Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry
| First meeting | November 24, 1898 Clemson 23, Georgia Tech 0 |
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| Latest meeting | September 22, 2016 Clemson 26, Georgia Tech 7 |
| Next meeting | 2017 in Clemson |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 81 |
| All-time series | Georgia Tech leads, 50–29–2 |
| Largest victory | Clemson, 73–0 (1903) |
| Longest win streak | Georgia Tech, 15 (1908–1934) |
| Current win streak | Clemson, 2 (2015–present) |
The Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Clemson Tigers football team of Clemson University and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team of Georgia Tech. Both schools are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Since conference expansion in 2005, Clemson represents the Atlantic Division while Georgia Tech plays in the Coastal Division, and are currently designated as cross-divisional rivals.
The ACC series between the schools, beginning in 1983 as a standard home-home series, has been very close and competitive, with Clemson currently leading the series 18-16. Since 1899, all games prior to 1974 were played in Atlanta, Georgia.
Both schools also have intense in-state rivalries against larger schools which both happen to be in the SEC: Georgia Tech's Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate rivalry with the Georgia Bulldogs, and Clemson's Palmetto Bowl game against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Through 2016, the teams have played 81 times, with Tech leading the series 50–29–2, with 60 games played in Atlanta, and only 19 games played in Clemson's Memorial Stadium. 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. In 1904, Georgia Tech lured away Clemson's head coach, John Heisman (namesake of the Heisman Trophy), with the prospect of $450 pay raise ($11,995 adjusted for inflation), which was a 25% salary increase.
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