Hokies Too Much For Tigers In Blacksburg, 24-7 |
Blacksburg, Va -- Branden Ore gained 203 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns and Virginia Tech held the No. 10 Tigers to 76 yards in the last three quarters in the Hokies' 24-7 victory Thursday night.
Virginia Tech (6-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), beaten soundly in its last two ACC games by Georgia Tech and Boston College, showed the Tigers what it felt like.
Clemson (7-2, 4-2) had just three first downs in the last three quarters, and the third one came in the final minute, not long before the final gun sounded and Hokies fans streamed onto the field, surrounding the team and celebrating around midfield.
“We put a lot into the Georgia Tech game and did not have the same emotion tonight,” said Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden.
Ore carried a career-high 37 times for his second consecutive 200-yard performance. He had 207 five days earlier in a rout of Southern Mississippi, and this time upstaged the Tigers' vaunted two-back tandem of James Davis and C.J. Spiller. They came into the game averaging 185 yards between them, but finished with just 71 yards on 22 tries.
"Disappointing thing is that they said okay, we're going to make you beat us throwing and catching," Bowden said. "We haven't had to throw at all, and all of a sudden you get in a game environment with a lot of excitement, a lot of electricity and we didn't execute the forward pass very good."
The Hokies, leading 10-7 at halftime, padded their lead early in the third quarter after Xavier Adibi intercepted Will Proctor's pass at the Clemson 35. Ore did the rest, carrying on five consecutive plays, the last an 11-yard, second-effort run for the TD.
Later in the period, he essentially put the game away, breaking off a 21-yard run to get the ball inside the Clemson 5, then carrying two more times to get it to 24-7. Sam Wheeler also had a big play in the drive, a 41-yard reception from Sean Glennon.
Glennon came in expecting to yield to Ike Whitaker at times to boost the running game, but it never happened. Glennon finished 9-for-15 for 108 yards and ran for a TD.
The Tigers will next face Maryland on Nov. 4 (12:00 EST/ ESPN2).
Clemson 7 0 0 0 7
Virginia Tech 7 3 14 0 24
SCORING SUMMARY CU -VT
1st
06:09 CU James Davis 6 yd run (Jad Dean kick)
11 plays, 77 yards, TOP 5:06 7 - 0
01:03 VT Sean Glennon 1 yd run (Brandon Pace kick)
12 plays, 84 yards, TOP 5:06 7 - 7
2nd
11:36 VT Brandon Pace 37 yd field goal
10 plays, 29 yards, TOP 3:10 7 - 10
3rd
09:26 VT Branden Ore 11 yd run (Brandon Pace kick)
5 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:39 7 - 17
02:07 VT Branden Ore 3 yd run (Brandon Pace kick)
6 plays, 79 yards, TOP 1:31 7 - 24
Team Totals CU VT
FIRST DOWNS 8 15
Rushing 5 12
Passing 3 3
Penalty 0 0
NET YARDS RUSHING 80 224
Rushing Attempts 28 58
Average Per Rush 2.9 3.9
Yards Gained Rushing 86 253
Yards Lost Rushing 6 29
NET YARDS PASSING 86 108
Completions-Attempts-Int 11-28-1 9-15-0
Average Per Attempt 3.1 7.2
Average Per Completion 7.8 12.0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 166 332
Total offense plays 56 73
Average Gain Per Play 3.0 4.5
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards 1-5 3-22
PUNTS-YARDS 10-394 8-324
Average Yards Per Punt 39.4 40.5
Net Yards Per Punt 37.8 39.9
Inside 20 0 3
50+ Yards 0 0
Touchbacks 0 0
Fair catch 4 3
KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-128 5-319
Average Yards Per Kickoff 64.0 63.8
Net Yards Per Kickoff 47.0 42.8
Touchbacks 1 2
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-5-0 2-16-0
Average Per Return 1.7 8.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-65-0 1-14-0
Average Per Return 21.7 14.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-5-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-5-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 24:10 35:50
1st Quarter 8:14 6:46
2nd Quarter 5:23 9:37
3rd Quarter 7:15 7:45
4th Quarter 3:18 11:42
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 16 6 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-21 0-0
PAT Kicks 1-1 3-3
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Clemson
RUSHING No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
C.J. Spiller 10 41 0 41 0 13 4.1
James Davis 12 36 6 30 1 9 2.5
Will Proctor 5 7 0 7 0 4 1.4
Jacoby Ford 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Totals... 28 86 6 80 1 13 2.9
Virginia Tech
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Branden Ore 37 205 2 203 2 40 5.5
Kenny Lewis 5 25 2 23 0 17 4.6
Elan Lewis 8 11 4 7 0 3 0.9
Eddie Royal 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0
Jesse Allen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sean Glennon 6 9 21 -12 1 6 -2.0
Totals... 58 253 29 224 3 40 3.9
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Will Proctor 11-28-1 86 0 20 0
Totals... 11-28-1 86 0 20 0
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Sean Glennon 9-15-0 108 0 41 2
Totals... 9-15-0 108 0 41 2
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Tyler Grisham 3 34 0 20
Chansi Stuckey 3 28 0 14
Michael Palmer 2 12 0 7
C.J. Spiller 2 7 0 5
Aaron Kelly 1 5 0 5
Totals... 11 86 0 20
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Josh Morgan 4 23 0 9
Sam Wheeler 1 41 0 41
David Clowney 1 19 0 19
Eddie Royal 1 14 0 14
Branden Ore 1 7 0 7
Justin Harper 1 4 0 4
Totals... 9 108 0 41
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Cole Chason 10 394 39.4 48 0 0
Totals... 10 394 39.4 48 0 0
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Nic Schmitt 8 324 40.5 47 3 0
Totals... 8 324 40.5 47 3 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
C.J. Spiller 2 6 4 2 41 21 0 0 0
Jacoby Ford 1 -1 0 1 24 24 0 0 0
Totals... 3 5 4 3 65 24 0 0 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Eddie Royal 2 16 12 1 14 14 0 0 0
Xavier Adibi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5
Totals... 2 16 12 1 14 14 1 5 5
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
C.J. Spiller 41 7 41 6 0 95
Tyler Grisham 0 34 0 0 0 34
James Davis 30 0 0 0 0 30
Chansi Stuckey 0 28 0 0 0 28
Jacoby Ford 2 0 24 -1 0 25
Michael Palmer 0 12 0 0 0 12
Will Proctor 7 0 0 0 0 7
Aaron Kelly 0 5 0 0 0 5
Totals... 80 86 65 5 0 236
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Branden Ore 203 7 0 0 0 210
Eddie Royal 3 14 14 16 0 47
Sam Wheeler 0 41 0 0 0 41
Josh Morgan 0 23 0 0 0 23
Kenny Lewis 23 0 0 0 0 23
David Clowney 0 19 0 0 0 19
Elan Lewis 7 0 0 0 0 7
Xavier Adibi 0 0 0 0 5 5
Justin Harper 0 4 0 0 0 4
Sean Glennon -12 0 0 0 0 -12
Totals... 224 108 14 16 5 367
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Brandon Pace 2nd 11:36 37 yards Good
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Cole Chason 2 128 1 0 64.0
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Jared Develli 5 319 2 0 63.8
FUMBLES: Clemson-Will Proctor 1-1.
Virginia Tech-Sean Glennon 1-1.
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