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Clemson 55 November 14, 2013 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, S.C.
Clemson figured to give up its fair share of yards to Georgia Tech’s vaunted ground game and hoped to weather the storm in one of the ACC’s most competitive series. Instead, the No. 6 Tigers opened up a sizeable lead before the Yellow Jackets even picked up a first down and rolled to a 55-31 victory at Memorial Stadium. It was the most points scored by one team in the series since 1903. The Clemson defense put a stamp on the game from the onset. After one quarter, the Yellow Jacket offensive stat line read...three possessions, three punts, three total yards. Georgia Tech rallied and pulled back within 10 points early in the second half, but Tajh Boyd and the Tiger offense blew the game open again with two thirdquarter touchdowns that came just 2:20 apart. On the night, Boyd became the ACC’s career leader in passing touchdowns, while Martavis Bryant and Sammy Watkins each went over the century mark in receiving yards and combined to haul in three touchdowns.
Game Stats Georgia Tech Clemson
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CU Catanzaro 40 FG, 1st, 11:55, 10-42 CU Catanzaro 51 FG, 1st, 3:07, 7-26 CU S. Watkins 41 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 14:01, 5-52 CU M. Williams 4 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 9:03, 7-66 GAT Sims 1 run (Butker kick), 2nd, 6:33, 7-82 CU Bryant 76 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 5:44, 2-78 GAT Butker 33 FG, 2nd, 0:00, 10-71 GAT Godhigh 65 run (Butker kick), 3rd, 12:08, 1-65 CU Boyd 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 3rd, 10:13, 6-71 CU S. Watkins 44 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 3rd, 7:53, 1-44 GAT Godhigh 5 run (Butker kick), 3rd, 2:08, 14-90 CU Stoudt 13 run (Catanzaro kick), 4th, 14:04, 10-75 CU McDowell 2 run (Catanzaro kick), 4th, 9:47, 4-34 GAT Days 1 run (Butker kick), 4th, 2:02, 8-85 Attendance - 76,937 Weather - Partly cloudy, 50˚ Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
GAT CU 22 26 45-248 37-168 15-26-1 23-30-1 192 383 71-440 67-551 6.2 8.2 2 1 6-55 7-65 6-44.8 3-31.7 7-15 4-11 4-22 1-5 34:28 25:32
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Clemson 52 November 23, 2013 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, S.C.
Tajh Boyd stood atop the Hill, flashed his trademark smile and waved goodbye to the Death Valley crowd. Then he went out and put on one last show. The senior quarterback threw five touchdown passes to five different receivers, all before halftime, and No. 6 Clemson defeated The Citadel 52-6 on Senior Day at Memorial Stadium. Boyd completed 21-28 passes for 288 yards and tied the school record with five touchdown passes, the sixth time he has done that in his career. Another Tiger playing his last home game, Roderick McDowell, led the Tigers with 108 yards on 21 carries. Boyd’s favorite target, Sammy Watkins, also became Clemson’s all-time leading receiver on the day, surpassing the record of his former teammate, DeAndre Hopkins, who had 3,020 receiving yards in his career from 2010-12. With the victory, Clemson won at least 10 games for the third year in a row, its longest streak since it had four straight 10-win campaigns from 1987-90. The Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead after one quarter, then added 28 second-quarter points to build a 42-0 halftime advantage.
Game Stats The Citadel Clemson
0 0 3 3 6 14 28 3 7 52
CU Seckinger 24 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 1st, 10:05, 5-61 CU M. Williams 30 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 1st, 2:28, 8-95 CU S. Watkins 8 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 11:44, 8-71 CU Christian 22 fumble return (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 10:03 CU Bryant 19 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 5:33, 10-65 CU McDowell 9 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 2nd, 1:12, 8-58 CIT Warren 42 FG, 3rd, 7:17, 5-41 CU Catanzaro 32 FG, 3rd, 3:23, 9-51 CU Rodriguez 2 pass from Stoudt (Lakip kick), 4th, 14:10, 9-75 CIT Warren 29 FG, 4th, 1:54, 21-63 Attendance - 82,930 Weather - Cloudy, 61˚ Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
CIT CU 12 29 57-176 43-208 1-5-0 24-32-0 -4 350 62-172 75-558 2.8 7.4 1 1 1-9 1-15 7-37.7 1-40.0 4-17 7-11 1-3 0-0 38:07 21:53
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GAME RECAPS CLEMSON 17 SOUTH CAROLINA 31 November 30, 2013 WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM • COLUMBIA, S.C.
