1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 10–14 vs. Missouri
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
Record7–3–1 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainTom Winingder
Home stadiumGrant Field
(Capacity: 53,000)
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Ole Miss $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 5 Alabama 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 7 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Florida 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 3
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Tulane 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Grant Field in Atlanta
.

On November 17, 1962, Georgia Tech pulled off a huge upset over defending national champions

Coaches' Poll. They were invited to the 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Missouri.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 22Clemson*
W 26–951,140[3]
September 29at FloridaNo. 8
W 17–046,000[4]
October 6LSUNo. 5
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
NBCL 7–1049,744[5]
October 13Tennessee
W 17–052,223[6]
October 20at Auburn
L 14–1756,319[7]
October 27Tulanedagger
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 42–1246,370[8]
November 3at
Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
    		• W 20–944,000[9]
    November 10Florida State*
    • Grant Field
    • Atlanta, GA
    		T 14–1443,802[10]
    November 17No. 1 Alabama
    		W 7–652,971[11]
    December 1at Georgia
    		W 37–655,000[12]
    December 22vs. Missouri*
    		CBSL 10–1455,000[13]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    References

    1. ^ "First Tide Defeat". New York Times. November 18, 1962. p. S1.
    2. ^ "1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
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    14. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 171


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