GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: CLEMSON (3-0) at NC STATE (1-2)

NCAAF: CLEMSON at NC STATE

<div class="pre">NCAAF CLEMSON (15) 39
NC STATE 20 3:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: CLEMSON at NC STATE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FG CLEMSON
MARK BUCHHOLZ 25 YD

CLEMSON (15) 42
NC STATE 20 1:18 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: CLEMSON at NC STATE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEMSON (15) 17 10 10 5 42
NC STATE 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CLEMSON - TD, C.J. SPILLER 11 YD PASS FROM
CULLEN HARPER (MARK BUCHHOLZ
KICK), 3:28. CLEMSON 7-0
NC STATE - TD, DARRELL BLACKMAN 99 YD KICKOFF
RETURN (STEVEN HAUSCHKA KICK),
3:42. CLEMSON 7-7
CLEMSON - FG, MARK BUCHHOLZ 28 YD, 7:08.
CLEMSON 10-7
CLEMSON - TD, C.J. SPILLER 44 YD RUN (MARK
BUCHHOLZ KICK), 13:34. CLEMSON
17-7
2ND QUARTER: CLEMSON - TD, JAMES DAVIS 3 YD PASS FROM
CULLEN HARPER (MARK BUCHHOLZ
KICK), 5:47. CLEMSON 24-7
NC STATE - TD, ANDRE BROWN 17 YD RUN (STEVEN
HAUSCHKA KICK), 9:33. CLEMSON
24-14
CLEMSON - FG, MARK BUCHHOLZ 46 YD, 15:00.
CLEMSON 27-14
3RD QUARTER: CLEMSON - FG, MARK BUCHHOLZ 29 YD, 3:34.
CLEMSON 30-14
CLEMSON - TD, JAMES DAVIS 1 YD RUN (MARK
BUCHHOLZ KICK), 10:54. CLEMSON
37-14
4TH QUARTER: NC STATE - TD, DARRELL BLACKMAN 9 YD PASS
FROM ANDREW EVANS 6:31.
CLEMSON 37-20
CLEMSON - TWO-POINT DEFENSIVE CONVERSION,
MICHAEL HAMLIN 0 YD OFF A
BLOCKED EXTRA POINT 6:31.
CLEMSON 39-20
CLEMSON - FG, MARK BUCHHOLZ 25 YD, 13:42.
CLEMSON 42-20</div>

 

NCAAF: CLEMSON at NC STATE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
CLEMSON (15) 42
NC STATE 20 FINAL</div>

 

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Clemson got its runninggame unleashed against the worst rushing defense in the AtlanticCoast Conference.


James Davis and C.J. Spiller each surpassed the century mark,leading the 15th-ranked Tigers to a 42-20 victory over NorthCarolina State on Saturday.


Davis rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, whileSpiller added 114 yards and a score on 21 carries after beingheld to minus-one yard in last week's win over Furman.

In their first three games, the Tigers (4-0, 2-0 ACC Atlantic)averaged just 125 yards on the ground - a total they surpassedearly in the second quarter against North Carolina State.

Overall, Clemson rushed for 343 yards Saturday while rolling up608 yards of total offense. It marks the sixth time in schoolhistory the Tigers amassed more than 600 yards.


Cullen Harper also played well for Clemson, completing 25-of-39passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns.


The junior quarterback has completed 69.2 percent of his passesin his first four starts without throwing an interception. He cameinto Saturday's game ranked fourth in the nation in passingefficiency.


Harper tossed an 11-yard TD pass to Spiller in the first quarterand a three-yard scoring strike to Davis in the second periodas the Tigers built a 27-14 halftime lead.


North Carolina State (1-3, 0-2) has dropped 10 of its last 11games and appears to be facing a major rebuilding project underfirst-year coach Tom O'Brien.


The Wolfpack snapped a nine-game losing streak last week with a38-17 victory over Wofford of the Football ChampionshipSubdivision.

 

NCAAF: CLEMSON at NC STATE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
CLEMSON (15) 42
NC STATE 20 FINAL</div>

 

NCAAF: CLEMSON at NC STATE

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEMSON (15) 17 10 10 5 42
NC STATE 7 7 0 6 20 FINAL

