Clemson 52, Citadel 6
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 23, 2013
Where: Clemson Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
Temperature:
61°
Head Official:
Tom McCreesh
Attendance:
81554
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No. 6 Clemson 52, Citadel 6: Tajh Boyd matched his career high of five touchdown passes to go over 100 for his career as the Tigers rolled past the Bulldogs.
Boyd passed for 288 yards in his final home game while boosting his career touchdown count to 102. Roderick McDowell rushed for 108 yards as Clemson (10-1) topped 50 points for the third consecutive game.
Thomas Warren kicked second-half field goals of 42 and 29 yards to represent the scoring output for Citadel (5-7). The FCS Bulldogs were outgained 558-172 and had minus-4 yards passing.
Boyd tossed touchdowns passes to Stanton Seckinger, Mike Williams and Sammy Watkins to get the onslaught started. Bulldogs quarterback Ben Dupree fumbled and Quandon Christian picked it up and went 22 yards for a score to give Clemson a 28-0 edge with 10:03 left in the first half.
Boyd hit Martavis Bryant on a 19-yard score and McDowell from 9 yards out to make it 42-0 before halftime. Clemson added a fourth-quarter touchdown when backup Cole Stoudt threw a 2-yard scoring pass to Daniel Rodriguez.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Watkins had seven receptions for 58 yards to raise his career total to 3,071 yards, breaking the school record of former teammate DeAndre Hopkins (3,020 from 2010-12). … The win was makes Dabo Swinney the fourth Clemson coach to reach 50 victories at the school. Only Danny Ford (65 games) reached the mark faster than Swinney (72). … Tigers K Chandler Catanzaro had 9 points to raise his career output to 395, second-most in ACC history behind Florida State's Dustin Hopkins (466).
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Citadel
|
172 |
176 |
-4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.0 |
2 |
| Clemson
|
558 |
208 |
350 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |