1949 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1949 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1949 college football season.^[1]

"Red" Patton kicking the game-winning conversion against the Georgia Bulldogs

1949 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	7–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Dodd (5th season)
Captain	Tom Coleman
Home stadium	Grant Field
Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
No. 11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 9 LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Vanderbilt	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 12–7	39,000	[2]
October 1	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–18	55,000	[3]
October 8	Washington and Lee*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 36–0	22,000	[4]
October 15	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 35–21	32,000	[5]
October 22	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 43–14		[6]
October 29	Duke*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 14–27	38,000	[7]
November 5	at No. 14 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 30–13	45,000	[8]
November 12	at Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 7–20	43,000	[9]
November 19	South Carolina*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 13–3	20,000	[10]
November 26	Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	W 7–6	40,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game