Bobby Dodd Stadium

Former capacity: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (NCAA)(1913–present)Peach Bowl (NCAA) (1968–1970) Pro football:Atlanta Falcons (NFL) (October 5, 1969) Soccer: Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field is the football stadium located at the corner of North Avenue at Techwood Drive on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

It has been home to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, often referred to as the "Ramblin' Wreck", in rudimentary form since 1905 and as a complete stadium since 1913.

The original all-steel 4,105-seat North stands were erected in 1958, and in 1962 and 1968 the upper decks were added to the East and West sides, respectively, bringing capacity to its all-time high of 58,121.

In 1985 the South stands were razed to make room for the William C. Wardlaw Center, a modern field house and athletic office facility to replace the facilities in the old Heisman Gym, which was located just to the north of the stadium; the construction of the Wardlaw Center reduced the stadium's capacity to 46,000.

[17] In 2001, the stadium served as the home venue for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association in their inaugural season.

After the 2002 season, the expansion was completed by adding a massive free standing upper deck in the north end zone.

This addition of a north end zone upper deck brought Bobby Dodd Stadium to its current capacity.

[20] In the summer of 2020, Georgia Tech athletics officials announced that the playing surface of Bobby Dodd Stadium would be replaced with the Legion NXT synthetic turf by Shaw Sports.

It has been said that Coach Heisman was repaying the Bulldogs for a 22–0 baseball defeat the previous year in which Cumberland had allegedly used professional players to ensure victory or conversely that he was showing how that running up the score against weak opponents was vastly influential over the voters in college football rating polls.

[25] November 29, 1917: Georgia Tech 68, Auburn 7This win marked the end of the first undefeated, untied National Championship season for the Yellow Jackets.

This play prevented Alabama from scoring and provided the Yellow Jackets with the opportunity to win the game with one touch down drive.

Bobby Dodd called it his greatest victory as Tech thwarted Alabama comeback efforts by preventing a two-point conversion attempt and intercepting a Joe Namath pass deep in their own territory with just 1:05 left.

[32] October 5, 1969: Baltimore Colts 21, Atlanta Falcons 14This was the only regular season NFL game played at Grant Stadium.

The stadium hosted this game because the Atlanta Braves were playing in the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.

[33] After quarterback Gary Lanier was sacked while dropping back to pass in the first quarter, Notre Dame's Ross Browner and Willie Fry celebrated on the field.

Georgia Tech coach Pepper Rodgers decided to not allow the Fighting Irish the chance to strut after a sack, and called for a run on every subsequent play.

Big plays by GT finally put them ahead late in the game, including a dramatic touchdown pass by Joe Hamilton to Dez White.

The storyline of a top five Irish squad going up against the Jacket's Calvin Johnson, who at the time was the best college wide receiver in the nation, intrigued sports fans.

The football was knocked loose into the end zone and recovered by Tech freshman Rashaad Reid to secure the victory for the Jackets.

After the victory students rushed the field, tore down the goalpost at the north end zone, and carried it to Georgia Tech President George P. "Bud" Peterson's house.

Later, the Jackets beat Clemson in the 2009 ACC Championship Game and earned its first conference title since 1998 and its first Orange Bowl berth since 1967.

The Seminoles, who were undefeated before the game, had the ball with 3rd and goal to go with eight minutes remaining, up 16–13, when Everett Golson's intended pass was deflected off Georgia Tech cornerback Lawrence Austin's shoe and intercepted by veteran senior safety Jamal Golden.

The potential game-winning kick was blocked by Patrick Gamble of the Yellow Jackets, and recovered by Lance Austin at the 22 yard line, where he dazzled his way amongst a convoy of Georgia Tech blockers 78 yards down the gridiron into the endzone as time expired, giving Georgia Tech its third win of the 2015 season, and third Top 10 win under Paul Johnson's guidance.

In the 25th minute, midfielder Yamil Asad scored the very first goal in club history, with the assistance of forward Josef Martínez.

North Carolina answered with a long kickoff return to set up a quick two-play drive for a touchdown, scoring on a 35-yard pass from Drake Maye to Doc Chapman and extending its lead to 42–32.

But it took just 33 seconds for Tech to score next, with Smith bolting 70 yards up the middle for a touchdown to get the Jackets back within 42–39 with 10:40 remaining in the game.

After UNC's Noah Burnett's 39-yard field goal missed to the left, Tech capitalized by moving 79 yards on six plays, capped by the go-ahead touchdown pass from King to Seither with 4:28 to go.

From there, Tech picked up a pair of first downs to drain the last 2:54 off the clock, setting off a field-storming celebration by an elated Bobby Dodd Stadium crowd.

4 Miami’s defense for 271 yards on the ground to knock the Hurricanes from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 28-23 win on Homecoming in front of a deafening Tech crowd.

Despite throwing just 16 passes in quarterback Haynes King’s first start since sustaining an injury nearly a month ago, Georgia Tech (6-4, 4-3 ACC) raced out to a 21-10 lead and held on to hand Miami its first loss of the season.

Grant Field and the east stands (note houses in background, along Techwood Drive, also visible in other early photos), c. 1912–13
Grant Field and the south stands in 1985, shortly before their removal
North stands, 2012
Georgia Tech plays the Virginia Cavaliers at Bobby Dodd Stadium in 2016
Georgia Tech plays Notre Dame on October 31, 2020, with the stadium's new artificial turf field.
Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech game at Grant Field in 1916; looking east toward Techwood Drive (note houses also visible in other early photos)