Georgia Tech — ACC
HC
Brent Key · Bobby Dodd Stadium · Atlanta, GA · 55,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.27 / 0.19
2025
Class rank
#41
class of 2026
Returning PPA
13%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (9–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 Georgia Tech's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (19 in / 20 out)
Origins
The trophy's namesake coached here, and in 1916 beat Cumberland 222-0 — still the most lopsided game ever played. Bobby Dodd later won the 1952 title; the Yellow Jackets remain the only engineering school in the Power Four.
Founded 1885 · Founded to industrialize a South still rebuilding after the war · first football 1892 · defined by John Heisman
All-time record
All-time
766–529–40
1902–2025
Win %
58.9%
124 seasons played
Winning seasons
80
65% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1952 | 12 | 0 | SEC |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 | ACC |
| 1951 | 11 | 0 | SEC |
| 2014 | 11 | 3 | ACC |
| 2009 | 11 | 3 | ACC |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 387 | 60% |
52% | 3 of 136 | 7.4 | 18% |
| 2nd down | 268 | 49% |
50% | 11 of 136 | 6.6 | 12% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 54 | 69% |
65% | — | 4.1 | 9% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 46 | 26% |
50% | — | 6.5 | 15% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 49 | 20% |
27% | — | 7.7 | 18% |
| 4th down | 16 | 25% |
44% | — | 10.8 | 31% |
152 drives · 39% ended in points · 7.1 plays and 49.1 yards per drive · 1.51 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 12 | Boston College |
(09:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete short left to #8 M.Rutherford caught at… |
71 | 6.42 |
| CFP | BYU |
(01:01) Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete deep right to #3 E.Rivers caught at BYU45, for 66… |
66 | 4.78 |
| 8 | Duke |
Haynes King run for 32 yds to the DUKE 43 for a 1ST down Duke Penalty, Personal Foul (Josi… |
47 | 4.46 |
| 2 | Gardner-Webb |
Aaron Philo pass to Jordan Allen for 78 yds to the GWEB 8 for a 1ST down |
78 | 4.34 |
| 10 | NC State |
(08:09) Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete short middle to #85 J.Allen caught at GT40, for 5… |
50 | 4.22 |
| 12 | Boston College |
(06:22) No Huddle-Shotgun #85 J.Allen rush left for 54 yards gain to the BCE00 TOUCHDOWN, … |
54 | 4.18 |
| 10 | NC State |
(06:49) Shotgun #10 H.King pass complete deep middle to #3 E.Rivers caught at NCSU40, for … |
68 | 3.98 |
| 1 | Colorado |
Haynes King run for 45 yds for a TD (Aidan Birr KICK) |
45 | 3.90 |