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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 tug 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 collection towards the Cardinals. 

After two scoreless drives by the Tigers, Louisville kicker Brock Travelstead opened the scoring with a 21-yard subject objective to place the Cardinals up 3-0. Clemson’s offense responded as Klubnik linked 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 dashing landing by quarterback Tyler Shough. Clemson tried to tie the sport at 10-10 on a 49-yard subject objective try by Nolan Hauser, however the kick was blocked. Louisville working again Keyjuan Brown capped the following six-play drive with a landing run to offer Louisville a 17-7 lead at halftime. 

Clemson saved the Cardinals out of the top zone within the third quarter however allowed three Travelstead subject objectives, which pushed the rating to 26-7 on the finish of the third quarter. 

Clemson minimize 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 dashing landing with 2:07 remaining within the sport, finishing a 75-yard, 12-play drive for the Tigers to deliver the ultimate rating to 33-21.

Throughout 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 highway 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 residence video games at Memorial Stadium towards in-state foes The Citadel (Nov. 23) and South Carolina (Nov. 30); ticket packages for these residence contests at Memorial Stadium can be found right here.