WITH THE WIN…
- Head Coach Dabo Swinney (118) broke a tie with Bobby Bowden for the conference record for career head coaching wins in ACC regular season play (117). Swinney already held the conference record for overall wins as an ACC head coach.
- Swinney (193-56) pulled within two wins of Tom Osborne (195) for the most wins through the first 20 seasons of a head coaching career in FBS history. Swinney already ranks second in the category despite 2026 being his 19th season (and only his 18th full season).
- Swinney improved to 11-2 all-time against Syracuse. Syracuse is one of seven schools against which Swinney has double-digit all-time wins, alongside Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, NC State, South Carolina and Wake Forest.
- Swinney made Fran Brown the 87th different head coach against whom he has earned at least one career victory. Swinney has at least one win against 87 of the 100 coaches he has faced in his head coaching tenure.
- Clemson improved to 11-3 all-time against Syracuse and still has not lost back-to-back games to Syracuse in series history.
- Clemson moved to 11-2 against Syracuse since the Orange’s move to the ACC.
- Clemson improved to 6-1 all-time at Syracuse and has now won four straight games at JMA Wireless Dome for the first time in series history.
- After losing to Syracuse a year ago, Clemson improved to 27-14 in games against teams to which Clemson lost its most recent meeting in the Dabo Swinney era.
- Clemson pushed its road record this season to 3-1.
- Clemson improved to 63-19 in games away from home since 2015, including a 47-11 record in true road games in that span.
- Clemson improved to 12-2 in its last 14 regular season road games.
- Clemson extended its road winning streak against ACC opponents to six games, dating to last season. It is Clemson's first six-game road winning streak in ACC play since a school-record 11-game streak across the 2017-20 seasons.
- Clemson improved to 116-23 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season.
- Clemson improved to 87-16 against ACC opponents since the start of the 2015 season.
- With its sixth win of the season, Clemson extended its streak of consecutive seasons with six or more wins to 28 seasons. Clemson's last season with fewer than six wins was a 3-8 campaign in 1998. Only Clemson, Ohio State, Georgia and Oklahoma entered 2026 having won at least six games every year since 1999.
- At 4-2 in ACC play, Clemson has now guaranteed itself a .500 or better record in conference play for the 28th consecutive season. Only Michigan (40 from 1968-2007), Nebraska (33 from 1969-2001 and Oklahoma (29 from 1966-94) have produced longer streaks since 1966.
- Clemson is now 98-10 when scoring first since the start of the 2015 season.
- Clemson is now 166-12 under Dabo Swinney when leading at halftime, including a 149-8 mark since the start of the 2011 season.
- Clemson is now 25-17 in games started by true freshman quarterbacks since the NCAA instituted permanent freshman eligibility in 1972.
- Clemson is now 156-8 when leading after three quarters since the start of the 2011 season. Clemson is 172-11 in total in those games in Swinney’s tenure.
- Clemson is now 43-16 in one-possession games since the start of the 2011 season, the highest winning percentage in the country in one-score games in that span. Syracuse had entered the game 11-5 in such contests under Fran Brown.
- Clemson is now 132-5 in its last 137 games when holding teams to fewer than 23 points, a span that dates to the middle of the 2010 season.
GAME NOTES
- The victory was Clemson’s first in a game in which it didn’t score an offensive touchdown since a 16-7 victory at South Carolina to end the 2023 regular season.
- It was Clemson’s first victory without an offensive touchdown against an ACC opponent since its 23-17 win against Louisville in 2014. It was Clemson’s first ACC road victory without an offensive touchdown since a 19-17 win at NC State in 1997.
- Clemson has now held conference opponents to 24 or fewer points in 12 straight ACC road games. Clemson has not surrendered more than 24 points on the road to an ACC team since Miami (Fla.) required double overtime to score 28 points on Clemson in 2023.
- Clemson recorded three sacks and has now recorded three or more sacks in four consecutive games for the first time since a five-game streak to end 2022 against Louisville, Miami (Fla.), South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.
- Quarterback Tait Reynolds completed 17-of-28 passes for 161 yards and added 15 carries for 61 rushing yards.
- Reynolds became the first Clemson quarterback to rush for 60 or more yards in three straight games since Kelly Bryant in 2017.
