CLEMSON — It is safe to say the Maye Family does not like Clemson. They especially do not like Death Valley.

Drake Mayes’ dad, Mark Maye, led his North Carolina Tar Heels to be slaughter at Clemson in 1986. A year later, David Treadwell kicked a last-second field goal, as the Tigers celebrated winning another ACC Championship in Chapel Hill.

Last year, Drake Maye was intercepted twice and sacked four times as Clemson routed UNC in the ACC Championship Game. And then on Saturday, Maye had the worst game of his career, as the Tigers beat the Tar Heels, 31-20, at Memorial Stadium.

Four games against Clemson Football, four defeats for the Maye Family.

“He is a great quarterback. I am not going to take anything from him, but we have a chip on our shoulder when we play a top-ranked quarterback,” Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins said.

The Tigers (7-4, 4-4 ACC) definitely had a chip on their shoulder on Saturday. The Tigers had 10 quarterback pressures. They sacked Maye four times and intercepted him once. They also held him 105 yards under his season average.

The North Carolina quarterback came into the afternoon leading the ACC in passing yards, passing average and total yards.

Maye, who will likely win ACC Player of the Year honors in a few weeks, was limited to 209 passing yards on just 16-of-36 passing. His 44.4 percent completion average was the worst of his career and marked the first time in his career he failed to complete at least 50 percent of his passes in a game.

“We just really settled in. We had to calm down,” Clemson linebacker Jeremaiah Trotter said. “We just had to remember to have all eleven guys doing their job. I felt like that really showed in the passing game, as the game went on.

“Credit to our secondary guys. We did a really good job with those talented wide receivers.”

The Clemson front seven did its job too. The Tigers harassed Maye all afternoon, as they recorded 10 pressures and sacked him four times.

The day did not start off too well for the Tigers. Tez Walker and J.J. Jones got behind the secondary for big gains, Jones was a 33-yard touchdown from Maye. Walker’s catch was a 43-yard pass play over the top on the Tar Heels’ opening drive.

Omarion Hampton had a 64-yard run, though Wiggins made a heck of play to strip the ball loose before he crossed the goal line, which led to a touchback. Regardless, UNC had 198 total yards in the first quarter.

“When you play a talented quarterback like Drake, he will cut you up,” Trotter said. “He will expose those mistakes if you give it to him.”

However, the Clemson defense finally settled down after the first quarter and held UNC to 259 total yards over the last three quarters. Wiggins sealed the victory with a late interception, the second time in as many games he picked off UNC’s signal caller.

“I am just proud of our defense. It was just a lot of guys making plays,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said.

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