The 2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by Brent Key in his first full year as Georgia Tech's head coach. They played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

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2023 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Gasparilla Bowl champion
Gasparilla Bowl, W 30–17 vs. UCF
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–6 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Brent Key (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Buster Faulkner (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Weinke (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Sherrer (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium
Uniform
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The season is notable for upsets of North Carolina and Miami, both of which were ranked 17th at the time of the game. In a back-and-forth shootout, Georgia Tech scored 22 points in the final 13 minutes to defeat the Tarheels 46-42. The North Carolina game was ranked as one of the 25 best games of the season by ESPN's Bill Connelly.^[1]

The Miami game was marked by Miami's decision to run the ball instead of taking a knee in the final 40 seconds, leading to a fumble recovered by Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech went on to drive 74 yards in four plays, and score a touchdown with 2 seconds on the clock to upset the previously undefeated Hurricanes.

Georgia Tech would finish fourth in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets ended the season with a win over UCF in the Gasparilla Bowl, their first bowl game and first winning record since 2018.

Georgia Tech and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023.^[4][5] The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Georgia Tech with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in an (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Yellow Jackets three set conference opponents for the next four years are: Clemson, Louisville, and Wake Forest.^[6][7] As such, this is the first season since 1932 that the Yellow Jackets didn't play rival Duke.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	vs. Louisville	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA (Aflac Kickoff)	ESPN	L 34–39	36,101
September 9	1:00 p.m.	South Carolina State*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCNX/ESPN+	W 48–13	31,452
September 16	7:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	SECN	L 23–48	64,150
September 23	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	The CW	W 30–16	32,528
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Bowling Green*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCN	L 27–38	30,097
October 7	8:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 23–20	58,045
October 21	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCN	L 23–38	35,656
October 28	8:00 p.m.	No. 17 North Carolina	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCN	W 46–42	35,945
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	The CW	W 45–17	42,606
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–42	81,426
November 18	8:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCN	W 31–22	33,332
November 25	7:30 p.m.	No. 1 Georgia*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 23–31	51,447
December 22	6:30 p.m.	vs. UCF*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Gasparilla Bowl)	ESPN	W 30–17	30,281
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 2) - Released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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