CLEMSON-TD, C Spiller 11 YD PASS FROM C Harper (M
Buchholz KICK) 3:28 1st Qtr
NC STATE-TD, D Blackman 99 YD KICKOFF RETURN (S Hauschka
KICK) 3:42 1st Qtr
CLEMSON-FG, M Buchholz 28 YD 7:08 1st Qtr
CLEMSON-TD, C Spiller 44 YD RUN (M Buchholz KICK) 13:34
1st Qtr
CLEMSON-TD, J Davis 3 YD PASS FROM C Harper (M Buchholz
KICK) 5:47 2nd Qtr
NC STATE-TD, A Brown 17 YD RUN (S Hauschka KICK) 9:33 2nd
Qtr
CLEMSON-FG, M Buchholz 46 YD 15:00 2nd Qtr
CLEMSON-FG, M Buchholz 29 YD 3:34 3rd Qtr
CLEMSON-TD, J Davis 1 YD RUN (M Buchholz KICK) 10:54 3rd
Qtr
NC STATE-TD, D Blackman 9 YD PASS FROM D Evans 6:31 4th
Qtr
CLEMSON-TWO-POINT DEFENSIVE CONVERSION M Hamlin 0 YD OFF A BLOCKED EXTRA POINT 6:31
4th Qtr
CLEMSON-FG, M Buchholz 25 YD 13:42 4th Qtr


CLEMSON NC STATE
First downs 32 15
Rushed-yards 50-340 23-55
Passing yards 268 147
Sacked-yards lost 1-10 2-19
Return yards 42 18
Passes 25-39-0 19-34-3
Punts 2-48.5 6-36.5
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 8-65 4-26
Time of possession 36:49 23:11


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: CLEMSON-James Davis 24-166, C.J. Spiller 21-114, Jacoby Ford
2-60, Cullen Harper 2-3, - Team 1-MINUS 3. NC STATE-Andre Brown 19-66,
Jamelle Eugene 2-8, Harrison Beck 1-MINUS 6, Daniel Evans 1-MINUS
13.

PASSING: CLEMSON-Cullen Harper 25-39-268- 0. NC STATE-Daniel Evans
16-25-123- 1. Justin Burke 2-3-15- 1. Harrison Beck 1-6-9- 1.

RECEIVING: CLEMSON-Aaron Kelly 8-95, Rendrick Taylor 3-53, Jacoby Ford
4-48, C.J. Spiller 3-34, Brian Linthicum 2-19, James Davis 4-13,
Michael Palmer 1-6. NC STATE-Darrell Blackman 4-39, Marcus Stone 5-37,
Matt Kushner 2-20, Darrell Davis 3-20, Donald Bowens 1-19, John Dunlap
2-16, Andre Brown 1-4, Jamelle Eugene 1-MINUS 8.


Att: 56,903</div>

 

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Clemson got its runninggame unleashed against the worst rushing defense in the AtlanticCoast Conference.


James Davis and C.J. Spiller each surpassed the century mark,leading the 15th-ranked Tigers to a 42-20 victory over NorthCarolina State on Saturday.


Davis rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, whileSpiller added 114 yards and a score on 21 carries after beingheld to minus-one yard in last week's win over Furman.

"We knew we had to come here and run the ball," Davis said."One thing we had to do was establish the running game, and wedid that today."


In their first three games, the Tigers (4-0, 2-0 ACC Atlantic)averaged just 125 yards on the ground - a total they surpassedearly in the second quarter against North Carolina State.

Overall, Clemson rushed for 340 yards Saturday while rolling up608 yards of total offense. It marks the sixth time in schoolhistory the Tigers amassed more than 600 yards.


"The holes might have been a little bit bigger today than theypossibly were in some of the other games that we played," Tigerscoach Tommy Bowden said. "That kind of helps your vision."

Cullen Harper also played well for Clemson, completing 25-of-39passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns.


The junior quarterback has completed 69.2 percent of his passesin his first four starts without throwing an interception. Hecame into Saturday's game ranked fourth in the nation in passingefficiency.


Harper tossed an 11-yard TD pass to Spiller in the first quarterand a three-yard scoring strike to Davis in the second periodas the Tigers built a 27-14 halftime lead.


North Carolina State (1-3, 0-2) has dropped 10 of its last 11games and appears to be facing a major rebuilding project underfirst-year coach Tom O'Brien.


The Wolfpack snapped a nine-game losing streak last week with a38-17 victory over Wofford of the Football ChampionshipSubdivision.


After Clemson took a 7-0 lead on Harper's TD pass to Spiller 31/2 minutes into the contest, Darnell Blackman excited the crowdby returning the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a score.

But the Wolfpack had no answers for the Tigers' offense, whichmoved the ball at will. Clemson opened a 37-14 lead on Davis'one-yard TD run with 4:06 left in the third quarter.

N.C. State closed to 37-20 on Daniel Evans' nine-yard TD pass toBlackman with 8:29 left in the fourth quarter.


The Tigers methodically put away the contest with a 14-play,72-yard march that consumed seven minutes. Mark Buchholz cappedthe drive with a 25-yard field goal, his fourth of the game.

Evans completed 16-of-25 passes for 123 yards with a touchdownand interception.


"It's hard to have any positives when you get beat like this,"N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien said. "We have a lot of work todo. We have to go back, look at the tape, get back to thepractice field and work to get better."