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GAME 7 CLEMSON (6-0) VS. NC STATE (4-1)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016Memorial Stadium, Clemson, S.C. (81,750)

Clemson Homecoming

Kickoff: Noon

TV: ABC(Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay)

CLEMSON RADIO NETWORK(Don Munson,Rodney Williams,Michael Palmer)

SERIES HISTORY

Overall Record: Clemson leads 55-28-1

At Clemson: Clemson Leads 24-11

In Raleigh: Clemson leads 20-16

First Meeting: Clemson 24-0 in 1899

Last Year: Clemson 56-41 in Raleigh

Last Game in Clemson: Clemson 41-0, 2014

Streaks: Clemson won 4 in a row overall,

6 in a row at Clemson

Last NC State win at Clemson: 38-6, 2002

Date Opponent TV W-L Score/Time

Sept. 3 at Auburn ESPN W 19-13

Sept. 10 Troy RSN W 30-24

Sept. 17 South Carolina St. ACCN W 59-0

Sept. 22 #at Georgia Tech ESPN W 26-7

Oct. 1 Louisville ABC W 42-36

Oct. 7 *at Boston College ESPN W 56-10

Oct. 15 NC State ABC Noon

Oct. 29 at Florida State TBA

Nov. 5 Syracuse TBA

Nov. 12 Pittsburgh TBA

Nov. 19 at Wake Forest TBA

Nov. 26 South Carolina TBA

#Thursday, * Friday

2016 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Assistant AD / Football Communications

Tim Bourret (Notre Dame ‘77)

Ofice: 864-656-1926

Cell: 864-356-3791

Email: [email protected]

Assistant AD / Director of Athletic Communications

Joe Galbraith (Mississippi State ‘01)

Ofice: 864-656-9227


Associate Communications Director / Secondary

Philip Sikes (Clemson ‘02)

Ofice: 864-656-1985

Cell: 864-525-4889


Sr. Associate Communications Director / Credentials

Sam Blackman (Clemson ‘85)


Athletic Communications: 864-656-2114

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31, Clemson, SC 29633

Overnight: 100 Perimeter Rd, Clemson, SC 29633

Tickets: 1-800-CLEMSON

CLEMSON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

DABO SWINNEY PRESS CONFERENCE Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold his weekly

press conference at the Team Room on the second

loor of the West Endzone at Memorial Stadium each

Tuesday at 11 a.m. Clemson players will be avail-

able after Swinney’s press conference on the fourth

loor of the West Endzone.

Coach Swinney’s press conference will be available

over clemsontigers.com. An abbreviated transcript of

his press conference also will be available.

SWINNEY SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold a teleconfer-

ence each Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. Contact Tim

Bourret to access at [email protected].

CLEMSON PLAYER INTERVIEWS Clemson student-athlete interviews are held each

Monday and Tuesday on the fourth loor of the West

Endzone at Memorial Stadium. Quarterback Deshaun

Watson is available each Monday at 11:15 a.m.

Contact Tim Bourret each Sunday by 4 p.m. with

your requests for the week. The irst players on Mon-

day usually start at 11:00 a.m. and will continue until

2 p.m. Players are available after Coach Swinney’s

Tuesday press conference at the West Endzone.

CLEMSON COORDINATORS A Clemson offensive coordinator, either Tony Elliott

or Jeff Scott, will be available on Mondays at 11:45

a.m. at the fourth loor of the West Endzone. Defensive

Coordinator Brent Venables will be available on the

fourth loor of the West Endzone on Tuesdays some

time after Dabo Swinney’s press conference.

CLEMSON PERSONNEL UPDATE• Adrian Baker, DB, Knee, Questionable

•Austin Bryant, DE, foot, Questionable

•Jalen Williams, LB, Knee, Out

•Hunter Renfrow, WR, Hand, out (backup holder)

•Mike Williams, WR, leg, questionable

•Tremayne Anchrum, OT, sprained ankle, doubtful

CLEMSON TIGERS2016 Record 6-0, 3-0 ACC

Location Clemson, S.C.

Colors Clemson Orange & Regalia

Enrollment 22,698

Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich (Indiana (Pa.) ‘80)

Head Coach Dabo Swinney (Alabama ‘93)

Clemson Record (8th full season) 81-27 (.750)

Away & Neutral Record 33-21 (.611)

Home 49-6 (.891)

vs. ACC 52-15 (.776)

vs. NC State 6-1

Clemson Rankings #3 AP, #3 Coaches

Co-Offensive Coordinators Tony Elliott, Jeff Scott

Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables

Twitter /Instagram @ClemsonFB

Web ClemsonTigers.com

NC STATE WOLFPACK2016 Record: 4-1 overall, 1-0 in ACC

Location: Raleigh, NC

Colors: Red & White

Enrollment: 34,015

Athletic Director: Debbie Yow

Head Coach: Dave Doeren (Drake ‘93)

NC State Record: 22-21 (4th year)

Overall: 45-25, (6th year)

vs Clemson: 0-3

Offensive Coordinator: Eliah Drinkwitz

Defensive Coordinator: Dave Huxtable

Football Communications: Annabelle Myers

Phone: (919 ) 515-1181


Web Address: www.GoPack.com

Twitter: @PackFootball

MEDIA INFORMATION

ACC TELECONFERENCE The ACC holds a teleconference for the media

every Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.

throughout the season. The irst teleconference will

be Wednesday, August 31.

Each coach has a 10 minute period on the confer-

ence. Each teleconference available at theacc.com.

Contact the ACC for the teleconference phone number.

Head Coach, School Time

#Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 10:20 a.m.

Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia 10:30 a.m.

Dabo Swinney, Clemson 10:40 a.m.

Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 10:50 a.m.

Bobby Petrino, Louisville 11:00 a.m.

Dino Babers, Syracuse 11:10 a.m.

Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech 11:30 a.m.

Larry Fedora, North Carolina 11:40 a.m.

Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech 11:50 a.m.

Dave Clawson, Wake Forest Noon

Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh 12:10 p.m.

Steve Addazio, Boston College 12:20 a.m.

David Cutcliffe, Duke 12.30 p.m.

Dave Doeren, NC State 12:40 p.m.

Mark Richt, Miami (FL) 12.50 p.m

#Coach Kelly on call when Notre Dame playing an ACC

opponent.

TIGER CALLS Tiger Calls with Head Coach Dabo Swinney is aired

every Monday night on 24 radio stations in South

Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia on the Clemson

Radio Network and over the internet on clemsontigers.

com. The show is aired from 8-9 p.m.

Dabo Swinney TV Show Afiliates

Time Lcation Network

10:30 a.m. Augusta WFXF (Fox)

11 a.m. Southeast Fox Sports South

11:30 a.m. Charleston WCIV (ABC)

11:30 a.m. Greenville WMYA

11:30 a.m. Myrtle Beach WPDE (ABC)

12:30 p.m. Columbia WACH (Fox)

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CLEMSON vs. NC State

Atlantic Division ACC Home Away Overall

Clemson 3-0 3-0 3-0 6-0

NC State 1-0 4-0 0-1 4-1

Louisville 2-1 2-0 2-1 4-1

Wake Forest 2-1 3-0 2-1 5-1

Florida State 1-2 2-1 2-1 4-2

Syracuse 0-2 1-2 1-1 2-4

Boston College 0-3 2-2 1-1 3-3

Coastal Division ACC Home Away Overall

Virginia Tech 2-0 3-0 1-1 4-1

Virginia 1-0 1-1 1-2 2-3

North Carolina 2-1 2-1 2-0 4-2

Miami 1-1 2-1 2-0 4-1

Pittsburgh 1-1 4-0 0-2 4-2

Georgia Tech 1-3 2-2 1-1 3-3

Duke 0-2 2-2 1-1 3-3

2016 STANDINGS

Friday, October 14

Duke at Louisville ESPN 700 p.m.

Saturday, October 15

NC State at Clemson ABC Noon

Pittsburgh at Virginia ACC 12:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech RSN 12:30 p.m.

North Carolina at Miami ABC 3:30 p.m.

Wake Forest at Florida State ESPN 3:30 p.m.

Virginia Tech at Syracuse ESPNU 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 20

Miami at Virginia Tech ESPN 700 p.m.

Saturday, October 22

NC State at Louisville ABC Noon

Syracuse at Boston College ACC 12:30 p.m

North Crolina at Virginia RSN 3 p.m.

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

Dabo Swinney DA-boh SWEE-nee

Justin Falcinelli fal-sih-NEHL-ee

Clelin Ferrell CLEE-lihn

Zach Giella jee-EH-luh

Jay Guillermo gee-AYR-moh

Greg Huegel HYOO-guhl

Jadar Johnson juh-DAHR

Cordrea Tankersley cohr-DRAY

Andy Teasdall TEEZ-dahl

Trevion Thompson TRAY-vee-ahn

Korrin Wiggins kohr-RIHN

CLEMSON PRONUNCIATIONS

Clemson One of 11 Undefeated Teams Clemson is one of 11 undefeated teams remaining at the FBS level of college football. There are six teams with a 6-0 record (Clemson, Michigan, Texas A&M, Washington, Western Michigan and Alabama), four teams with a 5-0 mark (Nebraska, Ohio State, Baylor and Boise State), and one team 4-0 (West Virginia). Two weeks ago there were 25 unde-feated teams and over the last two weeks 14 undefeated teams have lost.

Clemson vs. NC State Series Notes •Overall, Clemson has a 55-28-1 lead in the series against NC State, including a 24-11 lead in games at Clemson, a 21-11 lead in games in Death Valley. Clemson has a 20-16 lead in Raleigh and a 15-9 lead in games played at Carter Finley Stadium. •Clemson has won the last four games of the series and 11 of the last 12. The Tigers have won the last six games in Memorial Stadium, including 2014 by a 41-0 score, Clemson’s largest victory margin in the history of the series. *The series dates to 1899 when Clemson was victorious 24-0 in a game played in Rock Hill, SC. That was just the fourth year of Clemson football and the 16th game in the school’s history. • Nine of the last 19 games have been decided by eight points or less, includ-ing 2010 when Clemson won 14-13 in Death Valley against the Pack and quarterback Russell Wilson. *Clemson had won seven straight games in the series, before 2011 and that is the longest winning streak by the Tigers in the history of the series. NC State’s longest winning streak in the series is six (1971-76). NC State ended the streak with a 37-13 win over the seventh ranked Tigers in 2011. That is the last time Clemson lost to an unranked team. Clemson has won 42 in a row over unranked (either poll) teams and 44 in a row over teams not ranked in the top AP 25. •NC State was Clemson’s nemesis team from 1986-88. The Tigers won the ACC Championship each year under Danny Ford, but never beat the Pack in the process, losing all three seasons. It was the only loss for Clemson in the ACC in each of those years.

•Clemson has 55 wins in the series, the third most victories for the Tigers over a school. Clemson has beaten South Carolina the most with 67 wins (67-42-4), followed by Wake Forest (63-17-1).

•The 2012 game was the highest scoring in the history of the series, in fact Clemson’s highest scoring game in ACC play in terms of combined points (110). The Tigers won 62-48 behind eight touchdowns (ive passing and three rushing) by Tajh Boyd. That established an ACC record for touchdown responsibility in a game.

Most Wins by Clemson vs. Opponents Opponent Record South Carolina 67-42-4 Wake Forest 63-17-1 NC State 55-28-1 Furman 42-10-4 Virginia 38-8-1 North Carolina 37-19-1

Landmark Games in Clemson vs. NC State Series •1903--Clemson defeated NC State 24-0 in Columbia, SC in 1903. Clemson Head Coach John Heisman married the former Evelyn Barksdale in Columbia after the game. It is believed to be the only time in Clemson sports history that a coach won a game and won a lady’s hand in matrimony on the same day. •1948--Bobby Gage ran 90 yards on a punt return for the only score of the game in a 6-0 Tiger victory over the Wolfpack in 1948. It was the longest punt return in Death Valley until Jacoby Ford had a 92-yard punt return against Florida Atlantic in the opening game in 2006. •1950--Clemson defeated NC State 27-0 in 1950. Wyndie Windham led the Clem-son defense and according to legend knocked out three NC State backs on three consecutive plays in the second half. •1967—Clemson painted its shoes orange for the NC State game in Death Valley and the Tigers upset the 10th ranked Wolf-pack, 14-6. Clemson clinched a tie for the ACC championship with the victory. Clemson painted its shoes orange because NC State had featured a defense that had worn White shoes during the season. It was the highest ranked team Clemson defeated in Death Valley in the Frank Howard era. •1984--Clemson defeated NC State, 35-34, in Raleigh in the highest scoring game decided by one point in Clemson history. No points were scored by either team in the fourth quarter. •1991—Clemson wore purple jerseys for the irst time since the 1940s in a 29-19 upset victory over NC State. NC State was un-defeated and ranked 10th in the nation entering the game against Ken Hatield’s Tigers. Nelson Welch kicked a then record ive ield goals in leading Clemson to the victory. Clemson went on to win the ACC Championship. *1995—Clemson gave up over 500 yards total offense to the Pack, but still won 43-22. Leomont Evans tied a Clemson single game record with three interceptions. The Tigers had six interceptions in the game to tie a school record. 1997-- In Raleigh, Matt Padgett, who went on to a professional baseball career, boot-ed a 20-yard ield goal with just 19 seconds left to give Clemson a 19-17 victory over 25th ranked NC State. The Tigers drove 78 yards in 14 plays to set up the winning score. Nealon Greene hit 20-32 passes for 250 yards and Tony Horne caught eight passes for 112 to key the Clemson offense. 1998--at Clemson on Halloween, Torry Holt completed an incredible day with a nine-yard scoring pass from Jamie Barnette with just 37 seconds left for a 46-39 win. It was his fourth touchdown reception of the day, the most ever against Clemson. He had 225 yards receiving in that game.

1999--NC State, behind then Head Coach Mike O’Cain, defeated Clemson in Ra-leigh 35-31 in an exciting contest that featured 35 irst-quarter points between the two teams combined, most combined points ever in the irst period of a Clemson game. Clemson had ive possessions in the fourth period with a chance to take the lead, but could not drive for

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ASSOCIATED PRESS(OCT 10, 2016)

Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts

1. Alabama (56) 6-0 1520

2. Ohio State (2) 5-0 1444

3. Clemson (2) 6-0 1406

4. Michigan (1) 6-0 1339

5. Washington 6-0 1286

6. Texas A&M 6-0 1202

7. Louisville 4-1 1193

8. Wisconsin 4-1 1020

9. Tennessee 5-1 962

10. Nebraska 5-0 958

11. Baylor 5-0 934

12. Mississippi 3-2 800

13. Houston 5-1 701

14. Florida State 4-2 628

15. Boise State 5-0 590

16. Miami 4-1 576

17. Virginia Tech 4-1 546

18. Florida 4-1 483

19. Oklahoma 3-2 476

20. West Virginia 4-0 424

21. Utah 5-1 287

22. Arkansas 4-2 203

23. Auburn 4-2 166

24. Western Michigan 6-0 154

25. Navy 4-1 122

Others Receiving Votes: Georgia 59, Arizona State 53, North

Carolina 51, LSu 50, Oklahoma State 48, North Dakota State

36, Stanford 26, Colorado 22, South Florida 20, TCU 14,

Washington State 9, NC State 9, Iowa 3, Air Force 2, San

Diego State 2, Wake Forest 1.

AMWAY USA TODAY COACHES(OCT 10, 2016)

Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts

1. Alabama (58) 6-0 1570

2. Ohio State (4) 5-0 1504

3. Clemson (1) 6-0 1455

4. Michigan 6-0 1370

5. Washington 6-0 1329

6. Texas A&M 6-0 1256

7. Louisville 4-1 1201

8. Baylor 5-0 1061

9. Nebraska 5-0 1052

10. Wisconsin 4-1 995

11. Tennessee 5-1 919

12. Houston 5-1 754

13. Mississippi 3-2 746

14. Florida 4-1 661

15. Boise State 5-0 628

16. Florida State 4-2 584

17. Miami (FL) 4-1 580

18. West Virginia 4-0 526

19. Virginia Tech 4-1 441

20. Oklahoma 3-2 424

21. Utah 5-1 408

22. Arkansas 4-2 194

23. Western Michigan 6-0 185

24. Arizona State 5-1 116

25. LSU 3-2 81

Others Receiving Votes:

Auburn 70, Georgia 63, Navy 58, South Florida 53, North

Carolina 51, NC State 34, Oklahoma State 29, Southern Cal

13, Stanford 12, Washington State 8, Colorado 7, Wake Forest

6, Memphis 6, Troy 5, Appalachian State 3, Penn State 3,

Pittsburgh 3, San Diego State 2, South Alabama 1, Tulsa 1,

Middle Tennessee 1.

Fulltime Coaches in Press Box: Tony Elliott, Danny Pearman.

NATIONAL RANKINGSa winning touchdown. 2001—Woody Dantzler gained 517 yards of total offense, an all-time Clemson re-cord at the time. Tajh Boyd broke it against NC State in 2012. Dantlzer had a career best 23-27 passes for 333 yards and four scores, and also rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns. It was arguably the best individual performance in Clemson history as he accounted for a then ACC record six touchdowns. (Boyd broke that record with eight against NC State in 2012). 2003—Phillip Rivers evened his ca-reer record against Clemson at 2-2 with a 213-yard passing performance, leading the Pack to a 17-15 victory in Raleigh in a game shown on ESPN on a Thursday evening. Clemson cut the deicit to 17-15 with ive minutes left, but the Tigers could not get close enough for a winning ield goal. NC State got the ball back with 3:54 left and ran out the clock. This game was a battle of future NFL quarterbacks as Charlie Whitehurst was Clemson’s starter in this game. 2004—Clemson won 26-20 when Charles Bennett intercepted a pass at the Clemson goal line on the last play to preserve the victory. It was the seventh time in the last eight meetings that the game was decided by eight points or less. 2005—Even though he played just over two quarters, freshman James Davis gained 143 yards rushing in just 12 attempts to lead Clemson to a 31-10 victory, Clemson’s largest margin of victory in the series since a 40-17 win in 1996. It was Clemson’s irst victory on a Thursday evening ESPN game. 2006—Jad Dean kicked a pair of fourth quarter ield goals to lead Clemson to a six-point win. C.J. Spiller had 154 yards rushing, including a 52-yard scoring run for the Tigers. Toney Baker had 174 yards rushing for NC State. 2007—James Davis rushed for 166 yards and C.J. Spiller added 114 in Clemson’s 42-20 victory in Raleigh. Both players had a touchdown rushing and receiving. At the time, the Tigers had 608 yards of total offense, the most ever by Clemson in a road game. 2009—C.J. Spiller accounted for touchdowns passing, rushing and receiving to lead Clemson to a 20-point victory. Jamie Harper had a 69-yard touchdown run and Kyle Parker completed 12-18 passes for 183 yards and two scores. 2010—Clemson came back from a 10-0 deicit to win 14-13 at Death Valley. It was a Tigers victory that kept NC State from going to the ACC Championship game. Kyle Parker completed 20-29 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown and Nuke Hopkins had ive catches for 80 yards and a touchdown for the Tigers. Clemson’s defense held NC State to 275 yards and 13 points, season lows for the Pack team that was led by current Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. Wilson was 0-3 in his career against Clemson. 2012—Clemson clinched its irst 10-win regular season since 1981 with a 62-48 win over NC State at Clemson. The Tigers had a run of 42 consecutive points after trailing at one point, 24-13. The two teams combined for 1351 yards and 110 points, both records for a Clemson 2012 game. Tajh Boyd threw for 426 yards and ran for 103, giving him a Clemson record 529 yards of total offense. Clemson gained 754 yards of total offense, second most

in Clemson history and just two yards from the school record. NC State quarterback Mike Glennon completed 29-53 passes for 493 yards, the second most passing yards in history against the Tigers.

Clemson Veterans vs. N.C. StateBen Boulware (LB)—Had one tackle in 2013. Did not see the ield in 2014. Started and played 68 snaps last year. Had 13 tackles, including two tackles for a loss. Had one sack for a loss of eight yards.Austin Bryant (DE)—Had one sack for a 14-yard loss in four snaps last year.Deon Cain (WR)—Played 22 snaps and had 3-59 receiving with one touchdown in 2015.Adam Choice (RB)—Played 22 snaps in 2014. Had 9-56 rushing and 2-21 receiving.Wayne Gallman (RB)—Started and played 33 snaps in 2014. Had 13-58 rushing and 3-21 receiving. Started and played 63 snaps in 2015. Had 31-172 rushing with one touch-down. Also had 3-19 receiving.Greg Huegel (PK)—Made three of three ield goals in 2015. Converted 29, 41, and 22 yard ield goals. Made ive of seven PAT.Jadar Johnson (S)—Did not see the ield in 2013. Played 31 snaps in 2014 and had one pass breakup. Had one tackle in 21 snaps in 2015.Jordan Leggett (TE)—Did not play in 2013. Started and played 29 snaps in 2014. Had one catch for 21 yards. Started and played 69 snaps in 2015. Had one catch for 13 yards.Ray-Ray McCloud (WR)—Played 28 snaps and had one catch for 36 yards in 2015.Dorian O’Daniel (LB)—Had three tackles in 17 snaps in 2014. Played 2 snaps and had two tackles last year.Scott Pagano (DT)—Played 14 snaps and had four tackles in 2014. Started and played 17 snaps last year.Hunter Renfrow (WR/P)—Started and played 48 snaps in 2015. Had 4-93 receiving, including one touchdown.Artavis Scott (WR)—Played 51 snaps in 2014. Started and played 34 snaps last year. Had 7-64 receiving.Cordrea Tankersley (CB)—Did not play in 2013. Had one tackle in 22 snaps in 2014. Started and played 68 snaps last year. Had eight tack-les and two pass break-ups.Andy Teasdall (P)—Did not play in 2013 and 2014. Started and had four punts for 136 yards last year. Carlos Watkins (DT)—Had two tackles in 10 snaps in 2012. Played 22 snaps and had four tackles in 2013. Had two tackles in 17 snaps in 2014. Started and played 49 snaps in 2015. Had three tackles.Deshaun Watson (QB)—Started and played 71 snaps in 2014. Completed 17 of 29 passes for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Had 15-62 rushing and two touchdowns, giving him 329 yards of total offense. He started and played 81 snaps last year. Completed 23 of 30 passes for 383 yards and ive touchdowns. Rushed 14 times for 54 yards and one touchdown. So in two games he has completed 40 of 59 passes for 650 yards and seven touchdowns. He has added 29 rushes for 116 yards, giving him 766 yards of total offense in two games against the Pack.Korrin Wiggins (S)—Had three tackles in 23 snaps in 2013. Started and played 21 snaps in


CLEMSON vs. NC State2014. Had two tackles and one pass break-up.Mike Williams (WR)—Played 23 snaps and had one reception for 25 yards in 2013. Started and played 42 snaps in 2014. Had six recep-tions for 155 yards and two touchdowns. Did not play in 2015 due to injury.

Last Year vs. NC StateClemson 56, NC State 41

The No. 3 Clemson Tigers defeated NC State 56-41 on Hallow-een 2015 at Carter-Finley Stadium. It was Clemson’s 11th-consecutive win dating to last season, the program’s longest winning streak since a 13-game tear from 1980-82.

Sophomore quarterback Deshaun Watson led the Tigers to 623 yards, as he completed 23-30 passes for 383 yards and ive touchdowns. He also added a score on the ground to match his single-game high of six set in 2014 against North Carolina. Wayne Gallman rushed for a season-high 172 yards, his ifth game over 100 yards in 2015.

The game got off to a bizarre back and forth start, with both teams trading two touchdowns with a blocked point-after attempt. Watson ran for a score and threw a 57-yarder to Hunter Renfrow, and the latter tied the game at 13 just ive minutes into the contest.

The Tigers gained control briely after a pair of ield goals by Greg Huegel but NC State rallied with a touchdown late in the second quarter to nudge ahead, 20-19. But the Wolfpack failed to convert a ield goal late, and with less than a minute to play in the half, the Tigers made them pay.

Watson found Artavis Scott and Charone Peak open in 1-on-1 matchups on the right sideline. The completion to Peake went for 42 yards and a touchdown, giving the Tigers a 26-20 edge at halftime.

Watson’s aerial show continued in the second half, as he lung a 40-yard pass to Cain for the freshman’s irst career touchdown that put Clemson at 40 points on the day.

Watson followed that with his fourth touchdown of the day, a 35-yard screen to Zak Brooks. But NC State refused to go quietly, answering with a couple of touchdowns of its own in the fourth quarter. Greg Huegel’s third ield goal of the day ended the threat from the Wolf-pack and put the Tigers up 15 with just under six minutes to play.

Last Game vs. NC State at ClemsonClemson 41, NC State 0At Clemson, SC. Clemson recorded its irst shutout in the Dabo Swinney era with a 41-0 victory over NC State in 2014. It was the irst team shutout since a win over South Carolina State in 2008 before Swinney took over as interim head coach. NC State quarterback Jacoby Brissett entered the game leading the ACC in touchdown passes, but the Tigers held NC State to just 36 yards of offense in the irst half. Vic Beasley tied the Clemson all-time career sack record in grand style when he stripped the ball from Brissett, took it in midair and ran 16 yards for a score. Deshaun Watson opened the game by leading an 82-yard drive that was capped by a 56-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams who made a diving catch. Williams inished with six catches for 155 yards and two scores in one of the best birthday performances in Clemson history. Watson was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week and Rook-ie of the Week as he completed 17-29 for 267 yards and two scores. He inished with 329 yards of total offense. He also ran for two scores and 62 yards.

Wayne Gallman had 58 yards rushing on 13 carries and Adam Choice added 56 yards on nine carries. Clemson inished with 493 yards total offense and held NC State to 154 yards on 57 plays, just 2.7 yards per play. Clemson held Brissett to 4-18 passing for 35 yards. Clemson won the turnover margin, 3-0.

High Scoring Clemson vs. NC State Games Clemson and NC State have played a couple of high scoring games in recent years. In the history of Clemson football, Clemson has been involved in a game where at least 97 points were scored just seven times, but two of them have been Clemson vs. NC State games within the last four years.

Clemson defeated the Pack 62-48 on November 17, 2012 at Clemson and the 110 points in that game rank second in Clemson histo-ry. Then, last year the two teams combined for 97 points in the 56-41 Clemson won. That is tied for the sixth highest scoring game in Clemson

history.

Highest Combined Scoring Games in Clemson History Pts Cu-Opp Site-Opponent Date 122 122-0 H-Guilford 10-5-1901 110 62-48 H-NC State 11-17-2012 106 82-24 H-Wake Forest 10-31-1981 103 33-70 N-West Virginia 1-4-2012 101 56-45 A-Maryland 10-15-2011 97 59-38 H-North Carolina 10-22-2011 97 56-41 A-NC State 10-31-2015 Clemson and NC State Among Nation’s Top Defenses Clemson and NC State combined to score 97 points last year in a 56-41 Clemson win. But this year’s game could be different. Both defenses in Saturday’s game are among the best in the nation. In fact, both are in the top 15 in scoring defense, the top 10 in total defense, the top 10 in yards per play allowed and total touchdowns allowed.

For the third week in a row Clemson will play against a top 10 defense (entering the game). Louisville was 10th in total defense prior to the October 1 game (they are 20th this week). Boston College was irst in total defense entering last week’s game. NC State is eighth in total defense entering Saturday’s game, allowing 279.8 yards per game. NC State is also 15th in scoring defense, eighth in rushing defense and eighth in touchdowns allowed (10).

Comparison of Defenses Category Clemson NC State Total Defense 9th, 282.2 8th, 279.8 Pass Defense 6th, 149 29th, 188.8 Pass Eficiency 5th, 90.2 34th, 114.2 Rush Defense 34th, 133.2 8th, 91.0 Scoring Defense 8th, 15.0 15th, 17.6 TD Passes allowed 8th, 4 21st, 5 Total TDs allowed 8th, 10 8th, 10 Yards/Play Allowed 6th, 3.96 10th, 4.47 Yds/Pass Attempt 4th, 5.0 15th, 5.9

Clemson Honorary Captains for NC State Clemson will have two of its toughest running backs in history serve as honorary captains for today’s game with NC State. Both had their career high rushing games against rival South Carolina in Clemson victories and both are members of the Clemson 2000-yard rushing club. Buddy Gore was Clemson’s irst ACC Player of the Year in 1967 when he became the irst Tiger to rush for over 1000 yards in a season and he did it in just 10 games. He concluded that year with a 189-yard effort against South Carolina that allowed him to reach the magic num-ber. He was a two-time irst-team All-ACC player and is still ranked 10th in Clemson history in rushing with 2,571 yards. Ken Callicutt ran for 197 yards against South Carolina in a 54-32 Clemson victory in 1974. That remains the all-time Clemson record for rushing yards against the Gamecocks. He is 14th in Clemson history in career rushing with 2,256 yards. Callicutt went on to play ive years and 66 games in the NFL. He is sixth in Clemson history in games played in the NFL as a non-drafted free agent.

Watson Among National Leaders in Many Categories Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson is among the active FBS players in terms of career numbers in many categories. Here is the list: •3rd in completion percentage at .660 •4th in career passing eficiency at 159.27 •6th in touchdown passes with 67 •6th in touchdown responsibility with 84 •11th in total offense with 8682 •13th in passing yards with 7138

Tigers Post 46-Point ACC Win Clemson’s 56-10 win over Boston College on October 7 was the 10th largest margin of victory in an ACC game in school history. It was the sixth largest victory margin for the program in an ACC road game. It is interesting to note that four of the top 10 largest victory margins in ACC play have taken place under Dabo Swinney and all four have come n the last four years. Also note that three of Swinney’s four on the list have been on the road.


CLEMSON vs. NC StateHighest Combined Scoring Games in Clemson History Mar Cu-Opp Site-Opponent Date +58 82-24 H-Wake Forest 10-31-1981 +58 58-0 A-Miami 10-24-2015 +55 55-0 A-Virginia 9-8-1984 +51 58-7 H-Duke 11-6-1999 +49 56-7 H-Wake Forest 9-28-2013 +49 59-10 A-Virginia 11-2-2013 +48 48-0 A-Virginia 10-9-1982 +47 47-0 A-Virginia 9-26-1959 +46 56-10 A-Boston College 10-7-2016

Clemson Ranked Seventh in Strength of Schedule The NCAA ranks strength of schedule based on your FBS opponents record when not playing you. So far this year Clemson FBS opponents are 15-5 when not playing the Tigers for a .750 winning percentage. Eight schools have an opponent winning percentage of 75 percent or better. Clemson is the only undefeated team that is in that group. Clemson should remain on this list in the coming weeks. The Tigers face a 4-1 NC State team on Saturday, then play a 4-2 Florida State team two weeks later.

