LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ Trevor Lawrence threw two interceptions in the first quarter, a freshman defender was ejected after throwing a punch and new Clemson starting kicker Steven Sawicki missed his only field-goal attempt.
There were plenty of things that went wrong for the Tigers Saturday afternoon against Louisville, but enough went right for Clemson to pull away for a 45-10 victory at Cardinal Stadium.
Clemson scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to turn a close game into a laugher and improve to 7-0 (5-0). Louisville falls to 4-3 (2-2) with the loss.
The game could not have started much worse for Clemson as Lawrence was 3-for-7 passing for 9 yards and two interceptions in the first quarter. The sophomore was picked off twice in the end zone as Clemson held a 3-0 lead after the first quarter against a defense that surrendered 59 points to Wake Forest last week.
But he quickly got on track in the second quarter, connecting on all nine of his attempts for 156 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter alone. Lawrence finished 20-of-29 passing for 233 yards, with three touchdowns and two interceptions. The Tigers had 11 different players catch a pass.
