Clemson Spring Game: Live Updates

Updates from Clemson's Orange and White Spring Game

1st Quarter

• White team with the first possession on offense.
• After picking up a first down, Cade Klubnik's first drive with the White team stalls out. CJ Spiller (White team head coach) elects to punt.
• Orange team on offense.
• Hunter Helms in at quarterback first for the Orange team.
• A couple of nice first downs for the Orange team. Domonique Thomas, a transfer running back, shows some shiftiness, picking up a long gain. Tight end Sage Ennis catches a long one from Helms for a 3rd down conversion.
• Liam Boyd nails a 51-yard field goal. (Orange 3 - White 0)
• White team on offense.
• Toriano Pride Jr. makes a nice play to break up a pass from Cade Klubnik to Cole Turner.
• Klubnik finds Jake Briningstool over the middle for a first down.
• Klubnik drills another one over the middle to sophomore tight end Banks Pope.
• Barrett Carter sacks Cade Klubnik.
• Phil Mafah breaks out of a tackle for a loss, picking up 20+ yards. He punches it in from the 3 on the next play. Robert Gunn III hits the PAT (White 7 - Orange 3)
• Orange team on offense.
• Khalil Barnes - a freshman out of North Oconee, Georgia - makes his second great play from his nickel position. He has a TFL and pass breakup already.
• Orange team goes three and out, punts the ball away.
• White team on offense
• Dabo Swinney says Cade Klubnik has put on 20 pounds since arriving at Clemson.
• White team goes three and out. Peter Woods with a couple of nice plays. Dabo Swinney says "We'll see him early and often."
• Orange team on offense
• Christopher Vizzina in at quarterback.
• Orange team goes three and out. Likely would've picked up a first down on a quarterback run, but the purple non-contact jersey stops Vizzina short of the first.
• White team on offense
• Cade Klubnik takes a big "sack" back inside the 5-yard line.

2nd Quarter

• On 3rd and 20, Cade Klubnik finds Briningstool for a 17-yard gain. White team punts.
• Orange team on offense
• Thomas finds a crease on a counter. Picks up a big gain to the 50.
• Cade Denhoff sacks Christopher Vizzina. Orange team punts.
• White team on offense
• Klubnik finds Banks Pope over the middle for a first down.
• Briningstool makes a nice grab for a first down, pulling the ball away from a defender.
• Klubnik throws a timing route to Antonio Williams for a 15-yard pickup. White team inside the 10.
• Jeremiah Trotter Jr. takes down Phil Mafah for a 2-yard loss.
• R.J. Mickens breaks up a pass to Pope.
• White team goes for it on 4th down. R.J. Mickens intercepts Cade Klubnik's pass after Jamal Anderson Jr. tips it at the line.
• Orange team on offense
• Hunter Helms back in at quarterback.
• Shelton Lewis breaks up a third-down pass. Orange team punts.
• White team on offense
• Andrew Mukuba intercepts a Klubnik pass after Nate Wiggins breaks it up. Mukuba takes it inside the 5-yard line. 
• Orange team on offense
• Domonique Thomas punches the ball in for a touchdown. Liam Boyd hits the PAT. (Orange 10 - White 7)
• White team on offense
• Stephiylan Green makes a nice play from his defensive tackle position. Penetrating into the backfield.
• RJ Mickens with another great play, forcing another three and out. 
• Orange team on offense
• Hunter Helms with a nice completion to Josh Sapp over the middle for a big gain. Team forced to punt three plays later.
• White team on offense
• Phil Mafah busts a run to left. White team now in the hurry up with less than a minute.
• Klubnik hits Banks Pope for a 10-yard gain. Klubnik sacked by Peter Woods and Armon Mason on the next play.
• Stephiylan Green sacks Klubnik to end the first half.

12 Rushes. 59 Yards. 1 Touchdown.@NiqueDThomas having himself a day‼️ pic.twitter.com/PgwawoBzYc

— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) April 15, 2023

3rd Quarter

• Orange team on offense
• Orange team goes three and out.
• Trent Pearman in at quarterback. Completes his first pass to Jackson Crosby.
• Pearman hits Zach Jackson for a first down across the 50.
• Orange team forced to punt. Ball goes into the endzone for a touchback.
• White team on offense
• Led by Christopher Vizzina, the white team goes three and out and punts.
• Orange team on offense - running clock now in effect.
• Cade Klubnik back in at quarterback
• Peter Woods penetrates into the backfield, causing a loss.
• White team goes three and out, forced to punt.
• Orange team on offense
• Hunter Helms in at quarterback
• Noble Johnson picks up a first down on a bubble screen.
• Hampton Earle busts a big gain down the sideline after a bubble screen. Exits the game with a lower-body injury.
• Quinn Castner hits a 32-yard field goal. (Orange 13 - White 7)

4th Quarter

• White team on offense
• Klubnik in at quarterback as they try to mount a comeback.
• Keith Adams Jr. picks up a first down off the left edge.
• Keith Adams Jr. with another big pick up, this time of the right edge.
• Klubnik scrambles and picks up 10 on 4th and 5.
• Banks Pope catches a drag route, and picks up 25 yards down to the 5.
• Keith Adams Jr. bangs it in from 3 yards out. Robert Gunn III has his PAT blocked by Peter Woods. (Orange 13 - White 13)
• Orange team on offense
• Hunter Helms in at quarterback. Completes a big pass to Noble Johnson.
• Orange team drive stalls. Forced to punt.
• White team on offense
• Klubnik hits Banks Pope for a big gain.
• Drive stalls for the White team. Dabo Swinney says he's currently trying to figure out what he will do if the game ends in a tie.
• Orange team on offense
• Christopher Vizzina in at quarterback.
• Vizzina picked off by Khalil Barnes for a pick-6. Robert Gunn III hits the PAT (Orange 13 - White 20)
• Orange team on offense
• Vizzina intercepted by Bubba McAtee.

Final: White 20 - Orange 13

• How to watch
• Gameday: Saturday, April 15th, 2023
• Game time: 1:00 pm ET
• TV: ACCNX (The ACC's Digital only network)
• Location: Memorial Stadium (Clemson, South Carolina)
• Live stream: Watch ESPN
• Commentators: Roy Philpott, Eric Mac Lain, Taylor Tannenbaum
• Listen: ClemsonTigers.com (Don Munson, Tim Bourret)