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WATCH: Jordan Travis makes nifity cut on 20-yard touchdown run for early lead against Clemson

20200517_134556by:Justin Rudolph•10/15/22

The Florida State Seminoles have struck first in their Saturday night game against the Clemson Tigers. The Seminoles capped off a 75-yard drive with a 20-yard touchdown run by quarterback Jordan Travis.

On a second in 12 from the 20, Travis takes a snap on an option read play. After reading the defense, he elects to pull the ball from running back Lawrence Toafili and take it himself. With just the edge defender on the line to beat, Travis makes a nifty cut to the inside, freezing the defender in his place, and takes off up the field untouched into the end zone for the early touchdown.

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Florida State currently leads 7-0 early in the first quarter. That drive was a seminal first drive of the game, and if they can continue to put together drives like that, they will be able to successfully pull off the upset at home against the No.4 team in the nation.

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Florida State starts and finishes strong, but falls to No. 4 Clemson, 34-28

If not for about 130 seconds in the middle of the game, the Florida State football team might have pulled off the most significant win of the Mike Norvell era.

But those 130 seconds were too much to overcome.

Florida State scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to make things interesting Saturday night, but the Seminoles failed to recover a late onside kick and fell to No. 4 Clemson, 34-28.

The first 29 minutes were a classic slugfest with the Seminoles and Tigers exchanging haymakers. But the Seminoles were staggered with a sack, fumble and a Tigers touchdown just before halftime. And then they were rocked to the canvas in the first 20 seconds of the third quarter.

In a span of 2 minutes and 10 seconds of game action — from the end of the first half to the start of the second — Clemson turned a 14-14 tie into a 17-point lead, and the Tigers held on from there.

Florida State falls for the third straight week and is now 4-3 on the season and 2-3 in ACC play. Clemson improves to 7-0 and 5-0.