College Football National Championship: Clemson Tigers vs. California Golden Bears

January 24, 2021
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Clemson Memorial Stadium (Greenville, SC) Attendance: 47,585 (87%)
Tigers 3 3 0 7 - 13
Golden Bears 0 0 10 10 - 20

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Tigers: 4-2-CAL 23 (10:28) 6-Bradley Montgomery 41 yard field goal is GOOD. CAL 0 CLM 3
(Qtr 2) Tigers: 4-3-CAL 17 (0:31) 6-Bradley Montgomery 35 yard field goal is GOOD. CAL 0 CLM 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Bears: 2-4-CLM 4 (8:55) 1-Robert Dixon pass complete to 82-Russell Hester for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jonathan Steger. CAL 7 CLM 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Bears: 4-3-CLM 21 (3:07) 11-Jonathan Steger 40 yard field goal is GOOD. CAL 10 CLM 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Bears: 4-1-CLM 15 (9:44) 11-Jonathan Steger 33 yard field goal is GOOD. CAL 13 CLM 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Bears: 2-3-CLM 3 (1:51) 1-Robert Dixon pass complete to 17-Marvin Thompson for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 11-Jonathan Steger. CAL 20 CLM 6
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 1-10-CLM 25 (1:48) 12-Bobby Goodman pass complete to 18-Werner Taylor for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Bradley Montgomery. CAL 20 CLM 13

Team Statistics

Golden Bears Tigers
First Downs 16 16
- Rushing 3 1
- Passing 11 11
- Penalty 2 4
Total Net Yards 293 339
- Offensive Plays 65 62
- Yards Per Play 4.51 5.47
Net Rushing Yards 53 32
- Rushing Attempts 32 11
- Yards Per Rush 1.66 2.91
Net Passing Yards 240 307
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 24 / 0 51 / 26 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 254 307
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 14 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.27 6.02
- Yards Per Completion 10.58 11.81
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 5 / 38 5 / 27
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 13 2 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 27 1 / 24
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 22
Time of Possession 35:07 24:54

Drive Charts

California Golden Bears

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:24 4:00 OWN 20 6 20 Punt
1 5:23 2:10 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 0:16 1:38 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
2 10:27 3:33 OWN 30 6 14 Punt
2 4:32 2:39 OWN 1 5 14 Punt
2 0:28 0:28 OWN 25 1 5 Half
3 15:00 0:18 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 12:30 3:37 OWN 21 7 79 Touchdown
3 6:31 3:28 OWN 48 5 30 Field Goal
3 1:26 6:45 OWN 10 11 76 Field Goal
4 8:09 1:34 OWN 46 3 -2 Punt
4 5:07 3:19 OWN 45 9 55 Touchdown
4 1:38 0:15 OWN 0 5 32 Downs
4 1:23 1:23 OWN 46 3 0 Game

Clemson Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:36 OWN 25 9 52 Field Goal
1 6:24 1:02 OWN 14 4 13 Punt
1 3:12 2:56 OWN 27 6 26 Punt
2 13:38 3:11 OWN 21 6 14 Punt
2 6:54 2:22 OWN 7 4 47 Punt
2 1:54 1:26 OWN 41 8 43 Field Goal
3 14:42 2:12 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 8:53 2:21 OWN 22 5 22 Interception
3 3:04 1:38 OWN 25 4 25 Punt
4 9:41 1:32 OWN 25 5 27 Interception
4 6:35 1:28 OWN 7 3 3 Punt
4 1:47 0:10 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

California Golden Bears

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donald Rodriguez 14 18 1.29 8 0 0
Jason Gillette 9 17 1.89 9 0 0
Luis Martin 4 10 2.50 11 1 0
Bart Reily 2 8 4.00 5 0 0
Robert Dixon 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Clemson Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Chris Mills 9 27 3.00 26 1 0
John Pitre 2 5 2.50 5 0 0

Passing Stats

California Golden Bears

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Dixon 31 24 254 2 / 14 2 56 0 122.24

Clemson Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Bobby Goodman 51 26 307 0 / 0 1 75 2 59.84

