GAME THREAD: NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH (4-1) at CLEMSON (4-1)

NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at CLEMSON

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD VIRGINIA TECH
BRANDEN ORE 2 YD RUN
(JUD DUNLEVY KICK)

VIRGINIA TECH (15) 41
CLEMSON (22) 23 0:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at CLEMSON

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
VIRGINIA TECH (15) 17 14 0 10 41
CLEMSON (22) 0 8 0 15 23 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: VIRGINIA TECH - TD, DJ PARKER 32 YD INTERCEPTION
RETURN (JUD DUNLEVY KICK),
1:10. VIRGINIA TECH 7-0
VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 32 YD, 8:49.
VIRGINIA TECH 10-0
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, EDDIE ROYAL 82 YD PUNT RETURN
(JUD DUNLEVY KICK), 10:12.
VIRGINIA TECH 17-0
2ND QUARTER: CLEMSON - FG, MARK BUCHHOLZ 33 YD, 7:44.
VIRGINIA TECH 17-3
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, VICTOR HARRIS 100 YD KICKOFF
RETURN (JUD DUNLEVY KICK),
8:01. VIRGINIA TECH 24-3
CLEMSON - SAFETY, TYROD TAYLOR TACKLED BY RICKY
SAPP IN END ZONE 11:24.
VIRGINIA TECH 24-5
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, JUSTIN HARPER 21 YD PASS FROM
TYROD TAYLOR (JUD DUNLEVY
KICK), 12:43. VIRGINIA TECH
31-5
CLEMSON - FG, MARK BUCHHOLZ 30 YD, 14:53.
VIRGINIA TECH 31-8
3RD QUARTER: NONE
4TH QUARTER: CLEMSON - TD, TYLER GRISHAM 3 YD PASS FROM
CULLEN HARPER (MARK BUCHHOLZ
KICK), 0:48. VIRGINIA TECH
31-15
VIRGINIA TECH - FG, JUD DUNLEVY 47 YD, 7:40.
VIRGINIA TECH 34-15
CLEMSON - TD, AARON KELLY 18 YD PASS FROM
CULLEN HARPER (CULLEN HARPER
PASS TO TYLER GRISHAM FOR
TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 10:31.
VIRGINIA TECH 34-23
VIRGINIA TECH - TD, BRANDEN ORE 2 YD RUN (JUD
DUNLEVY KICK), 14:10. VIRGINIA
TECH 41-23</div>

 

CLEMSON, South Carolina (Ticker) -- As long as Frank Beamer isroaming the sidelines, Virginia Tech will continue to win withspecial teams and defense.


No. 15 Virginia Tech returned an interception, punt and kickofffor a touchdown and forced three turnovers en route to a 41-23triumph over 22nd-ranked Clemson on Saturday night in anAtlantic Coast Conference battle.


Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper's night got off to a bad startwhen he was intercepted by safety D.J. Parker just over aminute into the contest. Harper scampered 32 yards for atouchdown to give Virginia Tech an early 7-0 edge.

Eddie Royal seemed to enjoy his new role as the Hokies' puntreturner. His first return went for 33 yards and helped set upJared Develli's 32-yard field goal.


Royal made the most of his next return, cutting to the rightside and finding a seam to break off an 81-yard effort for ascore to extend the advantage to 17-0 with 4:48 still remainingin the opening quarter.


Royal also had another punt return for a touchdown called backbecause of a block in the back.


Cornerback Victor Harris, who also had an interception,continued the miserable night for Clemson's special teams.

After Clemson (4-2, 2-2 ACC Atlantic) got on the scoreboard withMark Buchholz's field goal, Harris broke a school-record100-yard kick return for a touchdown to give the Hokies a 24-3lead in the second quarter.


It was the 112th non-offensive touchdown for Virginia Techduring Beamer's 21-year tenure as the school's coach.

Virginia Tech (5-1, 3-0 Coastal) took a 31-8 lead into theintermission despite being held to just 91 yards of totaloffense.


Redshirt freshman quarterback Tyrod Taylor passed for 65 yardsand connected with Justin Harper on a 21-yard touchdown strikefor Virginia Tech, which managed just 219 yards of offense inits fourth consecutive win. Taylor also collected 118 yards onthe ground.


The disappointing season continued for Hokies tailback BrandenOre, who rushed for just 35 yards on 23 carries. Ore did punchin a two-yard touchdown rush in the final minute to make it41-23.


Harper completed 38-of-66 passes for 372 yards and twotouchdowns with two interceptions for the Tigers, who convertedjust 2-of-18 on third down.


Harper connected with Tyler Grisham on a three-yard touchdownstrike, and Aaron Kelly made an impressive acrobatic catch inthe back of the end zone for an 18-yard score.

