Clemson vs. Auburn: Live Score, Highlights for Tigers vs. Tigers

Clemson 19, Auburn 13  — Final

It wasn’t pretty, but No. 2 Clemson survived its trip to Jordan-Hare Stadium and left with a hard-fought 19-13 win over Auburn Saturday night.

With Deshaun Watson and a host of weapons returning, there was so much hope for Clemson’s offense heading into the season. The unit struggled against a surprisingly effective Auburn defense, though, as Watson threw for just 248 yards and one touchdown against one interception. Clemson finished with 400 yards of total offense, but that’s all they needed to get the win and keep their standing in the College Football Playoff race.

Auburn will look back on this one and think about what could’ve been. The defense did everything it could to spring the upset, but with Gus Malzahn rotating quarterbacks in and out of the game, the offense was never able to find a rhythm. Auburn managed just 263 total yards and were held out of the end zone until the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

They had a chance in the end, however. Auburn's defense, deep inside its own territory, came up with a fourth-down stop with under a minute to go. Auburn quarterback Sean White advanced the offense inside Clemson's 40-yard line, but back-to-back heaves into the end zone fell incomplete as Clemson held on for the victory.

We watched the game and provided live analysis all evening.