Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, CFP semifinal ·
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, CFP semifinal
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 2 Clemson beat No. 3 Notre Dame by 27 points, the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, CFP semifinal.
It was played at a neutral site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX.
How the game turned
Q1 8:35 Clemson 3, Notre Dame 0
Clemson 54% to win
Huegel 40-yd field goal, Clemson goes ahead 3-0
Big moments
- 1Q1 8:35 · Clemson 3, Notre Dame 0Huegel 40-yd field goal, Clemson goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q2 12:50 · Clemson 9, Notre Dame 3Clemson's win chance rose from 51% to 60%.Lawrence 52-yd TD pass to Ross, blocked, Clemson goes ahead 9-3
- 3Q2 1:44 · Clemson 16, Notre Dame 3Clemson's win chance rose from 69% to 83%.Lawrence 42-yd TD pass to Ross, Clemson leads 16-3
Clemson's lowest chance to win was 36 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
Clemson took the lead for good with 12:50 left in the 2nd quarter, Clemson 9, Notre Dame 3.
What happened next
Notre Dame finished the 2018 season 12-1, No. 3 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
Clemson's next game: W 44-16 vs Alabama in the CFP National Championship, Jan 7
9 days laterNotre Dame's first game of the 2019 season: W 35-17 at Louisville, Sep 2, 2019
about 8 months laterThe teams' next meeting after Dec 29, 2018: Notre Dame 47, Clemson 40, Nov 7, 2020
about 22 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.