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Georgia Tech–Tennessee Football Rivalry
The Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Tennessee Volunteers. The series dates back to 1902 and features two of the most prominent programs in college football history, with Georgia Tech claiming four national championships, 15 conference titles, and 21 consensus All-Americans, and Tennessee claiming six national championships, 16 conference titles, and 38 consensus All-Americans. Tennessee leads the series 25–17–2. The series ended in 1987, but it was renewed in the September 2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Series history The teams begin meeting annually in 1946 when Georgia Tech was a member of the SEC. When Georgia Tech left the SEC in 1963, they still played almost every year after (except 1974, 1975, and 1978) until 1987. Notable games : Early years * 1902: The programs met for the first time in Atlanta on November 22, 1902. Tennessee won by a 10–6 score. The last 20 minut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Football
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Football Program represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Competitors in the sport of American football. The Yellow Jackets college football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Georgia Tech has fielded a football team since 1892 and, as of 2020, has an all-time record of 740–518-43 through the 2020 season. The Yellow Jackets play in Bobby Dodd Stadium, Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia, holding a stadium max capacity of 55,000. Considered as one of the most successful national collegiate football programs for over a century, it still remains a college football powerhouse. The Yellow Jackets have won four College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships across f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Gordon (American Football)
Bobby Lee Gordon (December 7, 1935 – August 16, 1990) was an American football defensive back who played one season with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59), Chicago Cardinals in the sixth round of the 1958 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Tennessee and attended Giles County High School in Pulaski, Tennessee. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Bobby 1935 births 1990 deaths Players of American football from Tennessee American football defensive backs Tennessee Volunteers football players Chicago Cardinals players Houston Oilers players People from Pulaski, Tennessee American Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Lee (American Football)
Gary DeWayne Lee (born February 12, 1965) is a former American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL). He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team. College Statistics *1983: 2 catches for 44 yards. *1984: 12 catches for 244 yards and 4 touchdowns. 2 carries for 6 yards. *1985: 29 catches for 645 yards and 6 touchdowns. 10 carries for 42 yards. *1986: 24 catches for 386 yards and 1 touchdown. 1 carry for -1 yard. Detroit Lions Gary Lee was selected in the 12th Round of the 1987 NFL Draft The 1987 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 28–29, 1987, at the Marriot Marq .... Lee would serve as a backup wide receiver and kick returner for Detroit for just 2 seasons. In 1987, he had 19 catches for 308 yards and returned 32 kick offs for 719 yards. In 1988, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dewberry
John Dewberry, born 04/28/1963 was a starting quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1983 to 1985. He graduated from Milton High School. He played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League before starting his first company in 1989. Today, he is an Atlanta real estate developer. After the 1981 season, John Dewberry left the University of Georgia football team due to lack of playing time, and he transferred to Georgia Tech. Dewberry helped Georgia Tech defeat Georgia in two straight games. Dewberry also initiated the tradition of Georgia Tech players taking pieces of the Hedges after a Tech football win in Athens. See also * List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks * Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football statistical leaders The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football program in various categories, including passing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Robinson (American Football)
Kevin Altona "Tony" Robinson (born January 22, 1964) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Super Bowl-winning Washington Redskins as a replacement member of their team during the 1987 players' strike. Along with other Redskins replacement players from that year, he was eventually awarded a Super Bowl ring. Robinson played college football at Tennessee from 1982 to 1985. After spending his first two seasons as a backup, he guided the 1984 squad to a 7–4–1 record and an appearance in the Sun Bowl. He led the 1985 "Sugar Vols" squad through a difficult first half of the season, and was a Heisman Trophy candidate until blowing out his right knee during a close game against Alabama. A few weeks after the season, he was arrested in Knoxville on charges of distributing cocaine, critically damaging his prospects in the NFL. He went undrafted in the 1986 NFL Draft. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuad Reveiz
Fuad Reveiz (born February 24, 1963) is a former American football placekicker who played 10 seasons in the National Football League. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He also played for the San Diego Chargers and the Minnesota Vikings. He was a Pro Bowl selection in 1994. He played college football at Tennessee from 1981 to 1984, where he holds the school record for the longest field goal (60 yards).Individual Football Records , UTSports.com. Retrieved: August 9, 2013, pp. 325-326. High school Reveiz was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He moved with his family to |
