Note: The following appears in the Georgia Tech football digital gameday guide, available HERE.
Clemson and Georgia Tech have met on the gridiron 90 times, including the first meeting on Nov. 24, 1898 in Augusta, Ga. Below is a rundown of the series by the numbers (1-50).
0 - In Georgia Tech’s 39-34 victory in the 2009 ACC Championship Game, the teams combined for no punts, the only game in college football that year when neither team punted.
1 - Clemson defeated Georgia Tech in 1996 on a one-yard run by Nealon Greene with 4:10 remaining in the game.
2 - Clemson had two returns for touchdowns in its 33-12 victory over Georgia Tech in 1987. Donnell Woolford had a 78-yard punt return for a score and Joe Henderson had a 95-yard kickoff return for a score. Clemson had gone 999 combined punt or kickoff returns without a touchdown prior to Woolford’s punt return for a touchdown.
3 - All six games in the series between 1996-01 were decided by exactly three points.
4 - Clemson won each of the first four games in the series.
5 - Shelton Lewis had a Clemson-record-tying five passes defended against Georgia Tech in 2023.
6 - C.J. Spiller scored four six-pointers (touchdowns) against Georgia Tech in the 2009 ACC Championship Game, the only Tiger to score four touchdowns in a game against the Yellow Jackets.
7 - Chad Speck had a school-record seven special teams tackles against Georgia Tech in 1999.
8 - Clemson has won eight games in a row in Death Valley over Georgia Tech. Its last win at Clemson was in 2008, Dabo Swinney’s first game as Clemson’s head coach.
9 - Clemson defeated No. 9 Georgia Tech in Atlanta in 2001, the highest ranked Yellow Jacket team the Tigers have defeated.
10 - Clemson was ranked in the top 10 entering its game with Georgia Tech in eight straight games between 2015-22. Clemson won all eight meetings.
11 - Clemson and Georgia Tech played to an 11-11 tie in 1904.
12 & 13 - Clemson was ranked No. 12 Georgia Tech No. 13 entering the 2006 game at Clemson. ESPN College GameDay came to Clemson for the first time, and the Tigers won 31-7.
14 - John Heisman never lost a game in the series, going 2-0 for Clemson against Georgia Tech and 12-0-1 for Georgia Tech against the Tigers for a 14-0-1 combined record in the series.
15 - Jerry Butler wore #15 for the Tigers and had a career-high 163 receiving yards on five catches at Georgia Tech in 1977.
16 - In Clemson’s 31-7 victory over Georgia Tech in 2006, James Davis and C.J. Spiller were called “Thunder & Lightning” for the first time by ESPN’s Todd Blackledge. Davis had 216 rushing yards and Spiller had 116 rushing yards.
17 - Wayne Gallman had 17 career 100-yard rushing games, including 115 yards against Georgia Tech in 2015.
18 - Clemson defeated Georgia Tech 14-8 at Clemson in 2021. It is the only time the winning team scored 21 points or less in the last 18 years.
19 - Clemson defeated No. 19 and defending national champion Georgia Tech in 1991, the first time the Tigers defeated a ranked Yellow Jacket team.
20 - C.J. Spiller had 233 rushing yards against Georgia Tech in the 2009 ACC Championship Game on just 20 carries, an average of 11.7 yards per carry.
21 - Ray Yauger had 23 carries for 146 yards at Georgia Tech in 1969 in Clemson’s 21-10 victory in the final road win of Frank Howard’s coaching career.
22 - Against Georgia Tech in 2000, Chad Carson had 22 tackles, the most by a Tiger against the Yellow Jackets.
23 - Clemson scored 23 points in its 23-0 victory over Georgia Tech in the first meeting between the two schools in 1898.
24 - Clemson and Georgia Tech played to a 24-24 tie in 1976, the last time the two teams played to a tie.
25 - John Heisman was lured away from Clemson to Georgia Tech in 1904 thanks in part to a 25-percent pay raise (from $1,800 to $2,250).
26 - Deshaun Watson had 26 career 200-yard passing games, including 304 passing yards against Georgia Tech in 2016.
27 - Clemson players have had 27 100-yard rushing games against Georgia Tech.
28 - C.J. Spiller, who wore #28, rushed for 233 yards and scored four touchdowns against Georgia Tech in the 2009 ACC Championship Game. He was named the game’s MVP, the only ACC Championship Game in history the MVP came from the losing team.
29 - Sammy Watkins had 29 career touchdowns, as three came against Georgia Tech.
30 - Clemson’s first completed forward pass went for 30 yards from Powell Lakes to George Warren against Georgia Tech in 1906. The play was actually a fake punt. Clemson won 10-0.
31 - James Davis had 216 rushing yards against Georgia Tech in 2006 in a 31-7 victory.
32 - Neither team has scored 32 points in the series since 1932, when Georgia Tech beat the Tigers 32-14.
33 - In Clemson’s 33-12 win over Georgia Tech in 1987, only 14 of the points were scored by the offense.
34 - Clemson never punted and had 332 rushing yards when it scored 34 points and lost to Georgia Tech 39-34 in the 2009 ACC Championship Game.
35 - Clemson scored 35 points in the second quarter at Georgia Tech in 2020, tied for the most points in a quarter in Tiger history.
36 - Clemson has defeated Georgia Tech 36 times in history, including nine of the last 10 meetings.
37 - Clemson has scored at least 37 points in five of its last six wins over Georgia Tech.
38 - Jimmy Howard, son of Clemson Head Coach Frank Howard, wore #38 against Georgia Tech in 1962.
39 - In 2003, Clemson defeated Georgia Tech 39-3 in Atlanta behind a 298-yard passing performance from Charlie Whitehurst. It was Clemson’s largest margin of victory over Georgia Tech since 1903.
40 - Clemson is 14-1 against the Yellow Jackets when it scores at least 40 points.
41 - Clemson defeated Georgia Tech 41-14 in 1983, the first time the teams played a televised game.
42 - Clemson players have had 42 100-yard rushing or receiving games against Georgia Tech.
43 - Since Georgia Tech joined the ACC in 1983, the two teams have played 43 times. Clemson has a 25-18 lead in those games.
44 - Levon Kirkland wore #44 for the Tigers between 1988-91 and had 25 career tackles in those games against Georgia Tech.
45 - Frank Howard’s 1945 team defeated Georgia Tech and Bobby Dodd 21-7. It was Clemson’s first win over Georgia Tech since 1936.
46 - Shelton Lewis had a 46-yard interception return for a touchdown against Georgia Tech in 2023, the last time a Tiger had a pick six against the Yellow Jackets.
47 - Clemson defeated Georgia Tech 47-44 in overtime in Atlanta in 2001, as Woodrow Dantzler had 164 rushing yards and 254 passing yards to earn national player-of-the-week honors by USA Today.
48 - Greg Huegel started 48 games as Clemson’s placekicker. He was 15-15 on PATs and 2-3 on field goals for 21 points against the Yellow Jackets.
49 - Clemson has scored exactly 49 points in beating Georgia Tech just once, a 49-21 win in 2018.
50 - Over the last 50 games between the two teams, Clemson has a 27-22-1 advantage in the series.