Auburn 27, Clemson 24
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 18, 2010
Where: Jordan Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama
Temperature:
93°
Head Official:
Tom Zimorski
Attendance:
87451
By SportsDirect Inc.
Auburn wiped out a two-touchdown deficit in the second half and Chandler Catanzaro's 31-yard field goal in overtime hooked wide left, lifting Auburn to a 27-24 victory over Clemson on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Wes Byrum hit a 39-yard field goal on Auburn's overtime possession, and Catanzaro's tying 26-yarder was wiped out by a penalty and his second try from five yards back missed. Catanzaro had hit from 42 yards earlier.
Clemson (2-1) outgained Auburn 266-116 in building a 17-3 halftime lead, as Kyle Parker hit running back Jamie Harper for touchdown strikes of 8 and 24 yards. Auburn (3-0) was shut out until Byrum's 35-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in the half.
But quarterback Cam Newton led Auburn on three scoring drives in the third quarter, capping two of them with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Darvin Adams and a 78-yard strike to Terrell Zachary to give the Tigers a 24-17 lead.
Newton completed just one pass for 23 yards in the first half, but he finished 7-of-14 for 203 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions.
Clemson tied it on Andre Ellington's 2-yard run with 12:52 left.
Parker threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns on 20-of-34 passing, and Ellington rushed for 140 yards and a score on 22 carries.
Onterio McCalebb ran for 81 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries for Auburn, which has won 14 consecutive games against Clemson.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Clemson
|
407 |
187 |
220 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |
Auburn
|
424 |
221 |
203 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |