Tech Opens the 2026 Season Under the Lights on Thursday NightTech Opens the 2026 Season Under the Lights on Thursday Night
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Tech Opens the 2026 Season Under the Lights on Thursday Night

Georgia Tech kicks off the 2026 season with a Whiteout against Colorado (Thursday - 8 p.m. - ESPN)

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Georgia Tech rushed for 320 yards in the season opener at Colorado last season, one of two 300 yard rushing games of the 2025 season for the Yellow Jackets (Ray Bahner photo)

 

• For the second-straight year, Georgia Tech opens the season with a highly anticipated
non-conference matchup against Colorado.
• Last year, Georgia Tech overcame turnovers on each of its first three possessions
of the season to down Colorado, 27-20, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
• Last season's opener was the first-ever meeting between Georgia Tech and Colorado,
which are linked in the annals of college football for having shared the 1990
national championship, and the first game of a home-and-home series.
• The season-opening win at Colorado was the catalyst for Georgia Tech's 9-4
season in 2025, good for its highest win total since 2016. The Yellow Jackets'
nine-win regular season was its first since 2014 and only the 16th in the program’s
133-season history.
• Entering his fourth full season as head coach at his alma mater, Brent Key's 23
victories since taking over the Yellow Jackets on a full-time basis ahead of the 2023
campaign are tied for the second-most ever by a head coach in his first three full
seasons at Georgia Tech.
• Under Key, the Jackets have fourth- (2023), fourth- (2024) and second-place
(2025) finishes in Atlantic Coast Conference. Tech the only ACC team that has
finished fourth or better in the conference each of the last three seasons.
• Colorado's visit marks a return to Atlanta for its head coach, Deion Sanders. A
two-sport star, Sanders played for the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves from
1991-93 and remains one of Atlanta's most iconic sports figures.

2026 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL TICKETS

2026 Georgia Tech football season, mini-plan and single-game tickets are on sale now. In addition to the opener versus Colorado, the Yellow Jackets’ highly anticipated seven-game home schedule at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field features another massive non-conference tilt against Tennessee (Saturday, Sept. 12 – 7 p.m., ESPN), as well as ACC battles against defending conference champion Duke (Oct. 10) and 2025 bowl winners Louisville (Nov. 7) and Wake Forest (Nov. 21).

Season Tickets

With one of the most attractive home schedules in school history, coming on the heels of back-to-back sellout crowds to close out the 2025 campaign, the only way to guarantee the best seats for all seven games at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field in 2026 is by being a season ticket member. One limited-edition Buzz/Ramblin’ Reck bobblehead will be gifted to each season ticket account.

Mini-Plans

A pair of three-game mini plans offer a 15% savings over purchasing tickets on a single-game basis.

The White & Gold Mini Plan tickets for three of the most in-demand home dates of the season – the opener versus Colorado (Thursday, Sept. 3), Family Weekend against Mercer (Saturday, Sept. 19) and homecoming versus Boston College (Saturday, Oct. 24), starting at just $115.

The ACC Pick-3 Mini Plan allows fans to choose three of the Yellow Jackets’ four ACC home games this season – versus Duke (Saturday, Oct. 10), Boston College (Saturday, Oct. 24), Louisville (Saturday, Nov. 7) and Wake Forest (Saturday, Nov. 21) – starting at just $96.

Single-Game Tickets

Single-game tickets start as low as $30. Tickets for the all-new Wreck Deck premium experience in the Fanning Center, available for purchase on a single-game basis only, start at $150.

For more information and to purchase 2026 Georgia Tech football tickets today, click HERE.

Georgia Tech posted a 9-4 overall record (tied for the 10th-most victories in Tech’s 133-season football history) and No. 24 final national ranking in 2025. The Jackets rose to as high as No. 7 in the national rankings and were ranked in the final 14 national polls of the season, which was their longest streak since Tech was ranked in all 16 polls in 1999.

Georgia Tech also went 6-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play in ‘25, which was good for a tie for second place in the 17-team conference. The Yellow Jackets are the only ACC team that has finished in the top four of the conference standings each of the last three seasons.

Full Steam Ahead

Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online. 

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