1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Bud Carson and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 17–9 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 13
Record	9–3
Head coach	Bud Carson (4th season)
Captains	Jack Williams Rock Perdoni
Home stadium	Grant Field

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame			–					10	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech			–					9	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston			–					8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane			–					8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
Florida State			–					7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	0
Utah State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					3	–	7	–	0
Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	9	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	9	–	0
Army			–					1	–	9	–	1
Xavier			–					1	–	9	–	0
Holy Cross			–					0	–	10	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia Tech started the year with four straight victories, climbing to 13th in the AP Poll. Two losses to ranked rivals Tennessee and Auburn knocked them out of the polls. After racking up three more wins, they traveled to Notre Dame and almost pulled off an upset over the No. 1 team in the country, as the Fighting Irish needed a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Yellow Jackets. The close loss actually brought Georgia Tech back into the polls, at 16th. After defeating rival Georgia, they were invited to the 1970 Sun Bowl, where they defeated Texas Tech, 17–9.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12		No. 17 South Carolina		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 23–20	51,206
September 19		Florida State		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 23–13	50,324
September 26	2:00 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 19	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 31–21	44,246
October 3		Clemson	No. 15	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 28–7	50,113
October 10		No. 20 Tennessee	No. 13	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 6–17	59,624
October 17		at No. 8 Auburn	No. 16	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 7–31	62,391
October 24		Tulane		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 20–6	32,129
October 31		at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 24–16	32,650
November 7	2:00 p.m.	Navy		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 30–8	50,105
November 14		at No. 1 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		L 7–10	59,075
November 28		at Georgia	No. 16	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 17–7	59,803
December 19		vs. No. 19 Texas Tech	No. 13	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 17–9	30,512
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Eddie McAshan So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bud Carson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt