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GAME 10 CLEMSON (9-0, 6-0) VS. PITTSBURGH (5-4, 2-3)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Memorial Stadium, Clemson, S.C. (81,750)

Senior Day/Hall of Fame Day

Kickoff: 3:36 p.m.

TV: ABC/ESPN2(Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay)

XM Satelite Radio: Channel 84

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

SERIES HISTORY

Overall Record: Pittsburgh Leads 1-0

Only Previous Game:

34-3, Pittsburgh, 1977 Gator Bowl

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 W ^24-17

Oct. 29 at Florida State ABC W 37-34

Nov. 5 Syracuse TBA W 54-0

Nov. 12 Pittsburgh TBA ABC 3:36

Nov. 19 at Wake Forest TBA

Nov. 26 South Carolina TBA

#Thursday, * Friday, ^Overtime

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, Out

•Ray Ray McCloud, WR, ankle, probable

•Jake Fruhmorgen, OT, shoulder, probable

•Deshaun Watson, QB, shoulder, Probable

•Marcus Edmond, DB, toe, Probable

•Denzel Johnson, SS, groin, Questionable

•Cornell Powell, WR, Hamstring, Questionable

CLEMSON TIGERS2016 Record 9-0, 6-0 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) 84-27 (.757)

Away & Neutral Record 33-21 (.611)

Home 51-6 (.895)

vs. ACC 55-15 (.786)

vs. Pittsburgh 0-0

Clemson Rankings #2 CFP,#3 AP, #2 Coaches

Co-Offensive Coordinators Tony Elliott, Jeff Scott

Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables

Twitter /Instagram @ClemsonFB

Web ClemsonTigers.com

PITTSBURGH PANTHERS2016 Record: 5-4 overall, in 2-3 ACC

Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Colors: Blue and Gold

Enrollment: 35,014

Athletic Director: Scott Barnes

Head Coach: Pat Narduzzi (Rhode Island, ‘90)

Pittsburgh Record: 13-9 (2nd year)

Overall: 13-9 (2nd year)

vs Clemson: 0-0

Offensive Coor: Matt Canada

Defensive Coordinator: Josh Conklin

Football Communications: E.J. Borghetti

Phone: (412) 648-8240


Web Address: www.Pittsburghpanthers.com

Twitter: @Pitt_FB

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

1 2015 FOOTBALL NOTES


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division ACC Home Away Overall

Clemson 6-0 5-0 4-0 9-0

Louisville 6-1 4-0 4-1 8-1

Wake Forest 3-2 4-1 2-2 6-3

Florida State 3-3 2-1 3-2 6-3

Syracuse 2-3 2-2 2-2 4-5

NC State 1-4 4-2 0-3 4-5

Boston College 1-5 2-4 2-1 4-5

Coastal Division ACC Home Away Overall

North Carolina 5-1 3-1 4-0 7-2

Virginia Tech 5-1 4-0 3-2 7-2

Pittsburgh 2-3 4-1 1-3 5-4

Miami 2-3 3-2 2-2 5-4

Georgia Tech 2-4 4-2 1-2 5-4

Virginia 1-4 1-4 1-3 2-7

Duke 0-5 2-3 1-3 3-6

2016 STANDINGS

Thursday, November 10

North Carolina at Duke ESPN 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 11

Boston College at Florida State ESPN2 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 12

NC State at Syracuse ACCN 12:30 p.m.

Miami at Virginia RSN 2:00 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Clemson ABC 3:30 p.m.

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

Wake Forest at Louisville ESPN2 7:00 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

Panthers Make First Trip to Clemson Pittsburgh is making is irst trip to Clemson. These Panthers from Pennsylvania are actually the second straight school named Panthers making a irst time appearance here. The last team to come to Clemson for the irst time was the Georgia State Panthers in 2014. That year three schools played at Clemson for the irst time (also Syracuse and Louisville). Pittsburgh is the 57th different team to come to Memorial Stadium and the Tigers are 42-13-1 (.758) against those teams when the visitor is making its irst appearance. But, it has been especially dificult to beat Clemson in the irst meeting since 1978. In the last 39 years Clemson is 26-2 (.929) against teams making their irst appearance in Memorial Stadium.

The only teams to win their irst game at Memorial Stadium over the last 39 years are Marshall (13-10 winners over Clemson in 1999 in Tommy Bowden’s irst game as Clem-son coach) and Miami (FL) (36-30 wins over Clemson in 2005 in triple overtime, the longest game in Clemson history.)

Pittsburgh won only previous meeting This is just the second meeting anywhere between Clemson and Pittsburgh. The Panthers won the only previous contest at the 1977 Gator Bowl by a 34-3 score. Clemson was ranked 11th in the nation and Pittsburgh 10th entering the game in Jacksonville, Fla. Clemson was making its irst appearance in a bowl game since 1959, while Pittsburgh had an 8-2-1 record entering the game, but were the defending National Champion. Pittsburgh quarterback Matt Cavana-ugh had been injured in the irst game of the 1977 season when Notre Dame defensive end Willie Fry sacked him in the irst half of the game at Pittsburgh. Cavanaugh was limited for much of the season, but he was healthy for the Tigers in that bowl game, completing 23-36 passes for 387 yards. It was a record for passing yards against Clemson that stood for 18 more seasons. Clemson’s only points came on a 49-yard ield goal by kicker Obed Ariri. But the bowl experience was important for Clemson and the next year Clemson inished with an 11-1 record, a bowl victory over Ohio State and a No. 6 inal ranking in both polls, the highest in Clemson history at that point.

First Matchup of Former ACC Players of the Year Saturday’s game features a irst in ACC history as both teams have a player on their roster who has already won ACC Player of the Year honors. Pittsburgh running back James Conner won the award in 2014 and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson won the honor in 2015. Conner is one of the great comeback stories in football this year. He won the ACC Player of the Year Award in 2014, then missed the 2015 season after enduring a torn ACL and Hodgkin lymphoma. He was declared cancer free this past May. In 2014, Conner had historic num-bers, rushing for 1765 yards, a 5.9 average and 26 touchdowns. He had three games of at least 200 yards that year, including back to back weeks when he had 263 vs. Duke and

220 against North Carolina. He had seven touchdowns in those games combined. So far this year, Conner ranks sev-enth in the ACC in rushing with 712 yards in nine games and 11 touchdowns. He is third in the ACC in touchdowns. For his career, Con-ner has 47 career touchdowns, 3353 rushing yards. He is 17th among active FBS players in rushing yards. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson won ACC Player of the Year honors last year when he became the irst FBS quarterback with over 4,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in one season. He has thrown for 2497 yards so far this season to go with 24 touchdown passes and has led the Tigers to a #2 ranking in the Amway Coaches Poll, #3 by Associated Press and #2 by the College Football Playoff Poll. He is just 258 total offense yards from becoming the sixth player in ACC history with 10,000 yards. For his career, Watson’s completion percentage of .667 is fourth best among all FBS quarterbacks, his 9,742 total offense yards rank ninth and his 8.54 yards per pass attempt rank second.

Clemson Can Clinch Atlantic Division A Clemson victory over Pittsburgh can clinch the 2016 Atlantic Division championship for the Tigers. Clemson will be looking for its ifth Atlantic Division title and fourth ACC title game appearance under Dabo Swinney.. Clemson won the Atlantic Division outright in 2009, 2011 and 2015. The Tigers tied for the title in 2012 with a 7-1 record with Florida State. But the Seminoles won the head to head tie breaker and went to the champion-ship game.

Clemson has 15 ACC Champion-ships, tied with Florida State for the most in history. Overall Clemson has 21 conference championships (4 SIAA and 2 Southern Confer-ence), more than any other school in the ACC.

Eight times previously Clemson has celebrated an ACC Championship or an Atlantic division title with a win at Memorial Stadium.

ACC Title or Division Clinching Victo-ries in Memorial Stadium Year Opponent CU-Opp 1959 Wake Forest 33-31 1966 South Carolina 35-10 1981 Maryland 21-7 1987 Maryland 45-16 1991 Maryland 40-7 2009 Virginia 34-21 2011 Wake Forest 31-28 2015 Florida State 23-13 Accomplishments of Clemson Seniors…so far While this is not the inal home game, Clemson seniors will be honored prior to Saturday’s game. The group has had quite a run. Here is a list of some of their accomplish-ments….so far: •Overall record of 44-6 and that .880 winning percentage is the best in school history. The 44 wins rank second behind the 46-8 record by the 2015 seniors. •Has an ACC regular season record of 27-3. The record for conference wins by a senior class is 28-4 by the 2015 seniors. This group has a 28-3 record including the ACC

2015 FOOTBALL NOTES 3

CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh

ASSOCIATED PRESS(NOV. 6, 2016)

Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts

1. Alabama (60) 9-0 1524

2. Michigan (1) 9-0 1432

3. Clemson 9-0 1408

4. Washington 9-0 1364

5. Louisville 8-1 1255

6. Ohio State 8-1 1245

7. Wisconsin 7-2 1159

8. Auburn 7-2 1081

9. Oklahoma 7-2 996

10. Texas A&M 7-2 820

11. West Virginia 7-1 805

12. Penn State 7-2 752

13. Utah 7-2 686

14. Western Michigan 9-0 583

15. North Carolina 7-2 559

16. Colorado 7-2 550

17. Oklahoma State 7-2 516

18. Virginia Tech 7-2 479

19. LSU 5-3 454

20. Florida State 6-3 450

21. Nebraska 7-2 434

22. Florida 6-2 390

23. Washington State 7-2 305

24. Boise State 8-1 226

25. Baylor 6-2 90

Others Receiving Votes: Southern California 76, Arkansas

74, San Diego State 38, Troy 28, Houston 25, Tennessee 9,

Tulsa 3, South Florida 3, Minnesota 2, Navy 2, Wyoming 2.

AMWAY USA TODAY COACHES(NOV. 6, 2016)

Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts

1. Alabama (62) 9-0 1598

2. Clemson (2) 9-0 1497

3. Michigan 9-0 1493

4. Washington 9-0 1422

5. Ohio State 8-1 1316

6. Louisville 8-1 1307

7. Wisconsin 7-2 1191

8. Auburn 7-2 1075

9. Oklahoma 7-2 1068

10. West Virginia 7-1 877

11. Texas A&M 7-2 801

12. Utah 7-2 788

13. North Carolina 7-2 695

14. Penn State 7-2 667

15. Colorado 7-2 627

16. Florida 6-2 486

17. Oklahoma State 7-2 483

18. Florida State 6-3 483

19. LSU 5-3 479

20. Nebraska 7-2 476

21. Western Michigan 9-0 467

22. Virginia Tech 7-2 466

23. Washington State 7-2 331

24. Boise State 8-1 211

25. Baylor 6-2 161

Others Receiving Votes:

Southern California 79, San Diego State 58, Arkansas

53, Houston 49, South Florida 28, Wyoming 20, Navy

12, Tennessee 12, Tulsa 9, Troy 6, Appalachian State 5,

Minnesota 2, Stanford 2, Louisiana Tech 1.

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

College Football Playoff Poll for 11-1-2016Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Michigan, 4. Texas A&M, 5. Washington, 6. Ohio State, 7. Louisville, 8. Wiscon-sin, 9. Auburn, 10. Nebraska, 11. Florida, 12. Penn State, 13. LSU, 14. Oklahoma, 15. Colorado, 16. Utah, 17. Baylor, 18. Oklahoma State, 19. Virginia Tech, 20. West Virginia, 21. North Carolina, 22. Florida State, 23. Western Michigan, 24. Boise State, 25. Washington State.

NATIONAL RANKINGSChampionship game win over North Carolina last year. The Clemson class record for ACC wins including championship games is 29-4 by the 2015 seniors. So a win Saturda can tie both records. •This senior class has been a part of a 25-1 record at Memorial Stadium the last four years. The record for wins by a senior class at home is 26-2 set by the 2014 and 2015 senior classes. •In terms of streaks, this group has been a part of a school record 17-game winning streak, a school record 21-game home winning streak, a school record nine-game winning streak on the road, and a school record 23-game regular season winning streak. •Part of a continuing 44-game win-ning streak against unranked team, they were a part of the last 35 of those wins. •This senior class has nine wins over ranked teams, including ive over teams ranked in the top 10 entering the game (2013, #5 Georgia), (2015, #6 Notre Dame), (2015, #8 North Carolina), (2015, #3 Oklahoma), and (2016, #3 Louisville). •Has had a inal ranking in the top 15 every year, including #7 by Coaches poll in 2013, #15 by both polls in 2014 and #2 by both polls in 2015. The #2 ranking last year was the second highest in Clemson history. •Signiicant contributors to the 2015 team that won a school record 14 games and played in the National Championship game. Muse Was Loose Clemson freshman Tanner Muse scored his irst career touchdown in dramatic fashion in Clemson’s 54-0 win over Syracuse last Saturday. On a Syracuse pass over the middle that was tipped four times Muse alertly picked off the ball before it hit the ground and sped 64 yards for a touchdown. The play was named ESPN SportsCenter Play of the Day on Saturday night. It was the irst interception of Muse’s career, who is in his red-shirt freshman season. The safety from Belmont, N.C .became the irst Clemson freshman to record an interception return for a touchdown since the late Wayne Simmons ran 73 yards with an interception return for a score at Florida State in 1989.

Clemson Looks for Sixth Straight 10-Win Season A victory for Clemson over Pittsburgh will give the Tigers a 10-0 record and assure Clemson of a sixth straight season with at least 10 victories. Clemson would become just the 11th different school in college football history (current FBS schools) to have six consecutive seasons of at least 10 wins. Heading into this season Clemson and Alabama were the only schools with an active streak of at least ive 10-win seasons. The Crimson Tide are also primed to extend their streak, which is eight consecutive years entering this season. The record for consecutive 10-win seasons is 14 years in a row set by Bobby Bowden’s Florida State Seminoles (1987-02). The Tigers are looking for their 12th season with at least 10 wins in history. If the Tigers defeat Pittsburgh, Dabo Swinney would have half of those double digit 10-win seasons on his resume.

Schools With Five Consecutive 10-Win Seasons School Years Consec Florida State 1987-02 14 Texas 2001-09 9 Virginia Tech 2004-11 8 Miami (FL) 1985-92 8 Alabama 2008-15 #8 Boise State 2006-12 7 Oregon 2008-14 7 Southern California 2002-08 7 Florida 1993-98 6 Ohio State 2005-10 6 Clemson 2011-15 #5 #Denotes active streak

Clemson’s 10-Win Seasons Year Record Coach 1948 11-0 Frank Howard 1981 12-0 Danny Ford 1987 10-2 Danny Ford 1988 10-2 Danny Ford 1989 10-2 Danny Ford 1990 10-2 Ken Hatield 2011 10-4 Dabo Swinney 2012 11-2 Dabo Swinney 2013 11-2 Dabo Swinney 2014 10-3 Dabo Swinney 2015 14-1 Dabo Swinney

Matchup of Outstanding Veteran Running Backs Two of the top running backs in the ACC over the last few years will be on opposite sides when Clemson faces Pittsburgh. Pitts-burgh’s James Conner and Clemson’s Wayne Gallman are among the top three active ACC running backs in a number of categories. Gallman set the Clemson single season rushing yardage record last year when he gained 1527 yards. He needs just one 100-yard game to become Clemson’s career leader in that category as well. Conner has 14 career 100-yard rushing games and his 1765 rushing yards in 2014 rank third best in Pittsburgh history. Comparison of Veteran Running Backs Category Conner Gallman Games 35 36 Attempts 607 564 Yards 3353 2930 Yards/Game 95.8 81.4 Yards/Rush 5.52 5.20 Rushing TDs 47 25 Total TDs 49 27 All Purpose Yards 3660 3326 100-Yard Games 14 15

Gallman Nearing 3,000 Clemson junior running back Wayne Gallman has a chance to set a school record and eclipse a major milestone this week. The native of Grayson, Georgia enters the Pittsburgh game with 2,930 career rushing yards and needs just 70 to become the sixth player in Clemson history to reach 3,000 yards in a ca-reer. He also needs just one 100-yard rushing game to establish the Clemson career mark for career 100-yard games. He has 15, the same amount Raymond Priester had for the Tigers between 1994-97.

Watson Approaching 10,000 Yards Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson went over the 8,000 yard mark in terms


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburghof passing yards in the win over Syracuse. Now the junior needs just 258 to become just the sixth player in ACC history with 10,000 yards of total offense. The only Clemson player to do it is Tajh Boyd, who had 13,069 between 2010 and 2013. He is second in ACC history behind the 13,582 by Philip Rivers. Watson will be the irst ACC player to reach 10,000 miles in his junior year when he accomplishes the feat.

ACC 10,000 Yard Men in Total Offense

Rk Player Years Rush Pass Total 1. Philip Rivers, NC St 2000-03 98 13,484 13,582 2. Tajh Boyd, Clemson 2010-13 1,165 11,094 13,069 3. Joe Hamilton, GT 1996-99 1,758 8.882 10,640 4. Marquise Williams, UNC 2012-15 2,458 7.965 10,423 5. Logan Thomas, VT 2010-13 1,358 9,005 10,363

Deshaun Watson, Clemson 2014-16 1,675 8,067 9,742 Long Drives Clemson had not had a drive over 85 yards all season entering the Syracuse game. Then, in the second period the Tigers had three consec-utive drives of at least 86 yards, all for touchdowns. First the Tigers went 95 yards in just two plays in 31 seconds on the irst possession of the second period. Wayne Gallman rank 30 yards, then Deshaun Watson hit Deon Cain on a 65-yard touchdown pass. Then Clemson went 89 yards in 12 plays in ive minutes, a drive that culminated with a 14-yard scoring pass from Watson to Mike Williams. On the very next drive Clemson went 86 yards in 14 plays on a 5:03 drive that inished with a ive yard scoring pass from Nick Schuessler to Artavis Scott. Clemson had another 80-yard scoring drive in the second half. So Clemson’s three longest scoring drives of the year in terms of yardage took place on consecutive drives in the second period of the Syracuse game.

Tiger Offensive Line Must Deal with Price Clemson will face perhaps its toughest challenge when it comes to protecting the quarterback on Saturday when the Tigers face a Pittsburgh defense led by Ejuan Price. The Panther defender has nine sacks and 16 tackles for loss this year. He ranks third in the nation in sacks with 1.0 per game and is third in tackles for loss per game at 1.8. In terms of his career, Price has 25.5 career sacks for 189 yards, and 46 career tackles for loss for 259 yards. Among active FBS players, Price is ifth in career sacks, second in sack yardage, second in tackles for loss and irst in yardage lost on tackles for loss. But, Clemson does counter with a good offensive line. Clem-son allows just 1.22 sacks per game, 16th in the nation, and allows 4.18 tackles for loss per game, 21st in the nation. Clemson’s offensive line has three players who were named to All-ACC teams last year. Center Jay Guillermo leads the way as a second-team All-ACC player last year. Four times in his career he has been named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week. Tackle Mitch Hyatt was named third-team All-ACC as a freshman and a irst-team freshman All-American. Tyrone Crowder was named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week against Florida State and was a third-team selection last year.

Political Football With the Presidential Election on Tuesday, November 8, seemed appropriate to see if there was any connection between Clemson football games and the outcome of the election. Actually, there isn’t.

Clemson might be the most politically correct team in the nation when it comes to predicting the outcome of an election based on what the Tigers do the previous Saturday. The same goes for predict-ing the outcome of a Clemson football the Saturday after the Tuesday election.

Since 1896, when Clemson began playing football just a week before the Presidential Election, Clemson has won 19 games in its most recent contest prior to the election. The game following those 19 wins, Democrats have won 10 times and Republicans have won nine times. Conversely, the result of the election seems to have no inlu-ence on the result of the Clemson game the next time out. Clemson is 8-6-2 the game following a Republican victory and has a 7-7 mark the Saturday following a Democratic win.

Clemson has played well in recent years during the election season. The Tigers have a 15-3 record the Saturday prior to the Presi-dential Election since 1948, including 3-0 under Dabo Swinney.

In case you are looking for history to repeat, the Tigers are 2-0 the Saturday after a Clinton wins an election. Clemson defeated a top 20 North Carolina team 40-7 in 1992 the Saturday after Bill Clinton won for the irst time, the largest margin of victory in Clemson history over a ranked team. Four years later, the Saturday after Clinton won for the second time, Clemson upset a top 15 Virginia team on the road, 24-16. ` There are some other oddities. In 1984 Clemson defeated Wake Forest 37-14 the Saturday before Ronald Reagan won the election. Four years later, Clemson defeated North Carolina by the exact same score the Saturday before George Bush (41) gained victory.

Election Winner Party Clemson Before Clemson After

Nov. 3, 1896 McKinley Republican W 14-6 Furman L, 6-12 S. Carolina

Nov. 6, 1900 T. Roosevelt Republican W 51-0 S. Carolina W, 39-5 Georgia

Nov. 8, 1904 T. Roosevelt Republican T 11-11 Georgia W, 6-0 Tennessee

Nov. 3, 1908 Taft Republican L 0-13 Davidson L, 0-8 Georgia

Nov. 5, 1912 Wilson Democrat L 7-22 S. Carolina L, 6-27 Georgia

Nov. 7, 1916 Wilson Democrat W 27-0 S. Carolina L, 7-37 VMI

Nov. 2, 1920 Harding Republican L 0-3 S. Carolina L, 0-7 G. Tech

Nov. 4, 1924 Coolidge Republican L 6-50 VPI L, 0-7 Davidson

Nov. 6, 1928 Hoover Republican L 7-26 Mississippi W, 12-0 VMI

Nov. 8, 1932 Roosevelt Democrat W 18-6 Citadel L, 18-32 Georgia

Nov. 3, 1936 Roosevelt Democrat W 14-13 G. Tech W, 20-0 Citadel

Nov. 5, 1940 Roosevelt Democrat L 0-13 Tulane L, 7-21 Auburn

Nov. 7, 1944 Roosevelt Democrat L 7-13 Wake Forest W, 57-12 VMI

Nov. 2, 1948 Truman Democrat W 26-19 Boston College W, 41-0 Furman

Nov. 4, 1952 Eisenhower Republican W 13-0 Boston College T, 12-12 Fordham

Nov. 6, 1956 Eisenhower Republican W 21-6 VPI T, 6-6 Maryland

Nov. 8, 1960 Kennedy Democrat W 24-0 UNC W ,12-2 S. Carolina

Nov. 3, 1964 Johnson Democrat W 29-7 Virginia L, 0-29 UNC

Nov. 5, 1968 Nixon Republican W 24-19 N.C. State W, 16-0 Maryland

Nov. 7, 1972 Nixon Republican L 10-26 UNC L, 6-31 Maryland

Nov. 2, 1976 Carter Democrat W 15-12 FSU L, 23-27 UNC

Nov. 4, 1980 Reagan Republican W 35-33 Wake Forest L, 19-24 UNC

Nov. 6, 1984 Reagan Republican W 37-14 Wake Forest W, 17-10 VPI

Nov. 8, 1988 Bush Republican W 37-14 UNC W, 49-25 Maryland

Nov. 3, 1992 Clinton Democrat L 15-18 Wake Forest W, 40-7 UNC

Nov. 5, 1996 Clinton Democrat W 35-3 Maryland W, 24-16 Virginia

Nov. 7, 2000 G.W. Bush Republican L 7-54 FSU W, 16-14 USC

Nov. 2, 2004 G.W. Bush Republican W, 26-20 N.C. State W, 24-17 Miami (FL)

Nov. 4, 2008 Obama Democrat W, 27-21, BC L, 27-41, Florida State

Nov. 6, 2012 Obama Democrat W, 56-20, Duke W, 45-10, Maryland

Nov. 8, 2016 ?? ?? W, 54-0, Syracuse ??

19-10-1 15-13-2

Schuessler Plays Best Game Fifth year senior quarterback Nick Schuessler came off the bench to play 32 snaps in Clemson’s 54-0 win over Syracuse. Starter De-shaun Watson suffered a shoulder injury and Schuessler played very well in relief. The native of Grayson, Georgia connected on 11-17 passes for 177 yards and two scores without an interception. It was the irst time since the season inale of 2014 that someone other than Deshaun Watson led Clemson in passing yardage. Schuessler connected on a ive-yard scoring pass to Artavis Scott in the second period, then found Deon Cain on an 18-yard scoring pass in the third period. He inished with a 65 percent completion per-centage and a passing eficiency rating of 190. For the year, Schuessler is 19-29 for 303 yards and three touchdowns. His eficiency rating is 187 and his completion percentage 65.5.

Clemson Third in Three and Outs Clemson continues to rank among the best in the nation in a number of statistical categories. That is especially the case when it comes to pass defense where Clemson ranks third in the nation in pass eficiency defense, third in passing yards per attempt and third in inter-ceptions. Clemson has put pressure on the opposing quarterback ever since Brent Venables became defensive coordinator. This year Clemson is sixth in the nation in sacks (3.67), sixth in sack yardage (225), fourth in tackles for loss (8.89 per game) and tied for second with Michigan in tackles for loss yardage (343). Below is a list of Clemson’s Top 15 rankings in various catego-ries:


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh•Second in negative yardage on tackles for loss, 343•Third in pass eficiency defense, 93.16•Third in three and outs, 5.78 per game•Third in fewest yards per pass attempt allowed, 5.5•Fourth in tackles for loss per game, 8.89•Sixth in sacks, 3.67 per game•Sixth in sack yardage, 225•Seventh in fewest yards per play allowed, 4.46•Seventh in third down defense, .295•Seventh in fewest plays of 30 yards or more allowed, 12•Eighth in scoring defense, 15.7•11th in fewest passing yards allowed/game, 180.1•12th in total defense, 312.9•12th in completion percentage defense, 51.9 percent

Tigers Facing Another No 1 Return Team For the second week in a row Clemson will face a team ranked No. 1 in the nation in an aspect of the return game. Last week Syracuse was No. 1 in the nation in punt returns. This week Pittsburgh is No. 1 in the nation in kickoff returns. Clemson did a solid job in defending Syracuse in the punt re-turn game as the Orange had just one return for seven yards. The Tigers had a net of 38 yards and forced two fair catches on three punts. This week, Pittsburgh enters the game averaging 30.68 yards per kickoff return, best in the nation. The prime reason is returner Qua-dree Henderson, who averages a national best 33.88 yards per kickoff return. For his career Henderson has a 31.2 average, second best among active FBS players. He already has four kickoff returns for touchdowns on 40 career returns so he averages a TD every 10 returns. He has 40-1247 on kickoff returns for his career.

Winning on the Road Clemson already has a 4-0 record on the road this year, victo-ries at #11 Auburn, #19 Florida State, Georgia Tech and Boston College. Only eight of the 128 schools at the FBS level are still undefeated on the road. Western Michigan is 5-0, Clemson, Alabama, Washington and North Carolina are all 4-0, while Oklahoma is 3-0. Auburn and Michigan are both 2-0 on the road. Clemson has won a school record nine consecutive games on the road over two years. The Tigers were a perfect 5-0 on the road last year. That was the irst time in 20 years Clemson had a perfect road record (5-0 in 1995). If Clemson can win its inal road game at Wake Forest on November 19 it will mark the irst time Clemson has had back to back perfect seasons on the opponent’s home ield.

Clemson Only School with Three Wins over Current Top 20 Entering the month of November, Clemson is one of three schools with three wins over current top 25 teams. Clemson is the only schools with three top 20 wins. The Tigers have beaten #5 Louisville at home, #8 Auburn and #20 Florida State on the road. Michigan and Ohio State are the only other schools with three wins over current top 25 teams. Schools with 3 Wins over Current AP Top 25 TeamsClemson (3): #5 Louisville, #8 Auburn, #20 Florida StateMichigan (3): #7 Wisconsin, #22 Penn State, #16 ColoradoOhio State (3): #7 Wisconsin, #9 Oklahoma, #21 Nebraska

Winning the Close Ones Clemson defeated Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. on October 29, 37-34 in one of the most thrilling games of the Dabo Swinney era. There were three lead changes in the final 5:25 of the fourth quarter. The Tigers did not take the lead for good until the 2:06 mark of the fourth quarter when Deshaun Watson connected with tight end Jordan Leggett for a 34-yard touchdown.

The Clemson defense came up big on the last drive with sacks on the Seminoles last two plays, the first by Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence, and the last by Ben Boulware.The victory was the fifth time this season by seven points or less. The run of close wins started in the first two games of the year when the Ti-gers won at now 11th ranked Auburn 19-13, then defeated a now 6-1 Troy team, 30-24. The Tigers downed now fifth ranked Louisville on October 1 by a 42-36 count, then beat NC State in overtime, 24-17.

How does this run of close victories rank in Clemson history? This is the first Clemson team to win five games by seven points or less

since 1993 when the Tigers were 5-1 in “close games.” The 1958 team was also 5-1 in games decided by seven or less.

The greatest team in Clemson history in terms of winning close games is the 1948 Tiger eleven that finished with an 11-0 record. Under Coach Frank Howard and team captain Phil Prince, the Tigers were 6-0 in games decided by seven points or less, including a 24-23 win over Missouri in the Gator Bowl to conclude the season.

This current run of close wins in remarkable, or you could say things are just evening out. Between 2008-10 Clemson was 3-13 in games decided by seven points or less, including 1-5 in 2010, Dabo Swinney’s second full season. That tied for the most losses by seven points or less in a season. Since that 3-13 record in that three-year time span, Clemson is 16-2 in games decided by seven points or less.

Prior to the 2011 season, Clemson’s all-time record in “close games” was 177-176-45. With the 16-2 run, the Tigers are now 193-178-45 in games decided by seven or less.

Prior to this stretch, the greatest run of victory in close games came during the heart of the Frank Howard era. From 1948-51 Howard and the Tigers did not lose a game decided by seven points or less, posting a 12-0-3 record.

Most Wins in a season by 7 or Less Year Record 1948 6-0 2016 5-0 1993 5-1 1958 5-1 1966 4-1 2004 4-2 1977 4-2-1 1980 4-3

Clemson in Games Decided by 7 or Less, since 2011 (16-2) 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 (OT) 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 10/15-2016 NC State W 24-17 (OT) 10/29/2016 at Florida State (12) W 37-34 #ranked in USA Today only

Streaking Tigers• Clemson has won nine straight road games, a school record•The win over Syracuse on November 5 was Clemson’s 26th straight win in a non- National Championship game•Clemson enters the Pittsburgh game having won 15 consecutive games against ACC opponents. (The Clemson record is 20 in a row from 1981-84.)•Clemson has won 23 consecutive regular season games dating to a loss at Georgia Tech in 2014.*Clemson is now 9-0 for just the fourth time in school history, the second year in a row.

National List of Active Win Streaks Overall: Alabama, 21, Washington 12, Western Michigan 11, Michigan 10, Clemson 9. Conference: San Diego State 16, Clemson 15, Alabama 14, Oklahoma 13, Arkansas State 13. Home: Clemson 21, Navy 14, Houston 13, San Diego State 10, Alabama 9. Road: Alabama 11, Oklahoma 10, Clemson 9, North Carolina 9,


CLEMSON vs. PittsburghClemson’s Longest True Road Game Win Streaks Years Games Ended by 2015-16 9 Current 1978-79 8 at South Carolina, 9-13 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

Other Items of Interest after the Win at Florida State•The win at Florida State was the 10th different ACC road stadium Clemson has won in the last four years. This senior class is now 13-2 in ACC road games (only losses at FSU and Georgia Tech in 2014). •Deshaun Watson became the first Clemson quarterback to beat Florida State in consecutive seasons. When Clemson won in 2005-06-07, three different quarterbacks started for the Tigers. Watson joins Charlie White-hurst as only starting quarterback to beat Florida State twice. Whitehurst beat FSU in 2003 and 2005. He is just the fourth ACC quarterback to beat Florida State in consecutive seasons in the 25 years the Seminoles have been in the ACC.

Leggett Records Fourth 100-yard Game by a TE Jordan Leggett had ive receptions for 122 yards in the win at Florida State. His inal catch was a 34-yard touchdown reception from Deshaun Watson with 2:06 left in the game and proved to be the game winner. Leggett’s 122 receiving yards set a Clemson record for that category by a tight end in a single game. The previous mark was 107 yards on ive catches by John McMaikin against The Citadel in 1970. Leggett’s 122-yard effort against Florida State was just the ifth 100-yard receiving game in school history by a tight end. But, it was the second 100-yard game for Leggett, and the second time he had done it against Florida State. Last year in Clemson’s 10-point win at Clemson he had 6-101. While a tight end has had 100 yards receiving just ive times, four of the instances have taken place under Dabo Swinney. Michael Palmer, who watched Leggett’s performance from the sidelines Saturday night as the sideline reporter for the Clemson radio network, did it at South Carolina in 2009. Brandon Ford had a 100-yard receiving game against NC State in 2012. Leggett’s 34-yard game winner in the fourth period was his 15th career touchdown reception, already a Clemson standard. Leggett is quickly approaching all the major career records for a Clemson tight end. As said he already has the touchdown mark, and he needs just six catches and nine yards to break McMakin’s career marks in both of those categories. Leggett enters the Pittsburgh game with 88 receptions for 1247 yards. McMakin had 93 for 1255.

100-Yard Receiving Games by Clemson Tight End Player Year Opponent Rec-Yds Jordan Leggett 2016 at Florida State 5-122 John McMakin 1970 The Citadel 5-107 Michael Palmer 2009 South Carolina 8-106 Jordan Leggett 2015 Florida State 6-101 Brandon Ford 2012 NC State 5-101

Clemson Schedule Ranked Fifth by NCAA Clemson has played the ifth most dificult schedule among FBS schools according to the NCAA. Clemson opponents are 39-18 when not playing against Clemson, a .684 winning percentage.

Nation’s Most Dificult Schedules Rk School W-L Pct 1. Tennessee 46-12 .767 2. Oregon State 44-15 .746 3. Florida State 40-17 .702 4. Rutgers 41-18 .695 5. Clemson 39-18 .684 6. Penn State 44-21 .677 7. Arkansas 39-19 .672 8. Alabama 42-22 .656 9. Northwestern 39-21 .650 10. Mississippi 37-20 .640

Clemson in Top Five 19 Straight Weeks Clemson has been ranked in the top ive of the AP poll for 19 consecutive rankings, the longest active streak in the nation. Alabama is second with 17 in a row, while Michigan has a streak of 10 in a row. When it comes to top 10 rankings, Clemson has been ranked for 22 consecutive polls. Ohio State is irst with 33 in a row dating to the 2014 season. Clemson and Alabama are tied for second with 21 in a row. Then the list drops down to Michigan at 11 in a row and Washington at nine in a row. As far as top 25 rankings, Clemson has the ifth longest active streak with 31 in a row dating to the 2014 season. Alabama has the longest active streak with 142, a streak that dates to 2008.

Longest Active AP Poll Appearance Streaks Consecutive Top 5 Appearances School Polls Dates Clemson 19 2015-16 Alabama 17 2015-16 Michigan 10 2016 Washington 6 2015 Louisville 3 2016

Consecutive Top 10 Appearances School Polls Dates Ohio State 33 2014-16 Clemson 22 2015-16 Alabama 22 2015-16 Michigan 11 2016 Washington 10 2016 Louisville 9 2016 Consecutive Top 25 Appearances School Polls Dates Alabama 142 2008-16 Florida State 80 2011-16 Ohio State 77 2012-16 Baylor 60 2013-16 Clemson 33 2014-16 Michigan 23 2015-16 Louisville 11 2016 Washington 11 2016

Clemson AP Poll Progression, 2016 Date Pts FP Record AP-Co. 8-21 1443 16 0-0 2-2 9-6 1416 2 1-0 2-2 9-11 1284 0 2-0 5-3 9-18 1258 0 3-0 5-3 9-25 1267 0 4-0 4-3 10-2 1403 1 5-0 3-3 10-10 1406 2 6-0 3-3 10-16 1337 0 7-0 4-3 10-23 1382 0 7-0 3-3 10-30 1401 0 8-0 3-3 11-6 1408 0 9-0 3-2 Clemson Seniors 27-3 in ACC Regular Season The current group of Clemson seniors have a 27-3 record in ACC regular season games, 28-3 when counting the ACC Championship game last year. The record for ACC regular season wins is 28, set by the 2015 seniors who were 28-4 in the regular season. That group also has the record for overall wins against ACC teams with 29 (including ACC Championship win last year). So, this group of seniors needs one ACC win to tie both re-cords.

Most ACC Victories by Senior Classes (Regular season games) Class of Win % W-L 2015 .875 28-4 2016 .900 27-3 2014 .813 26-6 2013 .750 24-8 2012 .719 23-9 1989 .804 22-5-1


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh 1990 .786 22-6 1991 .804 22-5-1Note: 2015 class has 29 wins including ACC Championship games. 2016 has 27 including ACC Championship games.

Another Pick for Jadar Johnson Jadar Johnson had his fourth interception of the year in the win over Florida State. The senior from Orangeburg, S.C. injured a calf mus-cle in doing so and had to miss the second half of the game. In his irst year as a starter, Johnson had four interceptions for 100 yards over his irst three years and he now has equaled that total as a senior in 2016. In nine games this year he has four interceptions for 44 return yards. Johnson is tied for 16th in the nation in total intercep-tions. In many ways Johnson’s performance this year has been similar to B.J. Goodson last year. Goodson was a key reserve his irst three years, then led Clemson in tackles as a senior in 2015. Johnson was a backup his irst three years and now leads the team in interceptions in his inal year.

Landmark Games by Active Tigers Clemson has many veteran offensive players on its 2016 roster. As a result they have had many landmark statistical performances. Quar-terback Deshaun Watson has 10 games with at least 300 yards passing, in-cluding four this year. He has 17 games of at least 300 yards total offense, including nine games with at least 400 yards. He has had at least 400 yards total offense in the last two games. Wayne Gallman has 15 100-yard rushing games, tied for the Clemson career record. The Tigers are 15-0 when he has at least 100 yards rushing. Mike Williams has seven 100-yard rushing games, Artavis Scott has five and Jordan Leggett has two, both against Florida State. Deshaun Watson Career 300-Yard Passing Games (10) Year Opponent Com-Att TD-In Yards 2014 North Carolina 27-36 6-1 435 2015 Boston College 27-41 3-2 420 2015 at NC State 23-30 5-0 383 2015 at Syracuse 35-48 2-1 368 2015 Wake Forest 24-35 3-2 343 2015 Alabama 30-47 4-1 405 2016 at Georgia Tech 32-48 2-1 304 2016 Louisville 20-31 5-3 306 2016 NC State 39-52 2-1 378 2016 at Florida State 27-43 2-2 378

Deshaun Watson Career 300-Yard Total Offense Games (17) Year Opponent Pass Rush Total 2014 North Carolina 435 28 463 2014 NC State 267 62 329 2015 Boston College 420 32 452 2015 NC State 383 54 437 2015 Florida State 297 107 404 2015 Syracuse 368 105 473 2015 Wake Forest 343 44 387 2015 South Carolina 279 114 393 2015 North Carolina 289 131 420 2015 Oklahoma 187 145 332 2015 Alabama 405 73 478 2016 Troy 292 55 347 2016 Georgia Tech 304 36 340 2016 Louisville 306 91 397 2016 Boston College 270 33 303 2016 NC State 378 35 413 2016 Florida State 378 52 430

Wayne Gallman 100-yard Rushing Games (15) Year Opponent Att-Yds-TD 2014 Syracuse 28-101-1 2014 at Wake Forest 19-106-1 2014 South Carolina 27-191-1 2015 at Louisville 24-139-0 2015 Notre Dame 23-111-0 2015 Georgia Tech 13-115-2 2015 at Miami (FL) 22-118-1 2015 at NC State 31-172-1

2015 Florida State 22-103-1 2015 at South Carolina 19-102-0 2015 North Carolina (N) 28-187-1 2015 Oklahoma (N) 26-150-2 2016 at Auburn 30-123-1 2016 Louisville 16-110-1 2016 at Boston College 9-109-1

Deshaun Watson 100-yard Rushing Games (6) Year Opponent Att-Yds-TD 2015 Florida State 16-107-0 2015 at Syracuse 14-105-1 2015 at South Carolina 21-114-3 2015 North Carolina 24-131-2 2015 Oklahoma 24-145-1

Tyson Dye (1) Year Opponent Att-Yds-TD 2014 Georgia State 20-124-2

Mike Williams 100-yard Receiving Games (7) Year Opponent Rec-Yds-TD 2014 North Carolina 6-122-2 2014 NC State 6-155-2 2014 at Boston College 8-128-0 2014 Oklahoma 9-112-1 2016 at Auburn 9-174-0 2016 NC State 12-146-1 2016 Syracuse 6-106-1

Artavis Scott 100-yard Receiving Games (5) Year Opponent Rec-Yds-TD 2014 SC State 6-164-2 2014 at Wake Forest 8-122-2 2014 South Carolina 7-185-2 2014 Oklahoma 8-114-1 2015 Boston College 10-162-1

Jordan Leggett (1) Year Opponent Rec-Yds-TD 2015 Florida State 6-101-0 2016 Florida State 5-122-1

Ray Ray McCloud (1) Year Opponent Rec Yds-TD 2016 at Georgia Tech 8-101-0

Deon Cain (1) Year Opponent Rec Yds-TD 2016 Syracuse 5-125-2

Clemson Getting off to Good Start One of the reasons Clemson has had a top 10 ranking so far this year is that Clemson has gotten off to great starts. So far this year Clemson has outscored the opposition 96-6 in the first period. The only scores have been a pair of field goals, a 29-yarder by Troy and a 21-yarder by Boston College. The Tigers have continues the advantage in the second quarter, where Clemson has outscored the opposition 101-37. So, Clemson has a 197-43 advantage at halftime in the nine games combined so far this year. That is an average halftime lead of 17.1 points per game. This is a continuation of the 2015 season when the Tigers out-scored the opposition 165-70 in the first period and 172-67 in the second period. That was a scoring advantage of 337-137 of 13.3 points per first half. Through nine games, opponents have 66 first half possessions and have scored just four touchdowns and five field goals. Clemson has forced 30 three-and outs in those 66 possessions.

Clemson’s Travel Roster •Clemson took 72 players to Florida State on its last road trip. Clemson had 20 freshmen, 28 sophomores, 14 juniors and 10 seniors on the roster. •Clemson’s 72 man travel roster included 25 players form South Carolina, 15 from Georgia, 14 from North Carolina, nine from Florida,


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburghthree from Virginia, two from Maryland and one each from Massachusetts, Hawaii, Tennessee and New Jersey. •There were 34 offensive players and 31 defensive players and seven special teams player on the trip. •Clemson played 85 players in the win over Syracuse at home.

Deshaun Watson in Fourth Quarter So far this year Deshaun Watson is 36-59 for 460 yards and six touchdowns with just one interception in the fourth quarter. In the win at Florida State he was 7-11 for 134 yards and a touchdown, a 34-yard pass to Jordan Leggett with just 2:06 remaining. He was 3-4 for 70 yards, all to Leggett on the game winning drive in Tallahassee. For his career, Watson is 103-153 in the fourth quarter, a .673 completion percentage. He has thrown for 1277 yards and 13 touchdowns against just one interception. His career passing efficiency in the fourth quarter is 164.16.Deshaun Watson in Last Five Games Deshaun Watson led the Tigers to a 4-0 record in the month of October and has the Tigers 1-0 in November. For the last five games Wat-son completed 114 of 167 passes for 1501 yards and 15 touchdowns. He had a completion percentage of 68.3 percent and an efficiency rating of 168. Clemson is 5-0 in those games.

Swinney Has 17 Wins over Top 25 Teams Dabo Swinney won his 17th game against a top 25 opponent when the Tigers downed 12th ranked Florida State in Tallahassee on October 29, 37-34. It was Clemson’s second win over a team ranked entering the game. The Tigers defeated third-ranked Louisville earlier this year at Memorial Stadium. The win over Florida State was the 17th of his Clemson career against a top 25 team. He is now just three short of Danny Ford’s record of 20 between 1978-89. Ford was 20-12-1 against top 25 teams. Swinney is on a nice run against top 25 teams as he has won seven of his last eight. For his career he is 10-5 against top 10 teams and 7-12 against teams ranked 11-25. Tigers Receiving Midseason Acclaim

Five Clemson players were named to various midseason All-America teams and award lists the week of October 17 according to media outlets. They have all helped the 8-0 Tigers to a No. 3 national ranking according to the Amway Coaches Poll and a No. 4 rating by the Associated Press.

Christian Wilkins was named to four midseason irst-team All-America teams, as he was named by CBS Sports, ESPN, Sports on Earth and Fox Sports. The sophomore defensive end has been among the top all-around players in the nation so far this year.

The native of Springield, Mass. has 41 tackles, including a team best 10 tackles for loss with three sacks and 13 quarterback pres-sures on the defensive line. He also has caught a touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson, run 10 yards on a fake punt and blocked a ield goal. The later two plays took place in Clemson’s 24-17 overtime win against NC State on October 15. He was added to the Bednarik Award Watch List October 18.

Linebacker Ben Boulware was named a irst-team midseason All-American by USA Today. The senior leads the Tigers in tackles per game and has 67 overall, including ive tackles for loss. He had a key interception in the win at Auburn and had 17 tackles in the victory over Louisville. He was named National Defensive Player of the Week by four different services for that performance.

Quarterback Deshaun Watson is ranked as the No. 2 candidate for the Heisman Trophy according to ive media outlets at midseason. He is ranked second behind Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson according to Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Campus Insiders, ESPN and the As-sociated Press. He is fourth on the list by Sports Illustrated. So far this year Watson has thrown 22 touchdown passes, sixth best in the nation.

Tight end Jordan Leggett is one of 16 tight ends on the midseason Mackey Award watch list. Leggett, who was a inalist for the award last year, has 20 catches for 354 yards and four touchdowns. He became Clemson’s career leader in touchdown catches by a tight end earlier this month.

Freshman Dexter Lawrence is ranked as the No. 3 freshman in the nation at midseason by Sports On Earth. He was named national Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year by 247 Sports.

Additionally, the Clemson offensive line was named to the

Midseason Honor Roll for the Joe Moore Award, which goes to the top offensive line in college football. Clemson was one of 17 offensive lines listed. Other ACC schools on the list were Miami (FL), Pittsburgh, and Virginia Tech.

The Clemson vs. Louisville football game on October 1 was ranked as the top game of the irst half of the season by Si.com, Bleacher Report and USA Today and the second best game by Sports On Earth.

Clemson Leads Nation in Tackles for Loss since 2012 One area Clemson has excelled in over the last ive years is tackles behind the line of scrimmage. The run of national leading stats coincides with Brent Venables arrival at Clemson (2012) Since the beginning of the 2012 season, or the last ive years including this season, Clemson has 547 tackles for loss, 37 more than No. 2 Arizona State (510). Next on the list is Virginia Tech at 463, then Stanford at 455. A look to the list reveals that Clemson has more than a 100 more tackles for loss over the last ive years than all but seven of the other FBS schools (128 total). Clemson has led the nation in total tackles for loss each of the last three years with 123 in 2013, 141 in 2014 and 126 in 2015. The Tigers have 80 in nine games for far this year for an average of 8.9 per game. Clemson led the nation on a per game basis in 2013 with 9.5 and in 2014 with 10.1. As far as single season totals, Clemson has had the top three tackles for loss totals over the last ive years. Clemson’s 131 in 2014 is the most by any team over the last ive years and last year’s 126 ranked second.

National Leaders in Tackles for Loss since 2012 Rk School 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total 1. Clemson 87 123 131 126 80 547 2. Arizona State 118 101 98 111 72 510 3. Virginia Tech 99 96 109 85 74 463 4. Stanford 124 107 95 83 46 455 5. Mississippi 103 88 99 105 57 452 6. Missouri 86 107 104 106 46 449 7. Utah State 80 109 114 86 52 441 8. Alabama 86 69 96 108 73 432 9. Boise State 74 88 109 95 62 428 10. Marshall 73 102 105 86 58 424 11. Texas 96 89 84 81 69 419 12. NC State 97 84 89 88 58 416 13. Baylor 58 99 94 98 66 415 . Oklahoma State 81 91 84 95 64 415

Most Tackles for Loss in a Season since 2012 Rk School Year TFL 1. Clemson 2014 131 2. Clemson 2015 126 3. Clemson 2013 123 4. Arizona State 2012 118 5. Boston College 2015 114 Utah State 2014 114 Louisiana Tech 2014 114 8. TCU 2014 112 9. Arizona State 2015 111 Texas A&M 2015 111 Tulane 2013 111 12. Ohio State 2014 110

Wilkins Nation’s Most Athletic Lineman? Defensive End Christian Wilkins has received much acclaim so far this year. He has certainly done an outstanding job in terms of his position on the defensive line, mostly as a defensive end. He played defensive tackle last year. Wilkins has started all nine games, played 445 snaps and had 43 total tackles, including 10 tackles for loss for 46 yards. He had has 3.5 sacks and 15 quarterback pressures. Wilkins has also been a factor on special teams. In the win over NC State, Wilkins blocked a ield goal that was huge in Clemson’s overtime victory. In the irst half of that game he had a 10-yard run on a fake ield goal. In the win over Troy, Wilkins caught a two-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson. Last year he caught a 31-yard pass on a fake ield goal in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma that changed the momentum


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburghof the game. He and Dexter Lawrence have come in on short yardage situa-tions on offense four times and Clemson has made the irst down all four, including at Florida State in the second half on October 29. Lawrence Nation’s Top Rookie Defender? Freshman defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has received some notice as one of the top freshman linemen in the nation. The true freshman from Winston-Salem, NC has 54 tackles in nine games ive as a starter. He has played 370 snaps, so he averages a tackle every 6.7 plays. He has 6.5 tackles for loss and four sacks. One of the sacks came on third down on NC State’s inal drive of regulation just before they missed a ield goal. Lawrence has been outstanding when it comes to putting pressure on the opposing quarterback. Seventeen times he has had a quarterback pressure, most on the Clemson team that rankssecond in the nation in sacks. Lawrence had 10 tackles in the season opener against Auburn and added seven more in the win over Louisville. He has started just ive games, but averages 41 plays per game.

Marcus Edmond Saves the Day Again Clemson cornerback Marcus Edmond has played just 219 plays this year and has just 12 tackles and one interception, but he has contributed the two biggest defensive plays of the year. First, with just 33 second remaining, Louisville faced a fourth and 12 from the Clemson 14. Larmar Jackson completed pass to James Quick in the left lat and Edmond was the only Tiger in the area. But he ran Quick out of bounds one yard short of the irst down. Clemson took over and ran out the clock to preserve the 42-36 win.

Then, the next home game and two weeks later, Clemson took a 24-17 lead in overtime against NC State. On the Pack’s irst play of overtime, quarterback Ryan Finley threw a pass into the endzone, but Ed-mond leaped in front of the Wolfpack receiver and made the interception. It was the irst interception of his career and just the second interception of the year thrown by Finley.

It was the irst walk-off interception since 1997 when Rahim Abdullah returned a Duke pass 63 yards for a touchdown to give Clemson its irst overtime victory in history.

Edmond was slated to be the starter when fall camp began, but he suffered a leg injury and missed almost all of August practice. He missed just the season opener, but has now played the last seven games, three as a starter.

Edmond’s plays are believed to be the irst time a defensive player has turned in two game deciding plays in the same year, never mind two home games in succession.

Offensive Line Named to Joe Moore Midseason List Clemson’s Offensive line was one of 17 schools named to the midseason honor roll for the Joe Moore Offensive Line of the Year. The award conducted by CBS Sports broadcaster and former Notre Dame All-American Aaron Taylor selects the top offensive line in college foot-ball. Clemson’s offensive line was a semiinalist last year. This year’s line is led by senior center Jay Guillermo, tackles Mitch Hyatt and Jake Fruhmorgen, and guards Tyrone Crowder and Taylor Hearn. Hyatt was named a unanimous freshman All-American last year and third team All-ACC. He had his best game against NC State when he graded 94 percent. Crowder was named the ACC Player of the Week for the Florida State game when he graded 94 percent for 70 plays and had four knock-downs. Guillermo was a second team All-ACC center last year and is a four time ACC Lineman of the Week selection over his career, tied for the second most by an offensive lineman in school history.

Clemson Starting Offensive Line Player, Pos Plays GP-S Career GP-S Jay Guillermo,Sr, C 537 9-9 40-23 Taylor Hearn, So, OG 513 9-9 22-9 Jake Fruhmorgen, So, OT 523 8-8 19-9 Mitch Hyatt, So, OT 540 9-9 24-24 Tyrone Crowder, Jr, OT 455 9-9 28-21

Watson Sets Single Game Mark Deshaun Watson set the Clemson single game record for completions in the win over NC State. It was crazy game for Watson, who

threw the only pick six of his career, came back to complete a personal best 14 in a row in the third period, then inished with 39 completions for a Clemson single game record. He threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third in the 24-17 Clemson win in overtime.

Clemson Most Completions in a Game Com-Att Yrds Player Opponent Year 39-52 378 Deshaun Watson NC State 2016 38-66 372 Cullen Harper Virginia Tech 2007 36-50 346 Tajh Boyd LSU 2012 35-48 368 Deshaun Watson Syracuse 2015 34-52 420 Charlie Whitehurst Duke 2002 32-48 304 Deshaun Watson Georgia Tech 2016 31-55 288 Charlie Whitehurst Miami (FL) 2005 31-40 378 Tajh Boyd Ohio State 2013 30-42 386 Tajh Boyd Auburn 2011 30-44 426 Tajh Boyd NC State 2012 30-47 405 Deshaun Watson Alabama 2015 30-44 334 Tajh Boyd Boston College 2016

Renfrow Future Coach? Clemson sophomore receiver Hunter Renfrow returned to the Clemson lineup vs. NC State after missing four games due to a broken bone in a wrist. He had caught a touchdown pass in each of the irst two wins, six point victories over Auburn and Troy. He was injured catching a touchdown pass against Troy. Renfrow came back to the lineup against NC State and, despite wearing a soft cast, had six receptions for 53 yards. On his last catch he suffered a minor injury, but he did not stop contributing to the victory. Late in the game, Renfrow went to his wide receiver coach Jeff Scott and described a pass play to Artavis Scott that he thought would work based on the way the Wolfpack defensive backs were playing. Scott had his team run the play and Artavis Scott caught what proved to be the winning touchdown in overtime. Renfrow had some big catches at Florida State as well and inished with 5-62 and a touchdown. For the year, he has 17 receptions for 194 yards and three scores. He missed four games with an injury.

Williams Establishes Career High Mike Williams had 12 receptions for 146 yards and a touch-down in the win over NC State. His reception total was a career high and it marked the third time in his career he had at least 140 receiv-ing yards, the second time this year. He had a career high 174 yards against Auburn in the season opener. For the year, Williams leads the Clemson team in total recep-tions with 52 and in yardage with 754. His six touchdown receptions are second to the eight by Deon Cain. For his career, Williams has 131 receptions for 2120 yards and 15 touchdowns. He went over the 2,000 yard mark in the win at Florida State. He and Artavis Scott now both have 2000 yards receiving. Scott had the 200th catch of his career at Florida State as well. Scott now has 207 receptions for 2195 yards Tankersley Named Thorpe Semiinalist Clemson cornerback Cordrea Tanklersley has been named a semiinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. Tankersley has started every game at cornerback for the Tigers and is a big reason Clemson ranks fourth in the nation in pass eficiency defense and seventh in fewest passing yards allowed per game. Tankersley has been assigned to the opposing team’s top re-ceiver all season and had has a team best eight pass delections plus an interception. He has 40 tackles, including 34 irst hits. Individual Streaks•Deshaun Watson has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 25 straight games, the longest active streak in the nation. He has a streak of eight straight games with multiple touchdown passes.• He has passed for at least 300 yards in four of his last six games.•Mike Williams has caught at least one pass in 13 straight games and 22 of his last 23.•Artavis Scott has caught at least one pass in 32 straight games. He has caught at least three passes in 17 in a row and 31 of his last 32.•Jordan Leggett has 21 receptions for 376 yards and four scores over his six games.


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh Tigers Post 54-Point ACC Win Clemson defeated Syacuse 54-0 just a month after defeating Boston College by 46 points in Boston. Those are two of the top 10 largest victory margins in an ACC game in Clemson history. The record is 58 points, set in 1981 in a 82-24 win over Wake Forest and last year at Miama, a 58-0 win. Dabo Swinney has now been the coach for ive the top 10 ACC victory margins in Clemson history.

Highest 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 +54 54-0 H-Syracuse 11-5-2016 +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 10-7-2016Dabo Swinney coached games in bold

Senior Class Now Second in Total Victories The win over Syracuse was the 44th for the current Clemson seniors. The class is now in second place on the all-time victories list and they need just two to tie the mark of 46 set by last year’s seniors. They have the top winning percentage at the moment at .900.

Clemson’s Winningest Classes, total victories Year Pct W-L 2015 .852 46-8 2016 .900 44-6 2014 .792 42-11 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 44-6 .900 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 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 now has the Clemson record for backs who played just three years. Allen went pro after his junior year. The others ahead of Gallman on the list were four year players. Additionally, Gallman needs just one 100-yard rushing game to become the all-time leader in that category. He and Raymond Priester both have 15 apiece. Clemson by the way has a 15-0 record when Gallman gains at least 100 yards rushing.

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

Cain is Able Sophomore Deon Cain is on a hot streak in terms of scoring touchdowns. So far this season, Cain has caught just 22 passes, but eigh have gone for touchdowns. He had two touchdown catches in recent games, league wins over Louisville, Boston College and Syracuse. He was 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 56 career receptions, but 13 have gone for touchdown in just 21 games. He had five catches for a career high 125 yards and two scores against Syracuse.

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.

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 24 games, 22 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 22 scores and Clemson has come back with its own score 12 times, 10 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. Clemson had a pair of bounce back touchdowns in the fourth quarter at Florida State as well.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


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburghopening 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 In wins over Louisville and Boston College, Clemson had at least 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing. In the win over Louisville, Clem-son 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.

Clemson Starts 9-0 Clemson has started 9-0 for the fourth time in history, but the second time under Dabo Swinney. The Tigers started 14-0 last year. Frank How-ard and Danny Ford are the only other coaches to do it. Clemson Starts of 9-0 or better Year Start Final Head Coach Streak Stopper 1948 11-0 11-0 Frank Howard NA 1981 12-0 12-0 Danny Ford NA 2015 14-0 14-1 Dabo Swinney Alabama, 40-45 2016 9-0 ?? Dabo Swinney ?? 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. Clemson is 9-1 over the last two years when losing the turnover margin stat. 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 23-3Swinney wins in bold 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

Tigers Averaging 38.6 Points and 488 Yards Clemson has averaged 38.6 points and 488 yards per game through nin 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 has scored 347 points and gained 4396 yards of total offense. Last year through nine games, Clemson had 348 points and 4393 yards.

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 *38.6 *488 *Through seven games

Three Comeback Wins 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 quite simply has not trailed much in the fourth period since that win at BC two years ago. In the 29 games since that come back win over Boston College in


CLEMSON vs. PittsburghChestnut Hill, Clemson has lost just two games, at Georgia Tech in 2014 and the National Championship game against Alabama. In those 29 games, Clemson only trailed in the fourth quarter in four games, the two Clemson lost and victories over Louisville and Florida State this year. 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 come-back one time prior to the Louisville 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. The combination did it again against Florida State as Watson completed a 34-yard scoring pass to Leggett with 2:06 left for what proved to be the winner in a 37-34 outcome.

Swinney Seventh among Winningest Active Coaches Dabo Swinney is seventh among active coaches nationally in terms of winning percentage. Swinney has a 84-27 record for a .757 percentage. The leader is Urban Meyer with a 161-28-0 record for a .852 mark. Swinney moved ahead of Mark Richt of Miami with his win at Georgia Tech and past Gary Patterson of TCU when his team lost at West Virginia. Winningest Active Coaches Rk Coach, School Record Pct. 1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State 161-28-0 .852 2. Chris Petersen, Washington 117-24-0 .830 3. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 74-17 .813 4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 186-48-0 .795 5. David Shaw, Stanford 60-17 .779 6. Nick Saban, Alabama 200-60-1 .768 7. Dabo Swinney, Clemson 84-27-0 .757 8. Gary Petterson, TCU 149-51-0 .745 9. Mark Richt, Miami 150-55-0 .732 10. Bobby Petrino, Louisville 108-40-0 .730 11. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 229-86-2 .726 12. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan 78-30-0 .722 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 55-15 overall against ACC teams since he became Clemson head coach. That includes a 53-14 mark in regular season games and 2-1 in ACC Championship games. His .786 winning percentage in ACC games is fourth 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 4-5 against Florida State. Swinney is 8-1 vs. Boston College, 2-0 vs. Duke, 4-5 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, 7-1 vs. NC State, 4-0 vs. Syracuse, 3-0 vs. Virginia, 3-0 vs. Virginia Tech and 7-0 vs. Wake Forest. In his 70 games as Clemson coach against an ACC team, the average Clemson victory has been by a score of 36-20. Only Florida State has outscored Clemson in games against Swinney’s Tigers.

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 45-12 .790 4. Dabo Swinney Clemson 2008-16 55-15 .786 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.•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.•Led Clemson to 37-34 win at Florida State, just second win for the Program in Tallahassee since 1989. The 2010s, Winningest in Clemson History With a 9-0 start, Clemson now has a 71-19 record in the decade of the 2010s. That computes to a .789 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 71-19 .789 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


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh 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

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 55 after beating Syracuse on October 29. 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 84. 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. 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. Tigers Have Won 21 in a Row at Home Clemson enters the Pittsburgh game on November 12 with a school record 21-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 21 in a row is the longest in the nation.

Swinney 51-6 at Home Head Coach Dabo Swinney is 51-6 at home at Clemson,

including the 21-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 45 straight at home against unranked teams. In the 21-game winning streak, Clemson has an average margin of victory of 27 points per game. Only ive teams have been within 10 points of Clemson at home in the 20-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. Sixteen of the 21 wins in the stretch have been by at least 10 points and 10 have been by at least 20 points. Swinney’s 51-6 record computes to an 89.5 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.

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. 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 seventh in school history in rushing yards and needs just 70 yards to become sixth 3,000 yard rusher in Clemson history. 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 8067. Watson is also third in total offense with 9742 Ar-tavis Scott is 9th in school history in receiving yardage and he went over the 2000 yard mark at Georgia Tech. Mike Williams joined him in the 2000-yard club in the win over Florida State.


CLEMSON vs. PittsburghClemson 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. Wayne Gallman 2014-16 555 5.03 25 2970 7. Kenny Flowers 1983-86 590 4.94 26 2914 8. Terry Allen 1987-89 523 5.31 28 2778 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 2014-16 942 630 .666 8,067 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 9,763 3. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 1211 1675 8067 9,742 4. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 1587 2761 6037 8,798 5. Nealon Greene 1994-97 1158 1067 5719 6,786 6. Steve Fuller 1975-78 1089 1737 4359 6,096 7. Cullen Harper 2005-08 946 -213 5762 5,549 8. Rodney Williams 1985-88 1024 863 4647 5,510 9. Kyle Parker 2009-01 818 163 4739 4,902 10. Homer Jordan 1979-82 859 971 3643 4,614

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 2014-16 207 2195 10. Mike Williams, WR 2013-16 131 2120 11. 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 27-2 record as a starter for a 93 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 moved to third place with the win at Florida State. He also joined Charlie White-hurst as the only Clemson quarterbacks to beat Florida State twice.

Clemson’s Winningest Starting Quarterbacks(Min 20 Starts, Percentage basis)

Rk Player Years W-L-T Pct 1. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 27-2-0 .931 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

44 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 44 consecutive games without losing to an unranked opponent in either poll. (It is a 46-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 45 in a row at home over unranked teams.

Watson Named Top College Player by ESPNClemson 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 2016Deshaun 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


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh•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 AwardClemson 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 (39)

Game (2)• Passing Touchdowns, 6 vs. North Carolina, 2014• Completions, 39 vs. NC State, 2016

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

Career (6)• Completion Percentage (66.6)• Passing Eficiency (158.2)• Winning Percentage as Starting QB (93)• Total Offense / Gm (303.2)• Total Offense Yards Per Play (7.5)• Consecutive games with a touchdown pass (25)

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 TankersleyDanny 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 .757 mark. He is 84-27 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 .811 percentage. Winningest Coaches in ACC History (winning percentage basis) Rk Coach School Record Pct 1. Jimbo Fisher Florida State 74-17 .813 2. Bobby Bowden Florida State 173-53-1 .764 3. Danny Ford Clemson 96-29-4 .760 4. Dabo Swinney Clemson 84-27 .757 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


CLEMSON vs. PittsburghFacts 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 43 straight wins over non-ranked teams (either poll) dat-ing 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 86 of the last 93 AP polls, (in-cluding poll of 11-6-2016) 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 84-27 for his career and the .757 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 CommitteeKirby Hocutt, Chairman, Director of Athletics, Texas TechBarry Alvarez, Director of Athletics, WisconsinJeff Bower, former head coach, Southern MississippiHerb Deromedi, former head coach Central MichiganTom Jernstedt, former NCAA Executive Vice PresidentBobby Johnson former head coach, Vanderbilt, FurmanJeff Long, Director of Athletics, ArkansasBob Mullens, Director of Athletics, OregonDan Radakovich, Director of Athletics, ClemsonCondoleezza Rice, Stanford Professor, former Secretary of StateSteve Wieberg, former college football reporter, USA TodayTyrone 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. Amir 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

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 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


CLEMSON vs. PittsburghWatson 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 92. He has 73 touchdown passes and 19 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 73 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 19 73 0 92 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 Bellamy (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 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


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh 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 10-3 701-403-40Total 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 during 2016 season.(As of November 7, 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


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh Bashaun Breeland DB Washington Redskins 3rd 2011-13 $+Zak Brooks RB Seattle Seahawks R 2013-15 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 Malliciah Goodman DE Seattle Seahawks 4th 2009-12 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 Coty Sensabaugh DB New York Giants 5 2008-11 Tyler Shatley OG Jacksonville Jaguars 3rd 2010-13 +C.J. Spiller RB Seattle Seahawks 7th 2006-09 $Brandon Thomas OT Detroit Lions 2nd 2010-13 @Brandon Thompson DT Cincinnati Bengals 5th 2008-11 @Sammy Watkins WR Buffalo Bills 3rd 2011-13 +Charlie Whitehurst QB Cleveland Browns 11th 2002-05 Deshawn Williams DT Cincinnati Bengals 2nd 2011-14#Suspended List, @Injured Reserve,+ no longer with team.$Denotes Practice Squad

Clemson Preseason Pick to Win ACCClemson 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 VotesClemson – 144, Florida State 39, North Carolina 7, Louisville 1.

Atlantic Division (First place votes in parenthesis) 1 Clemson (148) – 1,2932 Florida State (42) – 1,1763 Louisville (1) - 9614 NC State - 7045 Boston College - 4416 Syracuse - 4267 Wake Forest - 347 Coastal Division(First place votes in parenthesis) 1 North Carolina (121) – 1,2382 Miami (50) – 1,1083 Pitt (14) - 8594 Virginia Tech (3) - 6975 Duke (2) - 5976 Georgia Tech (1) -5887 Virginia -261 ACC Player of the YearDeshaun 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.

Clemson Gains Overtime Win vs. NC State Clem defeated NC State in overtime on October 15, 24-17. It was Clemson’s virst overtime win since 2009 at Miami. It was the first Clemson ovrtime win at home since 2004 when the Tigers defeated Wake Forest.

Clemson in Overtime (7-6) 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 10-15-16 NC State H W 24-17 1

Clemson’s Record under Dabo Swinney…. Category 2016 Overall All Games 9-0 84-27 Scoring First 6-0 62-18 Leading end of 1st Quarter 6-0 54-10 Tied end of 1st Quarter 3-0 15-4 Trailing end of 1st Quarter 0-0 14-13 Leading at half 9-0 70-7 Tied at Half 0-0 5-2 Trailing at Half 0-0 9-18 Leading end of 3rd Quarter 8-0 74-4 Tied at end of 3rd Quarter 0-0 3-2 Trail end of 3rd Quarter 1-0 7-21 Overtime 1-0 2-2 More Total Offense 8-0 75-6 More Rushing Yards 5-0 60-7 More Passing Yards 9-0 67-15 More First Downs 8-0 69-5 Winning Time of Possession 5-0 47-5 Winning Turnover Margin 4-0 46-4 Tying Turnover Margin 2-0 19-7 Losing Turnover Margin 3-0 19-16 Rushing for 200+ Yards 3-0 36-1 Having 100+ yard rusher 3-0 32-7 Passing for 300+ Yards 6-0 40-4

August 0-0 1-1 September 4-0 24-5 October 4-0 28-7 November 1-0 24-9


CLEMSON vs. Pittsburgh December 0-0 6-2 January 0-0 1-3

Watson Named O’Brien Award Quarterback of the WeekFDeshaun Watson, the 2015 Davey O’Brien Naional Quarterback

Award winner from Clemson, has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week for the second ime in the past ive weeks, the foundaion has announced.

Watson led Clemson’s 37-34 late comeback win at No. 12 Florida State by amassing 430 total yards. Trailing 34-29, Watson engineered the win-ning scoring drive capped by his 34-yard touchdown pass and 2-point conver-sion toss with 2:06 let. On the night, the naive of Gainesville, Ga., completed 27 of 43 passes for 378 yards and two touchdowns and added 52 rushing yards on 17 carries.

With an 8-0 record, the Tigers are ranked third in the country in the AP Top 25 and the Coaches’ Poll. It is the ith ime in nine weeks this season that an ACC quarterback has claimed the honor. Watson and Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (Sept. 13, Sept. 20) are the only players to receive the honor muliple imes this season.

All FBS quarterbacks are eligible for the weekly award, which is determined by a subset of the Davey O’Brien Naional Selecion Commitee. The other “Great 8” quarterbacks in week nine were: Jackson, Jerod Evans of Virginia Tech, Washington State’s Luke Falk, Quinton Flowers of USF, Oregon’s Jusin Herbert, Mason Rudolph of Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech’s Jusin Thomas.

The Davey O’Brien Foundaion is celebraing its 40th anniversary in 2016 and has granted nearly $1 million in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the ield into leadership in life.

The Davey O’Brien Naional Quarterback Award winner will be announced on Dec. 8 during ESPN’s The Home Depot College Football Awards. The winner is not required to have won a weekly award during the season. A list of 16 semiinalists will be announced on Nov. 10, while the three inalists will be named on Nov. 22.

Watson won the award last year as a sophomore, the irst Clemson quarterback so honored. Watson Named Finalist for Unitas Award

The 2016 The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award candidates have been reduced to the Top 5 of the country’s top college quarter-backs.Remaining candidates for the prestigious annual award – named after the man many refer to as the greatest quarterback ever to play the game of football - are: Luke Falk of Washington State, Patrick Mahomes of Texas Tech, Baker Mayield of Oklahoma, Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina and Deshaun Watson of Clemson.

The Golden Arm Award is presented at the end of each season since 1987 to the nation’s top college quarterback, based on his ac-complishments both on and off the ield. Candidates must be a college senior or fourth-year junior on schedule to graduate with their class. These strong leaders have demonstrated a commitment to excellence and worked hard for themselves and their teams during the season and beyond.

An exemption was made for Watson by the committee because he is only in his third year at Clemson, but he will graduate in December.

Clemson Ranked Second in First College Football Playoff PollNovember 2, 2016 (Will be updated after November 9 poll)Clemson, S.C.—Clemson is ranked second in the first College Football Playoff Poll. The 12-person committee released its first rankings of the season on Tuesday evening.

Alabama, who defeated Clemson in the National Championship Game last season 45-40, is rated first. Clemson, who enters this weekend’s game with Syracuse with an 8-0 record, is ranked second. Undefeated Michigan is third and Texas A&M is fourth. Undefeated Washington is fifth, Ohio State is sixth and Louisville is seventh. Wisconsin is ranked eighth, Auburn ninth and Nebraska 10th.

Clemson and Michigan are the only teams with three wins over teams currently in the top 25 of the College Football Playoff Poll. The Tigers have beaten No 7 Louisville, No. 9 Auburn and No. 22 Florida State. The Auburn and Florida State wins came on the road. Clemson’s strength of schedule according to the NCAA, is ranked third in the nation. Clemson is ranked third in the Associated Press Poll and Amway Coaches Poll.“We are proud to be ranked in the top four of first College Foot-ball Playoff Poll, but it really doesn’t matter much at this stage,” said head Coach Dabo Swinney. “We just need to take care of business and concen-

trate on winning on Saturday against Syracuse. The last poll in the month of November and the final poll after the conference championship games in December are the ones that matter most.”

Clemson was ranked No. 1 in all six College Football Playoff Polls last season when the Tigers ran to a 13-0 record over the regular season and the ACC Championship. Clemson was seeded No. 1 for the College Foot-ball Playoff and defeated Oklahoma in the semifinals 37-17 in the Orange Bowl. Clemson has been ranked in the top 25 of all 14 College Football Playoff Polls over the three years of the system.

College Football Playoff Poll for November 1, 2016Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Michigan, 4. Texas A&M, 5. Washington, 6. Ohio State, 7. Louisville, 8. Wisconsin, 9. Auburn, 10. Nebraska, 11. Florida, 12. Penn State, 13. LSU, 14. Oklahoma, 15. Colorado, 16. Utah, 17. Baylor, 18. Oklahoma State, 19. Virginia Tech, 20. West Virginia, 21. North Carolina, 22. Florida State, 23. Western Michigan, 24. Boise State, 25. Washington State.

Huegel Named one of 20 Semifinalists for Groza AwardClemson sophomore kicker Greg Huegel is one of 20 semifinal-ists for the Lou Groza Award. The award is given each year to the top place kicker in college football. It is named in honor of the former Cleveland Browns great Lou Groza who played 21 years in the NFL.

Huegel is one of just two ACC players on the list, as he is joined by Virginia Tech kicker Joey Slye. Huegel, a sophomore from Blythewood, S.C., has made 11 of 13 field goals and 32-33 extra points for a Clemson team best 65 points in

2016. He has made 85 percent of his attempts, including 3-4 from the 40-49 yard line. Last week he made three field goals at Florida State, including a 46-yarder in the fourth period that gave Clemson 29-28 lead. The Tigers eventually won 37-34.

Huegel has also excelled in terms of kickoffs this year and is a major reason Clemson ranks fourth in the nation in fewest kickoff return yards allowed per attempt. He has 49 total kickoffs and 24 have been touchbacks. Opponents average just 14.8 yards per kickoff return against Huegel’s kickoffs so far this season.Huegel led the nation in field goals made last year with 27 in 32 attempts. He is now 38-45 for his career, .844 and has scored, 203 points, already 13th in Clemson history.

Tankersley and Boulware on Award Lists Clemson cornerback Cordrea Tankersley has been named one of 16 semiinalists for the 2016 Jim Thorpe Award and linebacker Ben Boulware has been named one of 19 quarterinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. Both organizations made announcements on Monday. The Thorpe Award is presented to the top defensive back in the nation by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, and the Lott IMPACT Trophy is presented by the Paciic Club IMPACT Foundation and goes to the best college defensive player who makes an impact on his team both on and off the ield. Joining Tankersley as Thorpe Award semiinalists are Jaire Alexander of Louisville, Budda Baker of Washington, Travon Blanchard of Baylor, Justin Evans of Texas A&M, Minkah Fitzpatrick of Alabama, Malik Hooker of Ohio State, 2015 Thorpe winner Desmond King of Iowa, Adoree Jackson of Southern California, Jourdan Lewis of Michigan, Kai Nacua of BYU, Jabrill Peppers of Michigan, Weston Steelhammer of Air Force, Tre’Davious White of LSU, Xavier Woods of Louisiana Tech and Andrew Wingard of Wyoming. Joining Boulware on the quarterinal list for the Lott IMPACT Trophy are Jamal Adams, S, LSU; Jonathan Allen, DE, Alabama; Budda Baker, S, Washington; Jack Cichy, LB, Wisconsin; Jarrad Davis, LB, Flor-ida; Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M; Adoree Jackson, CB, of Southern Cali-fornia; Eddie Jackson, S, Alabama; Joshua Kalu, CB, Nebraska; Andrew King, LB, Army; Desmond King, CB, Iowa; Micah Kiser, LB, Virginia; Raekwon McMillan, LB, Ohio State; Calvin Munson, LB, San Diego State; Jabrill Peppers, LB, Michigan; Weston Steelhammer, S, Air Force; T.J. Watt, LB, Wisconsin; and A.J. Wolf, DE, Duke.T ankersley is regarded as Clemson’s top defensive back and leads the team in passes broken up with six. He has 30 tackles, includ-ing 24 irst hits and is a returning All-ACC player from the 2015 season. He is a big reason Clemson ranks in the top 10 in the nation in pass defense and interceptions. Boulware has 59 tackles, including four tackles for loss. He had a career high 17 in the win over Louisville when he was named the National Defensvie Player of the Week by four organizations.


CLEMSON vs. PittsburghEleven Will Join Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday A record 11 new members will enter the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. The announcement was made by Bob Mahony, director of Clemson’s Block C Club. The class will be honored the weekend of November 12, 2016 when the Clemson football team plays Pittsburgh in Memorial Stadium. This year’s class includes 10 former student-athletes and one coach/administrator. The list includes representatives from nine different sports, including one two-sport athlete. Nine of the 11 were All-Ameri-cans and four went on to play multiple years of professional team sports.

ANDY JOHNSTON - Women’s Tennis Coach (1983-97), Football Admin-istrator 1998-2014•Guided his squads to ive consecutive ACC titles (1983-87)•Had 12 top-25 inishes •In his irst season with the Tigers in 1983, he directed Clemson to a school-record 30 wins, an ACC title and a number-seven national ranking. •In 1983, the Tigers swept all nine lights of the ACC Tournament that year, a irst in ACC tennis history, men or women.•ACC Coach-of-the-Year four times, tied for fourth in Clemson sports his-tory, and was selected as the Southeast Region Coach-of-the-Year twice. •Seven players that he coached were named to the ACC’s 50th Anniversary team in 2003. •During his tenure, the Tigers earned 51 All-ACC selections and 13 All-America honors under Johnston.•He had a 254-160 record at Clemson.•After retiring as a coach, served Clemson football coaches Tommy West, Tommy Bowden and Dabo Swinney for 17 seasons as administrator.

JEB FLESCH - Football (1988-91)•Consensus First-team All-American by Associated Press, UPI, Football News and Walter Camp Foundation in 1991•Also irst-team All-ACC selection in 1991 when he had team best 77 knockdown blocks•Had 267 career knockdown blocks, still one of the top ive totals in Clemson history•Started 45 consecutive games, and 2,630 career snaps•Starter on ACC Championship team of 1988 and 1991 and started bowl wins over Oklahoma, West Virginia and Illinois •Earned his degree from Clemson in 1991

ROD GARDNER – Football (1997-2000)•First-team All-American in 2000 by College & Pro Football Weekly and Gannet News•Semiinalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 2000•Set Clemson career receptions record with 166 and third in reception yardage with 2498 when he graduated.•First receiver in Clemson history with a 1000-yard season, he had two, 1999 and 2000•Led the ACC in receptions in 1999 when he set a Clemson record with 80 catches.•Clemson’s IPTAY Athlete of the Year for 2000-01.•Will always be remembered for 50-yard catch against South Carolina that set up winning ield goal in 16-14 win in 2000•First-round draft choice of Washington Redskins in 2001, the 15th selection of the entire draft•Played in the NFL from 2001-06

DENNY WALLING – Baseball (1975)•Highest career batting average at Clemson with minimum 100 AB’s with .421 batting average•Highest career slugging percentage with .807 in 1975 (minimum 100 AB’s)•First in NCAA ranking for RBI’s per game 1.58 in 1975•Second in the nation with a .807 slugging percentage in 1975•Fourth in the nation in HR/game with .34, in 1975•10th in the nation with .421 batting average in 1975•All-Atlantic region player in 1975•ACC Player of the Year in 1975•ABCA irst-team All-American & Sporting News All American in 1975•First-round draft choice in 1975 who played 15 years in the Majors

CHRIS WHITNEY – Men’s Basketball (1991-93)•Third-team All-ACC in 1992-93, only ACC player to rank in the top ive

in the league in ive categories that year•Second-team All-ACC Tournament in 1992-93•Had 14.6 scoring average over two years, 11TH Best in Clemson history•Average 6.1 assists for his career, second best in school history•During senior season had 193 assists, 87 three-point goals and 73 steals to rank among the ACC leaders in all areas•Clemson team MVP as a junior and senior.•Named to the NABC National All-Star game after his senior year•Ranked in top 15 in ACC history in assists/game, three-point percentage and steals per game•Second round draft pick of the San Antonio Spurs in 1993•Played 11 seasons in the NBA•Now works for the Charlotte Bobcats.

PAUL RUTENIS – Men’s Soccer (1984-87)•Coaches Association All-American in 1987•First-team All-South in 1985 and 1987•First-team all-ACC in 1986 and 1987•Four-year starter at Clemson from 1984-87•Joins Bruce Murray as only athletes in Clemson history to start on two National Championship teams•Captain of Clemson’s 1987 National Championship team

KENT KINNEAR – Men’s Tennis (1985-88) •1987 All-American in doubles•1988 ACC Tournament MVP•1985 ACC Champion, No. 3 Doubles•1988 ACC Champion, No. 2 Singles and #2 doubles •Seventh on the Clemson career list for most singles wins with 127•Eighth on the Tigers career list for most doubles wins with 111•Named to ACC 50-Year Anniversary team

JAN KEMMERLING - Women’s Swimming (1985-88)•Eight-time All-American•ACC Champion in the 800 relay in 1986•ACC champion in 200 IM•Named to ACC 50-Year Anniversary Team in 2002.

KATHY HOFER - Women’s Tennis (1986-89)•1986 Singles All-American•1988 ACC Player of the Year•1988 ACC #1 singles Champion•Ranked 10th in inal 1988 ITA Singles Rankings•Fifth on Clemson’s career singles wins list with 102•Named to ACC 50-Year Anniversary Team

NIKKIE BOUYER - Women’s Track (1996-99)•1996 Outdoor All-ACC honors for 100mH•1999 Outdoor All-ACC honors for 100mH•1996 Indoor All-ACC honors for 200m•1998 Indoor All-ACC honors for 60mH and 200m•1999 Indoor All-ACC honors for 60mH•10 All-ACC honors •3 time ACC champion (indoor and outdoor combined)—1996, 1998-99•3 time Indoor irst-team All-American •2 time outdoor irst-team All-American •Named to ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 1953.

LOU CORDILEONE - Football and Baseball (1957-59)•First-team Academic All-American and on ield All-American in 1959. •Starting offensive tackle on two ACC Championship football teams in 1958 and 1959, •Clemson ranked in the top 15 of both inal polls those seasons•Played in the College World Series in 1959 as Clemson’s starting right ielder•Played in the Sugar Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl as well in 1959.•First-round draft choice of the New York Giants in 1960 football draft, he was #12 overall selection•Named to Clemson’s Centennial team in 1996

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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.

2 Kelly Bryant 6-3 215 So.

RB 9 WAYNE GALLMAN 6-0 210 *Jr.

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

or 26 Adam Choice 5-9 210 *So.

or 22 Tyshon Dye 5-11 220 *Jr.

or 28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 210 Fr.

WR 13 HUNTER RENFROW 5-11 180 *So.

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 5-10 180 So.

WR 3 ARTAVIS SCOTT 5-10 190 Jr.

1 Trevion Thompson 6-2 200 *So.

CLEMSON DEFENSEPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

DE 42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS 6-4 310 So.

49 Richard Yeargin 6-5 260 *So.

45 Chris Register 6-3 255 *So.

DT 94 CARLOS WATKINS 6-3 305 *Sr.

67 Albert Huggins 6-3 305 So.

DT 90 DEXTER LAWRENCE 6-5 340 Fr.

56 Scott Pagano 6-3 295 *Jr.

DE 99 CLELIN FERRELL 6-5 265 *Fr.

91 Austin Bryant 6-4 265 So.

50 Jabril Robinson 6-2 265 *So.

SLB 6 DORIAN O’DANIEL 6-1 215 *Jr.

30 Jalen Williams 5-10 215 So.

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.

15 Korrin Wiggins 6-0 200 *Jr.

14 Denzel Johnson 6-0 195 *Fr.

FS 23 VAN SMITH 5-11 195 So.

12 K'Von Wallace 6-0 190 Fr.

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.

13 Hunter Renfrow 5-11 180 *So.

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.

28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 210 Fr.

* - spent one season as a redshirt player

DEPTH CHARTSPITTSBURGH OFFENSE

Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

LT 69 ADAM BISNOWATY 6-6 305 *Sr.

60 Aaron Reese 6-5 310 *Jr.

LG 53 DORIAN JOHNSON 6-5 315 Sr.

72 Carson Baker 6-5 320 *Jr.

C 63 ALEX OFFICER 6-4 335 *Jr.

76 Connor Dintino 6-3 310 *So.

RG 78 ALEX BOOKSER 6-6 315 *So.

62 John Guy 6-7 310 *Sr.

RT 70 BRIAN O'NEILL 6-6 300 *So.

55 Jaryd Jones-Smith 6-7 325 *Jr.

TE 83 SCOTT ORNDOFF 6-5 255 Sr.

31 Jaymar Parrish 6-2 260 Sr.

WR 85 JESTER WEAH 6-3 210 *Jr.

6 Aaron Mathews 6-4 195 Fr.

2 Maurice Ffrench 5-11 185 Fr.

QB 4 NATHAN PETERMAN 6-2 225 *Sr.

8 Manny Stocker 6-2 215 *Sr.

TB 24 JAMES CONNER 6-2 235 *Jr.

26 Chawntez Moss 5-11 210 Fr.

22 Darrin Hall 5-11 225 So.

37 Qadree Ollison 6-2 230 *So.

FB 35 GEORGE ASTON 6-0 245 *So.

31 Jaymar Parrish 6-2 260 Sr.

WR 10 QUADREE HENDERSON 5-8 190 So.

5 Tre Tipton 6-0 190 *Fr.

82 Rafael Araujo-Lopes 5-9 185 *So.

PITTSBURGH DEFENSEPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

DE 92 RORI BLAIR 6-4 245 Jr.

96 Allen Edwards 6-4 245 *Jr.

17 Rashad Weaver 6-5 255 Fr.

NT 6 TYRIQUE JARRETT 6-3 335 Sr.

93 Shane Roy 6-4 280 *So.

66 Mike Herndon 6-4 315 *So.

DT 52 SHAKIR SOTO 6-3 290 Sr.

94 Jeremiah Taleni 6-2 290 *Jr.

34 Amir Watts 6-3 270 Fr.

DE 5 EJUAN PRICE 6-0 255 *Sr.

40 James Folston Jr. 6-3 245 *So.

SLB 30 MIKE CAPRARA 6-0 225 *Sr.

39 Saleem Brightwell 6-0 210 *Fr.

MLB 47 MATT GALAMBOS 6-2 245 Sr.

58 Quintin Wirginis 6-2 240 Jr.

WLB 23 OLUWASEUN IDOWU 6-0 215 *So.

4 Bam Bradley 6-2 220 *Sr.

CB 32 PHILLIPIE MOTLEY 5-10 175 *So.

or 14 AVONTE MADDOX 5-9 175 Jr.

3 Damar Hamlin 6-1 185 Fr.

SS 9 JORDAN WHITEHEAD 5-11 190 So.

or 15 REGGIE MITCHELL 6-0 200 *Sr.

20 Dennis Briggs 5-10 190 *So.

FS 2 TERRISH WEBB 5-11 195 Sr.

or 15 REGGIE MITCHELL 6-0 200 *Sr.

CB 38 RYAN LEWIS 6-0 200 *Sr.

11 Dane Jackson 6-0 180 *Fr.

3 Damar Hamlin 6-1 185 Fr.

PITTSBURGH SPECIALISTSPos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl.

PK 12 CHRIS BLEWITT 5-9 195 Sr.

97 Alex Kessman 6-3 180 Fr.

P 18 RYAN WINSLOW 6-5 210 *Jr.

45 Nick Goldsmith 6-2 210 *So.

KO 12 Chris Blewitt 5-9 195 Sr.

LS 61 Pat Quirin 6-1 230 *Sr.

81 Nathan Bossory 6-3 235 Jr.

H 18 Ryan Winslow 6-5 210 *Jr.

45 Nick Goldsmith 6-2 210 *So.

PR 10 Quadree Henderson 5-8 190 So.

14 Avonte Maddox 5-9 175 Jr.

KOR 10 Quadree Henderson 5-8 190 So.

14 Avonte Maddox 5-9 175 Jr.

* - spent one season as a redshirt player

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STATS9-0 OVERALL, 6-0 ACC, 5-0 HOME, 4-0 AWAY, 0-0 NEUTRAL, 4-0 DAY, 5-0 NIGHT, 1-0 OVERTIME

TEAM STATS CU Opp.

SCORING 347 141

Points Per Game 38.6 15.7

Points Off Turnovers 58 44

FIRST DOWNS 224 165

Rushing 74 65

Passing 130 77

Penalty 20 23

RUSHING YARDAGE 1514 1195

Yards gained rushing 1636 1537

Yards lost rushing 122 342

Rushing Attempts 340 335

Average Per Rush 4.5 3.6

Average Per Game 168.2 132.8

TDs Rushing 13 11

PASSING YARDAGE 2882 1621

Comp-Att-Int 234-362-10 154-297-15

Average Per Pass 8.0 5.5

Average Per Catch 12.3 10.5


TDs Passing 28 5

TOTAL OFFENSE 4396 2816

Total Plays 702 632

Average Per Play 6.3 4.5


KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 18-418 33-613

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 21-208 6-44

INT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-205 10-99

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.2 18.6

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.9 7.3

INT RETURN AVERAGE 13.7 9.9

FUMBLES-LOST 15-8 13-5

PENALTIES-Yards 57-501 80-631


PUNTS-Yards 36-1385 63-2540

Average Per Punt 38.5 40.3

Net punt average 36.1 36.1

KICKOFFS-Yards 65-3897 32-1960

Average Per Kick 60.0 61.2

Net kick average 40.9 38.8

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:31 30:49

3RD-DOWN Conversions 67/139 41/138

3rd-Down Pct 48% 30%

4TH-DOWN Conversions 10/15 7/16

4th-Down Pct 67% 44%

SACKS BY-Yards 33-225 11-54

MISC YARDS 0 -3

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 44 17

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 13-16 8-13

ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-3

RED-ZONE SCORES (32-39) 82% (19-26) 73%

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (24-39) 62% (13-26) 50%

PAT-ATTEMPTS (38-40) 95% (15-16) 94%

ATTENDANCE 404197 263908

Games/Avg Per Game 5/80839 4/65977

Neutral Site Games 0/0

TEAM SCORING CU Opp.

POINTS 347 141

Points Per Game 38.6 15.7

TOUCHDOWNS 44 17

By Rushing 13 11

By Passing 28 5

By Return 2 1

By Recovery 1 0

FIELD GOALS 13-16 8-13

PAT (Kicks) 38-40 15-16

PAT (Runs) 0-0 0-0

PAT (Passes) 2-4 0-1

PAT (Returns) 0 0

SAFETIES 1 0

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

CLEMSON 96 101 55 88 7 347

Opponents 6 37 44 54 0 141

OFFENSIVE STATS # RUSHING G-S Car Gain Loss Net Y/C TD LG Y/G 9 Wayne Gallman 9-9 120 641 7 634 5.3 8 59 70.4 4 Deshaun Watson 9-9 95 426 56 370 3.9 2 23 41.1 28 Tavien Feaster 6-0 25 179 12 167 6.7 2 45 27.8 27 C.J. Fuller 9-0 28 106 0 106 3.8 0 10 11.8 26 Adam Choice 8-0 31 107 7 100 3.2 0 16 12.5 22 Tyshon Dye 6-0 16 89 3 86 5.4 1 17 14.3 2 Kelly Bryant 3-0 10 34 17 17 1.7 0 27 5.7 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8-5 1 17 0 17 17.0 0 17 2.1 12 Nick Schuessler 3-0 5 22 8 14 2.8 0 13 4.7 42 Christian Wilkins 9-9 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 1.1 3 Artavis Scott 9-9 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 2 0.3 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0 TEAM -- 5 0 12 -12 -2.4 0 0 -1.7 CLEMSON 9-9 340 1636 122 1514 4.5 13 59 168.2 Opponents 9-9 335 1537 342 1195 3.6 11 70 132.8

# PASSING G-S Eff. Cm-Att-I Cm% Yds TD LG Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson 9-9 149.19 204-317-10 64.4 2497 24 65 277.4 12 Nick Schuessler 3-0 187.42 19-29-0 65.5 303 3 45 101.0 2 Kelly Bryant 3-0 148.13 6-9-0 66.7 48 1 15 16.0 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 152.50 4-4-0 100.0 25 0 17 12.5 TEAM -- 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 18 James Barnes 1-0 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 9.0 CLEMSON 9-9 151.52 234-362-10 64.6 2882 28 65 320.2 Opponents 9-9 93.15 154-297-15 51.9 1621 5 43 180.1

# RECEIVING G-S Rec Yards Y/Rec TD LG Y/G 7 Mike Williams 9-9 52 754 14.5 5 50 83.8 3 Artavis Scott 9-9 38 329 8.7 3 23 36.6 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8-5 34 352 10.4 2 36 44.0 8 Deon Cain 9-0 22 449 20.4 8 65 49.9 16 Jordan Leggett 9-9 22 385 17.5 4 56 42.8 13 Hunter Renfrow 5-4 17 194 11.4 3 35 38.8 17 Cornell Powell 6-0 11 76 6.9 0 18 12.7 9 Wayne Gallman 9-9 9 75 8.3 0 18 8.3 1 Trevion Thompson 9-0 8 83 10.4 1 25 9.2 85 Seth Ryan 9-0 4 39 9.8 0 17 4.3 26 Adam Choice 8-0 4 38 9.5 0 16 4.8 27 C.J. Fuller 9-0 3 -1 -0.3 0 5 -0.1 22 Tyshon Dye 6-0 2 11 5.5 0 11 1.8 14 Diondre Overton 5-0 1 45 45.0 1 45 9.0 84 Cannon Smith 9-0 1 22 22.0 0 22 2.4 44 Garrett Williams 9-1 1 13 13.0 0 13 1.4 80 Milan Richard 9-0 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.0 41 Grant Radakovich 9-0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.9 88 Sean Mac Lain 2-0 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 42 Christian Wilkins 9-9 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 20 Jack Swinney 2-0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 -1.5 CLEMSON 9-9 234 2882 12.3 28 65 320.2 Opponents 9-9 154 1621 10.5 5 43 180.1

# TOTAL OFFENSE G-S PL Rush Pass Total Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson 9-9 412 370 2497 2867 318.6 9 Wayne Gallman 9-9 120 634 0 634 70.4 12 Nick Schuessler 3-0 34 14 303 317 105.7 28 Tavien Feaster 6-0 25 167 0 167 27.8 27 C.J. Fuller 9-0 28 106 0 106 11.8 26 Adam Choice 8-0 31 100 0 100 12.5 22 Tyshon Dye 6-0 16 86 0 86 14.3 2 Kelly Bryant 3-0 19 17 48 65 21.7 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 5 2 25 27 13.5 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8-5 1 17 0 17 2.1 42 Christian Wilkins 9-9 1 10 0 10 1.1 18 James Barnes 1-0 1 0 9 9 9.0 3 Artavis Scott 9-9 2 3 0 3 0.3 TEAM -- 7 -12 0 -12 -1.7 CLEMSON 9-9 702 1514 2882 4396 488.4 Opponents 9-9 632 1195 1621 2816 312.9

# ALL-PURPOSE G-S Rush Rec PR KOR IR Total Y/G 7 Mike Williams 9-9 0 754 0 0 0 754 83.8 9 Wayne Gallman 9-9 634 75 0 0 0 709 78.8 3 Artavis Scott 9-9 3 329 1 277 0 610 67.8 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8-5 17 352 164 0 0 533 66.6 8 Deon Cain 9-0 0 449 0 0 0 449 49.9 16 Jordan Leggett 9-9 0 385 0 0 0 385 42.8 4 Deshaun Watson 9-9 370 0 0 0 0 370 41.1 28 Tavien Feaster 6-0 167 0 0 141 0 308 51.3 13 Hunter Renfrow 5-4 0 194 0 0 0 194 38.8 26 Adam Choice 8-0 100 38 0 0 0 138 17.2 27 C.J. Fuller 9-0 106 -1 0 0 0 105 11.7 22 Tyshon Dye 6-0 86 11 0 0 0 97 16.2 1 Trevion Thompson 9-0 0 83 0 0 0 83 9.2 17 Cornell Powell 6-0 0 76 0 0 0 76 12.7 19 Tanner Muse 9-0 0 0 0 0 64 64 7.1 14 Diondre Overton 5-0 0 45 0 0 0 45 9.0 18 Jadar Johnson 9-9 0 0 0 0 44 44 4.9 2 Mark Fields 9-0 0 0 0 0 42 42 4.7 85 Seth Ryan 9-0 0 39 0 0 0 39 4.3 82 Adrien Dunn 1-0 0 0 30 0 0 30 30.0 84 Cannon Smith 9-0 0 22 0 0 0 22 2.4 31 Ryan Carter 9-7 0 0 0 0 17 17 1.9 2 Kelly Bryant 3-0 17 0 0 0 0 17 5.7 12 Nick Schuessler 3-0 14 0 0 0 0 14 4.7 38 Amir Trapp 2-0 0 0 13 0 0 13 6.5 44 Garrett Williams 9-1 0 13 0 0 0 13 1.4 12 K'Von Wallace 9-0 0 0 0 0 13 13 1.4 30 Jalen Williams 6-1 0 0 0 0 12 12 2.0 42 Christian Wilkins 9-9 10 1 0 0 0 11 1.2 80 Milan Richard 9-0 0 9 0 0 0 9 1.0 41 Grant Radakovich 9-0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.9 23 Van Smith 9-9 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.9 25 Cordrea Tankersley 9-9 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 88 Sean Mac Lain 2-0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.5 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 6 Dorian O'Daniel 9-6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 20 Jack Swinney 2-0 0 -3 0 0 0 -3 -1.5 TEAM -- -12 0 0 0 0 -12 -1.7 CLEMSON 9-9 1514 2882 208 418 205 5227 580.8 Opponents 9-9 1195 1621 44 613 99 3572 396.9


STATSDEFENSIVE STATS

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

23 Van Smith 9-9 578 48 27 75 4-11 3 2

10 Ben Boulware 8-8 526 40 34 74 6-22 2-15 1 7

34 Kendall Joseph 9-9 569 43 30 73 7-26 2-16 11

90 Dexter Lawrence 9-5 370 32 22 54 6.5-34 4-23 1 17 1

94 Carlos Watkins 9-9 435 26 20 46 5.5-35 5.5-35 1 7

42 Christian Wilkins 9-9 445 31 12 43 10-46 3.5-23 5 15

25 Cordrea Tankersley 9-9 533 34 6 40 5-11 8

6 Dorian O’Daniel 9-6 223 31 8 39 6-21 2-13 1 4 5

18 Jadar Johnson 9-9 553 27 9 36 7 2

99 Clelin Ferrell 9-9 464 20 9 29 6-29 4-22 1 12

56 Scott Pagano 9-4 246 14 13 27 3.5-15 2-13 3

31 Ryan Carter 9-7 358 15 2 17 4.5-29 1-16 3

67 Albert Huggins 8-0 152 8 7 15 3-13 3-13 4

57 Tre Lamar 9-0 78 11 4 15 2.5-4 1-2 4

30 Jalen Williams 6-1 140 8 7 15 1

43 Chad Smith 9-0 18 8 6 14 5

15 Korrin Wiggins 7-1 194 10 3 13

29 Marcus Edmond 7-3 219 10 2 12 2

1 Trayvon Mullen 8-0 93 8 4 12 1 2

19 Tanner Muse 9-0 71 11 1 12 5

49 Richard Yeargin 9-0 161 11 1 12 2.5-8 1 3

47 James Skalski 8-0 20 8 2 10 2-14 1-10 1 4

33 J.D. Davis 9-0 57 6 3 9 1

2 Mark Fields 9-0 250 7 1 8 2

45 Chris Register 8-0 122 5 3 8 1.5-2 1 3

91 Austin Bryant 3-0 75 3 2 5 2-13 2-13

50 Jabril Robinson 3-0 51 2 3 5 1.5-9 0.5-5 2

12 K’Von Wallace 9-0 90 3 2 5 1-1 1

38 Amir Trapp 2-0 29 3 1 4

93 Sterling Johnson 2-0 26 2 1 3

61 Kaleb Bevelle 2-0 7 2 0 2

36 Judah Davis 8-0 19 0 2 2 1

14 Denzel Johnson 7-0 28 2 0 2 2

46 Jarvis Magwood 2-0 -- 1 1 2 2

3 Artavis Scott 9-9 -- 1 1 2 2

40 Jaquarius Brice 2-0 9 0 1 1

8 Deon Cain 8-0 -- 1 0 1

32 Kyle Cote 2-0 -- 1 0 1 1

62 David Estes 9-0 -- 1 0 1 1

75 Mitch Hyatt 9-9 -- 1 0 1

16 Jordan Leggett 9-9 -- 1 0 1

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8-5 -- 1 0 1

47 Alex Spence 3-0 -- 1 0 1 1

44 Garrett Williams 9-1 -- 1 0 1 1

7 Mike Williams 9-9 -- 1 0 1

Totals 9-9 447 228 675 80-345 33-225 37 93 42

# INTERCEPTIONS G-S Int Yards Avg TD LG

18 Jadar Johnson 8-8 4 44 11.0 0 41

19 Tanner Muse 9-0 1 64 64.0 1 64

2 Mark Fields 8-0 1 42 42.0 1 42

31 Ryan Carter 9-7 1 17 17.0 0 17

12 K'Von Wallace 8-0 1 13 13.0 0 13

30 Jalen Williams 5-1 1 12 12.0 0 12

23 Van Smith 8-8 1 8 8.0 0 8

25 Cordrea Tankersley 9-9 1 4 4.0 0 4

6 Dorian O’Daniel 8-6 1 1 1.0 0 1

29 Marcus Edmond 7-3 1 0 0.0 0 0

34 Kendall Joseph 8-8 1 0 0.0 0 0

10 Ben Boulware 7-7 1 0 0.0 0 0

CLEMSON 9-9 15 205 13.7 2 64

Opponents 9-9 10 99 9.9 1 31

Caused Fumbles (5): Boulware 2, V. Smith 2, Joseph 1

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

Takeaways (20): J. Johnson 4, Boulware 2, Carter 1, Edmond 1, Fields 1, D. Johnson 1, Joseph 1, Lawrence

1, Muse 1, O’Daniel 1, V. Smith 1, Tankersley 1, Wallace 1, Watkins 1, Wilkins 1, J. Williams 1

Blocked Kicks (2): Watkins 1, Wilkins 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) M. 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) M. 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 W 24-17(OT) * NC State 82,104 3,3 Fuller (16-56) Watson (39-52-378) M. Williams (12-146) Joseph (10)

10-29 Â W 37-34 * Florida State (12,14) 78,025 3,3 Gallman (20-82) Watson (27-43-378) M. Williams (7-70) Boulware (8)

11-5 H W 54-0 * Syracuse 80,609 3,2 Gallman (10-63) Schuessler (11-17-177) A. Scott (7-45) Boulware (7)

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 - 404,197 (80,839 per game); unoficial total (home, away, neutral) attendance - 668,105 (74,234

per game).

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

32 Andy Teasdall 34 1302 38.3 59 2 17 14 2 35.9 96 Michael Batson 1 46 46.0 46 0 1 0 0 46.0 97 Carson King 1 37 37.0 37 0 0 1 0 35.0 CLEMSON 36 1385 38.5 59 2 18 15 2 36.0

Opponents 56 2275 40.6 68 2 22 12 7 36.2

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

92 Greg Huegel 13-16 81.2 5-6 4-4 4-6 0-0 47 1 CLEMSON 13-16 81.2 5-6 4-4 4-6 0-0 47 1

Opponents 8-13 61.5 5-5 2-4 0-2 1-1 53 1

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

92 Greg Huegel 56 24 36 2 26-474 18.2 24 Y. Line 47 Alex Spence 7 1 2 0 6-111 18.5 19 Y. Line 39 Christian Groomes 1 0 0 0 1-28 28.0 43 Y. Line CLEMSON 64 25 38 2 33-613 18.6 23 Y. Line

Opponents 32 12 16 1 18-418 23.2 24 Y. Line

# PUNT RETURNS PR Yards Avg TD LG

34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13 164 12.6 0 74 82 Adrien Dunn 1 30 30.0 0 30 38 Amir Trapp 3 13 4.3 0 8 3 Artavis Scott 1 1 1.0 0 1 17 Cornell Powell 1 0 0.0 0 0 CLEMSON 21 208 9.9 0 74

Opponents 6 44 7.3 0 16

# KICKOFF RETURNS KOR Yards Avg TD LG

3 Artavis Scott 11 277 25.2 0 77 28 Tavien Feaster 7 141 20.1 0 22 CLEMSON 18 418 23.2 0 77

Opponents 33 613 18.6 0 68

# FUMBLE RETURNS FR Yards Avg TD LG

-- -- CLEMSON 0 0 0.0 0 0

Opponents 3 85 28.3 0 70

# SCORING G-S TD R-P-˚Re #2Pt FG-FGA $PAT Pts Pts/G 92 Greg Huegel 9-9 0 0-0-0 0 13-16 37-39 76 8.4 9 Wayne Gallman 9-9 8 8-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 48 5.3 8 Deon Cain 9-0 6 0-8-0 0 0-0 0-0 48 5.3 7 Mike Williams 9-9 5 0-5-0 1 0-0 0-0 32 3.6 16 Jordan Leggett 9-9 4 0-4-0 1 0-0 0-0 26 2.9 13 Hunter Renfrow 5-4 3 0-3-0 0 0-0 0-0 18 3.6 3 Artavis Scott 9-9 3 0-3-0 0 0-0 0-0 18 2.0 28 Tavien Feaster 6-0 2 2-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 2.0 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8-5 2 0-2-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 1.5 4 Deshaun Watson 9-9 2 2-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 1.3 14 Diondre Overton 5-0 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.2 22 Tyshon Dye 6-0 1 1-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.0 14 Denzel Johnson 7-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.9 2 Mark Fields 9-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.7 19 Tanner Muse 9-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.7 1 Trevion Thompson 9-0 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.7 42 Christian Wilkins 9-9 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.7 TEAM 9-9 0 0-0-0 1 0-0 0-0 2 0.3 CLEMSON 9-9 44 13-28-3 3 13-16 38-40 347 38.6 Opponents 9-9 17 11-5-1 0 8-13 15-16 141 17.6

RED ZONE RPoss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/PCLEMSON 39 24 8 4 1 1 1 190 4.9Opponents 26 13 6 1 3 2 0 108 4.1

FIRST & GOAL Poss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/PCLEMSON 25 21 2 1 0 1 0 152 6.1Opponents 15 11 2 1 1 0 0 82 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 24 37 54 347

13 24 0 7 36 10 17 34 0 141

Total Offense 399 414 555 442 507 508 495 511 565 4396

262 386 102 124 568 251 397 449 277 2816

Plays 78 85 78 82 62 61 91 81 84 702

71 78 55 52 99 72 74 63 68 632

Yards Per Play 5.1 4.9 9.4 5.4 8.2 8.3 5.4 6.3 6.7 6.3

3.7 4.9 2.3 2.4 5.7 3.5 5.4 7.1 4.1 4.5

Rushing Yards 151 122 227 138 201 230 117 133 195 1514

87 141 48 95 273 155 128 163 105 1195

Carries 44 32 43 34 31 35 39 38 44 340

41 33 32 38 55 48 32 28 28 335

10+ Yard Carries 2 3 9 5 6 4 2 6 8 45

4 4 2 4 14 5 6 3 3 45

20+ Yard Carries 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 8

0 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 10

Passing Yards 248 292 328 304 306 278 378 378 370 2882

175 245 54 29 295 96 269 286 172 1621

Completions 19 27 27 32 20 16 39 27 27 234

15 26 8 4 27 12 21 17 24 154

Passing Attempts 34 53 35 48 31 26 52 43 40 362

30 45 23 14 44 24 42 35 40 297

Had Intercepted 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 10

2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 15

Completion Percentage 55.8 50.9 77.1 66.7 64.5 61.5 75.0 62.7 67.5 64.6

50.0 57.7 34.8 28.6 61.3 50.0 50.0 48.6 60.0 51.9

Passing Eficiency 121.0 108.4 203.1 129.5 181.3 202.1 144.9 142.7 178.2 151.52

85.7 104.8 45.8 31.6 120.6 89.0 94.2 120.9 81.1 93.15

20+ Yard Completions 5 5 5 3 7 4 3 6 6 44

2 2 0 1 5 1 5 6 1 23

First Downs 19 24 27 24 26 21 30 25 28 224

17 21 9 11 31 15 23 23 15 165

Total Touchdowns 2 3 8 3 6 8 3 4 7 44

1 3 0 1 4 1 2 5 0 17

Rushing Touchdowns 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 13

1 1 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 11

Passing Touchdowns 1 3 5 2 5 4 2 2 4 27

0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5

Field Goals 2-2 3-3 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 3-3 2-3 13-16

2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-3 1-1 1-4 0-0 0-1 8-13

Punting 4-166 6-225 1-37 6-232 5-214 5-186 2-52 4-152 3-121 36-1385

5-222 8-350 10-401 8-312 5-240 9-326 3-116 7-265 8-308 63-2540

Punting Average 41.5 37.5 37.0 38.7 42.8 37.2 26.0 38.0 40.3 38.5

44.4 43.8 40.1 39.0 48.0 36.2 38.7 37.9 38.5 40.6

Net Punting Average* 36.5 33.5 35.0 36.0 39.8 37.2 26.0 38.0 38.0 36.0

44.4 26.8 31.0 36.9 48.2 35.8 38.7 36.1 37.4 36.2

Time of Possession 30:29 26:40 28:46 31:36 22:31 21:52 29:14 33:02 32:27 28:31

29:31 33:20 25:14 28:24 37:29 38:08 30:46 26:58 27:33 30:49

Third-Down Conversions 6-17 8-20 8-14 10-18 4-9 6-12 10-17 7-17 8-15 67-139

3-17 2-15 3-14 2-12 9-19 6-19 7-15 4-12 5-15 41-138

Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 2-2 2-2 10-15

3-5 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 7-16

Average Starting Field Positionº 23 35 40 36 33 31 29 33 33 33

31 32 24 23 27 31 26 25 25 27

Red-Zone Scoring 3-3 3-3 5-5 3-6 2-4 3-3 4-6 5-8 6-6 32-39

2-4 2-2 0-0 1-1 7-8 2-3 2-5 3-4 0-1 19-26

Red-Zone Touchdowns 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 3 5 24

1 2 0 1 4 1 1 3 0 13

Red-Zone Points 16 13 31 21 13 21 24 27 38 190

10 14 0 7 36 10 10 21 0 108

First-&-Goal Scoring 2 1 5 3 1 2 2 3 4 23

1 2 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 13

First-&-Goal Touchdowns 2 1 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 21

1 2 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 11

First-&-Goal Points 13 7 31 21 7 14 14 21 24 152

7 14 0 7 23 10 7 14 0 82

Turnovers 2 3 0 1 5 1 4 2 0 18

3 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 20

Points Off Turnovers 0 10 10 3 14 7 0 3 0 47

0 0 0 0 20 3 7 14 21 65

Penalties 6-55 7-71 7-59 10-80 6-59 4-23 5-40 9-84 3-30 57-501

9-60 11-95 5-19 2-15 11-104 6-52 13-120 13-111 10-55 80-631

Punt Returns 0-0 3-96 7-91 3-17 1-(-1) 3-4 1-0 1-(-8) 2-9 21-208

0-0 1-4 1-2 1-16 2-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-7 6-44

Kickoff Returns 1-16 1-22 1-21 1-23 8-217 3-61 2-36 1-22 0-0 18-418

3-42 1-14 4-50 1-11 3-46 6-115 0-0 5-93 10-242 33-613

Interception Returns 2-0 3-13 1-41 1-8 1-0 1-42 2-13 1-3 3-85 15-205

1-0 2-56 0-0 1-2 3-0 0-0 1-28 2-15 0-0 10-101

Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 0-0 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 1-70 0-0 0-0 3-85

Sacks 4-30 1-8 5-32 3-30 5-22 3-17 4-18 6-56 2-12 33-225

0-0 1-8 1-3 1-5 0-0 2-14 2-11 3-13 0-0 10-54

* - 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 2 14 0 13 35 1 5 14 0 1 (-3) 0 16 56 0 -- -- --

Florida State 20 82 2 17 52 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- --

Syracuse 10 63 1 7 39 1 6 22 0 1 12 0 5 24 0 9 28 0

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 120 634 8 95 370 2 31 100 0 16 86 1 28 106 0 25 167 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 39 52 378 1 2 144.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Florida State 27 43 378 2 2 142.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Syracuse 13 16 177 0 2 191.0 11 17 177 0 2 191.0 2 4 21 0 0 94.1

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 204 317 2505 10 24 149.2 19 29 303 0 3 187.4 6 9 48 0 1 148.1

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 12 146 1 4 23 1 6 53 0 6 51 0 1 18 0 2 17 0 5 56 0 -- -- --

Florida State 7 70 0 4 33 0 5 62 1 2 13 0 1 2 0 2 69 0 5 122 1 -- -- --

Syracuse 6 106 1 7 45 1 2 17 0 -- -- -- 0 0 0 5 125 2 2 31 0 0 0 0

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 46 648 4 31 284 2 15 177 3 34 352 2 9 75 0 17 324 6 20 354 4 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 25 -- 2 52 26.0 1 0

Florida State 23,34, 46 -- 4 152 38.0 2 0

Syracuse 22, 46 40 2 75 37.5 0 0

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carol

Totals 13 3 34 1302 38.3 14 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 1 0 0.0 2 36 18.0 -- -- --

Florida State 1 (-8) -8.0 1 22 22.0 -- -- --

Syracuse -- -- -- 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 15 164 10.9 11 277 25.2 7 141 20.1

Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.

INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS STATS


#10 Boulware #91 Bryant #31 Carter #29 Edmond #99 Ferrell #2 Fields #67 Huggins 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 *71 8 1 0 -- -- -- -- *33 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- *60 3 0.5 0 37 1 0 0 -- -- -- --

Troy *43 5 0 0 -- -- -- -- 34 1 0 0 *38 0 0 0 *50 3 0 0 36 1 0 0 16 2 0 0

SC State -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17 2 0 0 *18 1 0 0 *12 3 0.5 0 23 2 1 0 36 5 1 1

Georgia Tech *56 10 0 0 -- -- -- -- *42 2 0 0 21 1 1 0 *45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0

Louisville *101 17 3 1 -- -- -- -- *55 3 0 0 58 7 0 0 *84 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 23 4 2 2

Boston College *63 12 0 0 -- -- -- -- *38 1 1 0 19 0 1 0 *53 3 1 1 23 0 0 1 26 0 0 0

NC State *79 7 0 0 27 3 0.5 0.5 *66 2 2 0 *53 2 0 1 *64 4 0 0 25 0 1 0 12 0 0 0

Florida State *70 8 1 1 27 2 1.5 1.5 *41 2 0 0 12 1 0 0 *61 4 2 1 55 1 0 0 3 0 0 0

Syracuse *43 7 1 0 21 0 0 0 32 3 0 1 -- -- -- -- *35 2 0 0 *53 3 0 0 21 1 0 0

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 526 74 6 2 75 5 2 2 358 17 3 1 219 12 2 1 464 29 6 4 252 8 2 1 152 15 3 3

#14 D. Johnson #18 J. Johnson #34 K. Joseph #57 Lamar #90 Lawrence #1 Mullen #19 Muse Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int

Auburn 0 1 0 0 *71 5 2 1 *66 14 3 1 8 4 1 1 37 10 1 1 -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 0

Troy 0 1 0 0 *79 4 1 0 *71 7 2 0 12 1 0 0 *41 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SC State 22 0 0 0 17 2 0 1 *24 6 0 0 19 3 1.5 0 20 3 0.5 0 37 7 0 0 37 5 0 0

Georgia Tech -- -- -- -- *56 3 0 0 *56 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 *40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Louisville -- -- -- -- *99 6 1 1 *100 11 0 0 6 0 0 0 *67 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Boston College 4 0 0 0 *63 3 1 0 *60 10 0 0 10 3 0 0 40 3 0 0 18 1 0 0 8 2 0 0

NC State 0 0 0 0 *78 6 1 0 *79 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 *51 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Florida State 0 0 0 0 *33 1 0 1 *69 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 *39 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Syracuse 2 0 0 0 *57 6 1 0 *44 4 0 0 21 2 0 0 35 5 1 1 29 4 0 0 26 4 0 1

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 28 2 0 0 553 36 7 4 569 73 7 2 78 15 2.5 1 370 54 6.5 4 93 12 0 0 71 12 0 1

#6 O’Daniel #57 Pagano #45 Register #47 Skalski #23 V. Smith #25 Tankersley #94 Watkins Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk

Auburn *13 4 1.5 0 *31 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 *71 9 0 0 *71 9 1 0 *56 6 0 0

Troy *18 4 0 0 28 2 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *79 14 0 0 *71 4 3 0 *44 3 1 1

SC State *21 1 0 0 *19 3 1 1 32 2 1 0 8 3 1 1 *11 1 0 0 *12 0 0 0 *12 2 1 1

Georgia Tech *56 8 2 1 24 4 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 3 0 1 *49 2 0 0 *37 8 1 1

Louisville *26 5 0 0 41 4 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *100 14 0 0 *87 4 1 0 *76 9 0 0

Boston College 33 7 0.5 0.5 *26 4 1 0 17 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 *66 13 0 0 *63 6 0 0 *48 4 0 0

NC State 11 0 0 0 25 3 1.5 1 6 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- *79 9 1 0 *78 5 1 0 *63 8 1.5 1.5

Florida State *23 7 1 0 28 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 0 *73 8 0 0 *73 4 1 0 *63 1 0 0

Syracuse 22 3 1 0 *24 3 0 0 13 0 0.5 0 9 3 1 0 *43 4 0 0 *29 6 0 1 *36 5 1 1

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 223 39 6 2 246 27 3.5 2 122 8 1.5 0 20 10 2 1 578 75 1 1 533 40 7 1 435 46 5.5 5.5

