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GAME 15 CLEMSON (13-1, 8-1) VS. ALABAMA (14-0, 9-0)

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2017 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Playoff National Championship 2016 Record 13-1, 8-1 ACC 2016 Record: 14-0 overall, in 9-0 SEC Raymond James Stadium (71,000) Location Clemson, S.C. Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala Colors Clemson Orange & Regalia Colors: Crimson and White Tampa, Florida Enrollment 22,698 Enrollment: 37,665 Kickoff: 8:17 p.m. (Eastern) Director of Athletics (Indiana (Pa.) ‘80) Director of Athletics: Bill Battle (Alabama ‘63) (Alabama ‘93) Head Coach: (Kent State ‘73) ESPN TV--(, Kirk Herbstreit, Sa- Clemson Record (8th full season) 88-28 (.759) Alabama Record: 114-18 (.864, 10th year) mantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi) Away & Neutral Record 36-21 (.632 Overall: 205-60-1 (.773, 21st year) ESPN Radio (Sean McDonough, Todd Black- Home 52-7 (.881) vs Clemson: 2-0 ledge, Holly Rowe, Ian Fitzsimmons) vs. ACC 57-16 (.781) Current Ranking: #1 CFP, #1 AP, #1 Coaches vs. Alabama 0-1 Offensive Coordinator: CLEMSON RADIO NETWORK Clemson Rankings #2 CFP, #3 AP, 3 Coaches Defensive Coordinator: Co-Offensive Coordinators Tony Elliott, Football Communications: Josh Maxson (Don Munson,Rodney Williams,Michael Palmer) Defensive Coordinator Phone: (205) 348-3631 Twitter /Instagram @ClemsonFB Email: [email protected] SERIES HISTORY Web ClemsonTigers.com Web Address: www.rolltide.com Overall: Alabama Leads 13-3 at Neutral: Alabama Leads 4-3 at Alabama, Alabama Leads 7-0 Quick Notes at Clemson, Alabama leads 2-0 Last Meeting: 45-40 Alabama, 2016 National •Entering the National Championship game, second or third team All-American, most in Championship Game Clemson has played 12 FBS teams that are school history. First Meeting: Clemson 35-0 in 1900 bowl eligible and defeated 11 of them, tied for •Clemson has outscored the opposition by an Last Clemson Win: 25-0 in 1905 most in the nation in both areas with Alabama. average of 22.4 points per game, sixth in the Streak: Alabama won 13 in a row •Recorded wins over 10 teams that finished nation. season with winning record. This is already a *This year’s Tiger team showed an ability to win school record. The 2015 team had eight wins close games. The Tigers were 6-1 in games de- 2016 SCHEDULE & RESULTS over teams with winning record. Four of the cided by seven points or less, tying the school Date Opponent TV W-L Score/Time 10 were teams that won 10 games this year. record for wins by seven of less that was set in Sept. 3 at Auburn ESPN W 19-13 Alabama would be the fifth. 1948 (6-0). Sept. 10 Troy RSN W 30-24 Sept. 17 South Carolina St. ACCN W 59-0 *According to the NCAA, Clemson’s strength *Clemson has beaten five teams in the final Sept. 22 #at Georgia Tech ESPN W 26-7 of schedule is first in the nation (based on top 25 of the AP poll and the College Football Oct. 1 Louisville ABC W 42-36 opponent winning percentage when not playing Playoff Poll. Oct. 7 *at Boston College ESPN W 56-10 Clemson). Clemson FBS opponents when not *Tigers posted a 5-0 road record for the second Oct. 15 NC State ABC W ^24-17 playing Clemson are 94-50 for a .653 winning consecutive year. The 10-game road winning Oct. 29 at Florida State ABC W 37-34 percentage. streak is longest in Clemson history and still Nov. 5 Syracuse ABC W 54-0 •Clemson defeated State in the Fiesta active entering 2017. It is tied for the second Nov. 12 Pittsburgh ABC L 42-43 Bowl, 31-0. It was the first time in 194 games longest active road winning streak in the nation. Nov. 19 at Wake Forest ESPN W 35-13 Nov. 26 South Carolina ESPN W 56-7 that Ohio State coach was shut Clemson is 7-0 away from home this year. Dec. 3 # ABC W 42-35 out. It was also his worst loss in terms of *Clemson Began the season 9-0 for just the Dec. 31 Ohio State ESPN W 31-0 scoring margin. fourth time in Clemson history. Jan. 9 Alabama ESPN 8:17 p.m. •This marks the fifth straight year the Tigers *The Tigers opened season with win at Auburn, have won a and all five have been Clemson’s first win there since 1950. CLEMSON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS against top 25 teams, including four vs. top *First time Clemson has opened the season 10 teams. First time Clemson has won a bowl with a road win over a current SEC team since Assistant AD / Football Communications game five straight years since the 1986-90 era. 1903. Tim Bourret (Notre Dame ‘77) •Clemson has 13 wins entering National *Left a game in Atlanta against Georgia Tech Office:864-656-1926 Championship game, just the fourth ACC team with a perfect record for the first time since Cell: 864-356-3791 to record at least 13 wins in a season. It is the 1903. Clemson had lost 11 straight when en- Email: [email protected] second most in Clemson history. tering a game at Georgia Tech unbeaten. Assistant AD / Director of Athletic Communications •Clemson’s 49-point win over South Carolina *Opened the season ranked No. 2 in the AP Joe Galbraith (Mississippi State ‘01) was the largest margin of victory by an ACC poll, highest preseason ranking in school Office:864-656-9227 team over an SEC team in history. history. Email: [email protected] *Clemson won the ACC Championship for the *Defeated No. 3 Louisville on October 1, tied Associate Communications Director / Secondary second consecutive year, the first time in 28 for the highest ranked team Clemson has de- Philip Sikes (Clemson ‘02) years the Tigers have won back-to-back league feated in history. That record was broken with Office:864-656-1985 titles the win over Ohio State. Cell: 864-525-4889 *Clemson joined Alabama as the only schools *Defeated Florida State in Tallahassee, just the Email: [email protected] to advance to the in second win for the program at Florida State Sr. Associate Communications Director / Credentials consecutive years. since 1989. Sam Blackman (Clemson ‘85) •Clemson had nine first-team All-ACC players, *Program honored for its graduation success the most for the program since 1991. rate of over 90 percent by the American Foot- Email: [email protected] •Sixteen of Clemson’s starting 22 made an ball Coaches Association. Athletic Communications: 864-656-2114 All-ACC team. Clemson had five more All-ACC *Team is 12-1 when leading going into the Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31, Clemson, SC 29633 selections than any other team. fourth period this year and is now 78-5 under Overnight: 100 Perimeter Rd, Clemson, SC 29633 *Seven different players were named first, Swinney. Tickets: 1-800-CLEMSON

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Streaks and Milestones in Range ACC history. He finished second this year and • has at least one catch in 37 straight third last year. games. He set Clemson record when he had two •Watson is just the third in ACC catches against Ohio State, breaking the mark of history to account for 100 rushing 36 games in a row by Jerry Butler and DeAndre and passing in a career. The others are Philip Hopkins. Rivers (NC State) and , who preceded • has 38 passes this Watson at Clemson. 2016 STANDINGS season and needs three to break the ACC record •Watson is 31-3 as a starting quarterback, of 40 set by of Florida State in a .912 winning percentage, best in Clemson Atlantic Division ACC Home Away Overall 2013. history. His 31 wins are first among all active Clemson 7-1 6-1 5-0 13-1 •Watson has 46 touchdowns rushing and passing FBS . Louisville 7-1 5-1 4-2 9-4 and needs two to break his own Clemson single •Watson threw an ACC record tying six touch- Florida State 5-3 4-1 4-2 10-3 season record. He had 47 last year. down passes against South Carolina and had Wake Forest 3-5 4-3 2-3 7-6 •A victory over Alabama would give Watson nine NC State 3-5 4-3 2-3 7-6 just six incomplete passes. He threw for 347 wins over Top 25 teams as a starting quarter- yards. Boston College 2-6 3-4 3-2 7-6 back. The record is eight set by Tajh Boyd from Syracuse 2-6 2-5 2-2 4-8 •Watson has accounted for 46 touchdowns 2010-13 and Watson’s total of eight entering the this year, second most in Clemson history. He Coastal Division ACC Home Away Overall Alabama game. needs just two total touchdowns in the Champi- Virginia Tech 6-2 5-1 4-2 10-4 • needs one sack to set the onship game to break his own school record of North Carolina 5-3 4-2 4-1 8-5 Clemson freshman record for sacks in a season. 47 set last year. Pittsburgh 5-3 6-1 2-3 8-5 He has seven. (1984) and •Watson has established 54 Clemson records Miami 5-3 4-2 4-2 9-4 Chester McGlockton (1989) both had seven. Georgia Tech 4-4 5-2 2-2 9-4 on a game, season and career basis. • needs two touchdown receptions •Running back is fifth in Clem- Duke 1-7 3-3 1-5 4-8 to set the Clemson season mark for touchdown Virginia 1-7 1-5 1-5 2-10 son history in career rushing yards. He went catches by a Clemson tight end. over 1000 yards for the second time, just the •Deshaun Watson has thrown a touchdown pass sixth Tiger in history with a pair of 1000 yard ACC Bowl Results in 30 consecutive games. seasons. He also has established a Clemson re- cord with 17 career 100-yard games. Clemson Dec. 26 Boston College 36, Maryland 30 Team is 17-0 in those games. NC State 41, Vanderbilt 17 •Clemson has 13 games of at least 400 yards •Mike Williams is just the third player in Dec. 27 Wake Forest 34, Temple 26 total offense and needs one more to break the Clemson history with at least 1000 yards in two Dec. 28 Northwestern 31, Pittsburgh 24 season mark of 13 set in 2015. different seasons. Miami (FL) 31, West Virginia 14 •This team has seven 40-point games and needs •Artavis Scott is Clemson’s career leader in Dec. 29 Virginia Tech 35, Arkansas 24 one more to tie the record for a season, eight in receptions with 242, a record he broke (Sammy Dec. 30 Stanford 25, North Carolina 23 2012 and 2013. Watkins) in the . Florida State 33, Michigan 32 •A win over #1 Ohio State (AP and Amway polls) Dec. 31 LSU 29, Louisville 9 •Jordan Leggett was a finalist for the Mackey Georgia Tech 33, Kentucky 18 Award for the second straight year and an Clemson 31, Ohio State 0 25 teams in one season. It would also be Clem- All-American for the second straight year. First would give Clemson a record five wins over top Clemson tight end to be a two-time All-Ameri- •Clemson has had at least one sack in 44 straight can since Bennie Cunningham, 1974-75. games.son’s first win over the #1 team in the nation. Defense Quick Notes Clemson Offense quick Notes •Clemson’s defense ranks 7th in scoring de- •Clemson had three of the five first-team All- fense, 8th in total defense, 5th in sacks, third ACC offensive linemen, the first time a Clemson in tackles for loss, 6th in and 4th team had done that and just the fifth team in in pass efficiency defense. ACC history to do it. •Clemson is ranked in the top 10 in the nation •Clemson averages 39.5 points and 502 yards in 12 different statistical categories. CLEMSON PRONUNCIATIONS of total offense per game, on pace to become •Clemson has had at least one sack in 44 Dabo Swinney DA-boh SWEE-nee just the third Clemson team to do both in same straight games, longest active streak in the Justin Falcinelli fal-sih-NEHL-ee season. nation. CLEE-lihn • The team has a record 73 touchdowns for •Defense shut out three opponents for the first Zach Giella jee-EH-luh the season, 42 passing, 28 rushing and two on time since 1990. Jay Guillermo gee-AYR-moh returns and one on recovery. • was named Co-Defensive Player •The Clemson offense is seventh in the nation HYOO-guhl of the Year by the ACC Coaches. He was named in passing yards per game, fourth in first downs, Jadar Johnson juh-DAHR an All-American by seven different services. sixth in completion percentage, fifth in third cohr-DRAY *Boulware won the Jack Lambert Award as the down efficiency, 12th in total offense and 13th Andy Teasdall TEEZ-dahl top linebacker in college football according to in scoring. the Columbus Ohio Touchdown Club. Trevion Thompson TRAY-vee-ahn •Clemson has had at least 500 yards total Korrin Wiggins kohr-RIHN *Two Clemson defensive linemen were named offense in 18 of the last 25 games. first-team All-American. •Clemson has had balance in its offense. Over was a first –team selection by Football Writers the last 27 games Clemson has had at least and AFCA and was a first-team 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing 14 choice by CBS Sports. times, including the victory over Ohio State •Watkins set school record for sacks in a season in the Fiesta Bowl. Clemson has never lost a by a defensive tackle with 10.5, breaking game when it has at least 200 of each in the record that had been held by Perry Brothers same game. during 1980s. •Deshaun Watson finished second in the •Wilkins was finalist for the Nagurski Award, voting and won the O’Brien which is given to the top defensive player in the and Unitas Awards. He is a finalist for the nation. Manning Award He was also named the College •Dexter Lawrence was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year by Westwood One Radio and Freshman of the Year by the ACC Media and the the Columbus Ohio Touchdown Club. ACC Coaches. He was a first-team Freshman •Watson is the first two-time Heisman finalist in

2 2016 FOOTBALL NOTES CLEMSON vs. Alabama All-American by USA Today and ESPN. nation each of the last five years. Will be six in NATIONAL RANKINGS •Cordrea Tankersley was a first-team All-Ameri- a row after this year’s final poll. (assuming that can by USA Today, giving the Tiger defense four will be case in 2016). ASSOCIATED PRESS All-Americans and at least one at each line of *Coach Swinney now ranks fourth in winning (DECEMBER 4, 2016) percentage in ACC history, seventh among Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts defense. 1. Alabama (61) 13-0 1525 •Jadar Johnson earned first-team All-ACC winningest active coaches with .759 percent- 2. Ohio State 11-1 1444 honors and his five interceptions ranked ninth age. If he beats Alabama he will move ahead of 3. Clemson 12-1 1396 in the nation. into third place with a .761 mark. 4. Washington 12-1 1329 •Clemson has forced 80 three-and-outs, second 5. Penn State 11-2 1252 in the nation. Clemson vs. Alabama Series 6. Michigan 10-2 1249 •There are two major assistant coach of the Clemson and Alabama have two of 7. Oklahoma 10-2 1123 year awards and Clemson coaches won both the top football traditions in the South. Both 8. Wisconsin 10-3 1054 have won National Championships and both 9. Southern Cal 9-3 1040 honors. Defensive coaches Brent Venables won 10. Florida State 9-3 889 the and Dan Brooks won the programs have the most league titles in their 11. Colorado 10-3 886 AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year. respective conference histories. Clemson has 12. Western Michigan 13-0 871 •Clemson has 590 tackles for loss over the last won 16 ACC titles, the most in ACC history, Ala- 13. Oklahoma State 9-3 800 five years, most in the nation and 100 more bama has 26 to lead SEC institutions. 14. West Virginia 10-2 788 than 125 of the other 127 FBS teams. The two schools have met just twice 15. Louisville 9-3 542 on the gridiron since 1975, the regular season 16. Stanford 9-3 508 Team Accomplishments Last Six Seasons opener for the 2008 and the National Champi- 17. Auburn 8-4 493 onship game last year. 18. Virginia Tech 9-4 372 •Reached National Championship game for the 19. LSU 7-4 351 second consecutive year, a first in school history Alabama has a 13-3 lead in the 20. Florida 8-4 331 •Had school record 27 wins over two years, series that dates to a 35-0 Clemson victory in 21. Iowa 8-4 272 37 wins over three years and 48 wins over four 1900. College football Hall of Fame Coach 22. Pittsburgh 8-4 237 years. was Clemson’s coach that day. 23. Temple 10-3 229 •Reached four BCS or New Years Six Bowls Clemson won the first three games of the series, 24. Nebraska 9-3 196 since 2011, only Alabama (6) and Florida State as the Tigers followed with shutout wins in 25. South Florida 10-2 173 (5) have been to more. 1904 and 1905. Alabama has won the last 13, so Clemson has not beaten Alabama since Others Receiving Votes: *Program has 69 wins over the last six years, Houston 101, Utah 99, Boise State 95, Washington State only Alabama has more with 76. 1905. 31, Texas A&M 26, Air Force 20, Navy 15, Tennessee 12, •Clemson has been ranked in the top 5 in the Alabama did not score on Clemson in San Diego State 8, Western Kentucky 7, Miami 6, Georgia nation for each of the last 23 AP polls, the the first three meetings, then Clemson did not Tech 3, Kansas State 2 longest active streak in the nation. score on Alabama in four consecutive games •Clemson has been ranked in the top four of played between 1934-1966. Alabama won a AMWAY USA TODAY COACHES the College Football Playoff poll each of the last battle of strong teams in 1935, as Clemson en- (DECEMBER 4, 2016) 12 polls over two years and in the top 25 in all tered the game with a 5-1 record and the Crim- Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts son Tide stood with a 5-1-1 mark. Alabama 1. Alabama (58) 13-0 1450 19 polls the last three years. 2. Ohio State 11-1 1354 *Program has been ranked in the top 25 of the won the game played at Tuscaloosa, 33-0. 3. Clemson 12-1 1342 AP poll in 90 of the last 97 AP polls. The two schools met four consecutive 4. Washington 12-1 1283 •Clemson has won 30 of its last 34 against years from 1966-69. It was a series arranged 5. Penn State 11-2 1186 ACC teams. by good friends Frank Howard of Clemson and 6. Michigan 10-2 1181 •Clemson has 48 wins over the last four years, of Alabama. Howard was a 1931 7. Oklahoma 10-2 1128 the most in a four-year period in Clemson Alabama graduate who went to Clemson the fall 8. Wisconsin 10-3 992 history. after he graduated and never left until his death 9. Southern Cal 9-3 981 in 1996. Howard is buried in the cemetery 10. Florida State 9-3 898 •Clemson has won at least 10 games, six 11. Colorado 10-3 828 straight years. Only Alabama can also make behind the South Stands at Clemson Memorial 12. West Virginia 10-2 806 that claim. Stadium. His grave site is just 50 yards from 13. Oklahoma State 9-3 754 *Clemson has won three ACC Championships the entrance to the press box. Howard was a 14. Western Michigan 13-0 635 in the last six years after not winning the title senior when Bryant was a freshman at Alabama. 15. Louisville 9-3 631 between 1992 and 2010. They decided late in Howard’s career 16. Stanford 9-3 542 *Clemson has been Atlantic Division Co-Cham- to have a four-game home-and-home series. 17. Auburn 8-4 504 pion or champion five of the last eight years. Clemson went to Alabama in 1966 and 1968 18. Florida 8-4 421 and Alabama came to Clemson in 1967 and 19. Virginia Tech 9-4 374 *Dabo Swinney has won a bowl game against 20. LSU 8-4 359 a coach who already has a National Champion- 1969. The 1969 season was Howard’s final 21. Nebraska 9-3 241 ship on his resume each of the last five years, year as head coach. 22. South Florida 10-2 197 the first FBS coach to accomplish that feat. The 1966 game was a contest 23. Utah 8-4 170 *Program had a 15-game ACC winning streak between eventual conference champions. Ala- 24. Temple 10-3 126 extended into 2016, longest for the program bama finished that season with an 11-0 record 25. Iowa 8-4 97 since 1981-84. and won the SEC with a 6-0 conference mark. Others Receiving Votes: Clemson finished with a 6-4 record, but had Pittsburgh 61, Boise State 50, Houston 43, Navy 42, *Program won 23 consecutive regular season Washington State 39, San Diego State 36, Tennessee 33, games extended into 2016. a 6-1 record in the ACC. That year Clemson Texas A&M 22, Western Kentucky 14, Miami 14, North *Had streak of 44 consecutive wins over un- played ninth-ranked Georgia Tech, fourth- Carolina 7, Kentucky 2, Appalachian State 2. ranked teams between 2011-16 ranked Alabama and fifth-ranked Southern *Won 21 straight games at home, a school California, all on the road, as its non-conference Fulltime Coaches in Press Box: Tony Elliott, record extended into 2016. schedule. College Football Playoff Poll *Won 27 straight non National Championship Bryant came to Clemson for the first December 4, 2016 games extended into 2016. time in 1967 and the two teams did not disap- 1. Alabama, 2. Clemson, 3. Ohio State, 4. Washing- *Won 11 games over top 25 teams over the last point the sellout crowd or 49,500 at Clemson ton, 5. Penn State, 6. Michigan, 7. Oklahoma, 8. four years, including eight in the last two years. Memorial Stadium. The contest ended with Wisconsin, 9. Southern Cal, 10. Colorado, 11, Florida •The four wins over top 25 teams this year has a 13-10 Alabama victory. hit on State, 12. Oklahoma State, 13. Louisville, 14. Auburn, tied a school record. 9-15 passes for 135 yards, including four con- 15. Western Michigan 16. West Virginia, 17. Florida, *Clemson now 75-20 in the decade of the nections for 110 yards to All-American Denis 18. Stanford, 19. Utah, 20. LSU, 21. Tennessee, 22. 2010s, and the .789 winning percentage is the Homan. Clemson was led by Buddy Gore, the Virginia Tech, 23. Pittsburgh, 24. Temple, 25. Navy best in Clemson history for a decade. ACC Player of the Year that season, who had *Program has finished in the top 15 in the 23-73 rushing. Total offense was as close as

2016 FOOTBALL NOTES 3 CLEMSON vs. Alabama the score, 276 for Alabama and 275 for Clemson. 87-82 score in overtime at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum. It marked the Clemson had the ball in Alabama territory twice in the last first time Clemson defeated the nation’s top team in men’s basketball. eight minutes, but could not get on the scoreboard. Now, Clemson will play #1 ranked Alabama with a chance to Clemson came close again in 1968, but an Alabama team that beat the nation’s top team for the first time on the same Jan. 9 date, but finished with an 8-3 record and top 15 national ranking, beat Clemson 37 years later. Clemson is 0-5 against the nation’s top team all-time. at Tuscaloosa, 21-14. The following year, Clemson ran up and down the The Tigers have already beaten the nation’s #2 ranked team field, but lost, 38-13. Clemson had a 200-yard passer (Tommy Kend- (AP) with a 31-0 win over Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Clemson had rick), a 100-yard rusher (Ray Yauger) and a 100-yard receiver (Charlie not beaten the #2 ranked team prior to that game. Clemson was 0-4 vs. Waters), yet lost the game by 25 points. #2 prior to the Ohio State game. After the game, then Alabama captain and future Clemson head coach Danny Ford presented Coach Bryant with a game ball that Pursuing Fourteen Wins! included a sticker with the number 100 on it. (It was the 100th year of With its win over Ohio State, Clemson has a chance to tie the college football and teams wore a 100 logo, so all he had to do was take all-time FBS record for victories in a season. Of course, Alabama already if off of his helmet.). The victory was Bryant’s 100th win at Alabama. has 14 wins this year and could set the mark by beating Clemson. No Alabama defeated Clemson in the Georgia Dome in the 2008 one has ever been 15-0. season opener, 34-10. Clemson was ranked eighth and Alabama was Last year Clemson and Alabama were in the opposite situa- 24thentering the game, but Nick Saban’s team was outstanding. Alabama tion. Clemson was the 14-0 team entering the championship game and finished that year 12-2 and ranked sixth in the nation. The highlight of Alabama was the team with one loss. Both finished with identical 14-1 the game for Clemson was a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by record, after the Alabama victory. Clemson became the eighth school to C.J. Spiller. A month and a half after this game, Alabama graduate Dabo win at least 14 games in a season last year, then Alabama beat them to Swinney was named Clemson interim head coach. become the ninth. Alabama became the 10th this year. Florida State did The last meeting between the two teams was a classic in the it with a 14-0 mark in 2013, Ohio State was 14-1 in 2014. 2015 season National Championship game in Phoenix. Alabama won The 14-win mark was first reached in 1996 when BYU 45-40, but Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was outstanding as he finished with a 14-1 record. The Cougars played an exempt game in Au- threw for 405 yards and ran for 73 as the Tigers gained 554 yards of total gust, played a game in Hawaii, which does not count towards maximum offense. An onside kick in the fourth period led to an Alabama touch- games played, and played in a bowl game in addition to the 12 regular down and the Crimson Tide also had a kickoff return for a score. Clemson season games. had the lead going into the fourth period and had won 51 in a row in that situation, but Saban and the Tide pulled out the win. Winningest Seasons in FBS History Year School W-L Coach Current Coaches Served Both Staffs 1996 BYU 14-1 Lavell Edwards Clemson assistant head coach, special teams coach and tight 2002 Ohio State 14-0 Jim Tressell ends coach Danny Pearman coached at Alabama from 1990 to 1997. 2009 Boise State 14-1 Chris Peterson He was a graduate assistant in 1990 and became fulltime in 1991. He Alabama 14-0 Nick Saban was on the staff when Alabama won the National championship in 1992. 2010 Auburn 14-0 Gene Chizek Alabama had four seasons of at least 10 wins when he was there and 2013 Florida State 14-0 went to six bowl games. 2014 Ohio State 14-1 Urban Meyer Current Alabama assistants and were 2015 Clemson 14-0 Dabo Swinney both coaches at Clemson. Burns was at Clemson under Alabama 14-1 Nick Saban from 1999-06 and Napier was at Clemson from 2006-10. Napier was 2016 Alabama 14-0 Nick Saban the offensive coordinator on Dabo Swinney’s first Clemson team when the Tigers won the Atlantic Division of the ACC and finished in the top 25 of Clemson’s Second 1 vs. 2 Game both polls. When #1 Alabama faces #2 Clemson in the College Football Playoff Championship on January 9 in Tampa it will be Clemson’s second Clemson’s Three Winningest Coaches All Alabama Grads appearance in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 game. Last year Clemson was No 1 and Each of the top three winningest coaches in Clemson history in Alabama was No.2 entering the championship game in Phoenix. terms of total victories are Alabama graduates. Frank Howard, Alabama This will be the first time this year there has been a No. 1 vs. class of 1931, leads the way with a 165-118-12 record from 1940-69. No. 2 game. Overall this will be the 49th time No. 1 has faced Danny Ford, Alabama class of 1970, is second with a 96-29-4 record. No. 2. The No. 1 ranked team has a 26-20-2 lead in the previous 48 Current Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney is already third in total wins meetings of the top two teams in the AP poll. The last 13 games the No. with an 88-28 mark. 2 team has a 7-6 edge. Alabama has won its last five meetings in a No. Overall, five Alabama graduates have been among the 25 Clem- 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. son head football coaches over the years. The others are , a 1955 Alabama graduate, who was 12-21 from 1970-72, and Charley Clemson Coaches with National Championship Rings Pell, a 1961 Alabama graduate, who was 18-4-1 in two seasons, 1977- Clemson has four coaches on its staff who have experienced a 78. national championship. Head coach Dabo Swinney was a Clemson has 716 wins in its history and 379 of them have on Alabama’s 1992 team that won the national championship. been recorded by Alabama graduates, or 54 percent of Clemson’s wins. Three coaches have also experience that feeling. Dan Brooks Not a bad percentage considering Alabama graduates constitute just 20 was a member of Tennessee’s staff in 1998 when they posted a 13-0 re- percent of the different coaches in Clemson history. The five Alabama cord on the way to winning the national title. Defensive coordinator Brent graduates are a combined 379-200-17 at Clemson, a .645 winning Venables was a member of Oklahoma’s staff in 2000 when the Sooners percentage. The 20 Clemson coaches who did not go to Alabama are a won the title. And Danny Pearman was on Alabama’s 1992 staff when combined 337-257-28 for a .564 winning percentage. the Crimson Tide won the national title.

Clemson’s Winninest Coaches Clemson has Won Bowl Game Five Straight Seasons Coach Alma Mater Years Record Clemson has won a bowl game five straight seasons dating to Frank Howard Alabama ’31 1940-69 165-118-12 the 2012 year when the Tigers defeated LSU. This is the first time Clem- Danny Ford Alabama ’70 1978-89 96-29-4 son has won a bowl game five straight years since the 1986-90 era when Dabo Swinney Alabama ’93 2008-Pr. 88-28 Clemson won five straight. (Clemson has not won five straight bowls as Tommy Bowden West Virginia ’77 1999-08 72-45 last year’s Alabama game in the National Championship counts as a bowl Vanderbilt ’23 1931-39 43-35-7 game, but the Tigers did beat Oklahoma in the last year and Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl this year). January 9 What is special about this run is that Clemson has done it January 9 is already a key day in Clemson athletic history. On against teams ranked in the top 25 in each game. Clemson beat a #9 January 9, 1980 Clemson defeated #1 ranked Duke in basketball by an LSU team in the Chick-fil-A Bowl at the end of the 2012 season, 25-24.

4 2016 FOOTBALL NOTES CLEMSON vs. Alabama The next year Clemson downed a #7 Ohio State team in the Orange Bowl, Bear Bryant played on an Alabama team in 1934 that was 40-35. Then in 2014 the Tigers defeated #24 (USA Today poll) Okla- recognized as a national champion by some organizations, but again the homa team 40-6. Last year, Clemson added a fourth straight victory with AP poll hadn’t started yet. He coached Alabama to AP titles in 1961, a 37-17 win over #4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. This year Clemson 64, 65, 78, 79. beat second ranked Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Jimmy Johnson played on Arkansas’s 1964 team that was Clemson is the only team in the nation to have won a bowl named national champion by the Football Writers Association, but they game each of the last five years against teams ranked in the top 25. were second in the final AP poll that year. All five of the wins have come against schools ranked in the top 15 in FBS history in winning percentage as well. And, all five wins have come National Champions as Player and Head Coach against coaches who already have a national championship on their Person As Player As Head Coach resume. Bear Bryant Alabama (1934) #Alabama (1961, 64, 65, 78, 79) #Minnesota (1936) #Oklahoma (1950, 55, 56) Clemson Only School With Winning Record vs. Notre Dame, Ohio State Notre Dame (1929,30) #Notre Dame (1943, 46, 48, 49) and Oklahoma Jimmy Johnson Arkansas (1964) #Miami (1987) Thanks to a recent run of four straight wins under Dabo Swin- #Recognized by Associated Press ney in the last three years, Clemson is now the only FBS school with a winning record against Notre Dame, Ohio State and Oklahoma. Tigers Winning Streak in Florida All-time, Clemson is 2-1 against Notre Dame after its 24-22 Clemson has a five-game winning streak in the state of Florida. win last year. The Tigers are now 3-2 against Oklahoma, including bowl All five wins have taken place since the final game of the 2014 season. wins in 2014 and 2015, and 3-0 vs. Ohio State, including this year’s The streak began with a 40-6 win over Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic victory. Bowl at the end of the 2014 season Given a minimum of two games played, Notre Dame has In 2015, Clemson won at Miami, 58-0 in the regular season, a losing record against just six FBS schools (Clemson, Florida State, then beat Oklahoma 37-17 in the Orange Bowl, a semifinal playoff game. Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State and Oregon State). Oklahoma also has This year, Clemson won at Florida State 37-34 in a thrilling game in Tal- a losing mark against just six schools (BYU, Clemson, Miami, Northwest- lahassee, and won the ACC Championship with a 42-35 win over Virginia ern, Notre Dame and Southern California). Ohio State has a losing mark Tech in Orlando. against seven schools (Florida State, Alabama, Clemson, Florida, South For many longtime Clemson fans this five-game winning streak Carolina, Stanford and Texas). Clemson is the only common denomina- in the Sunshine State must seem like a dream. Between 1991 and a tor. 2004 loss at Florida State, the Tigers lost 11 consecutive games in the state of Florida and were outscored by an average of 43-10 in those Clemson Has Four Team National Championships games. Clemson has won four national championships in its sports program over the year. The list includes one for football (1981), two for Tigers from Florida men’s soccer (1984 and 1987) and one for men’s golf (2003). Fourteen players, including 11 active, are on the Clemson The football title came at the Orange Bowl against Nebraska at roster from the state of Florida. The list includes starters Jordan Leggett the end of the 1981 season, a 22-15 victory under Head Coach Danny and Artavis Scott and key reserves , Garrett Williams and Rich- Ford. That was the first title in any sport in school history. ard Yeargin. The 1984 soccer title was a 2-1 win over Indiana in the King- dome in Seattle, Washington. Three years later Clemson won the title Clemson Travel Roster Players from Florida with a 3-1 win over San Diego State. That year the soccer final four was Player Pos Yr. Hometown High School awarded to a team in the final four and Clemson won the bid, so Clemson Deon Cain WR Fr. Tampa Tampa Bay Technical had the rare opportunity to win an NCAA title in its home facility. Jordan Leggett TE Jr. Navarre Navarre Clemson’s most recent title took place in 2003 when Clemson Ray-Ray McCloud WR Fr. Tampa Sickles won the NCAA Men’s Golf championship at Oklahoma’s State’s home Artavis Scott WR So. Clearwater East Lake course in Stillwater, Okla. Clemson beat the home standing Cowboys by Garrett Williams FB Fr. Orlando First Academy two shots. Richard Yeargin DE Fr. Lauderdale Lakes Univ. School Nova SE. !Adrian Baker CB Jr. Hallandale Chaminade Madona Clemson’s National Team Championships Tucker Israel QB *Fr. Orlando Lake Nona Year Sport Opponent Score Site CB Fr. Ft. Lauderdale Coconut Creek 1981 Football Nebraska 22-15 Miami, Fla Kaleb Bevelle DE *Jr. Apopka Apopka 1984 Men’s Soccer Indiana 2-1 Seattle, Wash Kelby Bevelle OL *Jr. Apopka Apopka 1987 Men’s Soccer San Diego St. 3-1 Clemson, S.C. Seth Penner OG Fr. Naples First Baptist 2003 Men’s Golf 30 teams 2 shots Stillwater, Okla. !T.J. Chase WR Fr. Plant City Plant City !Regan Upshaw LB Fr. Bradenton Bradenton Swinney Trying for Rare National Championship Double !Inactive Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney has a chance to join Bud Wilkinson as the only coaches to have played on an AP National Champi- Swinney in NFL Stadiums onship team and coached an AP National Championship team. This will be Clemson’s sixth game in an NFL Stadium in the Swinney played on Alabama’s 1992 season National Champi- last two years. Clemson has won four of the previous five with the only onship team as a wide receiver. That team defeated Miami (FL) for the ti- loss coming to Alabama at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Tigers tle in the 1993 . Now Swinney has a chance to lead Clemson defeated Ohio State in that same stadium last week. to the national title as head coach. Clemson has a 10-5 record in NFL stadiums under Dabo Swin- Wilkinson played as a quarterback on the University of ney, but the Tigers have won seven of the last eight dating back five years. Minnesota’s 1936 team that was proclaimed national champion by the The recent run includes three straight in Sun Life Stadium in Miami. Associated Press in 1936. That was the first year of the AP poll. As a head coach at Oklahoma, Wilkinson led the Sooners to AP national titles Swinney in NFL Stadiums (10-5) in 1950, 1955 and 1956. Year Opponent Stadium Result Two other coaches have national championships as players and 2008 Nebraska Everbank Field, Jacksonville, Fla. L, 21-26 as coaches on their resume’s, but the titles are not recognized by the 2009 Miami (FL) Sun Life, Stadium, Miami, Fla. W,40-37 Associated Press. Georgia Tech Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla L, 34-39 Frank Leahy played at Notre Dame under Knute Rockne from Kentucky Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn W, 21-13 1928-30 and the Irish won the national championship in 1929 and 2010 South Florida Bank of America, Charlotte, NC L, 26-31 1930 according to the Helms Foundation, the top poll in that area. The 2011 Virginia Tech Bank of America, Charlotte, NC W, 38-10 AP poll had not started yet. He later coached Notre Dame to AP national West Virginia Sun Life Stadium, Miami Fla. L, 33-70 titles in 1943, 46, 47, 49. 2012 Auburn Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. W, 26-19

2016 FOOTBALL NOTES 5 CLEMSON vs. Alabama LSU Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. W, 25-24 top 10 in 11 categories. Both teams have forced 27 turnovers, tied 2013 Ohio State Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Fla. W, 40-35 for eighth in the nation. Below is a comparison of figures and national 2015 Miami Sun Life Stadium Miami, Fla. W, 58-0 rankings in important categories. North Carolina Bank of American, Charlotte, NC W, 45-37 Oklahoma Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Fla W, 37-17 Defensive Comparison Alabama U of Phoenix, Glendale, Ariz L, 40-45 Category Clemson Alabama 2016 Ohio State U of Phoenix, Glendale, Ariz W, 31-0 Scoring Defense 7th (17.1) 1st (11.4) Alabama Raymond James, Tampa, Fla Rush Defense 19th (123.1) 1st (62.0) Pass Defense 16th (183.8) 14th (182.0) Clemson Has 10 wins over Teams with Winning Record Total Defense 8th (306.9) 1st (244.0) Clemson has 10 wins over teams with a winning record this year. That is already a school record for a season. The previous record Pass Efficiency 4th (100.6) 5th (101.92) was eight, set last year. Clemson has 69 wins over the last six years and Completion % 15th (.528) 13th (.527) 38 of them have come against teams that finished with a winning record. TD Passes Allowed 8th (12) 8th (12) The list includes four teams with at least 10 wins this season. Interceptions 6th (20) 14th (16) The record is five wins over teams with at least 10 wins, set last year. So a win over Alabama can tie that record. Sacks 5th (3.22) 3rd (3.57) Prior to Dabo Swinney’s arrival, the most wins over teams with Tackles for Loss 3rd (8.79( 9th (8.00) a winning record in a six year period was just 28 between 1986-91. 3rd Down 6th (.290) 7th (.300) Clemson wins over teams with a winning record this year are First Downs Allowed 14th (17.1) 1st (13.3) Auburn (8-4), Troy (10-3), Georgia Tech (9-4), Louisville (9-4), Boston College (7-6), NC State (7-6), Florida State (10-3), Wake Forest (7-6), Yards/Rush 19th (3.51) 1st (2.0) Virginia Tech (10-4) and Ohio State (11-2). Yards/Play Allowed 4th (4.56) 1st (3.86) Yards/Pass Attempt 3rd (5.7) 3rd (5.7) Most Wins over Teams that Finished with Winning Record Turnovers Forced 8th (27) 8th (27) Year Wins 2016 10 Clemson 31, Ohio State 0 2015 8 Clemson had a landmark victory over Ohio State in the PlaySta- 2013 6 tion Fiesta Bowl. Below are some key facts that came out of the victory: 1990 6 •First shutout of an Urban Meyer coached team. It was his 1989 6 194th career game as a head coach. 2014 5 •First shutout of any Ohio State team since 1993 when Michi- 2011 5 gan beat the Buckeyes, 28-0 2001 5 •Ohio State came into the game averaging 42.7 points per 1988 5 game, 9th in the nation. 1981 5 •Urban Meyer is now 10-3 in bowl games in his career, but he is 0-2 vs. Dabo Swinney. Swinney Has 88 Wins to Match Alabama Number •Meyer enter the game with a 165-28 record and the .854 Head Coach Dabo Swinney won his 88th game at Clemson when winning percentage was the third best in college football history (10 years the Tigers defeated Ohio State 31-0 on New Year’s Eve. It is an import- min). Only former Notre Dame Coaches Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy ant number in Swinney’s career because that was the uniform number he are ahead of him. wore as a player at Alabama between 1989-92. He was a member of the •Meyer is now 45-4 in his career with more than a week to pre- Alabama team that won the 1992 National Championship. pare for an opponent and two of the losses are to Swinney and the Tigers. For his career, Swinney had seven receptions for 81 yards. •Swinney is just the sixth coach to beat Meyer more than once That number-81 has an interesting tie to Clemson. The Tigers won the and now the only coach to be undefeated against him with more than one 1981 National Championship, Clemson’s only national title in the sport. game played. •Ohio State was allowing 282 yards a game entering the con- Clemson Top 20 Rankings on Offense test, but Clemson gained a season high 470 against the Buckeyes. Clemson ranks in the top 20 in the nation in 14 different •The Buckeyes were ranked #2 in the nation by AP and the statistical categories. That includes scoring, passing yards, completions, USA Today coaches poll. It was the highest ranked team Clemson has total offense, third down conversion and sacks allowed. Below is a list. beaten in its history. Category Rank (Figure) Clemson Defense Records Shutout vs. High Scoring Buckeyes Scoring Offense 13th (39.5) Clemson’s defense was very impressive in the victory over Touchdowns 5th (73) second-ranked Ohio State in many areas. Ohio State entered the game Passing Yards 7th (327.8) with a 42.7 scoring average, ninth best in the nation, but the Tigers not Completion % 6th (.67.5) only shutout the Buckeyes, they did not allow Urban Meyer’s team to run Passing Efficiency 17th (153.16) a possession in the redzone. Touchdown Passes 5th (42) Below is a chart that shows Ohio State’s averages entering the

game and what they did against Clemson. Total Offense 12th (502.9) Total Plays 1st (1121) Category OSU Average vs. Clemson Total Yards 3rd (7044) Scoring 42.7 0 10-Yard Plays 1st (265) First Downs/game 23.3 9 20-yard plays 14th (82) Rushing Yards 258.3 88 Fewest Sacks Allowed 14th (1.14) Passing Yards/Game 221.2 127 Total Offense 479.5 215 First Downs/Game 4th (26.6) Yards/Rush 5.5 3.8 3rd Down Conversion 5th (.512) Plays/Game 72.0 56

Time of Possession 33:56 24:09 Comparison of Outstanding Defenses Third Down Conv. .490 .214 Clemson and Alabama are two of the top defensive teams in

the nation. Both are ranked in the top seven in scoring defense, in the Clemson Program now 4-0 vs. Top Five Coaches in History top eight in total defense and in the top four in yards per play. Alabama With the win over Urban Meyer, the Clemson program is now is ranked first in the nation in five categories, while Clemson is in the

6 2016 FOOTBALL NOTES CLEMSON vs. Alabama 4-0 against the top five winningest coaches in the history of college Foot- is the last time a Tiger had a return that far. ball. Knute Rockne (Notre Dame) is #1, Frank Leahy is #2, Meyer #3, Smith has been outstanding all year and ranks third on the George Woodruff of Penn is #4 and is #5. Clemson beat team in tackles from his safety position. This is his first year as a starter. Leahy when he was Boston College coach in the 1940 Cotton Bowl, and Switzer of Oklahoma in the 1989 Citrus Bowl. That was Switzer’s last Clemson Staff Stability game as a college coach. The Tigers are 2-0 against Meyer, wins in bowl One of the reasons Clemson has been successful in recent games two of the last four years. years has been staff stability. Over the last five years Swinney has had to make just two hires. He hired Mike Reed when Charlie Harbison left Swinney vs. Winningest Programs the Clemson secondary for another job after the 2012 season and hired One of the reasons Clemson’s brand has improved significantly after the 2014 season when left to become over the last six years when the Tigers have won at least 10 games every the head coach at SMU. year has been the quality of the teams Clemson has beaten. Over the last six years Clemson has an 18-5 record against pro- Clemson Full Time Assistant Coaches grams that are ranked in the top 20 in college football history in winning Name Position Years at Clemson percentage. Clemson is 1-0 vs. Notre Dame, 2-0 vs. Ohio State, 2-0 vs. Dan Brooks Defensive Tackles 8th Oklahoma, 0-1 vs. Alabama, 3-3 vs. Florida State, 1-0 vs. LSU, 1-1 vs. Danny Pearman Tight Ends 8th Georgia, 1-0 vs. Appalachian State, 1-0 vs. Miami (FL), 3-0 vs. Auburn Brent Venables DC-Linebackers 5th and 3-0 vs. Virginia Tech. Defensive Ends 7th Jeff Scott OC--Receivers 9th Dabo Swinney’s 19 Ranked Wins over Top 25 Teams Tony Elliott OC—Running Backs 6th Dabo Swinney has 19 wins over top 25 teams in his Clemson Offensive Line 6th career. He needs just one to tie Danny Ford for the Clemson school Mike Reed Defensive Backs 4th record. Ford was 20-12-2 in his career against top 25 teams. Brandon Streeter Quarterbacks 2nd Swinney has recorded eight wins over top 25 teams over the last two years, four each season. That includes five top 10 wins, three of Watkins Sets Clemson Mark which are top five. Carlos Watkins had two sacks in the win over Ohio State and For his nine seasons as Clemson coach, Swinney has five top now has 10.5 for the year. His second sack of the game broke the Clem- five wins, 11 top 10, 14 top 15, and 16 top 20. Only seven of the 19 son record for sacks in a season by a defensive tackle or middle guard. have been at home, three on the opponent’s home field and nine at neu- The previous mark was 10 held by William Perry in 1984 and Michael tral site. Dean Perry in 1987. Swinney is 8-1 over the last two years against top 25 teams Watkins has had an All-American season for the Tigers and with the only loss coming to Alabama in the National Championship game made first-team All-ACC each of the last two years, helping Clemson to a last year. 27-2 record.