Nation’s Top Strength of Schedule, NCAA Ranking Rk School Conference W-L Pct 1. Northwestern Big Ten 14-2 .875 2. Tennessee SEC 19-3 .864 3. Rutgers Big Ten 17-3 .850 4. Mississippi SEC 12-3 .800 5. Florida State ACC 14-4 .778 Oregon Pac 12 14-4 .778 7. Clemson ACC 15-5 .750 Arkansas SEC 15-5 .750

Senior Class Looks to Move to Second in Total Wins A victory for Clemson on Saturday vs. NC State would give this senior class 42 wins, the same amount as the 2014 senior class. That would tie for second all time. The seniors of 2015 had a 46-8 record and that is the record for total wins.

This group has a 41-6 record so far and that .872 winning percentage is the best in school history, ahead of the .852 (46-8) mark posted by last year’s seniors. Of course there are still many games left for this group and they will have to keep winning to get the percentage record.

Clemson’s Winningest Classes, total victories Year Pct W-L 2015 .852 46-8 2014 .792 42-11 2016 .872 41-6 1990 .833 40-8 1991 .823 39-8-1 1989 .813 38-8-2 2013 .717 38-15

Clemson’s Winningest Classes, Percentage basis Year W-L Pct 2016 41-6 .872 2015 46-8 .852 1903 19-3-1 .848 1990 40-8 .833 1991 39-8-1 .823 1983 36-7-2 .822 1902 19-4-1 .813 1989 38-8-2 .813

Clemson Has Three FBS Road Wins Clemson has jumped out to a 6-0 record so far. Two items stand out on Clemson’s resume so far. One is the 15-5 record of the FBS opposition so far when not playing Clemson. That gives Clemson the seventh most dificult schedule so far according to the NCAA’s way of grading schedules. That won’t go down next week as the Tigers play a 4-1 NC State team. Second, three of Clemson’s wins so far are on the road, at Au-

burn, at Georgia Tech and at Boston College. Clemson is the only Power Five school with three road wins so far this season. Boise State and Western Michigan are the only other FBS schools with three road wins so far this year.

Clemson 6-0 for Fourth Time in Five Years Clemson improved to 6-0 with a 56-10 win over Boston College last

Friday night. The 46-point win was the sixth highest victory margin in an ACC road game in school history. It was Clemson’s first regular season Friday win since 1952. Clemson

is 6-0 for the fourth time in the last five years. In the 78 years prior to Dabo Swinney becoming the head coach of the Tigers, Clemson was 6-0 just ive times (1940, 1948, 1981, 1987 and 2000). Clemson’s best start to a season was 14-0 last year. NC State has a 4-1 record entering today’s game. This is the first time

since 1988 that Clemson and NC State enter the game having played at least ive games and post a winning percentage of at least 80 percent. The Tigers and the Pack were both 5-1 entering that 1988 game in Ra-leigh. NC State won that game 10-3, ironically the same score by which the Pack beat Notre Dame last Saturday. The six-game winning streak to start the season for Clemson is just one

of the winning streaks active for the Tigers entering today’s game. Below are

some others:

*Clemson has won 19 straight games at home, a school record and the

longest active streak in the nation. Clemson has not lost at home since a loss

to Florida State in 2013.

*Clemson has won 42 consecutive games against teams who were not

ranked in either the AP or Amway Coaches Poll. The last time Clemson lost a

game to an unranked team was at NC State in 2011.

*Clemson has won eight straight games away from home, tied for the

school record. Clemson’s last loss on an opponent’s home field was in 2014 at

Georgia Tech.

*The Tigers have won 12 straight conference games, tied for the lon-gest active streak of its kind in the nation. That is also tied for the ninth longest ACC winning streak in league history and the second longest in Clemson history. Clemson won 20 in a row against ACC teams from 1981-85. *Clemson has won 23 consecutive non-National Championship games.

Clemson’s only loss over the last 24 games was to Alabama in the National

Championship game last year.

Tigers Face 4-1 Wolfpack NC State comes to Clemson off a team building and season building 10-3

win over Notre Dame last Saturday. The victory improved the Pack to 4-1

for the third consecutive year. The game was played in hurricane conditions,

similar to Clemson’s two-point win over the Irish at almost the same date on the calendar last year. The Pack’s ability to run the ball and commit fewer mistakes proved to

be the difference in the win over the Irish. Running back Matt Dayes had his ninth career 100-yard rushing day against the Irish. He averages 113 yards per game for the season, and a 5.7 average per rush. Quarterback Ryan Finley has been the starter in each game and

completed 89-128 passes, a 69.5 percentage, fourth best in the nation. He

has thrown for 1,045 yards and nine touchdowns and is yet to throw an interception. He averages 209 passing yards per game and has quarter-backed the NC State offense to 34 points and 444 yards per game. Jalen Samuels leads the team in receptions with 21 for 191 yards and four scores, while Stephen Louis averages 25 yards per catch and leads the team in reception yards with 328. The Pack defense was outstanding against Notre Dame, holding the

Irish to just 112 yards total offense and 10 first downs. Most important, Notre

Dame scored just three points, the fewest points in the seven years Brian Kelly

has been the head coach at Notre Dame.

Bradley Chubb, the brother of Georgia running back Nick Chubb, leads the NC State team in tackles for loss with 8.5. Airius Moore leads the team in tackles with 34, including seven tackles for loss.

Clemson Offense Hitting Its Stride Clemson has been on a hot streak when it comes to offense of late. In

fact the offense has been so explosive over the last four games that they have

left the defense on the field for long periods of time. Boston College had the

ball for 38 minutes last week and Louisville had it for 37.5 minutes the week

before.

Over the last two games, Clemson has averaged at least 8.2 yards per


CLEMSON vs. NC Stateplay. It is the first time in Clemson history the Tigers have had back-to-back

games averaging at least eight yards per play.

Clemson had 62 plays for 507 yards in the thrilling win over Louisville

the last time Clemson played at home, an 8.2 yards per play igure. Then Clemson had 508 yards on 61 plays at Boston College for an 8.3 average. The closest Clemson came to consecutive games with at least eight yards a play took place in 2006 when Clemson averaged 9.6 yards a play against Temple, then 7.9 against Louisiana Tech. Clemson has had three games of at least 500 yards total offense this

year, but they have done it each of the last two contests. It is about the time

Clemson started its record setting 11 consecutive games of at least 500 yards

total offense last year.

The Tigers have been scoring in quick fashion the last four games.

Clemson has scored 23 touchdowns and has two field goals for 25 total scoring

drives the last four games for a total of 56 offensive possessions. Clemson

has had a scoring drive under two minutes 14 of those 25 scoring drive, including seven drives under a minute. The Tigers had an incredible ive touchdown drives of less than a minute in the win over Louisville. The win over Boston College inally saw the Tigers hit some big plays. Entering the Boston College game Clemson had not had a play of at least 50 yards. Then, Clemson had three in the irst period at Boston College (the nation’s number one defense entering the game), a 59-yard run by Wayne Gallman, a 50-yard reception for Mike Williams on a pass from Deshaun Watson. and a 56-yard scoring pass from Watson to tight end Jordan Leggett. Running back Tavien Feaster had a 45-yard touch-down run in the fourth period. Boston College had allowed just two plays of at least 50 yards entering the contest.

Gallman Wins Leather Helmet Junior running back Wayne Gallman won the Leather Helmet Award as the Most Valuable Player of the Clemson vs. Boston College game. He was the top rusher for the Tigers with nine carries for 109 yards and a score. His touchdown was a 59-yard run in the irst period that gave Clemson a 7-0 lead. Gallman tied the Clemson record for 100-yard rushing games in a career with that performance. It was his 15th, the same number Ray-mond Priester, Clemson’s career rushing leader, had between 1994-97. So a 100-yard game Saturday for Gallman will set the record. He had three as a freshman, nine last year and three this year. Gallman should set another record Saturday. He enters today’s game with 2771 career rushing yards, eighth on the Clemson list. He is just seven yards short of the total Terry Allen had for his career between 1987-89. When Gallman goes ahead of Allen (currently a student assistant coach on Dabo Swinney’s staff), he will set the record for rushing yards by a Clemson back who played just three years. Allen went pro after his junior year in 1989. Everyone ahead of him on the Clemson rushing list played four seasons.

Clemson Career Leaders in 100-yard Rushing Games Rk Name Years Games 1. Raymond Priester 1994-97 15 Wayne Gallman 2014-16 15 3. James Davis 2005-08 14 4. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 12 Andre Ellington 2009-12 12 6. Buddy Gore 1966-68 11 Kenny Flowers 1983-86 11 Woodrow Dantzer 1998-01 11 9. Terry Allen 1987-89 10

Boulware Leads the Defense Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware had the best game of his career in the win over Louisville. The senior from Anderson, S.C. had 17 tackles, including three tackles for loss, a recovered fumble and a pass broken up in the win over the third-ranked Cardinals. It was his career high in tack-les. For his efforts he was named National Defensive Player of the Week by the Bednarik Award, the Football Writers Association of America. Boulware came back with another great game at Boston College with 12 tackles, a tackle for loss and a caused fumble. He is a big rea-son Clemson ranks in the top 10 in the nation in scoring defense, yards per play allowed, pass defense and total defense.

Cain is Able Sophomore Deon Cain is on a hot streak in terms of scoring

touchdowns. So far this season, Cain has caught just 13 passes, but six have

gone for touchdowns. He has had two touchdown catches in each of the last

two games, league wins over Louisville and Boston College. He is the irst Tiger to have at least two touchdown receptions in consecutive games since 2014 when Mike Williams had two against North Carolina and NC State in consecutive games. Cain has been a streaky player when it comes to touchdown scores

over his short career. Last year he had a streak of five straight games with at

least one touchdown catch, breaking a freshman record that had been held by

Sammy Watkins.

Cain has just 47 career receptions, but 11 have gone for touchdown in

just 18 games.

Defensive 3-and-out leaders According to research by the Auburn Sports Information ofice, Clemson is third in the nation in defensive three-and-outs through games of October 9. Clemson has forced 39 three and outs in six games, an average of 6.5 per game. Only Michigan with 7.5 per game and Alabama with 6.67 per game, are ahead of the Tigers.

Clemson has forced a three and out 47 percent of its defen-sive possessions. That is also third best nationally on a per possession basis. Michigan has forced 45 three and outs in 80 possessions for 56.2 percent and Alabama is second at an even 50 percent (40 of 80).

Watson and Boulware Both Win National HonorsClemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and linebacker Ben Boul-

ware were both honored as national players of the week for their respective performances against Louisville. Watson was named the National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation and Boulware was named National Defensive Player of the Week by the Lott Impact Award, the Bednarik Award and the Football Writers Association. Both were also named ACC Players of the WeekWatson completed 20-31 passes for 306 yards and five touch-down passes. He also rushed 14 times for 91 yards. Watson became the second FBS player in the last four years to throw for at least 300 yards and five touchdown passes and rush for at least 90 yards against a top 10 team. The only other quarterback to do it was former Tiger Tajh Boyd against Ohio State in the 2014 Orange Bowl.

Watson led Clemson on a fourth quarter comeback. The Tigers trailed 36-28 in the fourth period before he connected on a 20-yard scoring pass to Mike Williams with 7:05 left, then hit Jordan Leggett with a 31-yard scoring pass with 3:14 remaining.

Boulware had a career high 17 tackles, three tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection against a Louisville offense that came into the game leading the nation in scoring and total offense.

Three Tigers Named ACC Player of the Week Deshaun Watson, Ben Boulware and Jay Guillermo were all named ACC Player of the Week for their respective positions in the win over Louisville. Watson threw for 306 and five touchdowns, Boulware had 18 tackles, including three tackles for loss, and Guillermo had a 91 percent blocking grade in playing every offensive snap.

Leggett Sets Record in Grand Style Clemson tight end Jordan Leggett became the school’s career leader in touchdowns by a tight end when he caught the game winning 31-yard scoring pass from Deshaun Watson against Louisville with just 3:14 left in the game. That was quite a way to set the record as Louisville was ranked No.3 in the nation entering the contest. It was the second straight game Leggett has caught a touchdown pass, giving him the Clemson career record by one over current Indianap-olis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen (2009-11), Brandon Ford (2009-12) and former Pittsburgh Steeler Super Bowl Champion John McMakin (1969-71). Leggett tied the Clemson tight end touchdown record last year with eight. In that 2015 season he had at least one touchdown catch in five straight games, another Clemson record for a tight end. So far this year Leggett has 10 catches for 176 yards and three scores. He has a touchdown catch in each of the last three games. Leggett currently has 76 career catches for 1038 yards and 14 scores. He needs 18 catches to break McMakin’s record for receptions by a tight end and 218 yards to break McMakin’s yardage record for a tight end. He had a 59-yard touchdown catch at Boston College, the longest reception of his career. The catch put him over 1000 yards for his career.


CLEMSON vs. NC StateClemson’s Eight-Game Road Winning Streak Clemson has won eight in a row on the opponent’s home field. That is tied for the longest streak of its kind in Clemson history. Clemson also won eight in a row from 1978-79. Clemson will have a chance to break the school record on October 29 at Florida State. Clemson lost its last road game of 2014 at Georgia Tech, then went 5-0 last year on the opponent’s home field, wins at Louisville, Miami, NC State, Syracuse and South Carolina. Clemson has added to it this year with wins at Auburn, Georgia Tech and Boston College. Clemson had not won at Auburn since 1951 and had not won at Georgia Tech since 2003.

Clemson’s Longest True Road Game Win Streaks Years Games Ended by 1978-79 8 at South Carolina, 9-13 2015-16 8 Current 1939-40 7 at Tulane, 0-13 1947-49 7 at Rice, 7-33 2012-13 7 at South Carolina, 17-31 1950-51 6 at Pacific, 7-21 1994-96 6 at North Carolina, 45-0 Bounce Back One of the statistics that is recorded on the PGA Tour is Bounce Back. That takes place when a player makes a bogey or higher, then makes a birdie or eagle on the next hole. In football we could call a Bounce Back, a score for a team after the opponent has just scored a touchdown or a field goal. Clemson has been good at Bounce Back over the last two years. In the last 21 games, 20 victories, when Clemson has been scored on the Tigers have come back with a score about 50 percent of the time. Last year there were 47 opponent scores (35 touchdowns and 12 field goals) when Clemson had an opportunity and desire to score on the next drive. (We didn’t count Clemson ensuing possessions when the Tigers wanted to just run out the clock to end a half and weren’t trying to score.)

In the ensuing possessions after those 47 scores, Clemson replied with a score 25 times, 16 touchdowns and nine field goals. In the ACC Championship game and two College Football Playoff games Clemson had eight bounce back scores after 14 opponent scores. So far this year, opponents have 15 scores and Clemson has come back with its own score eight times, six touchdowns and two field goals. Clemson had two bounce back touchdowns in the win over Louisville and two more in two attempts at Boston College.

High Ratings The Clemson vs. Louisville game of October 1, 2016 drew an overnight rating of 6.0 according to a release by ABC/ESPN the day follow-ing the game. The game also had a streaming average minute audience of 200,000. That was the highest overnight rating for an ABC Saturday night college football game this year and the most streamed game through week five of the season. The 6.0 rating was the second best of the college season on any night, trailing only the 7.0 rating for the Notre Dame at Texas game on the opening Sunday night of the season. The Clemson vs. Louisville game had the highest overnight rating for ABC Saturday night football since the 2014 ACC Championship game between Florida State and Georgia Tech. The overnight rating for the Clemson vs. Louisville game in the Louisville market was 24.9 and the rating in Greenville was 20.1.

Balanced Attack Means Victory Each of the last two games Clemson has had at least 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing. In the win over Louisville, Clemson had 201 yards rushing and 306 yards passing for 507 total. Clemson did all that in 62 plays so the Tigers averaged 8.18 yards per play, best for the Tigers against an FBS opponent since an 8.22 average against Georgia Tech in 2013. Clemson followed that with 237 yards rushing and 272 passing in the win at Boston College. That kind of balance means victory for the Tigers. Over the history of Clemson football, the Tigers are now 78-0-1 when gaining at least 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in the same game. The Boston College game was the third time Clemson has done it this year after the Tigers did it a season record eight times in 2015. The only blemish on the record was a 24-24 tie at Georgia Tech in 1976.

Johnson 10th in Interceptions Clemson safety Jadar Johnson had his third interception of the season and seventh of his career in the win over Louisville. In his first year as a starter in 2016, Johnson had four interceptions for 100 return yards in his first three years. So far this year in six games he has three interceptions for 41 yards. He is ranked 17th in the nation in interceptions. Johnson also has five passes broken up, giving him eight passes defensed. In many ways, Johnson is the B.J. Goodson of this year’s defense. Goodson was a backup at linebacker for three years, then led the Tigers in tackles as a senior. He is now with the New York Giants. Johnson was a backup to Jayron Kearse, now with the Minnesota Vikings, for three years. Now he is coming into his own as a senior. He has 23 tackles in addition to his pass defense numbers, to rank eight on the team

Watson by the Numbers Deshaun Watson had his eighth 300-yard passing game and his 14th 300-yard total offense game in the win over Louisville. The native of Gainesville, Georgia had 306 yards passing and another 91 rushing for 397 yards of total offense. He also threw five scoring passes. He joined former Tiger Tajh Boyd as the only FBS quarterbacks in the last four years to have at least 300 yards passing, 90 yards and rush-ing five touchdown passes against a top 10 team. Boyd did it against Ohio State in the 2014 Orange Bowl. The Louisville game marked the third time in his career Watson had at least 300 yards passing and five touchdown passes in the same game. Watson added his 15th career 300-yard total offense game at Boston College. Watson is still far behind Boyd in both categories. Boyd had 18 300-yard passing games and 22 300-yard total offense games.

Clemson Starts 6-0 Clemson has started 6-0 for the fourth time in the last six years under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers started 8-0 in 2011, 6-0 in 2013 and 14-0 last year. It is the fourth start of at least 6-0 since Swinney became head coach on a full time basis for the 2009 season. Clemson had just ive starts of 6-0 or better in the 78 seasons before he took over. Swinney has now set the Clemson record for 6-0 starts in a career. Josh Cody had three in three consecutive years (1928-30).

Clemson Starts of 6-0 or better Year Start Final Head Coach Streak Stopper 1900 6-0 6-0 John Heisman NA 1928 6-0 8-3 Josh Cody at Mississippi, 7-26 1929 6-0 8-3 Josh Cody at Kentucky, 6-44 1930 6-0 8-2 Josh Cody at Tennessee, 0-27 1948 11-0 11-0 Frank Howard NA 1981 12-0 12-0 Danny Ford NA 1987 6-0 10-2 Danny Ford NC State, 28-30 2000 8-0 9-3 Tommy Bowden Georgia Tech, 28-31 2011 8-0 10-4 Dabo Swinney at Georgia Tech, 17-31 2013 6-0 11-2 Dabo Swinney Florida State, 14-51 2015 14-0 14-1 Dabo Swinney Alabama, 40-45 2016 6-0 ?? Dabo Swinney ??

Huegel Much Improved on Kickoffs Clemson is much improved in terms of special teams play and one of the most improved aspects has been kickoff coverage. The Tigers are allowing just 16.4 yards per kickoff return Greg Huegel has handled the kickoffs this year and has 18 touchbacks in 37 kickoffs. That is a 48.6 touchback percentage. Last year, Huegel had just 10 touchbacks in 37 kickoffs, 27 percent. Huegel has continued to do well in terms kicking field goals this year. He has made 7-9 field goals and 27-28 extra points for 48 total points, an average of eight points per game, best on the team.

Clemson Special Teams Improved in Many Areas •Clemson has allowed just 16.4 yards per kickoff return this year. Last year opponents averaged 24.8 yards per kickoff return. •Clemson averaged 24 yards per kickoff return this year after averaging 21.6 yards per return last year. •Clemson has averaged 12.2 yards per punt return this year after averaging 2.3 yards per return last year. •Clemson kickers have had touchbacks on 44 percent of their kickoffs this year. Only 34 percent of kickoffs went for touchbacks last year.


CLEMSON vs. NC State •Ray-Ray McCloud has 172 punt return yards this year, nearly three times as many as Clemson had all of last year (63). Tigers Commit Five Turnovers….and Win Clemson committed five turnovers in the win over Louisville, certainly a rare occasion. It was just the eighth time in history Clemson committed five turnovers, yet won the contest. It was the first time in 31 years it had happened. Clemson had five lost fumbles against Virginia Tech in 1985, yet beat the Hokies, 20-17 on a field goal by David Treadwell on the last play of the game. The most turnovers by Clemson in a win is eight, in 1963 against Wake Forest. Incredible as it may seem, Clemson won that game 36-0. The Tigers seemed to either score a touchdown or turn the ball over in that game and Wake Forest never could score after a Clemson miscue. That might be a national record. Wake Forest had just 148 yards of offense in that game. Below is a list of the games Clemson committed at least five turnovers yet lost the game.

Most Turnovers by Clemson Offense, yet Won the Game Year Opponent Fum-Int Tot CU-Opp 1963 Wake Forest 5-3 8 36-0 1966 Virginia 5-0 5 40-35 1975 Wake Forest 5-0 5 16-14 1978 Virginia Tech 3-2 5 38-7 1981 NC State 2-3 5 17-7 1982 Western Carolina 4-1 5 21-10 1985 Virginia Tech 5-0 5 20-17 2016 Louisville 2-3 5 42-36 Clemson’s Highest Ranked Victories Clemson has defeated a team ranked in the top 10 of at least one poll 20 times in its history. That includes 10 times under current Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Over the last four years, Clemson has beaten top 10 teams from Notre Dame, LSU, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Louisville. The win over a third ranked Louisville team tied for the highest ranked team Clemson has defeated.

Clemson also beat a #3 Oklahoma team in the 2015 College Football Playoff, a #3 Florida State team in 2003, and a #3 Virginia Tech team in the 2011 ACC Championship game.

Clemson’s Wins over Top 10 TeamsYear Opponent Site AP-C Score2003 Florida State H 3-3 26-102016 Louisville H 3-4 42-362015 Oklahoma N 4-3 37-17 2011 Virginia Tech N 5-3 38-101981 Georgia H 4-4 13-31981 Nebraska N 4-4 22-152013 Georgia H 5-5 38-352003 Tennessee N 6-7 27-142015 Notre Dame H 6-6 24-222013 Ohio State N 7-6 40-351959 TCU N 7-8 23-72012 LSU N 9-7 25-242015 North Carolina N 8-8 45-371981 North Carolina A 8-9 10-82009 Miami (FL) A 8-9 40-372006 Florida State A 9-10 27-202001 Georgia Tech A 9-11 47-441983 North Carolina A 10-9 16-31983 Maryland H 11-9 52-272011 Virginia Tech A 11-10 23-3Consecutive wins by 7 or less vs. Same Team With its win over Louisville by a 42-36 score on October 1, Clemson has now defeated the Cardinals three years in a row by a touch-down or less. This is the second time in history and irst time since the 1965-67 era that Clemson has defeated the same team three years in a row by a touchdown or less. Clemson defeated the Cardinals 23-17 in 2014, by a 20-17 score in 2015. Clemson won the three in a row over Duke between 1965-67 by scores of 3-2, 9-6 and 13-7, respectively. Swinney 10-5 vs. Top 10 Teams When Clemson defeated No. 3 Louisville on October 1 it gave

Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney a 10-5 record against top 10 teams as Clemson head coach. It is interesting to note that seven of the 10 wins have taken place away from Clemson. The Louisville win was the fourth in the last two years over a top 10 team. Swinney has half of the 20 Clemson wins over top 10 teams in school history.

Clemson Wins under Dabo Swinney vs. Top 10 Teams Date Site-Opponent Op Rank Cu-Opp 10-24-2009 at Miami (FL) 8-9 #40-37 10-1-2011 at Virginia Tech 11-10 23-3 12-3-2011 Virginia Tech (N) 5-3 38-10 12-31-2012 LSU (N) 9-7 25-24 8-31-2013 Georgia 5-5 38-35 1-3-2014 Ohio State (N) 7-6 40-35 10-3-2015 Notre Dame 6-7 24-22 12-5-2015 North Carolina (N) 8-8 45-37 12-31-2015 Oklahoma (N) 4-3 31-17 10-1-2016 Louisville 3-3 42-36 #Denotes overtime

Clemson’s Record under Dabo Swinney…. Category 2016 Overall All Games 6-0 81-27 Scoring First 3-0 59-18 Leading end of 1st Quarter 3-0 51-10 Tied end of 1st Quarter 3-0 15-4 Trailing end of 1st Quarter 0-0 14-13 Leading at half 6-0 67-7 Tied at Half 0-0 5-2 Trailing at Half 0-0 9-18 Leading end of 3rd Quarter 6-0 72-4 Tied at end of 3rd Quarter 0-0 3-2 Trail end of 3rd Quarter 0-0 6-21 Overtime 0-0 1-2 More Total Offense 5-0 72-6 More Rushing Yards 4-0 59-7 More Passing Yards 6-0 64-15 More First Downs 5-0 66-5 Winning Time of Possession 3-0 45-5 Winning Turnover Margin 3-0 45-4 Tying Turnover Margin 2-0 19-7 Losing Turnover Margin 0-0 16-16 Rushing for 200+ Yards 3-0 36-1 Having 100+ yard rusher 3-0 32-7 Passing for 300+ Yards 3-0 37-4

August 0-0 1-1 September 4-0 24-5 October 2-0 26-7 November 0-0 23-9 December 0-0 6-2 January 0-0 1-3

Tigers Averaging 38.7 Points and 471 Yards Clemson has averaged 38.7 points and 471 yards per game through six games this year. If the season ended today, this would be just the fourth Clemson team to average at least 35 points and 450 yards per game over the course of the season. The previous three teams to do it were the 2012, 2013 and 2015 teams.

Clemson Teams That Have Averaged 35 Points and 450 Yards Year PPG Total Offense 2012 41.0 512.7 2013 40.2 507.7 2015 38.5 514.5 2016 *38.7 *471 *Through six games

First Comeback Victory under Watson When Clemson overcame an eight-point deficit in the last eight minutes against Louisville, it marked the first time Clemson had recorded a comeback victory since 2014 at Boston College. With all the wins Clemson has had recently that seems strange. It has not been any fault of Deshaun Watson and the Clemson offense.


CLEMSON vs. NC StateClemson quite simply has not trailed much in the fourth period since that win at BC two years ago. In the 27 games since that come back win over Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Clemson has lost just two games, at Georgia Tech in 2014 and the National Championship game against Alabama. In those 27 games, Clemson only trailed in the fourth quarter in the two games the Tigers lost and the Louisville game. And, the Georgia Tech game in 2014, Watson was hurt and out of the game, so he only had the opportunity for a fourth quarter comeback one time prior to the Louis-ville game and that was against Alabama. Clemson trailed 36-28 in the fourth period with under eight min-utes left against Louisville, then took the Tigers on a 14-0 run to win 42-36. The lead touchdown was the result of an 85-yard drive that culminated with a 31-yard scoring pass to Jordan Leggett.

Swinney Seventh among Winningest Active Coaches Dabo Swinney is tied for seventh among active coaches nationally in terms of winning percentage. Swinney has a 81-27 record for a .750 percentage. The leader is Urban Meyer with a 158-27-0 record for a .854 mark. Swinney moved ahead of Mark Richt of Miami with his win at Georgia Tech and is now tied with Gary Patterson of TCU. Swinney is one of four ACC coaches in the top 15 winningest active coaches. Also on the list are Jimbo Fisher (3rd, .818), Bobby Petrino (11th, .722), Bronco Mendenhall (15th, .687). Winningest Active Coaches Rk Coach, School Record Pct. 1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State 158-27-0 .854 2. Chris Petersen, Washington 113-24-0 .825 3. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 72-16 .818 4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 182-48-0 .791 5. David Shaw, Stanford 57-16 .781 6. Nick Saban, Alabama 197-60-1 .766 7. Gary Petterson, TCU 147-49-0 .750 Dabo Swinney, Clemson 81-27-0 .750 9. Mark Richt, Miami 149-52-0 .745 10. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 228-84-2 .732 11. Bobby Petrino, Louisville 104-40-0 .722 12. Hugh Freeze, Mississippi 67-27-0 .713 13. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan 74-30-0 .712 14. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M 77-33-0 .700 Clemson Defense Outstanding vs. Georgia Tech Clemson had one of its best team defensive efforts in decades in the 26-7 win over Georgia Tech on Thursday, September 22. Clemson held Paul Johnson’s team to 124 yards of total offense and just seven points. That included just 95 yards rushing and 29 yards passing. The Yellow Jackets completed just 4-14 passes and had -3 yards passing in the irst half. The 124 yards by Georgia Tech was the fewest for a Paul Johnson coached team. He came to Tech at the beginning of the 2008 season. The 95 yards rushing tied for the third fewest by Tech on the ground under Johnson. The fewest is 71 yards against Clemson in 2015. So two of the top four rush defenses against Johnson coached team have come against Clemson each of the last two years. Additionally, Clemson held Tech to 2.38 yards per play, the only game Tech has failed to average at least three yards a carry in the Johnson era.

Clemson Best Total Defenses against FBS Schools since 1978 Rk Year School Yards 1. 2009 Boston College 54 2. 1990 Long Beach State 57 3. 1987 Virginia Tech 60 4. 1996 Maryland 113 5. 1989 North Carolina 114 6. 2016 Georgia Tech 124 2005 Colorado 124 8. 1990 Georgia 131

Clemson’s 28-Point Quarter vs. Louisville Clemson had a 28-point second quarter thanks to the passing of Deshaun Watson, who was 11-12 189 yards and three scores. It marked just the second time Clemson had scored at least 28 points in a quarter against a top 25 team. The only other time that happened was in 1999 at

Georgia Tech. Clemson ended up losing that game 45-42. Clemson trailed in the fourth period against Louisville 36-28 and it appeared that might happen again until the Tigers rallied in the final period.Swinney vs. ACC Teams Dabo Swinney is 52-15 overall against ACC teams since he became Clemson head coach. That includes a 50-14 mark in regular season games and 2-1 in ACC Championship games. His .776 winning percentage in ACC games is fouirth best in ACC history. The Clemson head coach has faced 13 different ACC teams since he became head coach in 2008 on an interim basis. That includes Maryland, who is no longer in the league. When the Tigers face Pitts-burgh in November, he will have faced a 14th different ACC team. Swinney has a winning record against every ACC team with the exception of Florida State. Ten of his 15 losses against ACC teams have been against those two schools. He is 5-5 against Georgia Tech and 3-5 against Florida State. Swinney is 8-1 vs. Boston College, 2-0 vs. Duke, 3-5 vs. Florida State, 5-5 vs. Georgia tech, 3-0 vs. Louisville, 4-1 vs. Maryland, 2-1 vs. Miami (FL), 3-1 vs. North Carolina, 6-1 vs. NC State, 3-0 vs. Syracuse, 3-0 vs. Virginia, 3-0 vs. Virginia Tech and 7-0 vs. Wake Forest. In his 67 games as Clemson coach against an ACC team, the average Clemson victory has been by a score of 35-20. Only Florida State has outscored Clemson in games against Swinney’s Tigers. The Seminoles have a 247-206 advantage in terms of points.

