{"74028":{"#nid":"74028","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2005 Football Schedule Revised","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlantic Coast Conference, in conjunction with Georgia Tech, has announced a change in the Yellow Jackets\u0027 2005 football schedule. The change is the result of a scheduling issue at the conference level.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech will now host Connecticut on Sept. 17 at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field, followed by a road game at Virginia Tech on Sept. 24.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Alumni Association has announced that the Clemson game on Oct. 29 will be the annual Homecoming celebration, while the Connecticut game will be Family Weekend.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s 2005 football schedule opens at national runner-up Auburn on Sept. 3, while the home slate is highlighted by a Thursday night matchup with NC State and the season-ending rivalry game with Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComing off a 7-5 season and a school-record eighth straight bowl appearance, Tech faces its most challenging schedule in recent memory, including road tests at Auburn, Miami, Virginia Tech and Virginia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEight of the 11 teams on Tech\u0027s 2005 schedule were bowl-eligible last fall: Virginia Tech, Miami, Virginia, North Carolina, Clemson, Auburn,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia and Connecticut. Only NC State, Duke and Wake Forest were not bowl-eligible in 2004. Four teams - Auburn (No. 2), Georgia (No. 6), Virginia Tech (No. 10) and Miami (No. 11) - were ranked 11th or higher in the final polls, while Virginia (No. 23) was also in the final Top 25.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the opener at Auburn, Tech begins its home slate and its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule by hosting North Carolina Sept. 10 at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the 13th year in a row, Georgia Tech will be featured in ESPN\u0027s nationally-televised Thursday night package. The Jackets host NC State on Thursday, Oct. 6 at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther home games include Georgia (Nov. 26), Clemson (Oct. 29), Connecticut (Sept. 17) and Wake Forest (Nov. 5).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe complete Georgia Tech schedule is listed below. Times and television designations are to be announced.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech season tickets can be purchased or renewed on-line at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.ramblinwreck.com\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ramblinwreck.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2004 Georgia Tech Football Schedule\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESept. 3 at Auburn\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSept. 10  North Carolina (Take a Kid to the Game)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSept. 17  Connecticut (Family Day, Band Day)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSept. 24  at Virginia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOct. 6  NC State (Thursday, ESPN, 7:30 P.M.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOct. 15 at Duke\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOct. 22 at Miami\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOct. 29  Clemson (Homecoming)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNov. 5  Wake Forest (Georgia Tech Hall of Fame Weekend\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNov. 12 at Virginia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNov. 26  Georgia\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech Opens at National Runnerup Auburn, Faces Eight Bowl-Eligible Teams"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s 2005 football schedule opens at national runner-up Auburn on\nSept. 3, while the home slate is highlighted by a Thursday night match-up\nwith NC State and the season-ending rivalry game with Georgia.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Home slate includes the season-ending game with UGA"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-01-20 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:30","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2005-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74029":{"id":"74029","type":"image","title":"The football team, Buzz and cheerleaders run acros","body":null,"created":"1449178037","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:17","changed":"1475894686","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:46"}},"media_ids":["74029"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.collegesports.com\/ot\/tickets\/newticketpage.html","title":"Athletics Tickets"},{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.collegesports.com\/","title":"Athletics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}