1987 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (0–6 ACC) |
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| Captain | Ivery Lee Malcolm King |
| Home stadium | Grant Field (Capacity: 46,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Bobby Ross, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta, the last season under that name before the stadium was renamed in honor of legendary Georgia Tech head coach Bobby Dodd. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in last and failing to a win a conference game.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 12 | The Citadel* | W 51–12 | 31,211 | ||
| September 19 | North Carolina |
| L 23–30 | 33,151 | |
| September 26 | at No. 9 Clemson | Raycom | L 12–33 | 80,000 | |
| October 3 | at NC State | Raycom | L 0–17 | 36,300 | |
| October 10 | Indiana State* |
| W 38–0 | 30,039 | |
| October 17 | No. 5 Auburn* |
| L 10–20 | 45,559 | |
| October 24 | at No. 13 Tennessee* | L 15–29 | 93,011 | ||
| October 31 | at Duke | L 14–48 | 30,800 | ||
| November 7 | Virginia |
| Raycom | L 14–23 | 38,111 |
| November 21 | Wake Forest |
| L 6–33 | 21,114 | |
| November 28 | No. 14 Georgia* |
| ESPN | L 16–30 | 45,103 |
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References
- ^ "1987 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 174
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