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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Rushing
North Carolina State   Clemson
Shadrach Thornton Player Andre Ellington
21 Attempts 22
114 Yards 124
5.4 Avg Yards 5.6
1 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
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
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
North Carolina State 597 104 493 6 2 2 0.0 0
Clemson 754 328 426 8 2 1 4.0 2