No. 9 Clemson opened up the 2023 season in disastrous fashion.
The Tigers just could not get out of their own way in a mistake-filled 28-7 road loss to Duke. On a sequence of three consecutive second-half drives, Clemson drove the ball inside the Duke 10-yard line yet did not score a single point.
Things got even worse from there. Phil Mafah, on a first-and-goal run from the 1, fumbled and the loose ball bounced right into the arms of Duke’s Jaylen Stinson. He returned the fumble all the way to the Clemson 33, setting up a touchdown run from Jaquez Moore to put the Blue Devils ahead 21-7 with 10:33 to play.
Clemson moved the ball, primarily on the ground with Shipley and Mafah , but the passing game left a lot to be desired. Clemson's only points of the game, a two-yard Shipley touchdown run that game the Tigers a 7-6 halftime lead, came off a Duke muffed punt. Klubnik threw for only 209 yards on 43 attempts. He missed a few throws early, including a dropped interception by Duke on Clemson’s first series, but it just did not seem like Clemson’s receivers were able to get much separation. Klubnik averaged only 4.9 yards per attempt, and once the Tigers fell behind by two scores they just had no chance to get back in the game in the fourth quarter.
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