1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 10–14 vs. Missouri
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
Record7–3–1 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainTom Winingder
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Ole Miss $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 5 Alabama 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 7 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Florida 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 3
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Tulane 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 18th-year head coach Bobby Dodd, and played their home games at the newly expanded Grant Field in Atlanta.

On November 17, 1962, Georgia Tech pulled off a huge upset over defending national champions Alabama, ending their 27-game undefeated streak. The Yellow Jackets stopped a go-ahead two point conversion from Alabama and then intercepted a pass from Joe Namath deep in Georgia Tech territory late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal.[1] Georgia Tech finished the regular season fourth in the Southeastern Conference, with a 7–2–1 overall record and ranked 11th in the final Coaches' Poll. They were invited to the 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Missouri.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 22Clemson*
W 26–951,140[3]
September 29at FloridaNo. 8
W 17–046,000[4]
October 6LSUNo. 5
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
NBCL 7–1049,744[5]
October 13Tennessee
W 17–052,223[6]
October 20at Auburn
L 14–1756,319[7]
October 27Tulanedagger
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 42–1246,370[8]
November 3at Duke*
W 20–944,000[9]
November 10Florida State*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
T 14–1443,802[10]
November 17No. 1 Alabama
W 7–652,971[11]
December 1at Georgia
W 37–655,000[12]
December 22vs. Missouri*
CBSL 10–1455,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

References

  1. ^ "First Tide Defeat". New York Times. November 18, 1962. p. S1.
  2. ^ "1962 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "Lothridge's passes win Ga. Tech". Chicago Tribune. September 23, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Do-it-all Lothridge leads Tech over UF". St. Lucie News Tribune. September 30, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "L.S.U. stuns Georgia Tech 10–7". The Courier-Journal. October 7, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lothridge powers Tech to 17–0 win over Vols". The Times and Democrat. October 14, 1962. Retrieved April 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Auburn shocks Ga. Tech 17–14". The Huntsville Times. October 21, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tech romps by Greenies 42–12". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Duke convinced by Lothridge". St. Petersburg Times. November 4, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Seminoles rise up to tie favored Tech, 14–14". The Orlando Sentinel. November 11, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Georgia Tech upset Bama's Crimson Tide". Monroe Morning World. November 18, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Mighty Lothridge effort leads Tech to 37–6 rout". The Birmingham News. December 2, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Missouri upsets Georgia Tech, 14–10". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 23, 1962. Retrieved October 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 171


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