Georgia Tech Football vs. Kennesaw State
Saturday, Sept. 11 · 12 p.m. ET · Atlanta, Ga. · Bobby Dodd Stadium
TV: ACC RSN | Ways to Watch | In Atlanta: Bally Sports South | In-Market: Bally Sports | Out-of-Market: WatchESPN.com
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Information: Gameday Central | Game Notes/Above The Line/Opponent Depth Charts | 2021 GT Football Info Guide | News Clippings | Multimedia
Eighteen Georgia Tech football student-athletes have already achieved the goal of earning a bachelor’s degree — QB Trad Beatty, DL Djimon Brooks, PK Brent Cimaglia, DL Antonneous Clayton, OL Devin Cochran, TE Jack Coco, OL Kenny Cooper, LB Ayinde Eley, OL Ryan Johnson, P/PK Austin Kent, OL Kenneth Kirby, WR Kyric McGowan, OL Mikey Minihan, DB Cole Neuber, DB Tobias Oliver, WR Azende Rey, DB Tre Swilling and DL Keion White.
HEROES DAY AT BOBBY DODD STADIUM
- A US Army military vehicle display at Wreckfest (pregame at Callaway Plaza)
- Moment of silence in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11/01
- Joint Color Guard during pregame
- In-game recognition of first responders
- On-field ROTC swearing-in ceremony
- Band performance with Global War on Terror recognition
This Saturday will be 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙚𝙨' 𝘿𝙖𝙮 at Bobby Dodd Stadium 🇺🇸
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— Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (@GTAthletics) September 7, 2021
Top Storylines
• Georgia Tech looks to bounce back from a heartbreaking 22-21 loss to Northern Illinois in its season opener when it hosts nearby Kennesaw State in a battle for metro Atlanta bragging rights on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
• Last Saturday’s loss came despite Georgia Tech having a 429-301 advantage in total yards, driving into NIU territory on 9-of-12 offensive possessions and holding the Huskies without a first down on 8-of-12 defensive series.
• Although they are separated by just 22 miles on Interstate 75, Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State are meeting for the first time in football. The schools agreed to the matchup in 2014, a year before Kennesaw fielded its first football team in 2015.
• Georgia Tech is playing against an opponent from the metro Atlanta area for the first time in 93 years. In their first 128 seasons of football, the Yellow Jackets played just three opponents from the metro Atlanta area a total of 12 times — Ft. McPherson (1894, 1904, 1913), Camp Gordon (1918) and Oglethorpe (1920-28). Tech was 10-2 in those 12 matchups, capped by a 32-7 win over the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels on Nov. 3, 1928.
• Although only in its seventh season of existence, Kennesaw State has established itself as one of the nation’s top programs in NCAA Division I FCS. The Owls have earned three FCS playoff berths in the past four seasons (including quarterfinal appearances in 2017 and 2018) and have won two Big South Conference championships (2017 and 2018). They are currently ranked No. 22 in the FCS national rankings, following last Thursday’s season-opening 35-25 win over NAIA Reinhardt.
• Three of Kennesaw State’s full-time coaches have previously spent time on the staff at Georgia Tech, including seventh-year head coach Brian Bohannon, who spent five seasons as quarterbacks and fullbacks coach at Tech (2008-12) before becoming the first head coach in KSU history in 2013.
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