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ATLANTA — Following a tightly contested first half that featured eight punts and solely six factors, No. 1 Georgia pulled away to defeat No. 14 Clemson, 34-3, within the Aflac Kickoff Sport at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. 

Linebacker Wade Woodaz led the group with a career-high eight tackles (seven solo, one for loss), whereas sophomore defensive lineman Peter Woods had 2.5 tackles for loss to guide the Tigers defensively. Antonio Williams highlighted Clemson’s offense with six receptions on seven targets for 76 yards, tying his second-highest receiving yardage complete in a recreation in his profession. 

The sport was scoreless after the primary quarter, because the groups traded punts on every of the sport’s first 5 possessions. On the sport’s sixth possession, Georgia opened the scoring with a 30-yard subject aim by Peyton Woodring with 8:49 remaining within the second quarter. 

On their subsequent possession, Woodring added a 55-yard subject aim to increase Georgia’s result in 6-0 with 4:16 left within the half. Georgia carried that 6-0 lead into halftime following a primary half that featured solely 50 mixed performs from scrimmage, 10 mixed first downs and eight mixed punts.

Georgia prolonged its result in 13-0 on the opening possession of the second half when Carson Beck discovered Colbie Younger for a seven-yard landing. The landing marked Georgia’s first offensive landing in opposition to Clemson in additional than 100 elapsed minutes of recreation play spanning Clemson’s final three conferences with the Bulldogs.

Clemson scored on its first possession of the second half when freshman Nolan Hauser made a 26-yard subject aim, the primary of his collegiate profession, to chop the result in 13-3. Nevertheless, Georgia prolonged its benefit to 20-3 with 3:15 remaining within the third quarter on Nate Frazier’s one-yard landing run.

Georgia’s London Humphreys added a 40-yard landing reception on a move from Beck with 9:57 to play within the fourth quarter to make the rating 27-3 in favor of the Bulldogs. An interception by Georgia’s Malaki Starks for the sport’s lone takeaway arrange Money Jones to cap the following Georgia drive with a 15-yard dashing landing, pushing the ultimate rating to 34-3.

Clemson will now look forward to its dwelling opener on Saturday, Sept. 7 in opposition to the Appalachian State Mountaineers. Kickoff for that contest, which is designated as Soccer Reunion Day & First Responders Date, is slated for 8 p.m. ET on ACC Community. Ticket packages for that contest and different Clemson dwelling video games at Memorial Stadium can be found right here.