The 2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

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as a member of the

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during the

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. 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

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. The season is notable for upsets of

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and

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, 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

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, their first

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and first winning record since

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. 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.

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

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

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, 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,

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, and Wake Forest. As such, this is the first season since

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that the Yellow Jackets didn't play rival

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Game summaries

Louisville

South Carolina State

at No. 17 Ole Miss

at Wake Forest

Bowling Green

at No. 17 Miami (FL)

Boston College

No. 17 North Carolina

at Virginia

at Clemson (
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)

Syracuse

No. 1 Georgia (
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vs. UCF (
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)

References

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