Career Leaders in Winning Percentage, ACC Games Rk Coach Schools Years W-L Pct 1. Bobby Bowden Florida St. 1992-09 118-27-0 .814 2. Jerry Claiborne Maryland 1972-81 46-11-1 .802 3. Jimbo Fisher Florida St. 2010-16 43-11 .796 4. Dabo Swinney Clemson 2008-16 52-15 .776 5. Bill Murray Duke 1951-65 54-15-2 .775 6. Danny Ford Clemson 1979-89 44-14-1 .754 7. Lou Holtz NC State 1972-75 16-5-2 .739 8. Frank Beamer Virginia Tech 2004-11 72-29 .713Min. 3 years

Landmark Accomplishments under Swinney When Dabo Swinney became head coach at Clemson he knew the recent history of the program because he had been an assistant on staff since 2003. He had a list of goals to end some long streaks or accomplish some things that had never been done.

Below is a list of accomplishments under Swinney.•First appearance in National Championship game since 1981 when the Tigers faced Alabama last year.•Reached the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll in 2015, the irst time Clem-son has been No. 1 since 1981.•Had a inal ranking of No.2 in 2015, Clemson’s highest ranking since the National Championship season of 1981.•Had winning streak of 17 consecutive games, the longest in school history.•First ACC Championship in 20 years when the Tigers won the title in 2011 with 38-10 win over Virginia Tech. •First 10-win season in 21 years when Clemson won 10 games in 2011.•First top 10 inish in 22 years when Clemson inished ninth in the inal USA Today Poll at the end of the 2012 season.•First streak of ive consecutive years in the Top 25 inal poll since the 1986-91 era when Clemson had six in a row.•Won games over AP top 25 teams three consecutive games for the irst time in school history when the Tigers beat Auburn, Florida State and Virginia Tech in 2011.•Took Clemson to its irst Atlantic Division Championship in 2009.•Had a perfect record in ACC play in 2015 (9-0), Clemson’s irst perfect season in ACC play since 1983.•Won 4 consecutive bowl games for the irst time since the 1986-90 era.•Named the consensus National Coach of the Year for the irst time since Danny Ford in 1981.•Clemson was ranked in the AP Top 25 for 50 consecutive weeks from 2011-14, the longest streak for the program since 1986-89.

In 2016•Win over Auburn on September 3 marked irst time Clemson has won a road game over a team currently in the SEC to open the season since 1903.•Left a game played in Atlanta against Georgia Tech with a perfect record for the irst time since 1903. Clemson had lost 11 in a row when playing at Georgia Tech as an undefeated team.


CLEMSON vs. NC State•Opened the season ranked No. 2 in the AP poll, the highest preseason ranking in Clemson history.•Defeated No 3 Louisville on October 1, giving him 10 wins over top 10 teams in his eight years, half of the top 10 wins in Clemson history.

Swinney Gets 50th Win over ACC Competition Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney became just the eighth coach in ACC history to record at least 50 wins over ACC teams with the 26-7 win over Georgia Tech on September 22. Swinney now has 52 after beating Boston College. Bobby Bowden, who coached at Florida State as an ACC coach from 1992-2009, had 118 ACC wins and just 27 losses. Other ACC coaches with at least 50 wins in league play are George Welsh of Virginia (85), Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech (72), Frank Howard of Clemson (66), Earle Edwards of NC State (55), Bill Murray of Duke (54), and Bill Dooley of North Carolina and Wake Forest (52). Dooley also coached at Virginia Tech, but the Hokies were not in the ACC when he was there coach. In terms of overall wins as an ACC coach, Swinney is now ninth with 81. The win over SC State moved Swinney out of a tie for ninth with Jerry Claiborne and Earle Edwards, who both had 77. Bobby Bowden is the all-time leader in total wins as an ACC coach with 173. It is interesting to note that former Clemson coaches Danny Ford and Frank Howard both had the same amount with 96, tied for ifth best in ACC history. Howard had 165 wins in his career, but the irst 14 years of his career Clemson was not in the ACC. The 2010s, Winningest in Clemson History With a 5-0 start, Clemson now has a 67-19 record in the decade of the 2010s. That computes to a .779 winning percentage, the best for any decade in Clemson history. This decade has moved ahead of the 1980s in terms of winning percentage. In the 1980s, Clemson had a .767 winning percentage off an 87-25-4 record, the ifth best winning percentage in college football. Clemson did not have a losing season in any year in the 1980s under head coach Danny Ford, who coached every game in that decade. So far Dabo Swinney has coached every game in the decade of the 2010s.

Clemson’s Winningest Decade Rk Decade W-L-T Pct. Winning Seasons 1. 2010s 68-19 .782 5-1-0 2. 1980s 87-25-4 .767 9-0-1 3. 1950s 64-32-5 .658 7-2-1 4. 1890s 11-6 .647 3-0-1 5. 1900s 40-21-7 .640 7-1-2 6. 2000s 79-47-0 .627 10-0-0 7. 1990s 69-47-1 .594 6-3-1 8. 1930s 51-37-7 .574 5-3-2 9. 1940s 51-38-5 .559 4-5-1 10. 1910s 42-35-6 .542 5-3-2 11. 1960s 50-48-2 .510 5-2-3 12. 1970s 56-54-3 .509 4-6-0 13. 1920s 41-47-5 .468 5-5-0

McCloud Most Improved Player Sophomore Ray Ray McCloud has made an impact on the Clemson special teams and as a receiver so far this year. He is ranked in the top 25 in the nation in punt returns. McCloud, also a starting wide receiver, has 13 punt returns for 172 yards, an average of 13.2 yards per return. The native of Tampa, Florida already has more than twice as many punt return yards as the entire Clemson team had last year. The Tigers had just 63 punt return yards in 2015 in 15 games. No Clemson player has had 250 punt return yards in a season since Justin Miller in 2004. Miller, who went on to be an NFL Pro Bowl kick returner, had 339 punt return yards that year. McCloud was Clemson’s top receiver in the win over South Carolina State. He had four catches for 60 yards and two scores. He improved on that with eight catches for 101 yards. The yardage total was a career high. He is second on the Clemson team in receptions with 26 for 288 yards and two scores. He is second on the team in all-purpose yards with 477, an average of 80 per game. Watson Breaks Boyd Mark Deshaun Watson threw for 292 yards and three scores in Clem-son’s win over Troy and followed that up with three more scores in the win over South Carolina State. He has now thrown at least one touchdown pass in 22 consecutive games a school record. Tajh Boyd had a streak of 17 in a row between 2011 and 2013. Over the streak Watson has thrown at least three touchdown passes 10 times during the streak, including ive in the win over Louis-ville and four at Boston College. For his career, Watson now has 67 career touchdown passes,

sixth among active players at the FBS level. He also has 17 rushing touchdowns to give him 84 scores in terms of touchdown responsibility for his three years, sixth best in terms of touchdown responsibility. His passing eficiency rating is 159 is fourth among active FBS players and he is third in completion percentage at .660. Wilkins Touchdown a First Clemson sophomore defensive lineman Christian Wilkins is rap-idly getting a reputation as one of the most all-around football players in the nation. Wilkins burst on the national scene in the Orange Bowl last year when he caught a 31-yard pass from punter Andy Teasdall on a fake punt against Oklahoma. That was a momentum changer for the Tigers in their 37-17 victory. Then, in the 2016 season opener against Auburn, he threw a key block in Clemson’s goal line offense to allow Wayne Gallman to score a key touchdown in the Tigers six-point win. Gallman was quoted as saying, “That was the easiest thing I have done at Clemson.” Wilkins brought his offensive exploits to a new level against Troy last week when he caught a one-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson on a third-and-goal play to give the Tigers a 20-10 lead. With the reception, Wilkins became the irst defensive lineman in Clemson history to score a touchdown on an offensive play. Wilkins has certainly been doing his job on the defensive line as well. He has 35 tackles over the irst ive games, including a team best 8.5 tackles for loss. Clemson Linebackers Productive The Clemson defense has had a lot of irsts under coordinator Brent Venables. The Tigers have led the nation in total tackles for loss each of the last three years. Clemson is the irst school to do that nation-ally. In the win over Troy, three different Clemson linebackers had interceptions, the irst time that has happened since two-platoon football began in 1965. According to Whitey Jordan, an assistant coach on the 1964 staff, Clemson two-way players Ted Bunton, Jay Cooper and Pat Crain played linebacker when they were on defense that year. All three of those players had interceptions in Clemson’s 29-7 win over Virginia in 1964.

Kendall Joseph, Jalen Williams and Dorian O’Daniel all had thefts in their pass coverage in the irst half of Clemson’s win over Troy. It was the irst career interception for all three. To put into perspective how rare it is for linebackers to get in-terceptions, Clemson players at that position had just four all of last year, two by Ben Boulware and two by B. J. Goodson.

Over the last nine years, the 2015 team is the only squad to have at least three linebacker interceptions for the course of a season. This is the irst time since 2002 that three different linebackers have had interceptions in a season. That year Eric Sampson, Kelvin Morris and Altroy Bodrick all had one pick apiece.

A linebacker has had an interception just 17 times in Dabo Swinney’s head coaching career and now seven of them have taken place over the last two years.

Clemson Has Longest Active Streak of Top 5 AP Rankings Clemson has been ranked in the top ive in the nation in 15 consecutive AP polls. That is the longest active streak in the nation and the longest streak of top ive rankings in Clemson history. The national record is 55 consecutive weeks in the AP top ive by Miami (FL) from 2000-03. Clemson has an active streak of 27 consecutive polls in the top 25, the ifth longest active streak. Clemson has been ranked in the top 10 for 17 straight polls, tied for the second longest active streak with Alabama. Ohio State has the current longest streak at 27 in a row in the top 10.

Longest Active Streak of Top Five Rankings, AP Poll Rk School Polls Years 1. Clemson 15 2015-16 2. Alabama 13 2015-16 3. Michigan 6 2016 Ohio State 6 2016


CLEMSON vs. NC StateLongest Active Streak of Top 10 Rankings, AP Poll Rk School Polls Years 1. Ohio State 29 2014-16 2. Clemson 18 2015-16 Alabama 18 2015-16 Longest Active Streak of Top 25 Rankings, AP Poll Rk School Polls Years 1. Alabama 138 2008-16 2. Florida State 76 2011-16 3. Ohio State 73 2012-16 4. Baylor 56 2013-16 5. Clemson 27 2014-16 6. Oklahoma 23 2015-16 7. Michigan 19 2015-16 Clemson Players of the Game Each week the Clemson coaching staff selects an offensive, defensive and special teams Player of the Game. Here is a list of the game by game selections.

Game by Game Players of the Game

Game Offense Defense Special

Auburn Taylor Hearn Christian Wilkins Seth Ryan

Troy Ray Ray McCloud Kendall Joseph Greg Huegel

SC St. Deshaun Watson 30 players McCloud, D. Johnson

GT Ray-Ray McCloud 3 players Chad Smith

Louis Wayne Gallman Ben Boulware Artavis Scott

Game by Game Captains Game Players

Auburn Deshaun Watson, Jay Guillermo, Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware

Troy Nick Schuessler, Jordan Leggett, Cordrea Tankersley, Andy

Teasdall

SC St. Jordan Leggett, Scott Pagano, Artavis Scott, Mike Williams

GT Deshaun Watson, Ben Boulware, Jay Guillermo

Louis Deshaun Watson, Mike Williams, Jadar Johnson, Cordrea Tankelsey

BC Christian Wilkins, Dorian O’Daniel, Seth Ryan, Jordan Leggett

Tigers Have Won 19 in a Row at Home Clemson enters the NC State game on October 15 with a school record 19-game winning streak in Memorial Stadium. The streak began with a 55-31 win over Georgia Tech in 2013. The Tigers inished the regular season home schedule that year with a win over The Citadel, and posted consecutive 7-0 records at home since then. The 2014 and 2015 seasons mark the irst time Clemson has had consecutive perfect seasons at home since 1950 and 1951 when Clemson was 4-0 at home each year. It should be pointed out that the Clemson record for consec-utive home games without a loss, has not been broken. From the South Carolina game of 1980 to the Virginia Tech game of 1984, Clemson did not lose a game at home, a streak of 25 consecutive games without a loss in Death Valley. The Tigers were 23-0-2 at home during that time, a tie with Boston College in 1982 and a tie with Georgia in 1983. Clemson’s current home winning streak of 19 in a row is the longest in the nation.

Swinney 49-6 at Home Head Coach Dabo Swinney is 49-6 at home at Clemson, including the 19-game active winning streak. His Tigers have lost more than one game at home just once, in 2010 when the Tigers were 5-2 at home. Swinney and the Tigers lost their irst home game, in 2008 by a 21-17 score against an unranked Georgia Tech team. That is the only unranked team Swinney has lost to at home. He has won 43 straight at home against unranked teams. In the 19-game winning streak, Clemson has an average margin of victory of 24 points per game. Only four teams have been within 10 points of Clemson at home in the 19-game streak. In 2014, Clemson beat Louisville 23-17 and in 2015, beat Notre Dame 24-22. This Clemson defeated Troy and Louisville by the identical six point margins. Fifteen of the 19 wins in the stretch have been by at least 10 points and nine have been by at least 20 points. Swinney’s 49-6 record computes to an 89.1 winning percent-

age (min 20 games). That is a Clemson coaching record for winning percentage at home. He is just ahead of Ken Hatield, who was 22-3-1 at home between 1990-93, a .865 winning percentage. Swinney is already third in Clemson history in total home wins. Frank Howard has the record with 81 between 1940-69, and Danny Ford is second with 53.

Welcome Back Mike Williams Playing in his irst game since the 2015 opener, Mike Williams had nine catches for 174 yards in the Tigers 19-13 win at Auburn. The Clemson senior had 70 percent of Clemson’s 248 receiving yards in the game, as he repeatedly made back shoulder receptions from quarterback Deshaun Watson. Williams had 1,030 receiving yards as a sophomore in 2015. He had a career high 155 receiving yards and two scores on his birthday against NC State that year. Then in last year’s opener he suffered a neck injury after making a touchdown reception against Wofford on the irst possession of the season. The injury forced him to miss the rest of the season. But he came back with a vengeance at Auburn as he wiped out his career high in reception yardage and tied his career high in terms of total receptions (also had nine against Oklahoma in 2014 bowl game). Williams established a Clemson record for receiving yards in a season opener with his 174. The previous high mark in an opener was 152 by Airese Currie in 2004. Williams now has 27 catches for 432 yards to lead the Tigers. He went over the 100 mark in career receptions in the win over Louisville when he had ive receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown. He now has 106 catches in his career for 1805 yards.

Clemson Opens with Thrilling Win at Auburn Clemson gained a 19-13 win over Auburn in the season opener at Auburn, Ala. Here are some notes on that victory: •First win to open the season on the road against a team cur-rently in the SEC since 1903. The last time Clemson accomplished that feat was a 29-0 win at Georgia. John Heisman was the Clemson coach. Clemson was 1-8 all-time in openers on the road against teams currently in the SEC. •First win at Auburn since 1950 when the Tigers defeated Au-burn 41-0 behind the running of all-time great Fred Cone, who had 163 rushing yards in the game. •Clemson had a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver in the contest. Wayne Gallman had 30 carries, second highest in his career, for 123 yards. It was his 13th career 100-yard game. He needs just two more to tie the Clemson record of 15 set by Raymond Priester between 1994-97. •Clemson held Auburn to 13 points and one touchdown in the Tigers victory at Auburn to open the 2016 season. It was the fewest points Clemson has allowed against an SEC team since the 2009 when the Tigers defeated Kentucky 21-13. It was the fewest points Clemson has given up to an SEC team on the road since a 13-9 Clemson win at South Carolina in 2005. 50 Years of Howard’s Rock The Clemson football program will celebrate 50 years of How-ard’s Rock at Memorial Stadium this year. Howard’s Rock was irst put on a pedestal at the top of the hill at the east end of the stadium for the Virginia game of 1966. Clemson won that game 40-35 thanks to a great second half comeback. The Tigers did not start the tradition of rubbing Howard’s Rock before they ran down the hill until the Wake Forest game of 1967, the season opener. With the tradition something that took place over two seasons, the celebration of Howard’s Rock will be a year long celebration in 2016. Against Troy, members of the S.C. Jones family and the family of Gene Willimon, were honored. Jones brought the rock from Death Valley, California and gave it to Frank Howard, who in turn gave it to Gene Willimon, the former executive secretary of IPTAY. It was Willimon’s idea to mount it on the pedestal at the East Endzone of the stadium. Wilkins and Lawrence Join the Jumbo Package Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence were quite a tag team on the Clemson defensive front line in the win over Auburn. They were a big reason Clemson held Auburn to 87 rushing yards, a program that av-


CLEMSON vs. NC Stateeraged 196 rushing yards per game in 2015 and led the nation in 2013. Lawrence inished with 10 tackles according to the Clemson coaches grading of the ilm, second behind Kendall Joseph’s 14. Wilkins added seven. They had sacks on consecutive plays in the second period, and Wilkins ended the game with 2.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass delection at the line of scrimmage. Additionally, they both played in Clemson’s “Jumbo Package” when the Tiger offense got close to the goal line. Both players had successful blocks on Wayne Gallman’s one yard touchdown run on fourth down in the second period. Both players are also blocking backs in Clemson’s punt formation.

Tigers Continue to Make Tackles for Loss at Alarming Rate Clemson had 14 tackles for loss in the season opening win over Auburn, tied for the fourth most over the irst weekend of college football. It was a balanced performance in that area as nine different players were involved in the stops behind the line of scrimmage. Kendall Joseph led the way with three, the irst three of his career in fact. Christian Wilkins had 2.5 and Cordrea Tankersley had two. Clemson had seven tackles for loss at Georgia Tech and added 10 more against Auburn. Since Brent Venables has been at Clemson the Tigers have done very well in this category. In fact, each of the last three years, the Tigers have led the nation in total tackles for loss. Clemson had 123 in 2013, 131 in 2014 and 126 last year. The Tigers were 28th in the cate-gory in 2012, Venables irst year, with 87. In his 60 games as Clemson defensive coordinator, Venables defense has had 523 tackles for loss, an average of 8.8 per game, best in the nation over that time. Those 515 tackles for loss have been for 2145 yards, or 1.21 miles of real estate. The 500th tackle for loss was a sack by Carlos Watkins against Georgia Tech. Additionally, Clemson has recorded at least one sack in each of the last 36 games, second longest active streak in the nation. Clemson had ive sacks against Louisville and three more at BC. The Cards had allowed just four in the irst four games of the season. Clemson has 21 sacks for the year.

Clemson Career Leaders Clemson has an active player in the top 10 in school history in the major categories of passing offense, total offense, rushing yardage and receiving yardage. Wayne Gallman is currently eighth in school history in rushing yards. He moved into the top 10 against Troy. He has 15 career 100-yard games, tied for the Clemson record. Deshaun Watson is now third in school history in passing yards with 7142. He moved ahead of Woody Dantzler when he had 292 passing yards against Troy. Watson is also fourth in total offense with 8691. Artavis Scott is 9th in school history in receiving yardage and he went over the 2000 yard mark at Georgia Tech. He moved into the top 10 in Clemson history in career receiving yards against South Carolina State. He moved ahead of Jacoby Ford, who was watching from the sidelines. Clemson Career Rushing Leaders Rk Player Years Car Y/C TD Yards 1. Raymond Priester 1994-97 805 4.93 21 3966 2. James Davis 2005-08 753 5.15 47 3881 3. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 606 5.85 32 3547 4. Andre Ellington 2009-12 621 5.53 33 3436 5. Travis Zachery 1998-01 691 4.43 41 3058 6. Kenny Flowers 1983-86 590 4.94 26 2914 7. Terry Allen 1987-89 523 5.31 28 2778 8. Wayne Gallman 2014-16 523 5.03 20 2771 9. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 591 4.67 27 2761 10. Buddy Gore 1966-68 600 4.29 15 2571 Clemson Career Passing Yards Rk Player Years Att Com Pct Yards 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 1402 901 .643 11,904 2. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 1368 817 .597 9,665 3. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 831 551 .663 7,142 4. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 796 460 .578 6,037 5. Cullen Harper 2005-08 815 518 .636 5,762 6. Nealon Greene 1994-97 805 458 .569 5,719 7. Kyle Parker 2009-10 710 401 .565 4,739

8. Rodney Williams 1985-88 717 333 .464 4,647 9. Steve Fuller 1975-78 554 287 .518 4,359 10. Tommy Kendrick 1969-71 644 303 .470 3,893

Clemson Career Total Offense Rk Player Years Plays Rush Pass Total 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-03 1907 1165 11,904 13,069 2. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 1634 98 9665 9763 3. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 1587 2761 6037 8798 4. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 1128 1549 7142 8691 5. Nealon Greene 1994-97 1158 1067 5719 6786 6. Steve Fuller 1975-78 1089 1737 4359 6096 7. Cullen Harper 2005-08 946 -213 5762 5549 8. Rodney Williams 1985-88 1024 863 4647 5510 9. Kyle Parker 2009-01 818 163 4739 4902 10. Homer Jordan 1979-82 859 971 3643 4614

Clemson Career Receiving Yards Rk Player, Pos Years Rec. Yards 1. Sammy Watkins, WR 2011-13 240 3391 2. DeAndre Hopkins, WR 2010-12 206 3020 3. Aaron Kelly, WR 2005-08 232 2733 4. Terry Smith, WR 1990-93 162 2681 5. Perry Tuttle, WR 1978-81 150 2534 6. Rod Gardner, WR 1997-00 166 2498 7. Derrick Hamilton WR 2001-03 167 2312 8. Jerry Butler, WR 1975-78 139 2223 9. Artavis Scott, WR 2014-16 189 2094 10. Airese Currie, WR 2001-04 138 2030 11. Jacoby Ford, WR 2006-09 143 1986

Watson Has Top Winning Percentage

Of all the records Deshaun Watson owns, winning percentage

would have to be the one he covets the most. The junior has a 24-2

record as a starter for a 92 percent mark, ahead of the .813 by another

DeChane, (pronounced the same) DeChane Cameron, who quarterbacked

the Tigers in 1990 and 1991. He was 19-4-1 as a starter.

As far as total wins is concerned Tajh Boyd and Rodney

Williams have the record with 32 wins apiece. Boyd was 32-8 between

2010-13 and Williams was 32-10-2 between 1985-88. Williams is now

the color commentator on Clemson’s radio network.

Watson can tie Charlie Whitehurst for third on the Clemson list

for career wins with a victory over NC State. Whitehurst was 25-16 in his

four years as a starter from 2002-05.

Clemson’s Winningest Starting Quarterbacks

(Min 20 Starts, Percentage basis)

Rk Player Years W-L-T Pct

1. Deshaun Watson 2014-15 24-2-0 .923

2. DeChane Cameron 1988-91 19-4-1 .813

3. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 32-8 .800

4. Mike Eppley 1980-84 21-5-1 .796

5. Homer Jordan 1979-82 22-6-1 .776

6. Harvey White 1957-59 18-7 .720

7. Bobby Gage 1946-48 17-7 .708

8. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 20-11 .645

9. Steve Fuller 1975-78 21-11-3 .643

10. Cullen Harper 2005-08 16-9 .640

42 Straight Wins over Unranked Opponents One of the most incredible streaks for the Clemson football program the last ive years has been its streak of 42 consecutive games without losing to an unranked opponent in either poll. (It is a 44-game streak against teams not in the top 25 of the AP poll). Alabama is the only school with a longer streak of wins over un-ranked teams at 63. Clemson last lost to an unranked team on November 19, 2011 when the seventh-ranked Tigers lost at NC State 37-13. Dabo Swinney has not lost at home to an unranked opponent since the irst game he coached for the Tigers. That was on October 18, 2008. Georgia Tech won a battle of unranked teams 21-17. Since then Swinney and the Tigers have won 43 in a row at home over unranked teams.


CLEMSON vs. NC StateWatson Named Top College Player by ESPN

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named the No. 1

college football player in the nation by ESPN.com over the summer. The

website took votes from 32 ESPN college football media and came up

with a top 100 players in the nation.

Watson was ranked No. 22 in the nation entering last year and

inished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, the irst Clemson player to be

a Heisman inalist. He led the Tigers to a 14-1 record and No. 2 national

ranking at season’s end. He became the irst FBS player in history to

throw for over 4,000 yards and rush for over 1,000 in the same season.

He was a irst-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year.

Eight different media outlets selected top 40, 50 or 100 play-

ers this off season and Watson was named the nation’s top player by ive

of them. The others to pick him No. 1 were Sporting News, CBS Sports,

NFL.com and Athlon Sports. Bleacher Report chose Watson No. 2, while

Sports Illustrated and Pro Football Focus chose Watson sixth.

ESPN.com had six Tigers in their top 100. Wide receiver Mike

Williams was ranked 48th, offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt was 55th, running

back Wayne Gallman was 58th, wide receiver Artavis Scott was 76th and

defensive lineman Christian Wilkins was 85th.

Ten current Clemson players were listed as top 100 players by

at least one of the eight media outlets. Ben Boulware was ranked 23rd by

Si.com and 32nd by Sporting News. Jordan Leggett was ranked 79th by

NFL.com and 92nd by Si.com. Carlos Watkins was ranked in the top 50

by NFL.com (14), Sporting News (38) and Si.com (49). Cordrea Tankers-

ley was ranked 57th by Pro Football Focus and 90th by NFL.com.

Watson was the only Tiger ranked in the top 100 by all eight

services. Gallman was ranked in six of the eight, Mike Williams was

ranked in ive of the eight, Hyatt, Watkins and Scott were listed in three

of the eight.

Clemson Players in Top 100 Preseason Rankings for 2016

Deshaun Watson: ESPN.com (1), Sporting News (1), CBS (1), NFL.com

(1), Athlon (1), Bleacher Report (2), Pro Football Focus (6), Si.com (6).

Wayne Gallman: CBS (35), Athlon (35), Bleacher Report (38), Si.com

(41), ESPN,com (58), Pro Football Focus (92).

Mike Williams: NFL.com (18), CBS (42), Si.com (42), ESPN.com (48),

Pro Football Focus (58).

Mitch Hyatt: Athlon (25), CBS (39), ESPN.com (55)

Carlos Watkins: NFL.com (14), Sporting News (38), Si.com (49).

Artavis Scott: Bleacher Report (28), ESPN (76), Si.com (98).

Ben Boulware: Si.com (23), Sporting News (32).

Jordan Leggett: NFL.com (79), Si.com (92).

Cordrea Tankersley: Pro Football Focus (57), NFL.com (90)

Christian Wilkins: ESPN.com (85).

Deshaun Watson Summary of Accomplishments in 2015

Awards

•Finalist (one of three) for the Heisman Trophy, Clemson’s irst Heisman

inalist.

•Davey O’Brien Award Winner

•Manning Award Winner

•Archie Grifin Award Winner

•Maxwell Award Finalist

•Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Finalist

•Sullivan Award semiinalist

•ACC Most Valuable Player by Media and Coaches

•ACC Championship Game Most Valuable Player

•Most Valuable Offensive Player of Orange Bowl

•Consensus First-team All-American

•South Carolina Player of the Year by South Carolina Hall of Fame

•First-team All-ACC

•ACC Male Athlete of the Year (Just second in Clemson History)

Major Records and Accomplishments

•First quarterback in FBS history to pass for 4,000 yards and rush for

1,000 in same season

•Set ACC record for total offense yards in a season with 5,209, irst

5,000-yard player in ACC history.

•Set ACC record for touchdown responsibility in a season with 47, 35

passing and 12 rushing.

•Set Clemson record for total completions with 333

•Set Clemson season record for passing yards with 4,104

•Set Clemson record for wins by a starting quarterback (14)

•Tied Clemson record for wins over top 25 teams by starting quarterback

(four)

Watson Recipient of Jerry Richardson Community MVP Award

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson received the Jerry

Richardson Community MVP Award in July at the Seventh Annual South

Carolina Coaches for Charity at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Green-

ville. The award is named in honor of former Baltimore Colts receiver

and current Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson.

Fisher DeBerry, a South Carolina native and Hall of Fame for-

mer head football coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy, hosts the event

through the Fisher DeBerry Foundation, which assists children of single

parent families.

Football coaches from around the state were together for the

evening, all in the name of charity. The list of college head coaches

included Dabo Swinney, Will Muschamp, Brent Thompson, Mike Ayers,

Bruce Fowler and Buddy Pough.

Each coach chose a charity that beneits from his participation,

as well as his Jerry Richardson Community MVP Award honoree, who were

recognized during the evening.

Watson had an outstanding year on the ield, helping the Tigers

to a 14-1 record and the ACC Championship. The Tigers inished second

in both wire service polls after reaching the national championship game

against Alabama. Off the ield, he received much acclaim for his work

with Habitat for Humanity and was named to the ACC Academic honor

roll. He is slated to graduate in December in just three years.

Deshaun Watson records (38)

Game (1)

• Passing Touchdowns (6), 2014

Season (31)

• Rushing Yards by a QB (1,105), 2015

• Pass Completions (333), 2015

• Pass Completions / Gm (22.2), 2015

• Consecutive Games with Completions (15), 2015

• Passing Yards (4,104), 2015

• Passing Yards / Attempt (10.7), 2014

• Passing Eficiency (188.6), 2014

• Wins as Starting QB (14), 2015

• Wins as True Freshman QB (4), 2014

• Top-25 Wins as QB (4), 2015

• Total Offense Plays (698), 2015

• Total Offense (5,209), 2015

• Total Offense / Gm (347.3), 2015

• Total Offense Yards Per Play (8.3), 2014

• 200-Yard Total Offense Games (14), 2015

• 300-Yard Total Offense Games (9), 2015

• 300-Yard Total Offense / 100-Yard Rushing Games (5), 2015

• Passing Yards by a Sophomore (4,104), 2015

• Passing Yards by a True Freshman (1,466), 2014

• Passing Eficiency by a True Freshman (188.6), 2014

• Passing Eficiency by a Freshman (188.6), 2014

• Passing Eficiency by a Sophomore (156.3), 2015

• Completion Percentage by a True Freshman (67.9), 2014

• Completion Percentage by a Freshman (67.9), 2014

• Completion Percentage by a Sophomore (67.8), 2015

• Passing Touchdowns by a True Freshman (14), 2014

• Passing Touchdowns by a Sophomore (35), 2015

• Total Offense by a True Freshman (1,666), 2014

• Total Offense by a Sophomore (5,209), 2015

• Snaps by a Sophomore (1,121), 2015

• Snaps by a QB (1,121), 2015


CLEMSON vs. NC StateCareer (6)

• Completion Percentage (66.3)

• Passing Eficiency (159.2)

• Winning Percentage as Starting QB (92.3)

• Total Offense / Gm (300.2)

• Total Offense Yards Per Play (7.5)

•Consecutive games with a touchdown pass (22)

Summary of Watch List selections for Clemson Players

Clemson has 36 selections among 19 awards that have

announced Watch Lists for the 2016 season. It is the most Watch List

selections in Clemson history. That includes the Lombardi Award that

has expanded its ield to all positions. Eight different Clemson players

were on the Watch List for the Lombardi Award.

