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 Bobby Dodd Stadium - Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 46.379 W 084° 23.588
16S E 741409 N 3740039
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field is on the east side of the Georgia Tech campus. Grant Field is the oldest continuously used on-campus site for college football in the southern United States, and the oldest in the FBS.
Waymark Code: WMEBHE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2012
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Home to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
From Wikipedia: Bobby Dodd Stadium
"Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field is the football stadium located at the corner of North Avenue at Techwood Drive on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. It has been home to the Yellow Jackets football team, often referred to as the "Ramblin' Wreck", in rudimentary form since 1905 and as a complete stadium since 1913. The team participates in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It is also the oldest and winningest stadium in the FBS."
Expanded: 1924, 1947, 1958, 1962, 1967, 2003
Surface: Grass 1913 to 1970 and 1995 to present
Astroturf 1971 to 1994.
Notable games:
- October 7, 1916: Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland College 0
- November 29, 1917: Georgia Tech 68, Auburn 7
- December 8, 1928: Georgia Tech 20, Georgia 6
- November 15, 1952: #4 Georgia Tech 7, #12 Alabama 3
- November 17, 1962: Georgia Tech 7, #1 Alabama 6
- November 6, 1976: Georgia Tech 23, #11 Notre Dame 14
- October 13, 1990: #15 Georgia Tech 21, #14 Clemson 19
- October 17, 1998: #25 Georgia Tech 41, #7 Virginia 38
- November 27, 1999: #16 Georgia Tech 51, #21 Georgia 48 (OT)
- November 1, 2008: Georgia Tech 31, #16 Florida State 28
- October 17, 2009: #19 Georgia Tech 28, #4 Virginia Tech 23
- October 29, 2011: Georgia Tech 31, #5 Clemson 17
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