2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2015 Paul Johnson (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Flexbone triple option
Defensive coordinator	Ted Roof (3rd season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium
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2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	9
Boston College		0	–	8					3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Pittsburgh		6	–	2					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		5	–	3					8	–	5
Duke		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5					4	–	8
Georgia Tech		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in last place in the Coastal Division, losing six games by a margin of just seven points or less.

The season is perhaps best remembered for the “Miracle on Techwood,” in which the Yellow Jackets defeated No. 9 Florida State on a blocked field goal return for a touchdown as time expired. The defeat was the Seminoles’ first ACC loss in 1,113 days.^[1]

Before the season

Previous season

. Georgia Tech also had 3-1 record against top 25 ranked teams, including 2-0 record against SEC teams ranked in top 10.

Preseason

Head coach Paul Johnson returns for his eighth year at the helm of the program. Justin Thomas, who was Georgia Tech's starting quarterback in 2014, returns for his redshirt junior year.

Recruiting class

Spring game

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Georgia Tech	Alma mater
Paul Johnson	Head Coach	8	Western Carolina (1979)
Bryan Cook	Quarterbacks/B-Backs	3	Ithaca (1998)
Lamar S. Owens Jr.	A-Backs	8	Maryland (2008)
Al Preston	Wide Receivers	8	Hawaii (1982)
Mike Sewak	Offensive Line	8	Virginia (1981)
Ted Roof	Defensive Coordinator	3	Georgia Tech (1986)
Andy McCollum	Recruiting Coordinator	6	Austin Peay State (1981)
Mike Pelton	Defensive Line	3	Auburn (1999)
Joe Speed	Defensive Backs	6	Navy (1996)
Ray Rychleski	Special Teams Coordinator	2	Penn State (1979)
Reference:[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:30 pm	ACCRSN	W 69–6	49,196
September 12	3:30 pm	Tulane*	No. 15	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	W 65–10	50,435
September 19	3:30 pm	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 22–30	80,795
September 26	12:00 pm	at Duke	No. 20	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN2	L 20–34	20,101
October 3	3:30 pm	North Carolina		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	L 31–38	50,585
October 10	3:30 pm	at No. 6 ABC/ESPN2	L 24–43	80,983
October 17	12:30 pm	ACCN	L 28–31	46,208
October 24	7:00 pm	No. 9 ESPN2	W 22–16	55,000
October 31	3:00 pm	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ACCRSN	L 21–27	32,308
November 12	7:30 pm	ESPN	L 21–23	48,522
November 21	12:30 pm	at Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	L 21–38	51,355
November 28	12:00 pm	Georgia*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN2	L 7–13	55,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll (1–8) and CFP Poll (9–15) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

• Schedule source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	16	15	14	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	17	16	16	20	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

References