Dabo Swinney 19 Wins over Top 25 Teams 31-0 Victory Fifth Largest over a Ranked Opponent Year Opponent AP-C Cu-Opp Clemson’s 31-0 win over Ohio State was the fifth largest mar- 2009 at Miami 8-9 #40-37 gin of victory for the program over a top 25 program. What is amazing is 2010 NC State 23-25 14-13 that Ohio State is also the highest ranked team Clemson has defeated in 2011 Auburn 21-19 38-24 its history. This gives Dabo Swinney two of the seven wins over ranked Florida State 11-14 35-30 team by 30 points or more and both have been in bowl games. The At Virginia Tech 11-10 23-3 Tigers defeated Oklahoma 40-6 in the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl N-Virginia Tech 5-3 38-10 2012 N-Auburn NR-25 26-19 Largest Victory Margins over Top 25 Team N-LSU 9-7 25-24 Year Opponent AP-Co Score Mar 2013 Georgia 5-5 38-35 1950 at Missouri 17-NP 34-0 +34 N-Ohio State 7-6 40-35 2014 Oklahoma NR-24 40-6 +34 2014 N-Oklahoma NR-24 40-6 1992 North Carolina 18-18 40-7 +33 2015 Notre Dame 6-7 24-22 1988 Duke 22-24 49-17 +32 Florida State 17-15 23-13 1979 Wake Forest 14-14 31-0 +31 N-North Carolina 8-8 45-37 2016 Ohio State 2-2 31-0 +31 N-Oklahoma 4-3 37-17 1990 Illinois 16-17 30-0 +30 2016 Louisville 3-4 42-36 at Florida State 12-14 37-34 14 Graduates on Clemson Two-Deep N-Virginia Tech 19-18 42-35 Dabo Swinney has had 135 seniors in his Clemson career and N-Ohio State 2-2 31-0 129 have earned their degrees. That number will improve by May as 14 #overtime seniors already have their undergrad degree and seven more should join them in May. Dabo Swinney vs. the SEC This year’s group of graduates includes quarterback Deshaun Dabo Swinney is 10-8 in his career against SEC teams. That Watson and receiver Artavis Scott, who both graduated in just three years. includes four wins in his last five, including wins over Auburn (19-13) Other graduates are All-ACC center Jay Guillermo, All-American tight and South Carolina (56-7) this year. The 49-point win over South Caroli- end Jordan Leggett, All-ACC running back Wayne Gallman, All-American na this year was the largest victory margin in history by an ACC team over Carlos Watkins, All-American receivre Mike Williams, All-ACC safety Jadar an SEC team. Johnson and All-American linebacker Ben Boulware. If Clemson defeats Alabama in the National Championship game it would give Clemson three wins over SEC teams in the same sea- Graduates on 2016 Clemson Two-Deep son for the first time. (Note, Clemson has beaten three teams now in the Name Pos Hometown Major SEC before, but those programs were not in the SEC at the time). Ben Boulware LB Anderson, SC Sociology Swinney had two SEC wins in 2012 (Auburn and LSU). David Estes SN Mauldin, SC Management Wayne Gallman RB Grayson, GA Communications Smith Records Longest Return since 1978 Jay Guillermo C Maryville, TN Sociology Van Smith had an 86-yard interception return against Ohio Jadar Johnson SS Orangeburg, SC Sociology State, the longest interception return by a Tiger since 1978. It was also Jordan Leggett TE Navarre, Fla Parks, Recreation, Tourism the longest interception return in a bowl game and the longest non-scor- Grant Radakovich TE Marietta, Ga Marketing ing interception return in school history. Nick Schuessler QB Grayson, Ga Accounting Rex Varn had a 94-yrad pick six at NC State in 1978 and that Artavis Scott WR Clearwater, Fla Communications

2016 FOOTBALL NOTES 7 CLEMSON vs. Alabama Andy Teasdall P Winston-Salem, NC Marketing different services. Carlos Watkins DT Mooresboro, NC Sociology The senior, who will graduate on December 15, has been a Deshaun Watson QB Gainesville, GA Communications starter each of the last two years when Clemson has qualified for the Mike Williams WR Vance ,SC Sociology College Football Playoff and won the ACC title. The first-team All-ACC Scott Pagano DT Honolulu, HI Sociology player has played 53 games in his career and has 339 career tackles, most among active Tigers. Winning Basketball game and Bowl on Same Day Boulware is the first Clemson Tiger to win the award which was On New Year’s Eve, the Clemson athletic program began the first presented in 1991 and has been claimed by current NFL stars Khalil day with a 73-68 victory at Wake Forest. Clemson scored the last 15 Mack, , and Von Miller. points of the game to get the victory. Then, later that day, Clemson defeated Ohio State 31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl. Venables Wins Broyles Award That basketball-football double was just the second time in Clemson Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables won the 21st school history the program won a bowl game and a men’s basketball game annual Award. It was presented December 6 and is given on the same day. The only other time it happened was Dec. 29, 1978. each year to the top assistant coach in college football and is given in Clemson also defeated Ohio State in a bowl game that day, the 1978 honor of former Arkansas coach Frank Broyles. . The Tiger basketball team beat Texas Tech 57-56 that day. Venables was joined on the list of finalists by Jeremy Pruitt, defensive coordinator at Alabama, , defensive coordinator at Swinney Has Beaten National Championship Coach Five Years in Row Colorado, Don Brown, defensive coordinator at Michigan and Matt Cana- When Dabo Swinney and the Tigers defeated Urban Meyer and da, offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh. the on New Year’s Eve, it gave Swinney a bowl win “This is a great honor for Brent and well deserved,” said in five consecutive seasons. But these are not run of the mill bowl wins. Head Coach Dabo Swinney. “ He has done an outstanding job for us his All five bowl wins were against ranked opponents coached entire time at Clemson (since 2012). This year he had to replace seven by men who already had a national championship on their resume. Of starters from our 2015 team and we are still a top 10 defense in many course Swinney has a chance for another when the Tigers meet Alabama categories, including total defense. He had to replace three starters in and Nick Saban in the National Championship game in Tampa. the secondary and we are fifth in the nation in pass efficiency defense. the Year Award from the Coaches Association. Clem- Swinney Bowl Wins last Five Years son coaches won the two major assistant awards presented.” Year Opponent Cu-Opp Opposing Coach Venables had been a finalist twice previously, 2015 as Clemson 2012 LSU 25-24 defensive coordinator and 2006 as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma. 2013 Ohio State 40-35 Urban Meyer He is the first Clemson assistant coach to win the award. 2014 Oklahoma 40-6 2015 Oklahoma 37-17 Bob Stoops Brooks Named Assistant Coach of the Year by AFCA 2016 Ohio State 31-0 Urban Meyer Clemson Associate Head Coach and Defensive Tackles Coach Dan Brooks has been named the National Assistant Coach of the Year Watson Winner of Harley and Unitas Awards for the Football Bowl Subdivision by the American Football Coaches Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson captured two national Association. The Assistant Coach of the Year award was first presented in 2016 Award by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio. The 1997 and was created to honor assistant coaches who excel in communi- awardawards has in thebeen first presented full week each of December. year since 1955He was to thenamed National the winner Player ofof the ty service, commitment to the student-athlete, on-field coaching success the Year through the conference championship weekend. and AFCA professional organization involvement. He then won the Unitas Award as the top senior quarterback It marks the second time in the last four years that a Clemson of college football. The award is presented each year by the Golden Arm assistant has won the award. Chad Morris, now head coach at SMU, won Foundation to the top senior quarterback in college football. It is named in the AFCA Coach of the Year in 2013. honor of former NFL All-Pro Johnny Unitas, who led the Baltimore Colts to The Tigers have an 84-25 record since he joined Dabo Swin- the 1958 NFL Championship and was a four-time recipient of the league’s ney’s staff in 2009. His defensive line is a big reason Clemson has had Most Valuable Player Award. more tackles for loss than any other school in the nation over the last five By winning the Unitas Award, Watson has now achieved the years and ranks second in the nation in that category in 2016. “Triple Crown” of quarterback awards over his career. He won the Manning Now in his 33rd year as an assistant coach, Brooks coached in his 400th game at the FBS level last September. He has had 30 of honors this year. his former players drafted by the NFL, including seven in the first round, Award andThe the nativeO’Brien of Award Gainesville, last year. Georgia He is who also is a afinalist junior forin eligibility, those two but coached 15 all-conference selections, and an Outland Trophy winner. graduated on December 15, led Clemson to the ACC Championship with Off the field, Brooks is a longtime member of the AFCA and a 42-35 victory over Virginia Tech. It was the second consecutive year has served on AFCA committees for 30 years. He is significantly involved with Crosspoint Church and volunteers his time with several different organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, All In Team Foundation, toClemson back conference has won the crowns ACC title, since the Rodney first time Williams the program led Clemson has done to three that in Meals on Wheels, Wounded Warriors and Paralyzed American Veterans. straight28 years. league He is crowns the first from Clemson 1986-88. quarterback to lead the Tigers to back Watson was 23-34 for 288 yards and three touchdowns passing Clemson vs. Ranked Teams in Bowl Games and added a team best 85 yards rushing on 17 carries and scored twice Clemson has a 21-19 bowl record, but the Tigers are 16-12 against Virginia Tech. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the ACC in bowl games against top 25 opponents, but the Tigers are 7-3 against Championship game for the second consecutive year. teams ranked seventh or higher. That includes the win over second ranked Ohio State last week. Boulware Wins Jack Lambert Award The highest ranked team Clemson has faced in a bowl is LSU, Clemson senior linebacker Ben Boulware has been named the who was number-one entering the 1959 (1958 season) Sugar Bowl, recipient of the 2016 Jack Lambert Award. The honor is presented each a game Clemson lost by just a 7-0 score. Clemson defeated a fourth- year to the top linebacker in the nation by the Touchdown Club of Colum- ranked Nebraska team when it won the National Championship at the bus, Ohio. Boulware will receive his award at the organization’s annual 1982 Orange Bowl. banquet on Feb. 4.The award is named for Hall of Now Clemson meets another #1 in Alabama in the National Famer and Kent State football legend Jack Lambert. Championship game on January 9. During Clemson’s ACC Championship season, Boulware led the Clemson also defeated a sixth-ranked Tennessee team in the Tigers with 114 tackles, including nine for a loss and three sacks. He 2003 Chick-Fil-A Bowl, a seventh ranked TCU team at the 1959 Blue- also forced three and intercepted a pass. He is a big reason bonnet Bowl and a seventh ranked LSU team in last year’s Chick-fil-A Clemson ranks ninth in the nation in total defense, third in sacks and Bowl. third in tackles for loss. He had 17 tackles in Clemson’s win over Louisville and was named national defensive player of the week by four Nine Tigers Named First-Team All-ACC

8 2016 FOOTBALL NOTES CLEMSON vs. Alabama Nine Clemson players were named first-team All-ACC by the Career Statistics, Current Clemson Pass Catchers ACC Sports Media and eight were first team selections by the ACC Coach- Player GP Rec Yds Avg TD es in 2016. Clemson had more first-team Selections and more overall Artavis Scott 42 242 2474 10.2 19 selections than any other schools. Mike Williams 41 169 2633 15.6 20 Ben Boulware and defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence both Jordan Leggett 50 105 1503 14.4 18 received special honors from the ACC on Thursday. Boulware was named Ray-Ray McCloud 25 78 726 9.4 3 Co-Defensive Player of the Year by the ACC Coaches and Lawrence was Deon Cain 27 67 1212 18.2 14 named the Defensive Rookie of the Year. Lawrence was also named ACC 25 67 895 13.3 9 Defensive Rookie of the Year by the ACC Media Association. Wayne Gallman 41 62 434 7.0 2 Clemson had three of the five first team offensive linemen on Total 790 9,877 12.5 85 the ACC Media team, a first for the Clemson program and just the fifth time in ACC history. Clemson Sets ACC Record Clemson established a league record for victory margin by an Clemson ACC Sports Media All-ACC Summary ACC team over an SEC team in the 56-7 win over South Carolina on No- 1st team Offense: Mike Williams, Jordan Leggett, , Tyrone vember 26. The 49 point win broke the mark of 46 points set in 2003 Crowder, Jay Guillermo when Clemson won at South Carolina by a 63-17 margin. So Clemson Second team offense: Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Greg Huegel now has the top two figures on the list and owns the mark for a home Third team offense: Artavis Scott game and a road game. HM Offense: Ray-Ray McCloud The 56-7 win over South Carolina was the largest victory margin for Clemson in the series since 1900 when John Heisman and the 1st team Defense: Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tankersely, Tigers defeated the Gamecocks by a 51-0 score in Columbia. Jadar Johnson Clemson had 622 yards of total offense, most ever by Clemson 2nd team defense: Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, against South Carolina, and had 40 first downs, most in Clemson history 3rd team defense: None against any opponent. HM Defense: Kendall Joseph, Van Smith Largest Victory Margins, ACC over SEC Teams Clemson ACC Coaches All-ACC Summary Date ACC Team SEC Team Score Mar 1st team Offense: Mike Williams, Jordan Leggett, Tyrone Crowder, Jay 11-26-2016 Clemson South Carolina 56-7 +49 Guillermo 11-22-2003 Clemson South Carolina 63-7 +46 Second team offense: Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Greg Huegel, 8-31-2002 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt 45-3 +42 Mitch Hyatt, Artavis Scott 11-14-1953 Maryland #11 Mississippi 38-0 +38 10-10-92 Wake Forest Vanderbilt 40-6 +34 1st team Defense: Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tankersely, Jadar Johnson Clemson’s ACC Championships 2nd team defense: Dexter Lawrence, Clemson now has 16 ACC championships in its history, the 3rd team defense: Christian Wilkins, Van Smith most in ACC history. Clemson jumped over Florida State when it defeat- ed Virginia Tech this year. Another 100-yard Game for Williams Clemson has 22 conference championships overall. The Tigers Mike Williams had his fifth 100-yard receiving game of 2016 won the 1900, 1902 and 1903 SIAA Conference championship under and ninth of his career in the win over South Carolina. Williams had six John Heisman, then 1906 SIAA title under , and won the catches for 100 yards and three scores in that 56-7 win. 1940 and 1948 Southern Conference titles under Frank Howard. How- He tied the Clemson record for touchdown catches in a single ard won eight conference titles overall, two Southern Conference and six game against South Carolina and became the first Clemson receiver to ACC. have three touchdown receptions against the Gamecocks in the 114- Clemson won its second straight ACC title with the win over game history of the series. Virginia Tech, the first time Clemson has done that in 28 years. With nine career 100-yard receiving games, Williams is third in Clemson history in that category. has the record with 15, Clemson’s ACC Championship Seasons while DeAndre Hopkins had 12. Rod Gardner, another first round draft Year Overall ACC Coach choice, also had nine. 1956 7-2-2 4-0-1 Frank Howard 1958 8-3-0 5-1 Frank Howard Clemson Career Leaders in 100-Yard Receiving Games 1959 9-2 6-1 Frank Howard Player Years Games 1965 6-4 #5-2 Frank Howard Sammy Watkins 2011-13 15 1966 6-4 6-1 Frank Howard DeAndre Hopkins 2010-12 12 1967 6-4 6-0 Frank Howard Mike Williams 2013-16 9 1978 11-1 6-0 Rod Gardner 1997-00 9 1981 12-0 6-0 Danny Ford 1978-81 8 1982 9-1-1 6-0 Danny Ford Tony Horne 1994-97 7 1986 8-2-2 5-1-1 Danny Ford Chansi Stuckey 2003-06 7 1987 10-2 6-1 Danny Ford 1988 10-2 6-1 Danny Ford Tigers Have Many Receiving Weapons 1991 9-2-1 6-0-1 Clemson has many experienced players when it comes to 2011 10-4 !7-2 Dabo Swinney catching the ball. The Tigers have seven different players with at least 2015 14-1 9-0 Dabo Swinney 60 receptions over their respective careers. The group is led by Artavis 2016 13-1 8-1 Dabo Swinney Scott in terms of total receptions with 242, while Mike Williams leads the #Co-championship, !includes ACC Championship victory way in terms of reception yardage with 2633. The “Magnificent Seven” list below have combined for 790 Most ACC Football Championships career receptions for 9,877 yards and 85 touchdowns. Most of those School Co Outright Total receptions, yards and touchdowns have come from quarterback Deshaun Clemson 1 15 16 Watson. Florida State 2 13 15 Maryland 2 7 9 NC State 2 5 7 Duke 3 4 7 North Carolina 1 4 5 Virginia Tech 0 4 4

2016 FOOTBALL NOTES 9 CLEMSON vs. Alabama Virginia 2 0 2 For his career, Huegel has made 41-51 field goals and that Georgia Tech 1 2 3 .804 percentage is third best in Clemson history on a career basis, just Wake Forest 0 2 2 behind the .829 by Bob Paulling and .817 of Chandler Catanzaro. South Carolina 0 1 1 Clemson Career Leaders in Field Goals Gallman Goes over 3,000 Yards, Sets School Record Rk Player Years FGM-FGA Pct Wayne Gallman led Clemson with 161 yards rushing at Wake 1. Bob Paulling 1979-83 34-41 .829 Forest and followed that up with 112 yards against South Carolina. He 2. Chandler Catanzaro 2010-13 67-82 .817 now has a record 17 100-yard rushing games and Clemson is 17-0 in 3. Greg Huegel 2015-16 41-51 .804 those games over his career. He now has 1087 yards for the season, his 4. Jad Dean 2003-06 51-68 .750 second straight year with at least 1000 yards. 5. 1981-84 32-43 .744 Gallman has 16 rushing touchdowns this year and needs just 6. Aaron Hunt 2000-03 55-76 .723 two to break the record of 17 held by James Davis in 2006 and Lester 7. Nelson Welch 1991-94 72-101 .713 Brown in 1978. 8. David Treadwell 1985-87 47-66 .712 9. Chris Gardocki 1988-90 63-89 .708 Clemson Career Rushing Leaders Min. 30 made Rk Player Years Car Y/C TD Yards 1. Raymond Priester 1994-97 805 4.93 21 3966 Getting Off to a Good Start 2. James Davis 2005-08 753 5.15 47 3881 One of the reasons Clemson is 7-0 away from home is getting 3. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 606 5.85 32 3547 off to a good start. Clemson has outscored the opposition in the first pe- 4. Andre Ellington 2009-12 621 5.53 33 3436 riod on the road this year 94-10. That advantage was enhanced at Wake 5. Wayne Gallman 2014-16 658 5.20 33 3383 Forest when the Tigers won the first period 21-0. Clemson won the first 6. Travis Zachery 1998-01 691 4.43 41 3058 quarter against Ohio State 10-0. 7. Kenny Flowers 1983-86 590 4.94 26 2914 Overall this year Clemson has outscored the opposition 176-27 8. Terry Allen 1987-89 523 5.31 28 2778 in the first period. Pittsburgh is the only team to score a touchdown in the first period against the Tigers this year. They scored two. Clemson Career Leaders in 100-yard Rushing Games Clemson has a 150-67 advantage in the second period as well, Rk Name Years Games so Clemson has a 326-94 advantage by halftime this year, or an average 1. Wayne Gallman 2014-16 17 lead of 16 points per game. 2. Raymond Priester 1994-97 15 3. James Davis 2005-08 14 Tiger DT Lawrence Freshman All-American Candidate 4. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 12 Clemson freshman defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has lived Andre Ellington 2009-12 12 6. Buddy Gore 1966-68 11 All-American at Wake Forest High School in North Carolina. He was the Kenny Flowers 1983-86 11 playerup to his of billingthe year coming in North out Carolina of high school. according He towas all a services first-team last USA year Today when Woodrow Dantzer 1998-01 11 he helped his team to a 12-1 record. 9. Terry Allen 1987-89 10 So far this year Lawrence has been one of the top freshmen in the nation. He was a midseason pick as defensive Freshman of the Year by Clemson Sack Streak Reaches 44 games Clemson had three sacks in the win over Ohio State and set the loss, including seven sacks. He leads the team in quarterback pressures school season record in the process. Clemson now has 49 sacks for the withsome 20. services. He also Over has thetwo first blocked 14 games kicks, he and has two 78 tackles, recoveries. 9.5 tackles Hefor has season, one more than the 1992 team had. It was also the 44th straight also played six plays on offense as well as a blocker. game Clemson had a sack. The last time Clemson did not have a sack He might have played his best game against Pittsburgh when was 2013 against The Citadel, a game in which the opposition threw the ball just five times. blocked two place kicks. He became just the fourth player in Clemson his- Carlos Watkins leads the Tigers this year with 10.5 sacks, the toryhe had to nineblock tackles two kicks according in the same to the game. coaches The film, others recovered to do it a were fumble Wingo and most by a Clemson interior lineman in history. Avery against The Citadel in 1954, Mitch Belton vs. Maryland in 1989 and Helping Watkins this year have been Dexter Lawrence with Rahim Abdullah vs. Auburn in the 1998 . seven and Clelin Ferrell with five. Ferrell had three tackles for loss for 26 yards in the win over Ohio State and was named the Defensive MVP of Some of Clemson’s Greatest Streaks the Fiesta Bowl. Clemson endured a 43-42 loss to Pittsburgh at Memorial Fifteen different players have recorded a sack this year, one Stadium on November 12. The loss ended a lot of noteworthy streaks, more than the different number of players who had one last year. Over the accomplishments worth documenting. Here are noteworthy streaks that 44-game streak, Clemson has had 149 sacks for 1081 yards. That is an were snapped: average of 3.38 sacks for 25 lost yards. •Clemson had won 15 consecutive ACC games, second longest conference Dawkins Finalist for 2017 NFL Hall of Fame Class winning streak in school history. The record is still 20 between 1981-84. Former Clemson All-American Brian Dawkins is one of 15 for- •Won 27 straight non-national championship games dating to the 2014 mer players and coaches announced as finalists for the Pro Football Hall season. of Fame Class of 2017. Dawkins is in his first season of eligibility. The •Clemson had won 23 consecutive regular season games. inductees will be announced on Feb. 4. •Clemson had won 21 straight at home, longest winning streak at home Dawkins played at Clemson from 1992-95 and was an in the nation at the time and the longest home winning streak in school All-American in 1995 when he led the ACC in interceptions. He played history. 16 years in the NFL, 1996-2008 with Philadelphia and 2009-11 with •Had won 44 consecutive games against unranked teams in either poll, 46 Denver. He was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection, among the top five totals in a row against teams not ranked in the AP poll and 45 straight against for safeties in NFL history. unranked teams in Memorial Stadium. Clemson has never had a former player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Clemson Records Established in Pittsburgh Game Many records were established by the Tigers in the Pittsburgh Huegel Among Clemson Best in Field Goal Percentage game of November 12. Clemson sophomore kicker Greg Huegel led the nation in made field goals last year when he made 27-32. He has not had as Individual many attempts this year, making 14-19. He has also made 66-68 extra Deshaun Watson points and leads the Tigers in scoring with 108 in 13 games. He made a •ACC Record for passing yards in a game, 580 45-yarder to get Clemson started in the win over Ohio State. •Clemson record for completions, 52

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•Clemson record for pass attempts, 70 4. Scott Milanovich Maryland Florida State 1995 46 •Clemson record for total offense in a game, 588 •Clemson record for total offense plays, 75 David Watford Virginia Georgia Tech 2013 43 5. Gary Schofield Wake Forest Maryland 1981 43 Jordan Leggett Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Receptions •Set Clemson career record for receptions by a tight end, 94 With the presence of quarterback Deshaun Watson and his abili- •Clemson career record for reception yards by a tight end ty to spread the ball around to his receivers, it is no surprise that four of the top 13 receivers in Clemson history in terms of TD receptions are on this Mike Williams 2016 Clemson team. •Set school reception mark by a Tiger player in Memorial Stadi- Mike Williams has 20 touchdowns, 10 this year and 10 prior to um with 15. this year, tied for third in Clemson history. Flanker Artavis Scott has 19 in •Set Clemson record for reception yards by a Tiger player in Memorial Stadium with 202. Sophomorehis career, including Deon Cain five has this nine year, off and the ranksbench fifth this inyear school and history.the sophomore Jordan Team hasLeggett 14 total. has 18 to rank in a tie for fifthh but first among Clemson tight ends. •Passing Yards, ACC record 580 passing yards Cain has those 14 touchdown catches on just 66 career recep- •Completions by a Clemson team with 52 tions. He scores a touchdown every 4.7 receptions, ahead of the record •Pass Attempts by a Clemson team with 70 pace of one every 4.89 catches by Glenn Smith, who played for the Tigers from 1949-51. Clemson’s Best Total Offense Games Clemson gained 630 yards total offense in the loss to Pittsburgh. Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Receptions That included 580 passing, an all-time ACC record, and 50 rushing. It was Rk Name Years Receptions Rec/TD TDs the sixth highest total offense game in Clemson history and just the second 1. DeAndre Hopkins 2010-12 206 7.63 27 time Clemson lost a game in which it had at least 500 yards of total offense. Sammy Watkins 2011-13 240 8.89 27 The only other loss when gaining at least 500 yards was against Alabama in 3. Aaron Kelly 2005-08 23 11.6 20 the 2015 season National Championship game. Clemson has averaged 503 Mike Williams 2013-16 169 7.9 20 yards a game this year and has had seven games of at least 500 yards this 5. Artavis Scott 2014-16 242 12.3 19 Glenn Smith 1949-51 88 4.89 18 Jordan Leggett 2013-16 105 5.78 18 ACCyear, Passingincluding Yardage four of theBests last five. 7. Perry Tuttle 1978-81 150 8.82 17 Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson completed 52-70 passes 8. Terrance Roulhac 1983-86 92 5.75 16 for 580 yards and three touchdowns against Pittsburgh. He established an Derrick Hamilton 2001-03 167 10.4 16 ACC record in terms of passing yardage and his completion total was sec- Jacoby Ford 2006-09 143 8.91 16 ond best. The previous record for passing yards in a game was 566 yards 12. Terry Smith 1990-93 162 10.8 15 by Stephen Morris of Miami (FL) against NC State in 2012. The completion 13. Deon Cain 2015-16 67 4.7 14 mark is still 55 by Rusty LaRue of Wake Forest against Duke in 1995. Tigers Have Record 73 Touchdowns Clemson players have four of the 14 games of at least 500 yards total of- Clemson has a record 73 touchdowns this year, 42 passing, 28 fense in ACCHis history. total offense The record figure was of 588 also was set secondthis year best when in ACC Lamar history. Jackson rushing, two on returns on one on recovery. It is the second straight year of Louisville had 610 yards at Syracuse. Clemson has broken the record. Last year the Tigers had 71.

ACC Bests, Passing yards, Single Game Williams Gets Second 1,000-Yard season. Rk Name School Opponent Year Yards Mike Williams had 100 receiving yards in the win over South 1. Deshaun Watson Clemson Pittsburgh 2016 580 Carolina and continued his assault on the Clemson receiving marks. He is 2. Stephen Morris Miami (FL) NC State 2012 566 already just the third player in Clemson history with two 1,000-yard receiv- 3. Rusty LaRue Wake Forest NC State 1995 545 ing seasons. The only other Clemson players to do it are Rod Gardner and 4. Florida State Duke 2000 536 5. Shane Montgomery NC State Duke 1989 535 6. Chris Weinke Florida State Clemson 2000 521 receivingSammy Watkins. game against Both ofPittsburgh them were earlier NFL first this roundyear when draft hechoices. was inducted into the ClemsonGardner Hall was of the Fame first that to doday. it andWatkins witnessed has two Williams of the top 202 four yard 8. Rusty LaRue Wake Forest Georgia Tech 1995 501 seasons with 1464 in 2013 and 1219 in 2011. 7. Gary Schofield Wake Forest Maryland 1981 504 Williams had 15 catches for 202 yards against Pittsburgh and ACC Bests, Total Offense, Single Game was named ACC Receiver of the Week. His 15 catches were second to Wat- Rk Name School Opponent Year Yards kins 16 against Ohio State in 2013. His 202 receiving yards ranked tied for 1. Louisville Syracuse 2016 610 second. Watkins has that record also with 227 against Ohio State in his last 2. Deshaun Watson Clemson Pittsburgh 2016 588 game as a Clemson player. 3. Stephen Morris Miami NC State 2012 568 For the season, Williams now has 90 receptions for 1267 yards 4. Rusty LaRue Wake Forest NC State 1995 554 and 10 touchdowns. He did not have a touchdown against Ohio State, but 5. Shane Montgomery NC State Duke 1989 537 had six catches for 96 yards. His 1267 receiving yards are third highest in 6. Tajh Boyd Clemson NC State 2012 529 Clemson history. 7. Chris Weinke Florida State Duke 2000 527 8. Marquise Williams North Carolina Duke 2015 524 Clemson 1,000-yard Receiving seasons 9. Scott Milanovich Maryland Virginia Tech 1993 519 Rk Player Year GP Rec Avg. Yards 10. Woody Dantzler Clemson NC State 2001 517 1. Sammy Watkins 2013 13 101 14.5 1464 11. Rusty LaRue Wake Forest Georgia Tech 1995 514 2. DeAndre Hopkins 2012 13 82 17.1 1405 12. Chris Weinke Florida State Clemson 2000 509 3. Mike Williams 2016 13 90 13.9 1267 13. Florida State Maryland 1992 506 4. Sammy Watkins 2011 13 82 14.9 1219 14. Tajh Boyd Clemson Ohio State 2013 505 5. Rod Gardner 1999 12 80 13.6 1084 6. Aaron Kelly 2007 13 88 12.3 1081 ACC Bests Pass Completions, Single Game 7. Rod Gardner 2000 12 58 18.1 1050 Rk Name School Opponent Year Com 8. Mike Williams 2014 13 57 18.1 1030 1. Rusty LaRue Wake Forest Duke 1995 55 9. Derrick Hamilton 2003 13 62 16.5 1026 2. Deshaun Watson Clemson Pittsburgh 2016 52 3. Rusty LaRue Wake Forest NC State 1995 50

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Artavis Scott Moves into Top 10 in ACC History 4. 1989 89-187 .476 Clemson receiver Artavis Scott had a career high 13 receptions 5. 1986 95-200 .4750 for 125 yards and a touchdown in the 43-42 loss to Pittsburgh on Novem- 6. 1983 75-158 .4747 ber 12. He moved into the top 10 in ACC history in career receptions with 7. 2015 109-230 .4744 that performance. He now has 242 career receptions, sixth in ACC history. 8. 2001 87-185 .470 Three of the top 10 receivers in ACC history in terms of receptions are from Clemson. The others are Sammy Watkins (seventh) and Aaron Kelly Accomplishments of Clemson Seniors…so far (eighth). •Overall record of 48-7 and that .873 winning percentage is Scott needs just three catches to move ahead of North Carolina’s the best in school history. The 48 wins rank first also. This class set the Ryan Switzer. record with the win over Virginia Tech in the ACC title game. •Finished with a ACC regular season record of 28-4, tying the ACC Career Reception Leaders all-time wins record of 28-4 set by the 2015 seniors. The group has 30 Rk Name School Years Rec wins including two ACC Championship game wins 1. Jamison Crowder Duke 2011-14 283 •This senior class has been a part of a 26-2 record at Memorial Conner Vernon Duke 2009-12 283 Stadium the last four years. That ties the record for wins by a senior 3. Florida State 2011-14 270 class. The 2014 and 2015 classes were also 26-2 at home. 4. Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh 2013-15 254 •In terms of streaks, this group has been a part of a school 5. Ryan Switzer North Carolina 2013-16 244 record 17-game overall winning streak, a school record 21-game home 6. Artavis Scott Clemson 2014-16 242 winning streak, a school record 10-game winning streak on the road, and 7. Sammy Watkins Clemson 2011-13 240 a school record 23-game regular season winning streak. 8. Aaron Kelly Clemson 2005-08 232 •This senior class has 11 wins over ranked teams, including six 9. Michael Campanaro Wake Forest 2010-13 229 over teams ranked in the top 10 entering the game (2013, #5 Georgia), 10. Desmond Clark Wake Forest 1995-98 216 (2015, #6 Notre Dame), (2015, #8 North Carolina), (2015, #3 Oklaho- ma), (2016, #3 Louisville) and #2 Ohio State. Two True Freshmen Tackles Started vs. Pittsburgh •Has had a final ranking in the top 15 every year, including Clemson gained 630 yards of total offense in the 43-42 loss to #7 by Coaches poll in 2013, #15 by both polls in 2014 and #2 by both Pittsburgh, an amazing number considering the Tigers started two true polls in 2015. The #2 ranking last year was the second highest in Clem- freshmen at the offensive tackle positions. Regular starter Jake Fruhmor- son history. gen is out with a shoulder injury and personal reasons, while Mitch Hyatt •Significant contributors to the 2015 team that won a school did not start because he was a minute late for a team meeting on Saturday record 14 games and played in the National Championship game. morning, an on-going rule in Dabo Swinney’s career. Hyatt had started the Most ACC Victories by Senior Classes Hyatt came into the game on the second series and on his second (Regular season games) playfirst 24suffered games an of ankle his career injury at and left didtackle. not return to the game. Class of Win % W-L That meant true freshman Sean Pollard played all 95 snaps in 2015 .875 28-4 the contest at one tackle and true freshman played 89 2016 .875 28-4 snaps at the other tackle. 2014 .813 26-6 Saturday’s game against Pittsburgh marked just the second game 2013 .750 24-8 since 1944 that two true freshmen started at both offensive tackles for 2012 .719 23-9 the Tigers. The only other time took place was last year when Hyatt and 1989 .804 22-5-1 Fruhmorgen started against Wake Forest. Before that you have to go back 1990 .786 22-6 to WWII when the United States Military drafted all of Clemson’s juniors 1991 .804 22-5-1 and seniors. Note: 2015 class has record 30 wins including ACC Championship Pollard continued to start against Wake Forest and Hyatt re- games. turned to the starting lineup. Clemson Gets Sixth Straight 10-Win Season Turnovers a Key The victory for Clemson over Wake Forest gave the Tigers a Clemson has had problems with turnovers this year. The Tigers 10-1 record and assure Clemson of a sixth straight season with at least have forced 27, but committed 26 for a plus one margin. While Clemson is 10 victories. Clemson is just the 11th different school in college football 13-1, the turnovers by the offense have been a direct indicator of victory history (current FBS schools) to have six consecutive seasons of at least margin. 10 wins. In seven games this year the Tigers have had zero or one Heading into this season Clemson and Alabama were the only turnover on offense, Clemson has outscored the opponent 328-72, an schools with an active streak of at least five 10-win seasons. The Crim- average victory margin of 36.5 points a game. son Tide are also primed to extend their streak, which is eight consecutive In the seven games Clemson has had two or more turnovers, years entering this season. Clemson has outscored the opposition 225-167, an average victory margin The record for consecutive 10-win seasons is 14 years in a of 8.3. row set by ’s Florida State Seminoles (1987-02). The win over South Carolina gave Clemson 11 wins this season, just the Clemson at 51 Percent on Third Down sixth 11 win season in school history. Four of the six have come under Clemson has converted on 51 percent of its third downs so far Dabo Swinney. this year, on pace to become just the second team in school history to con- vert at least half of their third down opportunities. This current Clemson Schools With Six Consecutive 10-Win Seasons team has converted 110-215 for a .512 mark. The record was set in 1978, School Years Consec Florida State 1987-02 14 That year Clemson converted 99 of 192 third downs, a .516 Texas 2001-09 9 the first year the Clemson SID office tracked the stat. - Virginia Tech 2004-11 8 terback is Deshaun Watson. Both quarterbacks had the number-four in Miami (FL) 1985-92 8 commonfigure. The for quarterback their jersey onnumbe. that team was Steve Fuller. This year’s quar Alabama 2008-15 #8 Boise State 2006-12 7 Clemson Season Bests, Third Down Conversion Oregon 2008-14 7 Rk Year Con-Att Pct Southern California 2002-08 7 1. 1978 99-192 .516 Florida 1993-98 6 2. 2016 110-215 .512 Ohio State 2005-10 6 3. 1982 94-190 .495 Clemson 2011-15 #6

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#Denotes active streak Most Wins in a season by 7 or Less Clemson’s 10-Win Seasons Year Record Year Record Coach 1948 6-0 1948 11-0 Frank Howard 2016 6-1 1981 12-0 Danny Ford 1993 5-1 1987 10-2 Danny Ford 1958 5-1 1988 10-2 Danny Ford 1966 4-1 1989 10-2 Danny Ford 2004 4-2 1990 10-2 Ken Hatfield 1977 4-2-1 2011 10-4 Dabo Swinney 1980 4-3 2012 11-2 Dabo Swinney 2013 11-2 Dabo Swinney Clemson in Games Decided by 7 or Less, since 2011 (17-3) 2014 10-3 Dabo Swinney Date Opponent (Rk) W-L CU-Opp 2015 14-1 Dabo Swinney 9-24-11 Florida State (11) W 35-30 2016 13-1 Dabo Swinney 11-12-11 Wake Forest W 31-28 9-1-12 N-Auburn (#25) W 26-19 Watson Reaches 10,000 Yards 12-21-12 N-LSU (9) W 25-24 Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson went over the 8,000 8-31-13 Georgia (5) W 38-35 yard mark in terms of passing yards in the win over Syracuse. He also 1-3-14 N-Ohio State (7) W 40-35 joined the ACC’s 10,000 yard club in terms of total offense in the loss to 9-20-14 at Florida State (1) L 17-23 (OT) Pittsburgh and now has 11,634, third in ACC history. 10-11-14 Louisville W 23-17 The only other Clemson player to go over 10,000 yards in total 10-18-14 at Boston College W 17-13 offfense is Tajh Boyd, who had 13,069 between 2010 and 2013. He is 9-17-15 at Louisville W 20-17 second in ACC history behind the 13,582 by . Watson is the 10-3-15 Notre Dame (6) W 24-22 first ACC player to reach 10,000 yards before the end of his junior year. 11-28-15 at South Carolina W 37-32 He needs just 257 yards passing to reach 10,000 yards for his 1-11-16 N- Alabama (2) L 40-45 career. 9-3-2016 at Auburn W 19-13 9-10-2016 Troy W 30-24 ACC 10,000 Yard Men in Total Offense 10-1-2016 Louisville (3) W 42-36 Rk Player Years Rush Pass Total 10/15-2016 NC State W 24-17 (OT) 1. Philip Rivers, NC St 2000-03 98 13,484 13,582 10/29/2016 at Florida State (12) W 37-34 2. Tajh Boyd, Clemson 2010-13 1,165 11,094 13,069 11/12/2016 Pittsburgh L 42-43 3. Deshaun Watson, Clemson 2014-16 1,891 9,743 11,634 12/3/2016 Virginia Tech (18) W 42-35 4. Joe Hamilton, GT 1996-99 1,758 8.882 10,640 #ranked in USA Today only 5. Marquise Williams, UNC 2012-15 2,458 7.965 10,423 6. Logan Thomas, VT 2010-13 1,358 9,005 10,363 Clemson Wins 10th Straight on Road Clemson won its 10th straight true road game when the Tigers Winning the Close Ones defeated Wake Forest on Nov. 19. That is already the longest road winning Clemson defeated Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. on October streak in the nation. What was extra ordinary is that Clemson has now had 29, 37-34 in one of the most thrilling games of the Dabo Swinney era. history. Tigers did not take the lead for good until the 2:06 mark of the fourth two straight perfect seasons when it comes to road games, a first in school quarterThere were when three Deshaun lead changes Watson inconnected the final with5:25 oftight the end fourth Jordan quarter. Leggett The for Clemson’s Longest True Road Game Win Streaks a 34-yard touchdown. Years Games Ended by The Clemson defense came up big on the last drive with sacks 2015-16 10 Current 1978-79 8 at South Carolina, 9-13 Lawrence, and the last by Ben Boulware. 1939-40 7 at Tulane, 0-13 on the Seminoles last two plays, the first by Christian Wilkins and Dexter 1947-49 7 at Rice, 7-33 2012-13 7 at South Carolina, 17-31 won at nowThe 11th victory ranked was Auburn the fifth 19-13, this seasonthen defeated by seven a nowpoints 6-1 or Troy less. team, The run of close wins started in the first two games of the year when the Tigers 1994-96 6 at North Carolina, 45-0 42-36 count, then beat NC State in overtime, 24-17. 1950-51 6 at Pacific, 7-21 30-24. TheClemson Tigers downedwon a sixth now game fifth-ranked by seven Louisville or less over on OctoberVirginia 1Tech by a in Clemson in Top Five 23 Straight Weeks the ACC Championship game. This Clemson team has tied the school record Clemson has been ranked in the top five of the AP poll for 23 for wins by seven or less in a season. consecutive rankings, the longest active streak in the nation. Alabama is The greatest team in Clemson history in terms of winning close second with 21 in a row. When it comes to top 10 rankings, Clemson has been ranked for Coach Frank Howard and team captain Phil Prince, the Tigers were 6-0 in 26 consecutive polls. Ohio State is first with 37 in a row dating to the games decidedis the 1948 by sevenTiger elevenpoints orthat less, finished including with a an 24-23 11-0 win record. over UnderMissouri 2014 season. Clemson and Alabama are tied for second with 26 in a in the Gator Bowl to conclude the season. row. As far as top 25 rankings, Clemson has the fourth longest active This current run of close wins in remarkable, or you could say streak with 36 in a row dating to the 2014 season. Alabama has the things are just evening out. Between 2008-10 Clemson was 3-13 in games longest active streak with 146, a streak that dates to 2008. decided by seven points or less, including 1-5 in 2010, Dabo Swinney’s second full season. That tied for the most losses by seven points or less in Longest Active AP Poll Appearance Streaks a season. Since that 3-13 record in that three-year time span, Clemson is Consecutive Top 5 Appearances 17-3 in games decided by seven points or less. School Polls Dates Prior to the 2011 season, Clemson’s all-time record in “close Clemson 23 2015-16 games” was 177-176-45. With the 16-3 run, the Tigers are now 194-179- Alabama 21 2015-16 45 in games decided by seven or less. Prior to this stretch, the greatest run of victory in close games Consecutive Top 10 Appearances came during the heart of the Frank Howard era. From 1948-51 Howard School Polls Dates and the Tigers did not lose a game decided by seven points or less, posting Ohio State 37 2014-16 a 12-0-3 record. Clemson 26 2015-16

