1988 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1988 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–8 (0–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRalph Friedgen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge O'Leary (2nd season)
CaptainEric Bearden
Cedric Stallworth
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Clemson $ 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Virginia 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
NC State 4 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
Wake Forest 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Maryland 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Duke 3 – 3 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Georgia Tech 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1988 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by second-year head coach Bobby Ross, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, the first season under that name after it was renamed in honor of the legendary Georgia Tech head coach. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference
, finishing in last and failing to a win a conference game for the second consecutive season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10Chattanooga*
W 24–1022,720[1]
September 17at Virginia
RaycomL 16–1724,800[2]
September 24No. 12 Clemson
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 13–3045,106[3]
October 1NC State
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
RaycomL 6–1436,892[4]
October 8at Maryland
RaycomL 8–1336,969[5]
October 15No. 8 South Carolina*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 34–045,103[6]
October 22at
Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
    		• L 17–2042,000[7]
    October 29Dukedagger
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		L 21–3140,393[8]
    November 5VMI*
    • Bobby Dodd Stadium
    • Atlanta, GA
    		W 34–726,923[9]
    November 12at Wake Forest
    		L 24–2821,500[10]
    November 26at No. 20
    TBS
    		L 3–2482,011[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    Roster

    1988 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    RB Jerry Mays Jr
    OL Mike Mooney Fr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DB Ken Swilling Fr
    LB Willis Crockett Sr
    DE Sean Smith Jr
    DB Willie Clay Fr
    DB Mike MacIntyre
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

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    13. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 174
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