2016 ACC Championship Game

August 2023 ACC Championship Game Dr. Pepper December 3 2016 2016 Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida Clemson Clemson Tigers 11–1 3 3 3 Dabo Swinney 14 7 14 7 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies 9–3 19 18 23 Justin Fuente 7 7 7 14 Deshaun Watson (QB, Clemson) Clemson by 11 Jeff Flanagan 50,623 ABC/ESPN Radio Chris Fowler (Play-by-Play), Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst), and Samantha Ponder (Sideline Reporter) (ABC)Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) The 2016 ACC Championship Game was the 12th football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Clemson Tigers defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies, 42–35. The two programs also met five years earlier in the 2011 ACC Championship Game. The ACC Championship Game had been played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2010, but the ACC announced it would move its neutral site championships out of North Carolina for the 2016 season in response to the state's controversial HB2 law.ACC football championship game headed to Orlando after move from Charlotte https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2016/09/29/acc-football-championship-game-orlando-hb2/91263526/ USA TODAY Sports USA TODAY 12 October 2016 The 2016 championship game was played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Set For Orlando http://www.theacc.com/news/dr-pepper-acc-football-championship-game-set-for-orlando-09-29-2016 theacc.com Atlantic Coast Conference 12 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161002120844/http://www.theacc.com/news/dr-pepper-acc-football-championship-game-set-for-orlando-09-29-2016 2 October 2016 dead dmy-all Teams Clemson Tigers The Tigers qualified for the game by winning the ACC Atlantic Division with a conference record of 7–1, tied with the Louisville Cardinals, who Clemson beat on October 1, 2016, 42–36. Virginia Tech Hokies The Hokies qualified for the game by clinching the ACC Coastal Division following North Carolina's loss at home on November 25, 2016, to NC State, 28–21. The Hokies' conference record was 6–2. Scoring summary Clemson Va. Tech 1 11:47 Clemson 9 75 3:13 RushTD Deshaun Watson 3 good Greg Huegel 7 0 1 5:57 Clemson 9 83 4:06 RecTD Jordan Leggett Deshaun Watson 21 good Greg Huegel 14 0 1 0:51 Va. Tech 12 77 5:06 RushTD Travon McMillian 1 good Joey Slye 14 7 2 11:46 Clemson 10 75 4:05 RecTD Jordan Leggett Deshaun Watson 10 good Greg Huegel 21 7 2 4:09 Va. Tech 5 70 1:58 RushTD Jerod Evans 11 good Joey Slye 21 14 3 9:17 Clemson 9 89 3:38 RushTD Wayne Gallman 8 good Greg Huegel 28 14 3 4:45 Clemson 4 51 1:19 RushTD Deshaun Watson 2 good Greg Huegel 35 14 3 2:27 Va. Tech 5 75 2:18 RushTD Travon McMillian 27 good Joey Slye 35 21 4 11:35 Va. Tech 12 65 4:24 RushTD Jerod Evans 5 good Joey Slye 35 28 4 7:33 Clemson 8 75 4:02 RecTD Hunter Renfrow Deshaun Watson 15 good Greg Huegel 42 28 4 5:43 Va. Tech 6 76 1:50 RecTD Cam Phillips Jerod Evans 26 good Joey Slye 42 3542 35 Source: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=155316 ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech Stat Broadcast 2016-12-03 Statistics Statistics CU VT First downs 29 19 Total yards 470 386 Rushing Yards 182 102 Passing yards 288 284 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 23-34-1 22-36-2 Time of possession 31:52 28:08 References Championship Category:ACC Championship Game Category:Clemson Tigers football games Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football games Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States ACC Championship