Clemson sneaks past No. 19 Louisville 20-19 despite botched punt snap and goal-line stand

Adam Randall ran for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns and Clemson overcame Louisville’s goal-line basal and a botched punt drawback to sneak retired with a 20-19 triumph implicit the No. 19 Cardinals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Adam Randall ran for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns and Clemson overcame Louisville's goal-line basal and a botched punt drawback to sneak retired with a 20-19 triumph implicit the No. 19 Cardinals connected Friday night.

The Tigers (5-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) went up connected Randall's 1-yard touchdown tally with 7:16 left. It was the 2nd fourth-and-goal play astatine the 1-yard enactment for the Tigers successful the last period, with the Cardinals (7-3, 4-3) stuffing them 4 minutes earlier.

Cooper Ranvier, who missed an other constituent successful the 2nd quarter, went wide near connected a 50-yard tract extremity connected Louisville’s adjacent drive, but a debased drawback to Clemson punter Jack Smith gave the Cardinals the shot astatine the Tigers 23-yard enactment with 2:29 left.

However, a mendacious commencement and an unsportsmanlike behaviour emblem pushed Louisville back, and Nick Keller missed a 46-yarder with 1:33 remaining.

The Tigers won contempt converting conscionable 1 of 13 third-down plays and giving up 385 yards to the Cardinals. Cade Klubnik was 22 of 34 for 187 yards.

Keyjuan Brown ran for 135 yards connected 15 carries for Louisville and Miller Moss completed 19 of 27 passes for 212 yards. Receiver Caullin Lacy caught 4 passes for 60 yards and threw for a touchdown pass.

Clemson: The Tigers tried to springiness the crippled away, but the triumph gives them a accidental to beryllium vessel eligible with a triumph successful 1 of their 2 last games to widen their 20-year streak.

Louisville: Penalties and turnovers yet killed immoderate accidental the Cardinals had for a spot successful the ACC rubric crippled oregon the playoffs. The Cardinals committed 10 penalties for 98 yards, and Duke Watson's fumble astatine the Louisville 25 acceptable up Randall’s archetypal score.

Clemson returns location to look Furman connected Nov. 22.

Louisville heads to Dallas connected Nov. 22 to look SMU.

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