Clemson escaped the victory over NC State relatively unscathed, and used the blowout to play a lot of players. That’s a good day for head coach Dabo Swinney.
The Tigers bounced out to a 52-7 lead on the Wolfpack before pulling the starters and won 59-35, playing 96 players in the process. The Tigers (2-1 overall, 1-0 ACC) will host Stanford (2-1, 1-0) next Saturday for Homecoming. Kickoff will be at 7 pm on ESPN.
Swinney spoke to the media during his Sunday evening teleconference and recapped the win and looked ahead.
“I am really proud of our team.