#15 Wiggins #42 Wilkins #30 J. Williams #49 Yeargin Opponent Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk

Auburn 35 3 0 0 *59 7 2.5 1 34 2 0 0 19 3 0 0

Troy 21 2 0 0 *63 6 0.5 0 41 6 0 0 29 3 0 0

SC State 27 2 0 0 *12 2 1 1 *39 5 0 0 25 1 1 0

Georgia Tech -- -- -- -- *43 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0

Louisville 40 3 0 0 *79 7 1.5 0 -- -- -- -- 22 1 1 0

Boston College *23 1 0 0 *50 8 2 1 -- -- -- -- 18 2 0 0

NC State -- -- -- -- *54 3 0 0 -- -- -- -- 3 0 0 0

Florida State 37 2 0 0 *50 3 1.5 0.5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Syracuse 11 0 0 0 *35 2 0 0 17 2 0 0 34 2 0.5 0

Pittsburgh

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Totals 194 13 0 0 445 43 10 3.5 140 15 0 0 161 12 2.5 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 565 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 756 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 568 by Louisville, 10-1 771 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

Plays 91 vs. NC State, 10-15 102 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 7.1 by Florida State 10-29 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, Syracuse 11-5 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 5.8 by Florida State, 10-29

Rushing Touchdowns 3 vs. Boston College, 10-7 11 vs. Presbyterian College, 9-25-1948 4 by Florida State, 10-29

Passing Yards 378 vs. NC State, 10-15, FSU, 10-29 468 vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 295 by Louisville, 10-1 521 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

Completions 39 vs. NC State, 10-15 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 120.9 by Florida State, 10-29 232.2 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 65 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 97 vs. Virginia, 11-16-1974 43 by Auburn, 9-3 98 by Florida State, 11-4-2000

First Downs 30 vs. NC State, 10-15 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 5 by Florida State, 10-29 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, Florida State, 10-29 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) 40.3 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 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 33:02 vs. Florida State, 10-29 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 13 by NC State, 10-15, FSU, 10-29 21 by Mississippi State, 12-30-1999

Penalty Yards 84 vs. Florida State, 10-29 181 vs. NC State, 10-13-2001 120 by NC State, 10-15 188 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, Syracuse 11-5

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

Third-Down Conversion % 58.8 vs. NC State, 10-15 100.0 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 242 by Syracuse, 11-5 290 by North Carolina, 10-22-2011

Interception Return Yards 85 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 143 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 70 by NC State, 10-15 103 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012

Sacks 6 vs. Florida State, 10-29 12 vs. Furman, 9-7-1996 4 by Florida State, 10-29 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 430 by Deshaun Watson vs. FSU, 10-29 529 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 169 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 256 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 2 by Wayne Gallman vs. FSU, 10-29 5 by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, 10-13-1917 4 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 4 by many (4)

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 70 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 98 Steve Atkins (Maryland), 11-18-1978

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

Passing Yards 378 by Deshaun Watson vs. NC State, 10-15 455 by Tajh Boyd vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 295 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 521 by Chris Weinke (Florida St.), 11-4-2000

by Deshaun Watson vs. FSU, 10-29

Completions 39 by Deshaun Watson vs. NC State, 10-15 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.) 813 by Deshaun Watson vs. Syracuse, 11-5 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 12 by Mike Williams vs. NC State, 10-15 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 100 by Jaylen Samuels (NC State) 10-15 249 by Peter Warrick (Florida State), 9-20-1997

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

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 189 by Sean Riley (Syracuse) 11-5 496 by Tobais Palmer (NC State), 11-17-2012

Total Touchdowns 2 by many (4) 5 by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, 10-13-1917 4 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 4 by many (7)

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

Points 12 by many (6) 33 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930 24 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 24 by many (7)

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 Greg Huegel vs. FSU, 10-29 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 93 by Kermit Whitield (FSU) 10-29

Interception Return Yards 64 by Tanner Muse vs. Syracuse, 11-5 101 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 (9) 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 70 by Shawn Boone (NC State), 10-15

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 2 by Derrick Nnadi (FSU) 10-29 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 (10) 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 4, SYR '16

36 Judah Davis 4, WF ‘15

29 Marcus Edmond 7, LOU '16

99 Clelin Ferrell 4, GT '16, NCS '16 , FSU '16

2 Mark Fields 3, SYR '16

67 Albert Huggins 5, SCS '16

14 Denzel Johnson 2, SYR '16

18 Jadar Johnson 6, many

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, many

43 Chad Smith 6 BC '16

23 Van Smith 14, TROY ‘16, LOU '16

25 Cordrea Tankersley 9, AUB ‘16

38 Amir Trapp 3, SYR '16

12 K’Von Wallace 3, NCS '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 16, NCS '16 56, NCS '16 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 15, SYR '16

10 Tucker Israel 3, SCS '16 3, SCS '16 ---------- 22, SCS '16 ---------- 17, SCS '16

12 Nick Schuessler 11, SYR '16 17, SYR '16 64.7, SYR '16 177, SYR '16 2, SYR '16 38, GT ‘15

4 Deshaun Watson 39, NCS '16 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

10 Tucker Israel ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 3, SCS '16 22, SCS '16

12 Nick Schuessler 191.0, SYR '16 10.4, SYR '16 16.1, SYR '16 ---------- 32, SYR '16 186, SYR '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, SYR '16 125, SYR '16 25.0, SYR '16 2, many (3) 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, NCS '16 11, NCS '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 ‘15 122, FSU ‘16 24.4, FSU '16 2, GT ‘15 56, BC '16

88 Sean Mac Lain 1, SYR '16 3, SYR '16 ---------- ---------- 3, SYR '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, SYR '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 12, NCS '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 Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt

LG Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn

C Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo

RG Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder

RT Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Pollard

TE Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett

WR/TE G. Williams Renfrow McCloud McCloud McCloud McCloud McCloud Renfrow Renfrow

QB Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson

RB Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman

WR A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott 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 M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams

DE Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins

DT Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins

DT Pagano Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence Pagano

DE Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell

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

MLB Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph

WLB Boulware Boulware J. Williams Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware

CB Carter Edmond Edmond Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter

S J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson 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 V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith

CB Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley

PK Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel

P Teasdall Teasdall King Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall 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

65 * Watson to Cain Pass SYR

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

41 Watson to Leggett Pass FSU

40 Watson to Cain Pass FSU

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

34 * Watson to Leggett Pass FSU

33 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU

31 * Watson to Leggett Pass LOU

31 Schuessler to M. Williams Pass SYR

30 Gallman Rush SYR

29 Watson to Cain Pass BC

29 Watson to M. Williams Pass NCS

29 Watson to Cain Pass FSU

29 Schuessler to Cain Pass SYR

28 Watson to M. Williams Pass GT

27 Bryant Rush SCS


26 Feaster Rush SCS

25 Watson to Thompson Pass GT

25 Watson to Leggett Pass FSU

24 Watson to McCloud Pass GT

24 Watson to Leggett Pass LOU

24 * Gallman Rush LOU

24 Schuessler to Leggett Pass SYR

24 Schuessler to M. Williams Pass SYR

23 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS

23 Watson Rush LOU

23 Watson to A. Scott Pass LOU

23 Watson to Cain Pass BC

23 Watson to Cain Pass SYR


22 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS

22 Schuessler to Ca. Smith Pass SCS

21 Watson to M. Williams Pass NCS

21 Watson to Renfrow Pass NCS

20 Watson to A. Scott Pass AUB


20 Gallman Rush AUB

20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY



20 * Watson to M. Williams Pass LOU

20 Watson to Renfrow Pass FSU

* - 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

NC STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 10:55 26 6 50 1:51 Fum

2. 1 5:42 15 13 77 •4:25 FG

3. 2 14:43 43 3 5 1:25 Punt

4. 2 12:26 35 12 64 •4:31 Downs

5. 2 2:03 25 10 75 •1:54 TD

6. 3 15:00 25 1 0 0:09 Int

7. 3 14:45 17 14 78 •4:29 Fum

8. 3 8:56 *43 5 39 1:49 Fum

9. 3 4:49 23 10 77 •3:46 TD

10. 4 11:23 28 10 25 4:44 Punt

11. OT ----- *25 8 25 •----- TD

FLORIDA STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 32 9 68 •3:55 TD

2. 1 5:27 20 10 80 •3:46 TD

3. 1 0:42 *49 3 (-2) 1:26 Punt

4. 2 13:18 *47 3 9 1:15 Int

5. 2 8:20 25 5 21 2:41 Punt

6. 2 4:45 32 8 62 •2:56 FG

7. 2 0:23 25 1 0 0:23 Half

8. 3 12:03 5 10 78 •2:55 FG

9. 3 7:07 33 2 2 0:41 Int

10. 3 6:18 25 6 16 2:11 Punt

11. 3 2:32 29 3 2 1:37 Punt

12. 3 0:43 25 10 75 •4:13 TD

13. 4 8:43 48 8 23 3:28 FG

14. 4 3:23 25 5 75 1:17 TD

15. 4 0:18 *33 1 (-1) 0:18 Game

SYRACUSE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 13:16 *41 10 36 •3:50 FG

2. 1 6:53 41 3 5 2:02 Punt

3. 1 4:42 *15 3 15 •0:55 TD

4. 2 14:42 5 2 95 0:31 TD

5. 2 12:16 11 12 89 •5:00 TD

6. 2 6:30 14 14 86 •5:03 TD

7. 2 0:33 22 6 55 0:30 MFG

8. 3 15:00 *44 7 44 •2:51 TD

9. 3 10:10 16 6 23 2:46 Punt

10. 3 4:31 20 10 80 •3:05 TD

11. 4 15:00 40 8 31 3:18 FG

12. 4 4:15 33 3 (-4) 1:41 Punt

13. 4 0:54 32 3 10 0:54 Game


OPPONENT OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHARTS

Yds Player(s) Type Team

70 * Cook Rush FSU

66 * Frye Rush TROY

49 Neal Rush SYR

43 White to Davis Pass AUB

43 * Cook Rush FSU

40 Francois to Murray Pass FSU

39 Finley to Hines Pass NCS

38 Jackson Rush LOU

38 Locklear to Samuels Pass NCS

38 Stevenson Rush FSU

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

27 Finley to Dayes Pass NCS

26 Thomas to Stewart Pass GT

26 J. Smith Rush BC

26 Francois to Rudolph Pass FSU

25 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU

24 Finley to Harmon Pass NCS

23 Finley to Samuels Pass NCS

23 Francois to Tate Pass FSU

23 Francois to Whitield Pass FSU

22 Jackson Rush LOU

22 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU

22 Towles to Sweeney Pass BC

22 Francois to Murray Pass FSU


21 Francois to Whitield Pass FSU

20 Morris Rush SCS

20 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU

20 Wilson to Elta-Tawo Pass SYR

19 Francois to Saunders Pass FSU


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



17 Finley Rush NCS

17 Dayes Rush NCS



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

NC STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 25 9 49 4:05 MFG

2. 1 9:04 24 7 32 •3:22 Punt

3. 1 1:17 25 5 28 1:34 Int

4. 2 13:18 18 3 1 0:52 Punt

5. 2 7:55 1 14 88 •5:52 FG

6. 2 0:09 37 2 21 0:08 Half

7. 3 10:16 5 3 (-3) 1:20 Punt

8. 3 7:07 *26 6 6 •2:18 MFG

9. 3 1:03 25 14 75 •4:40 TD

10. 4 6:39 29 14 55 •6:39 MFG

11. OT ----- *25 1 0 ----- Int

FLORIDA STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 11:01 15 10 48 5:34 Punt

2. 1 1:41 25 3 (-1) 0:59 Punt

3. 2 14:16 7 3 3 0:58 Punt

4. 2 12:03 40 6 60 •3:43 TD

5. 2 5:39 14 3 18 0:54 Int

6. 2 1:44 22 6 78 •1:21 TD

7. 3 15:00 25 6 19 2:57 Punt

8. 3 9:03 23 3 (-2) 1:56 Punt

9. 3 6:26 *43 1 43 0:08 TD

10. 3 4:07 30 3 (-1) 1:35 Punt

11. 3 0:55 30 1 70 0:43 TD

12. 4 11:30 25 4 (-8) 2:37 Punt

13. 4 5:19 20 5 80 •1:56 TD

14. 4 2:01 21 9 12 1:43 Downs

SYRACUSE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result

1. 1 15:00 22 3 (-1) 1:44 Punt

2. 1 9:18 39 7 20 2:25 Downs

3. 1 4:51 26 1 0 0:09 Int

4. 1 3:44 11 9 47 4:02 Punt

5. 2 14:06 25 6 16 1:50 Punt

6. 2 7:04 *32 2 3 0:34 Int

7. 2 1:22 20 6 16 0:49 Punt

8. 2 0:03 23 1 1 0:03 Half

9. 3 12:02 20 7 28 1:52 Punt

10. 3 7:24 21 7 65 •2:53 MFG

11. 3 1:20 19 3 6 1:20 Punt

12. 4 11:35 17 8 41 3:55 Int

13. 4 7:34 19 6 13 3:19 Punt

14. 4 2:34 25 3 (-2) 1:40 Punt


# 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 -- -- 34 98 5-0 5-0 21 Adrian Baker, CB -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15-3 18 James Barnes, QB -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 1-0 1-0 96 Michael Batson, P -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ST -- 1-0 1-0 11 Shadell Bell, TE -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 2-0 2-0 61 Kaleb Bevelle, DL -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- 1 7 2-0 2-0 60 Kelby Bevelle, OL -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- 6 21 2-0 2-0 10 Ben Boulware, LB *71 *43 -- *56 *101 *63 *79 *70 *43 526 8-8 47-25 40 Jaquarius Brice, DE -- -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- 1 9 2-0 2-0 91 Austin Bryant, DE -- -- -- -- -- -- 27 27 21 75 3-0 16-0 2 Kelly Bryant, QB -- -- 19 -- -- 4 -- -- 12 35 3-0 11-0 8 Deon Cain, WR 36 36 21 28 25 35 30 33 25 269 9-0 21-1 31 Ryan Carter, CB *33 34 17 *42 *55 *38 *66 *41 *32 358 9-7 35-8 95 Gage Cervenka, OL -- -- 21 -- -- 9 -- -- 6 36 3-0 3-0 26 Adam Choice, RB 5 15 16 14 5 10 17 -- 18 100 8-0 14-0 32 Kyle Cote, S -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- ST 0 2-0 2-0 55 Tyrone Crowder, OG *81 *54 *20 *62 *54 *28 *86 *70 *59 514 9-9 28-21 33 J.D. Davis, LB ST 12 19 ST ST 8 ST ST 18 57 9-0 17-0 37 Judah Davis, LB ST -- 9 ST ST 7 ST ST 3 19 8-0 21-0 82 Adrien Dunn, WR -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0 11-0 22 Tyshon Dye, RB 2 13 10 -- -- 5 6 -- 7 43 6-0 16-0 29 Marcus Edmond, CB -- *38 *18 21 58 19 *53 12 -- 219 7-3 26-3 61 David Estes, LS ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST -- 9-0 13-0 50 Justin Falcinelli, OL -- 23 32 18 -- 17 10 8 23 131 7-0 20-0 99 Clelin Ferrell, DE *60 *50 *12 *45 *84 *53 *64 *61 *35 464 9-9 9-9 28 Tavien Feaster, RB -- ST 24 ST ST 4 -- -- 24 52 6-0 6-0 24 Mark Fields, CB 37 36 23 ST ST 23 25 55 *53 252 9-1 22-1 83 Jesse Fisher, TE -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 1-0 1-0 63 Jake Fruhmorgen, OT *81 *74 *30 *78 *66 *44 *94 *56 -- 523 8-8 19-9 27 C.J. Fuller, RB ST 10 13 ST ST 11 60 ST 14 108 9-0 25-0 9 Wayne Gallman, RB *70 *46 *15 *68 *59 *30 *6 *79 *19 392 9-9 36-31 77 Zach Giella, C -- -- 10 -- -- 4 -- -- 3 17 3-0 3-0 64 Pat Godfrey, OL -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- 3 9 2-0 2-0 71 Noah Green, OL -- -- 15 -- -- 9 -- -- 6 30 3-0 3-0 87 D.J. Greenlee, TE -- 1 15 -- -- 4 -- -- ST 20 4-0 22-0 57 Jay Guillermo, C *81 *79 *30 *72 *66 *42 *94 *73 *51 588 9-9 40-23 39 Christian Groomes, PK -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- ST -- 2-0 2-0 51 Taylor Hearn, OL *81 *63 *30 *68 *66 *44 *84 *77 *41 554 9-9 23-9 92 Greg Huegel, PK *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST -- 9-9 24-24 67 Albert Huggins, DT -- 16 36 15 23 26 12 3 21 152 8-0 13-0 75 Mitch Hyatt, LT *81 *74 *30 *68 *66 *46 *94 *81 *63 603 9-9 24-24 10 Tucker Israel, QB -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- -- 5 12 2-0 2-0 14 Denzel Johnson, S ST ST 22 -- -- 4 ST ST 2 28 7-0 7-0 18 Jadar Johnson, S *71 *79 *17 *56 *99 *63 *78 *33 *57 553 9-9 48-10 93 Sterling Johnson, DT -- -- 17 -- -- -- -- -- 9 26 3-0 3-0 34 Kendall Joseph, LB *66 *71 *24 *56 *100 *60 *79 *69 *44 569 9-9 16-9 97 Carson King, P -- -- *ST -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 57 Tre Lamar, LB 8 12 19 ST 6 10 1 1 21 78 9-0 9-0 90 Dexter Lawrence, DT 37 *41 20 *40 *67 40 *51 *39 35 370 9-4 9-4 16 Jordan Leggett, TE *74 *57 *21 *63 *61 *41 *87 *78 *42 524 9-9 44-31 89 Ryan Mac Lain, WR -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- ST 1 2-0 2-0 88 Sean Mac Lain, WR -- -- 17 -- -- -- -- -- 6 23 2-0 11-0 46 Jarvis Magwood, LB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- ST -- 2-0 2-0 34 Ray-Ray McCloud, WR 20 32 *22 *45 *60 *28 *34 24 -- 265 8-5 20-6 69 Maverick Morris, OG ST 32 23 20 12 23 8 11 9 138 9-0 28-3 23 Trayvon Mullen, CB -- 9 37 ST ST 18 ST ST 29 93 8-0 8-0 19 Tanner Muse, S ST ST 37 ST ST 8 ST ST 26 71 9-0 9-0 6 Dorian O’Daniel, LB *13 *18 *21 *56 *26 33 11 *23 22 223 9-6 36-8 10 Diondre Overton, WR -- 6 25 5 -- 14 -- -- 22 72 5-0 5-0 56 Scott Pagano, DT *31 28 *19 24 41 *26 25 28 *24 246 9-4 28-14 70 Seth Penner, OL -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- 6 21 2-0 2-0 76 Sean Pollard, OT -- 11 32 4 -- 15 -- 25 *57 144 6-1 6-1 17 Cornell Powell, WR -- 19 42 26 4 28 -- -- 6 125 6-0 6-0 52 Connor Prevost, LB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- -- ST 1-0 1-0 41 Grant Radakovich, TE ST ST 7 ST ST 1 ST ST 3 11 9-0 9-0 45 Chris Register, DE 6 16 32 15 17 17 6 -- 13 122 8-0 9-0 13 Hunter Renfrow, WR 46 *47 -- -- -- -- 46 *65 *39 243 5-3 20-13 80 Milan Richard, TE 8 25 12 12 5 11 6 6 16 101 9-0 24-0 50 Jabril Robinson, DT -- -- 19 -- -- 11 -- -- 21 51 3-0 9-0 85 Seth Ryan, WR ST ST 15 ST ST 4 ST ST 20 39 9-0 26-0 12 Nick Schuessler, QB -- -- 27 -- -- 6 -- -- 32 65 3-0 16-0 3 Artavis Scott, WR *53 *45 *23 *55 *37 *32 *51 *63 *47 406 9-9 37-30 37 Cameron Scott, CB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2-0 2-0 54 Connor Sekas, LB -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 74 John Simpson, OL -- 10 32 -- -- 24 -- 3 33 102 5-0 5-0 47 James Skalski, LB ST ST 8 ST ST 3 -- ST 9 20 8-0 8-0 84 Cannon Smith, TE ST 1 12 ST ST 6 ST 1 5 25 9-0 24-0 43 Chad Smith, LB ST ST 5 ST 2 8 1 ST 2 18 9-0 9-0 23 Van Smith, DB *71 *79 *11 *56 *100 *66 *79 *73 *43 578 9-9 23-9 47 Alex Spence, PK -- -- ST -- -- ST -- -- ST -- 3-0 3-0 52 Austin Spence, LS -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- ST -- 2-0 2-0 20 Jack Swinney, WR -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- -- 5 12 2-0 2-0 25 Cordrea Tankersley, CB *71 *71 *12 *49 *87 *63 *78 *73 *29 533 9-9 49-24 59 Bradley Tatko, LS -- -- ST -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0 1-0 32 Andy Teasdall, P *ST *ST -- *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST -- 8-8 25-23 86 Ty Thomason, WR -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- -- 6 15 2-0 2-0 1 Trevion Thompson, WR 11 34 35 25 23 21 18 18 38 223 9-0 23-0 72 Logan Tisch, OL -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- 6 21 2-0 2-0 38 Amir Trapp, DB -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- -- 20 29 2-0 2-0 12 K’Von Wallace, DB ST 18 22 1 10 ST 20 15 4 90 9-0 9-0 94 Carlos Watkins, DT *56 *44 *12 *37 *76 *48 *63 *63 *36 435 9-9 47-25 4 Deshaun Watson, QB *81 *89 *28 *82 *66 *53 *94 *86 *40 619 9-9 32-29 15 Korrin Wiggins, S/LB 35 21 27 -- 40 *23 -- 37 11 194 7-1 32-7 42 Christian Wilkins, DT *59 *63 *12 *43 *79 *50 *54 *50 *35 445 9-9 24-10 44 Garrett Williams, TE *12 11 9 14 4 12 9 5 17 93 9-1 24-1 30 Jalen Williams, LB 34 41 *39 1 -- -- -- 8 17 140 6-1 21-1 7 Mike Williams, WR *58 *48 *20 *50 *42 *13 *64 *57 *35 387 9-9 36-24 49 Richard Yeargin, DE 19 29 25 9 22 18 3 2 34 161 9-0 19-0* - 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.


