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College Football Playoff

Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Recap

Saturday, December 29, 2018 | 3 p.m. CT No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3 AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL
UND #3 Notre Dame (12-1) 3 0 0 0 0
CU #2 Clemson (14-0) 3 20 7 0 30

2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

GAME BOOK


 

Attendance:
72,183
Kickoff Time:
3:11 p.m. CT
End of Game:
6:42 p.m. CT
Game Duration:
3:31


SCORING SUMMARY

QTR TIME SCORE
(V-H)		 TEAM SCORING PLAY DRIVE
1st 08:35 0-3 Clemson Greg Huegel 40 yd field goal 9-31 (3:15)
1st 04:31 3-3 Notre Dame Justin Yoon 28 yd field goal 10-66 (4:04)
2nd 12:50 3-9 Clemson Justyn Ross 52 yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Greg Huegel kick blocked) 3-65 (1:04)
2nd 01:44 3-16 Clemson Justyn Ross 42 yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Greg Huegel kick) 8-85 (3:12)
2nd 00:02 3-23 Clemson Tee Higgins 19 yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Greg Huegel kick) 4-80 (0:46)
3rd 02:04 3-30 Clemson Travis Etienne 62 yd run (Greg Huegel kick) 3-71 (1:01)


NOTRE DAME STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
WR 81 Miles Boykin
WR 10 Chris Finke
LT 74 Liam Eichenberg
LG 69 Aaron Banks
C 53 Sam Mustipher
RG 78 Tommy Kraemer
RT 72 Robert Hainsley
TE 86 Alize Mack
WR 83 Chase Claypool
QB 12 Ian Book
RB 2 Dexter Williams
POS. NO. DEFENSE
DT 4B Julian Okware
DT 99 Jerry Tillery
NG 5C Jonathan Bonner
DE 5A Khalid Kareem
BLB 23 Drue Tranquill
MLB 4A Te'von Coney
ROV 22 Asmar Bilal
CB 2F Julian Love
FS 11 Alohi Gilman
SS 21 Jalen Elliott
CB 5 Troy Pride Jr.

NOTRE DAME RESERVES

1G - Justin Ademilola, 2C - Nick Coleman, 2A - Jordan Genmark Heath, 2E - Temitope Agoro, 4 - Kevin Austin Jr., 5D - Jayson Ademilola, 6 - Tony Jones Jr., 8 - Jafar Armstrong, 8A - Donte Vaughn, 9 - Daelin Hayes, 17 - Isaiah Robertson, 19 - Justin Yoon, 33 - Keenan Sweeney, 35 - Tariq Bracy, 41 - Kurt Hinish, 44 - Jamir Jones, 48 - Xavier Lezynski, 52 - Bo Bauer, 54 - John Shannon, 75 - Josh Lugg, 82 - Nic Weishar, 84 - Cole Kmet, 85 - Tyler Newsome, 87 - Michael Young, 91 - Adetokunbo Ongundeji, 95 - Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa.

CLEMSON STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
LT 75 Mitch Hyatt
LG 74 John Simpson
C 50 Justin Falcinelli
RG 5C Gage Cervenka
RT 73 Tremayne Anchrum
HB 4W Garrett Williams
WR 5 Tee Higgins
QB 16 Trevor Lawrence
RB 9 Travis Etienne
WR 13 Hunter Renfrow
WR 3 Amari Rodgers
POS. NO. DEFENSE
DE 99 Clelin Ferrell
DT 67 Albert Huggins
DT 42 Christian Wilkins
DE 7 Austin Bryant
SLB 11 Isaiah Simmons
MLB 57 Tre Lamar
WLB 34 Kendall Joseph
CB 8 A.J. Terrell
SS 12 K'Von Wallace
FS 19 Tanner Muse
CB 1 Trayvon Mullen

CLEMSON RESERVES

1T - Trevion Thompson, 1J - Denzel Johnson, 1S - Baylon Spector, 2R - Darien Rencher, 2S - Will Swinney, 3X - Xavier Thomas, 5S - Shaq Smith, 7B - Chase Brice, 8R - Justyn Ross, 10 - Derion Kendrick, 14 - Diondre Overton, 18 - T.J. Chase, 21 - Kyler McMichael, 23 - Lyn-J Dixon, 24 - Nolan Turner, 25 - J.C. Chalk, 26 - Adam Choice, 28 - Tavien Feaster, 29 - B.T. Potter, 30 - Jalen Williams, 31 - Mario Goodrich, 33 - J.D. Davis, 35 - Justin Foster, 36 - Judah Davis, 43 - Chad Smith, 44 - Nyles Pinckney, 47 - James Skalski, 48 - Will Spiers, 52 - Austin Spence, 54 - Logan Rudolph, 58 - Patrick Phibbs, 59 - Jordan Williams, 62 - Cade Stewart, 65 - Matt Bockhorst, 76 - Sean Pollard, 78 - Chandler Reeves, 79 - Jackson Carman, 80 - Milan Richard, 81 - Drew Swinney, 82 - Will Brown, 83 - Carter Groomes, 84 - Cannon Smith, 85 - Max May, 92 - Greg Huegel.


