2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Sun Bowl Champions ACC Coastal Division Champions
ACC Championship Game vs. Florida State, L 15–21
Sun Bowl vs. USC, W 21–7
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division
2012 record	7–7 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Paul Johnson (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Flexbone
Defensive coordinator	Al Groh (fired after 6 games) Charles Kelly (Onward)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

2012 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
#10 Florida State xy$		7	–	1					12	–	2
#11 Clemson x		7	–	1					11	–	2
NC State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Maryland		2	–	6					4	–	8
Boston College		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy		5	–	3					7	–	7
North Carolina*		5	–	3					8	–	4
Miami*		5	–	3					7	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Duke		3	–	5					6	–	7
Virginia		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant North Carolina ineligible for championship and postseason due to NCAA sanctions. Miami ineligible for championship and postseason due to a self-imposed postseason ban. As of January 8, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 PM	at #16 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Battle of the Techs)	ESPN	L 17–20 OT	65,632
September 8	7:00 PM	Presbyterian*	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	W 59–3	41,678
September 15	3:30 PM	Virginia	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	W 56–20	44,225
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 28–49	39,270
October 6	3:30 PM	at #15 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 31–47	82,873
October 20	3:00 PM	Boston College	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACC RSN	W 37–17	40,112
October 27	3:00 PM	BYU*	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ACC RSN	L 17–41	50,103
November 3	12:30 PM	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park,MD	ACCN	W 33–13	33,471
November 10	12:30 PM	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 68–50	50,000
November 17	3:30 PM	Duke	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	W 42–24	41,904
November 24	12:00 PM	at #3 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN	L 10–42	92,746
December 1	7:45 PM	vs. Florida State	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game)	ESPN	L 15–21	64,778
December 31	2:00 PM	vs. USC*	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 21–7	47,922
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.