WITH THE WIN
Courtesy Clemson SID
- Clemson reached nine wins in a season for the 32nd time in school history and for the 15th time in Dabo Swinney’s 16 full seasons as head coach.
- Clemson extended its school-record streak by winning nine games for a 14th consecutive season. Alabama and Clemson entered 2024 the longest active streaks of nine-win seasons in the country; Alabama entered 2024 with 16 straight nine-win seasons and can extend that to 17 with a win this evening.
- Clemson tied the 1987-2000 Florida State Seminoles (14) for the third-longest streak of nine-win seasons in FBS history.
- Head Coach Dabo Swinney joined Tom Osborne (25 straight from 1973-97), Nick Saban (16 straight from 2008-23) and Bobby Bowden (14 straight from 1987-2000) as the only coaches in major college football history to record at least 14 consecutive seasons with nine or more wins with one program.
- Clemson improved to 34-5-1 in its all-time series with The Citadel since the teams’ first meeting in 1909.
- Clemson won its 19th consecutive game against The Citadel. Clemson’s active 19-game winning streak in the series since 1932 is Clemson’s third-longest winning streak against a single opponent in school history, trailing a 32-game streak against Furman (1938-present) and a 29-game streak against Virginia (1955-89).
- Clemson improved to 16-1 in home games against The Citadel all-time.
- Clemson won its 15th consecutive home game in its all-time series with The Citadel. It now ties for the fourth-longest home winning streak against a single opponent in Clemson history and represents the sixth home winning streak of 15 or more games against a single opponent in school records.
- Clemson improved to 219-65-13 (.758) all-time against foes from the state of South Carolina. Clemson has a winning record against all 12 Palmetto State opponents it has faced all-time.
- Clemson improved to 39-0 against FCS teams since the NCAA split Division I in 1978.
- Clemson improved to 70-4 at Death Valley in the College Football Playoff era, the nation’s second-best home record in that span.
- Clemson improved to 5-1 at home this season. It is Clemson’s 19th consecutive season with at least five home wins and is Clemson’s 23rd such season since 2000.
- Clemson rebounded from a loss in its most recent home game prior to Saturday. Clemson still has not lost back-to-back home games since 2008 (Maryland and Georgia Tech). The second of those consecutive home losses in 2008 was Dabo Swinney’s first game as Clemson’s interim head coach.
- Clemson improved to 44-8 in regular season non-conference games since 2011.
- Clemson improved to 41-4 in non-conference home games under Dabo Swinney. Clemson is now 31-1 against non-conference opponents in Death Valley since 2013.
- In defeating The Citadel Head Coach Maurice Drayton, Clemson improved to 168-74-3 all-time (and 51-8 since 2011) when facing a coach for the first time.
- Clemson improved to 140-19 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and improved to 116-9 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.
- Clemson improved to 103-14 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season.
- Clemson improved to 33-5 in November games since 2015.
- Clemson improved to 75-2 since 2015 when outscoring opponents in the “Middle Eight,” defined as the final four minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half.
- Clemson has now won 122 of its last 127 games when leading at halftime.
- Clemson is now 144-4 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.
- Clemson improved to 87-6 when scoring first since 2015.
- Clemson is now 69-5 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.
- Clemson is now 86-4 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.
- Clemson is now 66-2 when both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney. Overall, Clemson is 116-2-1 in program history when reaching those marks.
- Clemson now has a 137-9 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.
- Clemson now has an 86-4 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
- Clemson has now won 120 of its last 121 games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).
