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Clemson holds off a second-half rally by the Stanford Cardinals in the 42nd Mazda Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, to win 27-21. It is sweet icing on an 8-2-2 season, 5-1-1 in conference to reclaim the ACC crown. Post-season, the Tigers are ranked seventeenth in the Associated Press, nineteenth in the United Press International, and eighteenth in the USA Today.
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