Clemson Tigers

3-5

Ugh, no.

Clemson Tigers lost to the Duke Blue Devils

5-3 46 – 45

3-5

Final · Sat, Nov 1

Game Details

Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) (Clemson) · 75,809 fans · ACC Network

Highlights

Nate Sheppard's 3-yard TD, Duke's 2-point conversion stun Clemson 46-45

Duke coach Manny Diaz did not want to chance overtime at Clemson's Death Valley. His team made sure he wouldn't have to.

Recap via ESPN

2:01 Duke wins at Clemson for the first time in 45 years

0:25 Darian Mensah connects for 19-yard TD pass

0:12 End Zone! Antonio Williams scores 5-yard rushing touchdown

0:18 Darian Mensah throws 76-yard touchdown pass vs. Clemson

Clips play on ESPN

Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) · Clemson

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DUKE	21	7	7	11	46
CLEM	7	21	10	7	45

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Game Leaders

Duke Blue Devils

Darian Mensah · 27/41, 361 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Nate Sheppard · 13 CAR, 60 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Cooper Barkate · 6 REC, 127 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Moussa Kane · 1Sacks
Luke Mergott · 12Tackles

Clemson Tigers

Cade Klubnik · 27/36, 385 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Adam Randall · 16 CAR, 89 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Antonio Williams · 10 REC, 142 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Jahiem Lawson · 1Sacks
Sammy Brown · 10Tackles

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Scoring

Q4 0:40

TD Nate Sheppard 3 Yd Run (Darian Mensah Pass to Sahmir Hagans for Two-Point Conversion)46–45

Q4 10:28

TD T.J. Moore 75 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)38–45

Q4 10:40

FG Todd Pelino 37 Yd Field Goal38–38

Q3 0:14

FG Nolan Hauser 22 Yd Field Goal35–38

Q3 8:13

TD Sahmir Hagans 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Todd Pelino Kick)35–35

Q3 8:25

TD Peter Woods 1 Yd Run (Nolan Hauser Kick)28–35

Q2 0:11

TD Que'Sean Brown 43 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)28–28

Q2 1:01

TD Adam Randall 2 Yd Run (Nolan Hauser Kick)21–28

Q2 5:49

TD Adam Randall 2 Yd Run (Nolan Hauser Kick)21–21

Q2 10:26

TD Antonio Williams 4 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)21–14

Q1 0:05

TD Andrel Anthony 20 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)21–7

Q1 5:33

TD Cooper Barkate 77 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)14–7

Q1 6:25

TD Antonio Williams 5 Yd Run (Nolan Hauser Kick)7–7

Q1 10:08

TD Que'Sean Brown 19 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)7–0

Team Stats

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Offense

439 Total Yards 560

361 Passing Yards 385

78 Rushing Yards 175

21 First Downs 28

Efficiency

3-14 3rd Down 3-10

5-5 4th Down 3-3

27/42 Completions 27/36

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 1

9-62 Penalties 8-87

25:34 Possession 34:26

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Darian Mensah	27/41	361	8.8	4	92.5
Que'Sean Brown	0/1	0	0.0	0	0.5
Team	27/42	361	8.6	4	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nate Sheppard	13	60	4.6	1	15
Anderson Castle	5	24	4.8	0	16
Darian Mensah	4	-6	-1.5	0	7
Team	22	78	3.5	1	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cooper Barkate	6	127	21.2	1	77
Jeremiah Hasley	3	83	27.7	0	56
Que'Sean Brown	6	80	13.3	2	43
Andrel Anthony	4	45	11.3	1	20
Landen King	2	24	12.0	0	16
Nate Sheppard	2	11	5.5	0	8
Sahmir Hagans	3	2	0.7	0	3
Darian Mensah	1	-11	-11.0	0	0
Team	27	361	13.4	4	77

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Team	1	0
Que'Sean Brown	1	0
Moussa Kane	0	1
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Luke Mergott	12	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jaiden Francois	9	3	0	0.5	0	0	0
Landan Callahan	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Freeman	7	4	0	0	0	0	0
DaShawn Stone	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Weaver	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ma'Khi Jones	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chandler Rivers	5	2	0	0	1	0	0
Vincent Anthony Jr.	4	2	0	0.5	0	1	0
Wesley Williams	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
Aaron Hall	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Moussa Kane	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
Andrew Pellicciotta	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Anderson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kobe Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kenzy Paul	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Preston Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyshon Reed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Gompers	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Sahmir Hagans	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Josiah Green	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bryce Davis	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team	82	32	1	4	2	2	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sahmir Hagans	2	117	58.5	100	1
Team	2	117	58.5	100	1

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Que'Sean Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Todd Pelino	1/1	100.0	37	5/5	8
Team	1/1	100.0	37	5/5	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kade Reynoldson	3	152	50.7	0	1	57
Team	4	165	41.3	0	1	57

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Cade Klubnik	27/36	385	10.7	2	0	85.7
Team	27/36	385	10.7	2	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Adam Randall	16	89	5.6	2	17
Gideon Davidson	12	51	4.3	0	17
Antonio Williams	3	22	7.3	1	16
Cade Klubnik	4	12	3.0	0	8
Peter Woods	1	1	1.0	1	1
Team	36	175	4.9	4	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Antonio Williams	10	142	14.2	1	64
T.J. Moore	2	92	46.0	1	75
Tristan Smith	6	79	13.2	0	20
Gideon Davidson	4	44	11.0	0	15
Tyler Brown	2	12	6.0	0	6
Adam Randall	1	10	10.0	0	6
Olsen Patt-Henry	2	6	3.0	0	7
Team	27	385	14.3	2	75

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Adam Randall	1	1
T.J. Moore	1	0
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Sammy Brown	10	4	0	0	0	1
Khalil Barnes	9	5	0	1	0	0
Avieon Terrell	8	4	0	0	1	0
Wade Woodaz	4	3	0	0	0	0
Peter Woods	4	2	1	1	0	1
Ricardo Jones	4	2	0	0	1	0
Kobe McCloud	4	0	0	0.5	0	0
Cade Denhoff	3	0	0	0	1	0
TJ Parker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jahiem Lawson	2	1	1	1	0	1
Ronan Hanafin	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0
Stephiylan Green	2	0	0	0	0	0
Will Heldt	1	1	0	1	0	1
Ashton Hampton	1	1	0	0	1	0
DeMonte Capehart	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Misun Kelley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Branden Strozier	1	0	0	0	0	0
Corian Gipson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Woodaz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Amare Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Roberto II	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	66	24	2	5	4	4

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Rob Billings IV	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team	1	1	1.0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nolan Hauser	1/1	100.0	22	6/6	9
Team	1/1	100.0	22	6/6	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jack Smith	3	135	45.0	0	1	47
Team	3	135	45.0	0	1	47

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