2016 ACC Championship Game

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NCAA football yearly game | game_name = ACC Championship Game | title_sponsor = Dr. Pepper | subheader = | image = | Image size = | caption = | date_game_played = December 3 | year_game_played = 2016 | football_season = 2016 | stadium = Camping World Stadium | city = Orlando, Florida | visitor_school = Clemson | visitor_name_short = Clemson | visitor_nickname = Tigers | visitor_record = 11–1 | visitor_rank_AP = 3 | visitor_rank_coaches = 3 | visitor_rank_CFP = 3 | visitor_coach = Dabo Swinney | visitor_1q = 14 | visitor_2q = 7 | visitor_3q = 14 | visitor_4q = 7 | home_school = Virginia Tech | home_name_short = Virginia Tech | home_nickname = Hokies | home_record = 9–3 | home_rank_AP = 19 | home_rank_coaches = 18 | home_rank_CFP = 23 | home_coach = Justin Fuente | home_1q = 7 | home_2q = 7 | home_3q = 7 | home_4q = 14 | MVP = Deshaun Watson (QB, Clemson) | odds = Clemson by 11 | anthem = | referee = Jeff Flanagan<ref name="Stats" /> | halftime = | attendance = 50,623<ref name="Stats" /> | us_network = ABC/ESPN Radio | us_announcers = Chris Fowler (Play-by-Play), Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst), and Samantha Ponder (Sideline Reporter) (ABC)<br>Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) | ratings = | intl_network = | intl_announcers = }} {{2016 ACC football standings}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACC football championship game headed to Orlando after move from Charlotte|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2016/09/29/acc-football-championship-game-orlando-hb2/91263526/|website=USA TODAY Sports|publisher=USA TODAY|accessdate=12 October 2016}}</ref> The 2016 championship game was played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Set For Orlando|url=http://www.theacc.com/news/dr-pepper-acc-football-championship-game-set-for-orlando-09-29-2016|website=theacc.com|publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference|accessdate=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002120844/http://www.theacc.com/news/dr-pepper-acc-football-championship-game-set-for-orlando-09-29-2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==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== {{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=Clemson|HomeName=Va. Tech|state=}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=1 | Time=11:47 | Team=Clemson | DrivePlays=9 | DriveLength=75 | DriveTime=3:13 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Deshaun Watson | yards=3 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Greg Huegel | Visitor=7 | Home=0 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=1 | Time=5:57 | Team=Clemson | DrivePlays=9 | DriveLength=83 | DriveTime=4:06 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=Jordan Leggett | QB=Deshaun Watson | yards=21 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Greg Huegel | Visitor=14 | Home=0 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=1 | Time=0:51 | Team=Va. Tech | DrivePlays=12 | DriveLength=77 | DriveTime=5:06 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Travon McMillian | yards=1 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Joey Slye | Visitor=14 | Home=7 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=2 | Time=11:46 | Team=Clemson | DrivePlays=10 | DriveLength=75 | DriveTime=4:05 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=Jordan Leggett | QB=Deshaun Watson | yards=10 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Greg Huegel | Visitor=21 | Home=7 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=2 | Time=4:09 | Team=Va. Tech | DrivePlays=5 | DriveLength=70 | DriveTime=1:58 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Jerod Evans | yards=11 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Joey Slye | Visitor=21 | Home=14 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=3 | Time=9:17 | Team=Clemson | DrivePlays=9 | DriveLength=89 | DriveTime=3:38 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Wayne Gallman | yards=8 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Greg Huegel | Visitor=28 | Home=14 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=3 | Time=4:45 | Team=Clemson | DrivePlays=4 | DriveLength=51 | DriveTime=1:19 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Deshaun Watson | yards=2 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Greg Huegel | Visitor=35 | Home=14 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=3 | Time=2:27 | Team=Va. Tech | DrivePlays=5 | DriveLength=75 | DriveTime=2:18 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Travon McMillian | yards=27 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Joey Slye | Visitor=35 | Home=21 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=4 | Time=11:35 | Team=Va. Tech | DrivePlays=12 | DriveLength=65 | DriveTime=4:24 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Jerod Evans | yards=5 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Joey Slye | Visitor=35 | Home=28 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=4 | Time=7:33 | Team=Clemson | DrivePlays=8 | DriveLength=75 | DriveTime=4:02 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=Hunter Renfrow | QB=Deshaun Watson | yards=15 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Greg Huegel | Visitor=42 | Home=28 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=4 | Time=5:43 | Team=Va. Tech | DrivePlays=6 | DriveLength=76 | DriveTime=1:50 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=Cam Phillips | QB=Jerod Evans | yards=26 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Joey Slye | Visitor=42 | Home=35 }}{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd|Visitor=42|Home=35}} '''Source:''' <ref name="Stats">{{cite web|url=http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=155316|title=ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech|publisher=Stat Broadcast|accessdate=2016-12-03}}</ref>

===Statistics=== {| class="wikitable" ! Statistics<ref name="Stats" /> !! 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== {{Reflist}}

{{2016 NCAA football conference championships}} {{ACC Championship Game navbox}} {{Clemson Tigers football navbox}} {{Virginia Tech Hokies football navbox}}

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