This time though the Tigers found a way to recover.
Tajh Boyd threw for 378 yards and 5 touchdowns Sammy Watkins had 16 catches for 227 yards and No. 12 Clemson rallied to beat No. 7 Ohio State 40 35 in the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens Fla. on Friday night.
Boyd s 5 yard pass to Stanton Seckinger with 6 minutes 16 seconds remaining put the Tigers ahead to stay lifting them to their first Orange Bowl win in 32 years. In the 2012 game they lost to West Virginia 70 33.
Clemson wasted an early 11 point lead allowing 20 straight points but the Tigers (11 2) still reached 11 victories for a second consecutive season their first time doing that in their history.
Watkins who caught two touchdown passes became Clemson s career receptions leader and set an Orange Bowl record for yardage.
Braxton Miller threw for 234 yards and Carlos Hyde ran for 113 for Ohio State which squandered a 9 point lead in the second half. Buckeyes Coach Urban Meyer lost for the first time in five career trips to the Bowl Championship Series.
Miller was intercepted with less than four minutes left. Boyd threw an interception to give Ohio State the ball back but Miller was intercepted again and Clemson ran out the clock.
Ohio State (12 2) which won its first 24 games under Meyer lost its second straight.
MISSOURI 41 OKLAHOMA ST. 31 Henry Josey ran for 92 yards and 3 touchdowns the last a 16 yarder with 3 08 left and No. 9 Missouri beat No. 13 Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington Tex.
The teams former Big 12 and Big Eight rivals traded points on six consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter but Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf was sacked and fumbled with a minute left. Defensive lineman Shane Ray picked up the ball and rumbled 76 yards down the sideline in front of the stunned Cowboys bench to score.
Missouri (12 2) the Southeastern Conference East champion matched its school record for victories giving the SEC its 10th win in the last 11 Cotton Bowls all against Big 12 teams.
Missouri quarterback James Franklin fumbled twice in the second half and Oklahoma State (10 3) overcame a 10 point deficit to tie the score.
Chelf threw for 381 yards and 2 touchdowns with two interceptions. He also ran 10 times for 48 yards including a late 23 yard run on a third and 10 only a few plays before Tigers defensive end Michael Sam sacked him and knocked the ball loose.
That gave Sam 11 sacks a total that is first the SEC and matches a team record.
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