There was a time when the Clemson-Georgia Tech game was the most competitive matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Before the Tigers’ current six-game winning streak in the series, the Yellow Jackets won 17 times to Clemson’s 16 victories dating back to when Georgia Tech first entered the ACC in 1983.
The series just was not close, but the games were too. From 1990-2009, 16 of the 21 games were decided by five points or less.
Starting in 1996 with a 28-25 Clemson victory at Death Valley and ending in 2001 with a 44-41 Tigers’ overtime win in Atlanta, Clemson and Georgia Tech played six straight games in which the final margin of victory was exactly three points.