1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–8 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dwain Painter (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (2nd season)
Captain	Rob Horton Dean Waters Ron Rice
Home stadium	Grant Field

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
No. 11 Clemson *	0	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
$ – Conference champion * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. In their first year as full members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team finished in third with a final record of 3–8 (3–2 ACC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at No. 14 Alabama*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		L 7–20	77,143
September 17	Furman*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 14–17	24,311
September 24	at Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–41	73,000
October 1	No. 5 North Carolina	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		L 21–38	34,000
October 8	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 20–10	40,800
October 15	No. 5 Auburn*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 13–31	55,112
October 22	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		L 3–37	94,768
October 29	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 26–32	17,650
November 3	Virginia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	TBS	W 31–27	22,032
November 12	Wake Forest	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 49–33	26,330
November 26	No. 7 Georgia*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		L 24–27	59,113
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.

Roster

1983 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Robert Lavette TE 9 Ken Whisenhunt OL Derek Gwinn OL Dean Waters	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Bobby Hodge DL Donnie Chisholm LB Rob Horton LB Dante Jones LB Pat Swilling LB Ted Roof CB 22 Jack Westbrook DB Mike Travis	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Curry Coordinators/assistant coaches Dwain Painter – Offensive coordinator Rip Scherer – Running backs Keith Colson – Wide receivers Tim Harkness – Wide receivers/Tight ends Dan Dorazio – Offensive line Mac McWhorter – Offensive line Rick Lantz – Defensive coordinator Larry New – Defensive line John Guy – Outside linebackers Rick Smith – Defensive backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt