The 2016 season's largest margin: Georgia Tech 38, Vanderbilt 7. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Winning Chapter
Georgia Tech's 2016 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Justin ThomasQB1,559 passing yards
- Dedrick MillsRB771 rushing yards
- Marcus Marshall?624 rushing yards
- Clinton Lynch?415 rushing yards
- Ricky JeuneWR427 receiving yards
- Brad StewartWR382 receiving yards
- Corey GriffinDB82 tackles
- P.J. DavisLB74 tackles
- A.J. GrayDB72 tackles
- Pat GambleDL7.5 sacks
- Anree Saint-AmourDL4 sacks
- Francis KallonDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Georgia Tech 20, North Carolina 48. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 33-18 in the postseason.
"To Hell with Georgia"
2016 is a middle chapter for Georgia Tech — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.