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Clemson at Syracuse: 2023 Game Notes
WITH THE WINâŠ
Clemson improved to 10-2 all-time against Syracuse.Â
Syracuse became the 19th program against which Clemson has earned double-digit victories all-time, joining South Carolina (72), Wake Forest (70), NC State (60), Furman (44), Virginia (40), North Carolina (39), Duke (37), Georgia Tech (35), Maryland (34), The Citadel (33), Presbyterian (33), Virginia Tech (23), Boston College (21), Georgia (18), Florida State (15), Auburn (15), Wofford (13) and Davidson (11).
Clemson won a sixth straight game against Syracuse to add to the longest streak by either team in series history.
Clemson improved to 5-1 in road games at Syracuse all-time.
Clemson improved to 23-11 against undefeated teams (with a minimum of four games played) since 1970.
Clemson moved to 15-4 against undefeated teams 4-0 or better during Head Coach
Dabo Swinney’s
tenure. Swinney improved to 14-3 against those squads since 2015.
Clemson improved to 68-7 against ACC opponents (including postseason play) since the start of the 2015 season.Â
Clemson earned its national-best 35th road win since 2015. Boise State can tie Clemsonâs lead in that category this afternoon. Clemson is now 35-6 in true road games since 2015.
Clemson improved to 33-8 in games following a loss under Swinney, including season openers following a loss in the previous season finale.Â
Clemson rebounded from last weekâs loss and still has not lost back-to-back games in the same season since November 2011, the nation’s longest such streak. Clemson has now played 159 games since losing consecutive games in a single season.
Clemson improved to 89-10 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season. Eight of Clemsonâs 10 regular season losses in that span have been decided by a final margin of 10 or fewer points.
Clemson improved to 127-16 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and is now 104-6 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.
Clemson is now 78-6 when scoring first since 2015.
Clemson has now won 109 of its last 114 games when leading at halftime.
Clemson is now 130-3 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.
Clemson now has a 125-6 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.
Clemson now has a 73-4 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
Clemson has now won 109 of its last 110 games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).
Swinney
earned his 164th career win to pull within one victory of College Football Hall of Famer Frank Howardâs career record at Clemson (165).
Swinney
(100-21) tied Howard’s school record for career regular season conference victories (100). Howard went 100-48-5 in conference play across the Southern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference.
Swinney
(100) joined Bobby Bowden (117) as the only coaches in history to win at least 100 games in ACC regular season competition.
Swinney
made Syracuse the fifth program against which he’s earned 10 career victories, joining Wake Forest (14), Boston College (14), NC State (11) and Georgia Tech (11).Â
GAME NOT
ES
Syracuse entered the week in the Top 10 natio
nally in both scoring offense (44.3 points per game) and total offense (507.8 yards per game). Clemson held the Orange to 286 yards and 14 points.Â
Clemson won the turnover margin, 3-1, and finished with a 21-7 edge in points off turnovers. Clemson recorded a touchdown on all three of its defensive takeaways. Clemson is now 51-1 when finishing +2 or better in the turnover margin under Dabo Swinney.
Clemson recorded three takeaways for the second time this season and the second time in the last three weeks.
Clemson outscored Syracuse, 10-0, in the âMiddle Eight,â defined as the final four minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half. Clemson is now 66-2 since 2015 when outscoring opponents in the Middle Eight, including a 3-0 record when winning this metric this season and 0-2 when losing it.
Clemson has now outgained its opponent in total yards in six consecutive games for the first time since a seven-game streak to open the 2020 season.
Quarterback
Cade Klubnik
com
pleted 23-of-37 passes for 263 yards with two tou
chdowns and no interceptions. Â
Clemson has now thrown no interceptions in three straight games for the first time since
games 3-5 of the 2022 season.Â
Since a first-quarter pick-six against Charleston Southern, Clemson has thrown 137 consecutive passes without an interception (29 against Charleston Southern, 33 against Florida Atlantic, 38 against Florida State and 37 against Syracuse). Cade Klubnik has thrown 123 of the 137 passes in that span.
Wide receiver
Tyler Brown
recorded career highs in receptions (eight) and receiving yards (151).
Â
Brown
recorded his first career 100-yard receiving performance in his fifth career game. He became only the seventh player in Clemson history with a 100-yard receiving game within the first five games of a career, joining Artavis Scott (two games in 2014), Justyn Ross (two games in 2018), Cole Turner (two games in 2022), Sammy Watkins (three games in 2011), Derrick Hamilton (five games in 2001) and Jim Lanzendoen (five games in 1973).
Brownâs
151 receiving yards were the most by a Clemson true freshman since Justyn Rossâ 153 yards against Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game to conclude the 2018 season.