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Alabama 26 2015-16 2015 Boston College 420 32 452 Michigan 15 2016 2015 NC State 383 54 437 Washington 14 2016 2015 Florida State 297 107 404 2015 Syracuse 368 105 473 Consecutive Top 25 Appearances 2015 Wake Forest 343 44 387 School Polls Dates 2015 South Carolina 279 114 393 Alabama 146 2008-16 2015 North Carolina 289 131 420 Florida State 84 2011-16 2015 Oklahoma 187 145 332 Ohio State 81 2012-16 2015 Alabama 405 73 478 Clemson 37 2014-16 2016 Troy 292 55 347 Michigan 27 2015-16 2016 Georgia Tech 304 36 340 Louisville 15 2016 2016 Louisville 306 91 397 Washington 15 2016 2016 Boston College 270 33 303 2016 NC State 378 35 413 Clemson AP Poll Progression, 2016 2016 Florida State 378 52 430 Date Pts FP Record AP-Coach 2016 Pittsburgh 580 8 588 8-21 1443 16 0-0 2-2 2016 South Carolina 347 19 366 9-6 1416 2 1-0 2-2 2016 Virginia Tech 288 85 373 9-11 1284 0 2-0 5-3 2016 Ohio State 259 57 316 9-18 1258 0 3-0 5-3 9-25 1267 0 4-0 4-3 Wayne Gallman 100-yard Rushing Games (17) 10-2 1403 1 5-0 3-3 Year Opponent Att-Yds-TD 10-10 1406 2 6-0 3-3 2014 Syracuse 28-101-1 10-16 1337 0 7-0 4-3 2014 at Wake Forest 19-106-1 10-23 1382 0 7-0 3-3 2014 South Carolina 27-191-1 10-30 1401 0 8-0 3-3 2015 at Louisville 24-139-0 11-6 1408 0 9-0 3-2 2015 Notre Dame 23-111-0 11-13 1304 0 9-1 5-5 2015 Georgia Tech 13-115-2 11-20 1347 0 10-1 4-3 2015 at Miami (FL) 22-118-1 11-27 1383 0 11-1 3-3 2015 at NC State 31-172-1 12-4 1396 0 12-1 3-3 2015 Florida State 22-103-1 2015 at South Carolina 19-102-0 Another Pick for Jadar Johnson 2015 North Carolina (N) 28-187-1 Jadar Johnson had his fifth interception of the year in the win 2015 Oklahoma (N) 26-150-2 over South Carolina. He was named first-team All-ACC this season. 2016 at Auburn 30-123-1 In his first year as a starter, Johnson had four interceptions for 2016 Louisville 16-110-1 100 yards over his first three years and he now has equaled that total as 2016 at Boston College 9-109-1 a senior in 2016. In 14 games this year he has five interceptions for 44 2016 at Wake Forest 22-161-2 return yards. Johnson is tied for 13th in the nation in total interceptions. 2016 South Carolina 19-112-1 In many ways Johnson’s performance this year has been similar to B.J. Goodson last year. Goodson was a key reserve his first three years, Deshaun Watson 100-yard Rushing Games (5) then led Clemson in tackles as a senior in 2015. Johnson was a backup Year Opponent Att-Yds-TD his first 3 years and now leads the team in interceptions in his final year. 2015 Florida State 16-107-0 2015 at Syracuse 14-105-1 Landmark Games by Active Tigers 2015 at South Carolina 21-114-3 Clemson has many veteran offensive players on its 2016 roster. 2015 North Carolina 24-131-2 As a result they have had many landmark statistical performances. Quar- 2015 Oklahoma 24-145-1 terback Deshaun Watson has 12 games with at least 300 yards passing, including six this year. He has 20 games of at least 300 yards total offense, Tyson Dye (1) including 10 games with at least 400 yards. Year Opponent Att-Yds-TD Wayne Gallman has 17 100-yard rushing games, the most in 2014 Georgia State 20-124-2 Clemson history. The Tigers are 17-0 when he has at least 100 yards rush- ing. Mike Williams has nine 100-yard rushing games, Artavis Scott has six Mike Williams 100-yard Receiving Games (9) and Jordan Leggett has two, both against Florida State. Year Opponent Rec-Yds-TD 2014 North Carolina 6-122-2 Deshaun Watson Career 300-Yard Passing Games (12) 2014 NC State 6-155-2 Year Opponent Com-Att TD-In Yards 2014 at Boston College 8-128-0 2014 North Carolina 27-36 6-1 435 2014 Oklahoma 9-112-1 2015 Boston College 27-41 3-2 420 2016 at Auburn 9-174-0 2015 at NC State 23-30 5-0 383 2016 NC State 12-146-1 2015 at Syracuse 35-48 2-1 368 2016 Syracuse 6-106-1 2015 Wake Forest 24-35 3-2 343 2016 Pittsburgh 15-202-1 2015 Alabama 30-47 4-1 405 2016 South Carolina 6-100-3 2016 at Georgia Tech 32-48 2-1 304 2016 Louisville 20-31 5-3 306 Artavis Scott 100-yard Receiving Games (6) 2016 NC State 39-52 2-1 378 Year Opponent Rec-Yds-TD 2016 at Florida State 27-43 2-2 378 2014 SC State 6-164-2 2016 Pittsburgh 52-70 3-3 580 2014 at Wake Forest 8-122-2 2016 South Carolina 27-33 6-1 347 2014 South Carolina 7-185-2 2014 Oklahoma 8-114-1 Deshaun Watson Career 300-Yard Total Offense Games (21) 2015 Boston College 10-162-1 Year Opponent Pass Rush Total 2016 Pittsburgh 13-125-1 2014 North Carolina 435 28 463 2014 NC State 267 62 329

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Renfrow came back to the lineup against NC State and, despite Jordan Leggett (2) wearing a soft cast, had six receptions for 53 yards. On his last catch he Year Opponent Rec-Yds-TD suffered a minor injury, but he did not stop contributing to the victory. 2015 Florida State 6-101-0 Late in the game, Renfrow went to his wide receiver coach Jeff 2016 Florida State 5-122-1 Scott and described a pass play to Artavis Scott that he thought would work based on the way the Wolfpack defensive backs were playing. Scott Ray Ray McCloud (1) had his team run the play and Artavis Scott caught what proved to be the Year Opponent Rec Yds-TD winning touchdown in overtime. 2016 at Georgia Tech 8-101-0 Renfrow had some big catches at Florida State as well and finished with 5-62 and a touchdown. For the year, he has 29 receptions Deon Cain (1) for 353 yards and four scores including one in the ACC Championship Year Opponent Rec Yds-TD game against Virginia Tech. 2016 Syracuse 5-125-2 He missed four games with an injury. He had seven catches for 77 yards against Pittsburgh. He added five catches for 50 against Clemson Leads Nation in Tackles for Loss since 2012 Ohio State. One area Clemson has excelled in over the last five years is tackles behind the line of scrimmage. The run of national leading stats Tankersley Named Thorpe Semifinalist, First-team All-American coincides with Brent Venables arrival at Clemson (2012) Clemson Cordrea Tanklersley named a semifinalist Since the beginning of the 2012 season, or the last five years for the Jim Thorpe Award. He is a first-team All-ACC performer and had including this season, Clemson has 590 tackles for loss, 67 more than two interceptions in the ACC Championship game win over Virginia Tech. No. 2 Arizona State (523). Tankersley has started every game at cornerback for the Tigers and is a A look to the list reveals that Clemson has more than a 100 big reason Clemson ranks fourth in the nation in pass efficiency defense more tackles for loss over the last five years than all but two of the other and seventh in fewest passing yards allowed per game. FBS schools (128 total). Tankersley has been assigned to the opposing team’s top Clemson has led the nation in total tackles for loss each of receiver all season and had has a team best 10 pass deflections plus an the last three years with 123 in 2013, 141 in 2014 and 126 in 2015. interception. He has 59 tackles, including 50 first hits. Clemson has 123 to far this season. Watson and Boulware Both Win National Honors vs. Louisville Most Tackles for Loss in a Season since 2012 Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and linebacker Ben Boul- Rk School Year TFL ware were both honored as national players of the week for their respective 1. Clemson 2014 131 performances against Louisville. Watson was named the National Offensive 2. Clemson 2015 126 Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation and Boulware was 3. Arkansas State 2016 125 named National Defensive Player of the Week by the Lott Impact Award, 4. Clemson 2013 123 the Bednarik Award and the Football Writers Association. Both were also Clemson 2016 123 named ACC Players of the Week 6. Michigan 2016 120 - 7. Arizona State 2012 118 down passes. He also rushed 14 times for 91 yards. Watson became the 8. Boston College 2015 114 second FBSWatson player completedin the last four 20-31 years passes to throw for 306 for yards at least and 300 five yards touch and Utah State 2014 114 Louisiana Tech 2014 114 The only other quarterback to do it was former Tiger Tajh Boyd against Penn State 2016 114 Ohiofive touchdown State in the passes 2014 Orangeand rush Bowl. for at least 90 yards against a top 10 team. Watson led Clemson on a fourth quarter comeback. The Tigers Marcus Edmond Saves the Day Again trailed 36-28 in the fourth period before he connected on a 20-yard scoring Clemson cornerback Marcus Edmond has played just 269 pass to Mike Williams with 7:05 left, then hit Jordan Leggett with a 31-yard plays this year and has just 18 tackles and one interception, but he has scoring pass with 3:14 remaining. contributed the two biggest defensive plays of the year. Boulware had a career high 17 tackles, three tackles for loss, a First, with just 33 second remaining, Louisville faced a fourth and 12 from the Clemson 14. Larmar Jackson completed pass to James into the game leading the nation in scoring and total offense. Quick in the left flat and Edmond was the only Tiger in the area. But he fumble recovery and a pass deflection against a Louisville offense that came ran Quick out of bounds one yard short of the first down. Clemson took Bounce Back over and ran out the clock to preserve the 42-36 win. One of the statistics that is recorded on the PGA Tour is Bounce Then, the next home game and two weeks later, Clemson took Back. That takes place when a player makes a bogey or higher, then makes a 24-17 lead in overtime against NC State. On the Pack’s first play of a birdie or eagle on the next hole. overtime, quarterback Ryan Finley threw a pass into the endzone, but Ed- In football we could call a Bounce Back, a score for a team after mond leaped in front of the Wolfpack receiver and made the interception. It was the first interception of his career and just the second interception Clemson has been good at Bounce Back over the last two years. of the year thrown by Finley. Inthe the opponent last 29 games,has just 27 scored victories, a touchdown when Clemson or a field has goal. been scored on the It was the first walk-off interception since 1997 when Rahim Tigers have come back with a score about 50 percent of the time. Abdullah returned a Duke pass 63 yards for a touchdown to give Clemson Last year there were 47 opponent scores (35 touchdowns and its first overtime victory in history. Edmond was slated to be the starter when fall camp began, next drive. (We didn’t count Clemson ensuing possessions when the Tigers but he suffered a leg injury and missed almost all of August practice. He wanted12 field togoals) just whenrun out Clemson the clock had to an end opportunity a half and weren’t and desire trying to score to score.) on the missed just the season opener, but has now played the last seven games, In the ensuing possessions after those 47 scores, Clemson three as a starter. Edmond’s plays are believed to be the first time a defensive ACC Championship game and two College Football Playoff games Clemson player has turned in two game deciding plays in the same year, never hadreplied eight with bounce a score back 25 scores times, after16 touchdowns 14 opponent and scores. nine field goals. In the mind two home games in succession. So far this year, opponents have 38 scores and Clemson has

Renfrow Future Coach? Clemson had two bounce back touchdowns in the win over Louisville and Clemson sophomore receiver Hunter Renfrow returned to the twocome more back in with two its attempts own score at Boston 18 times, College. 16 touchdowns Clemson had and a pairtwo fieldof bounce goals. Clemson lineup vs. NC State after missing four games due to a broken back touchdowns in the fourth quarter at Florida State as well. bone in a wrist. He had caught a touchdown pass in each of the first two wins, six point victories over Auburn and Troy. He was injured catching a Balanced Attack Means Victory touchdown pass against Troy. Six times this year, including the win over Ohio State and the

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56-7 win over South Carlina, Clemson had at least 200 yards rushing and Clemson’s Highest Ranked Wins Teams 200 yards passing. In the win over Louisville, Clemson had 201 yards rush- Year Opponent Site AP-C Score ing and 306 yards passing for 507 total. Clemson did all that in 62 plays so 2016 Ohio State N 2-2 31-0 the Tigers averaged 8.18 yards per play, best for the Tigers against an FBS 2003 Florida State H 3-3 26-10 opponent since an 8.22 average against Georgia Tech in 2013. 2016 Louisville H 3-4 42-36 That kind of balance means victory for the Tigers. Over the 2015 Oklahoma N 4-3 37-17 history of Clemson football, the Tigers are now 81-0-1 when gaining at least 2011 Virginia Tech N 5-3 38-10 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in the same game. The Boston 1981 Georgia H 4-4 13-3 College game was the third time Clemson has done it this year after the 1981 Nebraska N 4-4 22-15 Tigers did it a season record eight times in 2015. 2013 Georgia H 5-5 38-35 The only blemish on the record was a 24-24 tie at Georgia Tech in 1976. Tigers Averaging 40 Points and 508 Yards Clemson has averaged 40 points and 505 yards per game Clemson Started 9-0 through 14 games this year. If the season ended today, this would be just Clemson started 9-0 for the fourth time in history, but the second the fourth Clemson team to average at least 35 points and 450 yards per time under Dabo Swinney. The Tigers started 14-0 last year. Frank How- game over the course of the season. The previous three teams to do it were ard and Danny Ford are the only other coaches to do it. the 2012, 2013 and 2015 teams, squads all coached by Swinney. Pittsburgh ended the streak with a 43-42 win at Clemson on Novem- ber 12. Clemson Teams That Have Averaged 35 Points and 450 Yards Year PPG Total Offense Clemson Starts of 9-0 or better 2012 41.0 512.7 Year Start Final Head Coach Streak Stopper 2013 40.2 507.7 1948 11-0 11-0 Frank Howard NA 2015 38.5 514.5 1981 12-0 12-0 Danny Ford NA 2016 *39.5 *502 2015 14-0 14-1 Dabo Swinney Alabama, 40-45 *Through 14 games 2016 9-0 ?? Dabo Swinney ?? Swinney Seventh among Winningest Active Coaches Tigers Commit Five Turnovers….and Win Dabo Swinney is seventh among active coaches nationally in terms of winning percentage. Swinney has a 88-28 record for a .759 percentage. certainly a rare occasion. It was just the eighth time in history Clemson The leader is Urban Meyer with a 165-29-0 record for a .851 mark, the Clemson committed five turnovers in the win over Louisville, coach Swinney just defeated in the Fiesta bowl. Nick Saban, the oppo- nent next Monday, is sixth at .773. committed five turnovers, yet won the contest. It was the first time in 31 years it had happened. Clemson had Winningest Active Coaches five lost fumblesThe most against turnovers Virginia by Tech Clemson in 1985, in a yetwin beat is eight, the Hokies,in 1963 20-17 against Rk Coach, School Record Pct. Wakeon a field Forest. goal Incredibleby David Treadwell as it may seem,on the Clemson last play wonof the that game. game 36-0. The 1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State 165-29-0 .851 Tigers seemed to either score a touchdown or turn the ball over in that 2. , Washington 120-26-0 .822 game and Wake Forest never could score after a Clemson miscue. That 3. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 78-17 .821 might be a national record. Wake Forest had just 148 yards of offense in 4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 190-48-0 .798 that game. 5. David Shaw, Stanford 64-17 .790 Clemson is 10-1 over the last two years when losing the turn- 6. Nick Saban, Alabama 205-60-1 .773 over margin stat. That includes the recent game at Wake Forest where 7. Dabo Swinney, Clemson 88-28-0 .759 Clemson lost the stat 1-0. 8. Gary Petterson, TCU 150-53-0 .739 9. , Miami 154-55-0 .737 turnovers yet lost the game. Below is a list of the games Clemson committed at least five Clemson’s 28-Point Quarter vs. Louisville Most Turnovers by Clemson Offense, yet Won the Game Clemson had a 28-point second quarter thanks to the passing of Year Opponent Fum-Int Tot CU-Opp Deshaun Watson, who was 11-12 189 yards and three scores. It marked 1963 Wake Forest 5-3 8 36-0 just the second time Clemson had scored at least 28 points in a quarter 1966 Virginia 5-0 5 40-35 against a top 25 team. The only other time that happened was in 1999 at 1975 Wake Forest 5-0 5 16-14 Georgia Tech. Clemson ended up losing that game 45-42. Clemson trailed 1978 Virginia Tech 3-2 5 38-7 in the fourth period against Louisville 36-28 and it appeared that might 1981 NC State 2-3 5 17-7 1982 Western Carolina 4-1 5 21-10 1985 Virginia Tech 5-0 5 20-17 Swinneyhappen again vs. ACC until Teams the Tigers rallied in the final period. 2016 Louisville 2-3 5 42-36 Dabo Swinney is 57-16 overall against ACC teams since he became Clemson head coach. That includes a 54-15 mark in regular Clemson’s Highest Ranked Victories season games and 3-1 in ACC Championship games. His .781 winning Clemson has defeated a team ranked in the Top 10 of at least percentage in ACC games is fourth best in ACC history. one poll 21 times in its history. That includes 11 times under current Head The Clemson head coach has faced 14 different ACC teams Coach Dabo Swinney. Over the last four years, Clemson has beaten top 10 since he became head coach in 2008 on an interim basis. Swinney teams from Notre Dame, LSU, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Louisville and has a winning record against every ACC team with the exception of Flor- Ohio State The win over a third ranked Louisville team tied for the highest ida State and Pittsburgh. Ten of his 15 losses against ACC teams have ranked team Clemson has defeated. been against those two schools. He is 5-5 against Georgia Tech and 4-5 Clemson also beat a #3 Oklahoma team in the 2015 College against Florida State. Football Playoff, a #3 Florida State team in 2003, and a #3 Virginia Tech Swinney is 8-1 vs. Boston College, 2-0 vs. Duke, 4-5 vs. team in the 2011 ACC Championship game. Florida State, 5-5 vs. Georgia Tech, 3-0 vs. Louisville, 0-1 vs. Pittsburgh, Clemson has never beaten #1, which is Alabama’s ranking 4-1 vs. Maryland, 2-1 vs. Miami (FL), 3-1 vs. North Carolina, 7-1 vs. NC entering the National Championship game. State, 4-0 vs. Syracuse, 3-0 vs. Virginia, 4-0 vs. Virginia Tech and 8-0 vs. Wake Forest. In his 73 games as Clemson coach against an ACC team, the average Clemson victory has been by a score of 35-20. Only Florida State has outscored Clemson in games against Swinney’s Tigers.

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Career Leaders in Winning Percentage, ACC Games Rk Coach Schools Years W-L Pct Clemson’s Winningest Decade 1. Bobby Bowden Florida St. 1992-09 118-27-0 .814 Rk Decade W-L-T Pct. Winning Seasons 2. Maryland 1972-81 46-11-1 .802 1. 2010s 75-20 .789 6-1-0 3. Jimbo Fisher Florida St. 2010-16 47-12 .797 2. 1980s 87-25-4 .767 9-0-1 4. Dabo Swinney Clemson 2008-16 57-16 .781 3. 1950s 64-32-5 .658 7-2-1 5. Bill Murray Duke 1951-65 54-15-2 .775 4. 1890s 11-6 .647 3-0-1 6. Danny Ford Clemson 1979-89 44-14-1 .754 5. 1900s 40-21-7 .640 7-1-2 7. NC State 1972-75 16-5-2 .739 6. 2000s 79-47-0 .627 10-0-0 8. Virginia Tech 2004-11 72-29 .713 7. 1990s 69-47-1 .594 6-3-1 8. 1930s 51-37-7 .574 5-3-2 Landmark Accomplishments under Swinney 9. 1940s 51-38-5 .559 4-5-1 When Dabo Swinney became head coach at Clemson he knew 10. 1910s 42-35-6 .542 5-3-2 the recent history of the program because he had been an assistant on 11. 1960s 50-48-2 .510 5-2-3 staff since 2003. He had a list of goals to end some long streaks or 12. 1970s 56-54-3 .509 4-6-0 accomplish some things that had never been done. 13. 1920s 41-47-5 .468 5-5-0

Below is a list of accomplishments under Swinney: Clemson Linebackers Productive •First appearance in National Championship game since 1981 when the The Clemson defense has had a lot of firsts under coordinator Tigers faced Alabama last year. Brent Venables. The Tigers have led the nation in total tackles for loss •Reached the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll in 2015, the first time Clem- each of the last three years. Clemson is the first school to do that nation- son has been No. 1 since 1981. ally. •Had a final ranking of No.2 in 2015, Clemson’s highest ranking since In the win over Troy, three different Clemson linebackers had the National Championship season of 1981. interceptions, the first time that has happened since two-platoon football •Had winning streak of 17 consecutive games, the longest in school began in 1965. According to Whitey Jordan, an assistant coach on the history. 1964 staff, Clemson two-way players Ted Bunton, Jay Cooper and Pat •First ACC Championship in 20 years when the Tigers won the title in Crain played linebacker when they were on defense that year. All three 2011 with 38-10 win over Virginia Tech. of those players had interceptions in Clemson’s 29-7 win over Virginia in •First 10-win season in 21 years when Clemson won 10 games in 2011. 1964. •First top 10 finish in 22 years when Clemson finished ninth in the final Kendall Joseph, Jalen Williams and Dorian O’Daniel all had USA Today Poll at the end of the 2012 season. thefts in their pass coverage in the first half of Clemson’s win over Troy. •First streak of five consecutive years in the Top 25 final poll since the It was the first career interception for all three. 1986-91 era when Clemson had six in a row. To put into perspective how rare it is for linebackers to get in- •Won games over AP top 25 teams three consecutive games for the first terceptions, Clemson players at that position had just four all of last year, time in school history when the Tigers beat Auburn, Florida State and two by Ben Boulware and two by B. J. Goodson. Virginia Tech in 2011. Over the last nine years, the 2015 team is the only squad to •Took Clemson to its first Atlantic Division Championship in 2009. have at least three linebacker interceptions for the course of a season. •Had a perfect record in ACC play in 2015 (9-0), Clemson’s first perfect This is the first time since 2002 that three different linebackers have had season in ACC play since 1983. interceptions in a season. That year Eric Sampson, Kelvin Morris and •Won 4 consecutive bowl games for the first time since the 1986-90 era. Altroy Bodrick all had one pick apiece. •Named the consensus National Coach of the Year for the first time since A linebacker has had an interception just 17 times in Dabo Danny Ford in 1981. Swinney’s head coaching career and now seven of them have taken place •Clemson was ranked in the AP Top 25 for 50 consecutive weeks from over the last two years. 2011-14, the longest streak for the program since 1986-89. Swinney 52-7 at Home In 2016 Head Coach Dabo Swinney is 52-7 at home at Clemson, •Win over Auburn on September 3 marked first time Clemson has won including the 21-game winning streak that ended with a 43-42 loss to a road game over a team currently in the SEC to open the season since Pittsburgh. His Tigers have lost more than one game at home just once, 1903. in 2010 when the Tigers were 5-2 at home. Clemson finished 6-1 at •Left a game played in Atlanta against Georgia Tech with a perfect record home this year. for the first time since 1903. Clemson had lost 11 in a row when playing Swinney and the Tigers lost their first home game, in 2008 at Georgia Tech as an undefeated team. by a 21-17 score against an unranked Georgia Tech team. That is the •Opened the season ranked No. 2 in the AP poll, the highest preseason only unranked team Swinney has lost to at home. He won 45 straight at ranking in Clemson history. home against unranked teams until the loss to Pittsburgh •Defeated No 3 Louisville on October 1, giving him 10 wins over top 10 In the 21-game winning streak, Clemson had an average teams in his eight years, half of the top 10 wins in Clemson history. margin of victory of 27 points per game. Only five teams came within 10 •Led Clemson to 37-34 win at Florida State, just second win for the points of Clemson at home in the 21-game streak. In 2014, Clemson Program in Tallahassee since 1989. beat Louisville 23-17 and in 2015, beat Notre Dame 24-22. This •Won his third ACC Championship, second in a row. First time since Clemson defeated Troy and Louisville by the identical six point margins. 1988 Clemson has won consecutive ACC titles. Sixteen of the 21 wins in the stretch have been by at least 10 points and •Taken Clemson to a College Football Playoff bowl or BCS Bowl four of 10 have been by at least 20 points. the last six years. Swinney’s 52-7 record computes to an 88.1 winning percent- •Joins Nick Saban as only coaches to take a team to College Football age (min 20 games). That is a Clemson coaching record for winning Playoff Championship game in consecutive years. percentage at home. He is just ahead of Ken Hatfield, who was 22-3-1 at home between 1990-93, a .865 winning percentage. The 2010s, Winningest in Clemson History Swinney is already third in Clemson history in total home wins. With a 13-1 record, Clemson now has a 75-20 record in the Frank Howard has the record with 81 between 1940-69, and Danny Ford decade of the 2010s. That computes to a .789 winning percentage, the is second with 53. best for any decade in Clemson history. This decade has moved ahead of the 1980s in terms of winning percentage. Clemson Opens with Thrilling Win at Auburn In the 1980s, Clemson had a .767 winning percentage off an Clemson gained a 19-13 win over Auburn in the season opener 87-25-4 record, the fifth best winning percentage in college football. at Auburn, Ala. Here are some notes on that victory: Clemson did not have a losing season in any year in the 1980s under •First win to open the season on the road against a team cur- head coach Danny Ford, who coached every game in that decade. So far rently in the SEC since 1903. The last time Clemson accomplished that Dabo Swinney has coached every game in the decade of the 2010s. feat was a 29-0 win at Georgia. John Heisman was the Clemson coach.

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Clemson was 1-8 all-time in openers on the road against teams currently 6. Perry Tuttle, WR 1978-81 150 2534 in the SEC. 7. Rod Gardner, WR 1997-00 166 2498 •First win at Auburn since 1950 when the Tigers defeated Au- 8. Artavis Scott, WR 2014-16 242 2474 burn 41-0 behind the running of all-time great Fred Cone, who had 163 9. Derrick Hamilton WR 2001-03 167 2312 rushing yards in the game. 10. Jerry Butler, WR 1975-78 139 2223 •Clemson had a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver in 11. Airese Currie, WR 2001-04 138 2030 the contest. Wayne Gallman had 30 carries, second highest in his career, 12. Jacoby Ford, WR 2006-09 143 1986 for 123 yards. It was his 13th career 100-yard game. He needs just two more to tie the Clemson record of 15 set by Raymond Priester between Watson Has Top Winning Percentage 1994-97. Of all the records Deshaun Watson owns, winning percentage •Clemson held Auburn to 13 points and one touchdown in would have to be the one he covets the most. The junior has a 31-3 the Tigers victory at Auburn to open the 2016 season. It was the fewest record as a starter for a 91.2 percent mark, ahead of the .813 by another points Clemson has allowed against an SEC team since the 2009 when DeChane, (pronounced the same) DeChane Cameron, who quarterbacked the Tigers defeated Kentucky 21-13. It was the fewest points Clemson the Tigers in 1990 and 1991. He was 19-4-1 as a starter. has given up to an SEC team on the road since a 13-9 Clemson win at As far as total wins is concerned Tajh Boyd and Rodney South Carolina in 2005. Williams have the record with 32 wins apiece. Boyd was 32-8 between 2010-13 and Williams was 32-10-2 between 1985-88. Williams is now 50 Years of Howard’s Rock the color commentator on Clemson’s radio network. Watson moved to The Clemson football program will celebrate 50 years of How- third place with the win at Florida State. He needs just one win against ard’s Rock at Memorial Stadium this year. Howard’s Rock was first put Alabama to tie the record in just three years. on a pedestal at the top of the hill at the east end of the stadium for the Virginia game of 1966. Clemson won that game 40-35 thanks to a great Clemson’s Winningest Starting Quarterbacks second half comeback. (Min 20 Starts, Percentage basis) The Tigers did not start the tradition of rubbing Howard’s Rock Rk Player Years W-L-T Pct before they ran down the hill until the Wake Forest game of 1967, the 1. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 31-3-0 .912 season opener. 2. DeChane Cameron 1988-91 19-4-1 .813 With the tradition something that took place over two seasons, 3. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 32-8 .800 the celebration of Howard’s Rock will be a year long celebration in 2016. 4. Mike Eppley 1980-84 21-5-1 .796 Against Troy, members of the S.C. Jones family and the family 5. 1979-82 22-6-1 .776 of Gene Willimon, were honored. Jones brought the rock from Death 6. Harvey White 1957-59 18-7 .720 Valley, California and gave it to Frank Howard, who in turn gave it to Gene 7. Bobby Gage 1946-48 17-7 .708 Willimon, the former executive secretary of IPTAY. It was Willimon’s idea 8. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 20-11 .645 to mount it on the pedestal at the East Endzone of the stadium. 9. Steve Fuller 1975-78 21-11-3 .643 10. 2005-08 16-9 .640 Clemson Career Leaders Clemson has an active player in the top 10 in school history Swinney Fourth in ACC history in winning percentage in the major categories of passing offense, total offense, rushing yardage Dabo Swinney is fourth in ACC in winning percentage with and receiving yardage. Deshaun Watson is now second in school history a .759 mark. He is 88-28 so far in his Clemson career. Last year he in passing yards with 9,743. Watson is also second in total offense moved ahead of Frank Beamer and Lou Holtz on the list. Next on the with 11,631. Mike Williams is fifth and Artavis Scott eighth, in receiving list is Danny Ford, who won .760 of his games for Clemson between yards in Clemson history, respectively. 1978-89. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State’s head coach, is first on the list with a .21 percentage. Clemson Career Passing Yards Rk Player Years Att Com Pct Yards Winningest Coaches in ACC History 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 1402 901 .643 11,904 (winning percentage basis) 2. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 1151 778 .677 9,743 Rk Coach School Record Pct 3. 2002-05 1368 817 .597 9,665 1. Jimbo Fisher Florida State 78-17 .821 4. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 796 460 .578 6,037 2. Bobby Bowden Florida State 173-53-1 .764 5. Cullen Harper 2005-08 815 518 .636 5,762 3. Danny Ford Clemson 96-29-4 .760 6. 1994-97 805 458 .569 5,719 4. Dabo Swinney Clemson 87-28 .757 7. 2009-10 710 401 .565 4,739 5. Lou Holtz N.C State 33-12-3 .719 8. Rodney Williams 1985-88 717 333 .464 4,647 6. Ken Hatfield Clemson 32-13-1 .707 9. Steve Fuller 1975-78 554 287 .518 4,359 7. Frank Beamer Virginia Tech 113-47-0 .706 10. Tommy Kendrick 1969-71 644 303 .470 3,893 8. Maryland, UNC 41-19-2 .677 9. Miami 25-12 .675 Clemson Career Total Offense 10. Jerry Claiborne Maryland 72-37-3 .656 Rk Player Years Plays Rush Pass Total 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-03 1907 1165 11,904 13,069 Facts on Head Coach Dabo Swinney 2. Deshaun Watson 2014-16 1566 1888 9,743 11,331 •Clemson is the only program in the nation to finish in the top 25 of the 3. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 1634 98 9665 9,763 AP poll and rank in the top 10 percent of the academic APR scores each 4. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 1587 2761 6037 8,798 of the last five years. 5. Nealon Greene 1994-97 1158 1067 5719 6,786 •Has led Clemson to at least the same, or higher final ranking than its 6. Steve Fuller 1975-78 1089 1737 4359 6,096 preseason in the AP poll each of the last five years. Has tied the all-time 7. Cullen Harper 2005-08 946 -213 5762 5,549 record for that accomplishment. John Cooper of Ohio State and Bill 8. Rodney Williams 1985-88 1024 863 4647 5,510 Snyder of Kansas State also had a streak of five straight years. 9. Kyle Parker 2009-01 818 163 4739 4,902 •Has led Clemson to the same or higher final AP ranking than its presea- 10. Homer Jordan 1979-82 859 971 3643 4,614 son ranking six of his seven full seasons as head coach. •Only coach in college football history to win a bowl game five consecu- Clemson Career Receiving Yards tive years against a team led by a coach who already had won a national Rk Player, Pos Years Rec. Yards championship. Has defeated Les Miles (LSU), Urban Meyer (Ohio State, 1. Sammy Watkins, WR 2011-13 240 3391 twice ) and Bob Stoops (Oklahoma, twice) over the last five years. 2. DeAndre Hopkins, WR 2010-12 206 3020 •National Coach of the Year according to 11 different selectors in 2015, 3. Aaron Kelly, WR 2005-08 232 2733 including the Associated Press, ESPN, AFCA and the Bear Bryant Award. 4. Terry Smith, WR 1990-93 162 2681 •That included winning the Coach of the Year which 5. Mike Williams, WR 2013-16 169 2633 takes into account all sports.

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•Recipient of the Award in the summer of 2015 Will Spiers, P Camerson, S.C. Bill Spiers, P, 1986 •FCA National Coach of the Year in 2013 Amir Trapp, DB Clemson, S.C. James Trapp, DB, 1989-92 • National Coach of the Year in 2011 Kanyan Tuttle, WR Charlotte, N.C. #Perry Tuttle, WR, 1978-81 •Clemson has won at least 10 games each of the last six years, joining #Denotes played on 1981 National Championship team Alabama as the only FBS schools who can make that claim. •Clemson has finished in the top 25 of both polls each of the last five Clemson National Rankings under Venables years, joining Florida State, Alabama and Oregon on that list. Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables has led the Ti- •Led Clemson to a school record 17 consecutive wins over 2014 and gers defense to some outstanding national rankings over his four years as 2015 seasons. It was longest active streak in the nation by six games. defensive coordinator, especially over the last two years. Clemson ranked •Had streak of 43 straight wins over non-ranked teams (either poll) first in the nation in total defense in 2014, then ranked 10th in 2015. dating to 2011, the second longest active streak of its kind. The 2015 ranking was quite an accomplishment considering Venables •Won the ACC Championship in 2011, 2015 and 2016 and has five lost eight starters from his 2014 defense. ACC Atlantic Division titles in last eight years. Clemson ranked first in the nation in pass efficiency defense •Clemson tied the FBS record for wins in a season with 14 in 2015, in 2014 and 11th in 2015. The Tigers were in the top five in completion and ranked No. 1 in the nation in all six College Football Playoff Polls in percentage defense each of the last two years and in the top four in third 2015. down conversion defense in both 2014 and 2015. Overall, Clemson led •Led Clemson to 69 wins between 2011-16, second most in the nation the nation in 12 different defensive categories in 2014 and ranked in the and most in Clemson history for a six-year period. top 10 in six of those areas in 2015. •Clemson program has been ranked in 90 of the last 97 AP polls, (in- The aggressive approach has paid off for Venables as Clemson cluding poll of 12-5-2016) fourth most in the nation. has led the nation in total tackles for loss each of the last three years •Clemson has 21 wins in its history over teams ranked 10th or better and with 123 in 2013, 131 in 2014 and 126 in 2015. Swinney has been Clemson’s coach for 11 of those games, including wins over No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 8 North Carolina in Clemson National Rankings under Venables 2015 and No.3 Louisville in 2016. 2012 2013 2014 2015 •Clemson had nine players drafted in 2016, second most in the nation. Category Fig Rk Fig Rk Fig Rk Fig Rk Clemson has had four first-round draft choices the last three years Total Defense 396.5 64 356.7 25 260.8 1 313 10 •Swinney has a record of 88-28 for his career and the .759 winning Scoring Defense 24.8 46 22.2 24 16.7 3 21.7 24 percentage is fourth best in ACC history. Rushing Defense 156.2 58 155.7 53 103.4 5 125.3 18 Pass Defense 240.3 73 201.0 16 157.4 2 187.7 17 Clemson Has Two Ties to College Football Playoff Committee Pass Efficiency Def. 131.2 62 114.2 19 98.3 1 109.7 11 Current Clemson Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich and Comp. % Defense .581 46 .533 14 .500 5 .484 2 former Clemson player Bobby Johnson are two of the 12 people on the 3rd Down Defense .340 24 .308 5 .274 1 .277 4 College Football Playoff Committee for 2016. It is the third year on the Yards/Play Allowed 5.65 69 5.03 23 4.03 1 4.85 17 committee for Radakovich and the second year for Johnson. Yds/Rush Allowed 4.18 66 3.73 28 2.97 3 3.54 20 Yds/Pass Att Allowed 7.3 68 6.9 47 5.3 1 6.4 26 2016 College Football Playoff Committee ` Sacks/Game 2.62 21 2.92 13 3.46 6 3.20 4 Kirby Hocutt, Chairman, Director of Athletics, Texas Tech Tackles for Loss/G 6.69 30 9.46 1 10.08 1 8.40 5 , Director of Athletics, Wisconsin First Downs/G 18.8 31 18.0 19 14.2 1 15.0 5 Jeff Bower, former head coach, Southern Mississippi Herb Deromedi, former head coach Central Michigan Watson Moves Into Second on Touchdown Pass List Tom Jernstedt, former NCAA Executive Vice President Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson threw his 50th touch- Bobby Johnson former head coach, Vanderbilt, Furman down pass at Auburn, making him the second man in Clemson history Jeff Long, Director of Athletics, Arkansas with at least 50 scoring passes. Tajh Boyd is the all time leader with Bob Mullens, Director of Athletics, Oregon 107. Dan Radakovich, Director of Athletics, Clemson Watson is also now second in school history in touchdown Condoleezza Rice, Stanford Professor, former Secretary of State responsbility with 112. He has 87 touchdown passes and 25 rushing. Steve Wieberg, former college football reporter, USA Today Tajh Boyd is the ACC record holder with 133. Last year Watson had an , former head coach, Stanford, Notre Dame, Washing- ACC record 47 total touchdowns, 35 passing and 12 rushing. He has 46 ton this year and needs just two against Alabama to set the Clemson mark. Philip Rivers is the only other ACC player with at least 100 touchdowns in terms of touchdowns rushing and passing. The former NC Offspring of Former Tigers State player had 112 between 2000-03. Eight members of the Clemson football team are offspring of former Tiger football players. That includes six players who are sons of mem- Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Passes bers of Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. Two of them, Rk Player Years TD Pass J.D. Davis and Judah Davis, are twin sons of 1981 captain Jeff Davis, 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 107 who is in the College Football Hall of Fame. Kanyan Tuttle is the son of 2. Deshaun Watson 2014-15 87 former Clemson All-American Perry Tuttle, who was on the cover of Sports 3. Charlie Whitehust 2002-05 49 Illustrated the week after Clemson defeated Nebraska for the National 4. Cullen Harper 2005-08 42 Championship. 5. Woodrow Dantzler 1998-01 41 Brian Dawkins, Jr. is the son of former Clemson All-American and 6. Nealon Greene 1994-97 35 NFL great Brian Dawkins. Junior is injured and will red-shirt this year. 7. Kyle Parker 2009-10 32 Amir Trapp is the son of James Trapp, who went on to win a 8. Mike Eppley 1980-84 28 Championship with the . It is interesting to point out that only one of the eight has the same Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Responsibility number as dad had at Clemson. That is Cannon Smith, who has the Rk Player Years Rush Pass * Tot same No. 84 that Bill Smith wore during his career at Clemson. 1. Tajh Boyd 2010-13 26 107 0 133 2. Deshaun Watson 2014-15 25 87 0 112 Offspring of Former Clemson Football Players 3. Woody Dantzler 1998-01 27 41 0 68 Current Player, Pos Hometown Dad (Clemson Years) 4. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 10 49 0 59 J.D. Davis, LB Clemson, S.C #Jeff Davis, LB, 1978-81 5. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 32 1 19 59 Judah Davis, LB Clemson, S.C. #Jeff Davis, LB, 1978-81 6. Travis Zachery 1998-01 41 0 9 50 Brian Dawkins, Jr., DB Parker, Colo. Brian Dawkins, SAF, 1992-95 7. James Davis 2005-08 47 0 2 49 Jarvis Magwood, LB Greenville, S.C. #Frank Magwood, WR, 1979-82 8. Cullen Harper 2005-08 5 42 0 47 Cannon Smith, TE Columbia, S.C. #Bill Smith, DE, 1977-81 9. Steve Fuller 1975-78 22 22 0 44

2016 FOOTBALL NOTES 19 CLEMSON vs. Alabama 10. Nealon Greene 1994-97 8 35 0 43 Expectations Clemson has at least matched its preseason ranking in the USA Clemson Has Played 11 True Freshmen Today coaches poll and AP each of the last five years. That is becoming Clemson played four true freshmen in the win at Auburn and more and more difficult to accomplish in light of some high preseason seven more against Troy. Last year Clemson played 14 true freshmen. rankings in recent years. This year the only way Clemson might do it is Below is a history of true freshman who have appeared in at least one if the Tigers play for the National Championship. Below is a chart of game in a season since 2009, the first year of the Dabo Swinney era. Clemson’s preseason and postseason ranking in each poll since 2011. Dabo Swinney has joined of Kansas State and John Clemson True Freshman to Appear in a Game under Swinney Cooper of Ohio State as the only coaches in history to lead a team to the 2009 (3): Jonathan Meeks (DB), Mallicah Goodman (DE), Corico Hawkins same or better AP postseason ranking than its AP preseason ranking five (Now Wright) LB) consecutive years since preseason polls began in 1950. 2010 (4): Deandre Hopkins (WR), Justin Parker (LB), Martin Jenkins (DB), Darius Robinson (DB) Preseason vs. Postseason Rankings 2011 (12): (WR), Sammy Watkins (WR), Mike Bellamy Poll 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (RB), Tony Steward (LB), (QB), Stephone Anthony (LB), AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US Charone Peake (WR), Robert Smith (S), Grady Jarrett (DT), Corey Craw- AP NR-22 14-11 8-8 16-15 12-2 ford (DE), DeShawn Williams (DT), Adam Humphries (WR). USA NR-22 14-9 8-7 16-15 12-2 2012 (7): Travis Blanks (SS), Zak Brooks (RB), Kevin Dodd (DE), (P), D.J. Reader (DT), Carlos Watkins (DT) Relatively Speaking 2013 (9): Ben Boulware (LB), T.J. Greene (WR), Jadar Johnson (DB), •Starting offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt is the nephew of former (SS), (DE), Jordan Leggett (TE), Cordrea Clemson defensive tackle , who was an All-ACC defensive Tankersley (DB), Korrin Wiggins (LB), Mike Williams (WR) tackle on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. 2014 (5): Adam Choice (RB), Demarre Kitt (WR), Kyrin Priester (WR), •Freshman defensive back is the son of former Artavis Scott (WR), Deshaun Watson (QB). Carolina Panther linebacker Mark Fields, a first-round draft choice of the 2015 (14): (DE), (QB), Deon Cain (WR), in 1995. J.D. Davis (LB), Judah Davis (LB), Mark Fields (DB), Jake Fruhmorgen •J.D. Davis and Judah Davis are the twin sons of former Clem- (OT), (DT), Mitch Hyatt (OT), Ray-Ray McCloud (WR), son All-American and College Football Hall of Famer Jeff Davis. Van Smith (S), Christian Wilkins (DT), Garrett Williams (TE) and Jalen •Tight end Milan Richard is the nephew of former Georgia Williams (LB). All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker. 2016 (11): Dexter Lawrence (DT), Trey Lamar (LB), (LB), •Tight end Cannon Smith is the son of former Clemson defen- K’Von Wallace (DB), Trayvon Mullen (DB), Diondre Overton (WR), Cornell sive end Bill Smith, a starter on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship Powell (WR), Tavien Feaster (RB), Treymayne Anchrum (OT), John Simp- team. son (OG), Sean Pollard (OT), •Tight end Garrett Williams is the son of former Florida State fullback Dayne Williams who helped the Seminoles execute the “puntr- Watson Named to AFCA Goodworks Team ooski” against Clemson in 1988. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named to the All- •Wide receiver and holder is the son of state Insurance Company American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Head Coach . Good Works Team for 2016. The Good Works Team® award is celebrating 25 years of recognizing college football players who dedicate their time to Excelling on Field and in Classroom bettering the community and the lives of others. Clemson is the only school in the nation to rank in the top 10 Watson, the consensus All-American quarterback in 2015, percent of APR scores (four-year averages) and in the final top 25 of both has been significantly involved in Habitat for Humanity since he was polls each of the last five years. The streak of top 25 final rankings on in high school and his time with the Clemson Tigers. Last year he was the field includes four straight years of top 15 final rankings by AP and presented with the Habitat for Humanity’s Next Generation Award. USA Today. Clemson was second on the field and tied for 11th in APR Watson is the fourth Clemson player to be named to the scores in 2015-16 academic year. team. Robert Carswell (1999), (2000) and Xavier Dye (2009) were previous selections. 2011-12 APR Scores Ranking The players named to the Good Works Team® represent the Rk School Conference AP-USA APR sport’s finest in terms of character and leadership, in addition to main- 1. Northwestern Big Ten 995 taining good academic standing. To help announce the landmark year of 2. Boise State WAC 8-5 989 the Good Works Team®, Allstate and the AFCA have also teamed up with Duke ACC 989 two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner and 2009 Allstate 4. Ohio State Big Ten 988 AFCA Good Works Team® member Tim Tebow. 5. Northern Illinois MAC 987 The following players and head coach have been named to 6. Rice Conference USA 986 the 2016 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® from FBS Schools: 7. Clemson ACC 22-22 983 Deshaun Watson (Clemson), Derek McCartney (Colorado), DeV- Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 983 on Edwards (Duke), Alec Eberle (Florida State), Jeb Blazevich (Georgia), 9. Rutgers Big East 982 KeShun Freeman (Georgia Tech), Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea (Hawaii), 10. Air Force Mountain West 980 Mike Caprara (Pittsburgh), Caylin Moore (TCU), Dane Evans (Tulsa), Oren Burks (Vanderbilt), and Zach Terrell (Western Michigan). 2012-13 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR Top 25 Teams Each of Last Five Years 1. Northwestern Big Ten 996 Clemson has finished each of the last five seasons in the top 2. Boise State WAC 18-14 993 25 of both polls. Clemson, Alabama, Oregon and Florida State are the 3. Duke ACC 989 only schools in the nation to finish in the top 25 of both polls every year 4. Clemson ACC 11-9 985 since 2011. That includes a top 15 or better final ranking each of the Wisconsin Big Ten 985 last four years when the Tigers have had a 46-8 record, the best four year 6. Georgia Tech ACC 983 mark in Clemson history. 7. Boston College ACC 982 Missouri SEC 982 School 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Ohio State Big Ten 3-NR 982 AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US Clemson 22-22 11-9 8-7 15-15 12-2 2013-14 APR Scores Ranking Alabama 1-1 1-1 7-8 4-4 1-1 Rk School Conference AP-USA APR Oregon 4-4 2-2 9-9 2-2 19-20 1. Duke ACC 23-22 992 Florida State 23-23 10-8 1-1 5-6 14-14 2. Northwestern Big Ten 991

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3. Wisconsin Big Ten 22-21 989 Bradley Pinion P 2nd 2012-14 4. Boise State WAC 988 D.J. Reader DT R 2012-15 Utah State Mountain West 988 Coty Sensabaugh DB 5 2008-11 6. Stanford Pac 12 11-10 984 Tyler Shatley OG 3rd 2010-13 7. Clemson ACC 8-7 983 +C.J. Spiller RB 7th 2006-09 Georgia Tech ACC 983 $Brandon Thomas OT 2nd 2010-13 9. Boston College ACC 981 @Brandon Thompson DT 5th 2008-11 10. Missouri SEC 5-5 980 Sammy Watkins WR Buffalo Bills 3rd 2011-13 Nebraska Big Ten NR-25 980 +Charlie Whitehurst QB 11th 2002-05 Rutgers Big Ten 980 Deshawn Williams DT Cincinnati Bengals 2nd 2011-14 South Carolina SEC 4-4 980 #Suspended List, @Injured Reserve,+ no longer with team. $Denotes 2014-15 APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR Clemson Has Positive Ranking by Wall Street Journal for Third Straight 1. Wisconsin Big Ten 13-18 998 Year 2. Duke ACC 992 Each year the Wall Street Journal publishes its Grid of Shame. Northwestern Big Ten 992 It is a grid with four quadrants that take into account a team’s perfor- 4. Michigan Big Ten 990 mance on and off the field. Some of the off the field considerations are 5. Stanford Pac 12 987 the school’s APR ranking, graduation rate, NCAA probation history and 6. Utah State Mountain West 985 player arrests. Nebraska Big Ten 985 The goal of college football programs is to be in the upper right 8. Clemson ACC 15-15 984 quadrant of the grid at the intersection of Powerhouse on the field and 9. Boise State WAC 16-20 981 Admirable reputation off the field. Army Independent 981 This year 14 programs were in the upper right quadrant, in- cluding Clemson, who was the team furthest to the right, which meant it 2015-16 APR Scores Ranking was the top program on the field among the programs who are considered Rk School Conference AP-USA APR to have admirable qualities off the field. 1. Duke ACC 995 This marks the third consecutive time the WSJ did the grid 2. Minnesota Big Ten 992 that Clemson has been listed in the upper right quadrant. Clemson, Northwestern Big Ten 992 Stanford, Washington, Michigan State, Florida, Michigan, Iowa, Boise Wisconsin Big Ten 21-21 992 State and UCLA are the nine schools who have been in the upper right 5. Vanderbilt SEC 990 quadrant each of the last three times the WSJ has done the grid. 6. Army Independent 989 Michigan Big Ten 12-11 989 Clemson Gains Overtime Win vs. NC State 8. Georgia Tech ACC 987 Clem defeated NC State in overtime on October 15, 24-17. It was Air Force Mountain West 987 10. North Texas 984 ovrtime win at home since 2004 when the Tigers defeated Wake Forest. 11. Clemson ACC 2-2 983 Clemson’s virst overtime win since 2009 at Miami. It was the first Clemson Stanford Pac 12 3-3 983 Clemson in Overtime (7-6) Central Florida AAC 983 Date Opponent Site W-L CU-Opp OTs Utah Mountain West 17-16 983 11-8-97 Duke H W 29-20 1 9-29-01 Georgia Tech A W 47-44 1 10-11-03 Virginia H W 30-27 1 Former Clemson Players in the NFL during 2016 season. 9-4-04 Wake Forest H W 37-30 2 (As of December 13, 2016, 39 players) 11-6-04 Miami (Fla.) A W 24-17 1 Name Pos Team NFL CU Years 9-17-05 Miami (Fla.) H L 30-36 3

Dwayne Allen TE 5th 2008-11 9-24-05 Boston College H L 13-16 1 MacKenzie Alexander DB R 2014-15 9-9-06 Boston College A L 33-34 2 Stephone Anthony LB New Orleans Saints 2nd 2011-14 12-31-07 Auburn N1 L 20-23 1 $Isaiah Battle OT 2nd 2012-14 10-24-09 Miami (Fla.) A W 40-37 1 @Tavaris Barnes DE 2nd 2011-14 9-18-10 Auburn A L 24-27 1 DE 2nd 2011-14 9-20-14 Florida State A L 17-23 1 Andre Branch DE 5th 2008-11 10-15-16 NC State H W 24-17 1 Bashaun Breeland DB Washington Redskins 3rd 2011-13 $+Zak Brooks RB Seattle Seahawks R 2013-15 Clemson’s Record under Dabo Swinney…. Jaron Brown WR 4th 2009-12 Category 2016 Overall #Martavis Bryant WR Pittsburgh Steelers 3rd 2011-13 All Games 13-1 88-28 Chandler Catanzaro PK Arizona Cardinals 3rd 2010-13 Scoring First 10-0 66-18 Kevin Dodd DE R 2012-15 Leading end of 1st Quarter 10-0 58-10 Andre Ellington RB Arizona Cardinals 4th 2009-12 Tied end of 1st Quarter 3-1 15-5 Dalton Freeman C Buffalo Bills 4th 2009-12 Trailing end of 1st Quarter 0-0 14-13 Marcus Gilchrist SS New York Jets 6th 2007-10 Leading at half 13-1 74-8 Malliciah Goodman DE Atlanta Falcons 4th 2009-12 Tied at Half 0-0 5-2 B.J. Goodson LB New York Giants R 2012-15 Trailing at Half 0-0 9-18 T.J. Green Saf Indianapolis Colts R 2013-15 Leading end of 3rd Quarter 12-1 78-5 Chris Hairston OT San Diego Chargers 6th 2007-10 Tied at end of 3rd Quarter 0-0 3-2 DeAndre Hopkins WR Houston Texans 4th 2010-12 Trail end of 3rd Quarter 1-0 7-21 Adam Humphries WR Tampa Bay Bucs 2nd 2011-14 Overtime 1-0 2-2 Jayron Kearse DB Minnesota Vikings R 2013-15 Grady Jarrett DT Atlanta Falcons 2nd 2011-14 More Total Offense 12-1 79-7 Jarvis Jenkins DE 6th 2007-10 500 Yards Total Offense 6-1 38-2 Shaq Lawson DE Buffalo Bills R 2013-15 More Rushing Yards 9-0 64-7 CB Miami Dolphins 6th 2007-10 More Passing Yards 13-1 71-16 Jonathan Meeks SS Buffalo Bills 4th 2009-12 More First Downs 12-0 73-5 Charone Peake WR New York Jets R 2011-15 Winning Time of Possession 9-1 51-6

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Winning Turnover Margin 6-0 48-4 Final 2016 Heisman Trophy Voting Tying Turnover Margin 3-0 20-7 Rk Name School 1st 2nd 3rd Total Losing Turnover Margin 4-1 20-17 1. Lamar Jackson Louisville 526 251 64 2,144 Rushing for 200+ Yards 6-0 39-1 2. Deshaun Watson Clemson 269 302 113 1,524 Having 100+ yard rusher 5-0 34-7 Passing for 300+ Yards 7-1 41-5 4. Dede Westbrook Oklahoma 7 49 90 209 5.3. JabrillBaker MayfieldPeppers MichiganOklahoma 1126 4572 13985 208361 August 0-0 1-1 6. Jake Browning Washington 3 41 91 182 September 4-0 24-5 7. Alabama 17 21 39 132 October 4-0 28-7 8. D’Onta Foreman Texas 6 21 71 131 November 3-1 26-10 9. Christian McCaffrey Stanford 10 17 39 103 December 2-0 8-2 10. Dalvin Cook Florida State 3 15 28 67 January 0-0 1-3 Donnel Pumphrey San Diego State 4 12 31 67

Wilkins Finalist for Nagurski Award Watson Had More 1st Place Votes Than 15 Previous Heisman Winners Clemson sophomore defensive lineman Christian Wilkins has The Heisman Trophy race this year was a two man race between been named one of five finalists for the 2016 Bronko Nagurski Trophy. two quarterbacks from the same conference. Lamar Jackson of Louisville The Award is presented each year to the nation’s top defensive playe by - the Charlotte Touchdown Club in conjunction with the Football Writers Association. won theawardThis with marked 526 just first the place second votes time and that 2144 two total quarterbacks points, while from De the The finalists are Wilkins, Alabama defensive end Jonathan shaun Watson had 269 first place votes and 1,524 total points. Allen, Alabama linebacker , Florida State defensive back year was 2008 when Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and Colt McCoy of Texas Tavarus McFadden, and Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers. same conference finished one-two in the Heisman voting. The only other Wilkins has 45 tackles this season, including a team best 11 A total of 899 people voted for the Heisman Trophy and 795 of tackles for loss. He has added 3.5 sacks, five pass deflections and 16 themfinished voted one-two. for either Jackson or Watson, meaning 88 percent of the voters quarterback pressures. He was a big reason Clemson has won some of its most important games this year. He had seven tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss at Auburn, had seven tackles, including 1.5 tackles for filed for one of the two ACC quarterbacks. loss against Louisville, and 1.5 tackles for loss at Florida State. He had a Heisman TrophyWatson’s winners. 269 first-place That includes votes recentwere the winners sixth most Mark by Ingram a of season high eight tackles at Boston College. Alabama,second-place Mark finisher Leinart and of Southernmore first Cal place and votes Carson than Palmer 15 of ofthe Southern previous Cal. The native of Springfield, Mass. has also been a contributor on special teams and offense. He caught a one yard touchdown pass Heisman Winners Less First-Place Votes than Watson against Troy, and had a 10-yard run on a fake field goal in a win over NC Year Name School FP Votes Total State. He is also a part of Clemson’s short-yardage “Jumbo Package” on 1954 Alan Ameche Wisconsin 241 1068 offense. 1956 Paul Hornung Notre Dame 197 1066 The keynote address for the banquet will be given by Duke 1957 John David Crowe Texas A&M 241 1,183 University Head Football Coach, . United States Naval 1961 Ernie Davis Syracuse 179 824 Academy legend from the Class of 1975, Chet Moeller, will receive this 1962 Terry Baker Oregon State 172 707 year’s Bronko Nagurski Legends Award presented by Florida East Coast 1965 Mike Garrett Southern Cal 179 926 Railway and the inaugural Defender of the Nation Award presented by 1973 John Cappellitti Penn State 229 1057 The Independence Fund will go to West Point’s Andrew King. 1978 Billy Sims Oklahoma 151 827 1980 George Rogers South Carolina 216 1,128 Watson Finishes Second in Heisman Trophy 1989 Andre Ware Houston 242 1,073 1997 Eddie George Ohio State 268 1,460 Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson in the Heisman Trophy balloting 2002 Eric Crouch Nebraska 162 770 released SaturdayClemson night quarterback by the Heisman Deshaun Trust Watson in New finished York secondCity. It to marked 2003 Southern Cal 242 1,328 2005 Matt Leinart Southern Cal 267 1,325 of the voting of over 900 media from around the nation. 2010 Mark Ingram Alabama 227 1,304 the second consecutive year the Tiger signal caller finished in the top three 2016 Deshaun Watson Clemson 269 1,524 Watson finished with 1524 points as he had 269 first-place votes, Note: All years above had at least 900 voters third-place.302 second-place votes and 113 third-place votes. Jackson was first with 2144 total points off 526 first-place votes, 251 second-place votes and 64 Seven Tigers Named to All-America Teams points, his Oklahoma receiver teammate Dede Westbrook was fourth with A school record seven Clemson football players have been Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was third with 361 total named to various 2016 All-America teams. Ben Boulware, Jordan Leggett, Watson will lead the Tigers in the College Football Playoff against Cordrea Tankersley, Carlos Wakins, Deshaun Watson, Christian Wilkins and Ohio209 and State Michigan at the PlayStation defender Jabril Fiesta Peppers Bowl in was Glendale, fifth with Arizona 209. December 31. squads over eight teams that have been announced in recent days. for the National Championship. Mike WilliamsThe haveseven all different been named players to recognizedvarious first, is secondone more or thirdthan theteam He is the only one of the Heisman finalists who will have a chance to play for a runnerup and his 1524 points ranked 10th most by a runnerup. The Watson’s 269 first place votes rank as the sixth most in history All-Americasix selected onteams. last year’s team that finished second in the nation. The was the widest in the 81-year history of the award. 1981 NationalThe ChampionshipAssociated Press team announced had five differentits All-America players team selected on Monday to margin between Watson’s second place ranking and Mayfield’s third place most in history. The 2015 team had four players make the Associated Press player to beWatson invited is to the New first York ACC for player the ceremony to finish in in the consecutive top three years.of the team.and five This different year Deshaun Clemson Watson, players Benwere Boulware named over and theCarlos three Watkins teams, made the Heisman TrophyEarlier voting this week, in consecutive Watson beat years. out Jackson He was foralso the the Davey first ACC O’Brien the second team, while Christian Wilkins and Cordrea Tankersely were Award. It was the second consecutive year he had won the honor. He also third team selections. won the Unitas Award as the top senior quarterback in the nation on Friday. Last year he won the Manning Award, which takes into account perfor- Football Writers Association and Phil Steele announced Friday. Wilkins Wilkins was named first-team All-American according to the Watson has joined Colt McCoy of Texas and of defensive player in college football. Cordrea Tankersely was recognized as Oregonmance in as bowl the only games. players He is to a win finalist the forO’Brien, that award Unitas also and thisManning year. quarter- was also a finalist for the Nagurski Award, which is presented to the top back awards over a career. Mike Williams has been named a second team All-American a first-team All-American by USA Today last Friday.

22 2016 FOOTBALL NOTES CLEMSON vs. Alabama by Walter Camp, Phil Steele and SB Nation, while Ben Boulware has been named a second team All-American by Football Writers, Walter Camp, USA Today, Phil Steele and Associated Press.

Trophy on Saturday, is the second team All-America quarterback by Associ- ated Press,Deshaun Walter Camp, Watson, Sports who Illustrated finished second and Sporting in voting News. for the Heisman

Clemson All-American Teams Selections Summary Ben Boulware (LB)—Football Writers (2), AFCA (1),Walter Camp (2), USA Today (2), Associated Press (2), Phil Steele (2) Jordan Leggett (TE)—AFCA (2), Phil Steele (3) Cordrea Tankersley (CB)—USA Today (1), Associated Press (3), Phil Steele (4) Carlos Watkins (DT)—Associated Press (2), Phil Steele (4) Deshaun Watson (QB)—Scout.com (1), Associated Press (2), AFCA (2), Walter Camp (2), Sports Illustrated (2), Sporting News (2), Phil Steele (3) Christian Wilkins (DE)—Football Writers (1), AFCA (1), Phil Steele (1), Walter Camp (2), USA Today (2), Sporting News (2), SB Nation (2), Associat- ed Press (3) Mike Williams (WR)—Walter Camp (2), SB Nation (2), Phil Steele (2)

Freshman All-American Dexter Lawrence—ESPN (1), USA Today (1)

Records Held by Jordan Leggett Tight end Jordan Leggett has to be considered among the best

Clemsontight ends history. in Clemson history. He has been a Mackey Award finalist each of the last twoA years,two-time one All-American, of the few two Leggett time finalists has established for a position six Clemson award in records for the tight end position, including career receptions, reception

100-yard receiving games by Clemson tight ends and he has two of them, bothyards against and touchdowns Florida State by aover Tiger the at last that two position. seasons., There have been just five

*Most reception yards in a game, 122 vs. Florida State, 2016 *Most reception yards in a season, 637 *Most reception touchdowns in a career, 18 *Most receptions in a career, 104 *Most reception yards in a career, 1499 *Most consecutive games with a touchdown reception, 5

Players of the Game Each game the Clemson coaching staff meets to select the Clem- son Players of the Game on offense, defense and special teams. The game by game results are below.

Opponent Offense Defense Special Auburn Taylor Hearn Christian Wilkins Seth Ryan Troy Ray-Ray McCloud Kendall Joseph Greg Huegel SC State Deshaun Watson Entire Defense McCloud. D. Johnson Georgia Tech Ray-Ray McCloud Carter, Watkins, V. Smith Chad Smith Louisville Wayne Gallman Boulware, J. Johnson Artavis Scott Boston College Deshaun Watson Van Smith James Skalski NC State Mitch Hyatt Edmond, Watkins Christian Wilkins Florida State Jordan Leggett Clelin Ferrell Huegel, C. Smith Syracuse Nick Schuessler Entire Defense Pittsburgh Mike Williams Dorian O’Daniel Dexter Lawrence Wake Forest Wayne Gallman Kendall Joseph Artavis Scott South Carolina Entire Offense Ben Boulware Chad Smith Virginia Tech Deshaun Watson Clelin Ferrell Denzel Johnson Ohio State Deshaun Watson Watson, Ferrell Andy Teasdall

2016 FOOTBALL NOTES 23 2016 HONORS & AWARDS #10 BEN BOULWARE, LB DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRENT VENABLES • Jack Lambert Award winner • Frank Broyles Award winner • Second-Team All-American by AFCA • Second-Team All-American by FWAA #94 CARLOS WATKINS, DT • Second-Team All-American by Phil Steele • First-Team All-American by CBS Sports • Second-Team All-American by USA Today • Second-Team All-American by Associated Press • Second-Team All-American by Walter Camp • Fourth-Team All-American by Phil Steele • Third-Team All-American by Associated Press • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year (coaches) • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) #4 DESHAUN WATSON, QB • Midseason First-Team All-American by USA Today • Davey O'Brien Award winner • Bednarik Award Player of the Week vs. Louisville • Chic Harley Award winner • Nagurski Award Player of the Week vs. Louisville • Johnny Unitas Award winner • Lott Trophy Impact Player of the Week vs. Louisville • National Offensive Player of the Year by Scout • ACC Linebacker of the Week vs. Louisville • Heisman Trophy finalist • Manning Award finalist ASSISTANT COACH DAN BROOKS • Walter Camp Player of the Year finalist • FBS Assistant Coach of the Year (AFCA) • Maxwell Award semifinalist • Second-Team All-American by AFCA #55 TYRONE CROWDER, OG • Second-Team All-American by Associated Press • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Second-Team All-American by Sporting News • ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week vs. Florida State • Second-Team All-American by Sports Illustrated • Second-Team All-American by Walter Camp #99 CLELIN FERRELL, DE • Third-Team All-American by Phil Steele • Fiesta Bowl Most Valuable Defensive Player • Second-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Fiesta Bowl Most Valuable Offensive Player #9 WAYNE GALLMAN, RB • ACC Championship Game Most Valuable Player • Second-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week vs. Louisville, Florida State #57 JAY GUILLERMO, C • Davey O'Brien Great 8 Performer vs. Louisville, NC • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) State, Florida State • ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week vs. Louisville • Manning Award Star of the Week vs. South Carolina • Walter Camp Player of the Week vs. Louisville #61 TAYLOR HEARN, OG • ACC Offensive Back of the Week vs. Louisville, South • ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week vs. Auburn Carolina • College Football Performance Awards Honorable Men- #92 GREG HUEGEL, PK tion National Performer of the Week vs. South Caro- • Lou Groza Award semifinalist lina • Second-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

#75 MITCH HYATT, OT #42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS, DL • First-Team All-ACC (media) • First-Team All-American by AFCA • Second-Team All-ACC (coaches) • First-Team All-American by FWAA • First-Team All-American by Phil Steele #18 JADAR JOHNSON, S • Second-Team All-American by SB Nation • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Second-Team All-American by Sporting News • Second-Team All-American by USA Today #90 DEXTER LAWRENCE, DT • Second-Team All-American by Walter Camp • Freshman All-American by ESPN • Third-Team All-American by Associated Press • Freshman All-American by USA Today • Nagurski Trophy finalist • ACC Defensive Freshman of the Year (media, coaches) • Bednarik Award semifinalist • Second-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Second-Team All-ACC (media) • Defensive Rookie of the Year by Pro Football Focus • Third-Team All-ACC (coaches) • Midseason First-Team All-American by CBS Sports, #16 JORDAN LEGGETT, TE ESPN & Fox Sports • John Mackey Award finalist • Second-Team All-American by AFCA #7 MIKE WILLIAMS, WR • Second-Team All-American by CBS Sports • Second-Team All-American by Phil Steele • Third-Team All-American by Phil Steele • Second-Team All-American by SB Nation • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • Second-Team All-American by Walter Camp • ACC Wide Receiver of the Week vs. Florida State • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches) • ACC Wide Receiver of the Week vs. Pittsburgh #3 ARTAVIS SCOTT, WR • Second-Team All-ACC (coaches) • Third-Team All-ACC (media)

#23 VAN SMITH, S • Third-Team All-ACC (coaches)

#25 CORDREA TANKERSLEY, CB • First-Team All-American by Pro Football Focus • First-Team All-American by USA Today • Third-Team All-American by Associated Press • Fourth-Team All-American by Phil Steele • Bednarik Award semifinalist • Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist • First-Team All-ACC (media, coaches)

DEPTH CHARTS

CLEMSON OFFENSE ALABAMA OFFENSE Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. LT 75 MITCH HYATT 6-5 295 So. LT 74 6-6 310 Jr. 73 Tremayne Anchrum 6-2 290 Fr. 77 Matt Womack 6-7 316 *Fr. LG 51 TAYLOR HEARN 6-5 325 *So. LG 71 6-4 304 *So. 74 John Simpson 6-4 315 Fr. 59 Dallas Warmack 6-2 299 So. C 57 JAY GUILLERMO 6-3 310 *Sr. C 75 6-5 319 *Jr. 50 Justin Falcinellli 6-4 315 *So. 73 J.C. Hassenauer 6-2 299 Jr. RG 55 TYRONE CROWDER 6-2 340 *Jr. RG 78 KORREN KIRVEN 6-4 311 *Sr. 69 Maverick Morris 6-4 305 *Jr. 67 Josh Casher 6-1 287 *So. RT 76 SEAN POLLARD 6-5 315 Fr. 56 Brandon Kennedy 6-3 301 *Fr. 69 Maverick Morris 6-4 305 *Jr. RT 73 6-5 296 Fr. TE 16 JORDAN LEGGETT 6-5 260 Sr. 66 6-4 319 So. 44 Garrett Williams 6-3 245 So. TE 84 6-5 256 So. or 80 Milan Richard 6-3 260 *So. 89 6-5 295 *Sr. or 84 Cannon Smith 6-5 265 *So. TE-H 88 O.J. HOWARD 6-6 251 Sr. WR 7 MIKE WILLIAMS 6-3 225 *Jr. 87 Miller Forristall 6-5 225 Fr. 8 Deon Cain 6-1 210 So. WR-X 13 ArDARIUS STEWART 6-1 204 *Jr. QB 4 DESHAUN WATSON 6-3 215 Jr. 17 6-5 203 Jr. 12 Nick Schuessler 6-4 200 *Gr. 7 6-2 195 Fr. 2 Kelly Bryant 6-3 215 So. QB 2 6-2 209 Fr. RB 9 WAYNE GALLMAN 6-0 210 *Jr. 18 Cooper Bateman 6-3 220 *Jr. 27 C.J. Fuller 5-10 215 *So. RB 34 5-11 214 So. or 26 Adam Choice 5-9 210 *So. 9 6-2 228 So. or 28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 210 Fr. 25 5-10 204 Fr. or 22 Tyshon Dye 5-11 220 *Jr. WR-Z 3 6-1 188 So. WR 13 HUNTER RENFROW 5-11 180 *So. 1 Robert Foster 6-2 191 *Jr. 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 5-10 180 So. 81 Derek Kief 6-4 200 *So. WR 3 ARTAVIS SCOTT 5-10 190 Jr. WR-H 11 GEHRIG DIETER 6-3 207 Sr. 17 6-0 200 Fr. or 3 CALVIN RIDLEY 6-1 188 So. 19 Xavian Marks 5-8 166 So. CLEMSON DEFENSE Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. ALABAMA DEFENSE DE 42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS 6-4 310 So. Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. 49 Richard Yeargin 6-5 260 *So. DE 93 JONATHAN ALLEN 6-3 291 Sr. DT 94 CARLOS WATKINS 6-3 305 *Sr. 9 Da'Shawn Hand 6-4 280 Jr. 67 Albert Huggins 6-3 305 So. NG 94 Da'RON PAYNE 6-2 319 So. DT 90 DEXTER LAWRENCE 6-5 340 Fr. 69 6-4 315 Jr. 56 Scott Pagano 6-3 295 *Jr. DE 54 6-3 305 *Sr. DE 99 CLELIN FERRELL 6-5 265 *Fr. 44 Dakota Ball 6-3 268 *Sr. 91 Austin Bryant 6-4 265 So. JLB 56 TIM WILLIAMS 6-4 252 Sr. SLB 6 DORIAN O’DANIEL 6-1 215 *Jr. 33 6-3 264 *Fr. 30 Jalen Williams 5-10 215 So. or 24 Terrell Hall 6-5 247 Fr. MLB 34 KENDALL JOSEPH 6-0 230 *So. SLB 22 RYAN ANDERSON 6-2 253 *Sr. 57 6-3 240 Fr. 47 Christian Miller 6-4 230 *So. WLB 10 BEN BOULWARE 6-0 235 Sr. or 16 Jamey Mosley 6-5 228 *So. 33 J.D. Davis 6-2 225 So. MLB 32 6-3 231 Jr. CB 31 RYAN CARTER 5-9 180 *Jr. 42 Keith Holcombe 6-4 227 *So. 29 Marcus Edmond 6-0 175 *Jr. WLB 10 REUBEN FOSTER 6-1 228 Sr. SS 18 JADAR JOHNSON 6-0 210 Sr. 30 6-2 244 Fr. 14 Denzel Johnson 6-0 195 *Fr. CB 26 6-1 196 *So. FS 23 VAN SMITH 5-11 195 So. 5 Shyheim Carter 6-0 190 Fr. 12 K'Von Wallace 6-0 190 Fr. SS 29 6-1 203 So. CB 25 CORDREA TANKERSLEY 6-1 200 Sr. 6 Hootie Jones 6-2 215 Jr. 2 Mark Fields 5-10 180 So. FS 15 6-3 216 So. 1 Trayvon Mullen 6-2 185 Fr. 8 6-0 200 Fr. STAR 2 TONY BROWN 6-0 198 Jr. CLEMSON SPECIALISTS 5 Shyheim Carter 6-0 190 Fr. Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. CB 28 6-0 183 *Jr. PK 92 GREG HUEGEL 5-11 195 *So. 2 Tony Brown 6-0 198 Jr. 47 Alex Spence 6-1 195 *So. 39 Levi Wallace 6-0 170 Jr. P 32 ANDY TEASDALL 5-11 190 *Gr. 13 Hunter Renfrow 5-11 180 *So. ALABAMA SPECIALISTS KO 92 Greg Huegel 5-11 195 *So. Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. 47 Alex Spence 6-1 195 *So. PK 99 ADAM GRIFFITH 5-10 191 *Sr. LS 62 David Estes 6-0 200 *Sr. 92 Andy Pappanastos 5-11 198 *Jr. 52 Austin Spence 6-2 195 *Fr. P 15 JK SCOTT 6-6 202 Jr. H 85 Seth Ryan 6-0 180 *Jr. KO 99 Adam Griffith 5-10 191 *Sr. PR 3 Artavis Scott 5-10 190 Jr. 92 Andy Pappanastos 5-11 198 *Jr. 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 5-10 180 So. LS 55 6-2 235 Sr. KOR 3 Artavis Scott 5-10 190 Jr. 52 Scott Meyer 6-2 222 Fr. & 27 C.J. Fuller 5-10 215 *So. H 18 Cooper Bateman 6-3 220 *Jr. 28 Tavien Feaster 5-11 210 Fr. 15 JK Scott 6-6 202 Jr. PR 7 Trevon Diggs 6-2 195 Fr. * - spent one season as a redshirt player 19 Xavian Marks 5-8 166 So. KOR 13 ArDarius Stewart 6-1 204 *Jr. & 11 Gehrig Dieter 6-3 207 Sr. 19 Xavian Marks 5-8 166 So. & 7 Trevon Diggs 6-2 195 Fr.

* - spent one season as a redshirt player

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

GAME STATS #1 CLEMSON 40 Clemson 14 0 10 16 40 Alabama 7 7 7 24 45

ALA Henry 50 Run (Griffith Kick) 1st, 7:55, 3-59 CU Renfrow 31 Pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:18 , 6-54 CU Renfrow 11 Pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 0:00, 7-73 #2 ALABAMA 45 ALA Henry 1 Run (Griffith Kick) 2nd, 9:35, 7-42 ALA Howard 53 Pass from Coker (Griffith Kick), 12:53, 3-64 CU Huegel 37 FG, 3rd 10:10, 9-55 CU Gallman 1 Run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 4:48, 9-60 JAN. 11, 2016 • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM • GLENDALE, ARIZ. ALA Griffith 33 FG, 4th, 10:34, 8-64 ALA Howard 51 Pass from Coker, 4th, 9:45, 2-50 CU Huegel 31 FG, 4th, 7:47, 6-61 ALA Drake 95 Kickoff Return, 4th 7:31 Clemson fought valiantly and held a fourth-quarter Watson was intercepted on the Tigers’ ensuing pos- CU Scott 15 Pass from Watson (Watson Rush Failed) 4th, 4:40, 8-75 lead, but late special teams plays by Alabama proved to session, which gave Alabama great field position. The ALA Henry 1 Run (Griffith Kick) 1:07, 8-75 be the difference in Monday’s College Football Playoff Tide took advantage, with Henry plunging in from a yard CU Leggett 24 Pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 4th, 0:12, 6-68 National Championship Game as the Crimson Tide out with 9:35 remaining in the second quarter. Neither Attendance - 75,765 Weather - Indoors prevailed, 45-40. The Tigers finished the terrific 2015 team scored again, with Alabama blocking a 44-yard season with a 14-1 record. field goal attempt by Greg Huegel in the final seconds. Team Statistics ALA CU First Downs 18 31 “What a year,” said Head Coach Dabo Swinney. “I’m The Crimson Tide posted the opening score after Rushing 46-138 38-145 incredibly proud of our team. Obviously we wanted to win halftime. Following a Clemson three-and-out, Passing 16-25-0 30-47-1 the game and we came up a little short, but at least the lofted a 53-yard touchdown pass to O.J. Howard after Passing Yards 335 405 nation saw tonight why we’ve been so successful. This busted coverage allowed him to run wide open down the Total Offense 71-473 85-550 was a team that had incredible will to win and heart, and right sideline. Yards/Play 6.7 6.5 gave us everything that they had. It won’t be 34 years As he did all night, Watson had the answer. First, he Return Yards 208 90 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 before we’re going to be back, I promise you that.” drove the Tigers down for a field goal. Then, he weaved Turnovers 0 1 Deshaun Watson was brilliant in defeat, accounting through traffic time and again to set up Clemson’s go- Penalties 2-21 4-27 for a career-high 478 yards of total offense and four ahead score, a one-yard rushing touchdown by Wayne Interception Returns 1-0 0-0 touchdowns through the air. The sophomore signal-caller Gallman that made the lead 24-21 heading into the final Punt Returns 1-12 2-22 finished in fine fashion, becoming the first quarterback in quarter of play. Kickoff Returns 5-196 3-68 FBS history with at least 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 Alabama tied it on a field goal early in the period, and Punting 7-42.4 6-44.2 Third-Down Conversions 9-18 6-14 rushing yards in a season. Defensively, Kevin Dodd was then executed a perfect surprise onside kick to recover Sacks 2-14 5-31 a bright spot with a career-high five tackles for loss. at midfield. Two plays later, the Tide went up 31-24 on Time of Possession 30:31 29:29 The Tigers lost for the first time in their history when a second touchdown pass from Coker to Howard. producing at least 500 yards of total offense. Clemson After the lead stretched to 38-27 on the kickoff Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) finished with 550 yards to Alabama’s 473, but the return for a touchdown, Watson went back to work. He ALA Henry 36-158-3, Drake 1-1, Coker 8-(-20)-0 Crimson Tide scored on a kickoff return for touchdown got Clemson in scoring position, and hit Artavis Scott CU Watson 20-73, Gallman 14-45-1, Scott 2-19, Brooks 1-4, McCloud 1-4 in the fourth quarter that provided momentum. Heisman and Jordan Leggett on easy touchdown completions that Trophy winner finished with 36 carries for cut the deficit to 45-40, but it was too late for a Tiger Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) 158 yards for the Tide. comeback. ALA Coker 16-25-335-0-2 Henry struck first, scoring on a 50-yard scamper CU Watson 30-47-405-1-4 in which he went untouched over the right side of the defense. But Clemson answered quickly when Watson Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) found former walk-on Hunter Renfrow on a beautiful ALA Ridley 6-14, Howard 5-208-2, Stewart 2-63, Drake 2-21, Mullaney 1-29 31-yard pass into the right corner of the endzone to CU Renfrow 7-88-2, Peake 6-99, Leggett 5-78-1, Brooks knot the score at 7-7. The two connected again a drive 4-39, Scott 4-33-1, Gallman 3-61, McCloud 1-7 later when Watson hit him in the middle of the endzone to give the Tigers a 14-7 cushion after the first quarter. Punt Returns (PR-Yards) Renfrow finished with a season-high seven catches. ALA Jones 1-12 CU Scott 2-22

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) ALA Drake 5-196 CU Scott 2-59, Richard 1-9

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) ALA Jackson 1-0 CU None

Tackle Leaders CU Goodson 14, Green 13, Dodd 7

Sacks CU Dodd 3-20, Lawson 2-1

Tackles For Loss CU Dodd 5-26, Lawson 2-11, Tankersley 1-2, Watkins 1-1

@ClemsonFB 2015 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com STATS 13-1 OVERALL, 7-1 ACC, 6-1 HOME, 5-0 AWAY, 2-0 NEUTRAL, 4-1 DAY, 9-0 NIGHT, 1-0 OVERTIME TEAM STATS OFFENSIVE STATS CU Opp. # RUSHING G-S Car Gain Loss Net Y/C TD LG Y/G 9 Wayne Gallman 14-14 214 1115 28 1087 5.1 16 59 77.6 SCORING 553 239 4 Deshaun Watson 14-14 145 672 89 583 4.0 8 33 41.6 Points Per Game 39.5 17.1 28 Tavien Feaster 11-0 37 234 13 221 6.0 2 45 20.1 Points Off Turnovers 86 60 27 C.J. Fuller 14-0 46 209 1 208 4.5 0 27 14.9 26 Adam Choice 11-0 45 168 10 158 3.5 0 16 14.4 FIRST DOWNS 372 239 22 Tyshon Dye 7-0 21 112 3 109 5.2 1 17 15.6 Rushing 125 92 12 Nick Schuessler 6-0 9 50 19 31 3.4 0 19 5.2 Passing 216 111 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13-5 5 34 6 28 5.6 0 17 2.2 2 Kelly Bryant 4-0 12 39 17 22 1.8 1 27 5.5 Penalty 31 36 3 Artavis Scott 14-14 5 11 0 11 2.2 0 5 0.8 RUSHING YARDAGE 2452 1723 42 Christian Wilkins 14-14 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 0.7 Yards gained rushing 2656 2233 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0 TEAM -- 9 0 18 -18 -2.0 0 0 -1.6 Yards lost rushing 204 510 CLEMSON 14-14 550 2656 204 2452 4.5 28 59 175.1 Rushing Attempts 550 491 Opponents 14-14 491 2233 510 1723 3.5 17 70 123.1 Average Per Rush 4.5 3.5 # PASSING G-S Eff. Cm-Att-I Cm% Yds TD LG Y/G Average Per Game 175.1 123.1 4 Deshaun Watson 14-14 151.80 352-523-17 67.3 4173 38 65 298.1 TDs Rushing 28 17 12 Nick Schuessler 6-0 184.72 23-33-0 69.7 334 3 45 55.7 PASSING YARDAGE 4589 2573 2 Kelly Bryant 4-0 148.13 6-9-0 66.7 48 1 15 12.0 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 152.50 4-4-0 100.0 25 0 17 12.5 Comp-Att-Int 386-572-17 238-451-20 TEAM -- 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Pass 8.0 5.7 18 James Barnes 1-0 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 9.0 Average Per Catch 11.9 10.8 CLEMSON 14-14 153.16 386-572-17 67.5 4589 42 65 327.8 Opponents 14-14 100.61 238-451-20 52.8 2573 12 55 183.8 Average Per Game 327.8 183.8 TDs Passing 42 12 # RECEIVING G-S Rec Yards Y/Rec TD LG Y/G TOTAL OFFENSE 7041 4296 7 Mike Williams 14-14 90 1267 14.1 10 50 90.5 3 Artavis Scott 14-14 73 608 8.3 5 28 43.4 Total Plays 1122 942 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13-5 49 472 9.6 2 36 36.3 Average Per Play 6.3 4.6 16 Jordan Leggett 14-14 39 641 16.4 7 56 45.8 Average Per Game 502.9 306.9 13 Hunter Renfrow 10-8 34 403 11.9 4 35 40.3 8 Deon Cain 14-0 33 630 19.1 9 65 45.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 28-593 54-1066 9 Wayne Gallman 14-14 17 113 6.6 0 18 8.1 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 34-275 9-43 17 Cornell Powell 9-0 12 87 7.2 0 18 9.7 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-309 17-169 1 Trevion Thompson 13-0 11 108 9.8 1 25 8.3 27 C.J. Fuller 14-0 7 62 8.9 2 30 4.4 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.2 19.7 85 Seth Ryan 14-0 4 39 9.8 0 17 2.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.1 4.8 26 Adam Choice 11-0 4 38 9.5 0 16 3.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 15.4 9.9 14 Diondre Overton 8-0 2 48 24.0 1 45 6.0 84 Cannon Smith 14-0 2 25 12.5 0 22 1.8 FUMBLES-LOST 18-9 19-7 44 Garrett Williams 14-1 2 19 9.5 0 13 1.4 PENALTIES-Yards 92-835 109-930 22 Tyshon Dye 7-0 2 11 5.5 0 11 1.6 Average Per Game 59.6 66.4 80 Milan Richard 14-0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.6 41 Grant Radakovich 14-0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.6 PUNTS-Yards 55-2097 98-4083 88 Sean Mac Lain 3-0 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Average Per Punt 38.1 41.7 42 Christian Wilkins 14-14 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 Net punt average 35.9 37.6 20 Jack Swinney 2-0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 -1.5 CLEMSON 14-14 386 4589 11.9 42 65 327.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 100-6051 53-3245 Opponents 14-14 238 2573 10.8 12 55 183.8 Average Per Kick 60.5 61.2 Net kick average 40.3 39.7 # TOTAL OFFENSE G-S PL Rush Pass Total Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson 14-14 668 583 4173 4756 339.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:18 29:16 9 Wayne Gallman 14-14 214 1087 0 1087 77.6 3RD-DOWN Conversions 110/215 60/206 12 Nick Schuessler 6-0 42 31 334 365 60.8 3rd-Down Pct 51% 29% 28 Tavien Feaster 11-0 37 221 0 221 20.1 27 C.J. Fuller 14-0 46 208 0 208 14.9 4TH-DOWN Conversions 15/24 9/23 26 Adam Choice 11-0 45 158 0 158 14.4 4th-Down Pct 62% 39% 22 Tyshon Dye 7-0 21 109 0 109 15.6 SACKS BY-Yards 49-322 17-92 2 Kelly Bryant 4-0 21 22 48 70 17.5 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13-5 5 28 0 28 2.2 MISC YARDS 0 -16 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 5 2 25 27 13.5 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 73 30 3 Artavis Scott 14-14 5 11 0 11 0.8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-19 11-19 42 Christian Wilkins 14-14 1 10 0 10 0.7 18 James Barnes 1-0 1 0 9 9 9.0 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-3 TEAM -- 11 -18 0 -18 -1.6 RED-ZONE SCORES (53-63) 84% (28-35) 80% CLEMSON 14-14 1122 2452 4589 7041 502.9 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (45-63) 71% (21-35) 60% Opponents 14-14 942 1723 2573 4296 306.9 PAT-ATTEMPTS (67-69) 97% (26-28) 93% # ALL-PURPOSE G-S Rush Rec PR KOR IR Total Y/G ATTENDANCE 566787 295420 7 Mike Williams 14-14 0 1267 0 0 0 1267 90.5 Games/Avg Per Game 7/80970 5/59084 9 Wayne Gallman 14-14 1087 113 0 0 0 1200 85.7 3 Artavis Scott 14-14 11 608 56 458 0 1133 80.9 Neutral Site Games 2/60954 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13-5 28 472 176 -3 0 673 51.8 16 Jordan Leggett 14-14 0 641 0 0 0 641 45.8 TEAM SCORING 8 Deon Cain 14-0 0 630 0 0 0 630 45.0 4 Deshaun Watson 14-14 583 0 0 0 0 583 41.6 CU Opp. 13 Hunter Renfrow 10-8 0 403 0 0 0 403 40.3 POINTS 553 239 28 Tavien Feaster 11-0 221 0 0 141 0 362 32.9 Points Per Game 39.5 17.1 27 C.J. Fuller 14-0 208 62 0 0 0 270 19.3 26 Adam Choice 11-0 158 38 0 0 0 196 17.8 TOUCHDOWNS 73 30 22 Tyshon Dye 7-0 109 11 0 0 0 120 17.1 By Rushing 28 17 1 Trevion Thompson 13-0 0 108 0 0 0 108 8.3 By Passing 42 12 23 Van Smith 14-14 0 0 0 0 94 94 6.7 17 Cornell Powell 9-0 0 87 0 0 0 87 9.7 By Return 2 1 19 Tanner Muse 14-0 0 0 0 0 64 64 4.6 By Recovery 1 0 14 Diondre Overton 8-0 0 48 0 0 0 48 6.0 FIELD GOALS 14-19 11-19 18 Jadar Johnson 14-14 0 0 0 0 44 44 3.1 2 Mark Fields 13-1 0 0 0 0 42 42 3.2 PAT (Kicks) 67-69 26-28 85 Seth Ryan 14-0 0 39 0 0 0 39 2.8 PAT (Runs) 0-0 0-0 12 Nick Schuessler 6-0 31 0 0 0 0 31 5.2 PAT (Passes) 2-4 0-2 82 Adrien Dunn 1-0 0 0 30 0 0 30 30.0 84 Cannon Smith 14-0 0 25 0 0 0 25 1.8 PAT (Returns) 0 0 2 Kelly Bryant 4-0 22 0 0 0 0 22 5.5 SAFETIES 1 0 25 Cordrea Tankersley 14-14 0 0 0 0 22 22 1.6 44 Garrett Williams 14-1 0 19 0 0 0 19 1.4 31 Ryan Carter 14-12 0 0 0 0 17 17 1.2 SCORING BY QUARTERS 38 Amir Trapp 3-0 0 0 13 0 0 13 4.3 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 12 K'Von Wallace 14-0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0.9 CLEMSON 176 150 104 116 7 553 30 Jalen Williams 10-1 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.2 42 Christian Wilkins 14-14 10 1 0 0 0 11 0.8 Opponents 27 67 68 77 0 239 80 Milan Richard 14-0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.6 41 Grant Radakovich 14-0 0 8 0 -3 0 5 0.4 88 Sean Mac Lain 3-0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.0 10 Tucker Israel 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 6 Dorian O'Daniel 14-12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 20 Jack Swinney 2-0 0 -3 0 0 0 -3 -1.5 TEAM -- -18 0 0 0 0 -18 -1.6 CLEMSON 14-14 2452 4589 275 593 309 8218 587.0 Opponents 14-14 1723 2573 43 1066 169 5574 398.1

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB STATS

DEFENSIVE STATS SPECIAL TEAMS & MISCELLANEOUS STATS # TACKLES G-S *Snaps Hit Ast Total TFL Sacks PBU QP ^ST # PUNTING P Yards Y/P LG TB FC -20 50+ *Net 10 Ben Boulware 13-13 816 71 50 121 9.5-41 4-32 1 12 32 Andy Teasdall 53 2014 38.0 67 4 27 21 4 35.7 34 Kendall Joseph 14-14 864 73 42 115 11-46 3.5-31 15 96 Michael Batson 1 46 46.0 46 0 1 0 0 46.0 23 Van Smith 14-14 870 74 37 111 5.5-17 2 8 97 Carson King 1 37 37.0 37 0 0 1 0 35.0 90 Dexter Lawrence 14-10 594 44 30 74 9.5-44 7-33 1 21 1 CLEMSON 55 2097 38.1 67 4 28 22 4 35.9 94 Carlos Watkins 14-14 700 42 31 73 12.5-63 10.5-58 4 12 Opponents 98 4083 41.7 80 6 34 18 17 37.6 25 Cordrea Tankersley 14-14 797 50 9 59 6-13 10 1 18 Jadar Johnson 14-14 847 44 12 56 1.5-12 7 1 4 # FIELD GOALS FG-FGA Pct 11-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LG HB 42 Christian Wilkins 14-14 654 41 15 56 13-52 3.5-23 8 17 92 Greg Huegel 14-19 73.7 5-6 4-6 5-7 0-0 47 1 6 Dorian O’Daniel 14-11 424 46 9 55 10-35 2.5-15 1 6 5 CLEMSON 14-19 73.7 5-6 4-6 5-7 0-0 47 1 99 Clelin Ferrell 14-14 723 33 16 49 11.5-64 6-38 2 22 Opponents 11-19 57.9 6-6 2-4 2-6 1-2 53 2 56 Scott Pagano 11-4 277 15 14 29 4.5-17 2-13 4 31 Ryan Carter 14-12 565 25 3 28 5.5-31 1-16 7 # KICKOFFS KO Yds Avg TB OB 30 Jalen Williams 10-1 214 15 9 24 1-2 2 1 1 92 Greg Huegel 92 5559 60.4 37 3 19 Tanner Muse 14-0 99 18 4 22 9 47 Alex Spence 7 427 61.0 1 0 57 Tre Lamar 14-0 102 13 8 21 2.5-4 1-2 1 6 39 Christian Groomes 1 65 65.0 0 0 67 Albert Huggins 13-0 218 10 10 20 3-13 3-13 7 CLEMSON 100 6051 60.5 38 3 43 Chad Smith 14-0 20 11 8 19 10 Opponents 53 3245 61.2 22 1 29 Marcus Edmond 13-3 306 16 2 18 1-3 3 91 Austin Bryant 8-0 205 9 7 16 3-14 2-13 2 1 Trayvon Mullen 12-0 115 9 6 15 0.5-2 1 1 3 # PUNT RETURNS PR Yards Avg TD LG 47 James Skalski 13-0 20 9 5 14 2-14 1-10 1 8 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 21 176 8.4 0 74 49 Richard Yeargin 11-0 183 13 1 14 4-18 0.5-4 1 3 3 Artavis Scott 8 56 7.0 0 28 2 Mark Fields 14-1 332 12 1 13 2-13 1-10 4 82 Adrien Dunn 1 30 30.0 0 30 15 Korrin Wiggins 7-1 194 10 3 13 38 Amir Trapp 3 13 4.3 0 8 33 J.D. Davis 14-0 80 6 5 11 1 17 Cornell Powell 1 0 0.0 0 0 14 Denzel Johnson 12-0 54 6 3 9 5 CLEMSON 34 275 8.1 0 74 45 Chris Register 11-0 142 6 3 9 1.5-2 1 3 Opponents 9 43 4.8 0 16 12 K’Von Wallace 14-0 109 4 2 6 1-1 1 36 Judah Davis 12-0 25 3 2 5 1 2 # KICKOFF RETURNS KOR Yards Avg TD LG 93 Sterling Johnson 3-0 46 3 2 5 3 Artavis Scott 20 458 22.9 0 77 50 Jabril Robinson 6-0 65 2 3 5 1.5-9 0.5-5 2 28 Tavien Feaster 7 141 20.1 0 22 46 Jarvis Magwood 3-0 6 3 1 4 3 41 Grant Radakovich 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 38 Amir Trapp 3-0 36 3 1 4 CLEMSON 28 596 21.3 0 77 3 Artavis Scott 14-14 -- 3 1 4 4 Opponents 54 1066 19.7 0 68 61 Kaleb Bevelle 3-0 14 2 0 2 52 Connor Prevost 1-0 6 1 1 2 # FUMBLE RETURNS FR Yards Avg TD LG 7 Mike Williams 14-14 -- 2 0 2 -- -- 40 Jaquarius Brice 3-0 16 0 1 1 CLEMSON 0 0 0.0 0 0 8 Deon Cain 14-0 -- 1 0 1 Opponents 3 85 28.3 0 70 32 Kyle Cote 6-0 -- 1 0 1 1 62 David Estes 14-0 -- 1 0 1 1 # SCORING G-S TD R-P-˚Re #2Pt FG-FGA $PAT Pts Pts/G 28 Tavien Feaster 11-0 -- 1 0 1 1 92 Greg Huegel 14-14 0 0-0-0 0 14-19 66-68 108 7.7 92 Greg Huegel 14-14 -- 1 0 1 1 9 Wayne Gallman 14-14 16 16-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 96 6.9 51 Taylor Hearn 14-14 -- 1 0 1 7 Mike Williams 14-14 10 0-10-0 1 0-0 0-0 62 4.4 75 Mitch Hyatt 14-13 -- 1 0 1 8 Deon Cain 14-0 9 0-9-0 0 0-0 0-0 54 3.9 16 Jordan Leggett 14-14 -- 1 0 1 4 Deshaun Watson 14-14 8 8-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 48 3.4 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13-5 -- 1 0 1 16 Jordan Leggett 14-14 7 0-7-0 1 0-0 0-0 44 3.1 13 Hunter Renfrow 10-8 -- 0 1 1 3 Artavis Scott 14-14 5 0-5-0 0 0-0 0-0 30 2.1 47 Alex Spence 3-0 -- 1 0 1 1 13 Hunter Renfrow 10-8 4 0-4-0 0 0-0 0-0 24 2.4 44 Garrett Williams 14-1 -- 1 0 1 1 28 Tavien Feaster 11-0 2 2-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 1.1 Totals 14-14 710 342 1052 123-531 49-322 56 132 77 27 C.J. Fuller 14-0 2 0-2-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 0.9 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 13-5 2 0-2-0 0 0-0 0-0 12 0.9 # INTERCEPTIONS G-S Int Yards Avg TD LG 18 Jadar Johnson 14-14 5 44 8.8 0 41 2 Kelly Bryant 4-0 1 1-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 1.5 25 Cordrea Tankersley 14-14 4 22 5.5 0 18 14 Diondre Overton 8-0 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.8 23 Van Smith 14-14 2 94 47.0 0 86 22 Tyshon Dye 7-0 1 1-0-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.7 19 Tanner Muse 14-0 1 64 64.0 1 64 14 Denzel Johnson 12-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.5 2 Mark Fields 14-1 1 42 42.0 1 42 2 Mark Fields 14-1 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.4 31 Ryan Carter 14-12 1 17 17.0 0 17 19 Tanner Muse 14-0 1 0-0-1 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.4 12 K'Von Wallace 14-0 1 13 13.0 0 13 1 Trevion Thompson 13-0 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.5 30 Jalen Williams 10-1 1 12 12.0 0 12 42 Christian Wilkins 14-14 1 0-1-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 0.4 6 Dorian O’Daniel 14-11 1 1 1.0 0 1 TEAM -- 0 0-0-0 1 0-0 0-0 2 0.1 29 Marcus Edmond 12-3 1 0 0.0 0 0 39 Christian Groomes 2-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0 1-1 1 0.5 34 Kendall Joseph 14-14 1 0 0.0 0 0 CLEMSON 14-14 73 28-42-3 3 14-19 67-69 553 39.5 10 Ben Boulware 13-13 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 14-14 30 17-12-1 0 11-17 26-28 239 17.1 CLEMSON 14-14 20 309 15.4 2 86 Opponents 14-14 17 169 9.9 1 70 RED ZONE RPoss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/P CLEMSON 63 45 8 6 2 1 1 337 5.3 Caused Fumbles (9): Boulware 3, V. Smith 2, Joseph 2, J. Johnson 1, O'Daniel 1 Opponents 35 21 7 2 3 2 0 167 4.8 Recovered Fumbles (7): Lawrence 2, Wilkins 2, Boulware 1, D. Johnson 1, Watkins 1 Takeaways (27): J. Johnson 5, Tankersley 4, Boulware 2, Lawrence 2, V. Smith 2, Wilkins 2, Carter 1, FIRST & GOAL Poss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/P Edmond 1, Fields 1, D. Johnson 1, Joseph 1, Muse 1, O’Daniel 1, Wallace 1, Watkins 1, J. Williams 1 CLEMSON 39 33 2 2 1 1 0 236 6.0 Blocked Kicks (5): Lawrence 2, C. Smith 1, Watkins 1, Wilkins 1 Opponents 22 17 3 1 1 0 0 127 5.8

* - defensive; ^ - special teams tackles; Note: Special teams tackles and tackles after turnovers are included * - does not factor in touchbacks; ˚ - returns and recoveries; # - PATs and safeties; $ - kicking in tackle totals; tackle totals are from coaches film grade. only; R - first-and-10 inside the opponent 21.

SCOREBOARD Date Site W-L Score Opponent (AP,USA) Attendance CU AP,USA Leading Rusher(s) Leading Passer(s) Leading Receiver(s) Leading Tackler(s) 9-3 ^A W 19-13 Auburn 87,451 2,2 Gallman (30-123) Watson (19-34-248) M. Williams (9-174) Joseph (14) 9-10 H W 30-24 Troy 78,532 2,2 Watson (10-55) Watson (27-53-292) McCloud (7-86) V. Smith (14) 9-17 H W 59-0 SC State 79,590 5,3 Feaster (12-83) Watson (12-15-152) McCloud (4-60) Mullen (7) 9-22 ^A W 26-7 * Georgia Tech 53,932 5,3 Gallman (17-59) Watson (32-48-304) McCloud (8-101) Boulware (10) 10-1 ^H W 42-36 * Louisville (3/4) 83,362 5,3 Gallman (16-110) Watson (20-31-306) M. Williams (5-70) Boulware (17) 10-7 ^A W 56-10 * Boston College 44,500 3,3 Gallman (9-109) Watson (14-24-266) A. Scott (4-45) V. Smith (13) 10-15 H W 24-17(OT) * NC State 82,104 3,3 Fuller (16-56) Watson (39-52-378) M. Williams (12-146) Joseph (10) 10-29 ^A W 37-34 * Florida State (12,14) 78,025 3,3 Gallman (20-82) Watson (27-43-378) M. Williams (7-70) Boulware (8) 11-5 H W 54-0 * Syracuse 80,609 3,2 Gallman (10-63) Schuessler (11-17-177) A. Scott (7-45) Boulware (7) 11-12 H L 42-43 * Pittsburgh 81,048 3,2 Gallman (18-36) Watson (52-70-580) M. Williams (15-202) Boulware (12) 11-19 ^A W 35-13 * Wake Forest 31,512 5,5 Gallman (22-161) Watson (23-33-202) M. Williams (6-58) Joseph (11) 11-26 ^H W 56-7 South Carolina 81,542 4,3 Gallman (19-112) Watson (27-33-347) A. Scott (9-77) Boulware (10) 12-3 ^N W 42-35 ! Virginia Tech (19,18) 50,628 3,3 Watson (17-85) Watson (23-34-288) A. Scott (7-48) Boulware, Joseph (11) 12-31 ^N W 31-0 # Ohio State (2,2) 71,279 3,3 Gallman (18-85) Watson (23-36-259) M. Williams (6-96) V. Smith (9)

* - ACC game; ^ - night game; ! - ACC Championship game (Orlando, Fla.); # - Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.); Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game; unofficial home attendance - 566,787 (80,970 per game); unofficial total (home, away, neutral) attendance - 984,114 (70,294 per game). @ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Category AUB TROY SCS GAT LOU BOC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC VT OS Totals Points 19 30 59 26 42 56 24 37 54 42 35 56 42 31 553 13 24 0 7 36 10 17 34 0 43 13 7 35 0 239 Total Offense 399 414 555 442 507 508 495 511 562 630 456 622 470 470 7041 262 386 102 124 568 251 397 449 277 464 197 218 386 215 4296 Plays 78 85 78 82 62 61 91 81 84 95 75 89 75 85 1122 71 78 55 52 99 72 74 63 68 71 54 58 71 56 942 Yards Per Play 5.1 4.9 9.4 5.4 8.2 8.3 5.4 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.1 7.0 6.3 11.0 6.3 3.7 4.9 2.3 2.4 5.7 3.5 5.4 7.1 4.1 6.5 3.6 3.8 5.4 6.7 4.6 Rushing Yards 151 122 227 138 201 230 117 133 192 50 254 250 182 205 2452 87 141 48 95 273 155 128 163 105 156 71 111 102 88 1723 Carries 44 32 43 34 31 35 39 38 45 25 42 53 41 48 550 41 33 32 38 55 48 32 28 28 33 36 29 35 23 491 10+ Yard Carries 2 3 9 5 6 4 2 6 8 0 6 8 6 8 73 4 4 2 4 14 5 6 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 63 20+ Yard Carries 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 15 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 17 Passing Yards 248 292 328 304 306 278 378 378 370 580 202 372 288 265 4589 175 245 54 29 295 96 269 286 172 308 126 107 284 127 2573 Completions 19 27 27 32 20 16 39 27 27 52 23 30 23 24 386 15 26 8 4 27 12 21 17 24 22 7 14 22 19 238 Passing Attempts 34 53 35 48 31 26 52 43 40 70 33 36 34 37 572 30 45 23 14 44 24 42 35 40 38 18 29 36 33 451 Had Intercepted 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 17 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 20 Completion Percentage 55.8 50.9 77.1 66.7 64.5 61.5 75.0 62.7 67.5 74.2 69.7 83.3 67.6 64.8 67.5 50.0 57.7 34.8 28.6 61.3 50.0 50.0 48.6 60.0 57.8 39.0 48.2 61.1 57.5 52.8 Passing Efficiency 121.0 108.4 203.1 129.5 181.3 202.1 144.9 142.7 178.2 149.5 131.1 219.5 162.0 123.1 153.1 85.7 104.8 45.8 31.6 120.6 89.0 94.2 120.9 81.1 174.0 97.7 83.7 125.4 77.8 100.6 20+ Yard Completions 5 5 5 3 7 4 3 6 6 7 2 4 5 4 66 2 2 0 1 5 1 5 6 1 5 2 1 5 1 37 First Downs 19 24 27 24 26 21 30 25 28 33 21 40 30 24 372 17 21 9 11 31 15 23 23 15 23 9 14 19 9 239 Total Touchdowns 2 3 8 3 6 8 3 4 7 6 5 8 6 4 73 1 3 0 1 4 1 2 5 0 6 1 1 5 0 30 Rushing Touchdowns 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 28 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 17 Passing Touchdowns 1 3 5 2 5 4 2 2 4 3 1 6 3 1 42 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 12 Field Goals 2-2 3-3 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 3-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 14-19 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-3 1-1 1-4 0-0 0-1 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 11-19 Punting 4-166 6-225 1-37 6-232 5-214 5-186 2-52 4-152 3-121 3-113 4-146 2-74 5-173 5-206 55-2097 5-222 8-350 10-401 8-312 5-240 9-326 3-116 7-265 8-308 5-217 10-401 7-308 6-269 7-348 98-4083 Punting Average 41.5 37.5 37.0 38.7 42.8 37.2 26.0 38.0 40.3 37.7 36.5 37.0 34.6 41.2 38.1 43.8 40.1 39.0 48.0 36.2 38.7 37.9 38.5 43.4 40.6 40.1 44.0 44.8 49.7 41.7 Net Punting Average* 36.5 33.5 35.0 36.0 39.8 37.2 26.0 38.0 38.0 37.7 32.0 27.0 34.2 41.4 35.9 44.4 26.8 31.0 36.9 48.2 35.8 38.7 36.1 37.4 39.2 35.8 36.6 45.7 47.4 37.6 Time of Possession 30:29 26:40 28:46 31:36 22:31 21:52 29:14 33:02 32:27 34:02 31:41 34:14 31:52 35:51 30:18 29:31 33:20 25:14 28:24 37:29 38:08 30:46 26:58 27:33 25:58 28:19 25:46 28:08 24:09 29:16 Third-Down Conversions 6-17 8-20 8-14 10-18 4-9 6-12 10-17 7-17 8-15 12-18 7-15 10-15 6-11 8-17 110-215 3-17 2-15 3-14 2-12 9-19 6-19 7-15 4-12 5-15 3-11 2-15 4-13 7-15 3-14 60-206 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 2-2 2-2 1-2 2-4 2-2 0-0 0-1 15-24 3-5 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-2 0-2 9-23 Average Starting Field Positionº 23 35 40 36 33 31 29 33 33 31 30 36 25 34 33 31 32 24 23 27 31 26 25 25 26 31 20 30 28 27 Red-Zone Scoring 3-3 3-3 5-5 3-6 2-4 3-3 4-6 5-8 6-6 4-6 3-3 6-6 5-5 3-4 53-63 2-4 2-2 0-0 1-1 7-8 2-3 2-5 3-4 0-1 4-4 1-1 0-0 3-3 0-2 28-36 Red-Zone Touchdowns 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 3 6 5 3 46 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 3 0 4 1 0 3 0 21 Red-Zone Points 16 13 31 21 13 21 24 27 38 28 21 28 35 21 337 10 14 0 7 36 10 10 21 0 28 7 0 21 0 167 First-&-Goal Scoring 2 1 5 3 1 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 5 3 39 1 2 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 22 First-&-Goal Touchdowns 2 1 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 31 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 17 First-&-Goal Points 13 7 31 21 7 14 14 21 24 14 21 21 14 14 222 7 14 0 7 23 10 7 14 0 14 10 0 21 0 127 Turnovers 2 3 0 1 5 1 4 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 26 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 3 27 Points Off Turnovers 0 10 10 3 14 7 0 3 0 7 0 7 7 7 75 0 0 0 0 20 3 7 14 21 13 3 0 0 0 81 Penalties 6-55 7-71 7-59 10-80 6-59 4-23 5-40 9-84 3-30 9-101 6-33 7-75 8-65 5-60 92-835 9-60 11-95 5-19 2-15 11-104 6-52 13-120 13-111 10-55 3-40 5-44 5-54 8-89 8-72 109-930 Punt Returns 0-0 3-96 7-91 3-17 1-(-1) 3-4 1-0 1-(-8) 2-9 3-1 4-23 2-32 2(-5) 2-16 34-275 0-0 1-4 1-2 1-16 2-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-7 0-0 1-(-2) 0-0 1-2 1-(-1) 9-43 Kickoff Returns 1-16 1-22 1-21 1-23 8-217 3-61 2-36 1-22 0-0 7-117 2-38 1-20 0-0 0-0 28-593 3-42 1-14 4-50 1-11 3-46 6-115 0-0 5-93 10-242 1-16 3-62 7-139 5-108 5-128 54-1066 Interception Returns 2-0 3-13 1-41 1-8 1-0 1-42 2-13 1-3 3-85 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-104 20-309 1-0 2-56 0-0 1-2 3-0 0-0 1-28 2-15 0-0 3-70 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 17-171 Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-15 0-0 1-70 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-85 Sacks 4-30 1-8 5-32 3-30 5-22 3-17 4-18 6-56 2-12 2-7 4-31 3-20 4-16 3-23 49-322 0-0 1-8 1-3 1-5 0-0 2-14 2-11 3-13 0-0 2-8 0-0 1-10 0-0 2-17 15-89 * - does not factor in touchbacks; º - in teams’ own territory; Note: Clemson totals on top, opponent totals on bottom; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS STATS

RUSHING #9 Gallman #4 Watson #26 Choice #22 Dye #27 Fuller #28 Feaster Opponent Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Car Yds TD Auburn 30 123 1 11 21 0 3 7 0 ------0 0 0 ------Troy 9 34 0 10 55 0 3 10 0 6 19 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 SC State 7 40 1 2 8 0 5 9 0 5 47 0 4 12 0 12 83 1 Georgia Tech 17 59 1 12 36 0 4 26 0 ------0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisville 16 110 1 14 91 0 0 0 0 ------0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston College 9 109 1 9 33 0 5 12 0 3 11 1 2 9 0 4 56 1 NC State 2 14 0 13 35 1 5 14 0 1 (-3) 0 16 56 0 ------Florida State 20 82 2 17 52 0 ------0 0 0 ------Syracuse 10 63 1 8 36 1 6 22 0 1 12 0 5 24 0 9 28 0 Pittsburgh 18 36 3 5 8 0 ------2 6 0 0 0 0 Wake Forest 22 161 2 7 47 2 6 34 0 ------3 7 0 3 6 0 South Carolina 19 112 1 5 19 0 4 8 0 5 23 0 7 46 0 6 36 0 Virginia Tech 17 59 1 17 85 2 ------5 40 0 ------Ohio State 18 85 1 15 57 2 4 16 0 ------1 3 0 3 12 0 Totals 214 1087 16 145 583 8 45 158 0 21 109 1 46 208 0 37 221 2 PASSING #4 Watson #12 Schuessler #2 Bryant Opponent Cm Att Yds Int TD Eff Cm Att Yds Int TD Eff Cm Att Yds Int TD Eff Auburn 19 34 248 1 1 121.0 ------Troy 27 53 292 2 3 108.4 ------SC State 12 15 152 0 3 231.1 7 11 118 0 1 183.7 4 5 27 0 1 191.3 Georgia Tech 32 48 304 1 2 129.4 ------Louisville 20 31 306 3 5 181.3 ------Boston College 15 25 270 0 4 203.5 1 1 8 0 0 150.4 0 0 0 0 0 -- NC State 39 52 378 1 2 144.9 ------Florida State 27 43 378 2 2 142.7 ------Syracuse 13 16 177 0 2 191.0 11 17 177 0 2 191.0 2 4 21 0 0 94.1 Pittsburgh 52 70 580 3 3 149.5 ------Wake Forest 23 33 202 0 1 131.1 0 0 0 0 0 ------South Carolina 27 33 347 1 6 224.1 3 3 25 0 0 170.0 0 0 0 0 0 -- Virginia Tech 23 34 288 1 3 162.0 ------Ohio State 23 36 259 2 1 122.4 1 1 6 0 0 150.4 ------Totals 352 523 4173 17 38 151.8 23 33 334 0 3 184.7 6 9 48 0 1 148.1 RECEIVING #7 M. Williams #3 A. Scott #13 Renfrow #34 McCloud #9 Gallman #8 Cain #16 Leggett #17 Powell Opponent Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Rec Yds TD Auburn 9 174 0 3 30 0 3 27 1 2 8 0 1 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ------Troy 2 24 0 7 71 0 1 35 1 7 86 0 3 25 0 2 37 1 1 9 0 1 5 0 SC State 3 44 0 3 28 0 ------4 60 2 0 0 0 2 33 1 0 0 0 3 10 0 Georgia Tech 6 61 1 3 14 0 ------8 101 0 3 22 0 1 1 0 4 31 1 5 44 0 Louisville 5 70 1 3 40 1 ------3 16 0 0 0 0 4 98 2 3 70 1 0 0 0 Boston College 2 59 1 4 45 0 ------2 17 0 0 0 0 3 68 2 2 66 1 2 17 0 NC State 12 146 1 4 23 1 6 53 0 6 51 0 1 18 0 2 17 0 5 56 0 ------Florida State 7 70 0 4 33 0 5 62 1 2 13 0 1 2 0 2 69 0 5 122 1 ------Syracuse 6 106 1 7 45 1 2 17 0 ------0 0 0 5 125 2 2 31 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 15 202 1 13 125 1 7 77 0 4 26 0 4 10 0 3 45 1 6 95 0 ------Wake Forest 6 58 1 4 13 0 2 26 0 3 24 0 2 11 0 3 20 0 3 50 0 0 0 0 South Carolina 6 100 3 9 77 1 1 10 0 3 32 0 0 0 0 2 38 0 3 58 1 1 11 0 Virginia Tech 5 57 0 7 48 0 2 46 1 1 9 0 1 7 0 2 69 0 4 49 2 ------Ohio State 6 96 0 2 16 0 5 50 0 4 29 0 1 10 0 1 9 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 90 1267 10 73 608 5 34 403 4 49 472 2 17 113 0 33 630 9 39 641 7 12 87 0 KICKING #92 Huegel #32 Teasdall Opponent Made Missed # Yds Avg -20 50+ Auburn 30,40 -- 4 166 41.5 1 1 Troy 26,32,34 -- 6 225 37.5 1 0 SC State 26 42 ------Georgia Tech 47 27 6 232 38.7 4 0 Louisville -- -- 5 214 42.8 3 0 Boston College -- -- 5 186 37.2 2 1 NC State 25 -- 2 52 26.0 1 0 Florida State 23,34, 46 -- 4 152 38.0 2 0 Syracuse 22, 46 40 2 75 37.5 0 0 Pittsburgh -- -- 3 113 37.7 2 0 Wake Forest -- -- 4 146 36.5 1 1 South Carolina -- 39 2 74 37.0 1 0 Virginia Tech -- -- 5 173 34.6 0 0 Ohio State 45 31 5 206 41.2 3 1 Totals 14 5 53 2014 38.0 21 4 Punts Kickoffs RETURNS #34 McCloud #3 A. Scott #3 A. Scott #28 Feaster Opponent PR Yds Avg PR Yds Avg KOR Yds Avg KOR Yds Avg Auburn 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 14 14.0 ------Troy 3 96 32.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 22 22.0 SC State 3 56 18.7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 21 21.0 Georgia Tech 3 17 5.7 0 0 0.0 1 23 23.0 0 0 0.0 Louisville 1 (-1) -1.0 0 0 0.0 3 119 39.6 5 98 19.6 Boston College 3 4 1.3 0 0 0.0 3 61 20.3 0 0 0.0 NC State 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 36 18.0 ------Florida State 1 (-8) -8.0 0 0 0.0 1 22 22.0 ------Syracuse ------1 1 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Pittsburgh 3 1 0.3 0 0 0.0 6 123 20.5 0 0 0.0 Wake Forest 3 11 3.6 1 12 12.0 2 38 19.0 0 0 0.0 South Carolina ------2 32 16.0 1 20 20.0 0 0 0.0 Virginia Tech ------2 -5 -2.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Ohio State ------2 16 8.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Totals 21 176 8.4 8 56 7.0 20 458 22.9 7 141 20.1 Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game. ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS

#10 Boulware #91 A. Bryant #31 Carter #29 Edmond #99 Ferrell #2 Fields #67 Huggins Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Auburn *71 8 1 0 ------*33 1 0 0 ------*60 3 0.5 0 37 1 0 0 ------Troy *43 5 0 0 ------34 1 0 0 *38 0 0 0 *50 3 0 0 36 1 0 0 16 2 0 0 SC State ------17 2 0 0 *18 1 0 0 *12 3 0.5 0 23 2 1 0 36 5 1 1 Georgia Tech *56 10 0 0 ------*42 2 0 0 21 1 1 0 *45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 Louisville *101 17 3 1 ------*55 3 0 0 58 7 0 0 *84 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 23 4 2 2 Boston College *63 12 0 0 ------*38 1 1 0 19 0 1 0 *53 3 1 1 23 0 0 1 26 0 0 0 NC State *79 7 0 0 27 3 0.5 0.5 *66 2 2 0 *53 2 0 1 *64 4 0 0 25 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 Florida State *70 8 1 1 27 2 1.5 1.5 *41 2 0 0 12 1 0 0 *61 4 2 1 55 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 Syracuse *43 7 1 0 21 0 0 0 32 3 0 1 ------*35 2 0 0 *53 3 0 0 21 1 0 0 Pittsburgh *75 12 0.5 0 29 1 0 0 *60 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 *73 4 0.5 0 23 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Wake Forest *49 7 0 0 25 3 0.5 0 *35 2 0 0 20 0 0 0 *37 3 0 0 18 3 1 0 13 1 0 0 South Carolina *39 10 2.5 2 31 2 0 0 *19 1 1 0 30 2 1 0 *37 1 0 0 25 2 0 0 29 3 0 0 Virginia Tech *72 11 0 0 23 2 0.5 0 *53 3 1 0 32 2 0 0 *69 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 Ohio State *55 7 0.5 0 22 3 0 0 *40 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 *43 6 3 1 13 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 Totals 816 121 9.5 4 205 16 3 2 565 28 7 1 306 18 3 1 723 49 11.5 6 332 13 4 1 218 20 3 3

#14 D. Johnson #18 J. Johnson #34 K. Joseph #57 Lamar #90 Lawrence #1 Mullen #19 Muse Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Auburn 0 1 0 0 *71 5 2 1 *66 14 3 1 8 4 1 1 37 10 1 1 ------0 0 0 0 Troy 0 1 0 0 *79 4 1 0 *71 7 2 0 12 1 0 0 *41 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC State 22 0 0 0 17 2 0 1 *24 6 0 0 19 3 1.5 0 20 3 0.5 0 37 7 0 0 37 5 0 0 Georgia Tech ------*56 3 0 0 *56 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 *40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louisville ------*99 6 1 1 *100 11 0 0 6 0 0 0 *67 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Boston College 4 0 0 0 *63 3 1 0 *60 10 0 0 10 3 0 0 40 3 0 0 18 1 0 0 8 2 0 0 NC State 0 0 0 0 *78 6 1 0 *79 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 *51 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida State 0 0 0 0 *33 1 0 1 *69 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 *39 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 2 0 0 0 *57 6 1 0 *44 4 0 0 21 2 0 0 35 5 1 1 29 4 0 0 26 4 0 1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 *76 3 0 0 *75 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 *61 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Wake Forest 5 0 0 0 *52 4 0 0 *53 11 2 1.5 8 2 0 0 *38 3 0 0 ------5 4 0 0 South Carolina 20 5 0 0 *39 2 0 1 *40 5 0 0 12 4 0 0 *21 5 1 1 13 2 0 0 20 5 0 0 Virginia Tech ST 2 0 0 *72 5 0 0 *72 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 *69 3 2 2 ------ST 1 0 0 Ohio State 1 0 0 0 *55 6 0 0 *55 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 *35 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 54 9 0 0 847 56 7 5 864 115 11 3.5 102 21 2.5 1 594 74 9.5 7 115 15 1 0 99 22 0 1

#6 O’Daniel #57 Pagano #45 Register #47 Skalski #23 V. Smith #25 Tankersley #94 Watkins Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Auburn *13 4 1.5 0 *31 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 *71 9 0 0 *71 9 1 0 *56 6 0 0 Troy *18 4 0 0 28 2 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *79 14 0 0 *71 4 3 0 *44 3 1 1 SC State *21 1 0 0 *19 3 1 1 32 2 1 0 8 3 1 1 *11 1 0 0 *12 0 0 0 *12 2 1 1 Georgia Tech *56 8 2 1 24 4 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 *56 3 0 1 *49 2 0 0 *37 8 1 1 Louisville *26 5 0 0 41 4 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *100 14 0 0 *87 4 1 0 *76 9 0 0 Boston College 33 7 0.5 0.5 *26 4 1 0 17 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 *66 13 0 0 *63 6 0 0 *48 4 0 0 NC State 11 0 0 0 25 3 1.5 1 6 0 0 0 ------*79 9 1 0 *78 5 1 0 *63 8 1.5 1.5 Florida State *23 7 1 0 28 1 0 0 ------0 0 0 0 *73 8 1 0 *73 4 1 0 *63 1 0 0 Syracuse 22 3 1 0 *24 3 0 0 13 0 0.5 0 9 3 1 0 *43 4 0 0 *29 6 1 1 *36 5 1 1 Pittsburgh *53 7 1.5 1 9 0 0 0 ------0 0 0 0 *74 8 0 0 *76 7 0 0 *65 6 1.5 1 Wake Forest *54 4 1 0 ------6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 *52 7 0 0 *38 3 1 0 *50 6 1 1 South Carolina *37 2 0.5 0 ------13 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 *39 7 0 0 *26 0 0 0 *36 2 1 0 Virginia Tech *6 1 0 0 ------0 0 0 0 *72 5 0 0 *69 5 1 2 *73 10 1.5 1 Ohio State *51 2 1 0 22 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 *55 9 0 1 *52 4 0 1 *41 3 2 2 Totals 424 55 10 2.5 277 29 4.5 2 142 9 1.5 0 20 14 2 1 870 111 2 2 797 59 10 4 700 73 12.5 10.5

#15 Wiggins #42 Wilkins #30 J. Williams #49 Yeargin Opponent Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Auburn 35 3 0 0 *59 7 2.5 1 34 2 0 0 19 3 0 0 Troy 21 2 0 0 *63 6 0.5 0 41 6 0 0 29 3 0 0 SC State 27 2 0 0 *12 2 1 1 *39 5 0 0 25 1 1 0 Georgia Tech ------*43 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 Louisville 40 3 0 0 *79 7 1.5 0 ------22 1 1 0 Boston College *23 1 0 0 *50 8 2 1 ------18 2 0 0 NC State ------*54 3 0 0 ------3 0 0 0 Florida State 37 2 0 0 *50 3 1.5 0.5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Syracuse 11 0 0 0 *35 2 0 0 17 2 0 0 34 2 0.5 0 Pittsburgh ------*50 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 ------Wake Forest ------*39 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 2 1.5 0.5 South Carolina ------*28 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 ------Virginia Tech ------*52 2 0 0 56 7 1 0 ------Ohio State ------*40 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Totals 194 13 0 0 654 56 13 3.5 214 24 1 0 183 14 4 0.5

