Mission accomplished.
That’s the way Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney described his team’s 28-26 victory over Texas A&M during his Sunday night teleconference call with the media.
The Tigers, who remained ranked No. 2 in both the Amway Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, survived a fierce rally by Texas A&M in the fourth quarter when safety K’Von Wallace intercepted Kellen Mond’s two-point attempt at tying the game with 46 seconds to play.
Mond threw for 430 yards and three touchdowns on 23-of-40 passing, while the Aggies totaled 501 yards overall. It’s the most yards allowed by the Clemson defense in nearly two years.