Etienne, Overton Score 3 TDs in 59-7 Win

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Three Touchdown Days for Etienne & Overton Lead Clemson Past Boston College 59-7

Box Score

CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 4/2 Clemson extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 23 games at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night, defeating Boston College 59-7 on Homecoming. The win marked the eighth time Clemson (6-0 ACC) started a season 8-0.

Diondre Overton, winner of the Leather Helmet Award as the game MVP, recorded his first three touchdown receptions of the season, cutting through the Eagle defense in the first quarter for a 22-yard touchdown and then running past the Boston College defense en route to a 63-yard touchdown. His final touchdown came in the fourth quarter, as Chase Brice connected with Overton for a 34-yard score. Amari Rodgers added his third touchdown of the season on the night, as Trevor Lawrence connected with Rodgers for a 19-yard touchdown strike.

Clemson held Boston College to only 96 rushing yards. The Eagles came into the contest sixth in the nation and first in the ACC with 278.3 rushing yards per game. Logan Rudolph returned a fumble 39 yards for his first career touchdown. Chad Smith led the defense with nine tackles, a caused fumble and a sack.

The Tigers are back in action next Saturday against Wofford at 4 p.m. on ACC Network for Military Appreciation Day and Purple Out at Memorial Stadium.

📸 SECOND HALF

• Clemson gained 674 yards. Clemson reached 600 yards of offense for the third time this season to match the 2012, 2017 and 2018 squads for the most in a single season in school history.
• Clemson has now produced at least 550 yards in three straight games for the first time since contests against Virginia, Georgia Tech and The Citadel in 2013.
• Clemson’s 59 points were its most against Boston College in the 29-game all-time series between the two schools, surpassing 56 scored in a 56-10 win in 2016. Clemson’s 674 yards were also its most in series history, surpassing the 576 yards produced against the Eagles in 2012.
• Clemson has now reached 45 points in three consecutive games for the first time since the Duke, Maryland and NC State games in November 2012.

