ATLANTA — Scott Blair had never thrown a touchdown pass. Scratch that one off the list.

He'd never kicked a game-winner for Georgia Tech. Took care of that one, too.

Blair threw a touchdown pass off a fake field goal, then booted a 36-yard kick with 57 seconds remaining as the 15th-ranked Yellow Jackets rallied to beat Clemson, 30-27, after squandering a 24-point lead last night.

"I was just trying to treat it like a normal kick, not psych myself out," Blair said. "I wasn't paying attention to the score at all. I didn't want to think at the time that it was a game-winner. It was just another kick."

Hardly. Georgia Tech (2-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) pulled itself back from the brink of a potentially devastating loss that looked like an easy victory early on. The Yellow Jackets raced to a 24-0 lead 4 1/2 minutes into the second quarter.

But Clemson (1-1, 0-1) scored 27 straight points, taking its first lead of the night on Richard Jackson's 53-yard field goal with 11:33 to go.

"I'm proud of the way we played against a top 15 team on the road," Clemson running back C.J. Spiller said. "We kept thinking we would come back and get back in the game. You have to believe. You have to have faith."

Georgia Tech, which did nothing offensively through most of the second and third quarters, finally regrouped for a 69-yard drive that set up Blair's tying kick, a 34-yarder with 5:40 left. Then, after a holding penalty on Clemson's Thomas Austin wiped out Kyle Parker's 38-yard completion to Jacoby Ford, the Yellow Jackets got a chance to win it.

Josh Nesbitt hooked up with Demaryius Thomas for a 39-yard pass, making up for a miserable passing performance in which the Georgia Tech quarterback completed only 3 of 14 passes for 83 yards with two interceptions. After Thomas' catch, the Yellow Jackets moved into position for Blair's winning kick.

Blair also threw a wobbly 34-yard touchdown pass to give Georgia Tech a 21-0 lead with 2:38 left in the first quarter.

CLEMSON 0 7 14 6—27

GEORGIA TECH 21 3 0 6—30

FIRST QUARTER

GaT—Allen 82 run (Blair kick), 9:27.

GaT—Tarrant 85 punt return (Blair kick), 6:55.

GaT—D.Thomas 34 pass from Blair (Blair kick), 2:38.

SECOND QUARTER

GaT—FG Blair 24, 10:29.

Clem—Spiller 63 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 10:13.

THIRD QUARTER

Clem—Allen 9 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 9:49.

Clem—J.Ford 77 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 4:57.

FOURTH QUARTER

Clem—FG Jackson 21, 14:17.

Clem—FG Jackson 53, 11:33.

GaT—FG Blair 34, 5:40.

GaT—FG Blair 36, :57.

A—52,029.

CLEM GAT

First downs 13 15

Rushes-yards 36-125 49-301

Passing 261 117

Comp-Att-Int 15-32-2 4-15-2

Return Yards 35 87

Punts-Avg. 6-30.7 6-36.7

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 6-50 6-50

Time of Possession 28:31 31:29

RUSHING—Clemson, Spiller 20-87, Ellington 3-21, Harper 4-12, Parker 7-4, J.Ford 2-1. Georgia Tech, Allen 5-127, Nesbitt 18-91, Dwyer 18-66, Jones 5-11, Peeples 2-8, Team 1-(minus 2).

PASSING—Clemson, Parker 15-31-2-261, Spiller 0-1-0-0. Georgia Tech, Nesbitt 3-14-2-83, Blair 1-1-0-34.

RECEIVING—Clemson, J.Ford 5-109, Spiller 4-69, Ashe 2-18, Jones 1-37, Palmer 1-16, Allen 1-9, Taylor 1-3. Georgia Tech, D.Thomas 3-93, Allen 1-24.