1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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)
Captain	Jack Williams Rock Perdoni
Home stadium	Grant Field
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

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.

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 #1 team in the country, as the Fighting Irish needed a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Yellow Jackets.^[1] 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.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	No. 17 South Carolina		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 23–20	51,206	[2]
September 19	Florida State		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 23–13	50,324	[3]
September 26	Miami (FL)	No. 19	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 31–21	44,246	[4]
October 3	Clemson	No. 15	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 28–7	50,113	[5]
October 10	No. 20 Tennessee	No. 13	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 6–17	59,624	[6]
October 17	at No. 8 Auburn	No. 16	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 7–31	62,391	[7]
October 24	Tulane		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 20–6	32,129	[8]
October 31	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 24–16	32,650	[9]
November 7	Navy		Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 30–8	50,105	[10]
November 14	at No. 1 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)		L 7–10	59,075	[11]
November 28	at Georgia	No. 16	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 17–7	59,803	[12]
December 19	vs. No. 19 Texas Tech	No. 13	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 17–9	30,512	[13]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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