1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Aloha Bowl champion
Aloha Bowl, W 18–17 vs. Stanford
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–5 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Ross (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	George O'Leary (5th season)
Captains	Mike Mooney Willie Clay Steve Pharr
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium

The 1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Ross in his fifth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for second.

The defending national champions of the Coaches Poll, Georgia Tech finished with a disappointing five losses. They opened the year with a top-ten battle with Penn State in the Kickoff Classic, losing 22–34. Further losses to ACC foes Clemson and NC State knocked Georgia Tech out of the polls. They won 5 of their last 6, however, capped by a come-from-behind win over Stanford in the 1991 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 28	vs. No. 7 Penn State*	No. 8	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	Raycom	L 22–34	77,409	[1]
September 14	at Boston College*	No. 17	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 30–14	26,108	[2]
September 19	Virginia	No. 17	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 24–21	42,192	[3]
September 28	at No. 7 Clemson	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–9	83,194	[4]
October 5	at No. 19 NC State	No. 21	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	Raycom	L 21–28	44,105	[5]
October 12	Maryland		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 34–10	42,011	[6]
October 19	at South Carolina*		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 14–23	67,220	[7]
October 26	North Carolina		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 35–14	45,542	[8]
November 2	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 17–6	38,732	[9]
November 9	Furman*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 19–17	40,039	[10]
November 16	Wake Forest		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 27–3	38,124	[11]
November 30	No. 25 Georgia*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	Raycom	L 15–18	46,053	[12]
December 25	vs. No. 17 Stanford*		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	W 18–17	34,433	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

After the season

References