{"48165":{"#nid":"48165","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yellow Jackets Boast Varied Bowl Game History","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs Georgia Tech\u0027s football players and coaches prepare for their FedEx Orange Bowl appearance on January 5, 2010, the Yellow Jackets can draw on a rich and varied history of bowl game appearances. No. 9 Tech (11-2) will face No. 10 Iowa (10-2) at Land Shark Stadium in Miami. The game will be televised at 8 p.m. on the FOX Network and on ESPN Radio. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECounted as one of the four current Bowl Championship Series bowls, along with the Sugar, Rose and Fiesta bowls, Tech\u0027s previous visit to Miami in January 1967 resulted in a 27-12 loss to the University of Florida. This game marked legendary coach Bobby Dodd\u0027s last appearance at the helm of the Yellow Jackets. Tech played in the Orange Bowl on four other occasions: 1940, \u002745, \u002748 and \u002752. The Yellow Jackets are 3-2 in Orange Bowl appearances. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther Georgia Tech Bowl Game Facts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech was the first school to win each of the four traditional major bowls: Rose (1929), Orange (1940),  Cotton (1943), and Sugar (1944).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Yellow Jackets are 4-0 in the Sugar Bowl, 1-0 in the Rose Bowl, and 1-1 in the Cotton Bowl.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s winning percentage of .595 (22-15-0) in bowl games ranks fifth among schools with a minimum of 20 bowl appearances.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech is ranked No. 12 in most bowl appearances, tied with Florida State University, with 38. Tech is No. 9 in most bowl victories. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUnder head coach Bobby Ross, the Yellow Jackets clinched the UPI national title in 1991 after defeating Nebraska 45\u00e2\u20ac\u201c21 in the Florida Citrus Bowl to cap off an undefeated season. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"As Georgia Tech\u0027s football players and coaches prepare for their Fed Ex Orange Bowl appearance on January 5, 2010, the Yellow Jackets can draw on a rich and varied history of bowl game appearances.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2009-12-15 16:53:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:04","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-12-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/geot-m-footbl-body.html","title":"Georgia Tech Football"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.orangebowl.org\/default.aspx","title":"Fed Ex Orange Bowl"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3635","name":"BCS"},{"id":"8145","name":"Fed Ex Orange Bowl"},{"id":"8144","name":"Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDean Buchan\u003C\/strong\u003E, Assistant Athletic Director\/Media Relations\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Athletic Association\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Dbuchan@athletics.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}