WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Riley Skinner threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Boldin with 5:28 left to help No. 21 Wake Forest beat Clemson 12-7 on Thursday.

Skinner was 22-of-34 for 186 yards and led the decisive 15-play, 78-yard drive in the fourth quarter for the Demon Deacons (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Wake Forest outgained Clemson 342-198 to snap a two-game losing streak in the series and remain the only Atlantic Division team with a perfect conference record .

Shane Popham -- starting in place of injured kicker Sam Swank -- had field goals of 22 and 32 yards for Wake Forest, and a dominant defense held the Tigers' vaunted ground game to 21 yards rushing on 23 carries.

Cullen Harper was 15-of-35 for 177 yards with an interception for Clemson (3-3, 1-2) in the Tigers' second straight loss. His 10-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Ford with 7 seconds left in the third quarter put Clemson up 7-3.

Wake Forest 12, Clemson 7

Clemson 0 0 7 0-- 7

Wake Forest 3 0 0 9--12

First Quarter

Wake -- FG Popham 22, 1:23.

Third Quarter

Clem -- J.Ford 10 pass from C.Harper (Buchholz kick), :07.

Fourth Quarter

Wake -- FG Popham 32, 12:57.

Wake -- Boldin 7 pass from Skinner (pass failed), 5:28.

A -- 33,988.

Clem Wake

First downs 10 21

Rushes-yards 23-21 46-156

Passing 177 186

Comp-Att-Int 15-35-1 22-36-0

Return Yards 0 11

Punts-Avg. 7-40.6 5-34.6

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 7-59 3-17

Time of Possession 24:08 35:52

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Clemson, Davis 12-25, Spiller 2-10, J.Ford 1-2, Hamlin 1-0, C.Harper 7-(minus 16). Wake Forest, Skinner 11-73, Adams 12-56, Pendergrass 12-33, Boldin 4-11, K.Harris 1-1, Team 4-(minus 4), Brown 1-(minus 5), Mars.Williams 1-(minus 9).

PASSING -- Clemson, C.Harper 15-35-1-177. Wake Forest, Skinner 22-34-0-186, Boldin 0-1-0-0, J.Williams 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING -- Clemson, J.Ford 5-43, Kelly 3-9, Grisham 2-38, Davis 2-27, Faerber 1-35, Dye 1-19, J.Harper 1-6. Wake Forest, Wooster 5-36, Pendergrass 5-32, Brinkman 4-31, Boldin 3-35, Mars.Williams 2-34, K.Harris 1-11, Adams 1-8, Belton 1-(minus 1).