* - start; Note: “Snaps” does not include special team plays or offensive plays; special team tackles are included; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com SUPERLATIVES TEAM Category 2016 Clemson Team High Clemson Team Record 2016 Opponent Team High Opponent Team Record Total Offense 630 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 756 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 568 by Louisville, 10-1 771 by Florida State, 11-4-2000 Plays 95 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 102 vs. NC State, 11-17-2012 99 by Louisville, 10-1 99 by South Carolina, 11-12-1968 by Louisville, 10-1-2016 Yards Per Play 8.3 vs. Boston College, 10-7, Pitt, 11-12 11.2 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-17-1903 7.1 by Florida State 10-29 9.3 by Florida State, 11-4-2000 Rushing Yards 254 vs. Wake Forest, 11-19 615 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-17-1903 273 by Louisville, 10-1 478 by Tulane, 11-18-1944 Carries 53 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 78 vs. Duke, 10-20-1979 55 by Louisville, 10-1 82 by North Carolina, 11-15-1969 Yards Per Carry 6.6 vs. Boston College, 10-7 11.2 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-17-1903 5.8 by Florida State, 10-29 Rushing Touchdowns 4 vs. Wake Forest, 11-19 11 vs. Presbyterian College, 9-25-1948 4 by Florida St., 10-29, Va. Tech, 12-3 Passing Yards 580 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 468 vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 308 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 521 by Florida State, 11-4-2000 Completions 52 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 52 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12-2016 27 by Louisville, 10-1 39 by Texas Tech, 12-23-2002 Passing Attempts 70 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 70 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12-2016 45 by Troy, 9-10 59 by Louisiana Tech, 12-31-2001 Completion %(10 comp.) 83.3 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 88.2 vs. The Citadel, 9-16-1978 61.3 by Louisville, 10-1 84.6 by NC State, 10-20-1990 Passing Efficiency(10 comp.) 219.8 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 262.9 vs. Furman, 9-15-2007 174.0 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 232.2 by Florida State, 9-11-1993 Passing Touchdowns 6 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 6 vs. many (5) 5 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 6 by Florida State, 9-11-1993 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012 Longest Pass 65 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 97 vs. Virginia, 11-16-1974 55 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 98 by Florida State, 11-4-2000 First Downs 40 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 35 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 31 by Louisville, 10-1 35 by Maryland, 11-17-1984 vs. Central Michigan, 10-20-2007 Total Touchdowns 8 vs. Boston College, 10-7 12 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 6 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 10 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 Points 59 vs. SC State, 9-17 122 vs. Guilford, 10-5-1901 43 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 74 by Alabama, 11-14-1931 Field Goals 3 vs. Troy, 9-10 6 vs. Texas A&M, 9-3-2005 3 by Louisville, 10-1 6 by Duke, 10-16-1976 vs. Florida State, 10-29 vs. Boston College, 9-19-2009 Punting Average(3 punts) 40.3 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 56.7 vs. Wake Forest, 11-1-1986 49.7 by Ohio State, 12-31 52.0 by Wake Forest, 10-1-2005 Time of Possession 34:14 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 42:58 vs. North Carolina, 11-7-1992 38:08 by Boston College, 10-7 41:52 by North Texas, 9-4-2010 Penalties 10 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-22 20 vs. NC State, 10-13-2001 13 by NC State, 10-15 21 by Mississippi State, 12-30-1999 by Florida State, 10-29 Penalty Yards 101 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 181 vs. NC State, 10-13-2001 120 by NC State, 10-15 188 by Mississippi State, 12-30-1999 Turnovers 5 vs. Louisville, 10-1 10 vs. Florida, 10-11-1952 3 by many (4) 9 by Georgia, 9-19-1981 Third-Down Conversions 12 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 15 vs. Western Carolina, 9-3-1983 9 by Louisville, 10-1 15 by Georgia, 9-21-1985 Third-Down Conversion % 66.7 vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 100.0 vs. Wake Forest, 10-31-1981 47.3 by Louisville, 10-1 72.7 by Florida State, 9-11-1993 vs. South Carolina, 11-26 Field Position* 40 vs. SC State, 9-17 49 vs. Florida Atlantic, 9-2-2006 32 by Troy, 9-10 50 by Wake Forest, 10-7-2006 Punt Return Yards 96 vs. Troy, 9-10 227 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-26-1987 16 by Georgia Tech, 9-22 150 by Florida State, 9-20-1997 Kickoff Return Yards 217 vs. Louisville, 10-1 286 vs. Florida State, 9-25-2004 242 by Syracuse, 11-5 290 by North Carolina, 10-22-2011 Interception Return Yards 85 vs. Syracuse, 11-5 143 vs. Maryland, 10-31-1970 70 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 166 by Auburn, 11-21-1953 Interceptions By Defense 3 vs. Troy, 9-10 6 vs. South Carolina, 11-27-1971 3 by Pittsburgh, 11-12 7 by South Carolina, 10-25-1945 vs. NC State, 9-30-1995 Fumble Return Yards 0 -- 93 vs. Virginia, 9-19-1998 70 by NC State, 10-15 103 by West Virginia, 1-4-2012 Sacks 6 vs. Florida State, 10-29 12 vs. Furman, 9-7-1996 4 by Florida State, 10-29 7 by Florida State, 9-20-1997 by Virginia, 10-11-1997

INDIVIDUAL Category 2016 Clemson Individual Best Clemson Individual Record 2016 Opponent Individual Best Opponent Individual Record Total Offense 588 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 588 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12-2016 457 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 509 by Chris Weinke (Florida State), 11-4-2000 Rushing Yards 161 by Wayne Gallman vs. Wake Forest, 11-19 263 by Raymond Priester vs. Duke, 11-11-1995 169 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 256 by Steve Wadiak (South Carolina), 10-19-1950 Carries 30 by Wayne Gallman vs. Auburn, 9-3 36 by many (3) 31 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 45 by James McDougald (Wake Forest), 10-9-1976 Rushing Touchdowns 3 by Wayne Gallman vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 5 by vs. Furman, 10-13-1917 4 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 4 by many (4) 5 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930 Longest Carry 59 by Wayne Gallman vs. Boston College, 10-7 90 by Banks McFadden vs. Presbyterian College, 9-23-1939 70 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 98 Steve Atkins (Maryland), 11-18-1978 90 by Buck George vs. Furman, 11-17-1951 Passing Yards 580 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 580 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12-2016 308 by (Pitt), 11-12 521 by Chris Weinke (Florida St.), 11-4-2000

Completions 52 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 52 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12-2016 27 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 35 by George Godsey (Georgia Tech), 10-28-2000 Passing Attempts 70 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 70 by Deshaun Watson vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12-2016 44 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 57 by Kip Allen (The Citadel), 10-4-1986 57 by George Godsey (Georgia Tech), 10-28-2000 Completion %(10 comp.) 83.3 by Deshaun Watson vs. USC, 11-26 95.0 by Cole Stoudt vs. SC State, 9-7-2013 61.3 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 100.0 by Darian Durant (North Carolina), 10-20-2001 Passing Efficiency(10 comp.) 231.1 by Deshaun Watson vs. SC State, 9-17 261.9 by Tajh Boyd vs. Syracuse, 10-5-2013 174.0 by Nathan Peterman (Pitt), 11-12 245.5 by Mike Elkins (Wake Forest), 10-29-1988 Passing Touchdowns 6 by Deshaun Watson vs. South Carolina, 11-26 6 by Deshaun Watson vs. North Carolina, 9-27-2014 5 by Nathan Peterman (Pitt), 11-12 6 by Geno Smith (West Va.), 1-4-2012 Receptions 15 by Mike Williams vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 16 by Sammy Watkins vs. Ohio State, 1-3-2014 12 by Cam Phillips (Va. Tech), 12-3 14 by Kelly Campbell (Ga.Tech), 10-28-2000 Receiving Yards 202 by Mike Williams vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 227 by Sammy Watkins vs. Ohio State, 1-3-2014 128 by Scott Orndoff (Pitt) 11-12 249 by (Florida State), 9-20-1997 Receiving Touchdowns 3 by Mike Williams vs. USC, 11-26 3 by many (6) 2 by many (3) 4 by (NC State), 10-31-1998 4 by Tavon Austin (West Virginia), 1-4-2012 All‑Purpose Yards 248 by Artavis Scott vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 345 by Sammy Watkins vs. Maryland, 10-15-2011 189 by Sean Riley (Syracuse) 11-5 496 by Tobais Palmer (NC State), 11-17-2012 by James Conner (Pitt) 11-12 Total Touchdowns 3 by Wayne Gallman vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 5 by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, 10-13-1917 4 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 4 by many (7) by Mike Williams vs. USC, 11-26 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930 Points 18 by Wayne Gallman vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 33 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 10-17-1930 24 by Dalvin Cook (FSU), 10-29 24 by many (7) by Mike Williams vs. South Carolina, 11-26 Field Goals 3 by Greg Huegel vs. Troy, 9-10 6 by Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, 9-3-2005 3 by Blanton Cregue (Louisville), 10-1 6 by Vince Fusco (Duke), 10-17-1976 by Greg Huegel vs. FSU, 10-29 by Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 9-19-2009 Longest Field Goal 47 by Greg Huegel vs. Ga. Tech, 9-22 61 by Spencer Benton vs. Ball State, 9-8-2012 53 by (Auburn), 9-3 60 by Kevin Butler (Georgia), 9-22-1984 Punting Average(3 punts) 42.8 by Andy Teasdall vs. Louisville, 10-1 55.3 by vs. Kentucky, 10-2-1982 48.0 by Mason King (Louisville), 10-1 Punt Return Yards 96 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. Troy, 9-10 167 by Don Kelley vs. Maryland, 10-20, 1970 15 by Jaire Alexander (Louisville), 10-1 Kickoff Return Yards 123 by Artavis Scott vs. Pittsburgh, 11-12 282 by Justin Miller vs. Florida State, 9-25-2004 108 by Henri Murphy (Va. Tech), 12-3 Interception Return Yards 86 by Van Smith vs. Ohio State, 12-31 101 by Willie Underwood vs. South Carolina, 11-22-1980 70 by Saleem Brightwell (Pitt) 11-12 128 by Dennis Tabron (Duke), 10-18-1980 Interceptions 2 by Cordrea Tankersley vs. Virginia Tech, 12-3 3 by many (5) 2 by Jaire Alexander (Louisville), 10-1 4 by Jim Dooley (Miami (FL)), 1-1-1952

Fumble Return Yards 0 -- 93 by Antwan Edwards vs. Virginia, 9-19-1998 70 by Shawn Boone (NC State), 10-15 Tackles 17 by Ben Boulware vs. Louisville, 10-1 27 by Keith Adams vs. South Carolina, 11-20-1999 19 by (SC State), 9-17 29 by Ed Stetz (Wake Forest), 10-30-1971 Tackles For Loss 3 by Ben Boulware vs. Louisville, 10-1 6 by Keith Adams vs. Duke, 11-6-1999 2 by Derrick Nnadi (FSU), 10-29 4.5 by (South Carolina), 11-24-2012 by Clelin Ferrell vs. Ohio State, 12-31 by Andre Branch vs. Virginia Tech, 10-1-2011 Sacks 2 by many 4 by Keith Adams vs. Duke, 11-6-1999 1.5 by Jeremiah Taleni (Pitt), 11-12 4.5 by Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina), 11-24-2012 by Andre Branch vs. Virginia Tech, 10-1-2011

* - average starting field position in teams’ own territory; Note: Numbers in(parentheses) denote minimums; bold denotes a Clemson home game.

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RUSHING TACKLES # Player Carries Yards *Yards/Carries Touchdowns Long # Player Tackles 2 Kelly Bryant 8, WF ‘15 59 MIA ‘15 ------2, MIA ‘15 59, MIA ‘15 21 Adrian Baker 4, WF ‘15 26 Adam Choice 16, LOU ‘14 74, SCS ‘14 6.2, SCS ‘14 1, SCS ‘14 34, NCS ‘14 61 Kaleb Bevelle 2, SCS '16 22 Tyshon Dye 20, GSU ‘14 124, GSU ‘14 6.2, GSU ‘14 2, many (2) 23, MIA ‘15 10 Ben Boulware 17, LOU '17 28 Tavien Feaster 12, SCS '16 83, SCS '16 6.9, SCS '16 1, many (2) 45, BC '16 40 Jaquarius Brice 1, WOF ‘15, SCS '16 27 C.J. Fuller 16, NCS '16 56, NCS '16 3.6, WF ‘15 1, USC '15 27, USC '16 91 Austin Bryant 9, APP ‘15 9 Wayne Gallman 31, NCS ‘15 191, USC ‘14 8.8, GT ‘15 3, PITT '16 66, GT ‘15 31 Ryan Carter 4, many 12 Nick Schuessler 4, GAT ‘14 19, OSU '16 ------19, OSU '16 33 J.D. Davis 4, SYR '16 4 Deshaun Watson 24, OU ‘15 145, OU ‘15 6.6, FSU ‘15 3, USC '15 63, MIA ‘15 36 Judah Davis 4, WF ‘15 29 Marcus Edmond 7, LOU '16 PASSING 99 Clelin Ferrell 6, VT '16, OSU '16 # Player Completions Attempts ºPercentage Yards Touchdowns Long 2 Mark Fields 3, SYR '16 2 Kelly Bryant 4, SCS '16 5, SCS '16 ------27, SCS '16 1, SCS '16 15, SYR '16 67 Albert Huggins 5, SCS '16 10 Tucker Israel 3, SCS '16 3, SCS '16 ------22, SCS '16 ------17, SCS '16 14 Denzel Johnson 5, USC '16 12 Nick Schuessler 11, SYR '16 17, SYR '16 64.7, SYR '16 177, SYR '16 2, SYR '16 38, GT ‘15 18 Jadar Johnson 6, many 4 Deshaun Watson 52, PITT '16 70, PITT ‘16 81.8, WOF ‘15, 580, PITT '16 6, UNC ‘14, 74, UNC ‘14 93 Sterling Johnson 3, SCS '16 USC '16 USC '16 34 Kendall Joseph 14, AUB ‘16 57 Tre Lamar 4, AUB ‘16, USC '16 # Player ºEfficiency ºYards/Attempts ºYards/Completions Interceptions Plays Total Offense 90 Dexter Lawrence 10, AUB ‘16 2 Kelly Bryant ------1, WF ‘15 19, SCS '16 62, WF ‘15 23 Trayvon Mullen 7, SCS '16 10 Tucker Israel ------3, SCS '16 22, SCS '16 19 Tanner Muse 5, SCS '16, USC '16 12 Nick Schuessler 191.0, SYR '16 10.4, SYR '16 16.1, SYR '16 ------32, SYR '16 186, SYR '16 6 Dorian O’Daniel 10, GT ‘14 4 Deshaun Watson 238.9, NCS ‘15 14.2, USC ‘14 19.2, USC ‘14 3, LOU '16, PITT '16 97, UNC ‘15 478, ALA ‘15 56 Scott Pagano 12, GT ‘15 RECEIVING 45 Chris Register 3, BC '16 # Player Receptions Yards •Yards/Receptions Touchdowns Long 50 Jabril Robinson 8, WOF ‘15 8 Deon Cain 5, GT ‘15, USC '15, SYR '16 125, SYR '16 25.0, SYR '16 2, many (3) 67, BC ‘15 47 James Skalski 3, many 26 Adam Choice 4, FSU ‘14 46, FSU ‘14 11.5, FSU ‘14 ------16, NCS ‘14 43 Chad Smith 6 BC '16 82 Adrien Dunn 2, SCS ‘14 17, GSU ‘14 ------17, GSU ‘14 23 Van Smith 14, TROY ‘16, LOU '16 22 Tyshon Dye 1, SCS '16, NCS '16 11, NCS '16 ------0, SCS '16 25 Cordrea Tankersley 9, AUB ‘16 9 Wayne Gallman 4, Many (3) 68, UNC ‘15 20.3, ALA ‘15 1, WF ‘14, UNC ‘15 18, WF ‘14 38 Amir Trapp 3, SYR '16 16 Jordan Leggett 6, FSU ‘15, PITT '16 122, FSU ‘16 24.4, FSU '16 2, GT ‘15, VT '16 56, BC '16 12 K’Von Wallace 3, NCS '16 88 Sean Mac Lain 1, SYR '16 3, SYR '16 ------3, SYR '16 94 Carlos Watkins 10, VT '16 34 Ray-Ray McCloud 8, WOF ‘15, GT '16 101, GT ‘16 15.0, SCS '16 2, SCS '16 36, NCS ‘15, SCS '16 15 Korrin Wiggins 6, OU ‘14 14 Diondre Overton 1, SCS '16, USC '16 45, SCS '16 ------1, SCS '16 45, SCS '16 42 Christian Wilkins 10, LOU ‘15, OU ‘15 17 Cornell Powell 5, GT, '16 44, GT '16 8.8, GT '16 ------18, GT '16 30 Jalen Williams 7, VT '16 41 Grant Radakovich 1, SCS '16 7, SCS '16 ------7, SCS '16 49 Richard Yeargin 6, GT ‘15 13 Hunter Renfrow 7, ALA ‘15, PITT '16 93, NCS ‘15 23.3, NCS ‘15 2, ALA ‘15 57, NCS ‘15 Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game. 80 Milan Richard 1, SCS '16 9, SCS '16 ------9, SCS '16 85 Seth Ryan 2, SCS '16, SYR '16 22, SCS '16 ------17, SCS '16 3 Artavis Scott 13, PITT '16 185, USC ‘14 27.3, SCS ‘14 2, many (3) 70, USC ‘14 84 Cannon Smith 1, SCS '16, USC '16 22, SCS '16 ------22, SCS '16 20 Jack Swinney 1, SCS '16 (-3), SCS '16 ------(-3), SCS '16 1 Trevion Thompson 3, GT ‘15 47, GT ‘15 15.7, GT ‘15 1, SCS '16 33, GT ‘15 44 Garrett Williams 1, SCS '16 13, SCS '16 ------13, SCS '16 7 Mike Williams 15, PITT '16 202, PITT '16 29.3, UGA ‘14 3, USC '16 56, NCS ‘14

* - minimum 10 carries; º - minimum 10 completions; • - minimum three receptions; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game. GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS

Position AUB TROY SCS GAT LOU BC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC VT OSU LT Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Anchrum Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt LG Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn C Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo RG Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder RT Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Pollard Pollard Pollard Pollard Pollard Pollard TE Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett WR/TE G. Williams Renfrow McCloud McCloud McCloud McCloud McCloud Renfrow Renfrow Renfrow Renfrow Renfrow Renfrow Renfrow QB Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson RB Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman WR A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott WR M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams

DE Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins DT Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins DT Pagano Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence DE Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell SLB/NB O’Daniel O’Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel Wiggins Edmond O'Daniel Fields O'Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel MLB Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph WLB Boulware Boulware J. Williams Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware Boulware CB Carter Edmond Edmond Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter Carter S J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson S V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith CB Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley

PK Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel P Teasdall Teasdall King Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall Teasdall

Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.

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# Player AUB TROY SCS GT LOU BC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC VT OSU Total 2016 G-S Career G-S 73 Tremayne Anchrum, OL -- 13 32 15 -- 4 -- -- 34 *89 12 45 7 37 288 10-1 10-1 21 Adrian Baker, CB ------15-3 18 James Barnes, QB -- -- 2 ------2 1-0 1-0 96 Michael Batson, P ------ST ------1-0 1-0 11 Shadell Bell, TE -- -- ST ------4 -- -- 3 -- -- 7 3-0 3-0 61 Kaleb Bevelle, DL -- -- 6 ------1 -- -- 7 -- -- 14 3-0 3-0 60 Kelby Bevelle, OL -- -- 15 ------6 ------21 2-0 2-0 10 Ben Boulware, LB *71 *43 -- *56 *101 *63 *79 *70 *43 *75 *49 *39 *72 *55 816 13-13 52-30 40 Jaquarius Brice, DE -- -- 8 ------1 -- -- 7 -- -- 16 3-0 3-0 91 Austin Bryant, DE ------27 27 21 29 25 31 23 22 205 8-0 20-0 2 Kelly Bryant, QB -- -- 19 -- -- 4 -- -- 12 -- -- 4 -- -- 39 4-0 12-0 8 Deon Cain, WR 36 36 21 28 25 35 30 33 25 30 20 30 23 40 412 14-0 26-1 31 Ryan Carter, CB *33 34 17 *42 *55 *38 *66 *41 *32 *60 *35 *19 *53 *40 565 14-12 40-13 95 Gage Cervenka, OL -- -- 21 -- -- 9 -- -- 6 -- 2 15 -- 8 61 6-0 6-0 26 Adam Choice, RB 5 15 16 14 5 10 17 -- 18 -- 6 9 -- 5 120 11-0 17-0 32 Kyle Cote, S -- -- ST ------ST ST ST ST ST ST 0 7-0 7-0 55 Tyrone Crowder, OG *81 *54 *20 *62 *54 *28 *86 *70 *59 *59 *57 *48 *61 *54 793 14-14 33-26 33 J.D. Davis, LB ST 12 19 ST ST 8 ST ST 18 ST 9 13 ST 1 80 14-0 22-0 37 Judah Davis, LB ST -- 9 ST ST 7 ST ST 3 -- ST 6 ST ST 25 12-0 25-0 82 Adrien Dunn, WR -- -- ST ------1-0 11-0 22 Tyshon Dye, RB 2 13 10 -- -- 5 6 -- 7 -- -- 10 -- -- 53 7-0 17-0 29 Marcus Edmond, CB -- *38 *18 21 58 19 *53 12 -- ST 20 30 32 5 306 12-3 31-3 61 David Estes, LS ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST -- 14-0 18-0 50 Justin Falcinelli, OL -- 23 32 18 -- 17 10 8 23 1 2 30 -- 10 174 11-0 24-0 99 Clelin Ferrell, DE *60 *50 *12 *45 *84 *53 *64 *61 *35 *73 *37 *37 *69 *43 723 14-14 14-14 28 Tavien Feaster, RB -- ST 24 ST ST 4 -- -- 24 ST 8 8 ST 4 72 11-0 11-0 24 Mark Fields, CB 37 36 23 ST ST 23 25 55 *53 23 18 25 1 13 332 14-1 27-1 83 Jesse Fisher, TE -- -- 9 ------1 -- -- 10 2-0 2-0 63 Jake Fruhmorgen, OT *81 *74 *30 *78 *66 *44 *94 *56 ------523 8-8 19-9 27 C.J. Fuller, RB ST 10 13 ST ST 11 60 ST 14 9 10 18 12 10 167 14-0 30-0 9 Wayne Gallman, RB *70 *46 *15 *68 *59 *30 *6 *79 *19 *85 *48 *44 *62 *64 695 14-14 41-36 77 Zach Giella, C -- -- 10 -- -- 4 -- -- 3 -- -- 11 -- 4 32 5-0 5-0 64 Pat Godfrey, OL -- -- 6 ------3 -- -- 3 -- -- 12 3-0 3-0 71 Noah Green, OL -- -- 15 -- -- 9 -- -- 6 ST 2 9 -- -- 41 6-0 6-0 87 D.J. Greenlee, TE -- 1 15 -- -- 4 -- -- ST -- -- 5 -- -- 25 5-0 23-0 57 Jay Guillermo, C *81 *79 *30 *72 *66 *42 *94 *73 *51 *97 *74 *56 *80 *77 972 14-14 45-28 39 Christian Groomes, PK -- -- ST ------ST ------2-0 2-0 51 Taylor Hearn, OL *81 *63 *30 *68 *66 *44 *84 *77 *41 *98 *62 *52 *80 *77 923 14-14 28-14 92 Greg Huegel, PK *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST -- 14-14 29-29 67 Albert Huggins, DT -- 16 36 15 23 26 12 3 21 6 13 29 7 11 218 13-0 18-0 75 Mitch Hyatt, LT *81 *74 *30 *68 *66 *46 *94 *81 *63 2 *69 *64 *80 *77 895 14-13 29-28 10 Tucker Israel, QB -- -- 7 ------5 ------12 2-0 2-0 14 Denzel Johnson, S ST ST 22 -- -- 4 ST ST 2 ST 5 20 ST 1 54 12-0 12-0 18 Jadar Johnson, S *71 *79 *17 *56 *99 *63 *78 *33 *57 *76 *52 *39 *72 *55 847 14-14 53-15 93 Sterling Johnson, DT -- -- 17 ------9 -- -- 20 -- -- 46 4-0 4-0 34 Kendall Joseph, LB *66 *71 *24 *56 *100 *60 *79 *69 *44 *75 *53 *40 *72 *55 864 14-14 21-14 97 Carson King, P -- -- *ST ------1-0 1-0 57 Tre Lamar, LB 8 12 19 ST 6 10 1 1 21 2 8 12 1 1 102 14-0 14-0 90 Dexter Lawrence, DT 37 *41 20 *40 *67 40 *51 *39 35 *61 *38 *21 *69 *35 594 14-10 14-10 16 Jordan Leggett, TE *74 *57 *21 *63 *61 *41 *87 *78 *42 *80 *60 *52 *76 *63 855 14-14 49-36 89 Ryan Mac Lain, WR -- -- 1 ------ST ------1 2-0 2-0 88 Sean Mac Lain, WR -- -- 17 ------6 -- -- 3 -- -- 26 3-0 12-0 46 Jarvis Magwood, LB -- -- ST ------ST -- -- 6 -- -- 6 3-0 3-0 34 Ray-Ray McCloud, WR 20 32 *22 *45 *60 *28 *34 24 -- 37 22 26 20 40 410 13-5 25-6 69 Maverick Morris, OG ST 32 23 20 12 23 8 11 9 39 19 35 22 37 290 14-0 33-3 23 Trayvon Mullen, CB -- 9 37 ST ST 18 ST ST 29 ST -- 13 ST 9 115 12-0 12-0 19 Tanner Muse, S ST ST 37 ST ST 8 ST ST 26 2 5 20 ST 1 99 14-0 14-0 6 Dorian O’Daniel, LB *13 *18 *21 *56 *26 33 11 *23 22 *53 *54 *37 *6 *51 424 14-11 41-13 10 Diondre Overton, WR -- 6 25 5 -- 14 -- -- 22 -- 6 19 -- 10 107 8-0 8-0 56 Scott Pagano, DT *31 28 *19 24 41 *26 25 28 *24 9 ------22 277 11-4 30-14 70 Seth Penner, OL -- -- 15 ------6 -- -- 5 -- -- 26 3-0 3-0 76 Sean Pollard, OT -- 11 32 4 -- 15 -- 25 *57 *98 *64 *60 *70 *53 489 11-6 11-6 17 Cornell Powell, WR -- 19 42 26 4 28 -- -- 6 -- 6 24 -- 23 178 9-0 9-0 52 Connor Prevost, LB -- -- ST ------6 -- -- 6 2-0 2-0 41 Grant Radakovich, TE ST ST 7 ST ST 1 ST ST 3 ST ST 2 ST 2 15 14-0 14-0 45 Chris Register, DE 6 16 32 15 17 17 6 -- 13 -- 6 13 -- 1 142 11-0 12-0 13 Hunter Renfrow, WR 46 *47 ------46 *65 *39 *78 *47 *45 *63 *60 536 10-8 25-18 80 Milan Richard, TE 8 25 12 12 5 11 6 6 16 11 7 10 4 9 142 14-0 29-0 50 Jabril Robinson, DT -- -- 19 -- -- 11 -- -- 21 -- 6 7 -- 1 65 6-0 12-0 85 Seth Ryan, WR ST ST 15 ST ST 4 ST ST 20 ST ST 4 ST ST 43 14-0 31-0 12 Nick Schuessler, QB -- -- 27 -- -- 6 -- -- 32 -- 5 16 -- 10 96 6-0 19-0 3 Artavis Scott, WR *53 *45 *23 *55 *37 *32 *51 *63 *47 *58 *49 *37 *58 *45 652 14-14 42-35 37 Cameron Scott, CB -- -- ST ------ST ------2-0 2-0 54 Connor Sekas, LB -- -- ST ------1-0 1-0 74 John Simpson, OL -- 10 32 -- -- 24 -- 3 33 7 15 26 -- 10 160 9-0 9-0 47 James Skalski, LB ST ST 8 ST ST 3 -- ST 9 ST ST ST ST ST 20 13-0 13-0 84 Cannon Smith, TE ST 1 12 ST ST 6 ST 1 5 1 3 5 ST 4 38 14-0 29-0 43 Chad Smith, LB ST ST 5 ST 2 8 1 ST 2 2 ST ST ST ST 20 14-0 14-0 23 Van Smith, DB *71 *79 *11 *56 *100 *66 *79 *73 *43 *74 *52 *39 *72 *55 870 14-14 28-14 47 Alex Spence, PK -- -- ST -- -- ST -- -- ST ------3-0 3-0 52 Austin Spence, LS -- -- ST ------ST ------2-0 2-0 20 Jack Swinney, WR -- -- 7 ------5 ------12 2-0 2-0 25 Cordrea Tankersley, CB *71 *71 *12 *49 *87 *63 *78 *73 *29 *76 *38 *26 *69 *52 794 14-14 54-29 59 Bradley Tatko, LS -- -- ST ------ST ------2-0 2-0 32 Andy Teasdall, P *ST *ST -- *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST -- 13-13 30-28 86 Ty Thomason, WR -- -- 9 ------6 -- -- 4 -- -- 19 3-0 3-0 1 Trevion Thompson, WR 11 34 35 25 23 21 18 18 38 14 28 42 14 -- 321 13-0 27-0 72 Logan Tisch, OL -- -- 15 ------6 -- -- 5 -- -- 26 3-0 3-0 38 Amir Trapp, DB -- -- 9 ------20 -- -- 7 -- -- 36 3-0 3-0 12 K’Von Wallace, DB ST 18 22 1 10 ST 20 15 4 14 ST 4 ST 1 109 14-0 14-0 94 Carlos Watkins, DT *56 *44 *12 *37 *76 *48 *63 *63 *36 *65 *50 *36 *73 *41 700 14-14 52-30 4 Deshaun Watson, QB *81 *89 *28 *82 *66 *53 *94 *86 *40 *98 *72 *71 *80 *76 1016 14-14 37-34 15 Korrin Wiggins, S/LB 35 21 27 -- 40 *23 -- 37 11 ------194 7-1 32-7 42 Christian Wilkins, DT *59 *63 *12 *43 *79 *50 *54 *50 *35 *50 *39 *28 *52 *40 654 14-14 29-15 44 Garrett Williams, TE *12 11 9 14 4 12 9 5 17 9 10 14 7 9 142 14-1 29-1 30 Jalen Williams, LB 34 41 *39 1 ------8 17 5 2 11 56 -- 214 10-1 25-1 7 Mike Williams, WR *58 *48 *20 *50 *42 *13 *64 *57 *35 *63 *52 *39 *61 *35 637 14-14 41-29 49 Richard Yeargin, DE 19 29 25 9 22 18 3 2 34 -- 17 -- -- 5 183 11-0 21-0 * - start; ST - special teams only; Note: Numbers do not necessarily denote official plays, but rather non-special-team snaps;bold denotes a Clemson home game.

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AUBURN BOSTON COLLEGE WAKE FOREST # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result CLEMSON’S LONGEST PLAYS 1. 1 15:00 25 9 53 3:09 Downs 1. 1 15:00 12 3 4 0:53 Punt 1. 1 12:46 49 4 51 1:22 TD 2. 1 9:43 34 6 14 2:25 Punt 2. 1 11:08 25 4 75 1:46 TD 2. 1 8:28 41 7 59 •2:06 TD Yds Player(s) Type Opp 3. 1 5:29 18 5 23 2:40 Punt 3. 1 5:23 30 7 70 •2:11 TD 3. 1 4:38 32 9 68 3:28 TD 65 * Watson to Cain Pass SYR 4. 2 12:50 16 13 84 •5:16 TD 4. 1 1:40 44 1 56 0:11 TD 4. 1 0:42 48 8 52 •2:58 TD 59 * Gallman Rush BC 5. 2 5:44 49 3 17 0:59 Fum 5. 2 15:00 40 5 9 1:49 Punt 5. 2 10:04 25 8 39 3:46 Downs 56 * Watson to Leggett Pass BC 6. 2 3:25 23 8 64 •3:18 FG 6. 2 6:46 1 3 10 1:39 Punt 6. 2 3:31 18 3 4 1:44 Punt 50 Watson to M. Williams Pass BC 7. 3 12:47 *45 7 22 2:11 FG 7. 2 1:49 12 3 6 0:29 Punt 7. 2 0:20 12 1 (-1) 0:20 Half 45 * Schuessler to Overton Pass SCS 8. 3 8:56 8 3 4 1:06 Int 8. 2 0:21 24 2 51 0:21 Half 8. 3 15:00 25 9 46 3:12 Downs 45 * Feaster Rush BC 9. 3 3:00 6 3 7 1:17 Punt 9. 3 13:03 37 4 63 1:25 TD 9. 3 9:26 32 4 20 1:40 Punt 42 * Gallman Rush WF 10. 4 13:46 25 10 75 •3:47 TD 10. 3 7:45 41 7 59 2:27 TD 10. 3 5:30 25 3 9 1:51 Punt 41 Watson to Leggett Pass FSU 11. 4 6:15 2 3 6 1:31 Punt 11. 3 0:27 45 12 55 •3:46 TD 11. 3 1:15 20 13 80 •5:25 TD 40 Watson to Cain Pass FSU 12. 4 3:22 25 10 60 2:42 Downs 12. 4 10:13 49 6 10 3:31 Punt 12. 4 7:08 34 4 15 3:15 Punt 39 Watson to Cain Pass VT 13. 4 4:33 42 4 58 1:24 TD 13. 4 0:34 37 2 9 0:34 Game 37 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU TROY 37 Watson to M. Williams Pass OSU # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result NC STATE SOUTH CAROLINA 36 * Watson to McCloud Pass SCS 1. 1 12:43 11 3 (-1) 1:26 Punt # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 35 * Watson to Renfrow Pass TROY 2. 1 10:22 35 10 57 •2:54 FG 1. 1 10:55 26 6 50 1:51 Fum 1. 1 14:32 32 9 46 2:23 MFG 34 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 3. 1 3:18 18 3 (-3) 0:47 Punt 2. 1 5:42 15 13 77 •4:25 FG 2. 1 12:03 *47 3 47 0:55 TD 34 * Watson to Leggett Pass FSU 4. 1 0:23 35 3 2 1:13 Inter. 3. 2 14:43 43 3 5 1:25 Punt 3. 1 9:42 35 11 65 •3:50 TD 34 * Watson to M. Williams Pass USC 5. 2 14:03 37 5 16 1:22 Punt 4. 2 12:26 35 12 64 •4:31 Downs 4. 1 4:15 *32 5 32 •2:10 TD 33 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU 6. 2 11:06 46 4 54 1:00 TD 5. 2 2:03 25 10 75 •1:54 TD 5. 1 0:30 31 5 30 1:15 Punt 33 Watson Rush OSU 7. 2 7:52 32 6 41 1:54 Downs 6. 3 15:00 25 1 0 0:09 Int 6. 2 10:47 22 5 48 1:47 Int 32 Watson to Leggett Pass WF 8. 2 4:15 *40 5 26 •1:30 FG 7. 3 14:45 17 14 78 •4:29 Fum 7. 2 5:21 *45 6 45 •2:15 TD 31 * Watson to Leggett Pass LOU 9. 3 15:00 22 6 37 1:35 Punt 8. 3 8:56 *43 5 39 1:49 Fum 8. 2 0:47 20 6 80 0:39 TD 31 Schuessler to M. Williams Pass SYR 10. 3 10:31 *48 3 2 0:43 Int 9. 3 4:49 23 10 77 •3:46 TD 9. 3 15:00 34 6 66 •2:16 TD 31 Watson to M. Williams Pass PITT 11. 3 8:21 20 4 18 1:34 Punt 10. 4 11:23 28 10 25 4:44 Punt 10. 3 11:17 20 14 80 •6:39 TD 31 Watson to Renfrow Pass VT 12. 3 4:03 22 3 0 0:44 Punt 11. OT ----- *25 8 25 •----- TD 11. 3 3:28 38 5 23 2:52 Punt 30 Gallman Rush SYR 13. 3 2:34 34 13 66 •3:44 TD 12. 4 10:13 32 15 68 •7:06 TD 30 Watson to M. Williams Pass PITT 14. 4 12:54 25 11 75 2:54 TD FLORIDA STATE 30 Watson to Leggett Pass USC 15. 4 4:58 *49 7 32 2:33 FG # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result VIRGINIA TECH 30 Watson to Cain Pass VT 16. 4 0:43 *33 1 (-1) 0:43 Game 1. 1 15:00 32 9 68 •3:55 TD # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 30 * Watson to Fuller Pass OSU 2. 1 5:27 20 10 80 •3:46 TD 1. 1 15:00 25 9 75 •3:13 TD 29 Watson to Cain Pass BC SC STATE 3. 1 0:42 *49 3 (-2) 1:26 Punt 2. 1 10:03 17 9 83 4:06 TD 29 Watson to M. Williams Pass NCS # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 4. 2 13:18 *47 3 9 1:15 Int 3. 1 0:51 25 10 75 •4:05 TD 29 Watson to Cain Pass FSU 1. 1 15:00 31 10 69 •3:27 TD 5. 2 8:20 25 5 21 2:41 Punt 4. 2 8:49 35 5 13 2:42 Punt 29 Schuessler to Cain Pass SYR 2. 1 8:17 24 10 76 •2:57 TD 6. 2 4:45 32 8 62 •2:56 FG 5. 2 4:09 25 6 11 2:53 Punt 29 Watson to Leggett Pass PITT 3. 1 4:36 36 4 64 1:18 TD 7. 2 0:23 25 1 0 0:23 Half 6. 2 0:06 20 1 (-1) 0:06 Half 28 Watson to M. Williams Pass GT 4. 1 2:39 *2 4 (-7) •1:00 FG 8. 3 12:03 5 10 78 •2:55 FG 7. 3 14:11 33 2 3 0:31 Int 28 Watson to A. Scott Pass PITT 5. 2 14:46 *39 3 39 1:05 TD 9. 3 7:07 33 2 2 0:41 Int 8. 3 12:55 11 9 89 •3:38 TD 27 Bryant Rush SCS 6. 2 12:07 *49 6 49 2:11 TD 10. 3 6:18 25 6 16 2:11 Punt 9. 3 7:48 24 3 5 0:58 Punt 27 * Watson to Cain Pass PITT 7. 2 6:43 *43 7 18 3:00 MFG 11. 3 2:32 29 3 2 1:37 Punt 10. 3 6:04 49 4 51 •1:19 TD 27 Gallman Rush WF 8. 2 0:09 33 1 6 3:09 Half 12. 3 0:43 25 10 75 •4:13 TD 11. 3 2:27 25 3 7 1:28 Punt 27 Fuller Rush VT 9. 3 10:59 35 12 65 •4:30 TD 13. 4 8:43 48 8 23 3:28 FG 12. 4 11:35 25 8 75 •4:02 TD 26 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 10. 3 3:28 30 6 70 •2:33 TD 14. 4 3:23 25 5 75 1:17 TD 13. 4 5:43 25 3 (-7) 1:40 Punt 26 Feaster Rush SCS 11. 4 11:43 21 8 46 2:39 Downs 15. 4 0:18 *33 1 (-1) 0:18 Game 14. 4 1:11 14 3 30 1:11 Game 26 Watson to M. Williams Pass OSU 12. 4 6:57 29 5 23 2:29 Punt 25 Watson to Thompson Pass GT 13. 4 1:28 23 4 31 1:28 Game SYRACUSE OHIO STATE 25 Watson to Leggett Pass FSU # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 25 Watson to Renfrow Pass PITT GEORGIA TECH 1. 1 13:16 *41 10 36 •3:50 FG 1. 1 13:37 17 2 1 0:26 Int 25 Watson to Cain Pass USC # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 2. 1 6:53 41 3 5 2:02 Punt 2. 1 11:52 30 7 42 2:36 FG 24 Watson to McCloud Pass GT 1. 1 15:00 25 9 75 •3:35 TD 3. 1 4:42 *15 3 15 •0:55 TD 3. 1 5:59 30 10 70 •3:43 TD 24 Watson to Leggett Pass LOU 2. 1 9:22 *47 10 37 •2:43 MFG 4. 2 14:42 5 2 95 0:31 TD 4. 2 14:54 11 3 9 1:52 Punt 24 * Gallman Rush LOU 3. 1 5:09 38 8 62 •2:43 TD 5. 2 12:16 11 12 89 •5:00 TD 5. 2 11:38 26 9 37 3:15 Int 24 Schuessler to Leggett Pass SYR 4. 2 14:07 2 3 2 1:12 Punt 6. 2 6:30 14 14 86 •5:03 TD 6. 2 6:05 17 8 83 3:44 TD 24 Schuessler to M. Williams Pass SYR 5. 2 9:45 10 12 49 4:57 Punt 7. 2 0:33 22 6 55 0:30 MFG 7. 2 0:58 21 5 23 0:46 Punt 23 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS 6. 2 3:48 *45 5 30 •1:48 Int 8. 3 15:00 *44 7 44 •2:51 TD 8. 3 15:00 25 3 6 1:17 Punt 23 Watson Rush LOU 7. 2 1:53 28 10 72 •1:49 TD 9. 3 10:10 16 6 23 2:46 Punt 9. 3 13:13 *41 9 27 •4:11 MFG 23 Watson to A. Scott Pass LOU 8. 3 9:32 35 3 7 1:11 Punt 10. 3 4:31 20 10 80 •3:05 TD 10. 3 7:40 41 4 16 1:40 Punt 23 Watson to Cain Pass BC 9. 3 6:25 36 4 19 2:00 Punt 11. 4 15:00 40 8 31 3:18 FG 11. 3 4:09 *40 5 40 •2:03 TD 23 Watson to Cain Pass SYR 10. 4 13:21 25 4 20 2:23 Punt 12. 4 4:15 33 3 (-4) 1:41 Punt 12. 3 0:56 19 10 39 4:05 Punt 23 Watson Rush WF 11. 4 10:48 *27 4 -(-2) 0:51 FG 13. 4 0:54 32 3 10 0:54 Game 13. 4 9:25 7 2 7 •0:34 TD 23 Gallman Rush USC 12. 4 7:48 20 7 33 3:26 Punt 14. 4 5:48 27 10 40 5:39 Downs 22 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 13. 4 2:51 *24 5 18 •2:51 Game PITTSBURGH 22 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 22 Schuessler to Ca. Smith Pass SCS LOUISVILLE 1. 1 13:02 22 8 65 •2:06 Int 22 Watson to M. Williams Pass WF # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 2. 1 9:12 49 6 51 •1:53 TD 21 Watson to M. Williams Pass NCS 1. 1 14:07 41 4 17 1:14 Punt 3. 1 5:22 30 12 70 •4:42 TD 21 Watson to Renfrow Pass NCS 2. 1 9:59 10 8 30 3:13 Punt 4. 2 13:48 20 11 80 •3:42 TD 21 Watson to Leggett Pass PITT 3. 1 5:08 31 3 7 1:41 Punt 5. 2 9:26 26 6 30 2:46 Int 21 * Watson to Leggett Pass VT 4. 2 14:12 20 7 65 •3:00 Int 6. 2 2:23 25 6 75 1:14 TD 20 Watson to A. Scott Pass AUB 5. 2 8:08 *45 2 45 0:20 TD 20 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 7. 3 14:53 19 6 12 1:59 Punt * - in opponent’s territory; • - red-zone posses- 6. 2 6:37 46 1 12 0:10 Fum 20 Gallman Rush AUB 8. 3 10:48 *47 3 47 0:55 TD sion (first-and-10 inside the opponent 21); Note: 7. 2 6:20 *38 1 38 0:11 TD 20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY 9. 3 4:29 19 8 81 •2:52 TD Bolded lines denote scoring drives. 8. 2 4:44 44 3 56 0:57 TD 10. 3 0:35 31 4 18 0:47 Punt 20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY 9. 2 0:31 27 4 73 •0:26 TD 11. 4 13:08 *44 3 (-1) 1:18 Punt 20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY 10. 3 14:56 27 2 2 0:35 Int 12. 4 10:33 42 13 55 •4:51 Int 20 * Watson to M. Williams Pass LOU 11. 3 11:15 27 3 8 1:50 Punt 13. 4 5:12 23 9 42 4:14 Downs 20 Watson to Renfrow Pass FSU 12. 3 5:16 25 7 70 •1:49 Fum 20 Watson to A. Scott Pass USC 13. 3 0:39 24 4 14 1:34 Punt 20 Watson to M. Williams Pass VT 14. 4 10:15 31 2 1 0:34 Int 20 Watson to McCloud Pass OSU 15. 4 7:39 *23 2 23 •0:34 TD 20 Gallman Rush OSU 16. 4 6:11 15 8 85 2:57 TD * - touchdown; Note: Offensive plays only; 17. 4 0:33 3 1 0 0:33 Game bold denotes a Clemson home game.

