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He caught four passes for 50 yards in the Tigers’ win against Florida State last week, including two for crucial first downs on the game-clinching scoring drive, then followed that up Saturday afternoon with a career-best performance – seven receptions for 120 yards and a touchdown in the Tigers’ 37-27 victory at Syracuse.
Syracuse quarterback Zack Mahoney (16) is tackled by a number of Clemson Tigers defenders after gaining yards on a run during the first quarter of a game at the Carrier Dome on Saturday.
“I don’t think we played very well on defense in the second half”.
“Just came up short, unfortunately”, Shafer said. “Hopefully, people can see the process moving forward”.
Watson went 34-for-47 with 360 yards, two touchdowns and one interception on the day. They competed their tails off. Defensively, we didn’t play Clemson defense tonight. “Glad to have this one and move on to the next”.
Syracuse dropped its seventh straight game, the longest losing streak since SU lost nine consecutive games in 2005, but not without a fight. MI needed two overtimes to dispose of IN, which used tempo to its advantage but fell to Jim Harbaugh’s team, 48-41.
“There are a bunch of fighters in that room”, Shafer said. “We stay true to who we are, and that’s a team that will continue to play until the last whistle”. You could argue it might have been a different game without his 39-yard run in the fourth quarter from the 15-yard line when Clemson led by a touchdown.
On that front, Syracuse’s defense has given up season-high passing yardage to the following quarterbacks: John Wolford, Cooper Rush, Quinton Flowers, Sean Maguire and Kyle Bolin.
RUN TO DAYLIGHT: Clemson TB Wayne Gallman, 23 yards shy of 1,000 for the season, had his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the year in the win over the Seminoles. His 14-yard run on fourth-and-2 early in the fourth quarter, though, proved key against the fired-up Orange.
Greg Huegel chipped in with three field goals for the Tigers.
Clemson Tigers QB Deshaun Watson is a gametime decision for their in-state battle with SC.
After Syracuse elected to punt on a fourth-and-8 play, the Orange never got the ball back over the final 5:57. But Watson’s 39-yard scramble set up Huegel’s third field goal, a 42-yarder that boosted Clemson’s lead back to 37-27. The loss ends Utah’s playoff hopes, as it is their second loss to an unranked opponent this season. “We’ve got to come out with these wins”, Syracuse linebacker Zaire Franklin said. No. He just had a bad play, and their guy knocked it loose.
The Tigers lost two fumbles on their next two possessions, the first leading to Orange hybrid back Ervin Phillips’ 28-yard touchdown run and the second leading to a 48-yard field-goal attempt that was blocked by Clemson’s Jayron Kearse. “A hard one to swallow because we were in a position where we could play and beat this team”. Murphy’s point after made it a seven-point game with 6:48 remaining. He was just as good in this one despite a few early jitters, finishing with 76 yards and two TDs rushing. “After Watson completed a pass to Hunter Renfrow, Antwan Cordy forced the ball out and Zaire Franklin pounced on it at the Tigers” 43 yard line.
