Postgame Notes - Clemson
September 28, 2014 | Football
Clemson 50, Carolina 35
• North Carolina fell to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the ACC. The loss marks the third straight season in which the Tar Heels have lost their conference opener.
• QB Marquise Williams tossed four touchdown passes on the night, giving him eight for the season and 24 for his career. He is one shy of the top 10 in school history (25 by Charlie Justice and Rod Elkins).
• Williams completed 24 of 38 passes for 345 yards and now has 2,788 for his career. He passed Jack Cummings (2,668 from 1957-59) and Rod Elkins (2,707 from 1979-82) for 14th place in school history.
• WR Quinshad Davis scored his second receiving touchdown of the year, a 2-yard catch late in the third quarter. Davis now has 17 career touchdown receptions, good for sole possession of fourth place in school history. He is one shy of Art Weiner (18, 1946-49) for third place.
• WR Ryan Switzer caught three passes for 87 yards and a 75-yard catch-and-run for his first touchdown of the season.
• WR Mack Hollins caught two passes for 30 yards and an acrobatic 17-yard touchdown in the second quarter. For the season, Hollins has 10 catches for a team-high 272 yards and three touchdowns.
• TB Elijah Hood rushed 13 times for a career-high 71 yards and a touchdown. The 71 yards are the most by a Tar Heel individual runner in 2014.
• S Sam Smiley had his first career interception in the third quarter.
• Defensive linemen Dejaun Drennon, Nazair Jones and Justin Thomason each had sacks, the first of the year for all three players. The sacks for Drennon and Jones were the first of their respective careers.
• The Tar Heel defense finished with seven tackles for loss, including two each for Jones and Junior Gnonkonde.
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