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2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Atlantic Coast Conference
7–6 (5–3 ACC)
Brent Key (1st season)
Buster Faulkner (1st season)
Chris Weinke (1st season)
Pro spread
Kevin Sherrer (1st season)
4–2–5
Bobby Dodd Stadium

The 2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by Brent Key in his first full year as Georgia Tech's head coach. They played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

The season is notable for upsets of North Carolina and Miami, both of which were ranked 17th at the time of the game. In a back-and-forth shootout, Georgia Tech scored 22 points in the final 13 minutes to defeat the Tar Heels 46–42. The North Carolina game was ranked as one of the 25 best games of the season by ESPN's Bill Connelly.

The Miami game was marked by Miami's decision to run the ball instead of taking a knee in the final 40 seconds, leading to a fumble recovered by Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech went on to drive 74 yards in four plays, and score a touchdown with 2 seconds on the clock to upset the previously undefeated Hurricanes.

Georgia Tech would finish fourth in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets ended the season with a win over UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl, their first bowl game and first winning record since 2018.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team drew an average home attendance of 36,290 in 2023.

One Yellow Jacket was selected in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Team	Round	Pick
Keion White	DE	New England Patriots	2	46

Player	Position	Destination
Demetrius Knight	LB	Charlotte
Jude Kelley	K	Chattanooga
Ryan King	WR	East Carolina
RJ Adams	OL	Lackawanna College
Taisun Phommachanh	QB	UMass
Derrik Allen	S	North Carolina
Paula Vaipulu	OL	North Texas
Nate McCollum	WR	North Carolina
Dylan McDuffie	RB	Kansas
Jeff Sims	QB	Nebraska
Kalani Norris	WR	Middle Tennessee
Zamari Walton	CB	Ole Miss
Jeremiah Smith	S	Unknown
Kenny Bennett	CB	Unknown
Jalen Huff	CB	Florida Atlantic
Grey Carroll	DE	Liberty
Ben Postma	TE	Unknown
Antonio Martin	RB	Unknown
Khatavian Franks	LB	Duquesne
K.J. Miles	DE	Temple
Akelo Stone	DL	Ole Miss

Player	Position	Previous School
Christian Leary	WR	Alabama
Jordan Brown	OL	Charlotte
Etinosa Reuben	DL	Clemson
Abdul Janneh	WR	Duquesne
Brett Seither	TE	Georgia
Dominick Blaylock	WR	Georgia
Paul Moala	LB	Idaho
Omar Daniels	S	Kansas State
Trevion Cooley	RB	Louisville
Braelen Oliver	LB	Minnesota
Justin Brown	S	Mississippi State
Austin Dean	LB	Rutgers
Andre White Jr.	LB	Texas A&M
Chase Lane	WR	Texas A&M
Haynes King	QB	Texas A&M
Jackson Long	TE	South Florida
Eddie Kelly	DL	South Florida

Georgia Tech and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Georgia Tech with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Yellow Jackets three set conference opponents for the next four years are: Clemson, Louisville, and Wake Forest. As such, this is the first season since 1932 that the Yellow Jackets didn't play rival Duke.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}September 1	7:30 p.m.	vs. Louisville	Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta, GA (Aflac Kickoff)	ESPN	L 34–39	36,101
September 9	1:00 p.m.	South Carolina State*	Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 48–13	31,452
September 16	7:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS	SECN	L 23–48	64,150
September 23	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumWinston-Salem, NC	The CW	W 30–16	32,528
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Bowling Green*	Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA	ACCN	L 27–38	30,097
October 7	8:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Miami (FL)	Hard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 23–20	58,045
October 21	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA	ACCN	L 23–38	35,656
October 28	8:00 p.m.	No. 17 North Carolina	Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA	ACCN	W 46–42	35,945
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA	The CW	W 45–17	42,606
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at Clemson	Memorial StadiumClemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–42	81,426
November 18	8:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA	ACCN	W 31–22	33,332
November 25	7:30 p.m.	No. 1 Georgia*	Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 23–31	51,447
December 22	6:30 p.m.	vs. UCF*	Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL (Gasparilla Bowl)	ESPN	W 30–17	30,281
*Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 2) - Released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time