 

NCAAF: VIRGINIA TECH at CLEMSON

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
VIRGINIA TECH (15) 17 14 0 10 41
CLEMSON (22) 0 8 0 15 23 FINAL

VIRGINIA TECH-TD, D Parker 32 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (J Dunlevy
KICK) 1:10 1st Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-FG, J Dunlevy 32 YD 8:49 1st Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, E Royal 82 YD PUNT RETURN (J Dunlevy KICK)
10:12 1st Qtr
CLEMSON-FG, M Buchholz 33 YD 7:44 2nd Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, V Harris 100 YD KICKOFF RETURN (J Dunlevy
KICK) 8:01 2nd Qtr
CLEMSON-SAFETY, T Taylor TACKLED BY R Sapp IN END ZONE 11:24
2nd Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, J Harper 21 YD PASS FROM T Taylor (J Dunlevy
KICK) 12:43 2nd Qtr
CLEMSON-FG, M Buchholz 30 YD 14:53 2nd Qtr
CLEMSON-TD, T Grisham 3 YD PASS FROM C Harper (M Buchholz
KICK) 0:48 4th Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-FG, J Dunlevy 47 YD 7:50 4th Qtr
CLEMSON-TD, A Kelly 18 YD PASS FROM C Harper (C Harper
PASS TO T Grisham FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)
10:31 4th Qtr
VIRGINIA TECH-TD, B Ore 2 YD RUN (J Dunlevy KICK) 14:10 4th Qtr


VIRGINIA TECH CLEMSON
First downs 9 20
Rushed-yards 41-154 23-8
Passing yards 65 372
Sacked-yards lost 2-6 4-24
Return yards 158 55
Passes 7-14-0 38-67-2
Punts 8-46.4 7-48
Fumbles-lost 3-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 6-52 7-53
Time of possession 27:16 32:44


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: VIRGINIA TECH-Tyrod Taylor 15-118, Branden Ore 23-35, Kenny
Lewis Jr. 3-1. CLEMSON-James Davis 6-9, C.J. Spiller 6-3, Cullen
Harper 11-MINUS 4.

PASSING: VIRGINIA TECH-Tyrod Taylor 7-14-65- 0. CLEMSON-Cullen Harper
38-66-372- 2. - Team 0-1-0- 0.

RECEIVING: VIRGINIA TECH-Justin Harper 3-33, Josh Hyman 2-31, Josh
Morgan 1-4, Branden Ore 1-MINUS 3. CLEMSON-Aaron Kelly 11-174, Tyler
Grisham 11-100, Terrance Ashe 5-44, C.J. Spiller 6-29, La'Donte Harris
2-18, James Davis 2-5, Brian Linthicum 1-2.


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CLEMSON, South Carolina (Ticker) -- As long as Frank Beamer isroaming the sidelines, Virginia Tech will continue to win withspecial teams and defense.


No. 15 Virginia Tech returned an interception, punt and kickofffor a touchdown and forced three turnovers en route to a 41-23triumph over 22nd-ranked Clemson on Saturday night in anAtlantic Coast Conference battle.


"That was four hours of work right there," Beamer said.

Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper's night got off to a bad startwhen he was intercepted by safety D.J. Parker just over aminute into the contest. Harper scampered 32 yards for atouchdown to give Virginia Tech an early 7-0 edge.

Eddie Royal seemed to enjoy his new role as the Hokies' puntreturner. His first return went for 33 yards and helped set upJared Develli's 32-yard field goal.


Royal made the most of his next return, cutting to the rightside and finding a seam to break off an 82-yard effort for ascore to extend the advantage to 17-0 with 4:48 still remainingin the opening quarter.


"I can truly say we emphasize it," Beamer said of VirginiaTech's special teams. "It really is a third of our preparation- offense, defense, and special teams. We try to get the bestpeople possible on special teams."


Royal also had another punt return for a touchdown called backbecause of a block in the back.


Cornerback Victor Harris, who also had an interception,continued the miserable night for Clemson's special teams.

After Clemson (4-2, 2-2 ACC Atlantic) got on the scoreboard withMark Buchholz's field goal, Harris broke a school-record100-yard kick return for a touchdown to give the Hokies a 24-3lead in the second quarter.


"We can't work any harder on special teams," Clemson coach TommyBowden said. "We're just going to have to figure out the rightcombination of players and continue to work hard."

It was the 112th non-offensive touchdown for Virginia Techduring Beamer's 21-year tenure as the school's coach.

Virginia Tech (5-1, 3-0 Coastal) took a 31-8 lead into theintermission despite being held to just 91 yards of totaloffense.


Redshirt freshman quarterback Tyrod Taylor passed for 65 yardsand connected with Justin Harper on a 21-yard touchdown strikefor Virginia Tech, which managed just 219 yards of offense inits fourth consecutive win. Taylor also collected 118 yards onthe ground.


"Tyrod's play on third down was fantastic," Beamer said. "Hisplay was big because we were getting ready to punt back to(Clemson). We just needed a play at the time and he not onlygot us a first down but he got us good field position."

The disappointing season continued for Hokies tailback BrandenOre, who rushed for just 35 yards on 23 carries. Ore did punchin a two-yard touchdown rush in the final minute to make it41-23.


Harper completed 38-of-66 passes for 372 yards and twotouchdowns with two interceptions for the Tigers, who convertedjust 2-of-18 on third down.


"We just had to abandon the running game," Bowden said. "Wecouldn't afford to waste plays and are going to have to figureout the problem there."


Harper connected with Tyler Grisham on a three-yard touchdownstrike, and Aaron Kelly made an impressive acrobatic catch inthe back of the end zone for an 18-yard score.


"Our players fought back in the second half, but we dugourselves such a deep hole to start the game that we justcouldn't climb out," Bowden said.