 
2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

OFFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME Trevor Lawrence
Trevor Lawrence
Fr., QB, Clemson

DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME Austin Bryant
Austin Bryant
Sr., DE, Clemson


TEAM STATISTICS UND CU
First downs 17 26
Rushing 7 9
Passing 8 15
Penalty 2 2
Rushes-Yards 35-88 37-211
Passing Yards 160 327
Passes Comp-Att-Int 17-34-1 27-41-0
Total Offense
(Plays-Yards)		 69-248 78-538
Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 2-10
Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 1-13
Punts (Number-Avg) 8-45.9 5-39.8
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Sacks By
(Number-Yards)		 3-19 6-26
Penalties-Yards 7-50 6-65
3rd Down Conversions 5-of-17 9-of-18
4th Down Conversions 1-of-2 1-of-1
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Notre Dame - Dexter Williams, 16-54; Ian Book, 17-30; Jafar Armstrong, 1-6.

Clemson - Travis Etienne, 14-109, 1 TD; Chase Brice, 2-31; Adam Choice, 2-30; Tavien Feaster, 4-20; Lyn-J Dixon, 6-11; Trevor Lawrence, 7-6; Diondre Overton, 1-3; Darien Rencher, 1-1.
Passing: Notre Dame - Ian Book, 17-34-1, 160.

Clemson - Trevor Lawrence, 27-39-0, 327, 3 TD; Chase Brice, 0-2-0, 0.
Receiving: Notre Dame - Miles Boykin, 5-69; Dexter Williams, 3-29; Chris Finke, 2-24; Alize Mack, 2-11; Jafar Armstrong, 2-8; Chase Claypool, 2-8; Cole Kmet, 1-11.

Clemson - Justyn Ross, 6-148, 2 TD; Amari Rodgers, 6-26; Hunter Renfrow, 4-62; Tee Higgins, 4-53, 1 TD; T.J. Chase, 2-17; Trevion Thompson, 2-8; Travis Etienne, 1-8; Tavien Feaster, 1-3; Will Swinney, 1-2.
Punting: Notre Dame - Tyler Newsome, 8-367, 45.9.

Clemson - Will Spiers, 5-199, 39.8.
Returns: Notre Dame - Punt: Chris Finke, 1-1; Kickoff: None; Intercept: None.

Clemson - Punt: Amari Rodgers, 2-10; Kickoff: Derion Kendrick, 1-13; Intercept: Nolan Turner, 1-24.
Field Goals: Notre Dame - Justin Yoon, 1-1 (28 Good).

Clemson - Greg Huegel, 1-2 (40 Good, 49 Good).
Tackles:
(Solo-Assist-Total, Sacks-Yds, TFL-Yds)		 Notre Dame - Alohi Gilman (8-10-18, 0, 0); Te'von Coney (4-12-16, 0.5-4, 0.5-4); Drue Tranquill (5-6-11, 0, 0); Jalen Elliott (3-1-4, 0, 0); Asmar Bilal (0-4-4, 0, 0); Adetokunbo Ogundeji (2-1-3, 1-7, 1-7); Jonathan Bonner (0-3-3, 0, 0); Khalid Kareem (0-3-3, 0, 0.5-1); Julian Love (2-0-2, 0, 0); Nick Coleman (2-0-2, 0, 0); Justin Ademilola (1-1-2, 0, 0); Troy Pride Jr. (1-1-2, 0, 0); Jordan Genmark Heath (1-1-2, 0, 0); Jayson Ademilola (0-2-2, 0.5-3, 1-5); Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa (0-2-2, 0, 0.5-1); Daelin Hayes (0-2-2, 0, 0.5-1); Donte Vaughn (0-2-2, 0, 0); Chris Finke (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jamir Jones (1-0-1, 0, 0); Cole Kmet (1-0-1, 0, 0); Julian Okwara (1-0-1, 1-5, 1-5); Kurt Hinish (0-1-1, 0, 0).

Clemson - Austin Bryant (4-2-6, 2-12, 3-19); Tanner Muse (5-0-5, 0, 0); Trayvon Mullen (4-1-5, 0, 0); Isaiah Simmons (3-2-5, 0.5-1, 0.5-1); Tre Lamar (2-3-5, 0, 0); K'Von Wallace (4-0-4, 0, 0); Clelin Ferrell (3-1-4, 1-4, 1-4); Justin Foster (2-2-4, 1-2, 1.5-4); A.J. Terrell (1-2-3, 0, 0); Kendall Joseph (0-3-3, 0, 0); J.D. Davis (2-0-2, 0, 0); Nolan Turner (1-1-2, 0, 0); Xavier Thomas (0-2-2, 0, 0.5-2); Mario Goodrich (1-0-1, 0, 0); Shaq Smith (1-0-1, 1-6, 1-6); Denzel Johnson (1-0-1, 0, 0); Trevor Lawrence (1-0-1, 0, 0); Albert Huggins (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jordan Williams (1-0-1, 0, 0); Christian Wilkins (0-1-1, 0.5-1, 0.5-1).