- Reynolds also became the first Clemson quarterback to rush for 40 or more yards in four straight games since DJ Uiagalelei in September and October of 2022.
- Reynolds opened Clemson’s second scoring drive with a 53-yard pass to Bryant Wesco Jr., two yards shy of the duo’s longest connection of the season (55 yards vs. Miami).
- Wesco completed a 36-yard pass to T.J. Moore in the second quarter on a double-pass.
- It was the first pass attempt and pass completion of Wesco’s career and the first pass completion by a Clemson receiver since Antonio Williams’ 75-yard touchdown pass at North Carolina on Oct. 4, 2025.
- Wesco led Clemson in receptions (six) and receiving yards (100). It was his second 100-yard receiving game of the season.
- Wesco recorded his eighth career 100-yard receiving game to tie Tee Higgins and Perry Tuttle for fifth in Clemson history.
- Moore extended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 36 games, tying Jerry Butler and DeAndre Hopkins for the fourth-longest streak in Clemson history.
- Running back Jarvis Green made his first career start and recorded a career-high 85 rushing yards on nine carries.
- Green opened the game with a career-long 53-yard run on the game’s first play from scrimmage.
- Defensive end Jahiem Lawson recorded his third sack of the season in the first quarter.
- Lawson recorded Clemson’s first defensive touchdown of the season, returning a fumble 22 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. It was Clemson’s third non-offensive touchdown of the year, including one via punt return and one on a fumble return in kickoff coverage.
- The fumble was forced on Kourtney Kelly’s first sack as a Tiger. It was his fifth career sack, including four at West Georgia last year.
- Lawson’s touchdown was the first by a Clemson defensive lineman since Peter Woods rushed for a touchdown against Duke in 2025.
- Defensive tackle Amare Adams added his second sack of the season and of his career in the first quarter.
- Cornerback Ashton Hampton recorded his second interception of the season when he picked off Steve Angeli in the end zone in the fourth quarter.
- The interception was the fifth of Hampton’s career.
- The interception was aided by Lawson hitting Angeli upon release.
- Kicker Nolan Hauser went 4-for-5 on field goals, his fourth career game with four or more field goals.
- With the performance, Hauser (27-of-29 this season) tied Greg Huegel’s single-season school record of 27 field goals in 2015.
- With 159 yards of made field goals in the game, Hauser (1,076) became the first player in Clemson history to convert 1,000 yards of field goals in a single season.
- Hauser’s 1,076 yards of made field goals this season are the third-most in a season in Stats Perform’s available dataset dating to 1996, trailing Ole Miss’ Lucas Carneiro (1,146 in 2025) and West Virginia’s Josh Lambert (1,118 in 2014).
- On a 32-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive, Hauser made a field goal in an 18th consecutive game to tie Greg Huegel's school record set across the 2015-16 seasons.
- On his second field goal of the game, a 36-yarder in the first quarter, Hauser became the second player in Clemson history and 11th player in ACC history to convert 25 field goals in a single season.
- Hauser missed his third attempt of the game, a 57-yarder, ending a career-long streak of 15 consecutive made field goals. He passed Obed Ariri (14 in 1980) for the third-longest streak of made field goals in school history, trailing Chandler Catanzaro (20 from 2011-12) and Greg Huegel (16 in 2015).
- On a 37-yard field goal in the second quarter, Hauser became the first Clemson kicker on record with three or more field goals in four consecutive games.
- Hauser’s fourth field goal came from 54 yards in the third quarter. With his fourth field goal of 50 or more yards this season, Hauser broke a tie for the single-season school record for 50-yard field goals shared previously with B.T. Potter (three in 2019), Richard Jackson (three in 2009) and Chris Gardocki (three in 1990).
- That field goal was also Hauser’s 13th made field goal of 40 or more yards this season. It broke B.T. Potter’s single-season school record in the category (12 in 2021).
- Hauser (298) moved past Obed Ariri (288 from 1977-80) and James Davis (294 from 2005-08) into ninth on Clemson's all-time leaderboard for career points.
- Hauser added punts of 57 yards in the first quarter and 52 yards in the fourth quarter. He now has four punts of 50 or more yards on six total punts this season.
- Clemson’s captains for the contest were safety Ronan Hanafin, kicker Nolan Hauser, safety Corey Myrick and offensive lineman Collin Sadler.