The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Ross in his fifth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

The defending national champions of the Coaches Poll, Georgia Tech finished with a disappointing five losses.

They opened the year with a top-ten battle with Penn State in the Kickoff Classic, losing 22–34.

Further losses to ACC foes Clemson and NC State knocked Georgia Tech out of the polls.

They won 5 of their last 6, however, capped by a come-from-behind win over Stanford in the 1991 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu.