- Clemson–Georgia Tech rivalry
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Halftime at the 2007 Georgia Tech-Clemson game at Bobby Dodd Stadium
The Clemson–Georgia Tech rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the Clemson Tigers, the athletics teams of Clemson University, and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, those of the Georgia Institute of Technology. It is widely acknowledged that Clemson – Georgia Tech is not the preeminent rivalry for either school, as both have more historic and passionate intrastate rivals outside of the conference. Clemson's most important rivalry is with the University of South Carolina, and Georgia Tech's most important is with the University of Georgia.[1]
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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 See also: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football and Clemson Tigers footballThis rivalry is particularly important in the sport of football, and through 2011, the teams have played 77 times, with Tech leading the series 50-25-2.[2] The teams first met in 1898, when Clemson's third-year program defeated Georgia Tech, 23–0, to finish with a 3–1 record. The following year, the Tigers beat Tech again, 41–5.[3] In 1904, Georgia Tech lured away Clemson's head coach, John Heisman (namesake of the Heisman Trophy), with the prospect of $450 pay raise ($10,963 adjusted for inflation), which was a 25% salary increase.[4]
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 since 1959. 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 bills 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.[1]
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.[5] Nine of the games between 1996 and 2006 were decided by a five-point or less margin.[6]
When the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), of which both schools are members, reorganized in 2005 to form divisions for the sport of football, Clemson and Georgia Tech were designated as cross-division rivals.[7] 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. 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.
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- ^ a b "Tech Fits the Bill for Tigers". The State: pp. C1. 2003-09-16. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CS&s_site=thestate&p_multi=CS&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FDA03A2CBEA0333&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ "Clemson vs Georgia Tech, 1869–2008". Stassen College Football Information. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2008&team1=Clemson&team2=Georgia+Tech. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ Kisco, Christopher (1999-11-12). "Ga. Tech–Clemson rivalry steeped in tradition". The Tiger (University Wire). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23995879.html.
- ^ "Carolina–Clemson: The Great Debate". The State. 2001-08-26. pp. C12. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CS&s_site=thestate&p_multi=CS&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EE338A6F47D84B3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ "Another crazy chapter written in Clemson–Georgia Tech rivalry". Associated Press (AccessNorthGa.com). 2004-09-12. http://new.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=161249.
- ^ "Clemson jolts Georgia Tech 31–7, lands sixth win in a row". USA Today. 2006-10-22. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/games/2006-10-21-gatech-clemson_x.htm.
- ^ Atlantic Coast Conference Football Divisional Tiebreaker, Atlantic Coast Conference, August 21, 2005.
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.
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