Maxwell Award: (Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Mike Williams)

Walter Camp Player of the Year: (Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman,

Jordan Leggett)

Paul Hornung Award: (Artavis Scott)

Fred Biletnikoff Award: (Mike Williams and Artavis Scott)

Davey O’Brien Award: (Deshaun Watson)

Doak Walker Award: (Wayne Gallman)

Lou Groza Award: (Greg Huegel)

Dick Butkus Award: (Ben Boulware)

Dave Rimington Award: (Jay Guillermo)

Jim Thorpe Award: Cordrea Tankersley

Danny Wuerfful Award: (Deshaun Watson)

Outland Trophy: (Carlos Watkins, Jay Guillermo, Tyrone Crowder)

Chuck Bednarik Award: ( Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tanker-

sley)

Bronko Nagurski Award: (Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tanker-

sley)

AFCA Goodworks Team: (Deshaun Watson)

Manning Award: (Deshaun Watson)

John Unitas Award: (Deshaun Watson)

Lombardi Award: (Ben Boulware, Tyrone Crowder, Wayne Gallman,

Mitch Hyatt, Jordan Leggett, Carlos Watkins, Deshaun Watson, Christian

Wilkins)

Swinney Fourth in ACC history in winning percentage Dabo Swinney is fourth in ACC in winning percentage with a .750 mark. He is 81-27 so far in his Clemson career. Last year he moved ahead of Frank Beamer and Lou Holtz on the list. Next on the list is Danny Ford, who won .760 of his games for Clemson between 1978-89. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State’s head coach, is irst on the list with a .824 percentage. Winningest Coaches in ACC History (winning percentage basis) Rk Coach School Record Pct 1. Jimbo Fisher Florida State 71-16 .816 2. Bobby Bowden Florida State 173-53-1 .764 3. Danny Ford Clemson 96-29-4 .760 4. Dabo Swinney Clemson 81-27 .750 5. Lou Holtz N.C State 33-12-3 .719 6. Ken Hatield Clemson 32-13-1 .707 7. Frank Beamer Virginia Tech 113-47-0 .706 8. Jim Tatum Maryland, UNC 41-19-2 .677 9. Larry Coker Miami 25-12 .675 10. Jerry Claiborne Maryland 72-37-3 .656

Facts on Head Coach Dabo Swinney

•Clemson is the only program in the nation to inish in the top 25 of the

AP poll and rank in the top 10 percent of the academic APR scores each

of the last ive years.

•Has led Clemson to at least the same, or higher inal ranking than its

preseason in the AP poll each of the last ive years. Has tied the all-time

record for that accomplishment. John Cooper of Ohio State and Bill

Snyder of Kansas State also had a streak of ive straight years.

•Has led Clemson to the same or higher inal AP ranking than its presea-

son ranking six of his seven full seasons as head coach.

•Only coach in college football history to win a bowl game four consecu-

tive years against a team led by a coach who already had won a national

championship. Has defeated Les Miles (LSU), Urban Meyer (Ohio State )

and Bob Stoops (Oklahoma, twice) over the last four years.

•National Coach of the Year according to 11 different selectors in 2015,

including the Associated Press, ESPN, AFCA and the Bear Bryant Award.

•That included winning the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coach of the Year which

takes into account all sports.

•Recipient of the Gene Stallings Award in the summer of 2015

•FCA National Coach of the Year in 2013

•Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year in 2011

•Clemson has won at least 10 games each of the last ive years, joining

Alabama as the only FBS schools who can make that claim.

ªClemson has finished in the top 25 of both polls each of the last five

years, joining Florida State, Alabama and Oregon on that list.

•Led Clemson to a school record 17 consecutive wins over 2014 and

2015 seasons. It was longest active streak in the nation by six games.

•Has streak of 42 straight wins over non-ranked teams dating to 2011,

the second longest active streak of its kind.

•Won the ACC Championship in 2011 and 2015 and has four ACC Atlan-

tic Division titles in last seven years.

•Clemson tied the FBS record for wins in a season with 14 in 2015,

and ranked No. 1 in the nation in all six College Football Playoff Polls in

2015.

•Led Clemson to 56 wins between 2011-15, fourth most in the nation

and most in Clemson history for a ive-year period.

•Clemson program has been ranked in 82 of the last 89 AP polls, (in-

cluding poll of 10-10-2016) ifth most in the nation.

•Clemson has 20 wins in its history over teams ranked 10th or better and

Swinney has been Clemson’s coach for 10 of those games, including wins

over No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 8 North Carolina in

2015 and No.3 Louisville in 2016.

•Clemson had nine players drafted in 2016, second most in the nation.

Clemson has had four irst-round draft choices the last three years

•Swinney has a record of 81-27 for his career and the .750 winning

percentage is fourth best in ACC history.

Clemson Has Two Ties to College Football Playoff Committee

Current Clemson Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich and

former Clemson player Bobby Johnson are two of the 12 people on the

College Football Playoff Committee for 2016. It is the third year on the

committee for Radakovich and the second year for Johnson.

2016 College Football Playoff Committee

Kirby Hocutt, Chairman, Director of Athletics, Texas Tech

Barry Alvarez, Director of Athletics, Wisconsin

Jeff Bower, former head coach, Southern Mississippi

Herb Deromedi, former head coach Central Michigan

Tom Jernstedt, former NCAA Executive Vice President

Bobby Johnson former head coach, Vanderbilt, Furman

Jeff Long, Director of Athletics, Arkansas

Bob Mullens, Director of Athletics, Oregon

Dan Radakovich, Director of Athletics, Clemson

Condoleezza Rice, Stanford Professor, former Secretary of State

Steve Wieberg, former college football reporter, USA Today

Tyrone Willingham, former head coach, Stanford, Notre Dame, Washing-

ton

Offspring of Former Tigers

Eight members of the Clemson football team are offspring of former

Tiger football players. That includes six players who are sons of mem-

bers of Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. Two of them,

J.D. Davis and Judah Davis, are twin sons of 1981 captain Jeff Davis,

who is in the College Football Hall of Fame. Kanyan Tuttle is the son of

former Clemson All-American Perry Tuttle, who was on the cover of Sports

Illustrated the week after Clemson defeated Nebraska for the National

Championship.

Brian Dawkins, Jr. is the son of former Clemson All-American and

NFL great Brian Dawkins. Junior is injured and will red-shirt this year.


CLEMSON vs. NC StateAmir Trapp is the son of James Trapp, who went on to win a Super Bowl

Championship with the Baltimore Ravens.

It is interesting to point out that only one of the eight has the same

number as dad had at Clemson. That is Cannon Smith, who has the

same No. 84 that Bill Smith wore during his career at Clemson.

Offspring of Former Clemson Football Players

Current Player, Pos Hometown Dad (Clemson Years)

J.D. Davis, LB Clemson, S.C #Jeff Davis, LB, 1978-81

Judah Davis, LB Clemson, S.C. #Jeff Davis, LB, 1978-81

Brian Dawkins, Jr., DB Parker, Colo. Brian Dawkins, SAF, 1992-95

Jarvis Magwood, LB Greenville, S.C. #Frank Magwood, WR, 1979-82

Cannon Smith, TE Columbia, S.C. #Bill Smith, DE, 1977-81

Will Spiers, P Camerson, S.C. Bill Spiers, P, 1986

Amir Trapp, DB Clemson, S.C. James Trapp, DB, 1989-92

Kanyan Tuttle, WR Charlotte, N.C. #Perry Tuttle, WR, 1978-81

#Denotes played on 1981 National Championship team

Clemson National Rankings under Venables

Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables has led the Ti-

gers defense to some outstanding national rankings over his four years as

defensive coordinator, especially over the last two years. Clemson ranked

irst in the nation in total defense in 2014, then ranked 10th in 2015.

The 2015 ranking was quite an accomplishment considering Venables

lost eight starters from his 2014 defense.

Clemson ranked irst in the nation in pass eficiency defense

in 2014 and 11th in 2015. The Tigers were in the top ive in completion

percentage defense each of the last two years and in the top four in third

down conversion defense in both 2014 and 2015. Overall, Clemson led

the nation in 12 different defensive categories in 2014 and ranked in the

top 10 in six of those areas in 2015.

The aggressive approach has paid off for Venables as Clemson

has led the nation in total tackles for loss each of the last three years

with 123 in 2013, 131 in 2014 and 126 in 2015.

Clemson National Rankings under Venables

2012 2013 2014 2015

Category Fig Rk Fig Rk Fig Rk Fig Rk

Total Defense 396.5 64 356.7 25 260.8 1 313 10

Scoring Defense 24.8 46 22.2 24 16.7 3 21.7 24

Rushing Defense 156.2 58 155.7 53 103.4 5 125.3 18

Pass Defense 240.3 73 201.0 16 157.4 2 187.7 17

Pass Eficiency Def. 131.2 62 114.2 19 98.3 1 109.7 11

Comp. % Defense .581 46 .533 14 .500 5 .484 2

3rd Down Defense .340 24 .308 5 .274 1 .277 4

Yards/Play Allowed 5.65 69 5.03 23 4.03 1 4.85 17

Yds/Rush Allowed 4.18 66 3.73 28 2.97 3 3.54 20

Yds/Pass Att Allowed 7.3 68 6.9 47 5.3 1 6.4 26

` Sacks/Game 2.62 21 2.92 13 3.46 6 3.20 4

Tackles for Loss/G 6.69 30 9.46 1 10.08 1 8.40 5

First Downs/G 18.8 31 18.0 19 14.2 1 15.0 5

Tigers Prominent in Herbie Awards

For the 16th straight year, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herb-

streit released his preseason College Football Herbie Awards. The awards

feature various categories of college football.

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and wide receiver Hunter

Renfrow both won awards, while wide receiver Mike Williams, linebacker

Ben Boulware, and Watson, were inalists. Watson was a inalist for three

awards, and won one.

Clemson Finalists for 2016 Herbie Awards

Award Player Result

4000/100 Deshaun Watson Winner

Unsung Hero Hunter Renfrow Winner

Welcome Back Mike Williams Finalist

Throwback Player Ben Boulware Finalist

Ultimate Game Changer Deshaun Watson Finalist

Ultimate Herbie Deshaun Watson Finalist

Clemson Winning Close Games Clemson has a 14-2 record since 2011 in games decided by a touchdown or less. The only losses are to a No. 1 ranked Florida State team in overtime in 2014 and to No. 2 ranked Alabama in the National Championship game at the end of the 2015 season. Clemson has added to that with a 3-0 record this year, including the 42-36 win over No. 3 Louisville

Clemson in Games Decided by 7 or Less, since 2011 (14-2) Date Opponent (Rk) W-L CU-Opp 9-24-11 Florida State (11) W 35-30 11-12-11 Wake Forest W 31-28 9-1-12 N-Auburn (#25) W 26-19 12-21-12 N-LSU (9) W 25-24 8-31-13 Georgia (5) W 38-35 1-3-14 N-Ohio State (7) W 40-35 9-20-14 at Florida State (1) L 17-23 10-11-14 Louisville W 23-17 10-18-14 at Boston College W 17-13 9-17-15 at Louisville W 20-17 10-3-15 Notre Dame (6) W 24-22 11-28-15 at South Carolina W 37-32 1-11-16 N- Alabama (2) L 40-45 9-3-2016 at Auburn W 19-13 9-10-2016 Troy W 30-24 10-1-2016 Louisville (3) W 42-36 #ranked in USA Today only Watson Moves Into Second on Touchdown Pass List Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson threw his 50th touch-down pass at Auburn, making him the second man in Clemson history with at least 50 scoring passes. Tajh Boyd is the all time leader with 107. Watson is also now second in school history in touchdown re-sponsbility with 84. He has 67 touchdown passes and 17 rushing. Tajh Boyd is the ACC record holder with 133. Last year Watson had an ACC record 47 total touchdowns, 35 passing and 12 rushing.

Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Passes Rk Player Years TD Pass 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 107 2. Deshaun Watson 2014-15 67 3. Charlie Whitehust 2002-05 49 4. Cullen Harper 2005-08 42 5. Woodrow Dantzler 1998-01 41 6. Nealon Greene 1994-97 35 7. Kyle Parker 2009-10 32 8. Mike Eppley 1980-84 28

Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Responsibility Rk Player Years Rush Pass * Tot 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 26 107 0 133 2. Deshaun Watson 2014-15 17 67 0 84 3. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 27 41 0 68 4. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 10 49 0 59 5. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 32 1 19 59 6. Travis Zachery 1998-01 41 0 9 50 7. James Davis 2005-08 47 0 2 49 8. Cullen Harper 2005-08 5 42 0 47 9. Steve Fuller 1975-78 22 22 0 44 10. Nealon Greene 1994-97 8 35 0 43 Clemson Has Played 11 True Freshmen Clemson played four true freshmen in the win at Auburn and seven more against Troy. Last year Clemson played 14 true freshmen. Below is a history of true freshman who have appeared in at least one game in a season since 2009, the irst year of the Dabo Swinney era. Clemson True Freshman to Appear in a Game under Swinney2009 (3): Jonathan Meeks (DB), Mallicah Goodman (DE), Corico Hawkins (Now Wright) LB)2010 (4): Deandre Hopkins (WR), Justin Parker (LB), Martin Jenkins (DB), Darius Robinson (DB)2011 (12): Martavis Bryant (WR), Sammy Watkins (WR), Mike


CLEMSON vs. NC StateBellamy (RB), Tony Steward (LB), Cole Stoudt (QB), Stephone Anthony (LB), Charone Peake (WR), Robert Smith (S), Grady Jarrett (DT), Corey Crawford (DE), DeShawn Williams (DT), Adam Humphries (WR).2012 (7): Travis Blanks (SS), Zak Brooks (RB), Kevin Dodd (DE), Bradley Pinion (P), D.J. Reader (DT), Carlos Watkins (DT)2013 (9): Ben Boulware (LB), T.J. Greene (WR), Jadar Johnson (DB), Jayron Kearse (SS), Shaq Lawson (DE), Jordan Leggett (TE), Cordrea Tankersley (DB), Korrin Wiggins (LB), Mike Williams (WR)2014 (5): Adam Choice (RB), Demarre Kitt (WR), Kyrin Priester (WR), Artavis Scott (WR), Deshaun Watson (QB).2015 (14): Austin Bryant (DE), Kelly Bryant (QB), Deon Cain (WR), J.D. Davis (LB), Judah Davis (LB), Mark Fields (DB), Jake Fruhmorgen (OT), Albert Huggins (DT), Mitch Hyatt (OT), Ray-Ray McCloud (WR), Van Smith (S), Christian Wilkins (DT), Garrett Williams (TE) and Jalen Williams (LB).2016 (11): Dexter Lawrence (DT), Trey Lamar (LB), James Skalski (LB), K’Von Wallace (DB), Trayvon Mullen (DB), Diondre Overton (WR), Cornell Powell (WR), Tavien Feaster (RB), Treymayne Anchrum (OL), John Simp-son (OL), Sean Pollard (OL),

Watson Named to AFCA Goodworks Team Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named to the All-state Insurance Company American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team for 2016. The Good Works Team® award is celebrating 25 years of recognizing college football players who dedicate their time to bettering the community and the lives of others. Watson, the consensus All-American quarterback in 2015, has been signiicantly involved in Habitat for Humanity since he was in high school and his time with the Clemson Tigers. Last year he was presented with the Habitat for Humanity’s Next Generation Award. Watson is the fourth Clemson player to be named to the team. Robert Carswell (1999), Nick Eason (2000) and Xavier Dye (2009) were previous selections. The players named to the Good Works Team® represent the sport’s inest in terms of character and leadership, in addition to main-taining good academic standing. To help announce the landmark year of the Good Works Team®, Allstate and the AFCA have also teamed up with two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner and 2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® member Tim Tebow. The following players and head coach have been named to the 2016 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® from FBS Schools: Deshaun Watson (Clemson), Derek McCartney (Colorado), DeV-on Edwards (Duke), Alec Eberle (Florida State), Jeb Blazevich (Georgia), KeShun Freeman (Georgia Tech), Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea (Hawaii), Mike Caprara (Pittsburgh), Caylin Moore (TCU), Dane Evans (Tulsa), Oren Burks (Vanderbilt), and Zach Terrell (Western Michigan).

CLEMSON FREQUENT VISITOR TO AP POLL With Clemson’s No. 2 inish in the inal AP poll for 2015, the Tigers appeared in

the Associated Press Poll 75 times out of a possible 82 polls between 2011-15. That

means Clemson was in the AP poll 91.5 percent of the time since the start of 2011,

tied for the ifth most frequent appearance over that time with Oregon.

Alabama is irst as the Crimson Tide have been in all 82 polls over that time, with

an average ranking of 2.6. Clemson’s average ranking over the last ive years when it

appears is 10.8. Only Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida State and LSU have been in the

poll more often than Clemson over the last ive years.

Clemson is eighth in terms of the number of top 10 appearances the last ive

years with 35 of 82 polls. Again Alabama leads the way with 80 top 10 rankings in

the last 82 polls.

Most AP Top 25 Poll Appearances, 2011-15

Rk School Conference Pct. App

1. Alabama SEC 1.000 82-82

2. Oklahoma Big 12 .963 79-82

3. Florida State ACC .927 76-82

LSU SEC .927 76-82

5. Clemson ACC .915 75-82

Oregon Pac 12 .915 75-82

7. Stanford Pac 12 .866 71-82

8. Ohio State Big Ten .841 69-82

9. Baylor Big 12 .744 61-82

Georgia SEC .744 61-82

Most AP Top 10 Appearances, 2011-15

Rk School Con Pct App

1. Alabama SEC .976 80-82

2. Oregon Pac 12 .768 63-82

3. Florida State ACC .646 53-82

4. Ohio State Big Ten .610 50-82

LSU SEC .605 49-81

6. Stanford Pac 12 .524 43-82

7. Baylor Big 12 .439 36-82

8. Clemson ACC .427 35-82

9. Michigan St. Big 10 .415 34-82

10. Georgia SEC .390 32-82

CLEMSON HAD 56 WINS LAST FIVE YEARS ENTERING 2016 Clemson has a 56-12 record over the last ive years, the most wins in any ive-year

period in Clemson history. Nationally, the Tigers are tied for fourth with Ohio State in

the total victories category since 2011. Alabama, leads the nation with 62 victories

since 2011. The Crimson Tide sport a 62-7 mark the last ive years. The Tigers and

Tide are the only teams in the nation to have at least 10 wins each of the last 5 years.

Winningest Programs, 2011-15

Rk School 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total

1. Alabama 12-1 13-1 11-2 12-2 14-1 62-7

2. Florida State 9-4 12-2 14-0 13-1 10-3 58-10

Oregon 12-2 12-1 11-2 13-2 9-4 57-11

4. Clemson 10-4 11-2 11-2 10-3 14-1 56-12

Ohio State 6-7 12-0 12-2 14-1 12-1 56-11

6. Michigan State 11-3 7-6 13-1 11-2 12-2 54-14

Stanford 11-2 12-2 11-3 8-5 12-2 54-14

Northern Illinois 11-3 12-2 12-2 11-3 8-6 54-16

9. Boise State 12-1 11-2 8-5 12-2 9-4 52-14

CLEMSON ENTERS 700 WIN CLUB Clemson won its 700th game in history on November 21, 2015 with a 33-13

victory over Wake Forest. Clemson became the 23rd program in FBS history to win 700

games, the ifth to do it in 2015. Other schools who reached 700 victories last year

include Florida, Arkansas, Pittsburgh and Washington.

Clemson entered the 2016 season with 703 total wins, 20th in the history of

FBS football. Clemson has made quite a run the last ive years with 56 victories, an

average of 11 per season. And the Tigers have done it against good programs.

A check to the chart below shows that Clemson is 19-4 against the other progams

ranked in th top 20 in the nation in total victories the last six years. That includes a

5-1 record against the Top 10 under Dabo Swinney over the last three years. Clemson

has won a bowl game each of the last four years against a program ranked in the top

12 in the nation in total wins.

FBS Programs with at Least 700 Wins

Rk School 2015 Overall Clem vs. 2011-16

1. Michigan 10-3 925-331-36

2. Notre Dame 10-3 892-313-42 1-0

3. Texas 4-8 885-354-33

4. Nebraska 6-7 880-368-40

5. Ohio State 12-1 875-320-53 1-0

6. Alabama 14-1 864-326-43 0-1

7. Oklahoma 11-2 861-319-53 2-0

8. Penn State 7-6 856-382-41

9. Tennessee 9-4 820-371-53

10. Southern California 8-6 813-333-54

11. Georgia 10-3 787-413-54 1-1

12. LSU 9-3 770-404-47 1-0

13. Auburn 7-6 741-427-47 3-0

14. West Virginia 9-4 728-481-45

15. Virginia Tech 7-6 718-458-46 3-0

16. Texas A&M 7-6 717-466-48

17. Georgia Tech 3-9 714-486-43 4-2

18. Syracuse 4-8 712-521-49 3-0

19. Pittsburgh 8-5 704-515-42

20. Clemson 14-1 703-456-45

21. Washington 6-6 702-440-50

22. Arkansas 8-5 702-480-40

23. Florida 10-3 701-403-40

Total 19-4



Top 25 Teams Each of Last Five Years Clemson has inished each of the last ive seasons in the top 25 of both polls. Clemson, Alabama, Oregon and Florida State are the only schools in the nation to inish in the top 25 of both polls every year since 2011. That includes a top 15 or better inal ranking each of the last four years when the Tigers have had a 46-8 record, the best four year mark in Clemson history.

School 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US Clemson 22-22 11-9 8-7 15-15 12-2 Alabama 1-1 1-1 7-8 4-4 1-1 Oregon 4-4 2-2 9-9 2-2 19-20 Florida State 23-23 10-8 1-1 5-6 14-14

Exceeding Expectations Clemson has at least matched its preseason ranking in the USA Today coaches poll each of the last ive years. That is becoming more and more dificult to accomplish in light of some high preseason rankings in recent years. This year the only way Clemson might do it is if the Ti-gers play for the National Championship. Below is a chart of Clemson’s preseason and postseason ranking in each poll since 2011. Dabo Swinney has joined Bill Snyder of Kansas State and John Cooper of Ohio State as the only coaches in history to lead a team to the same or better AP postseason ranking than its AP preseason ranking ive consecutive years since preseason polls began in 1950.

Preseason vs. Postseason Rankings Poll 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP NR-22 14-11 8-8 16-15 12-2 USA NR-22 14-9 8-7 16-15 12-2

Relatively Speaking •Starting offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt is the nephew of former Clemson defensive tackle Dan Benish, who was an All-ACC defensive tackle on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. •Freshman defensive back Mark Fields is the son of former Carolina Panther linebacker Mark Fields, a irst-round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints in 1995. •J.D. Davis and Judah Davis are the twin sons of former Clem-son All-American and College Football Hall of Famer Jeff Davis. •Tight end Milan Richard is the nephew of former Georgia All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker. •Tight end Cannon Smith is the son of former Clemson defen-sive end Bill Smith, a starter on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. •Tight end Garrett Williams is the son of former Florida State fullback Dayne Williams who helped the Seminoles execute the “puntr-ooski” against Clemson in 1988. •Wide receiver and holder Seth Ryan is the son of Buffalo Bills Head Coach Rex Ryan.

Excelling on Field and in Classroom Clemson is the only school in the nation to rank in the top 10 percent of APR scores (four-year averages) and in the inal top 25 of both polls each of the last ive years. The streak of top 25 inal rankings on the ield includes four straight years of top 15 inal rankings by AP and USA Today. Clemson was second on the ield and tied for 11th in APR scores in 2015-16 academic year.

2011-12 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Northwestern Big Ten 995 2. Boise State WAC 8-5 989 Duke ACC 989 4. Ohio State Big Ten 988 5. Northern Illinois MAC 987 6. Rice Conference USA 986 7. Clemson ACC 22-22 983 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 983 9. Rutgers Big East 982 10. Air Force Mountain West 980

2012-13 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Northwestern Big Ten 996 2. Boise State WAC 18-14 993 3. Duke ACC 989 4. Clemson ACC 11-9 985 Wisconsin Big Ten 985 6. Georgia Tech ACC 983 7. Boston College ACC 982 Missouri SEC 982 Ohio State Big Ten 3-NR 982

2013-14 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Duke ACC 23-22 992 2. Northwestern Big Ten 991 3. Wisconsin Big Ten 22-21 989 4. Boise State WAC 988 Utah State Mountain West 988 6. Stanford Pac 12 11-10 984 7. Clemson ACC 8-7 983 Georgia Tech ACC 983 9. Boston College ACC 981 10. Missouri SEC 5-5 980 Nebraska Big Ten NR-25 980 Rutgers Big Ten 980 South Carolina SEC 4-4 980

2014-15 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Wisconsin Big Ten 13-18 998 2. Duke ACC 992 Northwestern Big Ten 992 4. Michigan Big Ten 990 5. Stanford Pac 12 987 6. Utah State Mountain West 985 Nebraska Big Ten 985 8. Clemson ACC 15-15 984 9. Boise State WAC 16-20 981 Army Independent 981

2015-16 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Duke ACC 995 2. Minnesota Big Ten 992 Northwestern Big Ten 992 Wisconsin Big Ten 21-21 992 5. Vanderbilt SEC 990 6. Army Independent 989 Michigan Big Ten 12-11 989 8. Georgia Tech ACC 987 Air Force Mountain West 987 10. North Texas 984 11. Clemson ACC 2-2 983 Stanford Pac 12 3-3 983 Central Florida AAC 983 Utah Mountain West 17-16 983

Former Clemson Players in the NFL(As of October 9, 2016) Name Pos Team NFL CU Years Dwayne Allen TE Indianapolis Colts 5th 2008-11 MacKenzie Alexander DB Minnesota Vikings R 2014-15 Stephone Anthony LB New Orleans Saints 2nd 2011-14 $Isaiah Battle OT Los Angeles Rams 2nd 2012-14 @Tavaris Barnes DE Seattle Seahawks 2nd 2011-14 Vic Beasley DE Atlanta Falcons 2nd 2011-14 Andre Branch DE Miami Dolphins 5th 2008-11 Bashaun Breeland DB Washington Redskins 3rd 2011-13 Jaron Brown WR Arizona Cardinals 4th 2009-12 #Martavis Bryant WR Pittsburgh Steelers 3rd 2011-13 Chandler Catanzaro PK Arizona Cardinals 3rd 2010-13 Kevin Dodd DE Tennessee Titans R 2012-15 Andre Ellington RB Arizona Cardinals 4th 2009-12 Marcus Gilchrist SS New York Jets 6th 2007-10


CLEMSON vs. NC State B.J. Goodson LB New York Giants R 2012-15 T.J. Green Saf Indianapolis Colts R 2013-15 Chris Hairston OT San Diego Chargers 6th 2007-10 DeAndre Hopkins WR Houston Texans 4th 2010-12 Adam Humphries WR Tampa Bay Bucs 2nd 2011-14 Jayron Kearse DB Minnesota Vikings R 2013-15 Grady Jarrett DT Atlanta Falcons 2nd 2011-14 Jarvis Jenkins DE New York Jets 6th 2007-10 @Shaq Lawson DE Buffalo Bills R 2013-15 Byron Maxwell CB Miami Dolphins 6th 2007-10 Jonathan Meeks SS Buffalo Bills 4th 2009-12 Charone Peake WR New York Jets R 2011-15 Bradley Pinion P San Francisco 49ers 2nd 2012-14 D.J. Reader DT Houston Texans R 2012-15 Tyler Shatley OG Jacksonville Jaguars 3rd 2010-13 C.J. Spiller RB Seattle Seahawks 7th 2006-09 $Brandon Thomas OT Detroit Lions 2nd 2010-13 @Brandon Thompson DT Cincinnati Bengals 5th 2008-11 @Sammy Watkins WR Buffalo Bills 3rd 2011-13 Charlie Whitehurst QB Cleveland Browns 11th 2002-05 Deshawn Williams DT Cincinnati Bengals 2nd 2011-14#Suspended List, @Injured Reserve$Denotes Practice Squad

Clemson Preseason Pick to Win ACC

Clemson is the preseason favorite to repeat as Atlantic Coast

Conference football champion, according to a poll of 191 media mem-

bers in attendance at the 2016 ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte

The Tigers, who posted a 14-1 overall record last season and

reached the College Football Playoff national title game, are also picked

to again capture the Atlantic Division, while North Carolina is favored to

repeat as the Coastal Division winner.

Clemson junior quarterback Deshaun Watson was the over-

whelming choice to repeat as ACC Player of the Year after his record-set-

ting 2015 campaign. Watson was also the media’s preseason selection as

conference player of the year last season.

The Tigers were picked the likely 2016 ACC champions on 144

ballots, followed by Florida State with 39 votes and North Carolina with

seven. One voter chose Louisville.

ACC Championship Votes

Clemson – 144, Florida State 39, North Carolina 7, Louisville 1.

Atlantic Division

(First place votes in parenthesis)

1 Clemson (148) – 1,293

2 Florida State (42) – 1,176

3 Louisville (1) - 961

4 NC State - 704

5 Boston College - 441

6 Syracuse - 426

7 Wake Forest - 347

Coastal Division

(First place votes in parenthesis)

1 North Carolina (121) – 1,238

2 Miami (50) – 1,108

3 Pitt (14) - 859

4 Virginia Tech (3) - 697

5 Duke (2) - 597

6 Georgia Tech (1) -588

7 Virginia -261

ACC Player of the Year

Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson – 164, Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State

18, Elijah Hood, RB, North Carolina 4, Brad Kaaya, QB, Miami 2, Lamar

Jackson, QB, Louisville 2, DeVon Edwards, CB, Duke 1

Clemson Has Positive Ranking by Wall Street Journal for Third Straight Year Each year the Wall Street Journal publishes its Grid of Shame. It is a grid with four quadrants that take into account a team’s perfor-

mance on and off the ield. Some of the off the ield considerations are the school’s APR ranking, graduation rate, NCAA probation history and player arrests. The goal of college football programs is to be in the upper right quadrant of the grid at the intersection of Powerhouse on the ield and Admirable reputation off the ield.

