CLEMSON – NC State head coach Dave Doeren was right about one thing: his team was never in Saturday’s game in Death Valley.
No. 19 Clemson scored 28 points in a dominant first quarter and led 45-7 at halftime on the way to a dominating 59-35 victory over NC State, the 800th win in Clemson football history. The 59 points are the second-most scored against NC State in the series (Clemson won 62-48 in 2012) and the 45 scored in the first half were the most ever scored against a Dave Doeren, NC State-coached team in a first half.