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2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2001
team	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
sport	football
image	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
image_size	125
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
APRank	24
record	8–5
conf_record	4–4
head_coach	George O'Leary
hc_year	8th
hc_games	regular season
head_coach2	Mac McWhorter
hc_games2	bowl game
off_coach	Bill O'Brien
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Shotgun & Ace
def_coach	Ted Roof
dc_year	3rd
stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium
champion	Seattle Bowl champion
bowl	[Seattle Bowl](2001-seattle-bowl)
bowl_result	W 24–14 vs. [Stanford](2001-stanford-cardinal-football-team)

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

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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

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

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