1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Hall of Fame Classic champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
Record9–2–1 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDwain Painter (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDon Lindsey (2nd season)
CaptainJohn Ivemeyer
Ted Roof
Mike Snow
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Maryland $ 6 0 0 9 3 0
No. 19 Georgia Tech 5 1 0 9 2 1
Virginia 4 3 0 6 5 0
Clemson 4 3 0 6 6 0
North Carolina 3 4 0 5 6 0
Duke 2 5 0 4 7 0
NC State 2 5 0 3 8 0
Wake Forest 1 6 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by sixth-year head coach Bill Curry and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their third season as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, they finished in second with an ACC record of 5–1. They were invited to the 1985 Hall of Fame Classic bowl game, where they defeated Michigan State, 17–14. The Yellow Jackets finished ranked in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll for the first time in 15 years.