College Football Playoff National Championship FINAL GAME BOOK #2 Clemson Tigers 35 #1 Alabama Crimson Tide 31 Offensive Player of the Game -- Deshaun Watson, quarterback, Clemson Defensive Player of the Game -- Ben Boulware, linebacker, Clemson University of Alabama (14-1) vs. Clemson University (14-1) January 9, 2017 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida Attendance: 74,512 • Start Time: 8:19 p.m. • Duration: 4:08 Scoring Summary (Final) 2017 CFP National Championship #2 Clemson vs #1 Alabama (01/09/17 at Tampa, Florida) #2 Clemson (14-1) vs. #1 Alabama (14-1) Date: 01/09/17 • Site: Tampa, Florida • Stadium: Raymond James Attendance: 74512 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total #2 Clemson 0 7 7 21 35 #1 Alabama 7 7 10 7 31 Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 09:23 UA - Scarbrough,Bo 25 yd run (Griffith,Adam kick), 3-59 0:58 0 - 7 2nd 10:42 UA - Scarbrough,Bo 37 yd run (Griffith,Adam kick), 5-74 1:24 0 - 14 06:09 CU - Watson 8 yd run (Huegel kick), 7-87 1:33 7 - 14 3rd 12:25 UA - Griffith,Adam 27 yd field goal, 4-7 1:29 7 - 17 07:10 CU - Renfrow 24 yd pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 4-42 1:03 14 - 17 01:53 UA - Howard,O.J. 68 yd pass from Hurts,Jalen (Griffith,Adam kick), 4-79 1:01 14 - 24 4th 14:00 CU - Williams,M. 4 yd pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 9-72 2:47 21 - 24 04:38 CU - Gallman 1 yd run (Huegel kick), 6-88 1:55 28 - 24 02:07 UA - Hurts,Jalen 30 yd run (Griffith,Adam kick), 6-68 2:31 28 - 31 00:01 CU - Renfrow 2 yd pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 9-68 2:00 35 - 31 Kickoff time: 8:19 pm • End of Game: 12:27 am • Total elapsed time: 4:08 Officials: Referee: Mike Defee; Umpire: Robert Richeson; Linesman: Mike Moeller; Line judge: Mark Stewart; Back judge: Joel Wetzel; Field judge: Joe Blubaugh; Side judge: Anthony Fleming; Center judge: Dan Scanlan; Temperature: 56 deg • Wind: None • Weather: Fair Team Statistics (Final) 2017 CFP National Championship #2 Clemson vs #1 Alabama (01/09/17 at Tampa, Florida) CU UA FIRST DOWNS 31 16 R u s h i n g 8 10 P a s s i n g 19 5 P e n a l t y 4 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 91 221 Rushing Attempts 42 34 Average Per Rush 2.2 6.5 Rushing Touchdowns 2 3 Yards Gained Rushing 133 232 Yards Lost Rushing 42 11 NET YARDS PASSING 420 155 C o m p l e t i o n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 36-57-0 14-32-0 Average Per Attempt 7.4 4.8 Average Per Completion 11.7 11.1 Passing Touchdowns 3 1 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 511 376 Total offense plays 99 66 Average Gain Per Play 5.2 5.7 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-35 9-82 PUNTS-YARDS 9-345 11-483 Average Yards Per Punt 38.3 43.9 Net Yards Per Punt 37.3 40.0 Inside 20 2 5 50+ Yards 0 5 T o u c h b a c k s 0 2 Fair catch 2 2 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-226 6-351 Average Yards Per Kickoff 45.2 58.5 Net Yards Per Kickoff 33.8 36.8 T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-3-0 1-9-0 Average Per Return 3.0 9.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 6-130-0 3-57-0 Average Per Return 21.7 19.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-14-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 34:44 25:16 1st Quarter 7 : 4 7 7 : 1 3 2nd Quarter 8 : 2 8 6 : 3 2 3rd Quarter 10:19 4 : 4 1 4th Quarter 8 : 1 0 6 : 5 0 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 18 2 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-2 T o u c h d o w n s 4-4 1-2 Field goals 0-4 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-25 PAT Kicks 5-5 4-4 Field Goals 0-0 1-1 Points off turnovers 0 3 Individual Statistics (Final) 2017 CFP National Championship #2 Clemson vs #1 Alabama (01/09/17 at Tampa, Florida) #2 Clemson #1 Alabama Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Gallman 18 56 10 46 1 12 2.6 Scarbrough,Bo 16 99 6 93 2 37 5.8 Watson 21 74 31 43 1 15 2.0 Hurts,Jalen 10 68 5 63 1 30 6.3 Fuller 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0 Stewart,A. 1 25 0 25 0 25 25.0 Scott,A. