Head Coach Dabo Swinney coached his 250th career game as Clemson’s head coach.
Swinney joined Frank Howard (295) as the only head coaches in school history to coach 250 career games.
Swinney (193-57) completed his 250th career game with the third-most wins through 250 games in FBS history, trailing only Joe Paterno and Tom Osborne (212 each).
Swinney has now coached more games than 145 of the 241 coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Kicker NolanHauser went 2-for-3 on field goals and is now 29-of-32 on field goals this season.
On a 40-yard second-quarter field goal, Hauser broke Greg Huegel’s school record for consecutive games with a field goal (18 from 2015-16) by recording a field goal in a 19th consecutive game.
On the kick, Hauser broke Huegel’s single-season school record of 27 field goals, set in 2015.
Hauser added a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter.
On the kick, Hauser (1,163) set the mark for the most cumulative field goal yards in a single season by an FBS kicker, according to Stats Perform records available back to 1996 (1,146 by Ole Miss' Lucas Carneiro in 2025).
Hauser (64) passed Obed Ariri (63 from 1977-80) and Chris Gardocki (63 from 1988-90) for the fourth-most career field goals in Clemson history.
During the game, Hauser became the ninth player (and sixth kicker) in Clemson history to reach 300 career points.
Hauser (304) passed running back Travis Zachery (300) and kicker Nelson Welch (301) for seventh on Clemson's all-time leaderboard for career scoring.
Hauser (102) reached 100 points in a season for the second time in his career to join B.T. Potter (four), Greg Huegel (three), Travis Etienne (two), Chandler Catanzaro (two) and Travis Zachery (two) as the only players in school history with multiple 100-point seasons.
Safety Corey Myrick recorded his first interception as a Tiger in the second quarter.
The interception was Myrick’s third of his career, following his two last season with Southern Miss.
Linebacker Sammy Brownrecorded a team-high 11 tackles (one for loss).
Brown recorded his ninth career game with 10 or more tackles (as awarded by gameday stat crews) to pass his position coach Ben Boulware (eight from 2013-16) and pull within one of Kendall Joseph (10 from 2015-18) for the most by a Clemson player in Dabo Swinney's head coaching tenure.
Brown also added his first fumble recovery of the season in the fourth quarter. It was his second career fumble recovery and his first since the 2025 regular season finale at South Carolina.
With Brown’s fumble recovery, Clemson recorded multiple takeaways in three straight games for the first time since a five-game streak late in the 2024 season.
Starting quarterback Tait Reynolds exited the game on the game’s third play from scrimmage. He rushed once for 24 yards and completed his lone pass for three yards; his final play was a seven-yard rush nullified by an accepted defensive holding penalty.
Quarterback Christopher Vizzina entered the game in the second quarter and completed 12-of-27 passes for 133 yards.
Wide receiver Juju Preston led Clemson in receptions (four) and receiving yards (56), both career highs.
Wide receiver T.J. Mooreextended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 37 games, tying Justyn Ross for the third-longest streak in Clemson history.
The defeat snapped Clemson’s 38-game winning streak against teams with a losing record, which had been the third-longest active streak in the country. It was Clemson’s first loss to a team with a losing record at the time of kickoff since losing to 2-5 Boston College in 2010.
Clemson and Georgia Tech faced one another for the 43rd time in the last 44 years. By virtue of the ACC adopting a divisionless format with altered protected rivalries in 2023, the 2024 campaign marked the lone year since 1983 that Clemson and Georgia Tech did not face one another.
Clemson and Georgia Tech met for the 91st time, moving the Yellow Jackets past Wake Forest (90) into sole possession of third place among Clemson’s most common opponents. The only programs to face Clemson more are South Carolina (122) and NC State (92).
Clemson dropped to 25-19 against Georgia Tech since the Yellow Jackets joined the ACC prior to the 1983 football season. The Tigers are 9-2 in their last 11 games against Georgia Tech.
The defeat snapped Clemson’s eight-game home winning streak against Georgia Tech, Clemson’s longest in series history.
The game snapped Clemson’s 12-game home winning streak against opponents from the state of Georgia. Prior to Saturday, Clemson’s last home loss to a team from the Peach State came against Georgia Tech in 2008, Dabo Swinney’s first game as interim head coach.
Clemson won the turnover margin, 2-1, and now has a 92-7 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