Statistics	Louisville	Georgia Tech
First downs	21	23
Plays–yards	65–474	70-488
Rushes–yards	34–227	38–175
Passing yards	247	313
Passing: comp–att–int	18–31–1	19–32–1
Time of possession	29:54	30:06

Team	Category	Player
Passing	Jack Plummer	18/31, 247 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Jawhar Jordan	7 carries, 96 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Jamari Thrash	7 receptions, 88 yards, 2 TD
Passing	Haynes King	19/32, 313 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Haynes King	10 carries, 53 yards
Receiving	Malik Rutherford	5 receptions, 85 yards

Statistics	Georgia Tech	Ole Miss
First downs	26	19
Total yards	474	550
Passing yards	307	251
Rushes/yards	47/167	37/299
Penalties/yards	0/0	5/40
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	39:17	20:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Georgia Tech	Passing	Haynes King	28/41, 307 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Jamal Haynes	19 carries, 72 yards
Receiving	Eric Singleton Jr.	5 receptions, 97 yards, 1 TD
Ole Miss	Passing	Jaxson Dart	10/18, 251 yards, 1 TD
Rushing	Jaxson Dart	14 carries, 136 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Jordan Watkins	4 receptions, 119 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	Bowling Green	Georgia Tech
First downs	26	27
Plays–yards	438	417
Rushes–yards	45–175	32–69
Passing yards	263	348
Passing: comp–att–int	21–33–0	23–37–2
Time of possession	42:45	17:15

Team	Category	Player
Passing	Connor Bazelak	21/32, 263 yards, 1 TD
Rushing	Terion Stewart	26 carries, 138 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Finn Hogan	6 receptions, 102 yards, 1 TD
Passing	Haynes King	23/37, 348 yards, 4 TDS, 2 INTS
Rushing	Haynes King	10 carries, 28 yards
Receiving	Dominick Blaylock	7 receptions, 131 yards

Statistics	GT	MIA
First downs	12	23
Plays–yards	53–250	82–454
Rushes–yards	27–99	46–166
Passing yards	151	288
Passing: comp–att–int	12–26–2	24–36–3
Time of possession	24:34	35:26

Team	Category	Player
Passing	Haynes King	12/26, 151 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Haynes King	10 carries, 46 yards, TD
Receiving	Christian Leary	1 reception, 44 yards, TD
Passing	Tyler Van Dyke	24/36, 288 yards, TD, 3 INT
Rushing	Donald Chaney Jr.	23 carries, 103 yards
Receiving	Xavier Restrepo	11 receptions, 139 yards

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	3	0	13	6	22
Yellow Jackets	7	10	7	7	31

Statistics	UGA	GT
First downs	24	22
Total yards	437	363
Rushing yards	262	205
Passing yards	175	158
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	13-20	11-21
Time of possession	29:15	30:45

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Georgia	Passing	Carson Beck	13/20, 175 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Kendall Milton	18 carries, 156 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Dominic Lovett	5 receptions, 68 yards, TD
Georgia Tech	Passing	Haynes King	11/20, 158 yards
Rushing	Jamal Haynes	15 carries, 81 yards
Receiving	Eric Singleton, Jr.	4 receptions, 96 yards

Statistics	GT	UCF
First downs	21	19
Plays–yards	69–371	69–424
Rushes–yards	53–284	34–169
Passing yards	87	255
Passing: comp–att–int	7–13–1	17–33–1
Time of possession	33:30	26:30

Team	Category	Player
Passing	Haynes King	7/13, 87 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Jamal Haynes	18 carries, 128 yards
Receiving	Malik Rutherford	2 receptions, 40 yards, 1 TD
Passing	John Rhys Plumlee	16/29, 198 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	RJ Harvey	15 carries, 120 yards
Receiving	Javon Baker	9 receptions, 173 yards, 1 TD

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