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Harris,Damien 5 24 0 24 0 13 4.8 Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 Jacobs,Josh 2 16 0 16 0 13 8.0 Totals 42 133 42 91 2 15 2.2 Totals 34 232 11 221 3 37 6.5 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Watson 36-56-0 420 3 43 4 Hurts,Jalen 13-31-0 131 1 68 0 Team 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Stewart,A. 1-1-0 24 0 24 0 Totals 36-57-0 420 3 43 4 Totals 14-32-0 155 1 68 0 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Renfrow 10 92 2 24 Ridley,Calvin 5 36 0 15 Williams,M. 8 94 1 26 Howard,O.J. 4 106 1 68 Leggett 7 95 0 26 Stewart,A. 2 12 0 15 Cain 5 94 0 43 Scarbrough,Bo 2 7 0 7 Gallman 3 39 0 13 Harris,Damien 1 -6 0 0 Scott,A. 3 6 0 9 Totals 14 155 1 68 Totals 36 420 3 43 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Teasdall 8 307 38.4 47 1 0 Scott,JK 10 458 45.8 57 5 2 Watson 1 38 38.0 38 1 0 TEAM 1 25 25.0 25 0 0 Totals 9 345 38.3 47 2 0 Totals 11 483 43.9 57 5 2 Punt Kickoff Intercept Punt Kickoff Intercept Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Returns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg Scott,A. 1 3 3 3 77 34 0 0 0 Dieter,Gehrig 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fuller 0 0 0 3 53 25 0 0 0 Stewart,A. 0 0 0 2 42 30 0 0 0 Totals 1 3 3 6 130 34 0 0 0 Hentges,Hale 0 0 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 Totals 1 9 9 3 57 30 0 0 0 Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result Field goals Qtr Time Dist Result Griffith,Adam 3rd 12:25 27 yards Good Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OB Huegel 5 226 45.2 0 0 Griffith,Adam 6 351 58.5 0 0 All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR Total Leggett 0 95 0 0 0 95 Howard,O.J. 0 106 0 0 0 106 Williams,M. 0 94 0 0 0 94 Scarbrough,Bo 93 7 0 0 0 100 Cain 0 94 0 0 0 94 Stewart,A. 25 12 42 0 0 79 Renfrow 0 92 0 0 0 92 Hurts,Jalen 63 0 0 0 0 63 FUMBLES: #2 Clemson-Gallman 1-1; Watson 1-1. #1 Alabama-Dieter,Gehrig 1-0. Defensive Statistics (Final) 2017 CFP National Championship #2 Clemson vs #1 Alabama (01/09/17 at Tampa, Florida) # #2 Clemson Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH 18 Johnson,J. 4 3 7 - 0.5-1 1 - - --- 94 Watkins 6 0 6 - 1.0-2 - - - - - - 34 Joseph 4 2 6 - 1.5-6 - - - --- 10 Boulware 4 2 6 - 2.0-9 - - - 1 - - 25 Tankersley 3 2 5 - - - - - 1 - - 90 Lawrence 4 0 4 - - - - - - - - 6 O'Daniel 4 0 4 - ---- --- 23 Smith,V. 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - 36 Davis,Ju. 1 0 1 - ---- --- 2 Fields 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - 19 Muse 1 0 1 - ---- - 1 - 5 Guillermo 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - 99 Ferrell 1 0 1 - 1.0-1 - - - --- 91 Bryant,A. 1 0 1 - 1.0-1 - - - 1 - - 13 Renfrow 1 0 1 - ---- --- 31 Carter 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - 29 Edmond 1 0 1 - ---- --- 57 Lamar 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 92 Huegel 0 1 1 - ---- --- 3C Cote 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - 56 Pagano 0 1 1 - ---- --- 42 Wilkins 0 0 0 - - - - - 2 - - Totals 40 14 54 0.0-0 7.0-20 1 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 # #1 Alabama Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH 10 Foster,Reuben 6 6 12 1.0-8 1.0-8 - - - --- 32 Evans,Rashaan 6 5 11 0.5-3 0.5-3 - - - 1 - - 1 Harrison,Ronnie 5 5 10 - ---- --- 22 Anderson,Ryan 5 2 7 1.0-7 2.0-11 1 2-14 - - - - 2A Brown,Tony 4 3 7 - ---- --- 93 Allen,Jonathan 4 3 7 1.0-5 1.0-5 - - - - - - 94 Payne,Da'Ron 3 2 5 0.5-2 0.5-2 - - - --- 28 Averett,Anthony 2 3 5 - - - - - - - - 29 Fitzpatrick,M.