Clemson Crushes Undefeated Alabama To Win US College Football Title
Muhammad Rameez Published January 08, 2019 | 01:11 PM
Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes as the Clemson Tigers captured their second US college football championship in three years with a 44-16 blowout win over top-ranked Alabama on Monday
Los Angeles, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jan, 2019 ) :Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes as the Clemson Tigers captured their second US college football championship in three years with a 44-16 blowout win over top-ranked Alabama on Monday.
Running back Travis Etienne caught one touchdown pass from Lawrence and ran for two others for Clemson, who finished a perfect season with a 15-0 record.
The teams traded TDs in the first quarter before Clemson busted the game open in the second quarter en route to scoring 30 unanswered points.
Freshman Lawrence, who took over as a starter four games into the season, completed 20-of-30 passes for 347 yards in the first college playoff championship game to feature two unbeaten teams.
The 19-year-old from Tennessee also rushed the 27 yards.
"Great things happen. That's what you saw tonight," said Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney.
Lawrence is the first freshman quarterback since Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway in 1985 to lead his team to a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title.
The Crimson Tide are known for their trick plays, but it was Etienne providing the early magic at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, hooking up with Lawrence on a short shovel pass for a touchdown to give Clemson a 12-point lead, 28-16, late in the first half.
"So many great coaches are deserving of a chance like this and never get to experience this," Swinney said. "I am so happy for the team, fans and the organization."This is the fourth time that Clemson and Alabama (14-0) have met in the college playoffs, and of those, three have been for the championship.
Alabama came back to beat Clemson for the national title in Phoenix to cap the 2015 season. Clemson returned the favor in 2016 in Tampa, Florida.
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