GAME 7

CLEMSON, S.C. — No. 3 Clemson, more speciically

backup cornerback Marcus Edmond, did it again. For the

second home game in a row, Edmond made the game-

saving play, this time with his irst career interception

in the endzone in the irst overtime in Clemson’s 24-17

win over NC State (4-2, 1-1 ACC) at Memorial Stadium

on Oct. 15, 2016.

Kyle Bambard’s 33-yard ield-goal attempt as time

expired in regulation sailed wide right, keeping the

hopes of Clemson (7-0, 4-0 ACC) alive. Artavis Scott’s

10-yard receiving touchdown in overtime gave the

Tigers a 24-17 lead, then on the Wolfpack’s irst play in

overtime, Edmond ended the game with an interception

in the endzone. Two weeks ago, Edmond stopped James

Quick one yard shy of a irst down at the three yard line

to preserve Clemson’s 42-36 win over No. 3 Louisville.

The Tigers, who overcame four turnovers and three

trips inside the Wolfpack ive yard line without scoring

points, were led by Deshaun Watson. The junior was

39-52 passing for 378 yards and two touchdowns, and

Mike Williams, Watson’s top target, had 146 yards on

12 receptions.

The Tigers led 3-0 after the irst quarter, with Greg Huegel

converting a 25-yard ield goal late in the irst quarter.

Earlier in the quarter, Wayne Gallman exited with a head

injury and did not return.

A pair of Tigers experienced notable career feats in the

second quarter. Freshman K’Von Wallace collected his

irst career interception, picking off Ryan Finley, the

signal-caller’s irst interception of the season. Defensive

tackle Christian Wilkins had a 10-yard rush for a irst

down on a fake punt and later blocked a ield goal.

With the score tied 3-3 late in the second quarter,

Watson and the Tigers executed the two-minute drill

NC STATE 17

#3 CLEMSON (OT)24OCT. 15, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C.

NC State 0 3 7 7 0 17

Clemson 3 7 7 0 7 24

CU Huegel 25 FG, 1st, 1:17, 13-77

NCS Bambard 28 FG, 2nd, 5:52, 14-88

CU Williams 13 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, :10, 10-75

NCS Stevens 28 interception return (Bambard Kick) 3rd, 14:51

CU Watson 4 run, (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 1:03, 10-77

NCS Dayes 2 run (Bambard Kick) 4th, 11:29, 14-75

CU Scott 10 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) OT 8-25

Attendance - 82,104 Weather - Sunny, 73º

Team Statistics NCS CU

First Downs 23 30

Rushing 128 117

Passing 21-42 39-52



Yards/Play 5.4 5.4

Return Yards 28 49


Turnovers 2 4





Punting 3-38.7 2-26.0


Sacks 2 3



NCS Dayes 22-106-1, Finley 9-24, McClendon 1-(-2)

CU Fuller 16-56, Watson 13-35-1, Choice 5-14, Gallman

2-14, Wilkins 1-10, Dye 1-(-3)


NCS Finley 20-40-231-2-0, Locklear 1-1-38-0-0,

McClendon 0-1-0-0-0

CU Watson 39-52-378-1-2


NCS Samuels 9-100, Hines 3-65, Harmon 3-42, Louis 3-31,

Dayes 3-27, Cherry 1-4

CU M. Williams 12-146-1, Renfrow 6-53, McCloud 6-51,

Leggett 5-56, A. Scott 4-23-1, Cain 2-17, Gallman

1-18, Dye 1-11, Thompson 1-8, Fuller 1-(-5)


NCS None

CU McCloud 1-0


NCS None

CU Scott 2-36


NCS Stevens 1-28

CU Wallace 1-13, Edmond 1-0

Tackle Leaders

CU Joseph 10, V. Smith 9, Watkins 8

Sacks

CU Watkins 1.5-4, Pagano 1-8, Lawrence 1-4, Bryant 0.5-2

Tackles For Loss

CU Pagano 1.5-9, Watkins 1.5-4, Carter 1-5, Lawrence

1-4, Wallace 1-1, Bryant 0.5-2, V. Smith 0.5-1

GAME STATS

to perfection, stringing together a 10-play, 75-yard

touchdown drive. Williams caught a touchdown pass

for the fourth consecutive game, hauling in a 13-yard

pass from Watson with 10 seconds left to put the Tigers

ahead 10-3.

Mistakes proved costly for Clemson in the third quarter,

with the Tigers turning it over three times on consecutive

possessions. On the irst play from scrimmage in the third

quarter, Mike Stevens intercepted a pass and raced 28

yards for a touchdown to tie the score 10-10. Later in the

quarter, Clemson fumbled twice inside the ive yard line,

with the latter recovered and returned by the Wolfpack

into Clemson territory.

But the Tigers responded with a 77-yard touchdown drive,

with Watson scoring on a four-yard rush, his irst score on

the ground this season, that gave the Tigers a 17-10 lead.

Matthew Dayes plunged into the endzone for two-yard

rushing touchdown with 11:29 left in the fourth quarter

to tie the score. Late in the game, the Wolfpack drove

down the ield and milked the clock, setting up a 33-

yard ield-goal try by Bambard with two seconds on the

clock. After a Tiger timeout, Bambard’s kick missed by

a few feet wide right.

Clemson faced a fourth-and-inches on its possession

in overtime, as C.J. Fuller reached the line to gain. The

Tigers moved to the one yard, but Watson was unable to

hold on to the irst-down snap and Clemson fell on the

ball at the 10. On the next play, Watson connected with

Scott for the go-ahead score.

NC State went for the endzone on its first play of

overtime, but Edmond stepped in front the pass and

hauled it in to send the Tiger faithful into a frenzy.

The Tigers garnered their 43rd straight victory over an

unranked opponent, the second-longest streak in the

nation.


GAME 8

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Third-ranked Clemson trailed

Florida State 28-20 entering the fourth quarter, but

showed its mettle late in a 37-34 come from behind

win to stun the Seminoles in Doak Campbell Stadium

on Oct. 29, 2016. Jordan Leggett provided the go-ahead

touchdown with 2:06 remaining, and Clemson pushed

its perfect record to 8-0 (5-0 in the ACC) on the season.

Florida State dropped to 5-3 (2-3) with the loss. It was

Clemson’s irst win in Tallahassee since 2006, and only

the second win for the Tiger program at Doak Campbell

Stadium since the Seminoles joined the ACC in 1992.

Deshaun Watson was masterful in the fourth quarter

after a pair of costly turnovers earlier in the game. The

signal-caller inished 27-for-43 for 378 yards and two

touchdowns, while adding 52 yards on the ground as

well. Leggett produced a career-best 122 receiving yards,

most in school history by a tight end.

The Tigers scored the irst 14 points of the game, as

Watson came out eficient, hitting nine of his irst 10

passes. Following an opening drive score by Wayne Gall-

man, the Tigers again found paydirt when Watson con-

nected with Hunter Renfrow for a four-yard touchdown.

Renfrow inished the night with ive catches for 62 yards.

But FSU would not go away. The Seminoles took advan-

tage of the irst Tiger interception in the second quarter

when Watson’s pass intended for Mike Williams got away.

Florida State cashed in with a touchdown, and narrowed

the deicit to just three at the half (17-14) when Nyqwan

Murray hauled in a ive-yard touchdown from Deondre

Francois with 23 seconds left before intermission.

Watson’s second interception also turned into points.

One play after jumping a route on the Tigers’ signal-

#3 CLEMSON 37

#12 FLORIDA STATE 34OCT. 29, 2016 • DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM • TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

Clemson 14 3 3 17 37

Florida State 0 14 14 6 34

CU Gallman 1 run, (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:05, 9-68

CU Renfrow 4 pass from Watson, (Huegel Kick) 1st, 1:41, 10-80

FS Cook 4 run, (Aguayo Kick) 2nd 8:20, 6-60

CU Huegel 23 FG, 2nd, 1:49, 8-62

FS Murray 5 pass from Francois (Aguayo Kick) 2nd, 0:23, 6-78

CU Huegel 34 FG, 3rd, 9:08, 10-78

FS Cook 43 run, (Aguayo Kick) 3rd, 6:18, 1-43

FS Cook 70 run, (Aguayo Kick) 3rd, 0:43, 1-70

CU Gallman 2 run, (Watson pass failed) 4th, 11:30, 10-75

CU Huegel 46 FG, 4th, 5:25, 8-23

FS Cook 8 run (Francois pass failed) 4th, 3:23, 5-80

CU Leggett 34 pass from Watson, (Williams from Watson) 4th, 2:06, 5-75

Attendance - 78,025 Weather - Clear, 72°

Team Statistics CU FSU

First Downs 25 23

Rushing 133 163

Passing 27-43 17-35



Yards/Play 6.3 7.1

Return Yards 17 108


Turnovers 2 1


Interception Returns 3 15

Punt Returns (-8) 0

Kickoff Returns 22 93

Punting 4-38.0 7-37.9


Sacks 6-56 4-13



CU Gallman 20-82-2, Watson 17-52

FSU Cook 19-169-4, Stevenson 2-41, Francois 7-(-47)


CU Watson 27-43-378-1-2)

FSU Francois 17-35-286-1-1


CU M. Williams 7-70, Leggett 5-122-1, Renfrow 5-62-1,

A. Scott 4-33, Cain 2-69, McCloud 2-13, Thompson

1-7, Gallman 1-2

FSU Murray 6-96-1, Whitield 4-70, Rudolph 3-63, Cook

2-15, Tate 1-23, Saunders 1-19


CU McCloud 1-(-8)

FSU None


CU Scott 1-22

FSU Whitield 5-93


CU J. Johnson 1-3

FSU White 1-14, McFadden 1-1

Tackle Leaders

CU Boulware 8, O’Daniel 7, V. Smith 7

Sacks

CU Bryant 1.5-11, Boulware 1-11, Ferrell 1-11, Joseph

1-10, Lawrence 1-7, Wilkins 0.5-6

Tackles For Loss

CU Ferrell 2-14, Bryant 1.5-11, Wilkins 1.5-9, Boulware

1-11, Joseph 1-10, Bryant 1-7, Tankersley 1-3,

O’Daniel 1-1

GAME STATS

caller, Seminole star Dalvin Cook took a handoff to the

right and raced 43 yards for the go-ahead touchdown.

He added another, even longer at 70 yards, a couple of

possessions later to give his team a 28-20 edge heading

into the fourth quarter. Cook ended the game with 169

yards on 19 carries, with four touchdowns.

Clemson pulled within two on a 10-play, 75-yard drive

that ended with Gallman’s second touchdown run. Gall-

man inished the game with 82 yards on 20 carries. The

drive was aided when FSU suffered a targeting penalty

and subsequent ejection on the second Williams recep-

tion of the possession.

After the Tigers went ahead 29-28 on Greg Huegel’s

46-yard ield goal that split the uprights, FSU again

answered with its ground attack. Cook posted his fourth

touchdown scamper, an eight-yard gain over the right

side. His score was set up by Freddie Stevenson’s 38-

yard rush into the redzone.

Clemson again was up to the challenge. Watson drove the

Tigers into position and found Leggett on 3rd-and-5 for

a conversion. One play later, he found his reliable tight

end wide open, and he leapt through the air and across

the goalline on a diving 34-yard touchdown reception,

his fourth of the season.

The Seminoles threatened after getting past midield

on their inal possession, but consecutive false start

penalties put them behind the chains. On 3rd-and-20,

freshman Dexter Lawrence broke through the line to sack

Francois for a 12-yard loss. Ben Boulware followed, and

the Tiger comeback was complete.


GAME 9

CLEMSON, S.C. - No. 2 Clemson scored double digits in

all four quarters to shut out Syracuse 54-0 on Military

Appreciation Day at Memorial Stadium on Saturday

afternoon. The Tigers moved to 9-0 on the season and

6-0 in the ACC, while Syracuse fell to 4-5 overall and

2-3 in ACC play.

In the Tigers’ most complete game of the season, both

the offense and defense made an impact. With a 10-0

lead, Clemson scored 20 second-quarter points behind

330 yards of offense to pull away.

Deshaun Watson did his part when he found Deon Cain

for a 65-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter,

the longest play of the season for the Tigers. From there,

Clemson shared the wealth, with ive other Tigers inding

the endzone over the course of the game.

Mike Williams had six catches for 106 yards and a score,

while Cain had ive receptions for a game-high 125 yards

and two touchdowns in the game.

Freshman safety Tanner Muse closed out the scoring

with a 64-yard interception return for a touchdown off a

deflected pass in the fourth quarter.

SYRACUSE 0

#2 CLEMSON 54NOV. 5, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C.

Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0

Clemson 10 20 14 10 54

CU Huegel 22 FG, 1st, 9:26, 10-36

CU Watson 1 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 3:47, 3-15

CU Cain 65 pass from Watson, (Huegel Kick Failed) 2nd, 14:11, 2-95

CU Williams 14 pass from Watson, (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:16, 12-89

CU Scott 5 pass from Schuessler, (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 5:03, 14-86

CU Gallman 5 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 12:08, 7-44

CU Cain 18 pass from Schuessler (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 1:26, 10-80

CU Huegel 46 FG, 4th, 11:42, 8-31

CU Muse 64 interception return (Groomes Kick) 4th, 7:40,

Attendance - 80,609 Weather - Sunny 70°

Team Statistics SYR CU

First Downs 15 28

Rushing 105 195

Passing 24-40 27-40



Yards/Play 4.1 6.7

Return Yards 75 72


Turnovers 3 0





Punting 8-38.5 3-40.3


Sacks 0-0 2-12



SYR Neal 7-64, Fredericks 9-22, Strickland 6-12, Mahoney

1-10, Dungey 4-4, Wilson 1-(-7)

CU Gallman 10-63-1, Watson 7-39-1, Feaster 9-28, Fuller

5-24, Choice 6-22, Dye 1-12, Schuessler 3-9, Israel

1-2, K. Bryant 2-(-4)


SYR Wilson 17-27-116-2-0, Dungey 6-948-1-0,

Mahoney 1-4-8-0-0

CU Watson 13-16-177-0-2, Schuessler 11-17-177-0-2,

K. Bryant 2-4-21-0-0, Israel 1-1-3-0-0


SYR Etta-Tawo 9-84, Philips 8-48, Strickland 4-17,

Riley 2-11, Estime 1-12

CU A. Scott 7-45-1, M. Williams 6-106-1, Cain 5-125-2,

Leggett 2-31, Renfrow 2-17, Ryan 2-17, Thompson

1-15, Choice 1-11, S. Mac Lain 1-3


SYR Estime 1-7

CU Trapp 1-8, A. Scott 1-1


SYR Estime 3-64, Riley 7-178

CU None


SYR None

CU Muse 1-64, Carter 1-17, Tankersley 1-4

Tackle Leaders

CU Boulware 7, J. Johnson 6, Tankersley 6

Sacks

CU Lawrence 1-7, Watkins 1-5

Tackles For Loss

CU Lawrence 1-7, Watkins 1-5, Robinson 1-4, Skalski 1-4,

O’Daniel 1-3, Boulware 1-2, Yeargin 0.5-1, Register

0.5-0

GAME STATS


400 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDSClemson - Deshaun Watson had 52 rushing yards and 378 passing

yards (430 total yards) vs. Florida State at Tallahassee, Fla. on

Oct. 29, 2016 (Clemson 37-34).

Opponent - Lamar Jackson of Louisville had 162 rushing yards

and 295 passing yards (457 total yards) at Clemson, S.C. on Oct.

1, 2016 (Clemson 37-34).

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 27 completions vs. Florida State

at Tallahassee, Fla. on Oct. 29, 2016 (Clemson 37-34).

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 - Mike Williams had 12 receptions vs. N.C. State at

Clemson, SC on October 15, 2016 (Clemson 24-17).

Opponent - Deondre Douglas had 11 receptions at Clemson, S.C.

on Sept. 10, 2016 (Clemson 30, Troy 24).

100 RECEIVING YARDSClemson - Deon Cain had 125 receiving yards and Mike Williams

had 106 receiving yards vs. Syracuse at Clemson, S.C. on Nov 5,

2016 (Clemson 54-0).

Opponent - O.J. Howard of Alabama had 208 receiving yards at


100 RECEIVING YARDS BY TWO PLAYERSClemson - Deon Cain had 125 receiving yards and Mike Williams

had 106 receiving yards vs. Syracuse at Clemson, S.C. on Nov 5,

2016 (Clemson 54-0).

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 five 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 - Tanner Muse intercepted a Austin Wilson pass and

returned it 64 yards for a touchdown vs. Syracuse on Nov. 5,

2016 (Clemson 54-0).

Opponent - Mike Stevens of NC State intercepted a Deshaun

Watson pass and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown at Clemson,

S.C. on October 15, 2016 (Clemson 24-17).

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 five passing touchdowns vs.

Louisville at Clemson, S.C., on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36).

Opponent - Mike Glennon of NC State had five 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 - Dalvin Cook of Florida State had four rushing touch-

downs at Tallahassee, Fla. on Oct. 29, 2016 (Clemson 37-34).

FOUR FIELD GOALSClemson - Chandler Catanzaro was 4-4 on field 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 field 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 field 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 field 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 field 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 field 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 field goal vs.

Georgia Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 14, 2013 (Clemson 55-31).

Opponent - Daniel Carolson kicked a 50-yard field 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 - Dalvin Cook of Florida State had four rushing touch-

downs (24 points) at Tallahassee, Fla. (Clemson 37-34).

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

five punts at Raleigh, N.C. on Oct. 31, 2015 (Clemson 56-41).

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