• Clemson rushed for 302 yards and has now rushed for at least 275 yards in three straight games for the first time in the Dabo Swinney era and the first time since the Wake Forest, Virginia and Duke games in 2000.
• Clemson exceeded 300 yards in both passing yards and rushing yards for the fifth time under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. It was Clemson’s first such game since last year’s contest against South Carolina.
• Clemson scored on its first six drives of the game, every drive of the first half. It marked Clemson’s first time scoring on the first six drives of a game since Sept. 17, 2016, against South Carolina State.
• Clemson has now rushed for multiple touchdowns in nine consecutive games for the first time since the first nine games of the 2018 season.
• Clemson has now produced more passing yards than its opponent in 11 consecutive games, dating to last season, for the first time since an 18-game streak across the 2015-17 seasons.
• Clemson did not turn the ball over and played its first turnover-free game of the season. It is the program’s first game with no giveaways since last year’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game against Alabama.
• Running back Travis Etienne rushed 16 times for 109 yards and tied his career high with three rushing touchdowns. He also caught three passes for 33 yards.
• The performance represented Etienne’s fifth career game with three rushing touchdowns.
• Etienne has now rushed for 100 yards in three consecutive games for the first time this season and the first time since the South Carolina, Pitt and Notre Dame games last season.
• Etienne recorded his 13th career 100-yard rushing game to pass Andre Ellington and C.J. Spiller (12 each) for sole possession of fourth on Clemson’s all-time leaderboard for career 100-yard rushing games. He is now four games shy of Wayne Gallman’s school career record of 17 from 2014-16.
• Etienne (46) now sits one rushing touchdown shy of James Davis’ school record for career rushing touchdowns (47 from 2005-08). Etienne (49) also tied Davis for third on Clemson’s all-time leaderboard for total touchdowns and sits behind only C.J. Spiller (51) and Travis Zachery (50) on the list.
• With 18 points in the game, Etienne tied running back James Davis (294 from 2005-08) for seventh on Clemson’s all-time scoring list. Etienne already ranks fourth on the list among non-kickers.
• During the game, Etienne (3,999) passed Wayne Gallman (3,902) for ninth in career all-purpose yards in school history. He is now one all-purpose yard shy of becoming the ninth player in Clemson history to record 4,000 career all-purpose yards.
• The game was Etienne’s second multi-touchdown rushing game of the season, joining the season opener in which he rushed for three touchdowns against Georgia Tech. It was his 13th career game with multiple rushing touchdowns, tying Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor for the second-most in the country since 2017.
• Etienne recorded all three touchdown runs in the first half, scoring on plays of three, four and five yards.
• Quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 16-of-19 passes for 275 yards with three touchdowns. He also rushed eight times for 42 yards.
• Lawrence has now thrown a touchdown pass in 18 consecutive games and has thrown a touchdown in 22 of his 23 career contests.
• Clemson has now thrown three or more touchdowns in three straight games for the first time since games against Virginia, Georgia Tech and The Citadel in 2013.
• Lawrence has now individually thrown at least three touchdown passes in three consecutive games for the first time in his career. He is the first Clemson quarterback to do so since Tajh Boyd in 2013.
• With the performance, Lawrence (5,089) joined Tajh Boyd, Deshaun Watson, Charlie Whitehurst, Woodrow Dantzler, Cullen Harper and Nealon Greene as the only Clemson players all-time to throw for 5,000 career yards.
• With three touchdown passes, Lawrence (53) passed C.J. Spiller (52) for fifth in school history in career total touchdown responsibility.
• Lawrence opened the game 9-for-9 for 139 yards to seven different receivers prior to his first incompletion in the second quarter.
• Wide receiver Diondre Overton recorded a career-high 119 yards on three receptions for a school-record-tying three touchdowns. It represented his first career 100-yard receiving game, surpassing a previous career high of 75 yards set against Florida State in 2018.
• Overton became the seventh player in Clemson history to record three touchdown catches in a game, matching Dreher Gaskin (vs. Auburn on Nov. 21, 1953), Tony Horne (vs. Texas-El Paso on Oct. 4, 1997), Rod Gardner (vs. North Carolina on Oct. 21, 2000), DeAndre Hopkins (vs. Ball State on Sept. 8, 2012), DeAndre Hopkins (vs. Duke on Nov. 3, 2012) and Mike Williams (vs. South Carolina on Nov. 28, 2016) for the school record in single-game touchdown receptions.
• Overton recorded a 22-yard touchdown reception from Lawrence in the first quarter. It was his first touchdown catch since Oct. 7, 2018, at Wake Forest.
• Overton added his second touchdown of the day on a career-long 63-yard reception in the third quarter, giving him his first multi-touchdown day of his career.
• Overton scored his third touchdown of the day on 34-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chase Brice in the fourth quarter.
• Wide receiver Amari Rodgers added his third touchdown reception of the season on a 19-yard pass from Lawrence in the second quarter.
• Including 36 receiving yards in the game, wide receiver Tee Higgins (1,869) passed Brian Wofford (1,857) to enter the Top 15 in school history in career receiving yards.
• Defensive end Logan Rudolph recorded a 39-yard fumble return for touchdown in the third quarter, his first career touchdown.
• The fumble return for touchdown by Rudolph was Clemson’s first since Tanner Muse on Oct. 13, 2017 at Syracuse. (Note: Clemson recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown with no return at Georgia Tech on Sept. 22, 2018.)
• The fumble recovery was the first of Rudolph’s career. The fumble was forced by linebacker Chad Smith, his second of the season.
• Clemson opened the scoring on a 23-yard field goal by kicker B.T. Potter on Clemson’s first possession. Clemson pushed its record when scoring first to 45-0 since 2015.
• Clemson held a 17-0 lead after the first quarter. In that quarter, Clemson produced 12 first downs on only 15 plays.
• Clemson led, 38-7, at halftime. Clemson has now won 73 of its last 75 games when leading at halftime.
• Clemson accrued 24 first downs in the first half. In 2012, Clemson produced only 20 first downs in the midst of producing a school-record 487 first-half yards against Duke that year. 
• Prior to the game, Clemson inducted former linebacker Levon Kirkland into the Clemson Ring of Honor. Kirkland was a two-time All-American and three-time first-team All-ACC selection as an outside linebacker between 1988-91. He was a second-team AP All-American and finalist for the Butkus Award as a junior in 1990, a unit that led the nation in total defense, prior to being a first-team All-America selection as a senior by the American Football Coaches Association, Sporting News and Walter Camp Foundation in 1991.
• Offensive Line Coach Robbie Caldwell coached his 500th career game. Per a survey of sports information directors around the country, Caldwell is believed to join Northwestern Defensive Coordinator Mike Hankwitz as the only active FBS coaches to reach the 500-game mark.
• Captains for the contest were offensive tackle Tremayne Anchrum, running back Travis Etienne, defensive tackle Nyles Pinckney and safety K’Von Wallace.

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— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) October 27, 2019

📸FIRST HALF

With the Win...

• Clemson won its 23rd consecutive game, dating to the start of the 2018 season, to extend the longest winning streak in school history and second-longest winning streak in ACC history.
• Clemson has now won 17 consecutive ACC regular season games for the second time in school history (20 from 1981-84). 
• Clemson has now recorded seven wins against Power Five opponents this season, the only team in the country able to make that claim.
• Clemson has now opened a season 8-0 for the eighth time in school history, joining the 1948, 1981, 2000, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2018 campaigns.
• Clemson won its 20th consecutive home game. Clemson’s last home loss came on Nov. 12, 2016, against Pitt. It joins the school-record streak of 21 games from 2013-16 as the only 20-game home winning streaks in school history.
• Clemson has now won 41 of its last 42 games at Death Valley.
• Clemson’s 20-game active home winning streak is the second-longest in the country, trailing Alabama’s 31-game home winning streak.
• Clemson won its ninth consecutive game against Boston College, dating back to 2011. Clemson’s nine-game winning streak against Boston College is its second-longest active streak against an ACC opponent, trailing Clemson’s 10-game active winning streak against Wake Forest.
• Clemson improved to 11-4 against Boston College since the Eagles joined the ACC in 2005.
• Clemson, which entered the game fourth in the AP Poll after being ranked No. 3 last game, won a 16th consecutive game when ranked lower in the AP Poll than in its previous contest. Clemson is now 24-4 under Dabo Swinney when playing a game at a lower AP ranking than in its previous contest, including season openers in which Clemson opened lower than it finished the prior season.
• Clemson has now won 66 of its last 70 games overall dating to 2014, including 40 of its last 42 games against ACC teams.
• Clemson is now 47-0 when both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.
• Clemson is now 44-2 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.
• Clemson has now earned victories in 32 of its last 33 games against ACC Atlantic Division teams.
• Clemson has now won 69 of its last 71 games against unranked teams.