Louisville defeats Clemson, 33-21
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CLEMSON, S.C. – Louisville (6-3, 4-2 ACC) used scores on 5 consecutive drives to drag forward of No. 11/8 Clemson (6-2, 5-1 ACC) en path to a 33-21 win at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Operating again Phil Mafah tallied a season-high 199 yards of whole offense, together with a season-high 171 yards and a pair of scores on 30 carries.
Clemson outgained Louisville 450-366, piled up 31 first downs, and held the ball for 37:52 on 101 offensive performs, together with seven drives of 10 or extra performs. Quarterback Cade Klubnik accomplished 33 of his 56 passing makes an attempt for 228 yards and a landing and ran for 43 yards on 12 carries. Wade Woodaz led the Tigers defensively with 11 tackles because the Tigers fell to 8-1 of their all-time sequence in opposition to the Cardinals.
After two scoreless drives by the Tigers, Louisville kicker Brock Travelstead opened the scoring with a 21-yard discipline objective to place the Cardinals up 3-0. Clemson’s offense responded as Klubnik related with Antonio Williams for a 12-yard passing landing to finish an 11-play scoring drive. The rating going into the second quarter stood at 7-3.
The Cardinals reclaimed the lead within the second quarter on a speeding landing by quarterback Tyler Shough. Clemson tried to tie the sport at 10-10 on a 49-yard discipline objective try by Nolan Hauser, however the kick was blocked. Louisville operating again Keyjuan Brown capped the following six-play drive with a landing run to offer Louisville a 17-7 lead at halftime.
Clemson stored the Cardinals out of the tip zone within the third quarter however allowed three Travelstead discipline targets, which pushed the rating to 26-7 on the finish of the third quarter.
Clemson reduce the lead within the fourth quarter on a 61-yard, 16-play drive ending in Mafah’s first landing run. After Louisville recovered an onside kick try, Isaac Brown rushed 45 yards for a landing to push the Cardinals’ result in 33-14. Mafah added his second speeding landing with 2:07 remaining within the sport, finishing a 75-yard, 12-play drive for the Tigers to convey the ultimate rating to 33-21.
Through the sport, Clemson honored its 9 new Athletic Corridor of Fame members, together with soccer’s Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins.
Clemson will subsequent hit the street for consecutive away video games to shut its common season convention schedule when it performs at Virginia Tech on Saturday, Nov. 9 and at Pitt on Saturday, Nov. 16. Clemson additionally has two remaining house video games at Memorial Stadium in opposition to in-state foes The Citadel (Nov. 23) and South Carolina (Nov. 30); ticket packages for these house contests at Memorial Stadium can be found right here.