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2006 ACC Championship Game

2006 Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game
Conference Championship
1 2 3 4 Total
Wake Forest 0 3 0 6 9
Georgia Tech 3 0 0 3 6
Date December 2, 2006
Season 2006
Stadium Alltel Stadium
Location Jacksonville, Florida
MVP K Sam Swank, Wake Forest
Favorite Georgia Tech by 3
Referee Ron Cherry
Halftime show Dr Pepper "Million Dollar Throw"
Attendance 62,850
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Paul Maguire, and Bonnie Bernstein
Nielsen ratings 4.0
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2006 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#18 Wake Forest x$   6 2         11 3  
#20 Boston College   5 3         10 3  
Maryland   5 3         9 4  
Clemson   5 3         8 5  
Florida State   3 5         7 6  
NC State   2 6         3 9  
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech x   7 1         9 5  
#19 Virginia Tech   6 2         10 3  
Virginia   4 4         5 7  
Miami   3 5         7 6  
North Carolina   2 6         3 9  
Duke   0 8         0 12  

Championship: Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game featured the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in a regular-season American football game to determine the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Wake Forest defeated Georgia Tech by a 9–6 score to win its first ACC football championship since 1970 and its second in school history. The game was held at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (now known as EverBank Field) in Jacksonville, Florida and was the concluding game of the regular season for each team.

Neither team was highly regarded at the beginning of the 2006 season, but each team outperformed expectations to earn the right to play in the conference championship game, which was the second in the conference's history. Wake Forest, the Atlantic Division representative, earned a 10–2 record behind redshirt freshman quarterback Riley Skinner, who won the ACC's rookie of the year award. Wake defeated tough ACC opponents Florida State and 16th-ranked Boston College to win the Atlantic Division. Georgia Tech, led by junior All-America wide receiver Calvin Johnson, defeated 11th-ranked Virginia Tech and North Carolina en route to winning the Coastal Division and a spot in the championship game.


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