Clemson had its chances, but six turnovers proved too much to overcome in No. 9 South Carolina’s 31-17 win at Williams-Brice Stadium. The No. 4 Tigers held their own in a number of statistical categories, as they rallied from a 10-point deficit in the first half to tie the score 17-17 late in the third quarter. But after South Carolina went back up by a touchdown in the fourth quarter, Clemson turned the ball over four times to end its hopes of a rally. Clemson actually outgained the Gamecocks 352318 in 21 less plays, but South Carolina did not turn the ball over, while it turned the Tigers’ six turnovers into 21 points. The Tigers dug themselves an early hole with two first-quarter turnovers that their rivals turned into 14 points. Clemson looked to march for a tying touchdown in the second half, getting as far as the South Carolina 30 thanks in large part to a 22-yard run on third down by Roderick McDowell. But Tajh Boyd scrambled on a second-down play and fumbled the ball. The Clemson defense forced a punt when it needed to, but Adam Humphries fumbled the ball on the return and South Carolina took over on Clemson’s 34. Three plays later, Pharoh Cooper threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Wilds to make the score 31-17 with 3:44 left and seal the victory.
Game Stats Clemson South Carolina
7 3 7 0 17 7 10 0 14 31
USC Shaw 3 run (Fry kick), 1st, 4:23, 17-80 CU Boyd 8 run (Catanzaro kick), 1st, 2:45, 4-75 USC Roland 9 pass from Shaw (Fry kick), 2nd, 14:54, 5-39 USC Fry 21 FG, 2nd, 8:25, 13-65 CU Catanzaro 38 FG, 2nd, 0:00, 10-53 CU McDowell 4 run (Catanzaro kick), 3rd, 3:01, 15-88 USC Davis 2 run (Fry kick), 4th, 11:47, 11-75 USC Wilds 26 pass from P. Cooper (Fry kick), 4th, 3:44, 3-34 Attendance - 84,174 Weather - Mostly cloudy, 49˚ Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
CU USC 18 21 29-127 50-140 19-28-3 15-28-0 225 178 57-352 78-318 6.2 4.1 6 0 8-52 3-20 3-35.0 5-36.6 6-11 10-19 2-23 5-46 21:51 38:09
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) GAT Godhigh 12-126-2, Bostic 0-30, Sims 8-25-1, Ju. Thomas 3-23, Lee 12-22, Hill 2-11, Summers 1-11, Days 2-3-1, Laskey 2-3, Perkins 1-3, Zenon 1-(-4), Andrews 1-(-5) CU McDowell 11-60-1, Boyd 15-43-1, Stoudt 4-28-1, Kelly 3-24, Howard 3-13, S. Watkins 1-0
Rushing (Car-Yards) CIT Dupree 23-69, D. Robinson 17-45, Stenson 4-26, A. Miller 4-21, Martin 2-7, V. Miller 2-5, Renew 1-2, Trevino 4-1 CU McDowell 21-108, McCullough 6-43, Howard 7-22, Boyd 4-20, Brooks 1-12, D. Smith 2-5, Stoudt 1-0, TEAM 1-(-2)
Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) GAT Lee 13-23-165-1-0, Ju. Thomas 2-3-27-0-0 CU Boyd 20-26-340-1-4, Stoudt 2-2-35-0-0, Kelly 1-28-0-0
Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CIT Dupree 0-3-0-0-0, Stenson 0-1-0-0-0, A. Miller 1-1-(4)-0-0 CU Boyd 21-28-288-0-5, Stoudt 3-4-62-0-1
Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Boyd 19-27-225-2-0, S. Watkins 0-1-0-1-0 USC Shaw 14-26-152-0-1, P. Cooper 1-2-26-0-1
Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) GAT Godhigh 5-103, Waller 3-27, Summers 3-24, Hill 2-27, Bostic 2-11 CU Bryant 5-176-1, S. Watkins 5-104-2, M. Williams 3-45-1, Humphries 3-20, McDowell 3-11, Seckinger 2-13, Howard 1-8, Cooper 1-6
Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CIT Martin 1-(-4) CU S. Watkins 7-58-1, Bryant 4-84-1, M. Williams 3-70-1, Humphries 2-25, McDowell 2-18-1, Rodriguez 2-(-1)-1, Leggett 1-44, Seckinger 1-24-1, Porter 1-16, Hopper 1-12
Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU S. Watkins 7-93, Humphries 5-45, McDowell 2-31, Seckinger 2-25, Bryant 1-18, M. Williams 1-9, Cooper 1-4 USC Ellington 4-51, Roland 3-40-1, Byrd 3-26, Wilds 2-361, Davis 2-10, McLaurin 1-15
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU McDowell 14-111-1, Boyd 15-16-1 USC Shaw 22-94-1, Davis 15-22-1, P. Cooper 4-18, Ellington 1-7, Wilds 3-3, Carson 2-2, TEAM 3-(-6)
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