2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ACC champion (vacated)
ACC Coastal Division champion
ACC Championship Game, W 39–34 vs. Clemson (vacated)
Orange Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Iowa
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record10–3, 1 win vacated (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeFlexbone triple option
Defensive coordinatorDave Wommack (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 55,000)
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 24 Clemson x   6 2     9 5  
Boston College   5 3     8 5  
Florida State   4 4     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 7  
NC State   2 6     5 7  
Maryland   1 7     2 10  
Coastal Division
No. 13 Georgia Tech * x$   7 1     11 3  
No. 10 Virginia Tech   6 2     10 3  
No. 19 Miami (FL)   5 3     9 4  
North Carolina *   0 4     0 5  
Duke   3 5     5 7  
Virginia   2 6     3 9  
Championship: Georgia Tech 39, Clemson 34
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second year head coach Paul Johnson. Georgia Tech played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field in Atlanta.

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in ACC play, represented the coastal division in the ACC Championship Game where they defeated Atlantic Division champion Clemson 39–34 to earn the ACC's automatic bid to the BCS. The Yellow Jackets would be invited to the FedEx Orange Bowl where they lost 24–14 to Iowa. Later in 2011 the ACC Championship was vacated by the NCAA due to the circumstances surrounding an improper benefits investigation. While some reports indicate that Georgia Tech was ordered to vacate their losses to Georgia and in the Orange Bowl, the losses are still recognized by the school.[1][2]

  1. ^ Steve Wieberg (July 14, 2011). "Georgia Tech stripped of 2009 ACC title win due to NCAA violations". USA Today. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  2. ^ Brett McMurphy (July 14, 2011). "Georgia Tech vacates 2009 ACC Title". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012.