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Virginia Tech vs. Clemson

Extended Box  Game Story 
Sep 12, 1998 

NCAAF   FINAL               1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL
                            ---  ---  ---  ---     -----
        VIRGINIA TECH         3   31    3    0      37
        CLEMSON               0    0    0    0       0   FINAL


        SCORING SUMMARY


        1ST QTR: VTCH - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 25 YD, 11:00
        2ND QTR: VTCH - TD, AL CLARK 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK), 2:04
                 VTCH - TD, AL CLARK 10 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK), 6:00
                 VTCH - TD, RICKY HALL 56 YD PASS FROM AL CLARK (SHAYNE
                            GRAHAM KICK), 9:45
                 VTCH - TD, LAMONT PEGUES 2 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK),
                            11:48
                 VTCH - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 53 YD, 15:00
        3RD QTR: VTCH - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 20 YD, 8:17
        4TH QTR: NONE
                                                                        


Extended Box


NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 
                      -  -  -  -  -- 
Virginia Tech         3 31  3  0  37 
Clemson               0  0  0  0   0  FINAL 


 Virginia Tech-FG Graham 25
 Virginia Tech-Clark 1 run (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-Clark 10 run (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-Hall 56 pass from Clark (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-Pegues 2 run (Graham kick)
 Virginia Tech-FG Graham 53
 Virginia Tech-FG Graham 20


                  Virginia Tech     Clemson 
First downs                  18           9 
Rushed-yards             50-176       31-31 
Passing yards               171          71 
Sacked-yards lost          3-25        3-12 
Return yards                178          37 
Passes                   7-29-1      7-25-4 
Punts                    6-44.3     12-45.5 
Fumbles-lost                4-1         2-1 
Penalties-yards            8-80      12-116 
Time of possession        31:04       28:56 


Individual Statistics 
RUSHING: Virginia Tech-Stith 12-69, Pegues 17-43, Harrison
1-23, Clark 10-14, J Ferguson 4-14, Ward 2-8, Steadley 1-4,
Hawkins 1-1, Meyer 2-0. Clemson-Zachery 10-15, Austin 5-12,
Ciurclu 5-12, Witherspoon 1-5, Dantzler 4-2, Streeter 6-minus
15.


PASSING: Virginia Tech-Clark 7-26-0-171, Meyer 0-3-1-0.
Clemson-Streeter 6-23-4-64, Dantzler 1-2-0-7.


RECEIVING: Virginia Tech-Hall 2-79, E Johnson 2-11, A Davis
1-49, Hawkins 1-23, Harrison 1-9. Clemson-Lawyer 2-31, Martin
2-15, Wofford 1-20, Gardner 1-4, Austin 1-1.


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Game Story


CLEMSON, South Carolina (Ticker) -- Quarterback Al Clark ran for
two touchdowns and threw a scoring pass and Shayne Graham
connected on three field goals as Virginia Tech humiliated
Clemson, 37-0. 


Clark completed just 6-of-25 passes, but totaled 159 yards for
Virginia Tech (2-0), which defeated the Tigers (0-1) for just
the second time in the last 14 meetings.  Hokies coach Frank
Beamer had been winless in three games against Clemson. 


Graham was good from 25 yards late in the first quarter before
hitting a career-long 53-yarder on the last play of the first
half to give the Hokies a 34-0 lead.  His 20-yarder midway
through the third completed the scoring. 


Clemson was shut out for the first time since the 1996 season
opener, a 45-0 loss to North Carolina.