Brownâs
151 receiving yards were the most by a Clemson player of any grade classification since Cornell Powellâs 176 yards against Pitt in 2020.
Brown
recorded his first career rushing attempt on a reverse in the second quarter, gaining 23 yards.
Wide receiver
Troy Stellato
scored his first career touchdown on a 14-yard pass from
Klubnik
on the Tigersâ opening drive.Â
Running back
Will Shipley
rushed 18 times for 61 yards with a touchdown.
Shipley
scored a two-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter. It was his 30th overall touchdown of his career, making him the ninth player in Clemson history ever to score 30 career touchdowns.
Shipleyâs
touchdown (30) moved him into sole possession of the ninth-most total touchdowns in Clemson history. He is now one touchdown behind Fred Cone (31) for eighth.
The touchdown was
Shipleyâs
28th rushing touchdown of his career, tying Terry Allen (28 from 1978-82) for ninth in Clemson history in career rushing touchdowns.Â
Shipley
has now rushed for a touchdown in consecutive games for the first time since a six-game streak in 2022.
Shipley
(2,273) entered the Top 15 in rushing yardage in Clemson history, passing Ken Callicutt (2,256 from 1973-77) for 15th all-time.Â
During the contest,
Shipley
(3,512)
also became the 12th player in Clemson history to reach 3,500 career all-purpose yards.
Clemson has now scored at least one rushing touchdown in a national-best 72 of its 74 games since the start of the 2018 season.
Wide receiver
Beaux Collins
added his second receiving touchdown of the season on a 47-yard touchdown pass from
Klubnik
in the second quarter.
The receiving touchdown was
Collinsâ
10th of his career. It was his fourth career touchdown of 40 yards or more, joining touchdown receptions of 46 yards at Louisville in 2021, 58 yards vs. Wake Forest in 2021 and 69 yards vs. Charleston Southern in 2023.
Running back
Phil Mafah
helped seal the victory with a 32-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
The rushing touchdown was
Mafahâs
fourth of the season, matching his single-season career high set last year
(four).
Clemson recorded a season-high five sacks after entering the game with six sacks on the year.
The game was Clemsonâs first performance with at least five sacks since last November against Miami (Fla).
Clemson has now posted multiple sacks in four straight games since being held without a sack in the season opener.
Clemsonâs first sack of the game was the programâs 500th since the start of the 2012 season. Clemson became the first program in the country to record 500 sacks in that span.
Defensive end
Justin Mascoll
played his 58th career game to tie K.J. Henry’s Clemson record for career games played by a defensive end.
Mascoll
ended Syracuseâs opening drive with a forced fumble, the first of his career.
The fumble forced by
Mascoll
was recovered by defensive tackle
Payton Page
. It was the second fumble recovery of Pageâs career and his first since 2022 at Boston College.
Defensive end
T.J. Parker
recorded his second sack of the season in the first quarter.Â
One play later,
Parker
and defensiv
e tackle
Tyler Davis
split another sack. The half-sack was Davisâ first of the season and pushed his career sack total to 16.0.
Parker
finished the game with 2.0 sacks, becoming the first Clemson true freshman with at least 2.0 sacks in a game since Myles Murphyâs 2.0 sacks in the 2020 season opener at Wake Forest.
Defensive end
Xavier Thomas
recorded the second fumble recovery of his career in the first quarter, picking up a missed pitch and returni
ng it 20 yards to the Syracuse three-yard line.
The fumble recovery was the second of
Thomasâ
career and his first since 2019 at NC State.
Clemson recorded multiple fumble recoveries in a game for the second time this season (two at Duke).
Mascoll
and linebacker
Barrett Carter
split a third quarter sack, the duoâs first of the 2023 season.
Defensive tackle
Ruke Orhorhoro
recorded his first sack of the season in the third quarter. It was his first since last yearâs Orange Bowl.
Parker
added another half-sack in the third quarter, splitting the stop with
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Trotter
recorded Clemsonâs third takeaway of the game with an interception in the fourth quarter. It was his third career interception but his first of the season.
Clemson scored in a 272nd consecutive game to pass the 1981-2004 Washington Huskies (271) for sole possession of the 18th-longest streak of consecutive games without being shutout in FBS history.
The game was played on the 127th anniversary of the Sept. 30, 1896 formation of the Clemson College Football Association, a gathering of cadets with the intention of securing a head coach and establishing an intercollegiate football squad. The school played its first game 31 days later on Oct. 31, 1896, under the coaching of professor Walter Riggs.
Captains for the contest were tight end
Jake Briningstool
, safety
R.J. Mickens
, running back
Will Shipley
and punter
Aidan Swanson
.
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