Clemson – Georgia Tech rivalry
Encyclopedia
| Football | |
|---|---|
| History | |
| First Meeting | Clemson, 23-0 (1898) |
| Last Meeting | Georgia Tech 31-17 Atlanta, GA (2011) |
| Next Meeting | 2012 (Clemson, SC)or 2011 Charlotte, NC |
| Number of Meetings | 77 |
| All-Time Series | Georgia Tech leads, 50-25-2 |
| Largest victory | Clemson, 73-0 (1903) |
| Current Streak | Georgia Tech, 1 |
| Longest Clemson Win Streak | 4 (1898-1903) 4 (1993-1996) |
| Longest GT Win Streak | 15 (1908-1934) |
| Trophy: | None |
The Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry is an American college football
College football
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rivalry
College rivalry
Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...
game played by the Clemson Tigers football
Clemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
team of Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. While the team is officially designated as the Yellow Jackets, it is also referred to as the Ramblin' Wreck. The Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
team of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. The Tigers and Yellow Jackets first played a football game in 1898, and have played annually since 1983.
Series history
Through 2011, the teams have played 77 times, with Tech leading the series 50-25-2. The teams first met in 1898, when ClemsonClemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
's third-year program defeated Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. While the team is officially designated as the Yellow Jackets, it is also referred to as the Ramblin' Wreck. The Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
, 23–0, to finish with a 3–1 record. The following year, the Tigers beat Tech again, 41–5. In 1904, Georgia Tech lured away Clemson's head coach, John Heisman
John Heisman
John William Heisman was an American player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College , Buchtel College, now known as the University of Akron , Auburn University , Clemson University , Georgia Tech , the...
(namesake of the Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
), with the prospect of $450 pay raise ($ adjusted for inflation
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), which was a 25% salary increase.
In 1977, Georgia Tech, a year before it joined the ACC, decided to end its series with Clemson. George Bennett, a Clemson athletics booster, was determined to preserve the game, as the trip to Atlanta provided a unique experience for the Tigers players and fanbase who had not been to a bowl game . In what was supposed to be the final game in Atlanta, upon Bennett's suggestion, thousands of Clemson supporters paid their expenses with two-dollar bill
United States two-dollar bill
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s stamped with the shape of a tiger paw. This demonstrated the large amount of money that the Clemson fanbase regularly pumped into the local economy because of the game.
The series resumed in 1983 when Georgia Tech began playing football in the ACC. This has become one of the most competitive rivalries in the ACC with Georgia Tech leading the series 15-14 in the ACC era. These games have often been decided at the last minute and by small margins. Nine of the games between 1996 and 2006 were decided by a five-point or less margin.
When the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
(ACC), of which both schools are members, reorganized in 2005
2005 NCAA football realignment
The 2005 NCAA conference realignment was initiated by the movement of three Big East Conference teams to the Atlantic Coast Conference set into motion events that created a realignment in college football, as 23 teams changed conferences and Army became an independent.-Atlantic Coast...
to form divisions for the sport of football, Clemson and Georgia Tech were designated as cross-division rivals. This means that their football teams meet every season, unlike their other non-divisional conference opponents, which are played less often on a rotational basis.
In the 2009 season, both teams won their respective divisions of the ACC. For the first time in the series' history, the two teams met for a second time in a season on December 5, 2009 in the ACC Championship Game
2009 ACC Championship Game
The 2009 ACC Championship Game was a college football game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Clemson Tigers. The game, sponsored by Dr. Pepper, was the final regular-season contest of the 2009 college football season for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Georgia Tech defeated Clemson,...
. The game marked the first ever December meeting between the two teams, as well as the first post-season meeting. It was also the first time the series has been played outside of Atlanta or Clemson since 1899. Georgia Tech won 39-34.
In the 2011 season, both teams started 6-0. The match-up was highly anticipated until Georgia Tech stumbled losing two straight games, At Virginia and At Miami (FL). The game was 6-2 Georgia Tech hosting 8-0 #5 Clemson. This game was the 2011 Georgia Tech homecoming game. Georgia Tech upset the Tigers 31-17. The Field was rushed. After the game Clemson fell out of the top ten and Georgia Tech became the #22 team in the country.
Game results
Clemson victories are colored ██ orange. Georgia Tech victories are colored ██ gold. Ties are white.| Date | Winner | Score | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 24, 1898 | Clemson | Augusta, GA | |
| Nov. 30, 1899 | Clemson | Greenville, SC | |
| Oct. 18, 1902 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 17, 1903 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 5, 1904 | Tie | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 30, 1905 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 29, 1906 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 28, 1907 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 26, 1908 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 25, 1909 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 24, 1910 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 30, 1911 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 28, 1912 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 27, 1913 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 26, 1914 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 5, 1918 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 9, 1919 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 6, 1920 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 5, 1921 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 4, 1922 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 1, 1932 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 30, 1933 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 29, 1934 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 31, 1936 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 6, 1937 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 20, 1943 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA |
| Date | Winner | Score | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 30, 1944 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 24, 1945 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 7, 1953 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 8, 1958 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 3, 1959 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 22, 1962 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 28, 1963 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 3, 1964 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 2, 1965 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 1, 1966 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 7, 1967 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 5, 1968 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 4, 1969 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 3, 1970 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 2, 1971 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 7, 1972 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 29, 1973 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 28, 1974 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 27, 1975 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 25, 1976 | Tie | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 24, 1977 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 24, 1983 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 29, 1984 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 28, 1985 | Georgia Tech | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 27, 1986 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 26, 1987 | Clemson | Clemson, SC |
| Date | Winner | Score | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 24, 1988 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 14, 1989 | Georgia Tech | Clemson, SC | |
| Oct. 13, 1990 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 28, 1991 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 26, 1992 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 25, 1993 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Nov. 12, 1994 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Oct. 28, 1995 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 19, 1996 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 27, 1997 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Nov. 12, 1998 | Georgia Tech | Clemson, SC | |
| Nov. 13, 1999 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 28, 2000 | Georgia Tech | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 29, 2001 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 14, 2002 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 20, 2003 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA | |
| Sep. 11, 2004 | Georgia Tech | Clemson, SC | |
| Oct. 29, 2005 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 21, 2006 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 29, 2007 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Oct. 18, 2008 | Georgia Tech | Clemson, SC | |
| Sep. 9, 2009 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | |
| Dec. 5, 2009 | Georgia Tech | Tampa, FL | |
| Oct. 23, 2010 | Clemson | Clemson, SC | |
| Oct. 29, 2011 | Georgia Tech | |
Atlanta. GA |
External links
- Roy Martin, Clemson – Georgia Tech Preview, TigerNet.com, October 28, 2005.
- Ga. Tech – Clemson becomes heated rivalry, The State, p. C1, September 13, 2002.
- Scott Michaux, Tigers win the big matchup, but little decided, The Augusta Chronicle, October 22, 2006.