Late rally provides Clemson a victory
CLEMSON, S.C. — Tajh Boyd and No. 3 Clemson needed a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Boston College 24-14 on Saturday and stay on course for the upcoming Atlantic Coast Conference showdown with Florida State.
Boyd’s 6-yard touchdown run with 13:44 remaining put the Tigers (6-0, 4-0) ahead for good and defensive end Vic Beasley sealed things with a 13-yard fumble recovery score to outlast the Eagles (3-3, 1-2).
The Tigers were out of sync offensively most of the game and trailed 14-10 entering the final quarter. That’s when Boyd led the 48-yard drive that ended with his 6-yard rush into the end zone for a 17-14 lead.
When Boston College got the ball back, Chase Rettig fumbled when sacked by linebacker Tony Steward and Beasley was there to scoop up the ball and put the Tigers up 24-14.
Boyd also had a touchdown pass and finished with 334 yards passing to become the school’s all-time leader in passing yards, surpassing ex-Tiger Charlie Whitehurst.
It’s Clemson’s second 6-0 start in the past three years.
In other games involving ACC teams, Caleb Rowe threw for 332 yards and hit tight end Dave Stinebaugh for the goahead score with 5:14 left as Maryland (5-1, 1-1) beat Virginia (2-4, 0-2) 27-26 in College Park, Md. … Anthony Boone threw three touchdown passes in his first game back from injury and Duke (4-2) beat Navy (3-2) 35-7 in Durham, N.C. … Logan Thomas threw an early touchdown pass, Cody Journell kicked four field goals and No. 24 Virginia Tech (6-1, 3-0) sacked Pittsburgh (3-2, 3-2) quarterback Tom Savage eight times in a 19-9 victory in Blacksburg, Va. … Jerome Smith and Prince-Tyson Gulley each ran for more than 100 yards and a touchdown to help
Syracuse (3-3, 1-1) beat North Carolina State (3-3, 0-3) 24-10 in Raleigh, N.C. ... Taysom Hill passed for 244 yards and 1 touchdown to lead BYU (4-2) to a 38-20 victory over Georgia Tech (3-3) in Provo, Utah.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Houston tops Memphis
HOUSTON—JohnO’Korn threw for 198 yards and a touchdown and Kenneth Farrow ran for two second-half touchdowns as Houston overcame a slow start to defeat Memphis 25-15 Saturday and remain undefeated.
O’Korn finished 13 of 30 and Deontay Greenberry caught four passes for 76 yards for the Cougars (5-0, 2-0), who were out-gained 349 yards to 247.
Paxton Lynch was 21 of 41 for 222 yards passing, and Brandon Hayes rushed 12 times for 72 yards to lead the Tigers (1-4, 0-2), who committed four turnovers — all fumbles. Mose Frazier caught five passes for 81 yards.
Jake Elliot had five field goals for Memphis.
Trailing 15-10 midway through the third, Farrow put the Cougars ahead with a 1-yard run and followed that by taking O’Korn’s shovel pass in for a two-point conversion, capping a 7-play, 75-yard drive.
In another game involving American Athletic Conference teams, Marvin Kloss hit two field goals and Aaron Lynch returned a fumble 44 yards for a touchdown as South Florida (2-4, 2-0) beat
Connecticut (0-4, 0-1) 13-10 in East Hartford, Conn. CONFERENCE USA Tulane wins in 3OT NEW ORLEANS — Cairo Santos kicked five field goals, including a 42-yard game winner in overtime, to give Tulane a 36-33 victory over East Carolina.
Both teams matched each other with two overtime touchdowns, but East Carolina’s third possession drive stalled and the Pirates missed a 42-yard field goal, giving Tulane the opening it needed to send Santos in for the game-winning score when it took over the ball.
The Green Wave (5-2, 3-0) relied on Santos, and a 98yard interception return for a touchdown by Derrick Strozier, to keep the game close as East Carolina (4-2, 2-1) racked up 543 total yards of offense, including 480 yards passing and a touchdown by Shane Carden. East Carolina had a chance to take the lead with 3 seconds remaining in regulation, but Warren Harvey missed a 42-yard field goal to send the game into overtime.
In other games involving Conference USA teams, Darik Dillard’s 4-yard touchdown run in the second quarter gave Rice (4-2, 3-0) the lead for good in a 27-21 victory over UTSA (2-5, 1-2) in San Antonio. ... Justin Haig kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give Marshall (4-2, 2-0) a 24-23 comeback victory over Florida
Atlantic (2-5, 1-4) in Boca, Raton, Fla. … Reggie Pegram scored two touchdowns to lead North Texas (3-3, 1-1) over Middle Tennessee (3-4, 1-2) 34-7 in Denton, Texas. … Cody Green threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another to lead Tulsa (2-4, 1-1) over UTEP (1-5, 0-3) 34-20 in El Paso, Texas.