This year 14 programs were in the upper right quadrant, in-cluding Clemson, who was the team furthest to the right, which meant it was the top program on the ield among the programs who are considered to have admirable qualities off the ield. This marks the third consecutive time the WSJ did the grid that Clemson has been listed in the upper right quadrant. Clemson, Stanford, Washington, Michigan State, Florida, Michigan, Iowa, Boise State and UCLA are the nine schools who have been in the upper right quadrant each of the last three times the WSJ has done the grid.

Dabo and Kathleen Swinney Pledge $1M to IPTAYDabo and Kathleen Swinney recently pledged $1 million to

IPTAY in support of Clemson football to provide future funding for pro-grammatic and building initiatives that will continue to propel the program forward.

It is not the irst time that the Swinneys have chosen to support programs at Clemson. In addition to past gifts of more than $340,000 from the All In Foundation in support of Call Me MISTER, ClemsonLIFE, Clemson’s Bio-Engineering Department (for breast cancer research), Clemson Community Engagement Department (breast cancer pro-gram), Clemson’s Education Department (Reading Recovery and Early Literacy), Clemson’s Outdoor Lab (new dock project) the Swinneys have personally donated more than $265,000 of their private funds to need-based scholarships, Golf Paws, the Clemson chapel project, IPTAY’s annual fund, and the completion of the WestZone

“I love Clemson, and I believe in our program, and I feel like Clemson has been pulling for me since that irst game in 2008,” Swinney said. “But no matter how much we win on the ield, my passion is build-ing and empowering successful young men through the game of football. Kathleen and I are blessed. And we have always known we need to use those blessings to do good for others. It’s so important to us that we give back to this program that has been so good to us.

“Over the years, the Swinneys have left no doubt about their dedication to helping others. One of their largest and most visible avenues is through the All In Foundation. Founded in January 2009, the foundation has four major focuses: breast cancer research, the Family Effect, Call Me MISTER and the ClemsonLIFE Program. Their efforts through the foundation alone have resulted in gifts of over $2 million to these causes.

Two focus areas, ClemsonLIFE and Call Me MISTER, offer young people the opportunity to improve their lives and the lives of others through the power of education. Involvement with special-needs young people began as a tribute to the touching life of John Mark Stall-ings, the special-needs son of Gene Stallings, the coach who deeply impacted the Swinneys during their time at the University of Alabama. The ClemsonLIFE program has helped hundreds of young people learn to live independently as self-suficient adults.

Call Me MISTER, a program begun at Clemson and now spread to 20 colleges and universities, is an initiative that increases the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particularly among the state’s lowest performing elementary schools. The program has created a group of educational leaders who serve as mentors and role models to the communities they serve.

“It is hard to ind programs that are closer to my heart than ClemsonLIFE and Call Me MISTER,” Clemson President Jim Clements said. “The Swinneys generously gave to an endowment established in the name of my daughter, Grace, that offers grants to students who need inancial assistance to be a part of ClemsonLIFE.

“And, anyone who has seen Call Me MISTER in action has witnessed the incredible impact of this program in building leaders across the country. These men are changing lives every day — not just in the classroom, but in their families and the community. It’s great to have a head football coach who continuously shows his commitment to Clemson University through these tremendous programs and others, and is an advocate for and supporter of the entire community.”

Changing lives is the overarching theme of Swinney philan-thropy. And much of that vision stems from their own personal experi-ences. The Family Effect works to reduce alcohol and drug addiction as a leading cause of family collapse and harm to children. The Swinney


CLEMSON vs. NC Statefamily has felt the impact, understands the risk and knows the need for intervening healing in these homes.

“There’s no doubt that times were tough for my family when I was younger. But what I try to do with those experiences is turn them into empathy. I do understand. I do know how these people feel. And as long as we have the inancial resources to try to make a difference, we will,” Swinney said.

The Swinneys have also experienced irst-hand the toll that breast cancer can take on an entire family. Kathleen’s older sister died of breast cancer, and Kathleen discovered that she and her younger sister carry the BRCA gene mutation, making the risk of the disease very close to her. That passion has led to support of early detection as well as the breakthrough research being done on the Clemson campus by Dr. Brian Booth of the Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering.

As Kathleen says, “I really dream of a day when no one suffers from this disease. That’s why I am so passionate about the work of the foundation. I want to help ind the cure and meanwhile make things just a little easier for the families who are in the battle with this disease.”

While Kathleen and Dabo Swinney have a long history of gen-erosity, they would never call their missions accomplished. Dabo sounds like the passionate coach he is when he talks about getting behind these Clemson programs: “You know; Clemson is a great school. But we can’t rest on that. We’ve got so much more to do. We have to always strive to get better and that’s why we’ve got a new strategic plan at the Univer-sity called ClemsonForward. That says it all. Just like playing offense in football: It’s all about the forward progress. No progress. No win. We can’t stop now.”

Renfrow to Miss at Least Four Weeks Clemson starting wide receiver Hunter Renfrow will miss “a few weeks,” according to Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Renfrow suffered a bro-ken hand in the Tigers win over Troy on Saturday while making a 35-yard touchdown reception. Preliminary reports on Saturday indicated it was not a serious injury. “We thought Hunter was going to be fine, but the MRI on Monday showed a little crack below his thumb,” said Swinney on his Monday night radio show, Tiger Calls. “He could play with it, but the injury would make it more difficult to hold on to the ball when he tried to tuck it away. He will have surgery to repair it and miss a few weeks. We hope to have him back for the NC State game, but certainly by the Florida State game after the open date.” Renfrow was one of Clemson’s top players in the school’s run to the National Championship game last year. He had 33 receptions for 492 yards and five touchdowns in 2015. The original walk-on had seven recep-tions for 88 yards and two scores against Alabama. He has caught at least one touchdown pass in each of the last four games. He has four receptions for 62 yards and two scores in two games so far this year. Ray Ray McCloud is expected to move into the starting lineup with Renfrow’s injury. Renfrow also served as the backup punter. The backup punter will now be Carson King, a red-shirt freshman walkon from Nashville, Tenn.

Clemson in Overtime (6-6) Date Opponent Site W-L CU-Opp OTs 11-8-97 Duke H W 29-20 1 9-29-01 Georgia Tech A W 47-44 1 10-11-03 Virginia H W 30-27 1 9-4-04 Wake Forest H W 37-30 2 11-6-04 Miami (Fla.) A W 24-17 1 9-17-05 Miami (Fla.) H L 30-36 3 9-24-05 Boston College H L 13-16 1 9-9-06 Boston College A L 33-34 2 12-31-07 Auburn N1 L 20-23 1 10-24-09 Miami (Fla.) A W 40-37 1 9-18-10 Auburn A L 24-27 1 9-20-14 Florida State A L 17-23 1

2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL@ClemsonFB ClemsonTigers.com

CLEMSON OFFENSEPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

LT 75 MITCH HYATT 6-5 295 So.

76 Sean Pollard 6-5 315 Fr.

LG 51 TAYLOR HEARN 6-5 325 *So.

74 John Simpson 6-4 315 Fr.

71 Noah Green 6-5 290 *Fr.

C 57 JAY GUILLERMO 6-3 310 *Sr.

50 Justin Falcinellli 6-4 315 *So.

RG 55 TYRONE CROWDER 6-2 340 *Jr.

69 Maverick Morris 6-4 305 *Jr.

RT 63 JAKE FRUHMORGEN 6-5 290 So.

76 Sean Pollard 6-5 315 Fr.

TE 16 JORDAN LEGGETT 6-5 260 Sr.

44 Garrett Williams 6-3 245 So.

or 80 Milan Richard 6-3 260 *So.

or 84 Cannon Smith 6-5 265 *So.

WR 7 MIKE WILLIAMS 6-3 225 *Jr.

8 Deon Cain 6-1 210 So.

QB 4 DESHAUN WATSON 6-3 215 Jr.

12 Nick Schuessler 6-4 200 *Gr.

or 2 Kelly Bryant 6-3 215 So.

RB 9 WAYNE GALLMAN 6-0 210 *Jr.

26 Adam Choice 5-9 210 *So.

22 Tyshon Dye 5-11 220 *Jr.

or 27 C.J. Fuller 5-10 215 *So.

or 28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 210 Fr.

WR 34 RAY-RAY MCCLOUD 5-10 180 So.

1 Trevion Thompson 6-2 200 *So.

WR 3 ARTAVIS SCOTT 5-10 190 Jr.

17 Cornell Powell 6-0 200 Fr.

CLEMSON DEFENSEPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

DE 42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS 6-4 310 So.

49 Richard Yeargin 6-5 260 *So.

DT 94 CARLOS WATKINS 6-3 305 *Sr.

67 Albert Huggins 6-3 305 So.

DT 56 SCOTT PAGANO 6-3 295 *Jr.

90 Dexter Lawrence 6-5 340 Fr.

DE 99 CLELIN FERRELL 6-5 265 *Fr.

50 Jabril Robinson 6-2 265 *So.

or 45 Chris Register 6-3 255 *So.

SLB 6 DORIAN O’DANIEL 6-1 215 *Jr.

47 James Skalski 6-0 235 Fr.

MLB 34 KENDALL JOSEPH 6-0 230 *So.

57 Tre Lamar 6-3 240 Fr.

WLB 10 BEN BOULWARE 6-0 235 Sr.

33 J.D. Davis 6-2 225 So.

CB 31 RYAN CARTER 5-9 180 *Jr.

29 Marcus Edmond 6-0 175 *Jr.

SS 18 JADAR JOHNSON 6-0 210 Sr.

14 Denzel Johnson 6-0 195 *Fr.

FS 23 VAN SMITH 5-11 195 So.

15 Korrin Wiggins 6-0 200 *Jr.

CB 25 CORDREA TANKERSLEY 6-1 200 Sr.

2 Mark Fields 5-10 180 So.

1 Trayvon Mullen 6-2 185 Fr.

CLEMSON SPECIALISTSPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

PK 92 GREG HUEGEL 5-11 195 *So.

47 Alex Spence 6-1 195 *So.

P 32 ANDY TEASDALL 5-11 190 *Gr.

97 Carson King 6-0 215 *Fr.

KO 92 Greg Huegel 5-11 195 *So.

47 Alex Spence 6-1 195 *So.

LS 62 David Estes 6-0 200 *Sr.

52 Austin Spence 6-2 195 *Fr.

H 85 Seth Ryan 6-0 180 *Jr.

PR 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 5-10 180 So.

3 Artavis Scott 5-10 190 Jr.

KOR 3 Artavis Scott 5-10 190 Jr.

& 27 C.J. Fuller 5-10 215 *So.

or 28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 210 Fr.

* - spent one season as a redshirt player

DEPTH CHARTSNC STATE OFFENSE

Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

LT 53 TYLER JONES 6-3 300 *So.

74 Emanuel McGirt Jr. 6-6 295 *Fr.

LG 65 GARRETT BRADBURY 6-3 293 *So.

56 Bryce Kennedy 6-3 305 *Gr.

C 66 JOE SCELFO 6-1 300 *Gr.

59 John Tu’uta 6-3 280 *Sr.

RG 50 TONY ADAMS 6-2 315 Jr.

70 Terronne Prescod 6-5 338 *So.

RT 54 WILL RICHARDSON 6-6 303 *So.

64 Peter Daniel 6-6 294 *Jr.

TE 48 COLE COOK 6-6 250 Jr.

41 Clark Eyers 6-5 252 *Sr.

88 Pharoah McKever 6-6 260 *Jr.

WR-X 12 STEPHEN LOUIS 6-2 215 *So.

3 Kelvin Harmon 6-3 196 Fr.

QB 15 RYAN FINLEY 6-4 200 *^Gr.

2 Jalan McClendon 6-5 212 *So.

RB 21 MATTHEW DAYES 5-9 203 Sr.

27 Dakwa Nichols 5-9 195 *Jr.

25 Reggie Gallaspy II 5-11 225 So.

22 Johnny Frasier 5-10 224 *Fr.

FB 1 JAYLEN SAMUELS 5-11 223 Jr.

86 Thaddeus Moss 6-4 247 Fr.

WR-Z 13 BRA’LON CHERRY 5-11 191 Sr.

30 Gavin Locklear 5-10 186 *Jr.

WR-H 7 NYHEIM HINES 5-9 197 So.

8 Maurice Trowell 5-11 191 *So.

16 Jakobi Meyers 6-2 188 *Fr.

NC STATE DEFENSEPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

FDE 35 KENTAVIUS STREET 6-2 278 Jr.

45 Darian Roseboro 6-4 280 So.

DT 27 JUSTIN JONES 6-2 312 Jr.

91 Eurndraus Bryant 6-1 325 So.

NT 98 B.J. HILL 6-4 313 Jr.

94 Monty Nelson 6-2 315 Sr.

BDE 9 BRADLEY CHUBB 6-4 275 Jr.

39 James Smith-Williams 6-4 235 *Fr.

MLB 4 JEROD FERNANDEZ 6-0 220 *Jr.

44 Ford Howell 6-1 240 *Jr.

WLB 58 AIRIUS MOORE 6-0 237 Jr.

32 Riley Nicholson 6-0 229 So.

LCB 29 JACK TOCHO 6-0 200 Gr.

21 Nick McCloud 6-2 175 Fr.

SS 24 SHAWN BOONE 5-10 201 Jr.

31 Jarius Morehead 6-1 213 *Fr.

FS 11 JOSH JONES 6-2 215 *Jr.

14 Dexter Wright 6-2 232 *So.

NB 8 DRAVIOUS WRIGHT 5-10 208 Sr.

6 Niles Clark 5-11 186 *Gr.

RCB 2 MIKE STEVENS 5-11 190 Jr.

10 Freddie Phillips Jr. 6-1 200 So.

NC STATE SPECIALISTSPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

PK 92 KYLE BAMBARD 5-8 190 So.

33 Connor Haskins 5-8 176 *Gr.

P 90 A.J. COLE III 6-4 230 So.

KO 92 Kyle Bambard 5-8 190 So.

LS 57 Tyler Grifiths 6-2 230 So.

H 90 A.J. Cole III 6-4 230 So.

PR 13 Bra’Lon Cherry 5-11 191 Sr.

KOR 7 Nyheim Hines 5-9 197 So.

* - spent one season as a redshirt player; ^ - has a year of eligiblity remaining in 2017.

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STATS6-0 OVERALL, 3-0 ACC, 3-0 HOME, 3-0 AWAY, 0-0 NEUTRAL, 2-0 DAY, 4-0 NIGHT, 0-0 OVERTIME

TEAM STATS CU Opp.

SCORING 232 90

Points Per Game 38.7 15.0

Points Off Turnovers 34 23

FIRST DOWNS 141 104

Rushing 49 46

Passing 78 42

Penalty 14 16

RUSHING YARDAGE 1069 799

Yards gained rushing 1136 1031

Yards lost rushing 67 232

Rushing Attempts 219 247

Average Per Rush 4.9 3.2

Average Per Game 178.2 133.2

TDs Rushing 8 6

PASSING YARDAGE 1756 894

Comp-Att-Int 141-227-7 92-180-9

Average Per Pass 7.7 5.0

Average Per Catch 12.5 9.7


TDs Passing 20 4

TOTAL OFFENSE 2825 1693

Total Plays 446 427

Average Per Play 6.3 4.0


KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 15-360 18-278

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-207 5-37

INT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-104 7-56

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.0 15.4

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 12.2 7.4

INT RETURN AVERAGE 11.6 8.0

FUMBLES-LOST 10-5 12-5

PENALTIES-Yards 40-347 44-345


PUNTS-Yards 27-1060 45-1851

Average Per Punt 39.3 41.1

Net punt average 36.4 35.6

KICKOFFS-Yards 43-2545 22-1329

Average Per Kick 59.2 60.4

Net kick average 41.7 38.4

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 26:59 32:01

3RD-DOWN Conversions 42/90 25/96

3rd-Down Pct 47% 26%

4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/7 6/13

4th-Down Pct 43% 46%

SACKS BY-Yards 21-139 5-30

MISC YARDS 0 0

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 30 10

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-9 7-8

ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-2

RED-ZONE SCORES (17-22) 77% (14-17) 82%

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (13-22) 59% (9-17) 53%

PAT-ATTEMPTS (27-28) 96% (9-10) 90%

ATTENDANCE 241484 185883

Games/Avg Per Game 3/80495 3/61961

Neutral Site Games 0/0

TEAM SCORING CU Opp.

POINTS 232 90

Points Per Game 38.7 15.0

TOUCHDOWNS 30 10

By Rushing 8 6

By Passing 20 4

By Return 1 0

By Recovery 1 0

FIELD GOALS 7-9 7-8

PAT (Kicks) 27-28 9-10

PAT (Runs) 0-0 0-0

PAT (Passes) 1-2 0-0

PAT (Returns) 0 0

SAFETIES 1 0

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot

CLEMSON 69 71 31 61 0 232

Opponents 6 20 23 41 0 90

OFFENSIVE STATS # RUSHING G-S Car Gain Loss Net Y/C TD LG Y/G 9 Wayne Gallman 6-6 88 480 5 475 5.4 5 59 79.2 4 Deshaun Watson 6-6 58 275 31 244 4.2 0 23 40.7 28 Tavien Feaster 5-0 16 141 2 139 8.7 2 45 27.8 22 Tyshon Dye 4-0 14 77 0 77 5.5 1 17 19.2 26 Adam Choice 6-0 20 71 7 64 3.2 0 16 10.7 27 C.J. Fuller 6-0 7 26 0 26 3.7 0 8 4.3 2 Kelly Bryant 2-0 8 33 12 21 2.6 0 27 10.5 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-4 1 17 0 17 17.0 0 17 2.8 12 Nick Schuessler 2-0 2 13 8 5 2.5 0 13 2.5 3 Artavis Scott 6-6 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 0.5 TEAM -- 3 0 2 -2 -0.7 0 0 -0.5 CLEMSON 6-6 219 1136 67 1069 4.9 8 59 178.2 Opponents 6-6 247 1031 231 799 3.2 6 66 133.2

# PASSING G-S Eff. Cm-Att-I Cm% Yds TD LG Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson 6-6 146.82 125-206-7 60.7 1572 18 56 262.0 12 Nick Schuessler 2-0 182.37 8-12-0 66.7 126 1 45 63.0 2 Kelly Bryant 2-0 191.36 4-5-0 80.0 27 1 10 13.5 10 Tucker Israel 1-0 161.60 3-3-0 100.0 22 0 17 22.0 18 James Barnes 1-0 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 9.0 CLEMSON 6-6 150.00 141-227-7 62.1 1756 20 56 292.7 Opponents 6-6 90.16 92-180-9 51.1 894 4 43 149.0

# RECEIVING G-S Rec Yards Y/Rec TD LG Y/G 7 Mike Williams 6-6 27 432 16.0 3 50 72.0 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-4 26 288 11.1 2 36 48.0 3 Artavis Scott 6-6 23 228 9.9 1 23 38.0 8 Deon Cain 6-0 13 238 18.3 6 37 39.7 17 Cornell Powell 5-0 11 76 6.9 0 18 15.2 16 Jordan Leggett 6-6 10 176 17.6 3 56 29.3 9 Wayne Gallman 6-6 7 55 7.9 0 16 9.2 1 Trevion Thompson 6-0 5 53 10.6 1 25 8.8 13 Hunter Renfrow 2-2 4 62 15.5 2 35 31.0 26 Adam Choice 6-0 3 27 9.0 0 16 4.5 85 Seth Ryan 6-0 2 22 11.0 0 17 3.7 27 C.J. Fuller 6-0 2 4 2.0 0 5 0.7 14 Diondre Overton 4-0 1 45 45.0 1 45 11.2 84 Cannon Smith 6-0 1 22 22.0 0 22 3.7 44 Garrett Williams 6-1 1 13 13.0 0 13 2.2 80 Milan Richard 6-0 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.5 41 Grant Radakovich 6-0 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.3 42 Christian Wilkins 6-6 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.2 22 Tyshon Dye 4-0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 20 Jack Swinney 1-0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 -3.0 CLEMSON 6-6 141 1756 12.5 20 56 292.7 Opponents 6-6 92 894 9.7 4 43 149.0

# TOTAL OFFENSE G-S PL Rush Pass Total Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson 6-6 263 244 1572 1816 302.7 9 Wayne Gallman 6-6 88 475 0 475 79.2 28 Tavien Feaster 5-0 16 139 0 139 27.8 12 Nick Schuessler 2-0 14 5 126 131 65.5 22 Tyshon Dye 4-0 14 77 0 77 19.2 26 Adam Choice 6-0 20 64 0 64 10.7 2 Kelly Bryant 2-0 13 21 27 48 24.0 27 C.J. Fuller 6-0 7 26 0 26 4.3 10 Tucker Israel 1-0 3 0 22 22 22.0 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-4 1 17 0 17 2.8 18 James Barnes 1-0 1 0 9 9 9.0 3 Artavis Scott 6-6 2 3 0 3 0.5 TEAM -- 3 -2 0 -2 -0.5 CLEMSON 6-6 445 1069 1756 2825 470.8 Opponents 6-6 427 799 894 1693 282.3

# ALL-PURPOSE G-S Rush Rec PR KOR IR Total Y/G 9 Wayne Gallman 6-6 476 55 0 0 0 531 88.5 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-4 17 288 172 0 0 477 79.5 3 Artavis Scott 6-6 3 228 0 219 0 450 75.0 7 Mike Williams 6-6 0 432 0 0 0 432 72.0 28 Tavien Feaster 5-0 139 0 0 141 0 280 56.0 4 Deshaun Watson 6-6 244 0 0 0 0 244 40.7 8 Deon Cain 6-0 0 238 0 0 0 238 39.7 16 Jordan Leggett 6-6 0 176 0 0 0 176 29.3 26 Adam Choice 6-0 64 27 0 0 0 91 15.2 22 Tyshon Dye 4-0 77 0 0 0 0 77 19.2 17 Cornell Powell 5-0 0 76 0 0 0 76 15.2 13 Hunter Renfrow 2-2 0 62 0 0 0 62 31.0 1 Trevion Thompson 6-0 0 53 0 0 0 53 8.8 14 Diondre Overton 4-0 0 45 0 0 0 45 11.2 2 Mark Fields 6-0 0 0 0 0 42 42 7.0 18 Jadar Johnson 6-6 0 0 0 0 41 41 6.8 27 C.J. Fuller 6-0 26 4 0 0 0 30 5.0 82 Adrien Dunn 1-0 0 0 30 0 0 30 30.0 85 Seth Ryan 6-0 0 22 0 0 0 22 3.7 84 Cannon Smith 6-0 0 22 0 0 0 22 3.7 2 Kelly Bryant 2-0 21 0 0 0 0 21 10.5 44 Garrett Williams 6-1 0 13 0 0 0 13 2.2 30 Jalen Williams 4-1 0 0 0 0 12 12 3.0 80 Milan Richard 6-0 0 9 0 0 0 9 1.5 23 Van Smith 6-6 0 0 0 0 8 8 1.3 41 Grant Radakovich 6-0 0 8 0 0 0 8 1.3 38 Amir Trapp 1-0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5.0 12 Nick Schuessler 2-0 5 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 6 Dorian O’Daniel 6-5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 42 Christian Wilkins 6-6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.2 TEAM -- -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.5 20 Jack Swinney 1-0 0 -3 0 0 0 -3 -3.0 CLEMSON 6-6 1070 1756 207 360 104 3497 582.8 Opponents 6-6 800 894 37 278 56 2065 344.2


STATSDEFENSIVE STATS

# TACKLES G-S *Snaps Hit Ast Total TFL Sacks PBU QP ^ST

34 Kendall Joseph 6-6 377 30 25 55 6-16 1-6 7

23 Van Smith 6-6 383 33 21 54 3.5-10 1 1

10 Ben Boulware 5-5 334 29 23 52 4-9 1-4 1 5

90 Dexter Lawrence 6-3 245 22 16 38 3.5-16 1-11 1 15 1

42 Christian Wilkins 6-6 306 25 10 35 8.5-37 3-17 4 8

94 Carlos Watkins 6-6 273 17 15 32 3-26 3-26 1 6

6 Dorian O’Daniel 6-5 167 22 7 29 4-17 2-13 1 3 4

25 Cordrea Tankersley 6-6 353 19 6 25 4-8 5

18 Jadar Johnson 6-6 385 17 6 23 5

56 Scott Pagano 6-3 169 9 11 20 2-6 1-5 3

99 Clelin Ferrell 6-6 304 13 6 19 4-15 3-11 7

67 Albert Huggins 5-0 116 7 7 14 3-13 3-13 4

30 Jalen Williams 4-1 115 6 7 13

57 Tre Lamar 6-0 55 9 3 12 2.5-4 1-2 3

43 Chad Smith 6-0 15 6 6 12 3

15 Korrin Wiggins 5-1 146 8 3 11

31 Ryan Carter 6-4 219 9 1 10 3.5-24 1-16 1

49 Richard Yeargin 6-0 122 9 1 10 2-7 2

29 Marcus Edmond 5-2 154 8 1 9 2

1 Trayvon Mullen 5-0 64 5 3 8 1 1

19 Tanner Muse 6-0 45 8 0 8 3

45 Chris Register 6-0 103 5 3 8 1-2 1 3

47 James Skalski 6-0 11 6 1 7 1-10 1-10 2

33 J.D. Davis 6-0 39 4 1 5

2 Mark Fields 6-0 117 4 0 4 1

93 Sterling Johnson 1-0 17 2 1 3

61 Kaleb Bevelle 1-0 6 2 0 2

36 Judah Davis 5-0 16 0 2 2 1

14 Denzel Johnson 4-0 26 2 0 2 2

50 Jabril Robinson 2-0 30 0 2 2 0.5-5 0.5-5

12 K’Von Wallace 6-0 51 1 1 2 1

40 Jaquarius Brice 1-0 8 0 1 1

8 Deon Cain 6-0 -- 1 0 1

32 Kyle Cote 1-0 -- 1 0 1 1

62 David Estes 6-0 -- 1 0 1 1

75 Mitch Hyatt 6-6 -- 1 0 1

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-4 -- 1 0 1

47 Alex Spence 2-0 -- 1 0 1 1

38 Amir Trapp 1-0 9 1 0 1

44 Garrett Williams 6-1 -- 1 0 1 1

Totals 6-6 345 190 535 56-227 21-139 24 66 24

# INTERCEPTIONS G-S Int Yards Avg TD LG

18 Jadar Johnson 6-6 3 41 13.9 0 41

2 Mark Fields 6-0 1 42 42.0 1 42

30 Jalen Williams 4-1 1 12 12.0 0 12

23 Van Smith 6-6 1 8 8.0 0 8

6 Dorian O’Daniel 6-5 1 1 1.0 0 1

10 Ben Boulware 5-5 1 0 0.0 0 0

34 Kendall Joseph 6-6 1 0 0.0 0 0

CLEMSON 6-6 9 104 11.6 1 42

Opponents 6-6 7 56 8.0 0 31

Caused Fumbles (4): Boulware 2, Joseph 1, V. Smith 1

Recovered Fumbles (5): Boulware 1, D. Johnson 1, Lawrence 1, Watkins 1, Wilkins 1

Takeaways (14): J. Johnson 3, Boulware 2, Fields 1, D. Johnson 1, Joseph 1, Lawrence 1, O’Daniel 1, V.

Smith 1, Watkins 1, Wilkins 1, J. Williams 1

Blocked Kicks (1): Watkins 1

* - defensive; ̂ - special teams tackles; Note: Special teams tackles and tackles after turnovers are included

in tackle totals; tackle totals are from coaches ilm grade.

SCOREBOARDDate Site W-L Score Opponent (AP,USA) Attendance CU AP,USA Leading Rusher(s) Leading Passer(s) Leading Receiver(s) Leading Tackler(s)

9-3 Â W 19-13 Auburn 87,451 2,2 Gallman (30-123) Watson (19-34-248) Williams (9-174) Joseph (14)

9-10 H W 30-24 Troy 78,532 2,2 Watson (10-55) Watson (27-53-292) McCloud (7-86) V. Smith (14)

9-17 H W 59-0 SC State 79,590 5,3 Feaster (12-83) Watson (12-15-152) McCloud (4-60) Mullen (7)

9-22 Â W 26-7 * Georgia Tech 53,932 5,3 Gallman (17-59) Watson (32-48-304) McCloud (8-101) Boulware (10)

10-1 ^H W 42-36 * Louisville (3/4) 83,362 5,3 Gallman (16-110) Watson (20-31-306) Williams (5-70) Boulware (17)

10-7 Â W 56-10 * Boston College 44,500 3,3 Gallman (9-109) Watson (14-24-266) A. Scott (4-45) V. Smith (13)

10-15 H * NC State

10-29 A * Florida State

11-5 H * Syracuse

11-12 H * Pittsburgh

11-19 A * Wake Forest

11-26 H South Carolina

* - ACC game; ^ - night game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game; unoficial home attendance - 241,484 (80,495 per game); unoficial total (home, away, neutral) attendance - 427,367 (71,228

per game).

SPECIAL TEAMS & MISCELLANEOUS STATS # PUNTING P Yards Y/P LG TB FC -20 50+ *Net

32 Andy Teasdall 26 1023 39.3 59 2 11 11 2 36.4

97 Carson King 1 37 37.0 37 0 0 1 0 35.0

CLEMSON 27 1060 39.2 59 2 11 12 2 36.4

Opponents 45 1851 41.1 68 2 19 8 7 35.6

# FIELD GOALS FG-FGA Pct 11-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LG HB

92 Greg Huegel 7-9 77.7 2-3 3-3 2-3 0-0 47 1

CLEMSON 7-9 77.7 2-3 3-3 2-3 0-0 47 1

Opponents 7-8 87.5 4-4 2-2 0-1 1-1 53 0

# KICKOFFS KO TB GL OB Ret Y/R Avg End

92 Greg Huegel 37 18 24 2 11-154 14.0 23 Y. Line

47 Alex Spence 5 1 2 0 4-77 19.2 21 Y. Line

39 Christian Groomes 1 0 0 0 1-28 28.0 43 Y. Line

CLEMSON 43 19 26 2 16-259 16.2 22 Y. Line

Opponents 22 5 9 1 15-360 24.0 24 Y. Line

# PUNT RETURNS PR Yards Avg TD LG

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13 172 13.2 0 74

82 Adrien Dunn 1 30 30.0 0 30

38 Amir Trapp 2 5 2.5 0 6

17 Cornell Powell 1 0 0.0 0 0

CLEMSON 17 207 12.2 0 74

Opponents 5 37 7.4 0 16

# KICKOFF RETURNS KOR Yards Avg TD LG

3 Artavis Scott 8 219 27.4 0 77

28 Tavien Feaster 7 141 20.1 0 22

CLEMSON 15 360 24.0 0 77

Opponents 17 278 16.4 0 30

# FUMBLE RETURNS FR Yards Avg TD LG

-- --

CLEMSON 0 0 0.0 0 0

Opponents 2 15 7.5 0 18

# SCORING G-S TD R-P-˚Re #2Pt FG-FGA $PAT Pts Pts/G

92 Greg Huegel 6-6 0 0-0-0 0 7-9 27-28 48 8.0

8 Deon Cain 6-0 6 0-6-0 0 0-0 0-0 36 6.0

9 Wayne Gallman 6-6 5 5-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 30 5.0

16 Jordan Leggett 6-6 3 0-3-0 1 0-0 0-0 20 3.5

7 Mike Williams 6-6 3 0-3-0 0 0-0 0-0 18 3.0

13 Hunter Renfrow 2-2 2 0-2-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 6.0

28 Tavien Feaster 5-0 2 2-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 2.4

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 6-4 2 0-2-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 2.0

14 Denzel Johnson 4-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.5

14 Diondre Overton 4-0 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.5

2 Mark Fields 6-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.0

3 Artavis Scott 6-6 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.0

1 Trevion Thompson 6-0 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.0

42 Christian Wilkins 6-6 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.0

TEAM 6-6 0 0-0-0 1 0-0 0-0 2 0.3

CLEMSON 6-6 30 5-16-1 2 7-9 27-28 232 38.7

Opponents 6-6 10 6-4-0 0 7-8 9-10 90 15.0

RED ZONE RPoss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/P

CLEMSON 22 13 4 3 1 0 1 101 4.6

Opponents 17 9 5 1 0 2 0 77 4.5

FIRST & GOAL Poss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/P

CLEMSON 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 93 6.6

Opponents 11 8 2 1 0 0 0 61 5.5

* - does not factor in touchbacks; ̊ - returns and recoveries; # - PATs and safeties; $ - kicking

only; R - irst-and-10 inside the opponent 21.


