The 2011 ACC Championship Game was the seventh football championship game for the

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. It featured the winners of the ACCs two divisions, the Atlantic Division and the Coastal Division. Clemson represented the Atlantic while the Coastal division was represented by

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. This was the game's second year at

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. It was Clemson's second appearance, and Virginia Tech's fifth, in the ACC Championship Game. Clemson defeated Virginia Tech by a score of 38–10, earning a spot in the

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. Clemson

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was named the game's

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, after completing 20–29 passes for 240 yards and three

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s. He also ran for a touchdown. Virginia Tech went on to play in the 2012 Sugar Bowl, where they were defeated 23–20 by Michigan.

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