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FINAL: No. 4 Notre Dame 47, No. 1 Clemson 40 (2OT)

November 7, 2020
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GAME DAY: No. 1 CLEMSON vs. No. 4 NOTRE DAME

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Game: 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Ind.
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The news came out following Clemson’s 34-28 win over Boston College last Saturday that quarterback Trevor Lawrence will not play against Notre Dame. However, Lawrence did make the trip to South Bend and will be on the sideline this evening.

True freshman quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei will get his second career start against the Fighting Irish on the road tonight after throwing for 342 yards and threw for two touchdowns, which was the third-most by a Clemson freshman in his starting debut, trailing Deshaun Watson’s 435 yards against North Carolina in 2014 and Charlie Whitehurst’s 420 yards against Duke in 2002.

Tonight’s contest between the Tigers and Fighting Irish is the highest-ranked matchup in ACC history. The last highest combined ranking for a game between two ACC teams was eight, set five times including most recently on Oct. 10 in No. 1 Clemson’s 42-17 win over No. 7 Miami.

Clemson running back Travis Etienne, the ACC’s all-time leading rusher will face a Notre Dame defense that ranks No. 8 in the country, only allowing 93.7 yards a contest.

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FINAL: No. 4 Notre Dame 47, No. 1 Clemson 40 (2OT)

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Travis Etienne almost took the punt back to the house on an exciting play to end the half. Clemson trails 23-13 at the half.
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5 yards rushing for Clemson at the half. Tigers have got to find a way to get the run game going somehow.
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Guys we've played two of the worst first halves in back to back weekends. I feel bad for DJ. They haven't given him much help early.
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Yup. Notre Dame is keying on Travis so the receivers for Clemson need to step up here in the second half.
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Matt Bockhorst was shaken up on that last play. Clemson has a solid drive going here, we'll see if they can punch it in here.
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Cade Stewart is taking Bockhorst's place at guard. The screen pass to Amari Rodgers is incomplete as it was well covered. B.T. Potter's field goal attempt from 46-yard FG is good and it's 23-16 Notre Dame with 12:15 left in the third quarter.
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What a great throw and catch from DJ to Travis to get the first down and Clemson is threatening to score here with 7 minutes to go in the third quarter.
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DJ converts the 4th and inches with the QB power and it's first and goal Clemson. Tigers can tie it with a score here.
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Well designed play on the rollout play action pass and throw back to Davis Allen for DJU's second passing touchdown of the night and we are tied at 23-23 with 4:12 to go in the 3rd quarter in South Bend.
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It's close, but I think that was the right call. It's tough to overturn that one.
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Guys...that's a tough call on that reception, but you know what-- give the kid credit for scooping it up and then making it worth a review. But I thought via review it should have been incomplete.
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Can I say this....WE SHOT OURSELVES IN THE FOOT ALL NIGHT...but it's a game. Unreal.
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We've got a ball game in South Bend as it is tied at 23 heading to the 4th quarter. Notre Dame was about to go in for a score but Ian Book fumbles on the keeper. Clemson couldn't do anything with it and will have to punt. Momentum is starting to favor the Tigers, though. Tigers dominated the T.O.P. in the third.
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Xavier Thomas was in on the tackle on the play before last, back in action after missing the first half for targeting against BC last week.
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Notre Dame leads 26-23 with the field goal. Let's see what the Clemson offense can do with it now.
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So after the big play from DJ to Cornell Powell, the Tigers have to settle for three points and we are back to a tied football game at 26 with 9:42 left to play in the contest. Clemson's 50-game Saturday game winning streak is on the line tonight and a 26-home game winning streak is on the line for the Irish. One of these streaks will end tonight.
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Anyone else wearing a hole in the floor from pacing? Nerves are shot at this point
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Short yardage continues to be a problem for Clemson and the Tigers are going to go for it on 4th and inches here.
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And DJ gets the defensive line to jump offsides with the cadence. The drive continues with 7:43 left in the game. Tied game.
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The long 12-play, 74 yard drive which more importantly took up 5:41 off the clock ends with a 3-yard Travis Etienne TD run and the No. 1 team in the country leads Notre Dame, 33-26 with 3:33 left in the game.
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Holy cow! What a drive!!!


GO TIGERS!!
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That was a championship drive by Clemson. If you're going to win tight games like this in November to get to where you want to be down the road, you go on drives like the one we just saw.
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Notre Dame's Ben Skowronek drops what would've been a first down on 4th down and Clemson has this game on ice with 2:06 left in the game. If Notre Dame ends up losing this game, they will come back to that penalty on third down.
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A holding penalty and then a screen pass to Etienne and he runs out of bounds. Not a good sequence of plays for the Clemson offense. So just like last week, it's going to come down to the last possession.
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A 53-yard reception from Notre Dame's Avery Davis leads to a 4-yard TD catch from him and we are tied at 33 with 22 seconds left in regulation. What a game.
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DJU takes a knee and we are headed to overtime tied at 33.
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Cornell Powell scores on the first play in overtime on a dart from DJU on the play action fake. Touchdown Clemson, pending the review.

The last time Clemson went to overtime? 2016 against NC State and Clemson won the game 24-17.
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So they review it again and the touchdown call is reversed so we're back to square one.
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And now DJU punches it in on the keeper from a yard out and they are reviewing it again to make sure he got in.
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The extra point is good and it's 40-33 Clemson and now the Irish have to score and kick the extra point to keep the game alive.
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Bryan Bresee was down but is able to get up under his own power so that's good to see.
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Notre Dame punches it in with Kyren Williams (review pending) and we are an extra point away from overtime no. 2 in South Bend.
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The extra point is good. It's tied at 40 as we head to a second overtime. What a fun game, folks. This one has been fun to watch and has lived up to the hype. Two great teams.
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