Holton/C. Jackson 86 Al Groh 138 Team single game 158 Tech in the NFL draft 6 SID office/On the airwaves 48 Kyle Jackson/Will Jackson 88 Charles Kelly 139 Opponent single-game 160 All-time letterwinners 7 Opponent information 49 Brad Jefferson/Isaiah Johnson 89 Andy McCollum 140 Scoring margin 165 All-time starting lineups 8 1990 national championship 50 Mike Johnson/Roddy Jones 90 Lamar Owens 141 Longest plays 168 All-time head coaches 51 Keith/Kelly/Kidney 91 Al “Buzz” Preston 142 Last time it happened 169 All-time assistant coaches 2010 Preview 52 Krish/Lanier/Leary 92 Mike Sewak 144 Year-by-year team statistics 170 Bowl history 10 Preseason outlook 53 Jeff Lentz/Jon Lockhart 93 Joe Speed 146 Tech in the NCAA statistics 172 National polls 12 Notebook 54 Luallen/Lyons/Machen 94 Todd Spencer 173 Season-by-season results 13 Consecutive Bowl Appearances 13 Bowl Consecutive 15 Depth chart (post-spring) 55 Stephen Mann/Denzel McCoy 95 Support Staff History 174 Season-by-season scores 16 Roster breakdown 56 McKayhan/McNearney/McRae 98 Dr. Aaron King 148 Great moments 186 Series results 18 Alphabetical roster 57 Tyler Melton/Carl Miles 99 Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson 150 All-Americans 20 Numerical roster 58 Je. Moore/Ju. Moore/Morgan 100 Dan Radakovich 152 National honors 22 Personality grid 59 Malcolm Munroe/Quayshawn Nealy 101 Administrative staff 24 Players’ survey 60 Joshua Nesbitt 102 Staff directory 61 Nordmann/Okebie/Paige CREDITS Player Bios 62 Embry Peeples 2009 Review 26 Alford/Alford/Anthony Allen 63 Charles Perkins/Jason Peters 104 The season in review The 2010 Georgia Tech Football Guide is a product of the Geor- 27 Jamie Alvarez/Ben Anderson 64 Peterson/Polak/Poole 106 2009 statistics gia Tech Athletic Association. 28 Chandler Anderson 65 Cory Pritchett/Ty Rawlings 112 Scoring drives Designed and edited by Assistant Athletic Director Dean Buchan 29 Attaochu/Ayers/Bailey 66 Dominique Reese/Rashaad Reid 113 Big plays 30 Anthony Barnes 67 Lance Richardson/Albert Rocker 114 Superlatives Editorial assistance provided by Mike Huff, Dan Goldberger and 31 T.J. Barnes/Austin Barrick 68 Scott/Scully/Shirah/D. Sims 115 Participation John Gatto of the Georgia Tech sports information office. Other 32 Sean Bedford/Ray Beno 69 Quentin Sims/Orwin Smith 116 Game summaries assistance provided by Nick Kretschmar, Kyle Sears and Hunter 33 Scott Blair 70 Phil Smith McKay. 34 B.J. Bostic/Julian Burnett 71 Sparlin/Sweeting/Sylvester Records Covers designed by Summit Design. 35 Mario Butler/Alexander Carvajal 72 Chris Tanner/Jerrard Tarrant 122 Team records 36 Claytor/Conant/Cone 73 Cooper Taylor 123 Individual records Photography by David Johnson/Lens Effects, Barry Williams, 37 Matt Connors/Lucas Cox 74 Jemea Thomas/Omoregie Uzzi 125 Rushing Josh Wiess, Dave Tulis, Vern Verna, Gary Phillips, Action Sports 38 C. Crenshaw/Izaan Cross 75 Logan Walls/Tevin Washington 126 100-yard rushing games International, Juan Moore, Pete Casabonne/Color Genesis, Mike 39 Cummings/Days/Dieke 76 Richard Watson/Brandon Watts 127 Passing Jula, Jack Reimer, Jerry Pillarelli, David Gentry, Stephen Jensen, 40 Daniel Drummond/Correy Earls 77 Anthony Williams/Marcus Wright 128 Receiving Greg Fiume, Jeff Hurndon, Kelvin Kuo, CFA/ESPN/Disney and 41 Mario Edwards 78 Mo. Wright/Young/Zenon 129 Total offense/Scoring many unidentified photographers of the past. Also, thanks to 42 Egbuniwe/Elakman 130 Kicking/Punting each NFL organization that provided photos of former Georgia 43 Elder/Emerson/Finch/Flanary 131 Returns Tech players. 2010 Georgia Tech Football RamblinWreck.com 2 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL 2010 2010 ACC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE GENERAL Introduction Thursday, September 2 William & Mary at North Carolina Location ...........................................................Atlanta, GA 30332 Florida A&M at Miami Founded ...............................................................................1885 Presbyterian at Wake Forest Thursday, November 4 Enrollment.........................................................................19,404 Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, ESPN Nicknames....................................Yellow Jackets, Rambling Wreck Colors ..............................................................Old Gold and White Saturday, September 4 Conference ..................................Atlantic Coast (Coastal Division) Weber State at Boston College Saturday, November 6 President...................................................Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson North Texas at Clemson Boston College at Wake Forest Alma Mater....................................................Kansas State (1977) Elon at Duke NC State at Clemson Director of Athletics.............................................Dan Radakovich Samford at Florida State Virginia at Duke Alma Mater............................Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania (1980) South Carolina State at Georgia Tech North Carolina at Florida State Stadium .....................................Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field Surface ....................................................................Natural Grass LSU vs. North Carolina (Atlanta) Maryland at Miami Preview 2010 Capacity............................................................................55,000 Western Carolina at NC State Basic Offense .........................................................Spread Option Richmond at Virginia Saturday, November 13 Basic Defense .........................................................................3-4 Boston College at Duke Monday, September 6 Clemson at Florida State HISTORY Navy vs. Maryland Miami at Georgia Tech First Year of Football ............................................................1892 Saturday, October 2 (Baltimore), ESPN, 4 pm Maryland at Virginia Number of Seasons.................................................................117 Notre Dame at Boston College Boise State vs. Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech at North Carolina All-Time Record .........................................................673-449-43 Miami at Clemson (Washington), ESPN, 8 pm Wake Forest at NC State All-Time W-L at Bobby Dodd Stadium.........................434-180-21 Duke at Maryland Bowl Appearances........................................................38 (22-16) Florida State at Virginia Consecutive Bowl Appearances................................................13 Saturday, September 11 Saturday, November 20 Georgia Tech at Wake Forest First Year Competed For ACC Title ........................................1983 Kent State at Boston College Virginia at Boston College East Carolina at North Carolina National Championships.............................4 (1990, ‘52, ‘28, ‘17) Presbyterian at Clemson Clemson at Wake Forest ACC Championships ...................................3 (2009, 1998, 1990) Virginia Tech at NC State Players Duke at Wake Forest Duke at Georgia Tech SEC Championships ...................................................................5 Florida State at Oklahoma Florida State at Maryland Southern Conference Championships ........................................3 Saturday, October 9 Georgia Tech at Kansas Virginia Tech at Miami Boston College at NC State 2009 SUMMARY Morgan State at Maryland NC State at North Carolina Clemson at North Carolina Miami at Ohio State 2009 Record .........................................................................11-3 Florida State at Miami 2009 Bowl.....................................Orange Bowl (L, 24-14 vs. Iowa) NC State at UCF Saturday, November 27 Virginia at Georgia Tech 2009 ACC Record....................................................................7-1 Virginia at Southern California Boston College at Syracuse Central Michigan at Virginia Tech 2009 Coastal Division Finish ...................................................1st James Madison at Virginia Tech South Carolina at Clemson Navy at Wake Forest North Carolina at Duke COACHING STAFF Thursday, September 16 Florida at Florida State Head Coach ..............................................................Paul Johnson Saturday, October 16 Cincinnati at NC State, ESPN Georgia Tech at Georgia Alma Mater..............................................Western Carolina (1979) Boston College at Florida State NC State at Maryland Record at Georgia Tech.......................................20-7 (2 seasons) Maryland at Clemson Staff Saturday, September 18 South Florida at Miami Record Overall ..............................................127-46 (13 seasons) Miami at Duke Quarterbacks/B-Backs........................................Brian