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Week 16: Virginia Tech Hokies at Clemson Tigers

December 20, 2026
70°
Clemson Memorial Stadium (Greenville, SC) Attendance: 47,703 (87%)
Hokies 3 3 0 6 - 12
Tigers 0 0 0 10 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Hokies: 4-4-CLM 27 (4:00) 5-Forrest Middlebrooks 46 yard field goal is GOOD. CLM 0 VT 3
(Qtr 2) Hokies: 4-1-CLM 36 (12:15) 5-Forrest Middlebrooks 54 yard field goal is GOOD. CLM 0 VT 6
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-7-VT 22 (14:53) 6-Bradley Montgomery 40 yard field goal is GOOD. CLM 3 VT 6
(Qtr 4) Hokies: 4-3-CLM 23 (3:01) 5-Forrest Middlebrooks 41 yard field goal is GOOD. CLM 3 VT 9
(Qtr 4) Hokies: 4-7-CLM 27 (1:54) 5-Forrest Middlebrooks 45 yard field goal is GOOD. CLM 3 VT 12
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 2-10-CLM 25 (1:47) 1-Ward Barnett pass complete to 84-Billy Speer for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Bradley Montgomery. CLM 10 VT 12

Team Statistics

Tigers Hokies
First Downs 6 10
- Rushing 3 4
- Passing 2 5
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 195 191
- Offensive Plays 60 74
- Yards Per Play 3.25 2.58
Net Rushing Yards 52 71
- Rushing Attempts 13 41
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 1.73
Net Passing Yards 143 120
- Att/Comp/Int 47 / 13 / 3 33 / 24 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 143 120
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.04 3.64
- Yards Per Completion 11.00 5.00
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 16 6 / 22
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.2 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 26 3 / 16
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 18 4 / 28
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / -1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 33
Time of Possession 18:44 41:17

Drive Charts

Clemson Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:30 0:16 OWN 29 3 0 Punt
1 9:49 0:56 OWN 11 3 3 Punt
1 3:56 0:57 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 0:38 0:16 OWN 16 3 -5 Punt
2 12:11 1:30 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 8:33 0:52 OWN 31 3 2 Punt
2 6:11 1:25 OWN 37 3 5 Punt
2 2:34 0:39 OWN 38 3 11 Interception
2 1:32 1:32 OWN 4 3 19 Half
3 15:00 0:50 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 12:09 2:52 OWN 26 6 23 Punt
3 3:18 2:22 OWN 15 6 16 Punt
3 0:13 0:23 OPP 31 5 9 Field Goal
4 13:17 1:26 OWN 26 3 3 Punt
4 8:21 2:04 OWN 20 5 28 Interception
4 2:57 0:09 OWN 25 3 0 Interception
4 1:51 0:15 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown

Virginia Tech Hokies

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 13:13 3:24 OWN 24 5 14 Punt
1 8:53 4:57 OWN 38 8 35 Field Goal
1 2:59 2:22 OWN 29 3 6 Punt
1 0:21 3:10 OWN 44 6 20 Field Goal
2 10:41 2:08 OWN 19 3 4 Punt
2 7:41 1:30 OWN 21 3 5 Punt
2 4:46 2:13 OWN 15 3 4 Punt
2 1:55 0:23 OWN 47 3 9 Punt
3 14:10 2:01 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
3 9:17 5:59 OWN 7 9 34 Punt
3 0:56 0:43 OWN 30 2 -5 Interception
4 14:50 1:33 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
4 11:52 3:30 OWN 31 6 11 Punt
4 6:17 3:20 OWN 47 6 31 Field Goal
4 2:48 0:58 OPP 30 3 3 Field Goal
4 1:36 1:36 OPP 37 5 14 Game

Rushing Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ray Wilson 4 37 9.25 16 2 0
John Pitre 9 15 1.67 5 0 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Shaw 27 69 2.56 12 3 0
Homer Stoddard 4 3 0.75 1 0 0
Kyle Ellis 3 0 0.00 0 0 0
Adam Bell 7 -1 -0.14 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ward Barnett 47 13 143 0 / 0 1 75 3 20.26

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kyle Ellis 33 24 120 0 / 0 0 22 1 65.21

