Regular season ·

LSU beat Clemson

No. 9 LSU1-017
No. 4 Clemson0-110Final
Sat, Aug 30 · Memorial Stadium, Clemson, S.C. · Crowd 81,500 · 79°, clearABC

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 9 LSU beat No. 4 Clemson by 7 points.

How the game turned

LSU aheadClemson aheadBiggest swingLow: 11%
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Q4 12:18 LSU 17, Clemson 10

LSU 68% to win

Nussmeier 8-yd TD pass to Green, LSU goes ahead 17-10

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 8:57 · LSU 0, Clemson 3Hauser 42-yd field goal, Clemson goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 4:36 · LSU 3, Clemson 10LSU's win chance fell from 23% to 14%.Randall 1-yd TD run, Clemson goes ahead 10-3
  3. 3Q3 8:59 · LSU 10, Clemson 10LSU's win chance rose from 20% to 35%.Durham 2-yd TD run, ties it 10-10
  4. 4Q4 12:18 · LSU 17, Clemson 10LSU's win chance rose from 48% to 68%.Nussmeier 8-yd TD pass to Green, LSU goes ahead 17-10

LSU's lowest chance to win was 11 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 12:18 left in the 4th quarter, LSU's chance to win went from 48 percent to 68 percent when LSU scored a touchdown.

The score went from LSU 10, Clemson 10 to LSU 17, Clemson 10.

The play: Nussmeier 8-yd TD pass to Green, LSU goes ahead 17-10.

What happened next

  1. LSU's next game: W 23-7 vs Louisiana Tech, Sep 6

    7 days later

  2. Clemson's next game: W 27-16 vs Troy, Sep 6

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Aug 30, 2025: LSU 51, Clemson 10, Sep 5, 2026

    about 12 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.

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