UPI BALTIMORE -- DeChane Cameron's 11-yard pass to running back Rudy Harris midway through the fourth quarter Saturday lifted No. 19 Clemson to an 18-17 victory over Maryland in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
Harris' TD gave the Tigers, 2-1, their first lead since the second quarter.
The winning score climaxed an eight-play, 68-yard drive and overcame a 17-12 Maryland lead with 7:59 left.
The Terrapins, 2-1, led 14-10 at halftime on Scott Zolek's 34-yard pass to Gene Thomas and a 1-yard run by Troy Jackson. Zolek was nailed for a third-quarter safety when he recovered a bad snap in the end zone, but Dan DeArmas kicked a 39-yard field goal to increase Maryland's lead to 17-12 with 10:25 left in the game.
Clemson jumped to a 3-0 lead on Chris Gardocki's 53-yard field goal midway throught the first period. After Thomas' TD with nine minutes left in the half, Clemson's Doug Thomas returned the ensuing kickoff 98 yards for a 10-7 lead. It was the second 98-yard return of the season for Thomas.
Maryland used 11 plays to travel 63 yards on its next posession before Jackson scored Maryland's first rushing touchdown of the season.
Cameron completed 14 of 25 passes for 164 yards. Zolak finished 18 of 43 with three interceptions.