Category AUB TROY SCS GAT LOU BOC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC Totals

Points 19 30 59 26 42 56 232

13 24 0 7 36 10 90

Total Offense 399 414 555 442 507 508 2825

262 386 102 124 568 251 1693

Plays 78 85 78 82 62 61 446

71 78 55 52 99 72 427

Yards Per Play 5.1 4.9 9.4 5.4 8.2 8.3 6.3

3.7 4.9 2.3 2.4 5.7 3.5 4.0

Rushing Yards 151 122 227 138 201 230 1069

87 141 48 95 273 155 799

Carries 44 32 43 34 31 35 219

41 33 32 38 55 48 247

10+ Yard Carries 2 3 9 5 6 4 29

4 4 2 4 14 5 33

20+ Yard Carries 1 0 2 0 2 2 7

0 1 1 0 3 1 6

Passing Yards 248 292 328 304 306 278 1756

175 245 54 29 295 96 894

Completions 19 27 27 32 20 16 141

15 26 8 4 27 12 92

Passing Attempts 34 53 35 48 31 26 227

30 45 23 14 44 24 180

Had Intercepted 1 2 0 1 3 0 7

2 3 1 1 1 1 9

Completion Percentage 55.8 50.9 77.1 66.7 64.5 61.5 62.1

50.0 57.7 34.8 28.6 61.3 50.0 51.1

Passing Eficiency 121.0 108.4 203.1 129.5 181.3 202.1 150.00

85.7 104.8 45.8 31.6 120.6 89.0 90.16

20+ Yard Completions 5 5 5 3 7 4 29

2 2 0 1 5 1 11

First Downs 19 24 27 24 26 21 141

17 21 9 11 31 15 104

Total Touchdowns 2 3 8 3 6 8 30

1 3 0 1 4 1 10

Rushing Touchdowns 1 0 2 1 1 3 8

1 1 0 1 3 0 6

Passing Touchdowns 1 3 5 2 5 4 20

0 2 0 0 1 1 4

Field Goals 2-2 3-3 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 7-9

2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-3 1-1 7-8

Punting 4-166 6-225 1-37 6-232 5-214 5-186 27-1060

5-222 8-350 10-401 8-312 5-240 9-326 45-1851

Punting Average 41.5 37.5 37.0 38.7 42.8 37.2 39.2

44.4 43.8 40.1 39.0 48.0 36.2 41.1

Net Punting Average* 36.5 33.5 35.0 36.0 39.8 37.2 36.4

44.4 26.8 31.0 36.9 48.2 35.8 35.6

Time of Possession 30:29 26:40 28:46 31:36 22:31 21:52 26:59

29:31 33:20 25:14 28:24 37:29 38:08 32:01

Third-Down Conversions 6-17 8-20 8-14 10-18 4-9 6-12 42-90

3-17 2-15 3-14 2-12 9-19 6-19 25-96

Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-7

3-5 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 6-13

Average Starting Field Positionº 23 35 40 36 33 31 33

31 32 24 23 27 31 28

Red-Zone Scoring 3-3 3-3 5-5 3-6 2-4 3-3 19-24

2-4 2-2 0-0 1-1 7-8 2-3 14-18

Red-Zone Touchdowns 2 1 4 3 2 3 15

1 2 0 1 4 1 9

Red-Zone Points 16 13 31 21 13 21 108

10 14 0 7 36 10 77

First-&-Goal Scoring 2 1 5 3 1 2 14

1 2 0 1 4 2 10

First-&-Goal Touchdowns 2 1 4 3 1 2 13

1 2 0 1 3 1 8

First-&-Goal Points 13 7 31 21 7 14 93

7 14 0 7 23 10 61

Turnovers 2 3 0 1 5 1 12

3 3 2 1 3 2 14

Points Off Turnovers 0 10 10 3 14 7 44

0 0 0 0 20 3 23

Penalties 6-55 7-71 7-59 10-80 6-59 4-23 40-347

9-60 11-95 5-19 2-15 11-104 6-52 44-345

Punt Returns 0-0 3-96 7-91 3-17 1-(-1) 3-4 17-207

0-0 1-4 1-2 1-16 2-15 0-0 5-37

Kickoff Returns 1-16 1-22 1-21 1-23 8-217 3-61 15-360

3-42 1-14 4-50 1-11 3-46 6-115 18-278

Interception Returns 2-0 3-13 1-41 1-8 1-0 1-42 9-104

1-0 2-56 0-0 1-2 3-0 0-0 7-58

Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-15 0-0 2-15

Sacks 4-30 1-8 5-32 3-30 5-22 3-17 21-139

0-0 1-8 1-3 1-5 0-0 2-14 5-30

* - does not factor in touchbacks; º - in teams’ own territory; Note: Clemson totals on top, opponent totals on bottom; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS


RUSHING #9 Gallman #4 Watson #26 Choice #22 Dye #27 Fuller #28 FeasterOpponent Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD

Auburn 30 123 1 11 21 0 3 7 0 -- -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- --

Troy 9 34 0 10 55 0 3 10 0 6 19 0 1 5 0 0 0 0

SC State 7 40 1 2 8 0 5 9 0 5 47 0 4 12 0 12 83 1

Georgia Tech 17 59 1 12 36 0 4 26 0 -- -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Louisville 16 110 1 14 91 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Boston College 9 109 1 9 33 0 5 12 0 3 11 1 2 9 0 4 56 1

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 88 475 5 58 244 0 20 64 0 14 77 1 7 26 0 16 139 2

PASSING #4 Watson #12 Schuessler #2 BryantOpponent Cm Att Yds Int TD Eff Cm Att Yds Int TD Eff Cm Att Yds Int TD Eff

Auburn 19 34 248 1 1 121.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Troy 27 53 292 2 3 108.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

SC State 12 15 152 0 3 231.1 7 11 118 0 1 183.7 4 5 27 0 1 191.3

Georgia Tech 32 48 304 1 2 129.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Louisville 20 31 306 3 5 181.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Boston College 15 25 270 0 4 203.5 1 1 8 0 0 150.4 0 0 0 0 0 --

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 125 206 1572 7 18 146.8 8 12 126 0 1 182.3 4 5 27 0 1 191.3

RECEIVING #7 M. Williams #3 A. Scott #13 Renfrow #34 McCloud #9 Gallman #8 Cain #16 Leggett #17 PowellOpponent Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD

Auburn 9 174 0 3 30 0 3 27 1 2 8 0 1 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- --

Troy 2 24 0 7 71 0 1 35 1 7 86 0 3 25 0 2 37 1 1 9 0 1 5 0

SC State 3 44 0 3 28 0 -- -- -- 4 60 2 0 0 0 2 33 1 0 0 0 3 10 0

Georgia Tech 6 61 1 3 14 0 -- -- -- 8 101 0 3 22 0 1 1 0 4 31 1 5 44 0

Louisville 5 70 1 3 40 1 -- -- -- 3 16 0 0 0 0 4 98 2 3 70 1 0 0 0

Boston College 2 59 1 4 45 0 -- -- -- 2 17 0 0 0 0 3 68 2 2 66 1 2 17 0

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 27 432 3 23 228 1 4 62 2 26 288 2 7 55 0 13 238 6 10 176 3 11 76 0

KICKING #92 Huegel #32 TeasdallOpponent Made Missed # Yds Avg -20 50+

Auburn 30,40 -- 4 166 41.5 1 1

Troy 26,32,34 -- 6 225 37.5 1 0

SC State 26 42 -- -- -- -- --

Georgia Tech 47 27 6 232 38.7 4 0

Louisville -- -- 5 214 42.8 3 0

Boston College -- -- 5 186 37.2 2 1

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carol

Totals 7 2 26 1023 39.3 11 2

Punts KickoffsRETURNS #34 McCloud #3 A. Scott #28 FeasterOpponent PR Yds Avg KOR Yds Avg KOR Yds Avg

Auburn 0 0 0.0 1 14 14.0 -- -- --

Troy 3 96 32.0 0 0 0.0 1 22 22.0

SC State 3 56 18.7 0 0 0.0 1 21 21.0

Georgia Tech 3 17 5.7 1 23 23.0 0 0 0.0

Louisville 1 (-1) -1.0 3 119 39.6 5 98 19.6

Boston College 3 4 1.3 3 61 20.3 -- -- --

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 10 168 16.8 8 219 27.4 7 141 20.1

Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.

INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS STATS


#10 Boulware #31 Carter #99 Ferrell #2 Fields #67 Huggins #14 D. Johnson #18 J. Johnson Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int

Auburn *71 8 1 0 *33 1 0 0 *60 3 0.5 0 37 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- 0 1 0 0 *71 5 2 1

Troy *43 5 0 0 34 1 0 0 *50 3 0 0 36 1 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 *79 4 1 0

SC State -- -- -- -- 17 2 0 0 *12 3 0.5 0 23 2 1 0 36 5 1 1 22 0 0 0 17 2 0 1

Georgia Tech *56 10 0 0 *42 2 0 -0 *45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 -- -- -- -- *56 3 0 0

Louisville *101 17 3 1 *55 3 0 0 *84 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 23 4 2 2 -- -- -- -- *99 6 1 1

Boston College *63 12 0 0 *38 1 1 0 *53 3 1 1 23 0 0 1 26 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 *63 3 1 0

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 334 52 4 1 219 10 1 0 304 19 4 3 117 4 1 1 116 14 3 3 26 2 0 0 385 23 5 3

#34 Joseph #57 Lamar #90 Lawrence #1 Mullen #19 Muse #6 O’Daniel #57 Pagano Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk

Auburn *66 14 3 1 8 4 1 1 37 10 1 1 -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 0 *13 4 1.5 0 *31 3 0 0

Troy *71 7 2 0 12 1 0 0 *47 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *18 4 0 0 28 2 0 0

SC State *24 6 0 0 19 3 1.5 0 20 3 0.5 0 37 7 0 0 37 5 1 0 *21 1 0 0 *19 3 1 1

Georgia Tech *56 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 *40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 8 2 1 24 4 0 0

Louisville *100 11 0 0 6 0 0 0 *67 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 *26 5 0 0 41 4 0 0

Boston College *60 10 0 0 10 3 0 0 40 3 0 0 18 1 0 0 8 2 0 0 33 7 0.5 0.5 *26 4 1 0

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 377 55 6 1 55 12 2.5 1 251 38 3.5 1 64 8 0 0 45 8 1 0 167 29 4 2 169 20 2 1

#45 Register #47 Skalski #23 V. Smith #25 Tankersley #94 Watkins #15 Wiggins #42 Wilkins Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk

Auburn 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 *71 9 0 0 *71 9 1 0 *56 6 0 0 35 3 0 0 *59 7 2.5 1

Troy 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *79 14 0 0 *71 4 3 0 *44 3 1 1 21 2 0 0 *63 6 0.5 0

SC State 32 2 1 0 8 3 1 1 *11 1 0 0 *12 0 0 0 *12 2 1 1 27 2 0 0 *12 2 1 1

Georgia Tech 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 3 0 1 *49 2 0 0 *37 8 1 1 -- -- -- -- *43 5 1 0

Louisville 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *100 14 0 0 *87 4 1 0 *76 9 0 0 40 3 0 0 *79 7 1.5 0

Boston College 17 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 *66 13 0 0 *63 6 0 0 *48 4 0 0 *23 1 0 0 *50 8 2 1

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 103 8 1 0 11 7 1 1 383 54 0 1 353 25 5 0 273 32 3 3 146 11 0 0 306 35 8.5 3

#30 J. Williams #49 Yeargin Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk

Auburn 34 2 0 0 19 3 0 0

Troy 41 6 0 0 29 3 0 0

SC State *39 5 0 0 25 1 1 0

Georgia Tech 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0

Louisville -- -- -- -- 22 1 1 0

Boston College -- -- -- -- 18 2 0 0

NC State

Florida State

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 115 13 0 0 122 10 2 0

* - start; Note: “Snaps” does not include special team plays or offensive plays; special team tackles are included; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS


TEAMCategory 2016 Clemson Team High Clemson Team Record 2016 Opponent Team High Opponent Team Record

Total Offense 555 vs. SC State, 9-17 756 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 568 by Louisville, 10-1 771 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

Plays 82 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 102 vs. NC State, 11-17-2012 99 by Louisville, 10-1 99 by South Carolina, 11-12-1968

by Louisville, 10-1-2016

Yards Per Play 8.3 vs. Boston College, 10-7 11.2 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-17-1903 5.0 by Louisville, 10-1 9.3 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

Rushing Yards 230 vs. Boston College, 10-7 615 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-17-1903 273 by Louisville, 10-1 478 by Tulane, 11-18-1944

Carries 44 vs. Auburn, 9-3 78 vs. Duke, 10-20-1979 55 by Louisville, 10-1 82 by North Carolina, 11-15-1969

Yards Per Carry 6.6 vs. Boston College, 10-7 11.2 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-17-1903 5.0 by Louisville, 10-1

Rushing Touchdowns 3 vs. Boston College, 10-7 11 vs. Presbyterian College, 9-25-1948 3 by Louisville, 10-1

Passing Yards 328 vs. SC State, 9-17 468 vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 295 by Louisville, 10-1 521 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

Completions 32 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 38 vs. Virginia Tech, 10-6-2007 27 by Louisville, 10-1 39 by Texas Tech, 12-23-2002

Passing Attempts 53 vs. Troy, 9-10 67 vs. Virginia Tech, 10-6-2007 45 by Troy, 9-10 59 by Louisiana Tech, 12-31-2001

Completion %(10 comp.) 77.1 vs. SC State, 9-17 88.2 vs. The Citadel, 9-16-1978 61.3 by Louisville, 10-1 84.6 by NC State, 10-20-1990

Passing Eficiency(10 comp.) 203.1 vs. SC State, 9-17 262.9 vs. Furman, 9-15-2007 120.6 by Louisville, 10-1 232.2 by Florida State, 9-11-1993

Passing Touchdowns 5 vs. SC State, 9-17, 6 vs. many (4) 2 by Troy, 9-10 6 by Florida State, 9-11-1993

Louisville, 10-1 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012

Longest Pass 56 vs. Boston College, 10-7 97 vs. Virginia, 11-16-1974 43 by Auburn, 9-3 98 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

First Downs 27 vs. SC State, 9-17 35 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 31 by Louisville, 10-1 35 by Maryland, 11-17-1984

vs. Central Michigan, 10-20-2007

Total Touchdowns 8 vs. Boston College, 10-7 12 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 4 by Louisville, 10-1 10 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012

Points 59 vs. SC State, 9-17 122 vs. Guilford, 10-5-1901 36 by Louisville, 10-1 74 by Alabama, 11-14-1931

Field Goals 3 vs. Troy, 9-10 6 vs. Texas A&M, 9-3-2005 3 by Louisville, 10-1 6 by Duke, 10-16-1976

vs. Boston College, 9-19-2009

Punting Average(3 punts) 38.7 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 56.7 vs. Wake Forest, 11-1-1986 48.0 by Louisville, 10-1 52.0 by Wake Forest, 10-1-2005

Time of Possession 31:36 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 42:58 vs. North Carolina, 11-7-1992 38:08 by Boston College, 10-7 41:52 by North Texas, 9-4-2010

Penalties 10 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 20 vs. NC State, 10-13-2001 11 by Troy, 9-10, by Louisville, 10-1 21 by Mississippi State, 12-30-1999

Penalty Yards 80 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 181 vs. NC State, 10-13-2001 104 by Louisville, 10-1 188 by Mississippi State, 12-30-1999

Turnovers 5 vs. Louisville, 10-1 10 vs. Florida, 10-11-1952 3 by Auburn, 9-3, Troy, 9-10 9 by Georgia, 9-19-1981

by Louisville, 10-1

Third-Down Conversions 10 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 15 vs. Western Carolina, 9-3-1983 9 by Louisville, 10-1 15 by Georgia, 9-21-1985

Third-Down Conversion % 57.1 vs. SC State, 9-17 100.0 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 47.3 by Louisville, 10-1 72.7 by Florida State, 9-11-1993

Field Position* 40 vs. SC State, 9-17 49 vs. Florida Atlantic, 9-2-2006 32 by Troy, 9-10 50 by Wake Forest, 10-7-2006

Punt Return Yards 96 vs. Troy, 9-10 227 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-26-1987 16 by Georgia Tech, 9-22 150 by Florida State, 9-20-1997

Kickoff Return Yards 217 vs. Louisville, 10-1 286 vs. Florida State, 9-25-2004 115 by Boston College, 10-7 290 by North Carolina, 10-22-2011

Interception Return Yards 42 vs. Boston College, 10-7 143 vs. Maryland, 10-31-1970 56 by Troy, 9-10 166 by Auburn, 11-21-1953

Interceptions By Defense 3 vs. Troy, 9-10 6 vs. South Carolina, 11-27-1971 2 by Troy, 9-10 7 by South Carolina, 10-25-1945

vs. NC State, 9-30-1995

Fumble Return Yards 0 -- 93 vs. Virginia, 9-19-1998 15 by Louisville, 10-1 103 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012

Sacks 5 vs. SC State, 9-17, Louisville, 10-1 12 vs. Furman, 9-7-1996 2 by Boston College, 10-7 7 by Florida State, 9-20-1997

7 by Virginia, 10-11-1997

INDIVIDUALCategory 2016 Clemson Individual Best Clemson Individual Record 2016 Opponent Individual Best Opponent Individual Record

Total Offense 397 by Deshaun Watson vs. Louisville, 10-1 529 by Tajh Boyd vs. NC State, 11-17-2012 457 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 509 by Chris Weinke (Florida State), 11-4-2000

Rushing Yards 123 by Wayne Gallman vs. Auburn, 9-3 263 by Raymond Priester vs. Duke, 11-11-1995 162 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 256 by Steve Wadiak (South Carolina), 10-19-1950

Carries 30 by Wayne Gallman vs. Auburn, 9-3 36 by many (3) 31 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 45 by James McDougald (Wake Forest), 10-9-1976

Rushing Touchdowns 1 by many (8) 5 by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, 10-13-1917 2 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 4 by many (3)

5 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930

Longest Carry 59 by Wayne Gallman vs. Boston College, 10-7 90 by Banks McFadden vs. Presbyterian College, 9-23-1939 66 by Jabri Frye (Troy), 9-10 98 Steve Atkins (Maryland), 11-18-1978

90 by Buck George vs. Furman, 11-17-1951

Passing Yards 306 by Deshaun Watson vs. Louisville, 10-1 455 by Tajh Boyd vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 295 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 521 by Chris Weinke (Florida State), 11-4-2000

Completions 32 by Deshaun Watson vs. Ga. Tech, 9-22 38 by Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, 10-6-2007 27 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 35 by George Godsey (Georgia Tech), 10-28-2000

Passing Attempts 53 by Deshaun Watson vs. Troy, 9-10 66 by Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, 10-6-2007 44 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 57 by Kip Allen (The Citadel), 10-4-1986

57 by George Godsey (Georgia Tech), 10-28-2000

Completion %(10 comp.) 80.0 by Deshaun Watson vs. SC State, 9-17 95.0 by Cole Stoudt vs. SC State, 9-7-2013 61.3 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 100.0 by Darian Durant (North Carolina), 10-20-2001

Passing Eficiency(10 comp.) 231.1 by Deshaun Watson vs. SC State, 9-17 261.9 by Tajh Boyd vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 120.6 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 245.5 by Mike Elkins (Wake Forest), 10-29-1988

Passing Touchdowns 5 by Deshaun Watson vs. Louisville, 10-1 6 by Deshaun Watson vs. North Carolina, 9-27-2014 2 by Brandon Silvers (Troy), 9-10 6 by Geno Smith (West Va.), 1-4-2012

Receptions 9 by Mike Williams vs. Auburn, 9-3 16 by Sammy Watkins vs. Ohio State, 1-3-2014 11 by Deondre Douglas (Troy) 9-10 14 by Kelly Campbell (Ga.Tech), 10-28-2000

Receiving Yards 174 by Mike Williams vs. Auburn, 9-3 227 by Sammy Watkins vs. Ohio State, 1-3-2014 93 by Deondre Douglas (Troy) 9-10 249 by Peter Warrick (Florida State), 9-20-1997

Receiving Touchdowns 2 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. SC State, 9-17 3 by many (4), many times (5) 2 by Deondre Douglas (Troy) 9-10 4 by Torry Holt (NC State), 10-31-1998

by Deon Cain vs. Louisville, 10-1 4 by Tavon Austin (West Virginia), 1-4-2012

All-Purpose Yards 182 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. Troy, 9-10 345 by Sammy Watkins vs. Maryland, 10-15-2011 162 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 496 by Tobais Palmer (NC State), 11-17-2012

Total Touchdowns 2 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. SC State, 9-17 5 by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, 10-13-1917 2 by Deondre Douglas (Troy) 9-10 4 by many (6)

by Deon Cain vs. Louisville, 10-1, BC, 10-7 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1

Points 12 by many (4) 33 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930 12 by Deondre Douglas (Troy) 9-10 24 by many (6)

by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1

Field Goals 3 by Greg Huegel vs. Troy, 9-10 6 by Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, 9-3-2005 3 by Blanton Cregue (Louisville), 10-1 6 by Vince Fusco (Duke), 10-17-1976

by Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 9-19-2009

Longest Field Goal 47 by Greg Huegel vs. Ga. Tech, 9-22 61 by Spencer Benton vs. Ball State, 9-8-2012 53 by Daniel Carlson (Auburn), 9-3 60 by Kevin Butler (Georgia), 9-22-1984

Punting Average(3 punts) 42.8 by Andy Teasdall vs. Louisville, 10-1 55.3 by Dale Hatcher vs. Kentucky, 10-2-1982 48.0 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1

Punt Return Yards 96 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. Troy, 9-10 167 by Don Kelley vs. Maryland, 10-20, 1970 15 by Jaire Alexander (Louisville), 10-1

Kickoff Return Yards 119 by Artavis Scott vs. Louisville, 10-1 282 by Justin Miller vs. Florida State, 9-25-2004 50 by Ahmaad Harris (SC State), 9-17

Interception Return Yards 42 by Mark Fields vs. Boston College 10-7 101 by Willie Underwood vs. South Carolina, 11-22-1980 31 by Cedarius Rookard (Troy), 9-10 128 by Dennis Tabron (Duke), 10-18-1980

Interceptions 1 by many (7) 3 by many (5) 2 by Jaire Alexander (Louisville), 10-1 4 by Jim Dooley (Miami (FL)), 1-1-1952

Fumble Return Yards 0 -- 93 by Antwan Edwards vs. Virginia, 9-19-1998 15 by Chucky Williams (Louisville), 10-1

Tackles 17 by Ben Boulware vs. Louisville, 10-1 27 by Keith Adams vs. South Carolina, 11-20-1999 19 by Darius Leonard (SC State) 9-17 29 by Ed Stetz (Wake Forest), 10-30-1971

Tackles For Loss 3 by Ben Boulware vs. Louisville, 10-1 6 by Keith Adams vs. Duke, 11-6-1999 1.5 by Johnathan Ford (Auburn), 9-3 4.5 by Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina), 11-24-2012

by Andre Branch vs. Virginia Tech, 10-1-2011

Sacks 2 by many 4 by Keith Adams vs. Duke, 11-6-1999 1 by Many (4) 4.5 by Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina), 11-24-2012

by Andre Branch vs. Virginia Tech, 10-1-2011

* - average starting ield position in teams’ own territory; Note: Numbers in (parentheses) denote minimums; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

SUPERLATIVES


TACKLES # Player Tackles

21 Adrian Baker 4, WFU ‘15

61 Kaleb Bevelle 2, SCS '16

10 Ben Boulware 17, LOU '17

40 Jaquarius Brice 1, WOF ‘15, SCS '16

91 Austin Bryant 9, APP ‘15

31 Ryan Carter 4, LOU ‘15, WF ’15

33 J.D. Davis 2, WF ‘15, SCS '16, BC '16

36 Judah Davis 4, WF ‘15

29 Marcus Edmond 7, LOU '16

99 Clelin Ferrell 4, GT '16

2 Mark Fields 2, SCS, '16

67 Albert Huggins 6, APP ‘15

14 Denzel Johnson 1, AUB ‘16, TROY ‘16

18 Jadar Johnson 6 LOU '16

93 Sterling Johnson 3, SCS '16

34 Kendall Joseph 14, AUB ‘16

57 Tre Lamar 4, AUB ‘16

90 Dexter Lawrence 10, AUB ‘16

23 Trayvon Mullen 7, SCS '16

19 Tanner Muse 5, SCS '16

6 Dorian O’Daniel 10, GT ‘14

56 Scott Pagano 12, GT ‘15

45 Chris Register 3, BC '16

50 Jabril Robinson 8, WOF ‘15

47 James Skalski 3, SCS '16, BC '16

43 Chad Smith 6 BC '16

23 Van Smith 14, TROY ‘16, LOU '16

25 Cordrea Tankersley 9, AUB ‘16

38 Amir Trapp 1, SCS '16

12 K’Von Wallace 1, TROY ‘16, SCS '16

94 Carlos Watkins 9, LOU ‘15, ND ‘15 LOU '16

15 Korrin Wiggins 6, OU ‘14

42 Christian Wilkins 10, LOU ‘15, OU ‘15

30 Jalen Williams 6, TROY ‘16

49 Richard Yeargin 6, GT ‘15


RUSHING # Player Carries Yards *Yards/Carries Touchdowns Long

2 Kelly Bryant 8, WF ‘15 59 MIA ‘15 --------- 2, MIA ‘15 59, MIA ‘15

26 Adam Choice 16, LOU ‘14 74, SCS ‘14 6.2, SCS ‘14 1, SCS ‘14 34, NCS ‘14

22 Tyshon Dye 20, GSU ‘14 124, GSU ‘14 6.2, GSU ‘14 2, many (2) 23, MIA ‘15

28 Tavien Feaster 12, SCS '16 83, SCS '16 6.9, SCS '16 1, many (2) 45, BC '16

27 C.J. Fuller 10, WF ‘15 42, MIA ‘15 3.6, WF ‘15 1, SC ‘15 18, MIA ‘15

9 Wayne Gallman 31, NCS ‘15 191, USC ‘14 8.8, GT ‘15 2, many (3) 66, GT ‘15

12 Nick Schuessler 4, GAT ‘14 13, SCS ‘16 ---------- ---------- 13, SCS ‘16

4 Deshaun Watson 24, OU ‘15 145, OU ‘15 6.6, FSU ‘15 3, SC ‘15 63, MIA ‘15

PASSING # Player Completions Attempts ºPercentage Yards Touchdowns Long

2 Kelly Bryant 4, SCS '16 5, SCS '16 ---------- 27, SCS '16 1 SCS '16 10, WOF ‘15 SCS '16

12 Nick Schuessler 9, WOF ‘15 11, WOF ‘15, SCS '16 ---------- 98, WOF ‘15 ---------- 38, GT ‘15

4 Deshaun Watson 35, SYR ‘15 53, TROY ‘16 81.8, WOF ‘15 435, UNC ‘14 6, UNC ‘14 74, UNC ‘14

# Player ºEficiency ºYards/Attempts ºYards/Completions Interceptions Plays Total Offense

2 Kelly Bryant ---------- ---------- ---------- 1, WFU ‘15 19, SCS '16 62, WF ‘15

12 Nick Schuessler 156.7, WOF ‘15 ---------- ---------- ---------- 29, WOF ‘15 131, SCS '16

4 Deshaun Watson 238.9, NCS ‘15 14.2, USC ‘14 19.2, USC ‘14 3, LOU '16 97, UNC ‘15 478, ALA ‘15

RECEIVING # Player Receptions Yards •Yards/Receptions Touchdowns Long

8 Deon Cain 5, GT ‘15, SC ‘15 98, LOU '16 24.5, LOU '16 2, LOU '16, BC '16 67, BC ‘15

26 Adam Choice 4, FSU ‘14 46, FSU ‘14 11.5, FSU ‘14 ---------- 16, NCS ‘14

82 Adrien Dunn 2, SCS ‘14 17, GSU ‘14 ---------- ---------- 17, GSU ‘14

22 Tyshon Dye 1, SCS '16 0, SCS '16 ---------- ---------- 0, SCS '16

9 Wayne Gallman 4, WFU ‘14, UNC ‘15 68, UNC ‘15 20.3, ALA ‘15 1, WFU ‘14, UNC ‘15 18, WFU ‘14

16 Jordan Leggett 6, FSU ‘15 101, FSU ‘15 23.3, LOU '16 2, GT ‘15 56, BC '16

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8, WOF ‘15, GT '16 101, GT ‘16 15.0, SCS '16 2, SCS '16 36, NCS ‘15, SCS '16

14 Diondre Overton 1, SCS '16 45, SCS '16 ---------- 1, SCS '16 45, SCS '16

17 Cornell Powell 5, GT, '16 44, GT '16 8.8, GT '16 ---------- 18, GT '16

13 Hunter Renfrow 7, ALA ‘15 93, NCS ‘15 23.3, NCS ‘15 2, ALA ‘15 57, NCS ‘15

41 Grant Radakovich 1, SCS '16 7, SCS '16 ---------- ---------- 7, SCS '16

80 Milan Richard 1, SCS '16 9, SCS '16 ---------- ---------- 9, SCS '16

85 Seth Ryan 2, SCS '16 22, SCS '16 ---------- ---------- 17, SCS '16

3 Artavis Scott 12, SYR ‘15 185, USC ‘14 27.3, SCS ‘14 2, many (3) 70, USC ‘14

84 Cannon Smith 1, SCS '16 22, SCS '16 ---------- ---------- 22, SCS '16

20 Jack Swinney 1, SCS '16 (-3), SCS '16 ---------- ---------- (-3), SCS '16

1 Trevion Thompson 3, GT ‘15 47, GT ‘15 15.7, GT ‘15 1, SCS '16 33, GT ‘15

44 Garrett Williams 1, SCS '16 13, SCS '16 ---------- ---------- 13, SCS '16

7 Mike Williams 9, OKL ‘14, AUB ‘16 174, AUB ‘16 29.3, UGA ‘14 2, many (2) 56, NCS ‘14

* - minimum 10 carries; º - minimum 10 completions; • - minimum three receptions; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.

