Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, Seeking First Win There Since 2008

ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta’s Georgia Tech travels to Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C., on Saturday, Nov. 14. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m., with the game on The CW, as the Yellow Jackets open the final stretch of a 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) season. The Jackets sit at 2-7, 1-5 in league play. Clemson is 6-3, 4-2 in the ACC.

Georgia Tech athletics traces the rivalry to 1898 and lists the Jackets ahead 51-36-2 all time. Last season at home in Atlanta, Georgia Tech ended a nine-game losing streak in the series by beating then-No. 12 Clemson 24-21 at Bobby Dodd Stadium, known now as Hyundai Field. Winning on Saturday would be the program’s first victory at Memorial Stadium since 2008 and would stop a run of eight straight losses on that campus. Back-to-back wins against Clemson would also be the first for the Jackets since the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Clemson athletics says the teams sat out 2024, the first missed meeting since 1982.

Clemson lists Saturday as career game No. 250 for head coach Dabo Swinney. He first led the Tigers as head coach against Georgia Tech at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 18, 2008. His record against Georgia Tech is 12-6, counting postseason games, and a win would give Clemson a seventh victory this fall, stretching a run of seasons with at least seven wins to 16 in a row.

Senior running back Justice Haynes is coming off his strongest outing since getting hurt in the Duke game on Oct. 7, with 87 yards on the ground and 99 yards from scrimmage against Louisville. He is averaging 79.4 yards rushing per game, 37th in the country. Sophomore wide receiver Dalen Penson had 66 yards receiving on five catches against Louisville and has reached 50-plus yards receiving in seven of his nine games so far.

Georgia Tech says it is the only team in the country with three underclassmen who have at least 30 catches and 325 receiving yards this season: sophomore wide receiver Jordan Allen, with 49 receptions for 576 yards, sophomore tight end Kevin Roche Jr., at 37-332, and Penson, at 33-500. Sophomore safety Tae Harris has 58 tackles this season and is on pace to lead the Jackets in stops.

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