The Yellow Jackets were led by 3rd year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

South Carolina State's offense although not scoring a lot was able to move the ball on the new Al Groh 3–4 Defensive scheme.

The other score came when a 17-play drive stalled at the Georgia Tech 5-yard line and Blake Erickson converted a 28-yard field goal.

But a false start penalty on a fourth down with three yards to go left the jackets in a passing situation and just out of comfortable field goal range.

Josh Nesbitt and Stephen Hill connected on a 52-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, followed by a two-point conversion which put the game at 28–25.

Pregame Line: North Carolina −3 After receiving the opening kickoff the Tar Heels moved the ball down the field.

A defense that didn't show much resistance during the drive stiffened inside of 10 yards to hold UNC to a field goal.

After the ensuing kick off it only took two plays with a modest game before Orwin Smith was able to take a pitch the length of the field for the touchdown.

UNC next scored on a long pass to Eric Highsmith who was left open on a blown coverage by a young safety.

This drive saw the Jackets only incompletion which came when Embry Peeples caught the pass but was unable to stay in bounds.

[18] Pregame Line: North Carolina State +7.5 Coming back from a 31–14 deficit in the fourth quarter, Georgia Tech offered a fighting chance at defeating North Carolina State when Jerrard Tarrant returned a Russell Wilson interception for a touchdown with 12:25 remaining.

Josh Nesbitt found a wide open Tyler Melton early in the final quarter to cut the N.C. State lead to ten at 31–21.

Tech earned itself a swivel of momentum as it strove to garner victory at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

However, N.C. State and superstar quarterback Russell Wilson responded by scoring two touchdowns against Tech's vulnerable secondary to seal victory for the wolfpack in Atlanta.

[19] Pregame Line: Wake Forest +9.5 Trailing 17–6 in the fourth quarter, Georgia Tech bested Wake Forest on the strength a comeback led by Quarterback Joshua Nesbitt, A-back Embry Peeples, and WR Correy Earls to shock the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Paul Johnson and the Yellow Jackets did just that, executing the same play it ran against the University of Georgia in Athens on November 29, 2008 – when it tied that ballgame at 28.

To cap off the thrilling comeback, Nesbitt found senior wideout Correy Earls on a slant route with 15 seconds left in the endzone.

The win preserved Coach Johnson's streak of zero consecutive losses, and increased his record to 23–9 at Georgia Tech.

[20] Pregame Line: Virginia +10 As the Yellow Jackets and Cavaliers met in Atlanta it pitted Al Groh against his former team for the first time.

[23] Pregame line: Virginia Tech – 13.5 The Jackets traveled to Lane Stadium to play a nationally televised Thursday night game.

Starting with a 27-yard pitch to Orwin Smith, the drive, also featured Anthony Allen who also racked up 27 yards but on 5 carries.

On a third and goal play from the 8 Georgia Tech's Rod Sweeting was able to come up with a huge interception in the endzone.

Although Nesbitt would miss the rest of the game and the season with the injury it was not before he took over the all-time lead for rushing for the QB position in the ACC.

A passer interference call on the Jackets moved the Hokies close enough for David Wilson to find the end zone, tying the score at 14–14.

The ball was pitched to Roddy Jones who stopped and looked to throw back to Washington who was covered.

Both clubs would be starting backup quarterbacks as Jacory Harris was sidelined with a concussion and Joshua Nesbitt out with a broken arm.

The true freshmen Stephen Morris was able to step in for Harris and spread the ball around to Miami's many weapons.

Lamar Miller, Damien Berry, Mike James, and Graig Cooper all were able to find the endzone.

In the fourth quarter Duke made an attempt to get back in the game as Sean Renfree completed a touchdown pass to Austin Kelly to bring the score to 23–20.

With the win, the Yellow Jackets maintained their conference record of years finishing at .500 or better in the ACC for 16 straight seasons.