Georgia defeated Clemson 30-0 today, the first shutout loss for the Tigers since 1998. Yahoo Sports has the box score.

Starting UGA QB Billy Bennett threw for one touchdown and ran for another while backup QB D.J. Shockley ran for a touchdown. Billy Bennett kicked 3 field goals for the Bulldogs.

The Associated Press has more.

AP

David Greene threw for one touchdown and ran for another as No. 11 Georgia handed Clemson its first shutout under coach Tommy Bowden, 30-0 on Saturday.

Greene went 12-of-17 for 203 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown pass to Fred Gibson. Greene added a 3-yard touchdown run and D.J. Shockley closed the scoring with a 29-yard scoring run.

The defending Southeastern Conference champions were supposed to struggle early on. They had a new offensive line. They were without injured defensive starters Will Thompson and Kentrell Curry. Eight other Bulldogs were suspended by coach Mark Richt. And that's not counting the embarrassing Ring-gate episode where several players sold their rings from the school's first SEC title in 20 years.

But Greene and Gibson showed as long as they're on the field, Georgia is tough to beat.

On the Bulldogs' first series, Greene floated a pretty pass to Gibson for the touchdown. Gibson, among the players who sold their rings, moved past Clemson's best defender, Justin Miller, and glided into the end zone.

Greene again found Gibson on Georgia's next drive. Gibson broke a tackle for a first down, leading to the first of Billy Bennett's three field goals.

Gibson had four catches for 104 yards, all in the first half. Georgia's defense was also strong, holding Clemson to 7 yards rushing in the opening two quarters.

Despite the lopsided score, it could have been worse.

Bennett came inches shy of a first down inside Clemson's 15 after a high snap ruined a second-quarter field goal try. On the next series, receiver Michael Johnson watched the ball go off his hands in the end zone.

Clemson had pointed to its opener since an embarrassing 55-15 loss to Texas Tech in the Tangerine Bowl. But this wasn't the way it wanted to end the long-running series, first played in 1897, with the Bulldogs.

Quarterback Charlie Whitehurst and center Tommy Sharp fumbled a snap, which was recovered by Georgia's Marcus Jackson near midfield. Another drive ended when receiver Derrick Hamilton had the ball stripped and it flew right to safety Sean Jones.

The Tigers talked of toughening up all offseason. Instead, they tried some Bowden family trickery on their best chance to tighten the game in the first half.

On fourth-and-2 from Georgia's 4, Whitehurst pitched to tailback Duane Coleman, who tried a pass to the quarterback in the left corner of the end zone. Coleman's throw hung in the air, though, and gave 270-pound lineman Robert Geathers enough time to break it up.

The Tigers, down 16-0, had one last opportunity to get back in it with a first-and-goal from the 3 in the final period. But lineman David Pollack picked a screen pass out of the air for the interception.

Clemson hadn't been shutout at home since a 37-0 loss to Virginia Tech in 1998, the last season under coach Tommy West. It was also the first time Georgia held the Tigers scoreless in 15 games since a 12-0 defeat in 1978.