Twelve years ago, Dabo Swinney coached in his first game as a head coach. He was the interim head coach then, just five days after he took over for Tommy Bowden, who resigned as Clemson’s head coach.
Coincidentally, Swinney’s first game was against Georgia Tech. However, the results on Saturday were much different than what happened 12 years ago. Of course, Swinney did not have Trevor Lawrence 12 years go either.
Lawrence had a career-high five touchdown passes to go with a career-high 404 yards as the top-ranked Tigers embarrassed Georgia Tech at Bobby Dodd Stadium, 73-7.