Clemson 45, Boston College 31
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 29, 2012
Where: Alumni Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
56°
Head Official:
Jeff Heaser
Attendance:
40138
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No. 16 Clemson 45, Boston College 31: Tajh Boyd threw for 367 yards and accounted for four touchdowns and DeAndre Hopkins caught 11 passes for a school-record 197 yards as the visiting Tigers rebounded from last week's loss to Florida State.
Chase Rettig passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns for Boston College (1-3, 0-2 ACC). Alex Amidon hauled in two of the scores and finished with 193 yards on eight receptions.
Clemson (4-1, 1-1) grabbed a 24-21 halftime edge after two see-saw quarters when Boyd hit Brandon Ford on a tight 4-yard pass just inside sideline with 23 seconds left in the half. Touchdown runs by Roderick McDowell and Andre Ellington pushed the margin to 38-21 with 3:07 remaining in the third.
After spotting the Eagles a 7-0 lead, the Tigers reeled off 17 unanswered points as Boyd ran for a 6-yard score and threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Sam Cooper. Boyd's 35-yard touchdown toss to Hopkins early in the fourth brought the lead back to 17 at 45-28.
Andre Williams sparked Boston College's ground game – which entered ranked 114th – with a 30-yard scoring run less than five minutes into the game, but the Eagles managed only 21 rushing yards thereafter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Clemson played without All-American WR Sammy Watkins, who sat out with an abdominal virus. Backup WR Martavis Bryant (groin) also missed the game. … Tigers K Chandler Catanzaro extended his school record of consecutive made field goals to 16 with a 28-yarder. … Boston College WR Bobby Swigert returned after missing the first three games with a knee injury and had two catches for 27 yards plus a 28-yard pass completion.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
Clemson |
|
Boston College |
DeAndre Hopkins
| Player |
Alex Amidon
|
11 |
Receptions |
8 |
197 |
Yards |
193 |
17.9 |
Avg Yards |
24.1 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Clemson
|
576 |
209 |
367 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |
Boston College
|
420 |
51 |
369 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |