Clemson 62, North Carolina State 48
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 17, 2012
Where: Clemson Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
Temperature:
57°
Head Official:
Jerry Magallane
Attendance:
76000
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No. 9 Clemson 62, N.C. State 48: Tajh Boyd accounted for a school-record eight touchdowns as the host Tigers rallied from an early deficit to rout the Wolfpack.
Boyd passed for five touchdowns and rushed for three more for Clemson (10-1, 7-1 ACC). The Tigers scored the game’s first 13 points, watched N.C. State (6-5, 3-4) reel off 24 unanswered points and responded with 42 consecutive points.
Trailing 24-13 early in the second quarter, Boyd fired a 7-yard touchdown to Brandon Ford, a 27-yard touchdown to Sammy Watkins and a 62-yard touchdown to DeAndre Hopkins, giving Clemson a 34-24 advantage. After a turnover, Boyd scored on a 9-yard run with 1:14 left in the half to push Clemson’s advantage to 40-24.
Boyd finished 30-for-44 for 426 yards, and rushed for 103 yards. N.C. State quarterback Mike Glennon went 29-for-53 for 493 yards with five touchdowns.
Two Chandler Catanzaro field goals and a Boyd 4-yard touchdown run gave the Tigers a 13-0 advantage midway through the first quarter. But Glennon hit Tobais Palmer on touchdown passes of 77 and 49 yards, and Glennon’s 18-yarder to Rashard Smith with 1:36 left in the quarter gave N.C. State a 21-13 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Tigers finished with 754 yards of total offense, including 124 yards rushing by Andre Ellington. … Boyd passed for a score and rushed for a touchdown in the third quarter, setting an ACC record with 40 touchdowns this season. … Palmer set a school and conference record for all-purpose yards in one game with 496 yards (219 receiving, 277 kick returns).
Top Game Performances
Receiving
North Carolina State |
|
Clemson |
Tobais Palmer
| Player |
Sammy Watkins
|
7 |
Receptions |
11 |
219 |
Yards |
110 |
31.3 |
Avg Yards |
10.0 |
3 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary