2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
American college football season
The 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Yellow Jackets were led by fifth year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium . They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 7–7, 5–3 in ACC play to share the Coastal Division Championship with Miami and North Carolina . With Miami and North Carolina on post seasons bans, Georgia Tech represented the division in the ACC Championship Game where they were defeated by Florida State . They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they defeated USC .
Previous season
They finished the 2011 Season at 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they were defeated by Utah 30-27 in OT.
Schedule
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Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 8:00 pm at No. 15 Virginia Tech ESPN L 17–20 OT 65,632
September 8 7:00 pm Presbyterian * ESPN3 W 59–341,678
September 15 3:30 pm Virginia Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPNU W 56–2044,225
September 22 3:00 pm Miami (FL) Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ACC RSN L 36–42 OT 50,390
September 29 12:00 pm Middle Tennessee * Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ACC RSN L 28–4939,270
October 6 3:30 pm at No. 15 Clemson ESPN L 31–4782,873
October 20 3:00 pm Boston College Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ACC RSN W 37–1740,112
October 27 3:00 pm BYU * Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ACC RSN L 17–4150,103
November 3 12:30 pm at Maryland ACCN W 33–1333,471
November 10 12:30 pm at North Carolina ACCN W 68–5050,000
November 17 3:30 pm Duke Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPNU W 42–2441,904
November 24 12:00 pm at No. 3 Georgia * ESPN L 10–4292,746
December 1 7:45 pm vs. No. 13 Florida State ESPN L 15–2164,778
December 31 2:00 pm vs. USC * CBS W 21–747,922
Rankings
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References
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