Postgame Notes: No. 2 Clemson 49, Georgia Tech 28

Team Notes:

• The 28-point victory represented Clemson’s largest margin of victory against Georgia Tech since a 39-3 win in 2003.
• The 49 points scored by Clemson against Georgia Tech were the Tigers’ most against the Yellow Jackets since scoring 55 points in 2013. The 49 points were the most scored by Clemson all-time at Grant Field in Atlanta since the field’s opening in 1913. Clemson scored a series-best 73 points on Georgia Tech at Piedmont Park in 1903.
• Clemson held Georgia Tech to 146 rushing yards. The Yellow Jackets entered the day ranked No. 1 in rushing offense in the FBS, averaging 392.7 yards per game.
• Over the past four meetings with Georgia Tech, Clemson has limited the Yellow Jackets to 2.85 yards per carry.
• Clemson recorded a 248-146 advantage in rushing yards. Clemson has outrushed Georgia Tech in each of the teams’ last four meetings, all Clemson victories.
• Clemson held Georgia Tech to three completions, Clemson’s seventh time holding an opponent to five or fewer completions since 2016, the most in the FBS.
• Clemson amassed 480 total yards on offense, including 232 passing and 248 rushing. It marked the third time this season that Clemson has reached 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards in the same game and the 37th time the program has done so under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Clemson is undefeated (37-0) in those contests.
• Clemson’s defense opened the scoring, as Clelin Ferrell recovered a fumble in Georgia Tech’s end zone. It was Clemson’s first defensive touchdown of the season and the first defensive touchdown off a fumble by the Tigers since Tanner Muse’s 63-yard fumble return for touchdown at Syracuse in 2016.
• Ferrell’s touchdown was the first touchdown by a Clemson defensive lineman since Carlos Watkins’ pick-six against Appalachian State on Sept. 12, 2015.
• The defensive touchdown marked the first time that Clemson’s first score of a game came from the defense since Ryan Carter recorded a 12-yard interception return for the first points of Clemson’s 34-10 win against South Carolina in 2017.
• Clemson has now forced a takeaway in 12 consecutive contests, the program's longest streak since a 15-game stretch across the 2012-13 seasons.

Individual Notes:

• Ferrell’s fumble recovery in the end zone was Clemson’s first fumble recovery touchdown of zero yards since Tavaris Barnes vs. Louisville in 2014.
• Quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 13-18 passes for 176 yards with four touchdowns. It was the first four-touchdown passing performance by a Clemson quarterback since Deshaun Watson on Nov. 26, 2016 (six vs. South Carolina).
• Lawrence became the first Clemson freshman to throw four touchdown passes since Watson on Sept. 27, 2014 (six vs. North Carolina).
• Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow extended his streak of consecutive games played with a reception to 32 on a 17-yard touchdown reception from Lawrence in the second quarter.
• On the ensuing extra point, kicker Greg Huegel passed James Davis (294) for sixth-most career points in school history.
• The touchdown reception was Renfrow’s first of the season and 15th of his career. The original walk-on is one touchdown reception away from tying Terrance Roulhac, Derrick Hamilton and Jacoby Ford (16 each) for 10th most career touchdown receptions in Clemson history.
• Wide receiver Justyn Ross recorded a 53-yard touchdown on his first reception of the game. He has now recorded a touchdown reception in three out of his first four games and scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
• Ross became the first Clemson receiver to score a touchdown in three of the team’s first four games since Artavis Scott in 2015. He is the first freshman to do so since Sammy Watkins caught a touchdown in each of his first four games in 2011.
• Both of Ross’ touchdown receptions in the last two weeks have covered 50 yards or more, including a 57-yard touchdown vs. Georgia Southern and a 53-yard touchdown against Georgia Tech. He becomes the first Clemson player to catch touchdown passes of 50 yards or more in back-to-back games since Artavis Scott vs. South Carolina and Oklahoma in 2014.
• Running back Travis Etienne scored the first receiving touchdown of his career on a three-yard shovel pass from Lawrence in the second quarter.
• Etienne later rushed for a touchdown to match his career-long streak of four consecutive games with a rushing touchdown, equaling a four-game streak set vs. Florida State, The Citadel, South Carolina and Miami in 2017
• With his seventh point of the game following Etienne’s touchdown run, Huegel became the sixth player in school history to reach 300 career points, joining Chandler Catanzaro, Aaron Hunt, C.J. Spiller, Nelson Welch and Travis Zachery.
• Huegel now ranks tied with Travis Zachery for fifth all-time in career scoring with 300 points.
• Etienne finished the game with 122 yards on 11 carries and has now posted consecutive 100-yard rushing games for the first time in his career.
• Etienne became the first Clemson player to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games since Wayne Gallman against Wake Forest and South Carolina in 2016.
• With 75 rushing yards on the day, running back Tavien Feaster eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards for his career.
• Feaster reached the career 1,000-yard rushing mark on a 27-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter. It marked the second straight week in which a Tiger running back scored a touchdown on the rush in which he reached 1,000 career rushing yards.
• The rushing touchdown was the 11th of Feaster’s career and his second of the season.
• Etienne (7.79 yards/carry) and Feaster (6.25 yards/carry) currently sit in first and second, respectively, for career yards per carry among Clemson rushers with 1,000+ yards.
• Wide receiver Tee Higgins recorded a 30-yard touchdown reception, his career-high second touchdown reception of the season.
• Tackle Mitch Hyatt made his 46th career start to tie PK Nelson Welch (46 from 1991-94) and P Cole Chason (46 from 2003-06) for the eighth-most career starts in Clemson history.
• Cornerback A.J. Terrell recorded his first career caused fumble in the first quarter.
• Defensive lineman Christian Wilkins recorded his second sack of the season in the first quarter, pushing his career total to 12.0. On the play, he recorded the second caused fumble of his career, his first since Oct. 3, 2015 vs. Notre Dame.
• Linebacker J.D. Davis recorded his first sack of the season -- the second of his career -- in the first quarter.
• Clemson has now recorded at least three sacks in four straight games for the first time since the Tigers recorded a combined 14 sacks across the Wake Forest (four), South Carolina (three), Virginia Tech (four) and Ohio State (three) games in 2016.
• Linebacker Tre Lamar recorded the second caused fumble of his career -- his first of the season -- in the first quarter, knocking loose the ball eventually recovered by Ferrell for the Clemson touchdown.
• Georgia Tech scored its first touchdown of the game with 2:08 remaining in the second quarter. It marked only the second first-half touchdown allowed by Clemson in its last nine games, dating back to November 2017.
• Clemson opened ACC play on the road for the seventh year in a row, the longest stretch in program history. Clemson has not opened conference play at home since 2011.
• Clemson’s captains for the contest were defensive end Austin Bryant, running back Adam Choice, defensive tackle Albert Huggins and tight end Milan Richard.