NO. 1/1 CLEMSON (2-0, 1-0 ACC) vs. RV/RV VIRGINIA (1-0, 1-0 ACC) SATURDAY, OCT. 3 • 8:00 P.M. ET • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. GAME CENTER MEDIA INFORMATION TELEVISION: ACC Network (Dave CLEMSON/VIRGINIA SERIES HISTORY: DABO SWINNEY PRESS CONFERENCE Head Coach Dabo Swinney holds his weekly press O'Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George) - OVERALL: Clemson leads series, 39-8-1 conference each Tuesday at 11 a.m. Out of an abundance of - HOME: Clemson leads series, 20-3-1 caution with the continued spread of COVID-19, these will RADIO: Clemson Tigers Network - ROAD: Clemson leads series, 18-5 be held in a digital capacity indefinitely. Contact Ross Taylor (Don Munson, Tim Bourret, Reggie to request a link to access the availability. Merriweather) - NEUTRAL: Clemson leads series, 1-0 - LAST MEETING: Dec. 7, 2019 (62-17, W) COORDINATOR AVAILABILITY SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius 137, XM 193, Coordinator availabilities will also be conducted digitally - STREAK: Clemson, Won 4 Internet 955 for the immediate future. Offensive Coordinator Tony Elliott will be available on Mondays at 11:45 a.m. on most standard game weeks. Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables CLEMSON AWAITS VIRGINIA IN FIRST 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS will be available on Mondays following Elliott. TEST OF OCTOBER STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS Date Opponent TV Score/Time (ET) Clemson will play its first of five games in the month The majority of Clemson student-athlete interviews are 9/12 at Wake Forest* ABC 37-13 W of October — including four home games — when the held each Monday. Contact Ross Taylor and Brian Hennessy 9/19 vs. THE CITADEL ACCN 49-0 W Tigers face the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday. Kickoff at each Sunday by 4 p.m. with special requests for the week. 10/3 vs. VIRGINIA* ACCN 8 p.m. Memorial Stadium is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. Monday availability will typically start at 11 a.m. A few 10/10 vs. MIAMI (FLA.)* ABC 7:30 p.m. While Clemson scored on each of its first six offensive players may also be made available after Swinney’s Tuesday 10/17 at Georgia Tech* TBA TBA press conference. Student-athlete interviews are expected to possessions (plus a defensive scoop-and-score) in a 10/24 vs. SYRACUSE* TBA TBA be conducted digitally on an indefinite basis. 49-0 victory its last time out, The Citadel was able to 10/31 vs. BOSTON COLLEGE* TBA TBA accomplish what no opponent had been able to for more 11/7 at Notre Dame* NBC 7:30 p.m. SWINNEY SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE than a calendar year: holding running back Travis Etienne 11/21 at Florida State* TBA TBA Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold a teleconference out of the end zone. The game ended Etienne's 13-game 11/28 vs. PITTSBURGH* TBA TBA each Sunday at 6 p.m. Contact Ross Taylor to request access to the call. streak of scoring a touchdown, one shy of the school 12/5 at Virginia Tech* TBA TBA * - ACC contest; Note: Home games in bold record, a streak that saw 371 calendar days elapse since GAME CREDENTIALS he was last held scoreless at Syracuse on Sept. 14, 2019. Media wishing to apply for credentials to cover Clemson Etienne has scored a touchdown (rushing or receiving) The Saturday evening home game in Death Valley will Football games at Memorial Stadium will be asked to apply at in 37 of his 45 career games, already an ACC record for take place at a location, time and day of the week that www.sportssystems.com/clemson seven days prior to kickoff. the most career games scoring a touchdown. With his have all been very kind to the Tigers in recent years: Be advised that media capacity is extremely limited under current COVID-19 protocols. Contact Chandler Simpson at next touchdown of any kind, Etienne will tie Florida's Tim Clemson at Home: Clemson has won a school-record [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Tebow (38 games from 2006-09) and Louisiana Tech's 23 straight home games and is a national-best 42-1 at Kenneth Dixon (38 from 2012-15) for the Football home since 2014. Clemson has outscored opponents MEDIA ACCESS Bowl Subdivision record in that category. 1782-548 at home in that span, an average victory All credentialing decisions, including prioritization of Defensively, the Tigers are coming off of the margin of 28.7 points per game. access, are made in accordance with the Clemson University Athletics Media Credential Policy, available at ClemsonTigers. program's first shutout since the 2016 Fiesta Bowl. Clemson at Night: Clemson has played 37 night games since 2015. In that span, Clemson is 33-4 at night, com/mediapolicy. Presently, Clemson is not furnishing on-site Clemson's run defense has been particularly stout in media access during the week. Digital access will be granted including a 24-1 night record in the regular season and an the first two games, holding opponents to an average to outlets who would have met in-person credentialing of 1.50 yards per carry, the third-fewest in the nation. 