2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2012 football 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division ACC 7–7 5–3 Paul Johnson 5th Flexbone triple option Al Groh (3rd season; first six games)Charles Kelly (interim; remainder of season) 3–4 Bobby Dodd Stadium ACC Coastal Division championSun Bowl champion ACC Championship Game L 15–21 vs. Florida State Sun Bowl W 21–7 vs. USC The 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 7–7, 5–3 in ACC play to share the Coastal Division Championship with Miami and North Carolina. With Miami and North Carolina on post seasons bans, Georgia Tech represented the division in the ACC Championship Game where they were defeated by Florida State. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated USC. Previous season They finished the 2011 Season at 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they were defeated by Utah 30-27 in OT. Schedule http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/geot-m-footbl-sched.html Football: 2012 Schedule Georgia Tech Athletic Association April 8, 2012 August 10, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110810093316/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/geot-m-footbl-sched.html dead 2012 Coaches' Eastern September 3 8:00 pm l y Virginia Tech 16 Battle of the Techs Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA 17–20 OT 65,632 September 8 7:00 pm w y Presbyterian Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 59–3 41,678 September 15 3:30 pm w Virginia Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 56–20 44,225 September 22 3:00 pm l Miami (FL) Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 36–42 OT 50,390 September 29 12:00 pm l y Middle Tennessee Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 28–49 39,270 October 6 3:30 pm l y Clemson 15 rivalry Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC 31–47 82,873 October 20 3:00 pm w Boston College Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 37–17 40,112 October 27 3:00 pm l y y BYU Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 17–41 50,103 November 3 12:30 pm w y Maryland Byrd Stadium College Park, MD 33–13 33,471 November 10 12:30 pm w y North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 68–50 50,000 November 17 3:30 pm w Duke Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA 42–24 41,904 November 24 12:00 pm l y y Georgia 3 Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Sanford Stadium Athens, GA 10–42 92,746 December 1 7:45 pm l y Florida State 13 ACC Championship Game Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 15–21 64,778 December 31 2:00 pm w y y USC Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX 21–7 47,922 Rankings 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 6 7 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR References Georgia Tech Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons Category:Sun Bowl champion seasons Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football Category:2012 in Atlanta