Clemson 22-7 Georgia Southern (Sep 12, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Georgia Southern · Clemson

Georgia Southern1-17

Clemson1-122Final

Sat, Sep 12 · Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC), Clemson, S.C. · Crowd 81,150

Clemson beat Georgia Southern 22-7.

We had Clemson favored. It won.

Next: Georgia Southern lost to Jacksonville State 31-27, Sat Sep 19

Next: Clemson beat North Carolina 28-20, Sat Sep 19

Top comment in the game thread

Offense looked way better with Tait

Q1 4:29 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 12

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Clemson an 88% chance, and the closing betting line (Clemson was a 20.5-point favorite) put it at 95%.

Favored the whole way: Clemson never fell below 91%.

Georgia Southern never had better than an 8% chance.

FinalClemson 22-7 Georgia SouthernClemson wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q1 4:29Clemson fans criticize Tait's fumble and offensive playcallingQuoted at the top of the page.Also not a great fumble but I still like tait more. And Imo a fumble is far more acceptable than an intr/CFB game thread
Q4 13:09Fans complain about the boring game and excessive commercial breaksWith all these add breaks you would think this game started on timer/CFB game thread
Q4 7:44Clemson fans mock their offense's ineptitude after Hauser kicks a field goalThe only player worth a damn is our kicker. Thank godr/CFB game threadWe know we have a kicker and a punter. So there's thatr/CFB game thread

Clemson’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Clemson -20.5), at 94% for Clemson (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Clemson or Georgia Southern flair (955 and 105); both sides share one scale, regulation only.

Kickoff came 2 hours 1 minutes late. Thunder was reported at Clemson/oconee County airport (2.5 miles away) from 7:02 p.m. to 7:40 p.m., around the delay.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Clemson’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Clemson scored on 6 of its 16 drives; Georgia Southern on 1 of its 14.

Clemson’s drives are teal, Georgia Southern’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“Freshman mistake. He has to be smarter there. However, he did drive it down the field. Still take him 100x over CV.”

A Clemson fan

When fans got loud

Busy

The loudest stretch came in the first quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was busy; the crowd was steady.

Two crowds, one game

The words each side’s fans used far more than the other side, from the game thread.

Georgia Southern fans

aplin“This is showing aplin should not be any where near in control of an offense”

Box score

Clemson 22, Georgia Southern 7

Georgia Southern covered +20.5 by 5.5. The total, 29, stayed under 54.5.

Team totals	Georgia Southern	Clemson
Total yards	266	347
Passing	27 of 48, 244 yds	20 of 35, 197 yds
Rushing	18 for 22 yds	39 for 150 yds
First downs	14	22
Third down	4 of 17	2 of 14
Fourth down	0 of 2	0 of 0
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties	8 for 77 yds	10 for 100 yds
Time of possession	28:18	31:42

Georgia Southern leaders

Passing Max Johnson 27 of 47, 244 yds, 1 TD
Rushing David Mbadinga 3 for 11 yds; Taeo Todd 4 for 6 yds
Receiving Ashton Hollins 5 for 97 yds, 1 TD; Jeremiah Ware 4 for 47 yds

Clemson leaders

Passing Tait Reynolds 16 of 27, 178 yds
Rushing Gideon Davidson 14 for 62 yds; Chris Johnson Jr. 7 for 53 yds
Receiving T.J. Moore 7 for 103 yds, 1 TD; Tyler Brown 4 for 44 yds

Kickoff came 2 hours 1 minutes late

74° at kickoff · no rain during play; another 0.5 in fell before the late kickoff · wind 2 mph from the west-southwest, gusts to 8

Thunder was reported at Clemson/oconee County airport (2.5 miles away) from 7:02 p.m. to 7:40 p.m., around the delay.

September game-day temperatures at Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC)

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:38 left9:32 p.m.

Georgia Southern 0, Clemson 0 · Clemson 94% to win

no rain · wind 2 mph from the west-southwest · 74°

Vizzina 4-yd pass to Moore

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Clemson/oconee County airport, 2.5 miles away. The paler thunder bar is thunder reported in the vicinity of an airport. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games · 2025 season

Georgia Southern · 7-6

Rated 99th in our preseason ratings, 98th now.

2-1 in its last three, including a 5-point win over Marshall as a 10.5-point underdog.

W 29-10 @ App State #174 of 667

won by 19 as a 10-point favorite

W 24-19 @ Marshall #97 of 667

won by 5 as a 10.5-point underdog

L 10-45 vs Old Dominion #40 of 667

lost by 35 as a 10.5-point underdog

W 45-40 vs Coastal Carolina #129 of 667

won by 5 as a 3.5-point favorite

W 25-23 @ App State #139 of 667

won by 2 as a 4.5-point underdog

L 24-34 @ Arkansas State #122 of 667

lost by 10 as a 1.5-point underdog

W 41-24 vs Georgia State #147 of 667

won by 17 as a 6.5-point favorite

L 35-38 vs Southern Miss #93 of 667

lost by 3 as a 2.5-point underdog

L 10-35 @ James MadisonTop 25 #58 of 667

lost by 25 as a 16.5-point underdog

W 45-17 vs Maine #205 of 667

won by 28 as a 20.5-point favorite

W 41-34 vs Jacksonville State #99 of 667

won by 7 as a 3.5-point favorite

L 20-59 @ USCTop 25 #20 of 667

lost by 39 as a 28.5-point underdog

L 14-42 @ Fresno State #87 of 667

lost by 28 as a 2.5-point underdog

Last three games · 2025 season

Clemson · 7-6

Rated 11th in our preseason ratings, 12th now.

2-1 in its last three, including a 14-point win over South Carolina as a 2.5-point underdog.

L 10-22 vs Penn StateTop 25 #9 of 667

lost by 12 as a 2.5-point favorite

W 28-14 @ South CarolinaTop 25 #31 of 667

won by 14 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 45-10 vs Furman #217 of 667

won by 35 as a 43.5-point favorite

W 20-19 @ LouisvilleTop 25 #34 of 667

won by 1 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 24-10 vs Florida StateTop 25 #29 of 667

won by 14 as a 1.5-point favorite

L 45-46 vs Duke #53 of 667

lost by 1 as a 4.5-point favorite

L 24-35 vs SMUTop 25 #21 of 667

lost by 11 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 41-10 @ Boston College #99 of 667

won by 31 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 38-10 @ North Carolina #86 of 667

won by 28 as a 15.5-point favorite

L 21-34 vs Syracuse #50 of 667

lost by 13 as a 17.5-point favorite

L 21-24 @ Georgia TechTop 25 #40 of 667

lost by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite

W 27-16 vs Troy #80 of 667

won by 11 as a 29.5-point favorite

L 10-17 vs LSUTop 25 #9 of 667

lost by 7 as a 5.5-point favorite

Week by week

Clemson

Wk 1Lat LSU10-51

Georgia Southern

Wk 1Wvs Charleston Southern31-0

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Clemson’s explosive plays against Georgia Southern, 54 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Clemson’s EPA/play against Georgia Southern’s defense
Clemson offense, 8th percentile · Georgia Southern defense, 58th
Clemson’s explosive plays against Georgia Southern’s defense
Clemson offense, 17th percentile · Georgia Southern defense, 71st
Clemson’s rushing EPA against Georgia Southern’s defense
Clemson offense, 34th percentile · Georgia Southern defense, 79th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Georgia SouthernClemson

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Clemson leads the series 1-0

1 meeting since 2018 · Clemson won the last meeting

2018Clemson 38-7

Each line is Clemson’s chance to win through that meeting.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Georgia Southern fans are in a better mood than Clemson fans (37th vs 6th among FBS fanbases), even with Clemson favored.

Clemson favored by 20.5 · Total 54.5

How games like this usually go

Clemson by 20.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 251 games since 2025 with a favorite of 14.5 to 21.5 points.

The market

The spread moved 6 points toward Georgia Southern.

The total fell 3 points.

The books’ cut: 4.2%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Warm, with rain. Feels like 77° at kickoff.

Georgia Southern at Clemson · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 · Memorial Stadium, Clemson

77°feels like at kickoff
0.34 inrain at kickoff
68weather score, Rough

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Kickoff times that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At Memorial Stadium that day, a noon, 1 pm or 2 pm kickoff would have scored 74, against 68 at 7:30 pm.

noon: 74, Rough
1 pm: 74, Rough
2 pm: 74, Rough
3:30 pm: 66, Rough
6 pm: 59, Rough
7 pm: 63, Rough
7:30 pm: 68, Rough (this game)

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

Clemson is worth +1.7 points (±4.3) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 12th percentile.

82% at home, 75% on the road against FBS opponents (40-9 home, 30-10 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -4.0 at home vs. away over 98 games — inside the ±6.1 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 168 miles to get here.

Clemson beats Georgia Southern 22-7