WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — It’s interesting a fourth-and-one play the week before delayed Clemson from clinching a spot in the ACC Championship Game. A week later, another fourth-and-one helped the fourth-ranked Tigers run in to the championship game.
On Clemson’s first possession on Saturday night at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, it moved the football to the Wake Forest 42, where it faced fourth-and-one. A week earlier against Pitt, the Tigers faced a similar situation late in the game. Needing a first down to seal a win and clinch the ACC Atlantic, running back Wayne Gallman was stopped for no gain.