1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Coaches' Poll National Champions ACC champion Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 45–21 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
1990 record	11–0–1 (6–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Ross
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	George O'Leary
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field

1990 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Georgia Tech $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
#9 Clemson	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#23 Virginia	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Duke	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1990 AFCA National Championship Trophy awarded to Georgia Tech

The 1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Jackets posted an undefeated 11–0–1 record. For the season the Yellow Jackets offense scored 379 points while the defense allowed 186 points. Highlights from the season included a nationally televised win over #1 Virginia on the road and a defeat of archrival Georgia for the second consecutive year. George Tech capped off the season by defeating Nebraska, 45–21, in the Florida Citrus Bowl. Head coach Bobby Ross and the Yellow Jackets were awarded a share of the national championship, winning the UPI Poll title by one vote over Colorado, who controversially won the AP Poll title.^[1]

Regular season

Main article: Toe meets leather

The most notable victory for the Yellow Jackets came on November 3 against #1 ranked Virginia at Scott Stadium. The game was televised nationally by CBS with Jim Nantz handling play-by-play duties. Georgia Tech won 41–38 thanks to a 37-yard field goal by Scott Sisson with seven seconds remaining.^[2]

Georgia Tech ended the season 11–0–1, with the lone tie coming against North Carolina.^[3] The team won the Coaches Poll by a single point, 847–846, over the AP national champion, Colorado.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	12:00 PM	NC State		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	JPS	W 21–13	40,021
September 22	1:00 PM	Chattanooga*		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA		W 44–9	32,911
September 29	4:00 PM	No. 25 South Carolina*		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 27–6	46,011
October 6	12:00 PM	at Maryland	No. 23	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	JPS	W 31–3	31,941
October 13	12:00 PM	No. 15 Clemson	No. 18	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	JPS	W 21–19	46,066
October 20	1:30 PM	at North Carolina	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC		T 13–13	48,000
October 27	12:00 PM	Duke	No. 16	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	JPS	W 48–31	44,061
November 3	2:00 PM	at No. 1 Virginia	No. 16	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	CBS	W 41–38	49,700
November 10	1:00 PM	Virginia Tech*	No. 7	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA		W 6–3	43,011
November 17	1:00 PM	at Wake Forest	No. 4	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		W 42–7	13,493
December 1	12:30 PM	at Georgia*	No. 2	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	TBS	W 40–23	82,122
January 1	1:30 PM	vs. No. 19 Nebraska*	No. 2	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl)	ABC	W 45–21	72,328
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources.^[3]^[5]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Calvin Tiggle	Linebacker	7	174	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jim Lavin	Guard	10	268	Cincinnati Bengals
Willie "Big Play" Clay	Cornerback	8	221	Detroit Lions

Source.^[6]

References

↑ Clarke, Michael (September 16, 2005) Football Program Builds on Strong History. The Technique. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
↑ "The Brawl For It All". Georgia Tech Athletic Association. September 21, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
1 2 1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results. College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
↑ Stone, Gene (January 3, 1991). "Tech Scores Split Decision, is Voted No. 1 by Coaches". Gadsden Times. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
↑ 1990 Final Stats. Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
↑ 1991 NFL Draft. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football—UPI national champions

William Bell Willie Clay Marco Coleman Shawn Jones Mike Mooney Coleman Rudolph Scott Sisson Calvin Tiggle Head coach: Bobby Ross Assistant coaches: Chuck Bresnahan Ralph Friedgen Mark Hendrickson George O'Leary Chuck Priefer Danny Smith

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Venues	Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Bobby Dodd Stadium (1913–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Tulane Virginia Tech

Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game Toe meets leather

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

Atlantic Coast Conference football champions

Duke & Maryland (1953) Duke (1954) Duke & Maryland (1955) Clemson (1956) NC State (1957) Clemson (1958) Clemson (1959) Duke (1960) Duke (1961) Duke (1962) North Carolina & NC State (1963) NC State (1964) Clemson & NC State (1965) Clemson (1966) Clemson (1967) NC State (1968) South Carolina (1969) Wake Forest (1970) North Carolina (1971) North Carolina (1972) NC State (1973) Maryland (1974) Maryland (1975) Maryland (1976) North Carolina (1977) Clemson (1978) NC State (1979) North Carolina (1980) Clemson (1981) Clemson (1982) Maryland (1983) Maryland (1984) Maryland (1985) Clemson (1986) Clemson (1987) Clemson (1988) Duke & Virginia (1989) Georgia Tech (1990) Clemson (1991) Florida State (1992) Florida State (1993) Florida State (1994) Florida State & Virginia (1995) Florida State (1996) Florida State (1997) Florida State & Georgia Tech (1998) Florida State (1999) Florida State (2000) Maryland (2001) Florida State (2002) Florida State (2003) Virginia Tech (2004) Florida State (2005) Wake Forest (2006) Virginia Tech (2007) Virginia Tech (2008) Georgia Tech (2009) vacated Virginia Tech (2010) Clemson (2011) Florida State (2012) Florida State (2013) Florida State (2014) Clemson (2015) Clemson (2016)

National championships in bold

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