1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team information
American college football season
1979Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference
Independent
Record
4–6–1
Head coach
Pepper Rodgers (6th season)
Offensive coordinator
Larry Travis (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator
Jack Westbroook (2nd season)
Captain
Tom Daniel
Home stadium
Grant Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 6 Florida State
–
–
11
–
1
–
0
No. 7 Pittsburgh
–
–
11
–
1
–
0
UNLV
–
–
9
–
1
–
2
No. 17 Temple
–
–
10
–
2
–
0
Tulane
–
–
9
–
3
–
0
Rutgers
–
–
8
–
3
–
0
Tennessee State
–
–
8
–
3
–
0
East Carolina
–
–
7
–
3
–
1
No. 20 Penn State
–
–
8
–
4
–
0
South Carolina
–
–
8
–
4
–
0
Navy
–
–
7
–
4
–
0
Notre Dame
–
–
7
–
4
–
0
Southern Miss
–
–
6
–
4
–
1
Syracuse
–
–
7
–
5
–
0
Colgate
–
–
5
–
4
–
1
Boston College
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
Holy Cross
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
Memphis State
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
Miami (FL)
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
North Texas State
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
Villanova
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
Virginia Tech
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
West Virginia
–
–
5
–
6
–
0
Georgia Tech
–
–
4
–
6
–
1
Louisville
–
–
4
–
6
–
1
William & Mary
–
–
4
–
7
–
0
Illinois State
–
–
3
–
8
–
0
Northeast Louisiana
–
–
3
–
8
–
0
Army
–
–
2
–
8
–
1
Air Force
–
–
2
–
9
–
0
Cincinnati
–
–
2
–
9
–
0
Richmond
–
–
0
–
11
–
0
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Pepper Rodgers, in his sixth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Rodgers was fired as head coach after a 4–6–1 campaign.[1]
^McCollister, Tom (December 19, 1979). "Georgia Tech Fires Pepper Rodgers". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1A.
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