Year: | 1979 |
Team: | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Independent |
Record: | 4–6–1 |
Head Coach: | Pepper Rodgers |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Off Coach: | Larry Travis |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Def Coach: | Jack Westbroook |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Captain: | Tom Daniel |
Stadium: | Grant Field |
The 1979 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Pepper Rodgers, in his sixth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Rodgers was fired as head coach after a 4–6–1 campaign.[1]