Clemson traveled to Raleigh to take on the NC State Wolfpack in a game that was, with Florida State’s decline this year, likely to be the game that would decide the ACC Atlantic division champion.
State won the toss and elected to defer. A touchback on the kickoff gave the Tigers the ball on the 25. The Tigers went up-tempo and Tavien Feaster got a yard on first down. Kelly Bryant then threw twice with the second pass being intercepted on a terrible throw, giving State the ball on the Tiger 40. On third down the Tigers blitzed hard but State QB Ryan Finley got the pass away in time to complete a 40-yard strike into the Tiger end zone.