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1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
1962 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

September 22Clemson*

W 26–9 51,140 September 29at FloridaNo. 8

W 17–0 44,500 October 6LSUNo. 5

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia

NBCL 7–10 49,744 October 13Tennessee

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia (Rivalry)

W 17–0 52,223 October 20at Auburn

L 14–17 56,319 October 27Tulanedagger

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia

W 42–12 46,370 November 3at Duke*

W 20–9 44,000 November 10Florida State*

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia

T 14–14 43,802 November 17No. 1 Alabama

  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia

W 7–6 52,971 December 1at Georgia

W 37–6 55,000 December 22vs. Missouri*

CBSL 10–14 55,000

Template:CFB Schedule End 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