CLEMSON — For nearly three quarters on Saturday night Stanford gave No. 17 Clemson all it could handle.

Then Wade Woodaz made an athletic interception, setting up a Cade Klubnik to Cole Turner touchdown pass, as the Tigers pulled away for a 40-14 victory at Memorial Stadium.

The win gave head coach Dabo Swinney his 100th victory in Death Valley. Swinney is now 100-9 all-time on Frank Howard Field.

Klubnik threw for 255 yards and ran for 48 more, while accounting for five touchdowns. He ran 34 yards for a score, threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jake Briningstool, 43-yard pass to Turner, a 34-yard TD to wide receiver Bryant Wesco and a 2-yard pass to Olson Pat-Henry.

The Cardinal (2-2, 1-1 ACC) trailed just 20-7 late in the third quarter with the football at their own 39. However, Woodaz changed the flow of the game, as the linebacker jumped up in the middle of the field and snagged Daniels’ pass out of the air.

Two plays later, Klubnik found Turner for their 43-yard score which gave Clemson a 27-7 lead with 1:09 to play in the third quarter.

The Tigers (3-1, 2-0 ACC) led 17-7 at the break, though Stanford had three more total yards (230-227). The Cardinal offense controlled the football for much of the half, doubling Clemson in time of possession.

Daniels had 87 yards on 11 carries before being injured on a fourth down play in the fourth quarter. Stanford was 0-for-3 on fourth downs.

Though Clemson’s defense gave up yards, they did not surrender points when it mattered the most. Clemson got a fourth-down stop on the Cardinal’s first possession and then cornerback Avieon Terrell intercepted a Daniels’ pass in the end zone to stymie one scoring opportunity for Stanford.

On the Cardinal’s third possession, Jeadyn Lukus intercepted a Daniels’ pass at the Clemson 7-yard line to again stop a potential scoring threat. The Tigers got a fourth down stop at their own 10-yard line to end a 7-play, 65-yard Stanford drive that got no points on its first possession of the second half.

From their the Clemson defense took over, as it held the Cardinal to 65 yards in the second half before the second and third teamers came into the game and gave up a late touchdown.

The defense’s effort allowed Klubnik and the offense to get going, as the Tigers quickly scored 20 points on Klubnik’s TD passes to Turner, Wesco and Pat-Henry.

Clemson hits the road next week, as it travels to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on D.J. Uiagalelei and defending ACC Champion Florida State.