Receiving Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Billy Speer 2 91 45.50 75 1
John Martin 5 30 6.00 11 0
John Pitre 2 9 4.50 8 0
Martin Rodriguez 1 6 6.00 6 0
Ray Wilson 1 3 3.00 3 0
Mitchell Logan 1 3 3.00 3 0
Jack Hollis 1 1 1.00 1 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adam Bell 4 27 6.75 15 0
Alfredo Myers 4 26 6.50 22 0
Anthony Alston 4 19 4.75 12 0
Michael Shaw 5 16 3.20 5 0
Paul Reese 2 15 7.50 10 0
Homer Stoddard 3 9 3.00 6 0
Robert Jones 2 8 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Washington 0 2 0 1
Martin Rodriguez 0 6 0 0
Tony Dodrill 1 0 0 0
Jack Hollis 0 1 0 0
Williams Griffith 1 1 0 0
Mark Ward 0 2 0 0
Billy Speer 0 1 0 0
David Bell 0 1 0 0
Emil Wong 0 1 0 0
Robert Maresca 0 1 0 0
James Dyer 0 1 0 0
Donald Ratcliff 0 1 0 0
David Hammond 0 2 0 0
Harold Coleman 0 1 0 0
Normand Hufford 0 2 0 0
John Pitre 5 1 0 0
Joseph Ostrowski 0 7 0 0
Leon Mendelsohn 11 7 0 0
John Martin 10 12 0 1
William Doughty 0 2 0 0
James Ridgeway 0 2 0 0
Gene Anderson 0 2 0 0
Marcos Thompson 0 1 0 0
John Parks 0 1 0 0
Hugh Ferro 55 19 0 0
William McConnell 59 21 0 1
Alex Williams 0 7 0 0
Gary Herbert 57 24 0 2
Jesse Nelson 53 23 0 1
Albert Gillespie 47 19 0 1
Harrison Price 28 13 0 0
Jose Taylor 13 1 0 0
Jason Williams 15 6 0 0
Jerome Beamer 1 0 0 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alberto Swinton 45 45 0 4
Robert Jones 0 19 0 0
Kelly Ortiz 0 1 0 0
John Gilliam 0 2 0 0
Murray Williams 0 1 0 0
Michael Shaw 5 6 0 2
Jamal Holmes 0 4 0 1
Ricky Gross 0 4 0 1
Alvin Causby 0 3 0 0
John Leonard 5 3 0 0
Adam Bell 6 5 0 0
Alfredo Myers 0 17 0 3
Marvin Shaw 15 4 0 0
Martin Lowe 46 42 0 3
Terry Snowden 2 0 0 0
Michael Dematteo 16 6 0 0
Anthony Williams 0 17 0 0
Homer Stoddard 8 17 0 1
Gil Lewis 1 8 0 4
Anthony Alston 3 35 0 1
Paul Reese 0 15 0 2
Brian Tack 48 47 0 3
Travis France 47 50 0 4
Dean Hart 46 45 0 0
Joel Cain 0 2 0 1

Interception Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gene Anderson 1 0 0.00 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mark Schneider 1 0 0.00 0
Jamal Holmes 1 0 0.00 0
Ricky Gross 1 -1 -1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ray Wilson 1 1 0 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kyle Ellis 1 0 0 0
James Henry 0 0 1 0
Miguel Vogel 0 1 0 0

Punting

Clemson Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Pickett 11 521 47.36 44.91 53 3

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ray Schiavone 11 518 47.09 43.45 60 4

Kicking

Clemson Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bradley Montgomery 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 1 / 1

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Forrest Middlebrooks 4 / 4 4 / 4 1 / 1 54 0 / 0

Punt Return

Clemson Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ray Wilson 2 18 9.0 11 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Alfredo Myers 4 28 7.0 8 0

Kick Return

Clemson Tigers

Virginia Tech Hokies

Defensive Stats

Clemson Tigers

Name Tackles Sacks
Leon Mendelsohn 13 0
Charles Ramirez 6 0
James Ridgeway 6 0
Gene Anderson 5 0
Joshua Miller 5 0
John Parks 5 0
Harold Coleman 5 0
Paul Washington 4 0
Donald Ratcliff 3 0
David Hammond 3 0
Marcos Thompson 3 0
James Dyer 2 0
Robert Maresca 2 0
William Doughty 2 0
John Martin 1 0
Salvador Foster 1 0
Jesse Nelson 1 0
Ray Wilson 1 0
Mark Ward 1 0
Joseph Ostrowski 1 0

Virginia Tech Hokies

Name Tackles Sacks
Joel Cain 5 0
James Henry 4 0
Matthew Haines 3 0
Buddy Eddins 2 0
Mark Schneider 2 0
Kelly Ortiz 2 0
Francis Copeland 2 0
John Leonard 2 0
John Gilliam 2 0
Jamal Holmes 1 0
Ricky Gross 1 0
William Ridge 1 0
Robert Jones 1 0