Gameday Guide: Football at South Carolina • Nov. 25, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • SEC Network

PREVIEW

-Clemson and South Carolina will meet for the 120th time in history when the Tigers close their 2023 regular season on the road against the Gamecocks on Saturday, Nov. 25. Kickoff at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.

-Clemson will look to reassume annual in-state bragging rights after South Carolina snapped Clemson’s series-record-tying seven-game win streak in the rivalry with a one-point win a season ago. Clemson holds a 72-43-4 record in the rivalry and has held the series lead since 1898.

-Two years ago, incredulity was a common reaction both nationally and in some Clemson fan circles when Dabo Swinney tabbed then-analyst Wes Goodwin as Clemson’s new defensive coordinator in the wake of Brent Venables’ ascension to Oklahoma’s head coaching job. In his second season leading Clemson’s defensive unit in 2023, Goodwin has displayed why Swinney entrusted him with the role.

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Clemson (7-4, 4-4 ACC) vs. South Carolina (5-6, 3-5 SEC)

• Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC. 
• 5 p.m.: Tiger Tailgate Show presented by Upcountry Fiber, Live from Camperdown Plaza in downtown Greenville.
• 7:30 p.m.: Kickoff
• WATCH on SECN
• Live Stats
• Listen: Clemson Athletic Network (Don Munson, Tim Bourret & Reggie Merriweather)
• Game Notes: Clemson vs. South Carolina> 2023 Clemson Football Media Guide > 2023 Clemson Football Media Supplement

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

– Clemson is attempting to win eight games in a season for the 41st time in school history. It would be Clemson’s 13th consecutive eight-win season and its 14th overall in Dabo Swinney’s 15 full seasons as head coach.

– Clemson (149-28) seeking its 150th win since the start of the 2011 season. Clemson would join Alabama (161) as the only program to win 150 games since 2011.

– By kickoff time against South Carolina, Clemson entering the game having led the all-time series with the Gamecocks for 45,663 consecutive days (125 years, 8 days). South Carolina won the series opener in 1896 before Clemson evened the series in 1897. Clemson won the third game in the series on Nov. 17, 1898 to take a 2-1 series lead, a lead Clemson hasn’t relinquished.

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