Clemson Really Hopes This Visit to Chapel Hill is Better

CLEMSON — In recent trips to Chapel Hill, N.C., Clemson has not played too well.

The Tigers hope that trend does not continue next week when they visit the Tar Heels for a noon kick on ESPN.

The last time the Tigers played at Kenan Stadium was in 2019. Trevor Lawrence connected with Tee Higgins on a 38-yard touchdown pass with 9:54 left in the game and then the defense got a two-point stop with 1:17 to play to survive a 21-20 victory.

Clemson’s previous visit to Kenan Stadium resulted in 21-16 loss to UNC back in 2010.

Overall, the Tigers are 10-5-1 in Chapel Hill since 1977, so it has not treated them too bad. Clemson has actually won three of the last meetings between the two teams there,…