Position AUB TROY SCS GAT LOU BC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC

LT Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt

LG Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn

C Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo

RG Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder

RT Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen

TE Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett

WR/TE G. Williams Renfrow McCloud McCloud McCloud McCloud

QB Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson

RB Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman

WR A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott

WR M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams

DE Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins

DT Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins

DT Pagano Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence Pagano

DE Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell

SLB/NB O’Daniel O’Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel Wiggins

MLB Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph

WLB Boulware Boulware J. Williams Boulware Boulware Boulware

CB Carter Edmond Edmond Carter Carter Carter

S J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson

S V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith

CB Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley

PK Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel

P Teasdall Teasdall King Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall


INDIVIDUAL CAREER HIGHS

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS


AUBURN # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 25 9 53 3:09 Downs

2. 1 9:43 34 6 14 2:25 Punt

3. 1 5:29 18 5 23 2:40 Punt

4. 2 12:50 16 13 84 •5:16 TD

5. 2 5:44 49 3 17 0:59 Fum

6. 2 3:25 23 8 64 •3:18 FG

7. 3 12:47 *45 7 22 2:11 FG

8. 3 8:56 8 3 4 1:06 Int

9. 3 3:00 6 3 7 1:17 Punt

10. 4 13:46 25 10 75 •3:47 TD

11. 4 6:15 2 3 6 1:31 Punt

12. 4 3:22 25 10 60 2:42 Downs

TROY # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 12:43 11 3 (-1) 1:26 Punt

2. 1 10:22 35 10 57 •2:54 FG

3. 1 3:18 18 3 (-3) 0:47 Punt

4. 1 0:23 35 3 2 1:13 Inter.

5. 2 14:03 37 5 16 1:22 Punt

6. 2 11:06 46 4 54 1:00 TD

7. 2 7:52 32 6 41 1:54 Downs

8. 2 4:15 *40 5 26 •1:30 FG

9. 3 15:00 22 6 37 1:35 Punt

10. 3 10:31 *48 3 2 0:43 Int

11. 3 8:21 20 4 18 1:34 Punt

12. 3 4:03 22 3 0 0:44 Punt

13. 3 2:34 34 13 66 •3:44 TD

14. 4 12:54 25 11 75 2:54 TD

15. 4 4:58 *49 7 32 2:33 FG

16. 4 0:43 *33 1 (-1) 0:43 Game

SC STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 31 10 69 •3:27 TD

2. 1 8:17 24 10 76 •2:57 TD

3. 1 4:36 36 4 64 1:18 TD

4. 1 2:39 *2 4 (-7) •1:00 FG

5. 2 14:46 *39 3 39 1:05 TD

6. 2 12:07 *49 6 49 2:11 TD

7. 2 6:43 *43 7 18 3:00 MFG

8. 2 0:09 33 1 6 3:09 Half

9. 3 10:59 35 12 65 •4:30 TD

10. 3 3:28 30 6 70 •2:33 TD

11. 4 11:43 21 8 46 2:39 Downs

12. 4 6:57 29 5 23 2:29 Punt

13. 4 1:28 23 4 31 1:28 Game

GEORGIA TECH # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 25 9 75 •3:35 TD

2. 1 9:22 *47 10 37 •2:43 MFG

3. 1 5:09 38 8 62 •2:43 TD

4. 2 14:07 2 3 2 1:12 Punt

5. 2 9:45 10 12 49 4:57 Punt

6. 2 3:48 *45 5 30 •1:48 Int

7. 2 1:53 28 10 72 •1:49 TD

8. 3 9:32 35 3 7 1:11 Punt

9. 3 6:25 36 4 19 2:00 Punt

10. 4 13:21 25 4 20 2:23 Punt

11. 4 10:48 *27 4 -(-2) 0:51 FG

12. 4 7:48 20 7 33 3:26 Punt

13. 4 2:51 *24 5 18 •2:51 Game

LOUISVILLE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 14:07 41 4 17 1:14 Punt

2. 1 9:59 10 8 30 3:13 Punt

3. 1 5:08 31 3 7 1:41 Punt

4. 2 14:12 20 7 65 •3:00 Int

5. 2 8:08 *45 2 45 0:20 TD

6. 2 6:37 46 1 12 0:10 Fum

7. 2 6:20 *38 1 38 0:11 TD

8. 2 4:44 44 3 56 0:57 TD

9. 2 0:31 27 4 73 •0:26 TD

10. 3 14:56 27 2 2 0:35 Int

11. 3 11:15 27 3 8 1:50 Punt

12. 3 5:16 25 7 70 •1:49 Fum

13. 3 0:39 24 4 14 1:34 Punt

14. 4 10:15 31 2 1 0:34 Int

15. 4 7:39 *23 2 23 •0:34 TD

16. 4 6:11 15 8 85 2:57 TD

17. 4 0:33 3 1 0 0:33 Game

CLEMSON OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHARTS

Yds Player(s) Type Opp

59 * Gallman Rush BC

56 * Watson to Leggett Pass BC

50 Watson to M. Williams Pass BC

45 * Schuessler to Overton Pass SCS

45 * Feaster Rush BC

37 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU

36 * Watson to McCloud Pass SCS

35 * Watson to Renfrow Pass TROY

34 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB

33 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU

31 * Watson to Leggett Pass LOU

29 Watson to Cain Pass BC

28 Watson to M. Williams Pass GT

27 Bryant Rush SCS


26 Feaster Rush SCS

25 Watson to Thompson Pass GT

24 Watson to McCloud Pass GT

24 Watson to Leggett Pass LOU

24 * Gallman Rush LOU

23 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS

23 Watson Rush LOU

23 Watson to A. Scott Pass LOU

23 Watson to Cain Pass BC


22 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS

22 Schuessler to Ca. Smith Pass SCS

20 Watson to A. Scott Pass AUB


20 Gallman Rush AUB

20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY



20 * Watson to M. Williams Pass LOU

* - touchdown; Note: Offensive plays only;

bold denotes a Clemson home game.

CLEMSON’S LONGEST PLAYS

* - in opponent’s territory; • - red-zone posses-

sion (irst-and-10 inside the opponent 21); Note:

Bolded lines denote scoring drives.

BOSTON COLLEGE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 12 3 4 0:53 Punt

2. 1 11:08 25 4 75 1:46 TD

3. 1 5:23 30 7 70 •2:11 TD

4. 1 1:40 44 1 56 0:11 TD

5. 2 15:00 40 5 9 1:49 Punt

6. 2 6:46 1 3 10 1:39 Punt

7. 2 1:49 12 3 6 0:29 Punt

8. 2 0:21 24 2 51 0:21 Half

9. 3 13:03 37 4 63 1:25 TD

10. 3 7:45 41 7 59 2:27 TD

11. 3 0:27 45 12 55 •3:46 TD

12. 4 10:13 49 6 10 3:31 Punt

13. 4 4:33 42 4 58 1:24 TD


OPPONENT OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHARTS

Yds Player(s) Type Team

66 * Frye Rush TROY

43 White to Davis Pass AUB

38 Jackson Rush LOU

34 Smith Rush LOU

30 Silvers to Douglas Pass TROY

29 Jackson to Smith Pass LOU

28 Silvers to Flakes Pass TROY

28 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU

26 Thomas to Stewart Pass GT

26 J. Smith Rush BC

25 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU

22 Jackson Rush LOU

22 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU

22 Towles to Sweeney Pass BC


20 Morris Rush SCS

20 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU

18 Johnson to Davis Pass AUB

18 Johnson Rush AUB

18 Silvers to Flakes Pass TROY

18 Chunn Rush TROY

18 Radcliff Rush LOU

18 Hilliman Rush BC

18 Mills Rush GT


16 White to Stevens Pass AUB

16 Silvers to Thompson Pass TROY

16 Silvers to Douglas Pass TROY

16 York to Jamison Pass SCS

16 Jackson Rush LOU

16 Jackson Rush LOU

16 Rouse Rush BC

* - touchdown; Note: Offensive plays only;

bold denotes a Clemson home game.

OPPONENTS’ LONGEST PLAYSAUBURN

# Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 11:51 32 3 (-2) 2:08 Punt

2. 1 7:18 14 3 0 1:49 Punt

3. 1 2:49 20 12 44 4:51 FG

4. 2 7:34 35 3 (-20) 1:50 Punt

5. 2 4:45 34 3 1 1:20 Punt

6. 3 14:51 5 3 0 2:04 Punt

7. 3 10:36 25 5 39 1:40 Int

8. 3 7:50 *35 12 30 •4:50 Fum

9. 3 1:43 *49 7 35 •2:57 FG

10. 4 9:51 23 10 69 •3:36 Int

11. 4 4:44 *36 4 36 •1:22 TD

12. 4 0:40 15 8 45 0:40 Game

TROY # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 25 3 4 2:17 Punt

2. 1 11:17 *47 5 25 0:55 FG

3. 1 7:28 25 6 22 4:10 Punt

4. 1 2:31 49 5 16 2:08 Downs

5. 2 14:10 *26 1 0 0:07 Int

6. 2 12:41 20 4 23 1:35 Int

7. 2 10:06 25 4 75 2:14 TD

8. 2 5:58 27 4 14 1:43 Int

9. 2 2:45 25 3 5 1:07 Punt

10. 2 1:38 20 7 49 1:36 MFG

11. 3 13:25 9 4 17 2:54 Punt

12. 3 9:48 *38 3 (-5) 1:27 Punt

13. 3 6:47 37 3 (-4) 2:44 Punt

14. 3 3:19 34 3 1 0:45 Punt

15. 4 13:50 25 3 2 0:56 Punt

16. 4 9:56 14 14 86 •4:47 TD

17. 4 2:24 32 8 68 •1:40 TD

SC STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 11:33 25 6 1 3:16 Punt

2. 1 5:20 25 3 2 0:44 Punt

3. 1 3:18 25 2 2 0:39 Int

4. 1 1:39 25 3 (-5) 1:53 Punt

5. 2 13:41 25 3 3 1:34 Punt

6. 2 9:52 14 6 14 3:09 Punt

7. 2 3:43 25 11 42 3:34 Downs

8. 3 12:00 25 3 7 1:01 Punt

9. 3 6:23 18 6 19 2:55 Punt

10. 3 0:48 43 3 5 4:05 Punt

11. 4 9:04 33 3 (-6) 2:07 Punt

12. 4 4:28 13 6 37 3:00 Punt

GEORGIA TECH # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 11:25 25 3 (-6) 2:03 Punt

2. 1 6:39 20 3 (-7) 1:30 Punt

3. 1 2:26 35 5 22 3:19 Punt

4. 2 12:55 48 6 5 3:10 Punt

5. 2 4:48 10 3 4 1:00 Punt

6. 2 2:00 2 0 (-2) 0:00 Safety

7. 2 0:04 37 1 14 0:04 Half

8. 3 14:53 11 8 15 5:21 Punt

9. 3 8:21 25 3 3 1:56 Punt

10. 3 4;25 11 11 89 •6:04 TD

11. 4 10:58 17 1 0 0:10 Int

12. 4 9:57 25 4 11 2:09 Punt

13. 4 4:22 15 4 9 1:31 Downs

LOUISVILLE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 23 3 (-5) 0:53 Punt

2. 1 12:53 1 5 18 2:54 Punt

3. 1 6:46 15 3 2 1:38 Punt

4. 1 3:27 18 11 82 •4:09 TD

5. 2 11:12 20 8 25 3:04 Fum

6. 2 7:48 25 3 (-5) 1:11 Int

7. 2 6:27 39 1 (-1) 0:07 Fum

8. 2 6:09 25 3 (-7) 1:25 Punt

9. 2 3:44 15 13 76 •3:07 FG

10. 2 0:03 39 1 (-6) 0:03 Half

11. 3 14:21 *36 7 36 •3:01 TD

12. 3 9:25 32 11 63 •4:04 FG

13. 3 3:27 23 7 77 •2:42 TD

14. 4 14:05 26 8 62 •3:42 FG

15. 4 9:41 44 4 56 •1:49 TD

16. 4 6:49 29 3 7 0:48 Punt

17. 4 3:14 25 11 72 •2:41 Downs

* - in opponent’s territory; • - red-zone posses-

sion (irst-and-10 inside the opponent 21); Note:

Bolded lines denote scoring drives.

BOSTON COLLEGE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 14:07 47 3 6 1:26 Punt

2. 1 12:41 *9 4 5 •1:33 FG

3. 1 9:22 25 6 3 3:59 Punt

4. 1 3:12 25 3 2 1:32 Punt

5. 1 1:29 19 3 7 1:29 Punt

6. 2 13:11 19 13 79 •6:25 Downs

7. 2 5:07 *49 6 6 3:18 Punt

8. 2 1:20 31 6 45 0:59 Fum.

9. 3 15:00 22 3 1 1:57 Punt

10. 3 11:38 1 6 25 3:53 Punt

11. 3 5:18 45 9 55 •4:51 TD

12. 4 11:41 12 3 6 1:28 Punt

13. 4 6:42 13 3 3 2:09 Punt

14. 4 3:09 32 3 3 1:39 Int

15. 4 1:30 35 2 8 1:30 Game


# Player AUB TROY SCS GT LOU BC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC Total 2016 G-S Career G-S 73 Tremayne Anchrum, OL -- 13 32 15 -- 4 64 4-0 4-0 21 Adrian Baker, CB -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15-3 18 James Barnes, QB -- -- 2 -- -- -- 2 1-0 1-0 11 Shadell Bell, TE -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 61 Kaleb Bevelle, DL -- -- 6 -- -- -- 6 1-0 1-0 60 Kelby Bevelle, OL -- -- 15 -- -- -- 15 1-0 1-0 10 Ben Boulware, LB *71 *43 -- *56 *101 *63 334 5-5 44-22 40 Jaquarius Brice, DE -- -- 8 -- -- -- 8 1-0 1-0 91 Austin Bryant, DE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13-0 2 Kelly Bryant, QB -- -- 19 -- -- 4 23 2-0 10-0 8 Deon Cain, WR 36 36 21 28 25 35 181 6-0 18-1 31 Ryan Carter, CB *33 34 17 *42 *55 *38 219 6-4 32-5 95 Gage Cervenka, OL -- -- 21 -- -- 9 30 2-0 2-0 26 Adam Choice, RB 5 15 16 14 5 10 65 6-0 12-0 32 Kyle Cote, S -- -- ST -- -- -- 0 1-0 1-0 55 Tyrone Crowder, OG *81 *54 *20 *62 *54 *28 299 6-6 25-18 33 J.D. Davis, LB ST 12 19 ST ST 8 39 6-0 14-0 37 Judah Davis, LB ST -- 9 ST ST 7 16 5-0 18-0 82 Adrien Dunn, WR -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 11-0 22 Tyshon Dye, RB 2 13 10 -- -- 5 30 4-0 14-0 29 Marcus Edmond, CB -- *38 *18 21 58 19 154 5-2 24-2 61 David Estes, LS ST ST ST ST ST ST -- 6-0 10-0 50 Justin Falcinelli, OL -- 23 32 18 -- 17 90 4-0 17-0 99 Clelin Ferrell, DE *60 *50 *12 *45 *84 *53 304 6-6 6-6 28 Tavien Feaster, RB -- ST 24 ST ST 4 28 5-0 5-0 24 Mark Fields, CB 37 36 23 ST ST 23 119 6-0 19-0 83 Jesse Fisher, TE -- -- 9 -- -- -- 9 1-0 1-0 63 Jake Fruhmorgen, OT *81 *74 *30 *78 *66 *44 373 6-6 17-7 27 C.J. Fuller, RB ST 10 13 ST ST 11 34 6-0 22-0 9 Wayne Gallman, RB *70 *46 *15 *68 *59 *30 288 6-6 33-28 77 Zach Giella, C -- -- 10 -- -- 4 14 2-0 2-0 64 Pat Godfrey, OL -- -- 6 -- -- -- 6 1-0 1-0 71 Noah Green, OL -- -- 15 -- -- 9 24 2-0 2-0 87 D.J. Greenlee, TE -- 1 15 -- -- 4 20 3-0 21-0 57 Jay Guillermo, C *81 *79 *30 *72 *66 *42 370 6-6 37-20 39 Christian Groomes, PK -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 51 Taylor Hearn, OL *81 *63 *30 *68 *66 *44 352 6-6 20-7 92 Greg Huegel, PK *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST -- 6-6 21-21 67 Albert Huggins, DT -- 16 36 15 23 26 116 5-0 10-0 75 Mitch Hyatt, LT *81 *74 *30 *68 *66 *46 365 6-6 21-21 10 Tucker Israel, QB -- -- 7 -- -- -- 7 1-0 1-0 14 Denzel Johnson, S ST ST 22 -- -- 4 26 4-0 4-0 18 Jadar Johnson, S *71 *79 *17 *56 *99 *63 385 6-6 45-7 93 Sterling Johnson, DT -- -- 17 -- -- -- 17 1-0 1-0 34 Kendall Joseph, LB *66 *71 *24 *56 *100 *60 377 6-6 13-6 97 Carson King, P -- -- *ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 57 Tre Lamar, LB 8 12 19 ST 6 10 55 6-0 6-0 90 Dexter Lawrence, DT 37 *41 20 *40 *67 40 245 6-3 6-3 16 Jordan Leggett, TE *74 *57 *21 *63 *61 *41 260 6-6 41-28 89 Ryan Mac Lain, WR -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1 1-0 1-0 88 Sean Mac Lain, WR -- -- 17 -- -- -- 17 1-0 10-0 46 Jarvis Magwood, LB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 34 Ray-Ray McCloud, WR 20 32 *22 *45 *60 *28 207 6-4 18-5 69 Maverick Morris, OG ST 32 23 20 12 23 110 6-0 25-3 23 Trayvon Mullen, CB -- 9 37 ST ST 18 64 5-0 5-0 19 Tanner Muse, S ST ST 37 ST ST 8 45 6-0 6-0 6 Dorian O’Daniel, LB *13 *18 *21 *56 *26 33 177 6-6 33-7 10 Diondre Overton, WR -- 6 25 5 -- 14 50 4-0 4-0 56 Scott Pagano, DT *31 28 *19 24 41 *26 169 6-3 25-13 70 Seth Penner, OL -- -- 15 -- -- -- 15 1-0 1-0 76 Sean Pollard, OT -- 11 32 4 -- 15 62 4-0 4-0 17 Cornell Powell, WR -- 19 42 26 4 28 119 5-0 5-0 52 Connor Prevost, LB -- -- ST -- -- -- ST 1-0 1-0 41 Grant Radakovich, TE ST ST 7 ST ST 1 8 6-0 6-0 45 Chris Register, DE 6 16 32 15 17 17 86 6-0 7-0 13 Hunter Renfrow, WR 46 *47 -- -- -- -- 98 2-1 17-11 80 Milan Richard, TE 8 25 12 12 5 11 78 6-0 21-0 50 Jabril Robinson, DT -- -- 19 -- -- 11 30 2-0 8-0 85 Seth Ryan, WR ST ST 15 ST ST 4 19 6-0 23-0 12 Nick Schuessler, QB -- -- 27 -- -- 6 33 2-0 15-0 3 Artavis Scott, WR *53 *45 *23 *55 *37 *32 190 6-6 34-27 37 Cameron Scott, CB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 54 Connor Sekas, LB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 74 John Simpson, OL -- 10 32 -- -- 24 66 3-0 3-0 47 James Skalski, LB ST ST 8 ST ST 3 11 6-0 6-0 84 Cannon Smith, TE ST 1 12 ST ST 6 19 6-0 21-0 43 Chad Smith, LB ST ST 5 ST 2 8 15 6-0 6-0 23 Van Smith, DB *71 *79 *11 *56 *100 *66 383 6-6 20-6 47 Alex Spence, PK -- -- ST -- -- ST -- 2-0 2-0 52 Austin Spence, LS -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 20 Jack Swinney, WR -- -- 7 -- -- -- 7 1-0 1-0 25 Cordrea Tankersley, CB *71 *71 *12 *49 *87 *63 353 6-6 46-21 59 Bradley Tatko, LS -- -- ST -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 32 Andy Teasdall, P *ST *ST -- *ST *ST *ST -- 5-5 22-20 86 Ty Thomason, WR -- -- 9 -- -- -- 9 1-0 1-0 1 Trevion Thompson, WR 11 34 35 25 23 21 149 6-0 20-0 72 Logan Tisch, OL -- -- 15 -- -- -- 15 1-0 1-0 38 Amir Trapp, DB -- -- 9 -- -- -- 9 1-0 1-0 12 K’Von Wallace, DB ST 18 22 1 10 ST 51 6-0 6-0 94 Carlos Watkins, DT *56 *44 *12 *37 *76 *48 273 6-6 44-22 4 Deshaun Watson, QB *81 *89 *28 *82 *66 *53 399 6-6 29-26 15 Korrin Wiggins, S/LB 35 21 27 -- 40 *23 146 5-1 30-7 42 Christian Wilkins, DT *59 *63 *12 *43 *79 *50 306 6-6 21-7 44 Garrett Williams, TE *12 11 9 14 4 12 62 6-1 21-1 30 Jalen Williams, LB 34 41 *39 1 -- -- 115 4-1 19-1 7 Mike Williams, WR *58 *48 *20 *50 *42 *13 231 6-6 33-21 49 Richard Yeargin, DE 19 29 25 9 22 18 122 6-0 16-0* - start; ST - special teams only; Note: Numbers do not necessarily denote oficial plays, but rather non-special-team snaps; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

PARTICIPATION


AUBURN, ALA. - Clemson opened the 2016 season

Saturday with a 19-13 win over Auburn in front of a

sellout Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers batted down a

Hail Mary pass attempt on the inal play of the game to

move to 1-0 on the season.

Deshaun Watson passed for 248 yards and a touchdown,

while wide receiver Mike Williams signaled his return

with a career night. He caught nine passes for 174 yards

to lead the playmakers. Defensively, Clemson came up

with three takeaways and held Auburn to just 262 yards.

A scoreless irst quarter saw the Tigers put together a pair

of drives that resulted in points in the second. After three

big completions to Williams — who returned from a neck

injury suffered in last year’s opener — Wayne Gallman

plunged in from a yard out behind two defensive tackles

lined up in the backield. With just seven seconds left

before the half, Greg Huegel tacked on a 30-yard ield

goal to put Clemson up 10-3.

Auburn pulled to within a touchdown at 13-6 heading

into the fourth quarter, but Hunter Renfrow provided the

play of the night. Facing third-and-goal, Watson lofted

a beautiful pass from the 16 to Renfrow, who made a

spectacular catch in the corner of the endzone. It was

his third straight game with a touchdown reception.

#2 CLEMSON 19

AUBURN 13SEPT. 3, 2016 • JORDAN-HARE STADIUM • AUBURN, ALA.

GAME 1

Clemson 0 10 3 6 19

Auburn 0 3 0 10 13

AU Carlson 53 FG, 2nd, 12:58, 12-44

CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:34, 13-84

CU Huegel 30 FG, 2nd, 0:07, 8-64

CU Huegel 40 FG, 3rd, 10:36, 7-22

AU Carlson 32 FG, 4th, 13:46, 7-35

CU Renfrow 16 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick Failed) 4th, 9:59, 10-75

AU Johnson 9 Run (Carlson Kick) 4th, 3:22, 4-36

Attendance - 87,451 Weather - Clear, 79º

Team Statistics CU AUB

First Downs 19 17

Rushing 151 87

Passing 19-34-1 15-30-2

Passing Yards 248 175

Total Offense 399 262

Yards/Play 5.1 3.7

Return Yards 16 42

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1

Turnovers 2 3

Penalties 6-55 9-60

Interception Returns 2-0 1-0

Punt Returns 0-0 0-0

Kickoff Returns 1-16 3-42

Punting 4-41.5 5-44.4

Third-Down Conversions 6-17 3-17

Sacks 3-28 0-0

Time of Possession 30:29 29:31

Rushing (Car-Yards-TD)

CU Gallman 30-123-1, Watson 11-21, Choice 3-7

AUB K. Johnson 23-94-1, Truitt 4-7, Cox 4-6, White 4-(-2),

J. Johnson 6-(-18)

Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD)

CU Watson 19-34-248-1-1

AUB White 10-21-140-1-0, J. Johnson 4-6-38-1-0,

Franklin 1-1-(-3)-0-0, Team 0-2-0-0-0

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD)

CU M. Williams 9-174, A. Scott 3-30, Renfrow 3-27-1,

McCloud 2-8, Gallman 1-8, Cain 1-1

AUB M. Davis 5-56, Hastings 3-29, Truitt 2-17, R. Davis

2-17, K. Davis 1-43, Stevens 1-16, K. Johnson 1-(-3)

Punt Returns (PR-Yards)

CU None

AUB None

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards)

CU A. Scott 1-16

AUB Ford 3-42

Interception Returns (INT-Yards)

CU Johnson 1-0

AUB Holsey 1-0

Tackle Leaders

CU Joseph 14, Lawrence 10

Sacks

CU Lawrence 1-11, Wilkins 1-11, Joseph 1-6, Lamar 1-2

Tackles For Loss

CU Joseph 3-8, Wilkins 2.5-13, Tankersley 2-4, Lawrence

1-11, V. Smith 1.5-3, Lamar 1-2, Boulware 1-1,

O’Daniel 1.5-3, Ferrell 0.5-1

GAME STATS


GAME 2

CLEMSON, S.C. - The No. 2 Clemson Tigers defeated

Troy 30-24 at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The victory extended the Tigers’ home winning streak

to 17 games.

The Tigers (2-0) were led by quarterback Deshaun Wat-

son, who was 27-53 passing for 292 yards and three

touchdowns, as he moved ahead of Woodrow Dantzler

for third place on Clemson’s all-time passing yards list.

The irst quarter featured little scoring, as both teams

struggled to develop any type of offensive rhythm. Favor-

able ield position following a punt allowed the Trojans

(1-1) to convert a short drive into the game’s irst score,

a 39-yard ield goal by Ryan Kay. On the ensuing pos-

session, the Tigers reciprocated with a 26-yard ield goal

by Greg Huegel.

The second quarter was a far different story. Watson

took advantage of a Troy turnover by throwing a 35-yard

touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow, marking the sopho-

more’s fourth straight game with a touchdown reception.

Interceptions played a key role in the second quarter,

with Troy quarterback Brandon Silvers throwing three to

Clemson linebackers. Interestingly enough, these were

the irst career interceptions for all three (Jalen Williams,

Kendall Joseph, Dorian O’Daniel). Williams’ interception,

which was the byproduct of a tipped pass at the line,

TROY 24

#2 CLEMSON 30SEPT. 10, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C.

Troy 3 7 0 14 24

Clemson 3 10 0 17 30

TR Kay 29 FG, 1st, 10:22, 5-25

CU Huegel 26 FG, 1st, 7:28. 10-57

CU Renfrow 35 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 10:06, 4-54

TR Frye 66 Run (Kay Kick) 2nd, 7:52, 4-75

CU Huegel 32 FG, 2nd, 2:45, 5-26

CU Wilkins 1 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 4th, 13:50, 13-66

CU Cain 23 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 4th, 10:00, 11-75

TR Douglas 2 pass from Silvers (Kay Kick), 4th, 4:59, 14-86

CU Huegel 34 FG, 4th, 2:25, 7-32

TR Douglas 1 pass from Silvers (Kay Kick), 4th, :44, 8-68

Attendance - 78,532 Weather - Sunny, 90º

Team Statistics TROY CU

First Downs 21 24

Rushing 141 122

Passing 26-45-3 27-53-2



Yards/Play 4.9 4.9

Return Yards 74 131


Turnovers 3 3

Penalties 11-95 7-71




Punting 8-43.8 6-37.5


Sacks 1-8 1-8



TRO Frye 4-61-1, Chunn 15-44, Anderson 10-40

Barker 2-12, Silvers 1-(-8)

CU Watson 10-55, Gallman 9-34, Dye 6-19, Choice 3-10,

Fuller 1-5, Scott 1-1


TRO Silvers 24-42-233-2-2

Smith 2-3-12-1-0

CU Watson 25-53-292-2-3


TRO Douglas 11-93-2, Thompson 6-47, Flakes 3-48,

Anderson 2-18, Johnson 2-14, Chunn 1-14,

Saleem 1-11

CU McCloud 7-86, Scott 7-71, Gallman 3-25, Cain 2-37-

1, Williams 2-24, Renfrow 1-35-1,Leggett 1-9, Powell

1-5, Wilkins 1-1-1, Dye 1-0, Fuller 1-(-1)


TRO Rookard 1-4

CU McCloud 3-96


TRO Frye 1-14

CU Feaster 1-22


TRO Rookard 1-31, Rountree 1-25

CU O’Daniel 1-1, Williams 1-12, Joseph 1-0

Tackle Leaders

CU Smith 14, Joseph 7, Lawrence 7

Sacks

CU Watkins 1-8

Tackles For Loss

CU Lawrence 2-5, Joseph 2-4, Watkins 1-8, Tankersley

1-3, V. Smith 0.5-3, Wilkins 0.5-3

GAME STATS

bailed out the Tigers, who had just turned the ball over

in their own territory.

Despite several electrifying offensive and defensive plays,

including a 66-yard touchdown run by Troy running back

Jabir Frye that tied the score 10-10. Late in the quarter,

Clemson’s Ray-Ray McCloud dropped a sure punt return

for a touchdown on the one yard line, and after a lengthy

video review, Troy took over on a touchback.

After Kay missed a 48-yard ield-goal attempt in the inal

seconds, the Tigers took a 13-10 advantage into halftime.

McCloud, who had seven catches for 86 yards in the

game, had three receptions on a key third-quarter drive

en route to a goal-line situation. Defensive lineman

Christian Wilkins then made the second-most important

reception of his college career later in the drive in the

fourth quarter, a one-yard touchdown grab, the irst of

his career, that gave the Tigers a 20-10 lead.

