Clemson had its hopes of receiving an at-large bid into the college football playoffs crushed by rival South Carolina. It was a back-and-forth contest in the Palmetto Bowl where the quarterbacks were the difference makers.

While it is not the highest-ranking meeting between the Clemson Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks in the long and tumultuous history of the Palmetto Bowl, the

South Carolina defeated Clemson 17-14 in a thrilling Palmetto Bowl, with quarterback LaNorris Sellers leading a late game-winning drive and totaling 328 yards and two rushing touchdowns. The victory,