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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The second ranked Notre Dame football team suffered its first defeat of the season to the third-ranked Clemson Tigers 34-10 at Bank of America Stadium Saturday night.
Ian Book led the Irish offensively with 219 yards passing on the night. Michael Mayer tied a career high with a team-high five receptions and totaled 51 yards. Ben Skowronek and Javon McKinley both had four receptions and finished with 54 and 37 yards, respectively. Chris Tyree took his lone carry 21 yards into the end zone for the Irish.
On the defensive side of the ball, Kyle Hamilton put together his best game of the season. He tallied his first interception of the season along with a career-high 10 tackles. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah added seven tackles and a team-high 2.0 tackles-for-loss.
The Irish offense was able to get into Clemson territory on the opening drive of the game. Jonathan Doerer connected on a 51-yard field goal, which was an ACC Championship Game record, to end the drive and get the Irish on the board.
Clemson responded with a 67-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Rodgers to gain a 7-3 lead in the final minutes of the first quarter. Another long touchdown pass, this time Lawrence to E.J. Williams increased the Tigers lead to 14-3 in the second quarter.
A 44-yard scamper to the end zone from Travis Etienne gave the Tigers a 24-3 lead heading into halftime, the largest deficit of the season for the Irish.
In the second half, the Tigers extended their lead and did not allow the Irish to get back into the game. The Irish will await their postseason hopes starting on Sunday afternoon as bowl announcements will begin to be made.
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🏈 4th Quarter
𝚃𝙾𝚄𝙲𝙷𝙳𝙾𝚆𝙽 𝙱𝚈 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙹𝙴𝚃! 🛫@chris_tyree4 gets a TD for the Fighting Irish.
Q4 | 8:09 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/ugF8QjSOiZ
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 20, 2020
💰SACK💰
Loss of five on the play for Clemson, sack by @Drew_White11.
Q4 | 12:44 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/4ehQHwpRX5
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
🏈 3rd Quarter
𝗦 𝗔 𝗖 𝗞 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗗𝗘!
Loss of one on the play.
Q3 | 10:15 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/8JCkoS1oQ7
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
𝙏𝙁𝙇 𝙏𝙁𝙇 𝙏𝙁𝙇 𝙏𝙁𝙇
Loss of four on the play caused by @Truk_sauce.
Q3 | 14:53 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/C415Jy7cb0
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
Ready to fight.
No. 2 @NDFootball 3 – No. 3 Clemson 24
📺 ABC #GoIrish #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/ipGLMqrzAh— The Fighting Irish 😷 (@FightingIrish) December 19, 2020
🏈 2nd Quarter
🏈 1st Quarter
Us after seeing that @Drew_white11 tip and @kham316 interception! #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/tWmMPGMZBS
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐄!
Tip by @Drew_White11 leads to a @kham316 interception. Notre Dame offense is back on the field!
Q1 | 5:20 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/9Fpw6hr2lg
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
Doerer's attempt is a new ACC Championship game record.
Q1 | 8:16 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
51 yard attempt by @JDoerer_11 is G O O D.
Q1 | 8:16 left. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/DJdgAS6hLa
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
🏈 PRE-GAME
| GAME DAY INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Date | Saturday, December 19, 2020 |
| Time | 4 p.m. ET |
| Site: | Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC Fan capacity: 5,240 (Natural grass) |
| TV: | ABC Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Maria Taylor (sideline) |
| Radio: | Notre Dame Radio Network |
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📣 SOCIAL
For. The. Brotherhood. ☘️#GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/BTB0oyHEMY
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
Here come the Irish of Notre Dame. ☘️#GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/Q5uyTQoZim
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
Getting closer. #GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/98eRFInPQ4
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
Wake up the echoes cheering her name. ✨#GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/nZltZ96vJb
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 19, 2020
We’re off to Charlotte. 🛫#GoIrish x #BeatTigers pic.twitter.com/OziPdnGlYk
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 18, 2020