11-0 mark under the lights at Death Valley. criteria. Last game, Clemson held option-heavy The Citadel, Clemson on Saturdays: The Tigers enter the contest COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM which averaged 268.2 rushing yards per game (sixth having won 45 consecutive Saturday games, tied with Clemson media information will be uploaded to in the FCS) in 2019, to only 1.8 yards per carry. This the 1953-57 Oklahoma Sooners for the longest streak in FBS history, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Clemson can CollegePressBox.com. Access and download weekly game week, Clemson will attempt to hold a third consecutive notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos opponent below 2.0 yards per carry for the first time take sole possession of the longest Saturday streak in FBS and more for each conference and its member schools. since 1991. history with a win Saturday night. Register for access at collegepressbox.com/register. CLEMSON FOOTBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Ticket Office Phone 1-800-CLEMSON Social Media @ClemsonFB Website(s) ClemsonTigers.com Practice Facility Allen N. Reeves Football Complex, 100 Reeves Way Clemson, SC 29634 Stadium 1 Avenue of Champions, Clemson, SC 29634 Mailing Address P.O. Box 31 ROSS TAYLOR BRIAN HENNESSY CHANDLER SIMPSON JEFF KALLIN Clemson, SC 29633 Primary Contact Secondary Contact Credential Contact Associate AD, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Communications O: 864-656-9767 O: 864-656-1921 O: 864-656-1924 [email protected] C: 972-741-7778 C: 864-986-9046 C: 864-918-9843 C: 508-944-3859 @ClemsonFB 2020 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com 1 NOTES WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK across the 1991-92 seasons. - Clemson attempting to improve to 40-8-1 against - Clemson attempting to open a season with three QUICK FACTS - CLEMSON Virginia all-time. Virginia would become the fifth opponent or more rushing touchdowns in each of the first three Nickname Tigers games of a season for the first time since 1955. against whom Clemson has collected 40 all-time wins Location Clemson, S.C. 29633 (South Carolina, Wake Forest, NC State and Furman). - Clemson having an opportunity to post consecutive Colors Tiger Orange & Regalia - Clemson attempting to win a fifth consecutive game shutouts for the first time since 1993 (vs. East Founded 1889 against Virginia for the first time since opening its all- Tennessee State and Maryland). Enrollment (2019-20) 25,822 time series against the Cavaliers with a 29-game winning - Clemson, which allowed only 1.1 yards per carry President Dr. James P. Clements (Maryland-Baltimore County ‘85) streak across the 1955-89 seasons. That previous 29- to Wake Forest and 1.8 yards per carry to The Citadel, Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich (Indiana (Pa.) ‘80) Conference Atlantic Coast Conference (Atlantic Division) game winning streak is tied for the sixth-longest winning attempting to hold three consecutive opponents below Facility (Capacity) Memorial Stadium (81,500) 2.0 yards per carry for the first time since 1991 against streak in FBS history for one team over another. Year Opened 1942 - Though 2020 will technically be a divisionless Maryland, South Carolina and Duke. Record at Facility 317-102-7 (.752) season, Clemson will attempt to improve to 29-8 against - Clemson entering the game having recorded All-Time Hill Runs 410 opponents historically from the ACC Coastal Division, multiple sacks in 24 of its last 25 games, including Record Crowd 86,092 (Oct. 23, 1999 vs. Florida State) including postseason play, under Head Coach Dabo each of its last eight. Head Coach Dabo Swinney (Alabama '93) Swinney. Clemson has won 14 of its last 15 games - Clemson attempting to record at least four sacks in a Years as a full-time college coach* 22 Winning seasons (HC & Asst.)* 22 against the Coastal Division since 2015. fifth straight game, dating to last season, for the first time since a six-game streak across the 1990-91 seasons. Bowl seasons (HC & Asst.)* 21 - Clemson attempting to push its streak of consecutive Record as an assistant coach 106-58-1 (.645) - Clemson playing its first of four scheduled home victories in games that would typically count as ACC Record as a head coach^ 132-31 (.810) interdivisional matchups to 11 games, dating back to the games in the month of October. If played as scheduled, Home 74-7 (.914) 2016 ACC Championship Game. it would represent the seventh time Clemson has played Road 41-17 (.707) - Clemson attempting to become the first program to four home games in a single month, joining the 1920, Neutral-site 17-7 (.708) win 300 ACC regular season games, according to official 1987, 1989, 1993, 2008 and 2011 campaigns.