2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 24 8–5 4–4 George O'Leary 8th regular season Mac McWhorter bowl game Bill O'Brien 1st Shotgun & Ace Ted Roof 3rd Bobby Dodd Stadium Seattle Bowl champion Seattle Bowl W 24–14 vs. Stanford The 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented Georgia Tech as member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Eighth-year head coach George O'Leary led the team throughout the regular season before resigning to accept the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame. Offensive line coach Mac McWhorter was appotined interim head coach for the team's bowl game. The Yellow Jackets compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth in the ACC. Georgia Tech was invited to the Seattle Bowl, where the Yellow Jackets defeated Stanford. The team played home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. Schedule 2001 AP Eastern August 26 2:00 pm w y y 10 Syracuse Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ ABC Kickoff Classic 13–7 41,517 September 1 6:00 pm w y 11 The Citadel Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 35–7 41,804 September 8 12:00 pm w y y 10 Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD FSN 70–7 30,602 September 29 3:30 pm l 9 Clemson Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA rivalry ABC 44–47 OT 41,924 October 6 1:00 pm w y 17 Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC 37–10 10,431 October 11 7:30 pm l 15 Maryland 22 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN 17–20 OT 40,574 October 20 3:30 pm w 23 NC State Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ABC 27–17 41,942 November 1 7:30 pm w 23 North Carolina 22 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN 28–21 41,893 November 10 3:15 pm l y 20 Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA 38–39 52,494 November 17 12:00 pm w y Wake Forest Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC JPS 38–33 24,263 November 24 7:45 pm l y 21 Georgia 19 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate ESPN 17–31 41,974 December 1 3:30 pm l y Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN 17–28 82,269 December 27 4:00 pm w y y Stanford 11 Safeco Field Seattle, WA Seattle Bowl ESPN 24–14 30,144 Preseason Coming off three consecutive seasons with New Year's Day bowl appearances and wins over the rival Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech was expected to contend for the national championship in 2001. In 2000, quarterback George Godsey had picked up where his predecessor Joe Hamilton had left off, passing for 2,906 yards and 23 touchdowns against just 6 interceptions. Armed with targets like Kelly Campbell for his senior season, a number of preseason magazines named Godsey to first-team all-conference honors, and pundits predicted that a loaded Georgia Tech team would win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with the departure of many key players from the defending champion Florida State Seminoles. Roster 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets f 85 Fr Salih Besirevic TE 8 Fr Trevor Browman WR 63 Jr Tim Brown G 35 Sr Joe Burns Joe Burns (American football) RB y 6 Sr Kelly Campbell WR y 5 So Nate Curry WR 48 Fr P. J. Daniels RB y 70 Fr Nat Dorsey T y 2 Jr Sidney Ford RB 89 So John Paul Foschi TE y 11 Sr George Godsey QB y 3 Jr Will Glover WR 13 So Andy Hall QB 72 Fr Brad Honeycutt G 84 So Will Hunter TE y 88 Jr Brian Lee TE 45 Sr Ross Mitchell FB 61 Sr David Schmidgall C 82 So Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (wide receiver) WR y 9 Jr Kerry Watkins WR 99 Fr Omar Billy DT 22 Fr James Butler FS 23 So Joanthan Cox CB 4 Jr Corey Collins SS 59 Jr Matthew Eiheridge LB 44 Fr Tony Hargrove DE y 96 Jr Gary Johnson DT 21 Sr Marty O'Leary FS 38 Sr Nick Rogers Nick Rogers (American football) DE y 51 So Daryl Smith Daryl Smith (linebacker) LB y 56 Fr Scott Wolf DE 33 Sr Chris Young SS 4 Jr Max DiPace K 30 Jr Dan Dyke P http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/072202aaa.html George O'Leary (regular season) Mac McWhorter (bowl game) Bill O'Brien – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Glenn Spencer – Running backs David Kelly – Wide receivers Geoff Collins – Tight ends Mac McWhorter – Offensive line/assistant head coach Ted Roof – Defensive coordinator/linebackers Peter McCarty – Defensive tackles Lance Thompson – Defensive ends/recruiting coordinator Danny Crossman – Defensive backs/special teams References Georgia Tech Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons Category:Seattle Bowl champion seasons Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football