2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They are members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 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 27–30 in overtime.

2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sun Bowl vs Utah, L 27–30 OT
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Paul Johnson (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Flexbone triple option
Defensive coordinator	Al Groh (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 22 Clemson x$		6	–	2					10	–	4
Wake Forest		5	–	3					6	–	7
No. 23 Florida State		5	–	3					9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Boston College		3	–	5					4	–	8
Maryland		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal Division
No. 21 Virginia Tech x%		7	–	1					11	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		3	–	5					6	–	6
North Carolina		3	–	5					7	–	6
Duke		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 pm	Western Carolina*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	W 63–21	42,132
September 10	6:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee*		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	W 49–21	30,501
September 17	12:30 pm	Kansas*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	FSN	W 66–24	42,025
September 24	12:00 pm	North Carolina	No. 24	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 35–28	46,849
October 1	3:30 pm	at NC State	No. 21	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC/ESPN	W 45–35	55,811
October 8	12:00 pm	Maryland	No. 13	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	W 21–16	45,905[1]
October 15	3:30 pm	at Virginia	No. 12	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPNU	L 21–24	47,692[2]
October 22	3:30 pm	at Miami (FL)	No. 20	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	L 7–24	43,716[3]
October 29	8:00 pm	No. 6 Clemson		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–17	55,646[4]
November 10	8:00 pm	No. 10 Virginia Tech	No. 20	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Battle of the Techs)	ESPN	L 26–37	50,140[5]
November 19	12:30 pm	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 38–31	18,747
November 26	12:00 pm	No. 13 Georgia*	No. 25	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN	L 17–31	54,925
December 31	2:00 pm	vs. Utah*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 27–30 OT	48,123
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	RV	RV	25	21	13	12	20	RV	22	20	RV	25	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	24	21	13	12	19	RV	23	19	23	21	RV	RV
Harris	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	12	18	RV	21	19	24	22	RV	RV	Not released
BCS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	23	21	—	23	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

Clemson

1 2 3 4 Total Clemson 3 0 7 7 17 • Georgia Tech 7 17 7 0 31 Date: October 29 Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick, Craig James, and Jenn Brown

Scoring summary 1 8:45 CLEM Chandler Catanzaro 34-yard field goal CLEM 3-0 1 2:59 GT Orwin Smith 1-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 7-3 2 12:01 GT Justin Moore 23-yard field goal GT 10-3 2 5:44 GT Orwin Smith 3-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 17-3 2 0:37 GT Tevin Washington 3-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 24-3 3 13:34 CLEM Sammy Watkins 48-yard pass from Tajh Boyd (Chandler Catanzaro kick) GT 24-10 3 11:30 GT David Sims 11-yard run (Justin Moore kick) GT 31-10 4 14:47 CLEM Brandon Thomas recovered fumble in end zone (Chandler Catanzaro kick) GT 31-17

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