Clemson scored to take a 27-10 lead with 10 minutes

remaining in the game when Watson found Deon Cain

in the endzone for a 23-yard touchdown. After a Huegel

ield goal with 2:25 remaining, Troy drove 68 yards and

scored to cut the deicit to 30-24, as Silvers connected

with Deondre Douglas for a one-yard touchdown pass

with 44 seconds remaining. The Tigers recovered the

ensuing onside kick and held on for the 30-24 victory.


GAME 3

Fueled by a 31-point irst quarter, No. 3 Clemson routed

SC State 59-0 on Sept. 17, 2016 in Memorial Stadium.

That opening frame was the highest scoring irst quarter

in school history. With the win, the Tigers improved to

3-0 on the year.

“Today was a great day,” said head coach Dabo Swinney.

“It’s hard to play 92 guys and still get the shutout...I

don’t care who you’re playing. I’m so proud of our guys.

They played a clean game for four quarters today. This

was great for our team, for our spirit and our morale. It

was great to get out there today and go play.”

On the offensive side of the ball, the Tigers were led by

Deshaun Watson, who was 12-15 passing for 152 yards

and three touchdowns, and Ray-Ray McCloud, who to-

taled 60 yards and two touchdowns on four receptions.

Clemson inished with 555 yards offensively, and 92

Tigers saw playing time.

The Tigers started scoring with 11:33 left in the irst

quarter on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Watson to

McCloud, and they did not look back from there. Later

in the quarter, the Bulldogs fumbled a Tiger kickoff in

the endzone and Denzel Johnson pounced on the ball

for his irst career touchdown, upping the lead to 21-0

with 5:20 remaining in the irst quarter.

SC STATE 0

#3 CLEMSON 59SEPT. 17, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C.

SC State 0 0 0 0 0

Clemson 31 14 14 0 59

CU McCloud 7 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:33, 10-69

CU Gallman 3 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:20, 10-76

CU D. Johnson 0 fumble recovery, (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:20

CU Overton 45 pass from Schuessler (Huegel Kick) 1st, 3:18, 4-64

CU Huegel 26 FG, 1st, 1:39, 4-(-7)

CU McCloud 36 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 13:41, 3-39

CU Cain 17 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 9:56, 6-49

CU Feaster 4 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 6:29 12-65

CU Thompson 7 pass from K. Bryant (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 0:55, 6-70

Attendance - 79,590 Weather - Mostly Sunny, 73º

Team Statistics SCS CU

First Downs 9 27

Rushing 48 227

Passing 8-23 27-35



Yards/Play 2.3 9.4

Return Yards 52 153


Turnovers 2 0

Penalties 5-19 7-59




Punting 10-40.1 1-37.0


Sacks 1-3 5-32



SCS Morris 12-41, Brown 10-29, Ford 2-(-9), York 8-(-13)

CU Feaster 12-83, Dye 5-47, Gallman 7-40, Bryant 7-15,

Schuessler 1-13, Fuller 4-12, Choice 5-9, Watson 2-8


SCS York 8-22-54-1-0, Ford 0-1-0-0-0

CU Watson 12-15-152-0-3, Schuessler 7-11-118-0-1,

Bryant 4-5-27-0-1, Israel 3-3-22-0-0,

Barnes 1-1-9-0-0


SCS Jamison 3-33-0, McIntosh 2-9, Ruger 1-7, Morris 1-5,

Dubose 1-0

CU McCloud 4-60-2, M. Williams 3-44, A. Scott 3-28,

Cain 2-33-1, Ryan 2-22, Thompson 2-16-1, Powell

3-10, Overton 1-45-1, Ca. Smith 1-22, Choice 1-16,

G. Williams 1-13, Richard 1-9, Radakovich 1-8, Fuller

1-5, Swinney 1-(-3)


SCS Harris 1-2

CU McCloud 3-56, Dunn 1-30, Trapp 2-5, Powell 1-0


SCS Harris 4-50

CU Feaster 1-21


SCS None

CU J. Johnson 1-41

Tackle Leaders

CU Mullen 7, Joseph 5, Muse 5, Huggins 4

Sacks

CU Watkins 1-11, Skalski 1-10, Pagano 1-5, Huggins 1-3,

Wilkins 1-3

Tackles For Loss

CU Lamar 1.5-2, Watkins 1-11, Skalski 1-10, Pagano 1-5,

Huggins 1-3, Wilkins 1-3, Register 1-2, Yeargin 1-1,

Ferrell 0.5-3, V. Smith 0.5-2, Lawrence 0.5-0

GAME STATS

Nick Schuessler then added to the scoring with his

irst career touchdown pass, a 45-yard connection with

freshman Diondre Overton. A 26-yard ield goal from

Greg Huegel rounded out the irst quarter, giving the

Tigers a 31-0 lead.

Second-quarter action picked up with a second touch-

down pass from Watson to McCloud, marking McCloud’s

irst career game with multiple scores. One more touch-

down from Watson to Deon Cain later, and the Tiger took

a 45-0 lead into halftime. Clemson’s 45 irst-half points

were the most scored in a irst half since the Tigers’

matchup with Ball State in 2012, when Clemson also

scored 45 points.

With the third and fourth quarters shortened to 12 min-

utes each, the Tigers kept rolling. Bringing the Clemson

point total over 50 was Tavien Feaster, who scored his

irst career touchdown midway through the third quarter.

Trevion Thompson also hauled in his irst career touch-

down in the third quarter on a seven-yard strike from

Kelly Bryant. With Bryant’s scoring pass, Saturday’s game

marked the irst time three Tiger quarterbacks threw a

touchdown pass in a game since Clemson’s win over

Presbyterian College in 2010.


GAME 4

ATLANTA — Clemson snapped a ive-game road losing

streak in the series against Georgia Tech in a nationally

televised Thursday night contest, as the Tiger defense

was once again dominant against the Yellow Jackets’

triple option attack in a 26-7 victory at Bobby Dodd

Stadium. With the win, No. 3 Clemson moved to 4-0

on the season, 1-0 in the ACC. Tech fell to 3-1 overall,

0-1 in league play.

Brent Venables’ stingy unit allowed only 22 yards of

total offense in the opening half and 124 for the game.

Offensively, the Tigers were eficient in the opening half

behind the passing of Deshaun Watson, who was 32-48

for a season-high 304 yards and two touchdowns.

Clemson wasted no time in announcing its presence, as

the Tigers put together a perfect 75-yard drive that ended

with Mike Williams’ irst receiving touchdown of the

season, a four-yarder from Watson. He marched Clemson

into scoring position on its next two drives as well, the

second of which ended with a Wayne Gallman one-yard

plunge for a touchdown and a 14-0 score after a quarter.

The Tigers put together a great scoring chance late in the

second quarter, but Watson was intercepted after a mis-

communication with his receiver. Georgia Tech returned

the ball two yards, but fumbled into the endzone and

the play resulted in a safety for the Tigers. Following the

free kick, Clemson took advantage by getting in Tech’s

redzone again. Watson threw a laser for a touchdown

to Jordan Leggett, his irst score of the 2016 season.

The Tigers’ dominance was on display in the opening

half. Clemson ran 56 total plays, compared to just 21

#3 CLEMSON 26

GEORGIA TECH 7SEPT. 22, 2016 • BOBBY DODD STADIUM • ATLANTA, GA.

Clemson 14 9 0 3 26

Georgia Tech 0 0 0 7 7

CU M. Willians 4 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:25, 9-75


CU TEAM Safety, 2nd, 2:00

CU Leggett 9 pass from Watson (Hugel Kick) 2nd, :04, 10-72

GT Mills 2 run (Butker Kick) 4th 13:21, 11-89

CU Huegel 47 FG, 4th, 9:57, 4-(-2)


Team Statistics CU GT

First Downs 24 11

Rushing 138 95

Passing 32-48 4-14



Yards/Play 5.4 2.4

Return Yards 48 27


Turnovers 1 1





Punting 6-38.7 8-39.0


Sacks 3-30 1-5



CU Gallman 17-59-1, Watson 12-36, Choice 4-26,

McCloud 1-17

GT Mills 16-75, Marshall 5-20, Lynch 2-16, Willis 2-10,

Green 2-3, Searcy 1-(-4), Thomas 10-(-25)


CU Watson 32-48-304-1-2

GT Thomas 4-13-29-0-0, Mills 0-1-0-1-0


CU McCloud 8-101-0, M. Williams 6-61-1, Powell

5-44, Leggett 4-31-1, Gallman 3-22, A. Scott 3-14,

Thompson 1-25, Choice 1-5, Cain 1-1

GT Stewart 1-26, Jeune 1-6, Marshall 1-0, Lynch 1-(-3)


CU McCloud 3-17

GT Stewart 1-16


CU A. Scott 1-23

GT Green 1-11


CU V. Smith 1-8

GT Austin 1-0

Tackle Leaders

CU Boulware 10, Lawrence 8, O’Daniel 8, Watkins 8

Sacks

CU Carter 1-16, O’Daniel 1-7, Watkins 1-7

Tackles For Loss

CU Carter 2-20, O’Daniel 2-8, Watkins 1-7, Joseph 1-4,

Wilkins 1-4

GAME STATS

for Tech. The Yellow Jackets were stuffed for only 22

total yards, most of which came on the inal play before

halftime. Clemson owned a 325-yard advantage as well

in the irst 30 minutes of play.

The Jackets inally reached the scoring column in the

fourth quarter, but Clemson answered with a career-long

tying 47-yard ield goal from Greg Huegel to close out

the game’s scoring.


GAME 5

CLEMSON, S.C. - Marcus Edmond tackled James Quick

one yard shy of a irst down at the three-yard line on fourth

down with 33 seconds left in the game, as No. 3 Clemson

held on for a thrilling 42-36 win over No. 3 Louisville at

Memorial Stadium on Oct. 1, 2016.

Led by quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was 20-31

passing for 306 yards and ive touchdowns, the Tigers

(5-0, 2-0 ACC) came out on top of the back-and-forth

matchup featuring electrifying offensive displays from

both teams. Clemson also upped its home winning streak

to 19, the longest active streak in the nation.

“It was a great win,” said head coach Dabo Swinney.

“Louisville played their hearts out. We stuck it out in

the third quarter. We had the right plays.”

Defense was the story of the irst quarter, as both teams

struggled to manufacture any substantial drives. Clem-

son’s pass rush was particularly effective and pressured

Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson throughout.

The Cardinals (4-1, 2-1 ACC) were the irst to score, as

Jeremy Smith capped an 82-yard drive with a one-yard

touchdown run in the opening minute of the second

quarter.

The remainder of the quarter was practically all Clem-

son, however, with the Tigers outscoring the Cardinals

28-3. Deon Cain made a big splash during that stretch,

hauling in two touchdown receptions that covered 70

yards altogether.

Following a fumble by Louisville’s Brandon Radcliff,

which was the Cardinals’ third consecutive drive with a

turnover, Clemson struck again. Wayne Gallman, who to-

taled 110 yards on the ground, sprinted into the endzone

on a 24-yard run. Later in the quarter, Watson and Cain

#3 LOUISVILLE 36

#3 CLEMSON 42OCT. 1, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C.

Louisville 0 10 16 10 36

Clemson 0 28 0 14 42

LOU Smith 1 run (Creque Kick) 2nd, 14:18, 11-82


CU Gallman 24 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 6:09, 1-38


LOU Creque 26 FG, 2nd, 0:37, 13-76

CU A. Scott 5 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 0:05, 4-73

LOU Quick 8 pass from Jackson (Creque Kick Failed) 3rd , 11:20, 7-36

LOU Creque 21 FG, 3rd, 5:21, 11-63

LOU Jackson 1 run (Creque Kick) 3rd, 0:45, 7-77

LOU Creque 28 FG, 10:23, 4th, 3:42, 8-62

LOU Jackson 11 run (Creque Kick) 4th, 7:52, 8-62

CU Williams 20 pass from Watson (pass failed) 4th, 7:05, 2-23

CU Leggett 31 pass from Watson (pass good) 4thl 3:14, 8-85


Team Statistics LOU CU

First Downs 31 26

Rushing 273 201

Passing 27-44 20-31



Yards/Play 5.7 8.2

Return Yards 61 216


Turnovers 3 5



Punt Returns 2-15 1-(-1)


Punting 5-48.0 5-42.8


Sacks 0 5



LOU Jackson 31-162-2, Radcliff 13-69, Smith 8-51-1, Scott

2-(-3)

CU Gallman 16-110-1, Watson 14-91


LOU Jackson 27-44-295-1-1

CU Watson 20-31-306-3-5


LOU Hikutini 7-84, Quick 7-83-1, Smith 4-54, Staples 4-35,

Scott 2-16, Bonnafon 1-9, Samuel 1-7, Smith 1-7

CU M. Williams 5-70-1, Cain 4-98-2, Leggett 3-70-1, A.

Scott 3-40-1, McCloud 3-16, Thompson 2-12


LOU Alexander 2-15

CU McCloud 1-(-1)


LOU Alexander 1-14, Samuel 2-32

CU A. Scott 3-119, Feaster 5-98


LOU Alexander 2-0, Williams 1-0

CU J. Johnson 1-0

Tackle Leaders

CU Boulware 17, V. Smith 14, Joseph 11

Sacks

CU Huggins 2-10, Ferrell 2-8, Boulware 1-4

Tackles For Loss

CU Boulware 3-8, Huggins 2-10, Ferrell 2-8, Wilkins 1.5-

10, Yeargin 1-6, Carter 0.5-3

GAME STATS

connected to put the Tigers up 21-7. Cain inished with

four catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns.

The Cardinals added a ield goal with under a minute to

play in the half, but the Tigers were able to answer with

a frenetic scoring drive in just 26 seconds. Advancing

73 yards in four plays, Clemson increased its lead to

28-10 on a ive-yard touchdown pass from Watson to

Artavis Scott.

Louisville outscored Clemson 16-0 in the third quarter,

capitalizing on two Tiger turnovers. Following a Watson

interception, Jackson connected with James Quick for

an eight-yard touchdown.

A Louisville ield goal on its next possession pulled it to

within nine points. After a Clemson fumble in Louisville

territory, Jackson drove the Cardinals 77 yards and

inished the drive off with a one-yard touchdown rush.

The Cardinals pushed their run to 26-0 by scoring the

irst 10 points of the fourth quarter by way of a ield

goal and an 11-yard Jackson scamper into the endzone.

In the wake of the score by Jackson, Scott provided the

Tigers with excellent ield position via a 77-yard kickoff

return, then Watson found Mike Williams for a 20-yard

touchdown pass.

The Tigers regained the lead on their next possession,

as Watson inished off an 85-yard drive with a 31-yard

touchdown pass to Jordan Leggett, who also hauled in

a Watson pass for the succeeding two-point conversion.

Trailing 42-36 late in the game, the Cardinals marched

down the ield. But after a crucial pre-snap penalty on

fourth-and-7, which made it fourth-and-12, Jackson

connected with Quick near the sideline. An alert Edmond

forced Quick out of bounds at the three, one yard shy

of a irst down.


GAME 6

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. — Third-ranked Clemson fol-

lowed up its big victory over Louisville with a convincing

56-10 win at Boston College in front of over 44,000

fans at Alumni Stadium on Oct. 7, 2016. The win

moved the Tigers to 6-0 on the season, while dropping

the Eagles to 3-3.

Deshaun Watson was brilliant for the Tigers, tossing

four touchdown passes and directing a Tiger offense

that inished one yard shy of 500 despite a lopsided

margin in time of possession. Watson’s favorite target

was Deon Cain, who again caught two touchdowns for

the Tigers. Wayne Gallman surpassed the century mark

on the ground, despite only nine carries, in an eficient

offensive effort. Gallman won the Leather Helmet Award

following the contest, an award presented annually to the

game’s best player.

Clemson led 21-3 after a quarter of play, thanks to

three explosive plays of at least 50 yards. Gallman burst

#3 CLEMSON 56

BOSTON COLLEGE 10OCT. 7, 2016 • ALUMNI STADIUM • CHESTNUT HILL, MASS.

Clemson 21 0 14 21 56

Boston College 3 0 7 0 10

BC Knoll 21 FG, 1st, 11:08, 4-5


CU M. Williams 9 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 1st, 3:12, 6-70

CU Leggett 56 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 1st, 1:29, 1-56

CU Cain 29 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 3rd, 11:38, 4-63

CU Cain 16 pass from Watson (Guegel Kick), 3rd, 2:27, 7-59

BC Wolford 1 pass from Towles (Knoll Kick) 3rd, 4:51, 9-55

CU Dye 3 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 3:46, 12:55

CU Feaster 45 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 1:24, 3:09

CU Fields 42 interception (Huegel Kick) 4th, 1:30


Team Statistics CU BC

First Downs 22 15

Rushing 230 156

Passing 16-26 12-24



Yards/Play 8.4 3.5

Return Yards 107 115


Turnovers 1 2

Penalties 4-18 6-52




Punting 5-37.2 9-36.2


Sacks 3-17 2-14



CU Gallman 9-109-1, Feaster 4-56-1, Watson 8-28, Choice

5-12, Dye 3-11-1, Fuller 2-9, Bryant 1-6, Scott 1-2,

Schuessler 1-(-8)

BC Jones 12-48, Hilliman 12-42, Smith 2-31, Rouse 1-16,

Wilson 4-11, Towles 13-6, Willis 2-3, Wade 1-0, Walker

1-(-1)


CU Watson 15-25-270-0-4, Schuessler 1-1-8-0-0

BC Towles 11-22-91-0-1, Wade 0-1-0-1-0,

Smith 1-1-5-0-0


CU A. Scott 4-45, Cain 3-68-2, Leggett 2-66-1, M.

Williams 2-59-1, Powell 2-17, McCloud 2-17, Choice

1-6

BC Sweeney 4-48, Jones 2-25, Smith 1-12, Walker 1-5,

Towles 1-5, Jon Hilliman 1-2, Wolford 1-1-1, Rouse

1-(-2)


CU McCloud 3-4

BC None


CU A. Scott 3-61

BC Walker 1-16, Torres 1-30, Willis 4-69


CU Fields 1-42

BC None

Tackle Leaders

CU V. Smith 13, Boulware 12, Joseph 10

Sacks

CU Ferrell 1-3, Wilkins 1-3, O’Daniel 0.5-6, Robinson 0.5-5

Tackles For Loss

CU Wilkins 2-4, Ferrell 1-3, V. Smith 1-2, Carter 1-1,

Pagano 1-1, Tankersley 1-1, O’Daniel 0.5-6, Robinson

0.5-5

GAME STATS

through a hole, led by Watson’s key block, en route to

a 59-yard touchdown after the Tigers had surrendered

a ield goal on BC’s second possession. One drive later,

the Tigers added another 50-yard play on a reception by

Mike Williams. He followed with a touchdown a few plays

later on a fade pass. Jordan Leggett capped the quarter

with a 56-yard catch and run.

Watson struck quickly after halftime, connecting with

Cain on a pair of scores to push the lead to 35-3 midway

through the third. The Tigers were on cruise control the

rest of the half. Three quarterbacks played in the second

half. Kelly Bryant directed a scoring drive when freshman

Tavien Feaster burst through the left side for a 45-yard

touchdown scamper. Clemson was not done, though, as

Mark Fields jumped a BC pass the next possession for an

interception and returned it for a touchdown to provide

the inal scoring margin.


400 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDSClemson - Deshaun Watson had 73 rushing yards and 405 passing

yards (478 total yards) vs. Alabama at Glendale, Ariz. on Jan. 11,

2016 (Alabama 45-40).

Opponent - Lamar Jackson had 162 rushing yards and 295 pass-

ing yards (457 total yards) at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016

(Clemson 42-36).

500 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDSClemson - Tajh Boyd had 127 rushing yards and 378 passing

yards (505 total yards) vs. Ohio State at Miami Gardens, Fla. on

Jan. 3, 2014 (Clemson 40-35).

Opponent - Chris Weinke of Florida State had -12 rushing yards

and 521 passing yards (509 total yards) at Tallahassee, Fla. on

Nov. 4, 2000 (Florida State 54-7).

30 CARRIESClemson - Wayne Gallman had 30 carries vs. Auburn at Auburn,

Ala., on Sept. 3, 2016 (Clemson 19-13).

Opponent - Lamar Jackson of Louisville had 31 carries at Clemson,

S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36).

100 RUSHING YARDS BY QUARTERBACKClemson - Deshaun Watson had 145 rushing yards vs. Oklahoma

at Miami Gardens, Fla. on Dec. 31, 2015 (Clemson 37-17).

Opponent - Lamar Jackson had 162 rushing yards at Clemson,

S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36).

100 RUSHING YARDS BY TWO PLAYERSClemson - Wayne Gallman had 150 rushing yards and Deshaun

Watson had 145 rushing yards vs. Oklahoma at Miami Gardens,

Fla. on Dec. 31, 2015 (Clemson 37-17).

Opponent - Orwin Smith of Georgia Tech had 117 rushing yards

and Tevin Washington had 104 rushing yards at Clemson, S.C.

on Oct. 6, 2012 (Clemson 47-31).

100 RUSHING YARDS BY THREE PLAYERSClemson - James Davis (143), C.J. Spiller (127) and Demerick

Chancellor (113) vs. Louisiana Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Sept.

30, 2006 (Clemson 51-0).

Opponent - Never accomplished.

100 RUSHING YARDS & 100 PASSING YARDSClemson - Deshaun Watson had 145 rushing yards and 187

passing yards vs. Oklahoma at Miami Gardens, Fla., on Dec. 31,

2015 (Clemson 37-17).

Opponent - Lamar Jackson of Louisville had 162 rushing yards

and 295 passing yards at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clem-

son 42-36).

200 RUSHING YARDSClemson - Andre Ellington had 228 rushing yards vs. Auburn at

Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 1, 2012 (Clemson 26-19).

Opponent - Branden Ore of Virginia Tech had 203 rushing yards at

Blacksburg, Va. on Oct. 26, 2006 (Virginia Tech 24-7).

25 COMPLETIONSClemson - Deshaun Watson had 32 completions vs. Georgia Tech

at Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 22, 2016 (Clemson 26-7).

Opponent - Lamar Jackson had 27 completions at Clemson, S.C.

on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36).

400 PASSING YARDSClemson - Deshaun Watson had 405 passing yards vs. Alabama at

Glendale, Ariz. on Jan. 11, 2016 (Alabama 45-40).

Opponent - Jameis Winston of Florida State had 444 passing

yards at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 19, 2013 (Florida State 51-14).

10 RECEPTIONSClemson - Artavis Scott had 12 receptions vs. Syracuse at Syra-

cuse, N.Y. on Nov. 14, 2015 (Clemson 33-13).

Opponent - Deondre Douglas had 11 receptions at Clemson, S.C.

on Sept. 10, 2016 (Clemson 30, Troy 24).

100 RECEIVING YARDSClemson - Ray-Ray McCloud had 101 receiving yards vs. Georgia

Tech at Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 22, 2016 (Clemson 26-7).

Opponent - O.J. Howard of Alabama had 208 receiving yards at


100 RECEIVING YARDS BY TWO PLAYERSClemson - Artavis Scott had 114 receiving yards and Mike Williams

had 112 receiving yards vs. Oklahoma at Orlando, Fla. on Dec.

29, 2014 (Clemson 40-6).

Opponent - Nick O’Leary of Florida State had 161 receiving yards

and Rashad Greene had 146 receiving yards at Clemson, S.C. on

Oct. 19, 2013 (Florida State 51-14).

200 RECEIVING YARDSClemson - Sammy Watkins had 227 receiving yards vs. Ohio

State at Miami Gardens, Fla. on Jan. 3, 2014 (Clemson 40-35).

Opponent - O.J. Howard of Alabama had 208 receiving yards at


100 INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDSClemson - Willie Underwood had 101 yards on two interception

returns vs. South Carolina at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 22, 1980

(Clemson 27-6).

Opponent - Dennis Tabron of Duke had 128 yards on three inter-

ception returns at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 18, 1980 (Duke 34-17).

100 PUNT RETURN YARDSClemson - Adam Humphries had 107 yards on eight punt returns

vs. Louisville at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 11, 2014 (Clemson 23-17).

Opponent - Eddie Royal of Virginia Tech had 117 yards on three

punt returns at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 6, 2007 (Virginia Tech

41-23).

200 KICKOFF RETURN YARDSClemson - Sammy Watkins had 207 yards on ive kickoff returns vs.

Maryland at College Park, Md. on Oct. 15, 2011 (Clemson 56-45).

Opponent - Tobais Palmer of NC State had 277 yards on eight kick-

off returns at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 17, 2012 (Clemson 62-48).

INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNClemson - Mark Fields intercepted a Darius Wade pass and re-

turned it 42 yards for a touchdown vs. Boston College at Chestnut

Hill, Mass., on Oct. 7, 2016 (Clemson 56-10).

Opponent - Chris Milton of Georgia Tech intercepted a Cole Stoudt

pass and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown at Atlanta, Ga. on

Nov. 15, 2014 (Georgia Tech 28-6).

PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNClemson - Adam Humphries returned a punt 72 yards for a

touchdown vs. Louisville at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 11, 2014

(Clemson 23-17).

Opponent - Mike Campanaro of Wake Forest returned a punt

50 yards for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2011

(Clemson 31-28).

BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNClemson - La’Donte Harris returned a blocked punt 10 yards for

a touchdown vs. South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. on Nov. 24,

2007 (Clemson 23-21).

Opponent - Roderick Rollins of Boston College returned a blocked

punt 14 yards for a touchdown at Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Nov. 1,

2008 (Clemson 27-21).

KICKOFF RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNClemson - Sammy Watkins returned a kickoff 89 yards for a

touchdown vs. Maryland at College Park, Md. on Oct. 15, 2011

(Clemson 56-45).

Opponent - Kenyan Drake of Alabama returned a kickoff 95 yards

for a touchdown at Glendale, Ariz. on Jan. 11, 2016 (Alabama

45-40).

FUMBLE RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNClemson - Vic Beasley returned a fumble 16 yards for a touchdown

vs. NC State at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 4, 2014 (Clemson 41-0).

Opponent - Dominique Mitchell of SC State returned a fumble

35 yards for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 6, 2014

(Clemson 73-7).

RECOVERED FUMBLE FOR TOUCHDOWNClemson - Denzel Johnson recovered a fumbled kickoff in the

endzone for a touchdown vs. SC State at Clemson, S.C. on Sept.

17, 2016 (Clemson 59-0).

Opponent - Adam Gotsis of Georgia Tech recovered a fumble in

the endzone for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 10, 2015

(Clemson 43-24).

TOUCHDOWN BY OFFENSIVE LINEMANClemson - Brandon Thomas recovered a fumble in the endzone

vs. Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga. on Oct. 29, 2011 (Georgia Tech

31-17).

Opponent - Peter Anderson of Georgia fell on the ball in the

endzone after a Lars Tate fumble at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 21,

1985 (Georgia 20-13).

TOUCHDOWN BY DEFENSIVE LINEMANClemson - Carlos Watkins intercepted a Taylor Lamb pass and

returned it 15 yards for a touchdown vs. Appalachian State at

Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 12, 2015 (Clemson 41-10).

Opponent - Adam Gotsis of Georgia Tech recovered a fumble in

the endzone for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on October 10,

2015 (Clemson 43-24).

FOUR PASSING TOUCHDOWNSClemson - Deshaun Watson had four passing touchdowns vs.

Boston College at Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Oct. 7, 2016 (Clem-

son 56-10).

Opponent - Marquise Williams of North Carolina had four passing

touchdowns at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 27, 2014 (Clemson 50-35).

FIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWNSClemson - Deshaun Watson had ive passing touchdowns vs.

Louisville at Clemson, S.C., on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36).

Opponent - Mike Glennon of NC State had ive passing touchdowns

at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 17, 2012 (Clemson 62-48).

FOUR TOUCHDOWNSClemson - C.J. Spiller had four rushing touchdowns vs. Georgia

Tech at Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34).

Opponent - Todd Gurley of Georgia had four touchdowns (three

rushing, one kickoff return) at Athens, Ga. on Aug. 30, 2014

(Georgia 45-21).

FOUR FIELD GOALSClemson - Chandler Catanzaro was 4-4 on ield goals with makes

of 31, 29, 25 and 24 yards vs. Maryland at College Park, Md. on

Oct. 26, 2013 (Clemson 40-27).

Opponent - Cody Parkey of Auburn was 4-4 on ield goals with

makes of 37, 46, 27 and 36 yards at Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 1,

2012 (Clemson 26-19).

FIVE FIELD GOALSClemson - Chandler Catanzaro was 5-5 on ield goals with makes

of 38, 42, 18, 20 and 47 yards vs. Boston College at Clemson,

S.C. on Oct. 8, 2011 (Clemson 36-14).

Opponent - Vince Fusco of Duke was 6-7 on ield goals with

makes of 27, 22, 22, 25, 37 and 57 yards at Clemson, S.C. on

Oct. 16, 1976 (18-18).

SIX FIELD GOALSClemson - Richard Jackson was 6-6 on ield goals with makes of

23, 33, 32, 52, 42 and 35 yards vs. Boston College at Clemson,

S.C. on Oct. 19, 2009 (Clemson 25-7).

Opponent - Vince Fusco of Duke was 6-7 on ield goals with

makes of 27, 22, 22, 25, 37 and 57 yards at Clemson, S.C. on

Oct. 16, 1976 (18-18).

50-YARD FIELD GOALClemson - Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 51-yard ield goal vs.

Georgia Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 14, 2013 (Clemson 55-31).

Opponent - Daniel Carolson kicked a 50-yard ield goal at Auburn,

Ala. on Sept. 3, 2016 (Clemson 19-13).

SAFETYClemson - A Yellow Jacket wide receiver fumbled an interception

return into the endzone, where it was recovered for a safety vs.

Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 22, 2016 (Clemson 26-7).

Opponent - Joshua Perry forced Tajh Boyd to intentionally ground

the ball from the endzone for a safety vs. Ohio State at Miami

Gardens, Fla. on Jan. 3, 2014 (Clemson 40-35).

20 POINTSClemson - C.J. Spiller had four rushing touchdowns (24 points) vs.

Georgia Tech at Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 5, 2009 (Ga. Tech 39-34).

Opponent - Todd Gurley of Georgia had four touchdowns (three

rushing, one kickoff return) (24 points) at Athens, Ga. on Aug.

30, 2014 (Georgia 45-21).

BLOCKED PUNTClemson - Jadar Johnson blocked a punt into the endzone for a

safety vs. Georgia Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 10, 2015.The

ball went out of the endzone (Clemson 43-24).

Opponent - Quenton Washington of South Florida blocked a punt

at Charlotte, N.C. on Dec. 31, 2010 (South Florida 31-26).

50-YARD PUNTING AVERAGEClemson - Spencer Benton had a 50.0-yard average on three punts

vs. Furman at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 15, 2012 (Clemson 41-7).

Opponent - A.J. Cole of NC State had a 50.6-yard average on

ive punts at Raleigh, N.C. on Oct. 31, 2015 (Clemson 56-41).

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