1963 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1963 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBilly Lothridge
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Ole Miss $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
No. 5 Auburn 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Alabama 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 4 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
LSU 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Florida 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Vanderbilt 0 – 5 – 2 1 – 7 – 2
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Tulane 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1963 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Grant Field in Atlanta. For the final time before becoming independent, they competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in sixth.[1] Quarterback Billy Lothridge threw for 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns and finished in 2nd in the Heisman Trophy
voting.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 14
ABC
W 9–043,000[2]
September 28Clemson*No. 9
W 27–033,916[3]
October 5at LSUNo. 7
L 6–767,500[4]
October 12at Tennessee
W 23–751,527[5]
October 19AuburnNo. 8
L 21–2953,091[6]
October 26at Tulane
W 17–315,000[7]
November 2Duke*dagger
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–652,266[8]
November 9Florida State*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 15–749,804[9]
November 16at No. 7 Alabama
L 11–2754,000[10]
November 30Georgia
W 14–353,052[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "1963 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
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  12. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 171


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