The 2024 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

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. The Yellow Jackets were led by Brent Key in his second full year as Georgia Tech's head coach. They played their home games at

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located in

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. Georgia Tech was coming off its first winning season and

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. They have the 6th-hardest schedule in the country, according to 247 Sports. The Yellow Jackets began the season against

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with an upset win. After a 2–0 start, the Yellow Jackets earned their first AP Poll ranking since 2015. This was their second appearance in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, after previously defeating

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. By upsetting the undefeated, No.4-ranked

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on November9, Georgia Tech snapped a 13-game losing streak to top-five opponents and became bowl-eligible. It was the Yellow Jackets' highest-ranked win since a victory over No.4 Virginia Tech in

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. In the emotional regular-season finale against longtime rival

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, the Yellow Jackets led 17–0 at halftime, but lost 44–42 after eight overtimes. The game was only one overtime short of the record, behind a nine-overtime victory by Illinois over Penn State in 2021. The Yellow Jackets ended the season with a controversial but decisive loss to Vanderbilt in the

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, finishing the season 7–6. Despite the disappointing end to the season, Georgia Tech finished with its first consecutive winning seasons since

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Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

vs. No. 10 Florida State (''College GameDay'')

vs Georgia State

at Syracuse

vs. VMI (FCS)

at No. 19 Louisville

vs. Duke

at North Carolina

vs. No. 12 Notre Dame

at Virginia Tech (rivalry)

vs. No. 4 Miami (FL)

vs. NC State

at No. 7 Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)

vs. Vanderbilt (Birmingham Bowl / rivalry)

Roster

References

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons

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