Davis' late TD lifts Clemson to upset of No. 9 FSU in Bowden Bowl

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It was over when... Clemson RB James Davis scored a 1-yard TD with just :08 left in the game. Gameball goes to... Davis. In addition to the game-winner, he had 143 all-purpose yards and another TD. Stat of the game... 3-5: Son Tommy is now 3-5 versus father Bobby in the Bowden Bowl. Complete Top 25 Overview

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	15	11
Total Yards	345	204
Passing	194	102
Rushing	151	102
Penalties	3-25	5-38
3rd Down Conversions	6-14	7-17
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	0	2
Possession	26:40	33:20

Individual Leaders

Clemson Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Proctor 16/30 194 1 0	Florida State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Weatherf... 11/19 102 0 0 Lee 0/1 0 0 0
Clemson Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Davis 19 87 2 47 Ford 1 38 0 38 Proctor 2 15 1 20	Florida State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Booker 10 45 0 14 Smith 11 36 0 9 Surratt 7 25 1 6
Clemson Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Kelly 5 51 0 18 Stuckey 3 34 1 19 Taylor 3 34 0 32 Grisham 2 19 0 10	Florida State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Fagg 4 34 0 15 Warren 3 25 0 13 Davis 1 26 0 26 Booker 1 7 0 7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				CLEM	FSU
	TD	3:42	JAMES DAVIS 8 YD RUN (BLOCKED XP) Drive info: 2 plays, 46 yards.	6	0
	TD	3:42	TONY CARTER MISSED EXTRA POINT RETURN	6	2
SECOND QUARTER				CLEM	FSU
	TD	3:24	TONY CARTER 69 YD BLOCKED FG RETURN (GARY CISMESIA KICK)	6	9
	TD	0:23	CHANSI STUCKEY 19 YD PASS FROM WILL PROCTOR (CHANSI STUCKEY 2PT PASS FROM WILL PROCTOR) Drive info: 10 plays, 80 yards.	14	9
THIRD QUARTER				CLEM	FSU
	TD	12:14	WILL PROCTOR 20 YD RUN (FAILED 2PT PASS) Drive info: 5 plays, 80 yards.	20	9
	FG	3:19	GARY CISMESIA 25 YD FG Drive info: 14 plays, 54 yards.	20	12
FOURTH QUARTER				CLEM	FSU
	TD	10:27	JOE SURRATT 1 YD RUN (CHRIS DAVIS 2PT PASS FROM DREW WEATHERFORD) Drive info: 12 plays, 53 yards.	20	20
	TD	0:08	JAMES DAVIS 1 YD RUN (JAD DEAN KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 85 yards.	27	20

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- After years of losing to Dad, Clemson's Tommy Bowden is getting the best of college football's most famous family feud.

James Davis plunged into the end zone from a yard out with 8 seconds left to give Clemson a 27-20 victory over No. 9 Florida State, Tommy's third win in the last four years over Bobby Bowden.

Clemson had not won in Tallahassee in 17 years.

"To come down here and win is awfully difficult," Tommy Bowden said. "Momentum changes are easier to overcome at home obviously."

And momentum changed dramatically at the end when replay officials overruled a field official's decision on a fumble that had awarded the ball to Florida State.

"He said it was a mutual recovery and that goes to the offense," Bobby Bowden said. "I guess they got a rule I ain't read yet."

Then Davis took over.

The sophomore tailback got 67 of his 87 yards on the final drive, including a 47-yard ramble that took the ball to Florida State's 4.

"We caught them a couple of times not getting lined up and broke some big plays," Tommy Bowden said.

"It was wide open," Davis said about the 47-yard gain. "No one was there."

Two plays later he was in from a yard out for his second touchdown of the game.

Clemson had not won at Florida State since 1989 when Terry Allen led the Tigers to a 34-23 victory, three years before the Seminoles joined the ACC.

"We played good enough to win the game up until the last drive," Bobby Bowden said.

Clemson (2-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won despite having two kicks blocked and returned for points by Florida State's Tony Carter. He ran back a blocked field-goal attempt for a touchdown and another for two points on a blocked extra point -- the first returned PAT for points in Florida State's football history.

"I was in the right place at the right time," Carter said. "I did the easy thing, just pick the ball up and run."

Florida State led just once, 9-6, after Carter's 69-yard run with a blocked field goal try. He'd raced 80 yards with the blocked extra point after Clemson opened the scoring on Davis' 8-yard run.

Florida State (2-1, 1-1) struggled again offensively. It's first offensive touchdown came on Joe Surratt's 1-yard run with 10:27 left the game and Drew Weatherford hit Chris Davis for the 2-point conversion to tie the game 20-20.

Florida State didn't score in the first half for the third straight game, managing its first points late in the third quarter on Gary Cismesia's 25-yard field goal that trimmed Clemson 's lead to 20-12.

Will Proctor's 20-yard TD run put the Tigers up by 11.

Clemson grabbed a 14-9 lead with 23 seconds left in the half on Proctor's 19-yard scoring pass to Chansi Stuckey, who caught 11 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns in Clemson's 35-14 win over the Seminoles last year. The Tigers were successful on a 2-point try when Proctor again hit Stuckey.

Florida State, seemingly confused on offense at the beginning of the game, was out of timeouts less than nine minutes into the game, although one came in advance of a Clemson punt. The Seminoles had only 89 yards offense in the first half and finished with 204.

Weatherford was 11 of 19 passing for 102 yards and didn't once try wideout Greg Carr, who led the league a year ago in touchdown catches.

"I can't understand it," Bobby Bowden said. "We just couldn't throw tonight. That's a total mystery to me."