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The Yellow Jackets were led by tenth-year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They competed as a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136, 4\u20134 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Coastal Division.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsPrevious season[edit]Schedule[edit]Game summaries[edit]vs Tennessee[edit]Jacksonville State[edit]at UCF[edit]Pittsburgh[edit]North Carolina[edit]at Miami (FL)[edit]Wake Forest[edit]at Clemson[edit]at Virginia[edit]Virginia Tech[edit]at Duke[edit]Georgia[edit]Rankings[edit]Coaching staff[edit]References[edit]Previous season[edit]Georgia Tech ended the 2016 season with a 9-4 overall record, 4\u20134 in the ACC.  The Yellow Jackets ended the season winning six of their last seven games, defeating arch-rival Georgia in Athens by a score of 28\u201327, and finishing the season with a 33\u201318 win in the TaxSlayer Bowl over Kentucky.Schedule[edit]DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 48:00 p.m.vs. No.\u00a025 Tennessee*ESPNL 41\u201342 2OT75,107September 912:30 p.m.No.\u00a05 (FCS) Jacksonville State*ACCRSNW 37\u20131050,161September 167:30 p.m.at UCF*ESPNews Cancelled[2]September 2312:20 p.m.PittsburghBobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GAACCNW 35\u20131740,211September 3012:00 p.m.North CarolinaBobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GAESPN2W 33\u2013742,805October 143:30 p.m.at No.\u00a011 Miami (FL)ABCL 24\u20132555,799October 217:30 p.m.Wake ForestBobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GAESPNUW 38\u20132445,224October 288:00 p.m.at No.\u00a07 ClemsonABC\/ESPN2L 10\u20132480,346November 43:00 p.m.at VirginiaACCRSNL 36\u20134038,448November 1112:20 p.m.No.\u00a017 Virginia TechACCNW 28\u20132247,909November 183:30 p.m.at DukeACCRSNL 20\u20134320,141November 2512:00 p.m.No.\u00a07 Georgia*ABCL 7\u20133855,000*Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time[3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Game summaries[edit]vs Tennessee[edit]1234OT2OTTotalNo. 25 Volunteers077147742Yellow Jackets77777641Georgia Tech controlled the clock and dominated most of the game yardage wise, but gave up a key score in the final minutes of the 4th quarter. Georgia Tech had 2 missed field goal attempts that sent the game to overtime. During the second overtime, Coach Paul Johnson opted to try for a 2-point conversion to win the game there instead of kicking a point after try to tie the game and continue overtime play. Tennessee’s defense came up with the stop and the Volunteers held on to the 1 point victory.Jacksonville State[edit]1234TotalNo. 5 (FCS) Gamecocks07007Yellow Jackets3720737Georgia Tech had a poor offensive performance during the first half. Their only score was a touchdown after an interception gave the offense a short field. After some half time adjustments, Tech came storming out and put up 27 unanswered points to win the game.at UCF[edit]1234TotalYellow Jackets0Knights0The game was canceled due to the cleanup for Hurricane Irma.[4]Pittsburgh[edit]1234TotalPanthers7100017Yellow Jackets7147735Coach Pat Narduzzi of Pittsburgh a few days prior to the game criticized Georgia Tech’s use of cut blocks during their offensive possessions calling them “dangerous.”[5] After Georgia Tech’s win, Coach Paul Johnson criticized the Yellow Jacket offense for causing 4 turnovers and said they would not have won had they played a good team as what was described as a “snide” response to Narduzzi.[6]North Carolina[edit]1234TotalTar Heels00077Yellow Jackets7314933Georgia Tech received the opening kickoff and traded a few short drives with the Tar Heels before scoring on an 18-play drive. From then on, the Jackets dominated on both sides of the ball against a severely injured UNC team by using time of possession to their advantage and smothering the UNC offense. The Tar Heels scored late in the 4th quarter, against Tech’s backup defenders, to end a 5-quarter shutout streak. Both TaQuon Marshall and Kirvonte Benson tallied over 130 yards rushing each on the day. This was Tech’s first win against UNC in 4 years.at Miami (FL)[edit]1234TotalYellow Jackets7710024No. 11 Hurricanes3103925Tech led most of the game until the 4th quarter when Miami kept its chances alive with a long pass and miraculous catch. Miami would eventually kick the game winning field goal giving the Jackets their 2nd loss of the season.Wake Forest[edit]1234TotalDemon Deacons7143024Yellow Jackets310121338at Clemson[edit]1234TotalYellow Jackets300710No. 7 Tigers1473024at Virginia[edit]1234TotalYellow Jackets7714836Cavaliers310151240Virginia Tech[edit]1234TotalHokies367622Yellow Jackets777728at Duke[edit]1234TotalYellow Jackets7130020Blue Devils317101343Georgia[edit]1234TotalBulldogs71014738Yellow Jackets07007Despite coming within a touchdown near the end of the first half, Georgia Tech would go on to lose as Georgia would score 24 unanswered points in their way to a victory. Tech was officially disqualified from bowl eligibility with the loss causing their final record to be one win shy of qualifying.Rankings[edit]Ranking movementsLegend: \u2588\u2588 Increase in ranking. \u2588\u2588 Decrease in ranking.\u2014 = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.WeekPollPre1234567891011121314FinalAPRVRV\u2014\u2014\u2014RVRVRVRV\u2014\u2014RV\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014CoachesRVRV\u2014\u2014RVRVRVRVRV\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014CFPNot released\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014Not releasedCoaching staff[edit]  References[edit]^ “Georgia Tech Football: 2014 Football Information Guide”. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. 2014. p.\u00a020. Retrieved February 16, 2015.^ “Following Irma, UCF \u2013 Georgia Tech Called Off”. UCF Athletics (Press release). September 11, 2017. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.^ 2017 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Accessed April 14, 2017.^ “Following Irma, UCF – Georgia Tech Called Off”. UCF Athletics (Press release). September 11, 2017. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.^ Sugiura, Ken. “Pat Narduzzi: Georgia Tech using ‘dangerous’ blocks”. ajc.^ “Analyzing Georgia Tech’s win over Pittsburgh”.^ “2014 Georgia Tech Football Roster”. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved February 16, 2015.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/2017-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-football-team\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"2017 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team"}}]}]