Clemson vs. South Carolina Post-Game Notes

Nov. 23, 2003

Team Notes *The 63 points scored by Clemson in the 63-17 victory were the most scored by Clemson since the Tigers scored 82 in an 82-24 win over Wake Forest on October 3, 1981. The 63 points were the most scored by the Tigers on the road since Clemson defeated Georgia Tech in Atlanta by a 73-0 score in 1903. John Heisman was the coach of that Georgia Tech team.

*The 63 points scored were the most points scored in the history of the series by either team. Clemson’s previous high was 51 in 1900 and South Carolina’s was 56 in 1975.

*Clemson’s 63 points tied for the most ever scored against South Carolina. Navy defeated South Carolina 63-0 in 1920 and Florida downed the Gamecocks 63-7 in 1995. It also tied the record for the most points scored in Williams Brice Stadium, tying the 63 by Florida in 1995.

*The 63 points scored by Clemson were the most ever scored against a Lou Holtz coached football team. The previous high was 54 by Florida in 2001.

*Clemson’s 46-point victory margin was its highest in the series with South Carolina since 1900 when Clemson won 51-0 in Columbia.

*Clemson’s 35 points in the first half were the most scored by Clemson against South Carolina in one half. The previous record was 34 in the second half at Columbia in 1997.

*Clemson now has 3441 yards passing this season, a school season record. The Tigers broke the record in the South Carolina game.

*Clemson played 73 players in Saturday night’s game at South Carolina, 32 on offense, 28 on defense and 13 who played special teams only.

*Clemson’s average starting field position on Saturday night at South Carolina was its own 42-yardline. South Carolina’s average starting field position was its own 22.

*Clemson is now averaging 5.8 yards per play, the highest per play average by a Clemson team since 1950 when Frank Howard’s undefeated team averaged 6.2 yards per play for the course of the season.

*Clemson is now 17th in the nation in passing offense with 286.8 yards per game. That is the highest national ranking Clemson has ever had in passing offense.

*Clemson quarterbacks had 12 rushes for 121 yards in the win at South Carolina, 10 yards per rush.

*Clemson is now 7-0 in all sports head to head with South Carolina this academic year. The Lady Tiger basketball team won a 103-99 overtime contest on Friday night. Clemson also has defeated South Carolina in men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s swimming and women’s swimming this year. The next competition will be the men’s basketball game on December 6 at Clemson.

*Clemson went over the 5000-yard mark in total offense for the season with its 542-yard effort at South Carolina. Clemson now has 5068 yards for the season and needs just 175 yards in the bowl game to establish a school record. Clemson has now reached the 400-yard mark in nine of its 12 games this year.

*The team that has scored first has won all 12 Clemson football games this year.

*In its three-game winning streak to end the season Clemson has averaged 43 points per game, 484 yards total offense, and 306 passing yards per game.

*Clemson now ranks second in the ACC in total offense at 422 yards per game. The Tigers are third in total defense with a 329.2 average. Clemson is second in the league in passing offense at 286.8 yards per game and first in passing yardage defense at 189.5 yards per game. Clemson continues to lead the ACC and rank second in the nation in kickoff return average.

Player Notes *When Derrick Hamilton caught a 36-yard scoring pass from Charlie Whitehurst in the first period it marked the fifth straight game that Hamilton had caught a touchdown pass. That is a Clemson record for consecutive games catching a touchdown pass. The previous record was four in a row by K.D. Dunn in 1983.

*Hamilton had 71 yards receiving in the game, giving him 2243 receiving yards for his career. He moved into fourth place on Clemson’s career reception yardage list, ahead of Jerry Butler, who had 2223 yards between 1978-81. It is ironic that he passed Butler in Columbia because that was the site of Butler’s famous catch in Clemson’s 1977 victory.

*Hamilton now has 162 receptions in his career, tied for second in Clemson history with Terry Smith. He will need just five catches in Clemson’s bowl game to pass Rod Gardner and become the school’s career leader. It would be ironic if Clemson goes to the Gator Bowl. Gardner passed Smith in the Gator Bowl at the end of the 2000 season to become the school’s career leader.

*Hamilton now has 957 receiving yards this season. He needs just 43 receiving yards in the bowl game to become the second Clemson receiver in history to record 1000 yards in a season. Rod Gardner is the only other Clemson player to do it and he did it twice. He already has the single season touchdown reception record with 10. Hamilton now has 16 career touchdown receptions. He needs just two to tie Glenn Smith’s career record of 18. That is one of he oldest individual records in the Clemson record book, as Smith played from 1948-51. Hamilton is now tied for third with Terrance Roulhac.

*Charlie Whitehurst threw four touchdown passes in Clemson’s victory in Columbia. It marked the fourth time Whitehurst had tied the single game record for touchdown passes in a game. His fourth scoring pass, to running back Duane Coleman, gave him 21 scoring passes for the season, tying Woodrow Dantzler’s record of 21 set in 2001.

*Whitehurst set a Clemson record for passing yardage and touchdown passes by a Tiger quarterback against South Carolina with his 302 passing yards and four touchdowns on Saturday night. He broke his own record of 287 yards in 2002. For two games, Whitehurst is now 45-64 (.703) for 589 yards and four touchdowns. His 43-yards rushing on Saturday night were his career high in six carries.

*Whitehurst is now second in the ACC in passing yards per game (276.2) and third in passing efficiency (138.8). He also has now gone ahead of Woodrow Dantzler’s on Clemson’s career passing efficiency list and now has the number-one ranking on a career basis.

*Chad Jasmin scored four touchdowns against South Carolina Saturday night, most touchdowns ever scored by a Clemson player against South Carolina. In fact, Jasmin was just the seventh different player in Clemson history to score at least four touchdowns in a game, the first since Travis Zachery had four against Duke in 2001.

*Jamaal Fudge had two interceptions against South Carolina, the first Clemson player this year to get a pair of interceptions in one game.

*Leroy Hill had four tackles for loss against South Carolina and finishes the regular season with 25. That is the fourth highest single season figure in Clemson history, the most since Keith Adams 35 in 1999. Adams also wore number-43.

*Clemson’s 63rd and final point was an extra point scored by Fletcher Anderson, his first appearance in a Clemson game after four years on the squad. Anderson is also the Clemson Student Body President.

*Bobby Williamson was the only Clemson player who suffered an injury in the South Carolina game. He suffered a knee injury and was carted off the field. The injury is not believed to be serious. He will be examined on Monday.