On This Date: 2004 (15)Clemson-37 Wake Forest-30 F/2OT
Sep 4, 2019, 9:28 AM
09/04/2004 15Clemson- 37 Wake Forest 30 F/2OT
Clemson gets Revenge in Death Valley, Edges Decs in 2OT
Charlie Whitehurst threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Browning in the second overtime that lifted No. 15 Clemson to a 37-30 victory over Wake Forest yesterday in Clemson, S.C.
The Tigers (1-0 ACC) led 19-3 early in the second quarter and looked intent on beating the Demon Deacons as thoroughly as Clemson got beat in a 45-17 defeat at Wake Forest a season ago.
The Tigers rediscovered their offense when it counted.
Whitehurst, starting at his 22-yard line with 6 minutes 35 left, completed passes of 16 and 19 yards to Chansi Stuckey, then hit Airese Currie with an eight-yard completion to get inside the Wake 10-yard line. A pass interference call on fourth and goal kept the drive alive and Yusef Kelly leaped over the pile from a yard out with for Clemson's first points in nearly 40 minutes.
Kelvin Grant pulled down the tying conversion on a perfectly lofted ball into the left corner of the end zone to send the game into overtime.
The teams traded field goals in the first extra session. Then Whitehurst found Browning on a screen pass to give Clemson the lead.
"Once I caught the ball and turned around, I knew I had to get to the end zone," Browning said. "It was just a good feeling because Coach [Tommy] Bowden during the timeout told me to go win it for us."