Clemson Erases 17-3 and Beats North Carolina 28-20
North Carolina led 17-3 in the second quarter. Clemson led for the first time with 5:01 left in the game, and that was enough. It scored 25 of the game's last 28 points, and the final was 28-20.
The Tar Heels did everything right early. Demon June ran in from 3 yards, Benjamin Hall caught a 15-yard touchdown from Billy Edwards Jr., and Aeron Burrell added a 33-yard field goal. Clemson, meanwhile, had Nolan Hauser's 49-yarder and then 21 and 22-yarders on either side of halftime, so it was 17-9 early in the third. Tait Reynolds then hit Christian Bentancur from 27 yards, and the two-point try failed, which left it 17-15. Burrell kicked a 22-yard field goal to make it 20-15, and that was the last time Carolina scored.
Gideon Davidson ran in from 8 yards for a 21-20 Clemson lead, though another two-point try failed. Two missed two-point tries, and Clemson still got ahead. Tyler Brown then put it away with a 34-yard run with a minute left.
Both teams were sloppy: each threw an interception and lost a fumble, and each had three sacks. Carolina outgained Clemson on the ground 214 to 187 but not overall, with Clemson at 402 total yards to 349.
Both teams finish 2-1. Fantasy-wise, Hall (130 rushing yards and a touchdown catch) led all scorers with 21.5 points on the losing side.