Receiving Stats

California Golden Bears

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ralph Vick 2 70 35.00 56 0
Bart Reily 5 40 8.00 13 0
Fernando Sirmans 3 35 11.67 24 0
Jerry Hensley 3 30 10.00 12 0
Edward Freeman 2 24 12.00 12 0
Lawrence Cutler 3 22 7.33 10 0
Russell Hester 3 15 5.00 6 1
Marvin Thompson 2 15 7.50 12 1
Donald Rodriguez 1 3 3.00 3 0

Clemson Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Werner Taylor 6 130 21.67 75 1
Chris Mills 6 96 16.00 44 0
John Martin 10 69 6.90 17 0
John Pitre 4 12 3.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

California Golden Bears

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bradley Pang 43 10 1 1
Robert Kimball 31 39 1 1
Russell Hester 2 23 0 1
Kevin Albert 0 2 0 0
Justin Hawks 0 2 0 0
Fredrick Coleman 1 2 0 0
Albert McNeel 0 2 0 0
Donald Carrington 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Cutler 4 7 0 0
Ralph Vick 4 6 0 1
Corey Ochoa 0 2 0 0
Luis Martin 1 1 0 0
David Maki 0 1 0 0
Matt Schmitz 0 1 0 0
William Graves 0 1 0 1
Joshua Bloom 0 1 0 0
Steven Parnell 0 2 0 0
Donald Rodriguez 1 6 0 0
Jeffery Sisto 10 25 0 2
Marvin Thompson 0 8 0 0
Bart Reily 9 7 0 1
David Barrow 43 15 0 0
Jeffery Thomas 35 5 0 0
Jason Gillette 15 11 0 0
Terry Timm 24 29 0 3
Tim King 7 30 0 3
Ian Cormier 0 12 0 0
James Blubaugh 20 10 0 2
Fernando Sirmans 0 5 0 0
Richard Goldstein 8 27 0 2
Edward Freeman 0 18 0 0
James Holmstrom 0 5 0 1
Jerry Hensley 4 16 0 0
Bruce Arriaga 0 1 0 0

Clemson Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Carlos Wilson 57 11 0 1
Mathew Garcia 3 2 0 0
Donald Ratcliff 0 1 0 0
Francis Copeland 0 1 0 1
Walter Parent 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Taylor 0 1 0 0
Ray Wilson 1 1 0 0
Thomas Caldwell 0 2 0 0
Joseph Scott 0 2 0 0
Harold Coleman 0 2 0 1
John Pitre 7 4 0 0
Solomon Randall 0 2 0 1
Paul Washington 0 3 0 0
Hugh Ferro 8 2 0 0
William Willson 60 21 0 0
Jack Hollis 0 7 0 0
John Bordelon 10 2 0 0
Jose Taylor 11 1 0 0
Marco Roche 0 10 0 1
Joseph Tong 26 13 0 3
Werner Taylor 0 7 0 0
David Barnhardt 0 8 0 0
John Martin 3 9 0 0
Chris Mills 5 1 0 0
Tony Dodrill 51 25 0 1
Brian Futch 61 19 0 0
Martin Lowe 60 15 0 1
Sean McGinnis 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

California Golden Bears

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Victor Gregg 1 1 1.00 0
Bruce Arriaga 1 0 0.00 0

Clemson Tigers

Fumble Stats

California Golden Bears

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Ralph Vick 1 1 0 0

Clemson Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Walter Parent 0 1 0 0

Punting

California Golden Bears

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
David Kelly 7 336 48.00 48.29 51 3

Clemson Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Pickett 7 316 45.14 41.29 50 2

Kicking

California Golden Bears

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jonathan Steger 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 2 / 2

Clemson Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bradley Montgomery 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 1 / 1

Punt Return

California Golden Bears

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ralph Vick 1 13 13.0 13 0

Clemson Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chris Mills 2 1 0.5 1 0

Kick Return

California Golden Bears

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Donald Rodriguez 1 27 27.0 0

Clemson Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Chris Mills 1 24 24.0 0

Defensive Stats