No. 9 LSU earns hard-fought road victory after upsetting No. 4 Clemson

Another top- bout on Saturday night was a defensive showing but this time it was the road company getting it done as No LSU earned a - success over No Clemson in South Carolina Offense did not come easily in this one as there were four punts a fumble and two field goals on the first seven drives Late in the second half Clemson revealed a groove and went on a -play drive that ended in the encounter s first touchdown LSU answered back with a healthy drive of their own but they lost a fumble on th and from inside the red zone just before the half ended Clemson missed a field goal with their first drive out of the half and LSU responded with a touchdown to tie things up at Momentum seemed to be in LSU s hands as they picked off Cade Klubnik and Garrett Nussmeier located Zavion Thomas for a result However Thomas did not maintain control through the catch and it was ruled incomplete Almost directly Damian Ramos pull-hooked -yard field goal attempt CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMBut LSU forced a three-and-out and they took advantage with a touchdown drive that ended in Nussmeier finding Trey-Dez Green for the lead total with left in the contest Clemson s offense continued to stall as they turned the ball over on downs with roughly nine minutes to go but had another chance with to go However each of Klubnik s first two passes fell incomplete and a false start backed them up even more forcing them to punt The Clemson defense forced a three-and-out giving Clemson one more shot with to go at their own and a timeout They speedily got inside the red zone but on th and LSU forced Klubnik to shorten his throw on a rollout preserving their - triumph Nussmeier impressed to begin his second year as a starter completing of his passes for yards Klubnik went -for- for yards and their rushing was non-existent Their leading rusher in Adam Randall rushed for only yards on five carries albeit one of them being a touchdown Clemson will look to get back on track next Saturday against Troy and LSU will get a warm welcome next week in Baton Rouge when they play host to Louisiana Tech