1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–10
Head coach	Bill Curry (2nd season)
Captain	Dave Lutz Lance Skelton Mark Bradley Ken Carney
Home stadium	Grant Field (Capacity: 58,121)

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Miami (FL)		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by second-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech produced abysmal results for the second consecutive year under Curry, finishing with a record of 1–10, their worst season in terms of winning percentage in school history (it would later be matched by another 1-10 season in 1994). Their sole win was a season-opening upset victory over the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in Birmingham.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	at No. 2 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	ESPN	W 24–21	78,865
September 19	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida		L 6–27	63,876
September 26	Memphis State	Grant Field Atlanta		L 15–28	32,463
October 3	No. 6 North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia		L 7–28	39,263
October 10	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)		L 7–10	94,478
October 17	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)		L 7–31	50,263
October 24	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans		L 10–27	37,431
October 31	Duke	Grant Field Atlanta		L 24–38	30,232
November 7	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana		L 3–35	59,075
November 14	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia		L 14–20	20,129
December 5	No. 2 Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 7–44	58,623
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1981 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Mike Kelley Sr OT 78 Dave Lutz Jr QB 12 Jim Bob Taylor Jr G 64 Ben Utt Sr TE 9 Ken Whisenhunt So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 22 Jack Westbrook So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Curry Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt