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Clemson Football: 5 ‘firework’ finishes of the Dabo Swinney era

By Andrew Boardwine

CLEMSON, SC - OCTOBER 3: Fireworks go off at Memorial Stadium prior to the game between the Clemson Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on October 3, 2015 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Smith/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC - OCTOBER 3: Fireworks go off at Memorial Stadium prior to the game between the Clemson Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on October 3, 2015 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Tyler Smith/Getty Images) /
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2. LSU (2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl)

All Clemson football fans remember the Chick-fil-A Bowl match-up against the LSU Tigers that saw Clemson enter the game as heavy underdogs.

The Tigers fought all night long with a very physical LSU team and took over with less than two minutes remaining. After two Tajh Boyd incompletions followed by a sack, Clemson faced a 4th-and-16 from its own 14-yard line.

That’s when the magic happened.

Boyd found DeAndre Hopkins over the middle- in between two LSU defenders- for a first down, to keep the drive (and the game) alive. The Tigers drove the ball down to the 20-yard line where Chandler Catanzaro knocked in the game-winning kick as time expired to give Clemson a 25-24 victory.

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