Robert Lavette
Robert Lee Lavette (born September 8, 1963) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Georgia Institute of Technology. Early years Lavette attended Cartersville High School, where he played as a running back, rushing for 2,103 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior, while receiving Georgia Class AA back of the year honors. He gained 5,870 career rushing yards and 49 touchdowns. He set 9 career records, 7 season marks and three-single-game records. College career Lavette accepted a football scholarship from Georgia Tech. As a freshman, he was the ACC third leading rusher (866 yards), third in receiving (45 receptions), first in all purpose yards and first in kickoff returns. His 307 receiving yards led the team. Against the University of Alabama, Lavette's fourth quarter touchdown (his second of the game) capped of an 80-yard touchdown drive. The Yellow Jackets woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hancock (American Football)
Anthony Duane Hancock (born June 10, 1960) is a retired American football wide receiver. A first-round draft pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, he played for five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL), retiring following the 1986 season. He played college football at the University of Tennessee, where he was the school's leading receiver in three consecutive seasons (1979–1981). Now a teacher at Bearden Middle School in Knoxville, Tennessee, Hancock is active with the Tennessee Education Association (TEA). In 2012, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, losing to the incumbent, Steve Hall. High school Hancock was born in Cleveland, Ohio. One of nine children, his father worked for Ford. He played running back at Cleveland's John Hay High School under Coach Sonny Harris, twice rushing for more than a thousand yards per season to win Cleveland's East League MVP honors. During his senior year, he accumul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Alatorre
Steven Michael Alatorre (born September 3, 1959) is a former Canadian football quarterback who played for the Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Early years Alatorre attended and played high school football at Cypress High School. College career Alatorre played college football at Cypress College from 1977–1979 before transferring to Tennessee, where he was the starting quarterback during part of the 1980 season and the 1981 season. During his two years at Tennessee, he completed 139 of 273 passes for 1,918 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 20 interceptions under head coach Johnny Majors. He led the Volunteers to a 28–21 win over Wisconsin in the 1981 Garden State Bowl, completing 24 of 42 passes for 315 yards and a touchdown, and winning the game's MVP honors. Alatorre's efforts in the 1981 season helped lead Tennessee to a 8–4 finish, which marked the most wins for the program since 1973. Professional career Alatorre played three regular season gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Curry
William Alexander Curry (born October 21, 1942) is a retired American football coach and former player. Most recently, Curry was the head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010. Previously, Curry served as the head football coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1980–1986), the University of Alabama (1987–1989), and the University of Kentucky (1990–1996). Between coaching jobs at Kentucky and Georgia State, Curry was a football analyst for ESPN. He played football at Georgia Tech (1962–1964) and then played for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with four teams: the Green Bay Packers (1965–1966), the Baltimore Colts (1967–1972), the Houston Oilers (1973), and the Los Angeles Rams (1974). Early life and playing career Curry was born in College Park, Georgia. A 1965 graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in industrial management, Curry starred at center for the Georgia Tech Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie McAshan
Edward 'Eddie' McAshan, III (born January 21, 1951) is a former college football player. He was a successful college quarterback for Georgia Tech and became one of the most famous athletes in college football history for being the first African American to start at quarterback for a major Southeastern university. Early life McAshan was born on January 21, 1951. He grew up in Gainesville, Florida and attended Gainesville High School. McAshan began his football career as the first African American quarterback to play for the predominantly white Gainesville High School. Between 1966 and 1968, he threw for 61 touchdowns, which earned him a position in the top 20 for all-time Florida career touchdowns. His high school quarterbacking was good enough to be noticed by Georgia Tech head coach Bud Carson. College McAshan would become the first African American football player to start for Georgia Tech, and the second African American quarterback in the Southeast, after Freddie Summers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Scott (American Football)
Robert Benson Scott (born April 2, 1949) is a former American football quarterback who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints. He then played for the New Jersey Generals and Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983. He graduated from Rossville High School in Rossville, Georgia. He was second on the Saints depth chart behind Archie Manning. In 1976, Manning had surgery on his throwing shoulder and Scott had the opportunity to start. During a televised game, he tripped over a television cable and blew out a knee which ended his season. As quarterback for the University of Tennessee Volunteers, Scott was named Most Valuable Player in the 1971 Sugar Bowl. Tennessee defeated the Air Force Academy An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
