The 2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by Brent Key in his first full year as Georgia Tech's head coach. They played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.
The season is notable for upsets of North Carolina and Miami, both of which were ranked 17th at the time of the game. In a back-and-forth shootout, Georgia Tech scored 22 points in the final 13 minutes to defeat the Tar Heels 46–42. The North Carolina game was ranked as one of the 25 best games of the season by ESPN's Bill Connelly.
The Miami game was marked by Miami's decision to run the ball instead of taking a knee in the final 40 seconds, leading to a fumble recovered by Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech went on to drive 74 yards in four plays, and score a touchdown with 2 seconds on the clock to upset the previously undefeated Hurricanes.
Georgia Tech would finish fourth in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets ended the season with a win over UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl, their first bowl game and first winning record since 2018.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team drew an average home attendance of 36,290 in 2023.
Offseason NFL draft
One Yellow Jacket was selected in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Keion WhiteDENew England Patriots246
Transfers Outgoing Demetrius KnightLBCharlotteJude KelleyKChattanoogaRyan KingWREast CarolinaRJ AdamsOLLackawanna CollegeTaisun PhommachanhQBUMassDerrik AllenSNorth CarolinaPaula VaipuluOLNorth TexasNate McCollumWRNorth CarolinaDylan McDuffieRBKansasJeff SimsQBNebraskaKalani NorrisWRMiddle TennesseeZamari WaltonCBOle MissJeremiah SmithSUnknownKenny BennettCBUnknownJalen HuffCBFlorida AtlanticGrey CarrollDELibertyBen PostmaTEUnknownAntonio MartinRBUnknownKhatavian FranksLBDuquesneK.J. MilesDETempleAkelo StoneDLOle Miss
Incoming Christian LearyWRAlabamaJordan BrownOLCharlotteEtinosa ReubenDLClemsonAbdul JannehWRDuquesneBrett SeitherTEGeorgiaDominick BlaylockWRGeorgiaPaul MoalaLBIdahoOmar DanielsSKansas StateTrevion CooleyRBLouisvilleBraelen OliverLBMinnesotaJustin BrownSMississippi StateAustin DeanLBRutgersAndre White Jr.LBTexas A&MChase LaneWRTexas A&MHaynes KingQBTexas A&MJackson LongTESouth FloridaEddie KellyDLSouth Florida
Schedule Georgia Tech and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Georgia Tech with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Yellow Jackets three set conference opponents for the next four years are: Clemson, Louisville, and Wake Forest. As such, this is the first season since 1932 that the Yellow Jackets didn't play rival Duke.
Game summaries
Louisville
South Carolina State
at No. 17 Ole Miss
Statistics Georgia Tech Ole Miss First downs 26 19 Total yards 474 550 Passing yards 307 251 Rushes/yards 47/167 37/299 Penalties/yards 0/0 5/40 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 39:17 20:43 Team Category Player StatisticsGeorgia Tech Passing Haynes King 28/41, 307 yards, 2 TD Rushing Jamal Haynes 19 carries, 72 yards Receiving Eric Singleton Jr. 5 receptions, 97 yards, 1 TDOle Miss Passing Jaxson Dart 10/18, 251 yards, 1 TD Rushing Jaxson Dart 14 carries, 136 yards, 2 TD Receiving Jordan Watkins 4 receptions, 119 yards, 1 TD
at Wake Forest
Bowling Green
at No. 17 Miami (FL)
Boston College
No. 17 North Carolina
at Virginia
at Clemson (rivalry)
Syracuse
No. 1 Georgia (rivalry)
Statistics UGAGT First downs 24 22 Total yards 437 363 Rushing yards 262 205 Passing yards 175 158 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 13-20 11-21 Time of possession 29:15 30:45 Team Category Player StatisticsGeorgia Passing Carson Beck 13/20, 175 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Kendall Milton 18 carries, 156 yards, 2 TD Receiving Dominic Lovett 5 receptions, 68 yards, TD Georgia Tech Passing Haynes King 11/20, 158 yards Rushing Jamal Haynes 15 carries, 81 yards Receiving Eric Singleton, Jr. 4 receptions, 96 yards
vs. UCF (Gasparilla Bowl)
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