Games of Christmas Past
by BirdGT on Dec 24, 2009 12:00 PM EST
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PrintDecember 25, 1978 - Peach Bowl loss to Purdue, 41-21
Purdue destroyed Tech in GT's second appearance ever in the Peach Bowl. Mark Hermann quarterbacked a potent Boilermaker offense that racked up 24 first downs and 323 yards of offense against Pepper Rodgers' Yellow Jacket squad. The big story for Tech leading into the game was the injury to superstar Eddie Lee Ivery in the Georgie season finale. Ivery didn't play for Tech in the bowl and Tech only managed 12 rushing yards against Purdue. Ivery average 142 yards/game in Rodgers' option offense.
December 25, 1991 - Aloha Bowl victory over Stanford, 18-17
The last bowl game for one of Tech's greatest quarterbacks, Shawn Jones. The win was an exciting one as head coach Bobby Ross chose to go for 2 and the win when Tech scored with only 14 seconds remaining. On the two point conversion, Jimmy Lincoln took an option from Jones around Tech's right end for the score. Ross was quoted, "We didn't come all the way over here to play for a tie."* Tech legend, Willie Clay, set up the game winning scores by returning a punt 63 yards to the Cardinal 31 yard line.
* Note - Ties were eliminated from CFB in 1996 so this game was several years before college overtime rules.
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I'm pretty sure Shawn Jones played in 1992
Not that we did much, going 5-6 that year under Bill &%&$*#@# Lewis, but Shawn Jones was the QB nonetheless.
That is to say, the 1992 Aloha Bowl was not his last game.
That Peach Bowl really sucked.
It was Christmas Day, it was cold and rainy, and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was no place to watch a football game. And I stepped in horse shit during the parade.
The only highlight was a trip to the real Underground Atlanta some of us took, after a brief stop at the World Famous Domino Lounge, a strip club that made the Clermont Lounge look classy. OK, not really. Nothing could do that.
That had been a fun year. Tech lost the first two before running off seven straight wins. Eddie Lee was a monster. Unfortunately, without cable sports channels, we had to listen to his 356 yards against Air Force on the radio.
Pepper had switched from the wishbone to the I to get Eddie Lee the ball. He slipped the ‘bone back into the Peach Bowl, but that didn’t help.
The next several years were not kind to Yellow Jackets fans. Sure, we beat Alabama once, and we tied #1 Notre Dame, but we also lost to Furman, and I saw Bobby Dodd almost cry.
by CraigT on Dec 24, 2009 2:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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