Clemson football score updates vs Georgia Tech in ACC Week 11
CLEMSON — Clemson football will try to make it back-to-back wins Saturday when it hosts Georgia Tech at Memorial Stadium.
The Tigers (5-4, 2-4 ACC) are coming off a 31-23 win over No. 12 Notre Dame last week that ended a two-game skid. Georgia Tech (5-4, 4-2) is looking for a third straight win after beating Virginia and No. 17 UNC in its past two games.
Georgia Tech owns the all-time series 50-35-2, but the Yellow Jackets haven't beaten Clemson since 2014. They haven't won at Memorial Stadium since 2008, which was Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's first game as interim coach after Tommy Bowden's mid-season departure. The Tigers lost 21-17.
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Both teams would become bowl eligible with a win. For Clemson, it would continue an 18-year streak of making a postseason game. For Georgia Tech, it would be the first bowl appearance since 2018.
Clemson football score updates vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
FINAL: Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 21
Fourth quarter
Georgia Tech cuts into Clemson lead too late
Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 21: Yellow Jackets quarterback Haynes King found tight end Dylan Leonard for a late touchdown with 1:48 left to play.
Georgia Tech scores first touchdown since first quarter
Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 14: The Yellow Jackets scored for the first time since the middle of the first quarter with 10:11 to play on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Haynes King to Dontae Smith.
Shelton Lewis pick-six puts Clemson up 42-7
Clemson 42, Georgia Tech 7: Freshman defensive back Shelton Lewis had a 46-yard pick-six to put the Tigers up five scores with 12:46 to play. The interception was the fourth of the game by King and the third by a true freshman.
TO. THE. CRIB. 🔥
🐅 @SheltonLewis14pic.twitter.com/nZpss7V9Gj— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) November 11, 2023
Cade Klubnik finds Josh Sapp for fourth touchdown pass
Clemson 35, Georgia Tech 7: With 14:22 left in the game, Klubnik found tight end Josh Sapp for his fourth passing touchdown of the game. The 13-yard grab came on a jump ball and put the Tigers up four scores.
Third quarter
Cade Klubnik's third touchdown pass puts Clemson up three scores
Clemson 28, Georgia Tech 7: Klubnik made one of his better throws for a five-yard score to tight end Jake Briningstool with 7:05 left in the third quarter. It was Klubnik's third touchdown pass of the game, and it capped a seven-play, 52-yard drive.
Second quarter
Will Shipley adds to lead with 32-yard touchdown run
Clemson 21, Georgia Tech 7: Running back Will Shipley's 32-yard touchdown run with 1:09 left in the half gave the Tigers a two-score lead. Shipley is in his first game back after missing last week's game with a concussion. The play before his touchdown, he had picked up the fourth Clemson fourth-down conversion of the game.
Tyler Brown's one-handed catch gives Clemson lead
Clemson 14, Georgia Tech 7: Clemson took the lead with 7:17 left in the half on an exceptional one-handed catch by freshman wide receiver and Greenville High School alumnus Tyler Brown. The 3-yard touchdown grab capped an eight-play, 42-yard drive that included Clemson's third fourth-down conversion of the game on a catch by tight end Jake Briningstool.
Clemson WR Tyler Brown 🤯 pic.twitter.com/vl8TtR8hHh
— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 11, 2023
Clemson responds with long touchdown drive
Clemson 7, Georgia Tech 7: With 11:45 left in the half, Clemson tied the game on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Klubnik to Beaux Collins. It capped an 18-play, 75-yard drive that took almost 10 minutes off the clock. The drive was extended by a conversion on fourth-and-7 on a 20-yard pass from Klubnik to Collins and a fourth-and-1 conversion in the red zone by Phil Mafah. It was the longest scoring drive in school history and the second-longest overall drive.
TUDDY 🐅 pic.twitter.com/5NIMdQk8lh
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) November 11, 2023
First quarter
Failed fake punt sets up Georgia Tech touchdown
Georgia Tech 7, Clemson 0: Clemson faked a punt on fourth-and-9 deep in its own territory and did not convert. That gave the Yellow Jackets the ball at the Clemson 25-yard-line. Georgia Tech ultimately scored with 6:36 left in the quarter on a 4-yard touchdown run by quarterback Haynes King.
Clemson (-14.5) just tried a fake punt deep in their own territory… pic.twitter.com/umNeFUDARp
— SportsBettingDime (@SBD) November 11, 2023
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Clemson score updates vs Georgia Tech in college football Week 11