By: Abbie B.
The College Football Playoff National Championship is a college football bowl game between the two best division one college football teams in that season. In 2019, the football game was held at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California between the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Both teams had an undefeated regular season. It came down to January 7th, when the two teams went head to head for a national title.
This game wasn’t the first time the two teams have went up against each other for a national title. Alabama held a 14-4 series lead in prior games with Clemson. Just a year before this game, the two teams went up against one another in the 2018 Sugar Bowl game, which was won by Alabama, 24-6. Going into this game, Alabama had a better prediction of beating Clemson than Clemson did.
At the end of the first quarter, Clemson was up by only one point, 14-13. In the second quarter, Alabama immediately took the lead with a field goal, to put them two points ahead of Clemson, 16-14. At halftime, Clemson was winning with a strong 31-16 lead. Ending the third quarter of the game, Clemson was ahead, 44-16. During the fourth quarter, neither of the teams scored a point, which gave Clemson their first national title win since 2016. The undefeated tigers defeated the crimson tide and their Heisman finalist quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa.
The win for Clemson was full of many tears and smiles, as some of the most vital players ended their college career with a national title. Dabo Swinney, the head coach for the Tigers, spoke to an interviewer at the end of their game and said, “If we can do it, anyone can do it”, referring to the little college of Clemson. Throughout the interview, Swinney made it known that this wasn’t planned and was constantly referring to God for the purpose of their win. A beautiful and memorable win for The University of Clemson.
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