CLEMSON — On Sunday, Clemson coach Tommy Bowden was disappointed with the way his offensive line played. Two days after the group was manhandled up front, Bowden was pleased with the way they responded in Tuesday’s final preseason scrimmage.

Clemson's five running backs averaged 5.4 yards per rush to highlight the offense, and Nick Watkins had five tackles and two pass deflections to highlight the defense.

“I thought the offensive line played better. There were some penalties, but overall they played well,” Clemson coach Tommy Bowden said. “We wanted to work on the running game, especially with the first team.

“I was not pleased with the running game, especially in short yardage on Saturday. But I saw improvement today. There was some good running north and south.”

Willy Korn had another good scrimmage at quarterback completing 9-16 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown pass was a 56-yarder to wide receiver LaDonte Harris, who continues to have a good preseason. Harris had two catches for 67 yards on the day.

In addition to his touchdown pass to Harris, Korn threw a scoring pass to Sadat Chambers during a goal line drill. First-team quarterback Cullen Harper had his worst day of the spring and preseason to date, going just 4-12 for 41 yards, all against the number-one defense.

The offense scored two touchdowns and a field goal when he was on the field. Tribble Reese, the third-team quarterback, was 3-5 for 25 yards, but had touchdown runs of 70 and two yards. He was the leading rusher in the scrimmage with three rushes for 83 yards. None of the three quarterbacks threw an interception.

Among the running backs, James Davis had 7 carries for 30 yards, C.J. Spiller had 3 carries for 21 yards, Sadat Chambers had 8-42, Ronald Watson had 6-45 and Paul Macko had 4-13.

Chambers, Macko and Spiller all had touchdown runs. The five running backs had 28 rushes for 151 yards between them.

“The running backs did a good job helping us out,” Clemson offensive line coach Brad Scott said. “They would get up in there and sometimes even pushed the line along for some extra yards.”

Good catch. In addition to Harris, Xavier Dye had three receptions for 29 yards, all from Korn, his former high school teammate at Byrnes High School. Tight end Durell Barry had three catches for 24 yards.

There was a defense. Watkins had five tackles from his first-team linebacker position and also had a pair of pass deflections. He had an interception in last week’s scrimmage. Chris Russell and Coty Sensabaugh were the leading tacklers with six apiece.

Converted quarterback and now safety Mike Wade had five tackles in the secondary. Jamie Cumbie, Michael Hamlin, Cortney Vincent, Jeremy Campbell and Antwon Murchison all recorded quarterback sacks.

Kick this. The kicking game also looked good Tuesday. Mark Buchholz made a 56-yard field goal prior to the scrimmage against a live rush, and then made a 47-yard field goal in the scrimmage. At the conclusion of the scrimmage Bowden called the entire team out to the field and had them surround Buchholz as he attempted a 47-yard field goal. With the entire team yelling at him from just a few yards out, he split the uprights.

"I wanted to simulate as much pressure as possible for Buchholz,” Bowden said.

Punter Jimmy Maners had a 64-yard punt coming off the one-yard line.

First day of class. The Tigers will have Wednesday off, the first day of classes at Clemson, then go back to the practice fields Thursday for specific game planning for the Seminoles.