1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Ross in his fifth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for second.

1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Aloha Bowl champion
Aloha Bowl, W 18–17 vs. Stanford
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1991 record	8–5 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Ross (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	George O'Leary (5th season)
Captain	Mike Mooney Willie Clay Steve Pharr
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium (Capacity: 43,719)

1991 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 24 NC State	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	5	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Duke	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The defending national champions of the Coaches Poll, Georgia Tech finished with a disappointing five losses. They opened the year with a top-ten battle with Penn State in the Kickoff Classic, losing 22–34. Further losses to ACC foes Clemson and NC State knocked Georgia Tech out of the polls. They won 5 of their last 6, however, capped by a come-from-behind win over Stanford in the 1991 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	vs. No. 7 Penn State*	No. 8	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	Raycom	L 22–34	77,409
September 14	at Boston College*	No. 17	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 30–14	26,108
September 19	Virginia	No. 17	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	W 24–21	42,192
September 28	at No. 7 Clemson	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–9	83,500
October 5	at No. 19 NC State	No. 21	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	Raycom	L 21–28	44,105
October 12	Maryland		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 34–10	42,011
October 19	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 14–23	62,220
October 26	North Carolina		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 35–14	45,542
November 2	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 17–6	38,732
November 9	Furman*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 19–17	40,039
November 16	Wake Forest		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom	W 27–3	38,124
November 30	No. 25 Georgia*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	Raycom	L 15–18	46,053
December 25	vs. No. 17 Stanford*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	W 18–17	34,433
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[1][2]

Roster

1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 36 William Bell Jr QB 10 Shawn Jones Jr OT 70 Mike Mooney Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 4 Willie Clay Sr LB 95 Marco Coleman Jr FS 1 Ken Swilling Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 9 Scott Sisson Jr	Head coach Bobby Ross Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

vs. Penn State

vs. Stanford (Aloha Bowl)

Georgia Tech vs. #17 Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total • Yellow Jackets 10 0 0 8 18 Cardinal 7 10 0 0 17 Date: December 25 Location: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI Game attendance: 34,433 Referee: Doyle Jackson TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, Jack Arute

References

1. "1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
2. 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 174