1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Peach Bowl, L 21–41 vs. Purdue
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–5
Head coach
CaptainEddie Lee Ivery
Don Patterson
Jeff Shank
Mike Taylor
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Penn State       11 1 0
North Texas State       9 2 0
East Carolina       9 3 0
Navy       9 3 0
No. 7 Notre Dame       9 3 0
Rutgers       9 3 0
Florida State       8 3 0
Tennessee State       8 3 0
Temple       7 3 1
Pittsburgh       8 4 0
Holy Cross       7 4 0
Louisville       7 4 0
UNLV       7 4 0
Southern Miss       7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana       6 4 1
Georgia Tech       7 5 0
Hawaii       6 5 0
Miami (FL)       6 5 0
South Carolina       5 5 1
William & Mary       5 5 1
Cincinnati       5 6 0
Villanova       5 6 0
Army       4 6 1
Memphis State       4 7 0
Tulane       4 7 0
Virginia Tech       4 7 0
Air Force       3 8 0
Colgate       3 8 0
Richmond       3 8 0
Syracuse       3 8 0
Illinois State       2 9 0
West Virginia       2 9 0
Boston College       0 11 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Grant Field in Atlanta. The team was invited to the 1978 Peach Bowl, held just three miles from their home stadium in Atlanta, where they lost to Purdue
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On November 11, 1978 at Air Force Tech running back Eddie Lee Ivery rushed for 356 yards. At the time it set a new record for rushing yards in a game by a player.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9at DukeL 10–2827,865[1]
September 16CaliforniaL 22–3426,577
September 23Tulane
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 27–1725,805[2]
September 30The Citadel
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 28–021,802[3]
October 7South Carolina
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 6–336,128[4]
October 14Miami (FL)
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 24–1929,695
October 21at AuburnABCW 24–1059,111[5]
October 28Floridadagger
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
ABCW 17–1344,866[6]
November 11at Air ForceW 42–2119,564
November 18No. 10 Notre DameNo. 20
L 21–3854,526
December 2at No. 11 GeorgiaABCL 28–2959,700[7]
December 25vs. No. 17 PurdueCBSL 21–4120,277
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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  8. ^ "1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  9. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 173