LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The biggest play of the night in Clemson’s 20-19 win over No. 20 Louisville came from the unlikeliest of sources.
With the Tigers clinging to their one-point lead late in the fourth quarter, punter Jack Smith stayed calm when long snapper Phillip Florenzo skipped the football back to him with a little more than two minutes left on the clock.
Alertly, instead of panicking, Smith jumped on the loose football, giving his defense and his team a fighting chance.
“That is a tough situation, but he did not make it worse,” head coach Dabo Swinney said.