NO. 3/3 CLEMSON (12-0, 8-0 ACC) vs. NO. 22/22 VIRGINIA (9-3, 6-2 ACC) SATURDAY, DEC. 7 • 7:30 P.M. ET • BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM (75,412) • CHARLOTTE, N.C. GAME CENTER MEDIA INFORMATION TELEVISION: ABC (Steve Levy, Brian CLEMSON/VIRGINIA SERIES HISTORY: DABO SWINNEY PRESS CONFERENCE Griese, Todd McShay, Maria Taylor) - OVERALL: Clemson leads series, 38-8-1 Head Coach Dabo Swinney holds his weekly press - HOME: Clemson leads series, 20-3-1 conference at the Team Meeting Room on the second floor of the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex each Tuesday at RADIO: Clemson Tigers Network (Don - ROAD: Clemson leads series, 18-5 11 a.m. Each Tuesday press conference will be available on Munson, Brad Scott, Rodney Williams, - NEUTRAL: N/A ClemsonTigers.com. Reggie Merriweather) - LAST MEETING: Nov. 2, 2013 (59-10, W) - STREAK: Clemson, Won 3 COORDINATOR AVAILABILITY RADIO: ESPN Radio (Sean Kelley, A Clemson offensive coordinator — either Tony Elliott or SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius 81, XM 81, Internet 81 Barrett Jones, Ian Fitzsimmons) Jeff Scott — will be available on Mondays at 11:45 a.m. at the Poe Indoor Facility on standard game weeks. Defensive allowing three or fewer points in three straight games Coordinator Brent Venables will be available at the Poe CLEMSON SEEKS FIFTH STRAIGHT Indoor Facility on Mondays following Scott/Elliott. ACC CHAMPIONSHIP since 1981. Bolstered by what Head Coach Dabo Swinney has Clemson will attempt to earn its 19th ACC STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS called the best back seven of his tenure, Clemson's pass Championship and 25th overall conference championship The majority of Clemson student-athlete interviews defense has ascended to the top of every nearly statistical are held each Monday in the Poe Indoor Facility. Contact in school history on Saturday, Dec. 7, when the Atlantic pass defense category. Clemson ranks first or tied for Ross Taylor and Brian Hennessy each Sunday by 4 p.m. Division champion Tigers face the Coastal Division first in the country in opponent passing yards per game, with special requests for the week. Monday availability will champion Virginia Cavaliers. Kickoff at Bank of America typically start at 11 a.m. A few players may also be made opponent completions, opponent completion percentage, Stadium in Charlotte is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. available after Swinney’s Tuesday press conference. opponent passing yards per attempt, opponent passer Clemson entered 2019 as the only program in ACC rating and opponent passing touchdowns. While FBS history to win four consecutive outright titles. With wins SWINNEY SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE teams have thrown at least six touchdowns in a single Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold a teleconference this week, Clemson and Oklahoma can join the 1971- game 19 times this season, Clemson has allowed only each Sunday at 6 p.m. Contact Ross Taylor to request 75 Alabama Crimson Tide as the only members of any six total passing touchdowns all year. access to the call. active FBS conference to win five straight outright titles. 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With the win, Swinney would tie 9/14 at Syracuse* ABC 41-6 W 3 Frank Howard’s school record for ACC titles and match 9/21 vs. CHARLOTTE ACCN 52-10 W WEEKLY ACCESS 9/28 at North Carolina* ABC 21-20 W Howard and Duke’s Bill Murray for the second-most in Media members without season credentials should contact 10/12 vs. FLORIDA STATE* 4 ABC 45-14 W Ross Taylor or Brian Hennessy to request access to player ACC history. Swinney would pull two shy of Howard's total 10/19 at Louisville* ABC 45-10 W and coach media availability at the Allen N. Reeves Football number of conference championships at Clemson (eight), 5 10/26 vs. BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCN 59-7 W Complex. 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The Tigers enter this week with four SIAA - Clemson attempting to win a fourth consecutive game championships, two Southern Conference championships against Virginia for the first time since opening its all- This week, Clemson can become the first team and 18 ACC championships to their credit, and their 24 time series against the Cavaliers with a 29-game winning in the conference championship game era to win total conference championships are the most among the streak across the 1955-89 seasons. That previous 29- five consecutive conference championship games. ACC's current membership. game winning streak is tied for the sixth-longest winning Clemson and Oklahoma can become the first - Clemson securing its 19th all-time ACC championship. streak in FBS history for one team over another, trailing programs since 1971-75 Alabama to win five straight Clemson's current 18 ACC titles are already the most in Notre Dame over Navy (43), Nebraska over Kansas (36), outright conference titles. conference history, ahead of the 15 earned by Florida Oklahoma over Kansas State (32), Florida over Kentucky (31), Penn State over Temple (31) and matching Head Coach Dabo Swinney will attempt to earn State. Nebraska over Kansas State (29). his sixth career ACC title this week, which would tie - Clemson attempting to become the first team in ACC - Clemson facing a fifth different Coastal Division Frank Howard’s school record and match Howard and history to win five consecutive ACC titles outright. Florida champion during its current five-year run of ACC Duke’s Bill Murray for the second-most in ACC history. State earned at least a share of nine consecutive ACC titles from 1992-2000 but never earned more than three Championship berths (2015: North Carolina; 2016: Clemson's defense leads the nation in opponent consecutive titles outright. Virginia Tech; 2017: Miami; 2018: Pitt; 2019: Virginia). pass yards, completions, passer rating, completion - Clemson attempting to join the 1971-75 Alabama This year, the Coastal Division became the first division pct., yards per attempt and passing TDs. This year, Crimson Tide as the only members of any current FBS in the championship game era to produce seven different FBS teams have thrown six or more TDs in a single conference to win five straight outright conference champions in seven seasons. game 19 times. Clemson has allowed only six passing titles. Oklahoma can also join that group this week. - Clemson attempting to improve to 28-8 against TDs all season. - Clemson attempting to surpass the 1993-96 Florida ACC Coastal Division opponents, including postseason Gators (four straight) to become the first team to win five play, under Head Coach Dabo Swinney.