Game Center 2018 Schedule/Results Clemson Football Athletic Communications Media Availability Credentials
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NO. 4/4 CLEMSON (5-0, 2-0 ACC) at WAKE FOREST (3-2, 0-1 ACC) SATURDAY, OCT. 6 • 3:30 PM ET • BB&T FIELD (31,500) • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Ti GAME CENTER MEDIA AVAILABILITY TELEVISION: ESPN (Beth Mowins, CLEMSON/WAKE FOREST SERIES HISTORY: DABO SWINNEY PRESS CONFERENCE Anthony Becht and Rocky Boiman) - OVERALL: Clemson leads series, 65-17-1 Head Coach Dabo Swinney holds his weekly press - HOME: Clemson leads series, 38-7 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, 24-10-1 11 a.m. Each Tuesday press conference will be available on Munson, Rodney Williams, Tim Bourret, - NEUTRAL: Clemson leads series, 3-0 ClemsonTigers.com. Reggie Merriweather) - LAST MEETING: Oct. 7, 2017 (28-14, W) COORDINATOR AVAILABILITY - STREAK: Clemson, Won 9 **Sirius 133, XM 207, Internet 966** A Clemson offensive coordinator — either Tony Elliott or Jeff Scott — will be available on Mondays at 11:45 a.m. at the Poe Indoor Facility. Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables will be available at the Poe Indoor Facility on CLEMSON OPENS OCTOBER WITH ROAD Mondays at noon. DATE AT WAKE FOREST 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS After completing a perfect 5-0 month of September STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS Date Opponent TV Score/Time (ET) The majority of Clemson student-athlete interviews are in thrilling fashion last week, Clemson heads to 9/1 vs. FURMAN1 ACC 48-7 W held each Monday in the Poe Indoor Facility. Contact Ross Winston-Salem, N.C., this week to face the Wake Forest 9/8 at Texas A&M ESPN 28-26 W Taylor each Sunday by 4 p.m. with your requests for the Demon Deacons on Saturday, Oct. 6. Kickoff from 9/15 vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2 ESPNU 38-7 W week. Monday availability will typically start at 11 a.m. 9/22 at Georgia Tech* ABC 49-21 W BB&T Field is scheduled for 3:30 ET. A few players may also be made available after Coach 9/29 vs. SYRACUSE*3 ABC 27-23 W Trailing 16-7 at halftime against Syracuse last Swinney’s Tuesday press conference. week, Head Coach Dabo Swinney told Co-Offensive 10/6 at Wake Forest* ESPN 3:30 PM 10/13 - OPEN DATE - Coordinators Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott that it was time ACC COACHES TELECONFERENCE 10/20 vs. NC STATE*4 TBA TBA The ACC holds a teleconference for the media every to lean on the team's running game to deliver the win. 10/27 at Florida State* TBA TBA Wednesday from 10:30 a.m., to 1 p.m. The first session is The team did that, rushing for 293 yards in a 27-23 11/3 vs. LOUISVILLE*5 TBA TBA Aug. 29 and the last is Nov. 21. The final teleconference comeback victory. 11/10 at Boston College* TBA TBA (Nov. 20) is held on Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. The “I told Tony and Jeff in the third quarter, 'Boys, we’re 11/17 vs. DUKE*6 TBA TBA teleconference is live streamed on TheACC.com. Please going to have to do this the old-fashioned way," Swinney 11/24 vs. SOUTH CAROLINA7 TBA TBA 1 reach out to the ACC to inquire about call access. said of the team's commitment to the run in the second * - ACC contest; Note: Home games in bold; Football Reunion Day; 2 Family Weekend; 3 Hall of Fame Day; 4 Homecoming; half. "And somewhere, Danny Ford and Gene Stallings 5 IPTAY Day; 6 Military Appreciation Day; 7 Solid Orange Day Time Head Coach Team are probably drinking a beer and celebrating. That was 10:40 a.m. Bronco Mendenhall Virginia an old-school, old-school way of winning a game." 10:50 a.m. Dabo Swinney Clemson Clemson has outrushed its opponents in all five CREDENTIALS 11 a.m. Bobby Petrino Louisville contests this season, outgaining its foes on the ground 11:10 a.m. Dino Babers Syracuse 11:20 a.m. Larry Fedora North Carolina by an average margin of 148 yards per game. Clemson GAME CREDENTIALS 11:30 a.m. Paul Johnson Georgia Tech Media wishing to apply for credentials to cover Clemson opened the 2017 season by outrushing their opponents 11:40 a.m. Willie Taggart Florida State Football games at Memorial Stadium will be asked to in the first six games last year, and the Tigers can match 11:50 a.m. Justin Fuente Virginia Tech apply at www.sportssystems.com/clemson. Please contact that streak in 2018 by outrushing a sixth consecutive Noon Dave Clawson Wake Forest Libby Kehn at [email protected] with any questions or opponent this week. 12:10 p.m. Pat Narduzzi Pittsburgh concerns. The dominant rushing attack has been spearheaded 12:20 p.m. Steve Addazio Boston College 12:30 p.m. David Cutcliffe Duke by sophomore Travis Etienne, who posted only the 16th WEEKLY ACCESS 12:40 p.m. Dave Doeren NC State 200-yard rushing game in school history with 203 yards Media members without season credentials should 12:50 p.m. Mark Richt Miami (Fla.) against the Orange last week. If he were to repeat the contact Ross Taylor to request access to player and coach performance with another 200-yard day against Wake media availability at the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex. SWINNEY SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE All credentialing decisions are made in accordance with Forest, he would become the first player in school Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold a teleconference the Clemson University Athletics Media Credential Policy, history to record back-to-back 200-yard rushing games. each Sunday at 6 p.m. Contact Ross Taylor to request available at ClemsonTigers.com/mediapolicy. access to the call. CLEMSON FOOTBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Athletic Communications: 864-656-2114 Ticket Office Phone 1-800-CLEMSON Social Media @ClemsonFB Website(s) ClemsonTigers.com DaboSwinney.com Practice Facility: Allen N. Reeves Football Complex, 100 Reeves Lane Clemson, SC 29631 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31 ROSS TAYLOR BRIAN HENNESSY LIBBY KEHN JONATHAN GANTT NIK CONKLIN JEFF KALLIN Clemson, SC 29633 Primary Contact Secondary Contact Credentials Associate AD Feature Video Production Design & Digital [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] O: 864-656-9767 O: 864-656-1921 O: 864-656-1626 O: 864-656-2956 O: 864-656-1920 C: 972-741-7778 C: 864-986-9046 @ClemsonFB 2018 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com 1 NOTES WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK longest under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. QUICK FACTS - CLEMSON - Clemson attempting to open 6-0 for the fourth straight - Clemson outrushing an opponent for a sixth season and for the sixth time in the last eight years. consecutive game. It would be Clemson's first time Nickname Tigers outrushing six consecutive opponents since the first six Location Clemson, S.C. 29633 - Clemson recording its 14th 6-0 start all-time (1900, Colors Tiger Orange & Regalia 1928, 1929, 1930, 1948, 1981, 1987, 2000, 2011, games of the 2017 season. The Tigers enter this week Founded 1889 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017). Clemson won conference having outrushed opponents in 16 of their 19 games Enrollment (2017-18) 24,387 titles in eight of those previous 13 campaigns. since 2017 and are 16-0 when outrushing opponents in President Dr. James P. Clements (Maryland-Baltimore County ‘85) - Clemson winning its first six games of a season for that time frame. Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich (Indiana (Pa.) ‘80) the sixth time under Head Coach Dabo Swinney (2011, - Clemson (850 rushing yards in last three games) Conference Atlantic Coast Conference (Atlantic Division) rushing for 150 yards to reach 1,000 rushing yards in a Facility (Capacity) Memorial Stadium (81,500) 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017). Clemson's five current 6-0 Year Opened 1942 starts under Swinney are already the most under any head four-game span for the first time since rushing for 1,101 Record Crowd 86,092 (Oct. 23, 1999 vs. Florida State) coach in school history (Josh Cody, 3; Danny Ford, 2; yards in the first four contests of last season. Head Coach Dabo Swinney (Alabama '93) Frank Howard, 1; Tommy Bowden, 1; John Heisman, 1) - Travis Etienne rushing for 200 yards to become the Years as a full-time college coach* 23 - Clemson improving to 66-17-1 all-time against Wake first player in school history with consecutive 200-yard Winning seasons (HC & Asst.)* 20 Forest. Clemson's current 65 all-time wins against Wake rushing games. Bowl seasons (HC & Asst.)* 19 - Etienne rushing for 200 yards for the second time Record as an assistant coach 106-58-1 (.645) Forest are their second most against any opponent in Record as a head coach^ 106-30 (.779) school history, trailing the Tigers' 69 wins against South in his career to tie the school record for career 200-yard Record at Clemson (HC & Asst.) 149-55 (.730) Carolina. rushing games (Ray Yauger, 1967-69; Terrence Flagler, * entering 2018; ^ all at Clemson - Clemson winning their 10th consecutive game 1982-86; Raymond Priester, 1994-97; Andre Ellington, First Year of Football 1896 against Wake Forest, dating back to 2009. It would mark 2009-12). Seasons of Football (inc. 2018) 123 Clemson's third 10-game winning streak in series history, - Etienne (487 rushing yards in the last three games) Overall Record 734-459-45 rushing for 137 yards to break Woodrow Dantzler's school Record in ACC Play (since 1953) 288-144-6 including a 15-game streak from 1977-91 and a 10- ACC regular season play* 284-143-6 game streak covering the 1950-60 seasons.