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB OPPONENT OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHARTS

AUBURN BOSTON COLLEGE WAKE FOREST # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result OPPONENTS’ LONGEST PLAYS 1. 1 11:51 32 3 (-2) 2:08 Punt 1. 1 14:07 47 3 6 1:26 Punt 1. 1 15:00 16 3 7 2:14 Punt 2. 1 7:18 14 3 0 1:49 Punt 2. 1 12:41 *9 4 5 •1:33 FG 2. 1 11:24 25 6 18 2:56 Punt Yds Player(s) Type Team 3. 1 2:49 20 12 44 4:51 FG 3. 1 9:22 25 6 3 3:59 Punt 3. 1 6:22 35 3 5 1:44 Punt 70 * Cook Rush FSU 4. 2 7:34 35 3 (-20) 1:50 Punt 4. 1 3:12 25 3 2 1:32 Punt 4. 1 1:10 25 3 1 0:28 Punt 66 * Frye Rush TROY 5. 2 4:45 34 3 1 1:20 Punt 5. 1 1:29 19 3 7 1:29 Punt 5. 2 12:44 26 3 6 2:03 Punt 64 Samuel Rush OSU 6. 3 14:51 5 3 0 2:04 Punt 6. 2 13:11 19 13 79 •6:25 Downs 6. 2 10:41 *27 4 3 0:37 FG 55 * Peterman to Orndoff Pass PITT 7. 3 10:36 25 5 39 1:40 Int 7. 2 5:07 *49 6 6 3:18 Punt 7. 2 6:18 36 6 64 •2:47 TD 53 Evans to Ford Pass VT 8. 3 7:50 *35 12 30 •4:50 Fum 8. 2 1:20 31 6 45 0:59 Fum 8. 2 1:47 49 3 (-7) 1:27 Punt 51 Kearns to Wade Pass WFU 9. 3 1:43 *49 7 35 •2:57 FG 9. 3 15:00 22 3 1 1:57 Punt 9. 3 11:48 29 4 12 2:22 Punt 49 Neal Rush SYR 10. 4 9:51 23 10 69 •3:36 Int 10. 3 11:38 1 6 25 3:53 Punt 10. 3 7:46 13 7 82 •2:16 FG 46 * Peterman to Conner Pass PITT 11. 4 4:44 *36 4 36 •1:22 TD 11. 3 5:18 45 9 55 •4:51 TD 11. 3 3:39 33 3 (-13) 2:24 Punt 44 Peterman to Parrish Pass PITT 12. 4 0:40 15 8 45 0:40 Game 12. 4 11:41 12 3 6 1:28 Punt 12. 4 10:50 25 6 8 3:42 Punt 43 White to Davis Pass AUB 13. 4 6:42 13 3 3 2:09 Punt 13. 4 3:53 20 5 5 3:19 Punt 43 * Cook Rush FSU TROY 14. 4 3:09 32 3 3 1:39 Int 42 Evans to Hodges Pass VT # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 15. 4 1:30 35 2 8 1:30 Game SOUTH CAROLINA 41 Kearns to Serigne Pass WF 1. 1 15:00 25 3 4 2:17 Punt # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 40 Francois to Murray Pass FSU 2. 1 11:17 *47 5 25 0:55 FG NC STATE 1. 1 15:00 26 3 0 0:28 Punt 39 Finley to Hines Pass NCS 3. 1 7:28 25 6 22 4:10 Punt # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 2. 1 12:09 22 1 0 0:06 Int 38 Jackson Rush LOU 4. 1 2:31 49 5 16 2:08 Downs 1. 1 15:00 25 9 49 4:05 MFG 3. 1 11:08 25 3 2 1:26 Punt 38 Locklear to Samuels Pass NCS 5. 2 14:10 *26 1 0 0:07 Int 2. 1 9:04 24 7 32 •3:22 Punt 4. 1 5:47 25 4 7 1:32 Downs 38 Stevenson Rush FSU 6. 2 12:41 20 4 23 1:35 Int 3. 1 1:17 25 5 28 1:34 Int 5. 1 2:00 14 3 (-7) 1:30 Punt 34 Smith Rush LOU 7. 2 10:06 25 4 75 2:14 TD 4. 2 13:18 18 3 1 0:52 Punt 6. 2 14:15 20 6 19 3:28 Punt 33 * Samuel to Edwards Pass USC 8. 2 5:58 27 4 14 1:43 Int 5. 2 7:55 1 14 88 •5:52 FG 7. 2 9:00 11 6 12 3:39 Punt 32 Evans to Rogers Pass VT 9. 2 2:45 25 3 5 1:07 Punt 6. 2 0:09 37 2 21 0:08 Half 8. 2 2:59 28 5 29 2:12 Punt 30 Silvers to Douglas Pass TROY 10. 2 1:38 20 7 49 1:36 MFG 7. 3 10:16 5 3 (-3) 1:20 Punt 9. 3 12:44 25 5 75 1:20 TD 29 Jackson to Smith Pass LOU 11. 3 13:25 9 4 17 2:54 Punt 8. 3 7:07 *26 6 6 •2:18 MFG 10. 3 4:32 30 3 (-8) 1:04 Punt 28 Silvers to Flakes Pass TROY 12. 3 9:48 *38 3 (-5) 1:27 Punt 9. 3 1:03 25 14 75 •4:40 TD 11. 3 0:36 4 13 64 5:23 Downs 28 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU 13. 3 6:47 37 3 (-4) 2:44 Punt 10. 4 6:39 29 14 55 •6:39 MFG 12. 4 3:00 16 6 44 3:00 Game 28 Talley Rush USC 14. 3 3:19 34 3 1 0:45 Punt 11. OT ----- *25 1 0 ----- Int 27 Finley to Dayes Pass NCS 15. 4 13:50 25 3 2 0:56 Punt VIRGINIA TECH 27 Conner Rush PITT 16. 4 9:56 14 14 86 •4:47 TD FLORIDA STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 27 * McMillian Rush VT 17. 4 2:24 32 8 68 •1:40 TD # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 1. 1 11:47 27 3 (-7) 1:44 Punt 26 Thomas to Stewart Pass GT 1. 1 11:01 15 10 48 5:34 Punt 2. 1 5:57 23 11 77 •5:06 TD 26 J. Smith Rush BC SC STATE 2. 1 1:41 25 3 (-1) 0:59 Punt 3. 2 11:46 22 6 16 2:57 Punt 26 Francois to Rudolph Pass FSU # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 3. 2 14:16 7 3 3 0:58 Punt 4. 2 6:07 30 5 70 •1:58 TD 26 Conner Rush PITT 1. 1 11:33 25 6 1 3:16 Punt 4. 2 12:03 40 6 60 •3:43 TD 5. 2 1:16 26 3 7 1:10 Punt 26 * Evans to Phillips Pass VT 2. 1 5:20 25 3 2 0:44 Punt 5. 2 5:39 14 3 18 0:54 Int 6. 3 15:00 25 3 (-6) 0:49 Punt 25 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU 3. 1 3:18 25 2 2 0:39 Int 6. 2 1:44 22 6 78 •1:21 TD 7. 3 13:40 *38 3 (-5) 0:45 Punt 25 Peterman to Weah Pass PITT 4. 1 1:39 25 3 (-5) 1:53 Punt 7. 3 15:00 25 6 19 2:57 Punt 8. 3 9:17 20 3 (-1) 1:29 Punt 24 Finley to Harmon Pass NCS 5. 2 13:41 25 3 3 1:34 Punt 8. 3 9:03 23 3 (-2) 1:56 Punt 9. 3 6:50 35 2 (-2) 0:46 Int 23 Finley to Samuels Pass NCS 6. 2 9:52 14 6 14 3:09 Punt 9. 3 6:26 *43 1 43 0:08 TD 10. 3 4:45 25 5 75 2:27 TD 23 Francois to Tate Pass FSU 7. 2 3:43 25 11 42 3:34 Downs 10. 3 4:07 30 3 (-1) 1:35 Punt 11. 3 0:59 35 12 65 •4:24 TD 23 Francois to Whitfield Pass FSU 8. 3 12:00 25 3 7 1:01 Punt 11. 3 0:55 30 1 70 0:43 TD 12. 4 7:28 24 6 76 1:45 TD 22 Jackson Rush LOU 9. 3 6:23 18 6 19 2:55 Punt 12. 4 11:30 25 4 (-8) 2:37 Punt 13. 4 4:03 41 9 36 2:52 Int 22 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU 10. 3 0:48 43 3 5 4:05 Punt 13. 4 5:19 20 5 80 •1:56 TD 22 Towles to Sweeney Pass BC 11. 4 9:04 33 3 (-6) 2:07 Punt 14. 4 2:01 21 9 12 1:43 Downs OHIO STATE 22 Francois to Murray Pass FSU 12. 4 4:28 13 6 37 3:00 Punt # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 22 Colburn Rush WF SYRACUSE 1. 1 15:00 33 3 2 1:23 Punt 21 White to Davis Pass AUB GEORGIA TECH # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 2. 1 13:11 *33 4 3 1:19 MFG 21 Francois to Whitfield Pass FSU # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 1. 1 15:00 22 3 (-1) 1:44 Punt 3. 1 9:06 *42 7 12 3:07 MFG 21 Barrett to Victor Pass OSU 1. 1 11:25 25 3 (-6) 2:03 Punt 2. 1 9:18 39 7 20 2:25 Downs 4. 1 2:10 23 5 26 2:16 Punt 21 Peterman to Orndoff Pass PITT 2. 1 6:39 20 3 (-7) 1:30 Punt 3. 1 4:51 26 1 0 0:09 Int 5. 2 13:02 13 3 6 1:24 Punt 20 Morris Rush SCS 3. 1 2:26 35 5 22 3:19 Punt 4. 1 3:44 11 9 47 4:02 Punt 6. 2 8:23 20 6 17 2:18 Punt 20 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU 4. 2 12:55 48 6 5 3:10 Punt 5. 2 14:06 25 6 16 1:50 Punt 7. 2 2:21 25 3 3 1:23 Punt 20 Wilson to Elta-Tawo Pass SYR 5. 2 4:48 10 3 4 1:00 Punt 6. 2 7:04 *32 2 3 0:34 Int 8. 2 0:12 12 1 (-1) 0:12 Half 20 * Conner Rush PITT 6. 2 2:00 2 0 (-2) 0:00 Safety 7. 2 1:22 20 6 16 0:49 Punt 9. 3 13:43 26 2 15 0:30 Fum 20 Ludwig to Edmunds Pass VT 7. 2 0:04 37 1 14 0:04 Half 8. 2 0:03 23 1 1 0:03 Half 10. 3 9:02 20 3 4 1:22 Punt * - touchdown; Note: Offensive plays only; 8. 3 14:53 11 8 15 5:21 Punt 9. 3 12:02 20 7 28 1:52 Punt 11. 3 6:00 12 4 (-4) 1:51 Punt bold denotes a Clemson home game. 9. 3 8:21 25 3 3 1:56 Punt 10. 3 7:24 21 7 65 •2:53 MFG 12. 3 2:00 35 2 38 1:04 Int 10. 3 4;25 11 11 89 •6:04 TD 11. 3 1:20 19 3 6 1:20 Punt 13. 4 11:51 20 5 47 2:26 Int 11. 4 10:58 17 1 0 0:10 Int 12. 4 11:35 17 8 41 3:55 Int 14. 4 8:47 28 9 45 2:59 Downs 12. 4 9:57 25 4 11 2:09 Punt 13. 4 7:34 19 6 13 3:19 Punt 15. 4 0:09 33 1 7 0:09 Game 13. 4 4:22 15 4 9 1:31 Downs 14. 4 2:34 25 3 (-2) 1:40 Punt

LOUISVILLE PITTSBURGH # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result 1. 1 15:00 23 3 (-5) 0:53 Punt 1. 1 15:00 25 5 75 •1:52 TD 2. 1 12:53 1 5 18 2:54 Punt 2. 1 10:56 20 4 (-5) 1:44 Punt 3. 1 6:46 15 3 2 1:38 Punt 3. 1 7:19 25 5 75 1:51 TD 4. 1 3:27 18 11 82 •4:09 TD 4. 1 0:40 25 5 23 1:52 Punt * - in opponent’s territory; • - red-zone posses- 5. 2 11:12 20 8 25 3:04 Fum 5. 2 10:06 35 3 65 0:33 TD sion (first-and-10 inside the opponent 21); Note: 6. 2 7:48 25 3 (-5) 1:11 Int 6. 2 6:40 14 10 86 •4:17 TD Bolded lines denote scoring drives. 7. 2 6:27 39 1 (-1) 0:07 Fum 7. 2 1:02 16 8 49 1:02 MFG 8. 2 6:09 25 3 (-7) 1:25 Punt 8. 3 12:54 31 4 16 2:06 Fum 9. 2 3:44 15 13 76 •3:07 FG 9. 3 9:53 25 11 75 •5:18 TD 10. 2 0:03 39 1 (-6) 0:03 Half 10. 3 1:37 25 3 (-1) 1:02 Punt 11. 3 14:21 *36 7 36 •3:01 TD 11. 4 14:48 11 3 (-7) 1:40 Punt 12. 3 9:25 32 11 63 •4:04 FG 12. 4 11:50 10 3 5 1:17 Punt 13. 3 3:27 23 7 77 •2:42 TD 13. 4 5:42 *30 3 30 •5:17 TD 14. 4 14:05 26 8 62 •3:42 FG 14. 4 0:58 36 6 34 0:52 FG 15. 4 9:41 44 4 56 •1:49 TD 16. 4 6:49 29 3 7 0:48 Punt 17. 4 3:14 25 11 72 •2:41 Downs

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 1

GAME STATS #2 CLEMSON 19 Clemson 0 10 3 6 19 Auburn 0 3 0 10 13

AU Carlson 53 FG, 2nd, 12:58, 12-44 CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:34, 13-84 CU Huegel 30 FG, 2nd, 0:07, 8-64 AUBURN 13 CU Huegel 40 FG, 3rd, 10:36, 7-22 AU Carlson 32 FG, 4th, 13:46, 7-35 CU Renfrow 16 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick Failed) 4th, 9:59, 10-75 AU Johnson 9 Run (Carlson Kick) 4th, 3:22, 4-36 SEPT. 3, 2016 • JORDAN-HARE STADIUM • AUBURN, ALA. Attendance - 87,451 Weather - Clear, 79º

Team Statistics CU AUB First Downs 19 17 AUBURN, ALA. - Clemson opened the 2016 season Rushing 151 87 Saturday with a 19-13 win over Auburn in front of a Passing 19-34-1 15-30-2 sellout Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers batted down a Passing Yards 248 175 Hail Mary pass attempt on the final play of the game to Total Offense 399 262 move to 1-0 on the season. Yards/Play 5.1 3.7 Return Yards 16 42 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Deshaun Watson passed for 248 yards and a touchdown, Turnovers 2 3 while wide receiver Mike Williams signaled his return Penalties 6-55 9-60 with a career night. He caught nine passes for 174 yards Interception Returns 2-0 1-0 to lead the playmakers. Defensively, Clemson came up Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 with three takeaways and held Auburn to just 262 yards. Kickoff Returns 1-16 3-42 Punting 4-41.5 5-44.4 Third-Down Conversions 6-17 3-17 A scoreless first quarter saw the Tigers put together a pair Sacks 3-28 0-0 of drives that resulted in points in the second. After three Time of Possession 30:29 29:31 big completions to Williams — who returned from a neck injury suffered in last year’s opener — Wayne Gallman Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) plunged in from a yard out behind two defensive tackles CU Gallman 30-123-1, Watson 11-21, Choice 3-7 lined up in the backfield. With just seven seconds left AUB K. Johnson 23-94-1, Truitt 4-7, Cox 4-6, White 4-(-2), J. Johnson 6-(-18) before the half, Greg Huegel tacked on a 30-yard field goal to put Clemson up 10-3. Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson 19-34-248-1-1 Auburn pulled to within a touchdown at 13-6 heading AUB White 10-21-140-1-0, J. Johnson 4-6-38-1-0, into the fourth quarter, but Hunter Renfrow provided the Franklin 1-1-(-3)-0-0, Team 0-2-0-0-0 play of the night. Facing third-and-goal, Watson lofted Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) a beautiful pass from the 16 to Renfrow, who made a CU M. Williams 9-174, A. Scott 3-30, Renfrow 3-27-1, spectacular catch in the corner of the endzone. It was McCloud 2-8, Gallman 1-8, Cain 1-1 his third straight game with a touchdown reception. AUB M. Davis 5-56, Hastings 3-29, Truitt 2-17, R. Davis 2-17, K. Davis 1-43, Stevens 1-16, K. Johnson 1-(-3)

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) CU None AUB None

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) CU A. Scott 1-16 AUB Ford 3-42

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) CU Johnson 1-0 AUB Holsey 1-0

Tackle Leaders CU Joseph 14, Lawrence 10

Sacks CU Lawrence 1-11, Wilkins 1-11, Joseph 1-6, Lamar 1-2

Tackles For Loss CU Joseph 3-8, Wilkins 2.5-13, Tankersley 2-4, Lawrence 1-11, V. Smith 1.5-3, Lamar 1-2, Boulware 1-1, O’Daniel 1.5-3, Ferrell 0.5-1

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 2

GAME STATS TROY 24 Troy 3 7 0 14 24 Clemson 3 10 0 17 30

TR Kay 29 FG, 1st, 10:22, 5-25 CU Huegel 26 FG, 1st, 7:28. 10-57 CU Renfrow 35 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 10:06, 4-54 #2 CLEMSON 30 TR Frye 66 Run (Kay Kick) 2nd, 7:52, 4-75 CU Huegel 32 FG, 2nd, 2:45, 5-26 CU Wilkins 1 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 4th, 13:50, 13-66 CU Cain 23 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 4th, 10:00, 11-75 SEPT. 10, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. TR Douglas 2 pass from Silvers (Kay Kick), 4th, 4:59, 14-86 CU Huegel 34 FG, 4th, 2:25, 7-32 TR Douglas 1 pass from Silvers (Kay Kick), 4th, :44, 8-68 Attendance - 78,532 Weather - Sunny, 90º CLEMSON, S.C. - The No. 2 Clemson Tigers defeated bailed out the Tigers, who had just turned the ball over Troy 30-24 at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. in their own territory. Team Statistics TROY CU The victory extended the Tigers’ home winning streak First Downs 21 24 to 17 games. Despite several electrifying offensive and defensive plays, Rushing 141 122 including a 66-yard touchdown run by Troy running back Passing 26-45-3 27-53-2 The Tigers (2-0) were led by quarterback Deshaun Wat- Jabir Frye that tied the score 10-10. Late in the quarter, Passing Yards 245 292 Total Offense 386 414 son, who was 27-53 passing for 292 yards and three Clemson’s Ray-Ray McCloud dropped a sure punt return Yards/Play 4.9 4.9 touchdowns, as he moved ahead of Woodrow Dantzler for a touchdown on the one yard line, and after a lengthy Return Yards 74 131 for third place on Clemson’s all-time passing yards list. video review, Troy took over on a touchback. Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Turnovers 3 3 The first quarter featured little scoring, as both teams After Kay missed a 48-yard field-goal attempt in the final Penalties 11-95 7-71 struggled to develop any type of offensive rhythm. Favor- seconds, the Tigers took a 13-10 advantage into halftime. Interception Returns 2-56 3-13 Punt Returns 1-4 3-96 able field position following a punt allowed the Trojans Kickoff Returns 1-14 1-22 (1-1) to convert a short drive into the game’s first score, McCloud, who had seven catches for 86 yards in the Punting 8-43.8 6-37.5 a 39-yard field goal by Ryan Kay. On the ensuing pos- game, had three receptions on a key third-quarter drive Third-Down Conversions 2-15 8-20 session, the Tigers reciprocated with a 26-yard field goal en route to a goal-line situation. Defensive lineman Sacks 1-8 1-8 by Greg Huegel. Christian Wilkins then made the second-most important Time of Possession 33:20 26:40 reception of his college career later in the drive in the Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) The second quarter was a far different story. Watson fourth quarter, a one-yard touchdown grab, the first of TRO Frye 4-61-1, Chunn 15-44, Anderson 10-40 took advantage of a Troy turnover by throwing a 35-yard his career, that gave the Tigers a 20-10 lead. Barker 2-12, Silvers 1-(-8) touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow, marking the sopho- CU Watson 10-55, Gallman 9-34, Dye 6-19, Choice 3-10, more’s fourth straight game with a touchdown reception. Clemson scored to take a 27-10 lead with 10 minutes Fuller 1-5, Scott 1-1 remaining in the game when Watson found Deon Cain Interceptions played a key role in the second quarter, in the endzone for a 23-yard touchdown. After a Huegel Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) TRO Silvers 24-42-233-2-2 with Troy quarterback Brandon Silvers throwing three to field goal with 2:25 remaining, Troy drove 68 yards and Smith 2-3-12-1-0 Clemson linebackers. Interestingly enough, these were scored to cut the deficit to 30-24, as Silvers connected CU Watson 25-53-292-2-3 the first career interceptions for all three (Jalen Williams, with Deondre Douglas for a one-yard touchdown pass Kendall Joseph, Dorian O’Daniel). Williams’ interception, with 44 seconds remaining. The Tigers recovered the Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) which was the byproduct of a tipped pass at the line, ensuing onside kick and held on for the 30-24 victory. TRO Douglas 11-93-2, Thompson 6-47, Flakes 3-48, Anderson 2-18, Johnson 2-14, Chunn 1-14, Saleem 1-11 CU McCloud 7-86, Scott 7-71, Gallman 3-25, Cain 2-37- 1, Williams 2-24, Renfrow 1-35-1,Leggett 1-9, Powell 1-5, Wilkins 1-1-1, Dye 1-0, Fuller 1-(-1)

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) TRO Rookard 1-4 CU McCloud 3-96

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) TRO Frye 1-14 CU Feaster 1-22

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) TRO Rookard 1-31, Rountree 1-25 CU O’Daniel 1-1, Williams 1-12, Joseph 1-0

Tackle Leaders CU Smith 14, Joseph 7, Lawrence 7

Sacks CU Watkins 1-8

Tackles For Loss CU Lawrence 2-5, Joseph 2-4, Watkins 1-8, Tankersley 1-3, V. Smith 0.5-3, Wilkins 0.5-3

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB GAME 3

GAME STATS SC STATE 0 SC State 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson 31 14 14 0 59

CU McCloud 7 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:33, 10-69 CU Gallman 3 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:20, 10-76 CU D. Johnson 0 fumble recovery, (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:20 #3 CLEMSON 59 CU Overton 45 pass from Schuessler (Huegel Kick) 1st, 3:18, 4-64 CU Huegel 26 FG, 1st, 1:39, 4-(-7) CU McCloud 36 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 13:41, 3-39 CU Cain 17 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 9:56, 6-49 SEPT. 17, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. CU Feaster 4 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 6:29 12-65 CU Thompson 7 pass from K. Bryant (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 0:55, 6-70 Attendance - 79,590 Weather - Mostly Sunny, 73º Fueled by a 31-point first quarter, No. 3 Clemson routed Nick Schuessler then added to the scoring with his Team Statistics SCS CU SC State 59-0 on Sept. 17, 2016 in Memorial Stadium. first career touchdown pass, a 45-yard connection with First Downs 9 27 That opening frame was the highest scoring first quarter freshman Diondre Overton. A 26-yard field goal from Rushing 48 227 in school history. With the win, the Tigers improved to Greg Huegel rounded out the first quarter, giving the Passing 8-23 27-35 3-0 on the year. Tigers a 31-0 lead. Passing Yards 54 328 Total Offense 102 555 Yards/Play 2.3 9.4 “Today was a great day,” said head coach Dabo Swinney. Second-quarter action picked up with a second touch- Return Yards 52 153 “It’s hard to play 92 guys and still get the shutout...I down pass from Watson to McCloud, marking McCloud’s Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 don’t care who you’re playing. I’m so proud of our guys. first career game with multiple scores. One more touch- Turnovers 2 0 They played a clean game for four quarters today. This down from Watson to Deon Cain later, and the Tiger took Penalties 5-19 7-59 was great for our team, for our spirit and our morale. It a 45-0 lead into halftime. Clemson’s 45 first-half points Interception Returns 0-0 1-41 was great to get out there today and go play.” were the most scored in a first half since the Tigers’ Punt Returns 1-2 7-91 Kickoff Returns 4-50 1-21 matchup with Ball State in 2012, when Clemson also Punting 10-40.1 1-37.0 On the offensive side of the ball, the Tigers were led by scored 45 points. Third-Down Conversions 3-13 8-14 Deshaun Watson, who was 12-15 passing for 152 yards Sacks 1-3 5-32 and three touchdowns, and Ray-Ray McCloud, who to- With the third and fourth quarters shortened to 12 min- Time of Possession 25:14 28:46 taled 60 yards and two touchdowns on four receptions. utes each, the Tigers kept rolling. Bringing the Clemson Clemson finished with 555 yards offensively, and 92 point total over 50 was Tavien Feaster, who scored his Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) SCS Morris 12-41, Brown 10-29, Ford 2-(-9), York 8-(-13) Tigers saw playing time. first career touchdown midway through the third quarter. CU Feaster 12-83, Dye 5-47, Gallman 7-40, Bryant 7-15, Trevion Thompson also hauled in his first career touch- Schuessler 1-13, Fuller 4-12, Choice 5-9, Watson 2-8 The Tigers started scoring with 11:33 left in the first down in the third quarter on a seven-yard strike from quarter on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Watson to Kelly Bryant. With Bryant’s scoring pass, Saturday’s game Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) McCloud, and they did not look back from there. Later marked the first time three Tiger quarterbacks threw a SCS York 8-22-54-1-0, Ford 0-1-0-0-0 in the quarter, the Bulldogs fumbled a Tiger kickoff in touchdown pass in a game since Clemson’s win over CU Watson 12-15-152-0-3, Schuessler 7-11-118-0-1, Bryant 4-5-27-0-1, Israel 3-3-22-0-0, the endzone and Denzel Johnson pounced on the ball Presbyterian College in 2010. Barnes 1-1-9-0-0 for his first career touchdown, upping the lead to 21-0 with 5:20 remaining in the first quarter. Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) SCS Jamison 3-33-0, McIntosh 2-9, Ruger 1-7, Morris 1-5, Dubose 1-0 CU McCloud 4-60-2, M. Williams 3-44, A. Scott 3-28, Cain 2-33-1, Ryan 2-22, Thompson 2-16-1, Powell 3-10, Overton 1-45-1, Ca. Smith 1-22, Choice 1-16, G. Williams 1-13, Richard 1-9, Radakovich 1-8, Fuller 1-5, Swinney 1-(-3)

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) SCS Harris 1-2 CU McCloud 3-56, Dunn 1-30, Trapp 2-5, Powell 1-0

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) SCS Harris 4-50 CU Feaster 1-21

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) SCS None CU J. Johnson 1-41

Tackle Leaders CU Mullen 7, Joseph 5, Muse 5, Huggins 4

Sacks CU Watkins 1-11, Skalski 1-10, Pagano 1-5, Huggins 1-3, Wilkins 1-3

Tackles For Loss CU Lamar 1.5-2, Watkins 1-11, Skalski 1-10, Pagano 1-5, Huggins 1-3, Wilkins 1-3, Register 1-2, Yeargin 1-1, Ferrell 0.5-3, V. Smith 0.5-2, Lawrence 0.5-0

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 4

GAME STATS #3 CLEMSON 26 Clemson 14 9 0 3 26 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 7 7

CU M. Willians 4 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:25, 9-75 CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 2:26, 8-62 CU TEAM Safety, 2nd, 2:00 GEORGIA TECH 7 CU Leggett 9 pass from Watson (Hugel Kick) 2nd, :04, 10-72 GT Mills 2 run (Butker Kick) 4th 13:21, 11-89 CU Huegel 47 FG, 4th, 9:57, 4-(-2) Attendance - 53,932 Weather - Clear, 84º SEPT. 22, 2016 • BOBBY DODD STADIUM • ATLANTA, GA. Team Statistics CU GT First Downs 24 11 Rushing 138 95 ATLANTA — Clemson snapped a five-game road losing for Tech. The Yellow Jackets were stuffed for only 22 Passing 32-48 4-14 streak in the series against Georgia Tech in a nationally total yards, most of which came on the final play before Passing Yards 304 29 televised Thursday night contest, as the Tiger defense halftime. Clemson owned a 325-yard advantage as well Total Offense 442 124 was once again dominant against the Yellow Jackets’ in the first 30 minutes of play. Yards/Play 5.4 2.4 triple option attack in a 26-7 victory at Bobby Dodd Return Yards 48 27 Stadium. With the win, No. 3 Clemson moved to 4-0 The Jackets finally reached the scoring column in the Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Turnovers 1 1 on the season, 1-0 in the ACC. Tech fell to 3-1 overall, fourth quarter, but Clemson answered with a career-long Penalties 10-80 2-15 0-1 in league play. tying 47-yard field goal from Greg Huegel to close out Interception Returns 1-8 1-0 the game’s scoring. Punt Returns 3-17 1-16 Brent Venables’ stingy unit allowed only 22 yards of Kickoff Returns 1-23 1-11 total offense in the opening half and 124 for the game. Punting 6-38.7 8-39.0 Offensively, the Tigers were efficient in the opening half Third-Down Conversions 10-18 2-12 Sacks 3-30 1-5 behind the passing of Deshaun Watson, who was 32-48 Time of Possession 31:36 28:24 for a season-high 304 yards and two touchdowns. Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) Clemson wasted no time in announcing its presence, as CU Gallman 17-59-1, Watson 12-36, Choice 4-26, the Tigers put together a perfect 75-yard drive that ended McCloud 1-17 with Mike Williams’ first receiving touchdown of the GT Mills 16-75, Marshall 5-20, Lynch 2-16, Willis 2-10, Green 2-3, Searcy 1-(-4), Thomas 10-(-25) season, a four-yarder from Watson. He marched Clemson into scoring position on its next two drives as well, the Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) second of which ended with a Wayne Gallman one-yard CU Watson 32-48-304-1-2 plunge for a touchdown and a 14-0 score after a quarter. GT Thomas 4-13-29-0-0, Mills 0-1-0-1-0

The Tigers put together a great scoring chance late in the Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU McCloud 8-101-0, M. Williams 6-61-1, Powell second quarter, but Watson was intercepted after a mis- 5-44, Leggett 4-31-1, Gallman 3-22, A. Scott 3-14, communication with his receiver. Georgia Tech returned Thompson 1-25, Choice 1-5, Cain 1-1 the ball two yards, but fumbled into the endzone and GT Stewart 1-26, Jeune 1-6, Marshall 1-0, Lynch 1-(-3) the play resulted in a safety for the Tigers. Following the free kick, Clemson took advantage by getting in Tech’s Punt Returns (PR-Yards) redzone again. Watson threw a laser for a touchdown CU McCloud 3-17 to Jordan Leggett, his first score of the 2016 season. GT Stewart 1-16

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) The Tigers’ dominance was on display in the opening CU A. Scott 1-23 half. Clemson ran 56 total plays, compared to just 21 GT Green 1-11

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) CU V. Smith 1-8 GT Austin 1-0

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 10, Lawrence 8, O’Daniel 8, Watkins 8

Sacks CU Carter 1-16, O’Daniel 1-7, Watkins 1-7

Tackles For Loss CU Carter 2-20, O’Daniel 2-8, Watkins 1-7, Joseph 1-4, Wilkins 1-4

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB GAME 5

GAME STATS #3 LOUISVILLE 36 Louisville 0 10 16 10 36 Clemson 0 28 0 14 42

LOU Smith 1 run (Creque Kick) 2nd, 14:18, 11-82 CU Cain 33 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:48, 2-45 CU Gallman 24 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 6:09, 1-38 #3 CLEMSON 42 CU Cain 37 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 3:47, 3-56 LOU Creque 26 FG, 2nd, 0:37, 13-76 CU A. Scott 5 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 0:05, 4-73 LOU Quick 8 pass from Jackson (Creque Kick Failed) 3rd , 11:20, 7-36 OCT. 1, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. LOU Creque 21 FG, 3rd, 5:21, 11-63 LOU Jackson 1 run (Creque Kick) 3rd, 0:45, 7-77 LOU Creque 28 FG, 10:23, 4th, 3:42, 8-62 LOU Jackson 11 run (Creque Kick) 4th, 7:52, 8-62 CLEMSON, S.C. - Marcus Edmond tackled James Quick connected to put the Tigers up 21-7. Cain finished with CU Williams 20 pass from Watson (pass failed) 4th, 7:05, 2-23 one yard shy of a first down at the three-yard line on fourth four catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns. CU Leggett 31 pass from Watson (pass good) 4thl 3:14, 8-85 down with 33 seconds left in the game, as No. 3 Clemson Attendance - 83,362 Weather - Clear, 72º held on for a thrilling 42-36 win over No. 3 Louisville at The Cardinals added a field goal with under a minute to Memorial Stadium on Oct. 1, 2016. play in the half, but the Tigers were able to answer with Team Statistics LOU CU a frenetic scoring drive in just 26 seconds. Advancing First Downs 31 26 Rushing 273 201 Led by quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was 20-31 73 yards in four plays, Clemson increased its lead to Passing 27-44 20-31 passing for 306 yards and five touchdowns, the Tigers 28-10 on a five-yard touchdown pass from Watson to Passing Yards 295 306 (5-0, 2-0 ACC) came out on top of the back-and-forth Artavis Scott. Total Offense 568 507 matchup featuring electrifying offensive displays from Yards/Play 5.7 8.2 both teams. Clemson also upped its home winning streak Louisville outscored Clemson 16-0 in the third quarter, Return Yards 61 216 to 19, the longest active streak in the nation. capitalizing on two Tiger turnovers. Following a Watson Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-2 Turnovers 3 5 interception, Jackson connected with James Quick for Penalties 11-104 6-59 “It was a great win,” said head coach Dabo Swinney. an eight-yard touchdown. Interception Returns 3-0 1-0 “Louisville played their hearts out. We stuck it out in Punt Returns 2-15 1-(-1) the third quarter. We had the right plays.” A Louisville field goal on its next possession pulled it to Kickoff Returns 3-46 8-217 within nine points. After a Clemson fumble in Louisville Punting 5-48.0 5-42.8 Defense was the story of the first quarter, as both teams territory, Jackson drove the Cardinals 77 yards and Third-Down Conversions 9-19 4-9 Sacks 0 5 struggled to manufacture any substantial drives. Clem- finished the drive off with a one-yard touchdown rush. Time of Possession 37:29 22:31 son’s pass rush was particularly effective and pressured Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson throughout. The Cardinals pushed their run to 26-0 by scoring the Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) first 10 points of the fourth quarter by way of a field LOU Jackson 31-162-2, Radcliff 13-69, Smith 8-51-1, Scott The Cardinals (4-1, 2-1 ACC) were the first to score, as goal and an 11-yard Jackson scamper into the endzone. 2-(-3) Jeremy Smith capped an 82-yard drive with a one-yard In the wake of the score by Jackson, Scott provided the CU Gallman 16-110-1, Watson 14-91 touchdown run in the opening minute of the second Tigers with excellent field position via a 77-yard kickoff Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) quarter. return, then Watson found Mike Williams for a 20-yard LOU Jackson 27-44-295-1-1 touchdown pass. CU Watson 20-31-306-3-5 The remainder of the quarter was practically all Clem- son, however, with the Tigers outscoring the Cardinals The Tigers regained the lead on their next possession, Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) 28-3. Deon Cain made a big splash during that stretch, as Watson finished off an 85-yard drive with a 31-yard LOU Hikutini 7-84, Quick 7-83-1, Smith 4-54, Staples 4-35, hauling in two touchdown receptions that covered 70 touchdown pass to Jordan Leggett, who also hauled in Scott 2-16, Bonnafon 1-9, Samuel 1-7, Smith 1-7 CU M. Williams 5-70-1, Cain 4-98-2, Leggett 3-70-1, A. yards altogether. a Watson pass for the succeeding two-point conversion. Scott 3-40-1, McCloud 3-16, Thompson 2-12

Following a fumble by Louisville’s Brandon Radcliff, Trailing 42-36 late in the game, the Cardinals marched Punt Returns (PR-Yards) which was the Cardinals’ third consecutive drive with a down the field. But after a crucial pre-snap penalty on LOU Alexander 2-15 turnover, Clemson struck again. Wayne Gallman, who to- fourth-and-7, which made it fourth-and-12, Jackson CU McCloud 1-(-1) taled 110 yards on the ground, sprinted into the endzone connected with Quick near the sideline. An alert Edmond Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) on a 24-yard run. Later in the quarter, Watson and Cain forced Quick out of bounds at the three, one yard shy LOU Alexander 1-14, Samuel 2-32 of a first down. CU A. Scott 3-119, Feaster 5-98

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) LOU Alexander 2-0, Williams 1-0 CU J. Johnson 1-0

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 17, V. Smith 14, Joseph 11

Sacks CU Huggins 2-10, Ferrell 2-8, Boulware 1-4

Tackles For Loss CU Boulware 3-8, Huggins 2-10, Ferrell 2-8, Wilkins 1.5- 10, Yeargin 1-6, Carter 0.5-3

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 6

GAME STATS #3 CLEMSON 56 Clemson 21 0 14 21 56 Boston College 3 0 7 0 10

BC Knoll 21 FG, 1st, 11:08, 4-5 CU Gallman 59 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 9:22, 4-75 CU M. Williams 9 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 1st, 3:12, 6-70 BOSTON COLLEGE 10 CU Leggett 56 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 1st, 1:29, 1-56 CU Cain 29 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 3rd, 11:38, 4-63 CU Cain 16 pass from Watson (Guegel Kick), 3rd, 2:27, 7-59 BC Wolford 1 pass from Towles (Knoll Kick) 3rd, 4:51, 9-55 OCT. 7, 2016 • ALUMNI STADIUM • CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. CU Dye 3 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 3:46, 12:55 CU Feaster 45 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 1:24, 3:09 CU Fields 42 interception (Huegel Kick) 4th, 1:30 Attendance - 44,500 Weather - Clear, 61º CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. — Third-ranked Clemson fol- through a hole, led by Watson’s key block, en route to lowed up its big victory over Louisville with a convincing a 59-yard touchdown after the Tigers had surrendered Team Statistics CU BC 56-10 win at Boston College in front of over 44,000 a field goal on BC’s second possession. One drive later, First Downs 22 15 fans at Alumni Stadium on Oct. 7, 2016. The win the Tigers added another 50-yard play on a reception by Rushing 230 156 moved the Tigers to 6-0 on the season, while dropping Mike Williams. He followed with a touchdown a few plays Passing 16-26 12-24 the Eagles to 3-3. later on a fade pass. Jordan Leggett capped the quarter Passing Yards 278 96 Total Offense 508 252 with a 56-yard catch and run. Yards/Play 8.4 3.5 Deshaun Watson was brilliant for the Tigers, tossing Return Yards 107 115 four touchdown passes and directing a Tiger offense Watson struck quickly after halftime, connecting with Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-1 that finished one yard shy of 500 despite a lopsided Cain on a pair of scores to push the lead to 35-3 midway Turnovers 1 2 margin in time of possession. Watson’s favorite target through the third. The Tigers were on cruise control the Penalties 4-18 6-52 was Deon Cain, who again caught two touchdowns for rest of the half. Three quarterbacks played in the second Interception Returns 1-42 0-0 Punt Returns 3-4 0-0 the Tigers. Wayne Gallman surpassed the century mark half. Kelly Bryant directed a scoring drive when freshman Kickoff Returns 3-61 6-115 on the ground, despite only nine carries, in an efficient Tavien Feaster burst through the left side for a 45-yard Punting 5-37.2 9-36.2 offensive effort. Gallman won the Leather Helmet Award touchdown scamper. Clemson was not done, though, as Third-Down Conversions 7-12 6-19 following the contest, an award presented annually to the Mark Fields jumped a BC pass the next possession for an Sacks 3-17 2-14 game’s best player. interception and returned it for a touchdown to provide Time of Possession 21:52 38:08 the final scoring margin. Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) Clemson led 21-3 after a quarter of play, thanks to CU Gallman 9-109-1, Feaster 4-56-1, Watson 8-28, Choice three explosive plays of at least 50 yards. Gallman burst 5-12, Dye 3-11-1, Fuller 2-9, Bryant 1-6, Scott 1-2, Schuessler 1-(-8) BC Jones 12-48, Hilliman 12-42, Smith 2-31, Rouse 1-16, Wilson 4-11, Towles 13-6, Willis 2-3, Wade 1-0, Walker 1-(-1)

Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson 15-25-270-0-4, Schuessler 1-1-8-0-0 BC Towles 11-22-91-0-1, Wade 0-1-0-1-0, Smith 1-1-5-0-0

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU A. Scott 4-45, Cain 3-68-2, Leggett 2-66-1, M. Williams 2-59-1, Powell 2-17, McCloud 2-17, Choice 1-6 BC Sweeney 4-48, Jones 2-25, Smith 1-12, Walker 1-5, Towles 1-5, 1-2, Wolford 1-1-1, Rouse 1-(-2)

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) CU McCloud 3-4 BC None

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) CU A. Scott 3-61 BC Walker 1-16, Torres 1-30, Willis 4-69

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) CU Fields 1-42 BC None

Tackle Leaders CU V. Smith 13, Boulware 12, Joseph 10

Sacks CU Ferrell 1-3, Wilkins 1-3, O’Daniel 0.5-6, Robinson 0.5-5

Tackles For Loss CU Wilkins 2-4, Ferrell 1-3, V. Smith 1-2, Carter 1-1, Pagano 1-1, Tankersley 1-1, O’Daniel 0.5-6, Robinson 0.5-5

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB GAME 7

GAME STATS NC STATE 17 NC State 0 3 7 7 0 17 Clemson 3 7 7 0 7 24

CU Huegel 25 FG, 1st, 1:17, 13-77 NCS Bambard 28 FG, 2nd, 5:52, 14-88 (OT) CU Williams 13 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, :10, 10-75 #3 CLEMSON 24 NCS Stevens 28 interception return (Bambard Kick) 3rd, 14:51 CU Watson 4 run, (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 1:03, 10-77 NCS Dayes 2 run (Bambard Kick) 4th, 11:29, 14-75 CU Scott 10 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) OT 8-25 OCT. 15, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. Attendance - 82,104 Weather - Sunny, 73º

Team Statistics NCS CU First Downs 23 30 CLEMSON, S.C. — No. 3 Clemson, more specifically to perfection, stringing together a 10-play, 75-yard Rushing 128 117 backup cornerback Marcus Edmond, did it again. For the touchdown drive. Williams caught a touchdown pass Passing 21-42 39-52 second home game in a row, Edmond made the game- for the fourth consecutive game, hauling in a 13-yard Passing Yards 269 378 saving play, this time with his first career interception pass from Watson with 10 seconds left to put the Tigers Total Offense 397 495 in the endzone in the first overtime in Clemson’s 24-17 ahead 10-3. Yards/Play 5.4 5.4 win over NC State (4-2, 1-1 ACC) at Memorial Stadium Return Yards 28 49 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-3 on Oct. 15, 2016. Mistakes proved costly for Clemson in the third quarter, Turnovers 2 4 with the Tigers turning it over three times on consecutive Penalties 13-120 5-40 Kyle Bambard’s 33-yard field-goal attempt as time possessions. On the first play from scrimmage in the third Interception Returns 1-28 2-13 expired in regulation sailed wide right, keeping the quarter, Mike Stevens intercepted a pass and raced 28 Punt Returns 0-0 1-0 hopes of Clemson (7-0, 4-0 ACC) alive. Artavis Scott’s yards for a touchdown to tie the score 10-10. Later in the Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-36 10-yard receiving touchdown in overtime gave the quarter, Clemson fumbled twice inside the five yard line, Punting 3-38.7 2-26.0 Third-Down Conversions 7-15 10-17 Tigers a 24-17 lead, then on the Wolfpack’s first play in with the latter recovered and returned by the Wolfpack Sacks 2 3 overtime, Edmond ended the game with an interception into Clemson territory. Time of Possession 30:46 29:14 in the endzone. Two weeks ago, Edmond stopped James Quick one yard shy of a first down at the three yard line But the Tigers responded with a 77-yard touchdown drive, Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) to preserve Clemson’s 42-36 win over No. 3 Louisville. with Watson scoring on a four-yard rush, his first score on NCS Dayes 22-106-1, Finley 9-24, McClendon 1-(-2) the ground this season, that gave the Tigers a 17-10 lead. CU Fuller 16-56, Watson 13-35-1, Choice 5-14, Gallman 2-14, Wilkins 1-10, Dye 1-(-3) The Tigers, who overcame four turnovers and three trips inside the Wolfpack five yard line without scoring Matthew Dayes plunged into the endzone for two-yard Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) points, were led by Deshaun Watson. The junior was rushing touchdown with 11:29 left in the fourth quarter NCS Finley 20-40-231-2-0, Locklear 1-1-38-0-0, 39-52 passing for 378 yards and two touchdowns, and to tie the score. Late in the game, the Wolfpack drove McClendon 0-1-0-0-0 Mike Williams, Watson’s top target, had 146 yards on down the field and milked the clock, setting up a 33- CU Watson 39-52-378-1-2 12 receptions. yard field-goal try by Bambard with two seconds on the Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) clock. After a Tiger timeout, Bambard’s kick missed by NCS Samuels 9-100, Hines 3-65, Harmon 3-42, Louis 3-31, The Tigers led 3-0 after the first quarter, with Greg Huegel a few feet wide right. Dayes 3-27, Cherry 1-4 converting a 25-yard field goal late in the first quarter. CU M. Williams 12-146-1, Renfrow 6-53, McCloud 6-51, Earlier in the quarter, Wayne Gallman exited with a head Clemson faced a fourth-and-inches on its possession Leggett 5-56, A. Scott 4-23-1, Cain 2-17, Gallman injury and did not return. in overtime, as C.J. Fuller reached the line to gain. The 1-18, Dye 1-11, Thompson 1-8, Fuller 1-(-5) Tigers moved to the one yard, but Watson was unable to A pair of Tigers experienced notable career feats in the hold on to the first-down snap and Clemson fell on the Punt Returns (PR-Yards) NCS None second quarter. Freshman K’Von Wallace collected his ball at the 10. On the next play, Watson connected with CU McCloud 1-0 first career interception, picking off Ryan Finley, the Scott for the go-ahead score. signal-caller’s first interception of the season. Defensive Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) tackle Christian Wilkins had a 10-yard rush for a first NC State went for the endzone on its first play of NCS None down on a fake punt and later blocked a field goal. overtime, but Edmond stepped in front the pass and CU Scott 2-36 hauled it in to send the Tiger faithful into a frenzy. Interception Returns (INT-Yards) With the score tied 3-3 late in the second quarter, NCS Stevens 1-28 Watson and the Tigers executed the two-minute drill The Tigers garnered their 43rd straight victory over an CU Wallace 1-13, Edmond 1-0 unranked opponent, the second-longest streak in the nation. Tackle Leaders CU Joseph 10, V. Smith 9, Watkins 8

Sacks CU Watkins 1.5-4, Pagano 1-8, Lawrence 1-4, Bryant 0.5-2

Tackles For Loss CU Pagano 1.5-9, Watkins 1.5-4, Carter 1-5, Lawrence 1-4, Wallace 1-1, Bryant 0.5-2, V. Smith 0.5-1

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 8

GAME STATS #3 CLEMSON 37 Clemson 14 3 3 17 37 Florida State 0 14 14 6 34

CU Gallman 1 run, (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:05, 9-68 CU Renfrow 4 pass from Watson, (Huegel Kick) 1st, 1:41, 10-80 FS Cook 4 run, (Aguayo Kick) 2nd 8:20, 6-60 #12 FLORIDA STATE 34 CU Huegel 23 FG, 2nd, 1:49, 8-62 FS Murray 5 pass from Francois (Aguayo Kick) 2nd, 0:23, 6-78 CU Huegel 34 FG, 3rd, 9:08, 10-78 FS Cook 43 run, (Aguayo Kick) 3rd, 6:18, 1-43 OCT. 29, 2016 • DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM • TALLAHASSEE, FLA. FS Cook 70 run, (Aguayo Kick) 3rd, 0:43, 1-70 CU Gallman 2 run, (Watson pass failed) 4th, 11:30, 10-75 CU Huegel 46 FG, 4th, 5:25, 8-23 FS Cook 8 run (Francois pass failed) 4th, 3:23, 5-80 TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Third-ranked Clemson trailed caller, Seminole star Dalvin Cook took a handoff to the CU Leggett 34 pass from Watson, (Williams from Watson) 4th, 2:06, 5-75 Florida State 28-20 entering the fourth quarter, but right and raced 43 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Attendance - 78,025 Weather - Clear, 72° showed its mettle late in a 37-34 come from behind He added another, even longer at 70 yards, a couple of win to stun the Seminoles in Doak Campbell Stadium possessions later to give his team a 28-20 edge heading Team Statistics CU FSU on Oct. 29, 2016. Jordan Leggett provided the go-ahead into the fourth quarter. Cook ended the game with 169 First Downs 25 23 touchdown with 2:06 remaining, and Clemson pushed yards on 19 carries, with four touchdowns. Rushing 133 163 Passing 27-43 17-35 its perfect record to 8-0 (5-0 in the ACC) on the season. Passing Yards 378 286 Florida State dropped to 5-3 (2-3) with the loss. It was Clemson pulled within two on a 10-play, 75-yard drive Total Offense 511 449 Clemson’s first win in Tallahassee since 2006, and only that ended with Gallman’s second touchdown run. Gall- Yards/Play 6.3 7.1 the second win for the Tiger program at Doak Campbell man finished the game with 82 yards on 20 carries. The Return Yards 17 108 Stadium since the Seminoles joined the ACC in 1992. drive was aided when FSU suffered a targeting penalty Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 and subsequent ejection on the second Williams recep- Turnovers 2 1 Penalties 9-84 13-111 Deshaun Watson was masterful in the fourth quarter tion of the possession. Interception Returns 3 15 after a pair of costly turnovers earlier in the game. The Punt Returns (-8) 0 signal-caller finished 27-for-43 for 378 yards and two After the Tigers went ahead 29-28 on Greg Huegel’s Kickoff Returns 22 93 touchdowns, while adding 52 yards on the ground as 46-yard field goal that split the uprights, FSU again Punting 4-38.0 7-37.9 well. Leggett produced a career-best 122 receiving yards, answered with its ground attack. Cook posted his fourth Third-Down Conversions 7-17 4-12 most in school history by a tight end. touchdown scamper, an eight-yard gain over the right Sacks 6-56 4-13 Time of Possession 33:02 26:58 side. His score was set up by Freddie Stevenson’s 38- The Tigers scored the first 14 points of the game, as yard rush into the redzone. Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) Watson came out efficient, hitting nine of his first 10 CU Gallman 20-82-2, Watson 17-52 passes. Following an opening drive score by Wayne Gall- Clemson again was up to the challenge. Watson drove the FSU Cook 19-169-4, Stevenson 2-41, Francois 7-(-47) man, the Tigers again found paydirt when Watson con- Tigers into position and found Leggett on 3rd-and-5 for nected with Hunter Renfrow for a four-yard touchdown. a conversion. One play later, he found his reliable tight Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson 27-43-378-1-2) Renfrow finished the night with five catches for 62 yards. end wide open, and he leapt through the air and across FSU Francois 17-35-286-1-1 the goalline on a diving 34-yard touchdown reception, But FSU would not go away. The Seminoles took advan- his fourth of the season. Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) tage of the first Tiger interception in the second quarter CU M. Williams 7-70, Leggett 5-122-1, Renfrow 5-62-1, when Watson’s pass intended for Mike Williams got away. The Seminoles threatened after getting past midfield A. Scott 4-33, Cain 2-69, McCloud 2-13, Thompson Florida State cashed in with a touchdown, and narrowed on their final possession, but consecutive false start 1-7, Gallman 1-2 the deficit to just three at the half (17-14) when Nyqwan penalties put them behind the chains. On 3rd-and-20, FSU Murray 6-96-1, Whitfield 4-70, Rudolph 3-63, Cook 2-15, Tate 1-23, Saunders 1-19 Murray hauled in a five-yard touchdown from Deondre freshman Dexter Lawrence broke through the line to sack Francois with 23 seconds left before intermission. Francois for a 12-yard loss. Ben Boulware followed, and Punt Returns (PR-Yards) the Tiger comeback was complete. CU McCloud 1-(-8) Watson’s second interception also turned into points. FSU None One play after jumping a route on the Tigers’ signal- Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) CU Scott 1-22 FSU Whitfield 5-93

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) CU J. Johnson 1-3 FSU White 1-14, McFadden 1-1

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 8, O’Daniel 7, V. Smith 7

Sacks CU Bryant 1.5-11, Boulware 1-11, Ferrell 1-11, Joseph 1-10, Lawrence 1-7, Wilkins 0.5-6

Tackles For Loss CU Ferrell 2-14, Bryant 1.5-11, Wilkins 1.5-9, Boulware 1-11, Joseph 1-10, Bryant 1-7, Tankersley 1-3, O’Daniel 1-1

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB GAME 9

GAME STATS SYRACUSE 0 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson 10 20 14 10 54

CU Huegel 22 FG, 1st, 9:26, 10-36 CU Watson 1 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 3:47, 3-15 CU Cain 65 pass from Watson, (Huegel Kick Failed) 2nd, 14:11, 2-95 #2 CLEMSON 54 CU Williams 14 pass from Watson, (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:16, 12-89 CU Scott 5 pass from Schuessler, (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 5:03, 14-86 CU Gallman 5 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 12:08, 7-44 CU Cain 18 pass from Schuessler (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 1:26, 10-80 NOV. 5, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. CU Huegel 46 FG, 4th, 11:42, 8-31 CU Muse 64 interception return (Groomes Kick) 4th, 7:40, Attendance - 80,609 Weather - Sunny 70° CLEMSON, S.C. - No. 2 Clemson scored double digits in Team Statistics SYR CU all four quarters to shut out Syracuse 54-0 on Military First Downs 15 28 Appreciation Day at Memorial Stadium on Saturday Rushing 105 192 afternoon. The Tigers moved to 9-0 on the season and Passing 24-40 27-40 6-0 in the ACC, while Syracuse fell to 4-5 overall and Passing Yards 172 370 2-3 in ACC play. Total Offense 277 562 Yards/Play 4.1 6.7 Return Yards 75 72 In the Tigers’ most complete game of the season, both Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 the offense and defense made an impact. With a 10-0 Turnovers 3 0 lead, Clemson scored 20 second-quarter points behind Penalties 10-55 3-30 330 yards of offense to pull away. Interception Returns 0-0 3-85 Punt Returns 1-7 2-9 Kickoff Returns 10-242 0-0 Deshaun Watson did his part when he found Deon Cain Punting 8-38.5 3-40.3 for a 65-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter, Third-Down Conversions 5-15 8-15 the longest play of the season for the Tigers. From there, Sacks 0-0 2-12 Clemson shared the wealth, with five other Tigers finding Time of Possession 27:33 32:27 the endzone over the course of the game. Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) SYR Neal 7-64, Fredericks 9-22, Strickland 6-12, Mahoney Mike Williams had six catches for 106 yards and a score, 1-10, Dungey 4-4, Wilson 1-(-7) while Cain had five receptions for a game-high 125 yards CU Gallman 10-63-1, Watson 8-36-1, Feaster 9-28, Fuller and two touchdowns in the game. 5-24, Choice 6-22, Dye 1-12, Schuessler 3-9, Israel 1-2, K. Bryant 2-(-4) Freshman safety Tanner Muse closed out the scoring with a 64-yard interception return for a touchdown off a Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) SYR Wilson 17-27-116-2-0, Dungey 6-948-1-0, deflected pass in the fourth quarter. Mahoney 1-4-8-0-0 CU Schuessler 11-17-177-0-2, Watson 13-16-169-0-2, K. Bryant 2-4-21-0-0, Israel 1-1-3-0-0

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) SYR Etta-Tawo 9-84, Philips 8-48, Strickland 4-17, Riley 2-11, Estime 1-12 CU A. Scott 7-45-1, M. Williams 6-106-1, Cain 5-125-2, Leggett 2-31, Renfrow 2-17, Ryan 2-17, Thompson 1-15, Choice 1-11, S. Mac Lain 1-3

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) SYR Estime 1-7 CU Trapp 1-8, A. Scott 1-1

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) SYR Estime 3-64, Riley 7-178 CU None

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) SYR None CU Muse 1-64, Carter 1-17, Tankersley 1-4

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 7, J. Johnson 6, Tankersley 6

Sacks CU Lawrence 1-7, Watkins 1-5

Tackles For Loss CU Lawrence 1-7, Watkins 1-5, Robinson 1-4, Skalski 1-4, O’Daniel 1-3, Boulware 1-2, Yeargin 0.5-1, Register 0.5-0

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 10

GAME STATS PITTSBURGH 43 Pittsburgh 14 13 7 9 43 Clemson 14 14 14 0 42

UP Ashton 15 pass from Peterman (Blewitt Kick) 1st, 13:08 5-75 CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 1st 7:19, 6-51 UP Conner 46 pass from Peterman (Blewitt Kick) 1st, 5:28, 5-75 #2 CLEMSON 42 CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 0:40, 12-70 CU M. Williams 15 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 10:06, 11-80 UP Orndoff 55 pass from Peterman (Blewitt Kick Blocked) 2nd, 9:33 3-65 UP Aston 1 pass from Peterman (Blewitt Kick) 2nd, 2:23, 10-86 NOV. 12, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. CU A. Scott 13 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 1:09, 6-75 CU Cain 27 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 9:53, 3-47 UP Orndoff 7 pass from Peterman (Blewitt Kick) 3rd, 4:35, 11-75 CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 1:37, 8-81 CLEMSON, S.C. — Chris Blewitt’s 48-yard field goal two minutes into the game with a 15-yard touchdown UP Conner 20 run (Peterman pass failed) 4th, 5:17, 3-30 with six seconds left in the game lifted Pittsburgh to a pass from Nathan Peterman to George Ashton. The score UP Blewitt 48 FG, 4th 0:06, 6-34 43-42 victory over No. 2 Clemson at Memorial Stadium was the first touchdown Clemson had allowed in the first Attendance - 81,048 Weather - Clear, 63° on Nov. 12, 2016. The Panthers improved to 6-4 overall quarter in 2016. Peterman also connected with James and 3-3 in the ACC, while the Tigers dropped their first Conner for a 46-yard score midway through the quarter. Team Statistics PIT CU regular-season game since 2014 and fell to 9-1 overall Both of Clemson’s first-quarter touchdowns were one-yard First Downs 23 33 Rushing 156 50 and 6-1 in ACC play. runs by Gallman. Passing 22-38 52-70 Passing Yards 308 580 The Tigers had a fourth-and-one with just over a minute The momentum continued for the Tigers, as Clemson Total Offense 464 630 left that would have sealed the game, but Wayne Gallman took its first lead of the game early in the second quarter Yards/Play 6.5 6.6 was stopped short in Pittsburgh territory. The Panthers on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Watson to Williams. Return Yards 86 118 drove down the field to set up Blewitt’s game-winning Pittsburgh marched right back down the field to score on Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Turnovers 1 3 field goal. a 55-yard pass, but Chris Blewitt’s extra-point attempt Penalties 3-40 9-101 was blocked. Watson then fueled a 75-yard touchdown Interception Returns 3-70 0-0 Deshaun Watson led the way with 580 passing yards on drive late in the second quarter, and Clemson took a Punt Returns 0-0 3-1 52 completions, becoming the sixth player in ACC history 28-27 lead into halftime. Kickoff Returns 1-15 7-117 with 10,000 career yards of total offense and the first Punting 5-43.4 3-37.7 to accomplish that feat as a junior. His passing yards In the second half, Pittsburgh hung tight, as Clemson Third-Down Conversions 3-11 12-18 Sacks 2-8 2-7 and completions set Clemson single-game records, and had an eight-point lead in the fourth quarter. With the Time of Possession 25:58 34:02 the former set an ACC record. Mike Williams added 15 Tigers ahead 42-34, Watson threw an interception in the receptions for 202 yards. endzone, and the Panthers capitalized with a touchdown. Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) The two-point try was no good, as Clemson maintained PIT Conner 20-134-1, Peterman 6-25, Hall 3-9, Ford 1-1, The first quarter featured explosive offense from both a two-point lead. French 1-0, Henderson 2-(-4) teams, with Pittsburgh opening the scoring less than CU Gallman 18-36-3, 5-8, Fuller 2-6

Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) PIT Peterman 22-37-308-0-5 CU Watson 52-70-580-3-3

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) PIT Orndorff 9-128-2, George Aston 4-29-2, Conner 3-57- 1, Weah 2-38, Ford 2-14, Parrish 1-44, Mathews 1-(-2) CU M. Williams 15-202-1, A. Scott 13-125-1, Renfrow 7-77, Leggett 6-95, McCloud 4-26, Gallman 4-10, Cain 3-45-1

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) PIT None CU McCloud 3-1

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) PIT Henderson 1-16 CU Scott 6-123, McCloud 1-(-3), Radakovich 1-(-3)

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) PIT Brightwell 1-70, Lewis 1-0, Maddox 1-0 CU None

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 12, Lawrence 9, V. Smith 8

Sacks CU Watkins 1-5, O’Daniel 1-2

Tackles For Loss CU Watkins 1.5-6, O’Daniel 1.5-3, V. Smith 1-5, Carter 1-2, Tankersley 1-2, Wilkins 1-1 Boulware 0.5-1, Ferrell 0.5-1

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB GAME 11

GAME STATS #4 CLEMSON 35 Clemson 21 7 0 7 35 Wake Forest 0 10 3 0 13

CU Gallman 42 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:24, 4-51 CU Watson 3 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 6:22, 7-59 CU M. Williams 15 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 1:10, 9-68 WAKE FOREST 13 CU Watson 2 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 12:44, 8-52 WF Weaver 42 FG, 2nd, 10:04, 4-3 WF Carney 1 run (Weaver Kick) 2nd, 3:31, 6-64 WF Weaver 23 FG, 3rd, 5:30, 7-82 NOV. 19, 2016 • BB&T FIELD • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 10:50, 13-80 Attendance - 31,512 Weather - Clear, 44°

Team Statistics CU WF WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wayne Gallman rushed for a counted for three touchdowns, one through the air and First Downs 21 9 season-high 161 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. two on the ground. Clemson finished with 456 yards of Rushing 254 71 4 Clemson (10-1) to its second straight ACC Atlantic total offense, showing great balance with 254 on the Passing 22-33 7-18 Division title with a 35-13 win over Wake Forest on Nov. ground and 202 through the air. Passing Yards 202 126 19, 2016. The Tigers will play in the ACC Championship Total Offense 456 197 Game in Orlando, Fla., on December 3 at 8 p.m. after For the fifth time this season, the Tigers scored 21 points Yards/Play 6.1 3.6 Return Yards 61 60 securing the program’s sixth consecutive 10-win season. in a quarter. The first-quarter flurry was sparked by Gall- Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Wake Forest fell to 6-5 with the loss. man’s 42-yard touchdown on fourth and 1. Watson was Turnovers 1 0 sharp in the opening frame, hitting 11 of 14 passes for Penalties 6-33 5-44 “We have always responded well from the few losses 114 yards and accounting for two scores in all. Clemson Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 we’ve had,” Dabo Swinney said. “I’m proud of a bunch led 28-0 after scoring on each of its first four drives, but Punt Returns 4-23 1-(-2) of young men that came out and responded in a great Wake Forest responded with 13 straight of its own in the Kickoff Returns 2-38 3-62 Punting 4-36.5 10-40.1 way. This was our next goal, and we’ve got a chance to second and third quarters. Third-Down Conversions 7-15 2-15 play for a second straight ACC title. We appreciate our Sacks 4-31 0-0 fans for showing out here tonight. We’ll enjoy this one After a scoreless third, the Tigers rebounded in the fourth. Time of Possession 31:41 28:19 and look forward to next week.” Jordan Leggett made a critical play on third-and-long, stretching for a first down after catching a pass from Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) The Tigers finished a second straight campaign with an Watson in the flats. Gallman cashed in later in the drive CU Gallman 22-161-2, Watson 7-47-2, Choice 6-34, Fuller 3-7, Feaster 3-6 unblemished road record, due in large part to Gallman’s from a yard out, his second score of the game, to push WF Carney 18-59, Colburn 10-38, Wade 3-4, Hines 1-1, effort. But he was not alone, as Deshaun Watson ac- the lead to 35-13. Kearns 4-(-31)

Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson 22-33-202-0-1 WF Kearns 7-18-126-0-0

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU M. Williams 6-48-1, A. Scott 4-13, Leggett 3-50, McCloud 3-24, Cain 3-20, Renfrow 2-26, Gallman 2-11 WF Wade 2-55, Carney 2-17, Serigne 1-41, Lewis 1-9, Colburn 1-4

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) CU McCloud 3-11, A. Scott 1-12 WF Bates 1-(-2)

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) CU A. Scott 2-38 WF Armstrong 3-62

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) CU None WF None

Tackle Leaders CU Joseph 11, Boulware 7, V. Smith 7

Sacks CU Joseph 1.5-15, Fields 1-10, Watkins 1-2, Yeargin 0.5-4

Tackles For Loss CU Joseph 2-16, Yeargin 1.5-10, Fields 1-10, O’Daniel 1-7, Wilkins 1-3, Watkins 1-2, Bryant 0.5-0

@ClemsonFB 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com GAME 12

GAME STATS SOUTH CAROLINA 7 South Carolina 0 0 7 0 7 Clemson 21 14 14 7 56

CU M. Williams 34 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:08, 3-47 CU M. Williams 19 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:52, 11-65 CU Leggett 11 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 2:05, 5-32 #4 CLEMSON 56 CU Gallman 8 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 3:06, 6-45 CU M. Williams 16 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, :08, 6-80 CU Fuller 18 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 12:44, 6-66 SC Edwards 33 pass from Samuel (Fry Kick) 3rd, 11:24, 5-75 NOV. 26, 2016 • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C. CU A. Scott 3 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 4:38,14-80 CU K. Bryant 1 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 3:07, 15-68 Attendance - 81,542 Weather - Clear, 55° CLEMSON, S.C. - Deshaun Watson passed for six touch- for a 19-yard touchdown, marking the 100th career Team Statistics SC CU downs, the most ever by a Tiger against South Carolina, touchdown accounted for by Watson. Watson’s 101st First Downs 14 40 in No. 3 Clemson’s 56-7 victory over the Gamecocks at touchdown came one drive later on an 11-yard catch Rushing 111 250 Memorial Stadium to close out the regular season. Clem- by Jordan Leggett that gave the Tigers a 21-0 lead after Passing 14-29 30-36 son, who won its third game in a row over the Gamecocks, the first quarter. Passing Yards 107 372 improved to 11-1, while South Carolina fell to 6-6. Total Offense 218 622 Yards/Play 3.8 7.0 The Tigers increased their lead to 28-0 with just over Return Yards 139 52 Watson finished the game 26-32 passing for 347 three minutes remaining in the first half on a Wayne Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 yards, as his six touchdown passes tied a career high. Gallman eight-yard rush, and the halftime lead grew to Turnovers 1 1 Mike Williams was on the receiving end of three of 35-0 after a 39-second scoring drive in the final minute Penalties 5-54 7-75 those touchdown passes, ending with 100 yards on six of the second quarter ended with a 16-yard touchdown Interception Returns 1-0 1-0 receptions, all in the first half. Wayne Gallman fueled pass from Watson to Williams. Punt Returns 0-0 2-32 Kickoff Returns 7-139 1-20 Clemson’s run game with 112 yards and a touchdown Punting 7-44.0 2-37.0 on 19 carries, and the Tigers as a whole outgained the The Gamecocks got on the board early in the third quarter Third-Down Conversions 4-13 10-15 Gamecocks 622-218. when connected with Bryan Edwards for a Sacks 1-10 3-20 33-yard touchdown pass, but the momentum remained Time of Possession 25:46 34:14 Clemson took the lead for good after a Jadar Johnson in the Tigers’ favor for the rest of the game. C.J. Fuller, interception resulted in a 34-yard touchdown pass Artavis Scott and Kelly Bryant all found the endzone in Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) SC Talley 6-50, Dowdle 5-30, Turner 8-15, McIlwain 5-13, from Watson to Williams on the ensuing drive. Watson the second half, cementing the Clemson victory. Hurst 2-9, Bentley 3-(-6) connected with Williams again later in the quarter CU Gallman 19-112, Fuller 7-46, Feaster 6-36, Dye 5-23, Watson 5-19, Choice 4-8, Bryant 2-5, McCloud 2-3, Schuessler 3-(-2)

Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) SC Bentley 7-17-41-1-0, McIlwain 6-11-33-0-0, Samuel 1-1-33-0-1 CU Watson 27-33-347-1-6, Schuessler 3-3-25-0-0

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) SC Samuel 4-14, Hurst 3-26, Dowdle 3-3, Turner 2-18, Edwards 1-33, Crosby 1-13 CU Scott 9-77-1, Williams 6-100-3, Leggett 3-58-1, McCloud 3-32, Cain 2-38, Thompson 2-22, Fuller 1-18-1, Powell 1-11, Renfrow 1-10, Smith 1-3, Overton 1-3

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) SC None CU Scott 2-32

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) SC Turner 1-15, Samuel 6-124 CU Scott 1-20

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) SC Allen-Williams 1-0 CU J. Johnson 1-0

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 10, V. Smith 7, D. Johnson 5, Joseph 5, Lawrence 5

Sacks CU Boulware 2-17, Lawrence 1-3

Tackles For Loss CU Boulware 2.5-18, J. Johnson 1.5-12, Fields 1-3, Lawrence 1-3, Watkins 1-3, Mullen 0.5-2, O’Daniel 0.5-2

ClemsonTigers.com 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL @ClemsonFB GAME 13 GAME STATS #3 CLEMSON 42 Clemson 14 7 14 7 42 Virginia Tech 7 7 7 14 35

CU Watson 3 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 11:47, 9-75 CU Leggett 21 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 1st, 5:57, 9-83 VT McMillian 1 run (Slye Kick), 1st, 0:51, 11-77 VIRGINIA TECH 35 CU Leggett 10 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 11:46, 10-75 VT Evans 11 run (Slye Kick) 2nd, 4:09, 5-70 CU Gallman 8 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 9:17, 9-89 CU Watson 2 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 4:45, 4-51 DEC. 3, 2016 • CAMPING WORLD STADIUM • ORLANDO, FLA. VT McMillian 27 run (Slye Kick) 3rd, 2:27, 5-75 VT Evans 5 run (Slye Kick) 4th, 11:35, 12-65 CU Renfrow 15 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick), 4th, 7:33, 8-75 VT Phillips 26 pass from Evans (Slye Kick) 4th, 5:43, 6-76 ORLANDO, Fla. — Deshaun Watson accounted for five The Hokies owned the second 15 minutes. Tech’s biggest Attendance - 50,628 Weather - Clear, 66° touchdowns and Cordrea Tankersley ended a Virginia Tech momentum shift occurred after Jerod Evans found a wide Team Statistics CU VT threat with his second interception as the No. 3 Clemson open down the Clemson sideline for a 53-yard First Downs 30 19 Tigers handled the Hokies 42-35 to win the program’s gain. That led to an 11-yard touchdown run by Evans. Rushing 182 102 16th ACC Championship at Camping World Stadium. Watson cooled a bit, connecting on only four of his next Passing 23-34 22-36 Clemson moved to 12-1 with the win and earned a No. nine passes as Tech’s defensive coordinator Passing Yards 288 284 2 ranking heading into the College Football Playoff. continued to bring pressure. Total Offense 470 386 Yards/Play 6.3 5.4 Return Yards (-5) 110 Watson passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, Momentum still seemed to favor VT when Watson threw Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 while adding 85 rushing yards and two more scores to an interception on Clemson’s first possession after the Turnovers 1 2 collect Most Valuable Player honors. Tankersley’s second half, but the defense stood strong. A third-down sack Penalties 8-65 8-89 interception came with Virginia Tech facing a 4th-and-6 by Carlos Watkins gave the Tigers the ball right back, Interception Returns 2-0 1-0 and threatening in Clemson territory with less than 90 and Watson directed a strong 89-yard scoring drive that Punt Returns 2-(-5) 1-2 seconds to play. ended with an eight-yard Wayne Gallman touchdown. Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-108 Punting 5-34.6 6-44.8 Third-Down Conversions 6-11 7-15 Clemson wasted little time in building a 14-0 lead after Clemson held a 35-14 lead late in the third, but the Sacks 4-16 0-0 two offensive possessions. Watson was sharp, completing Hokies stormed back behind more big plays offensively. Time of Possession 31:52 28:08 his first 10 passes of the game and 19 straight dating to A pair of scores on the ground pulled Tech within seven the South Carolina contest. He ran the first touchdown early in the fourth, but Hunter Renfrow came through Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) in and found a wide open Jordan Leggett for the second, on the ensuing drive with two huge plays. First, the CU Watson 17-85-2, Gallman 17-59-1, Fuller 5-40-0 VT Evans 21-46-2, McMillian 7-37-2, Rogers 4-10-0, pushing Clemson off to a fast start. Tech responded with sophomore wideout caught a brilliant 31-yard leaping Phillips 3-9-0 a brilliant fake punt, which led to a one-yard touchdown catch on second-and-long. Then, he took a run-pass run with 51 seconds left in the quarter. option in from 15 yards for Watson’s fifth touchdown. Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson 23-34-288-1-3 VT Evans 21-35-264-2-1

Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU A. Scott 7-48-0, M. Williams 5-57-0, Leggett 4-49-2, Cain 2-69-0, Renfrow 2-46-1, McCloud 1-9, Gallman 1-7, Thompson 1-3 VT Phillips 12-92-1, Ford 4-89-0, Rogers 3-36-0, Hodges 1-42-0, Edmunds 1-20-0, Carroll 1-5-0

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) CU A. Scott 2-(-5) VT Carroll 1-2

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) CU None VT Murphy 5-108

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) CU Tankersley 2-0 VT Motuapuaka 1-0

Tackle Leaders CU Boulware 11, Joseph 11, Watkins 10

Sacks CU Lawrence 2-7, Watkins 1-5, Ferrell 1-4

Tackles For Loss CU Ferrell 2-8, Lawrence 2-7, Watkins 1.5-6, J. Williams 1-2, Joseph 1-1, A. Bryant 0.5-1

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GAME STATS OHIO STATE 0 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson 10 7 7 7 31

CU Huegel 45 FG 1st, 9:16, 7-42 CU Watson 1 run (Huegel Kick) 1st, 2:16, 10-70 CU Fuller 30 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 2:21, 8-83 #2 CLEMSON 31 CU Watson 7 run (Huegel Kick) 3rd, 2:06, 5-40 CU Gallman 7 run (Huegel Kick) 4th, 8:51, 2-7 Attendance - 71, 279

DEC. 31, 2016 • UOP STADIUM • GLENDALE, ARIZ. Team Statistics OSU CU First Downs 9 24 Rushing 88 205 Passing 19-33 24-37 GLENDALE, ARIZ. - No. 2 Clemson jumped out to a Passing Yards 127 265 17-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 31-0 victory over Total Offense 215 470 No. 3 Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl at University of Yards/Play 3.8 5.5 Phoenix Stadium on Saturday. The Tigers, who improved Return Yards 127 120 to 13-1, handed Buckeye head coach Urban Meyer his Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 first shutout loss. It was also the highest-ranked team Turnovers 3 2 Penalties 8-72 5-60 Clemson has ever defeated, as Ohio State was ranked Interception Returns 2-0 2-104 No. 2 in the AP and coaches polls. Punt Returns 1-(-1) 2-16 Kickoff Returns 5-128 0-0 Quarterback Deshaun Watson and defensive end Clelin Punting 7-49.7 5-41.2 Ferrell earned MVP honors. Watson, the Offensive MVP, Third-Down Conversions 3-14 8-17 was 23-36 passing for 259 yards and a touchdown. The Sacks 2-17 3-23 Time of Possession 24:09 35:51 junior also had 57 yards and two scores on 15 carries. Wayne Gallman added 85 yards and a touchdown on Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) 18 carries. Ferrell ignited a dominant performance by OS Samuel 6-67, Weber 5-24, Barrett 11-(-2) the Tiger defense, who limited Ohio State to just 215 CU Gallman 18-85-1, Watson 15-57-2, Schuessler 1-19, total yards. Ferrell had three tackles for loss and a sack. Choice 4-15, Feaster 3-12, Scott 3-8, McCloud 2-8, Fuller 1-3 Ohio State missed two field goals in the first quarter, Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) while Greg Huegel connected on a 45-yard field goal OS Barrett 19-33-127-2-0 in the first quarter. Watson scored on a one-yard rush CU Watson 23-36-259-2-1, Schuessler 1-1-6-0-0 later in the first quarter, then Watson hit C.J. Fuller on a "wheel route" for a 30-yard touchdown in the second Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) quarter. Clemson closed the scoring with Watson's OS Samuel 9-43, Weber 3-4, Smith 2-27, Brown 2-17, Victor 1-21, Hill 1-8, McLaurin 1-7 seven-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and CU M. Williams 6-96, Renfrow 5-50, McCloud 4-29, Gallman's seven-yard touchdown run in the fourth Fuller 3-45-1, Scott 2-16, Gallman 1-10, Cain 1-9, quarter. G. Williams 1-6, Leggett 1-4

Punt Returns (PR-Yards) OS Samuel 1-(-1) CU Scott 2-16

Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) OS Hill 1-6, Campbell 3-105, Alexander 1-17 CU None

Interception Returns (INT-Yards) OS Conley 1-0 Hooker 1-0 CU Tankersley 1-18, Van Smith 1-86

Tackle Leaders CU Smith 9, Joseph 8, Boulware 7

Sacks CU Watkins 2-11, Ferrell 1-12

Tackles For Loss CU Ferrell 3-26, Watkins 2-11, Edmond 1-3, Joseph 1-3 O’Daniel 1-2, Pagano 1-2, Wilkins 1-2, Boulware 0.5-1, V. Smith 0.5-1

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400 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Opponent - Nick O’Leary of Florida State had 161 receiving yards TOUCHDOWN BY DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Clemson - Deshaun Watson had 8 rushing yards and 580 passing and Rashad Greene had 146 receiving yards at Clemson, S.C. on Clemson - Carlos Watkins intercepted a Taylor Lamb pass and yards (588 total yards) vs. Pittsburgh at Clemson on Nov. 12, Oct. 19, 2013 (Florida State 51-14). returned it 15 yards for a touchdown vs. Appalachian State at 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 12, 2015 (Clemson 41-10). Opponent - Lamar Jackson of Louisville had 162 rushing yards 200 RECEIVING YARDS Opponent - Adam Gotsis of Georgia Tech recovered a fumble in and 295 passing yards (457 total yards) at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. Clemson - Mike Williams had 202 receiving yards vs. Pittsburgh at the endzone for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on October 10, 1, 2016 (Clemson 37-34). Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). 2015 (Clemson 43-24). Opponent - O.J. Howard of Alabama had 208 receiving yards at 500 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Glendale, Ariz. on Jan. 11, 2016 (Alabama 45-40). FOUR PASSING TOUCHDOWNS Clemson - Deshaun Watson had 8 rushing yards and 580 passing Clemson - Deshaun Watson had four passing touchdowns vs. yards (588 total yards) vs. Pittsburgh at Clemson on Nov. 12, 100 INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS Boston College at Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Oct. 7, 2016 (Clem- 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). Clemson - Willie Underwood had 101 yards on two interception son 56-10). Opponent - Chris Weinke of Florida State had -12 rushing yards returns vs. South Carolina at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 22, 1980 Opponent - Nathan Peterman of Pittsburgh had five passing touch- and 521 passing yards (509 total yards) at Tallahassee, Fla. on (Clemson 27-6). downs at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). Nov. 4, 2000 (Florida State 54-7). Opponent - Dennis Tabron of Duke had 128 yards on three inter- ception returns at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 18, 1980 (Duke 34-17). FIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWNS 30 CARRIES Clemson - Deshaun Watson had six passing touchdowns vs. South Clemson - Wayne Gallman had 30 carries vs. Auburn at Auburn, 100 PUNT RETURN YARDS Carolina at Clemson, S.C., on Nov. 26, 2016 (Clemson 56-7). Ala., on Sept. 3, 2016 (Clemson 19-13). Clemson - Adam Humphries had 107 yards on eight punt returns Opponent - Nathan Peterman of Pittsburgh had five passing touch- Opponent - Lamar Jackson of Louisville had 31 carries at Clemson, vs. Louisville at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 11, 2014 (Clemson 23-17). downs at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36). Opponent - Eddie Royal of Virginia Tech had 117 yards on three punt returns at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 6, 2007 (Virginia Tech FOUR TOUCHDOWNS 100 RUSHING YARDS BY QUARTERBACK 41-23). Clemson - C.J. Spiller had four rushing touchdowns vs. Georgia Clemson - Deshaun Watson had 145 rushing yards vs. Oklahoma Tech at Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34). at Miami Gardens, Fla. on Dec. 31, 2015 (Clemson 37-17). 200 KICKOFF RETURN YARDS Opponent - Dalvin Cook of Florida State had four rushing touch- Opponent - Lamar Jackson had 162 rushing yards at Clemson, Clemson - Sammy Watkins had 207 yards on five kickoff returns vs. downs at Tallahassee, Fla. on Oct. 29, 2016 (Clemson 37-34). S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36). Maryland at College Park, Md. on Oct. 15, 2011 (Clemson 56-45). Opponent - Tobais Palmer of NC State had 277 yards on eight kick- FOUR FIELD GOALS 100 RUSHING YARDS BY TWO PLAYERS off returns at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 17, 2012 (Clemson 62-48). Clemson - Chandler Catanzaro was 4-4 on field goals with makes Clemson - Wayne Gallman had 150 rushing yards and Deshaun of 31, 29, 25 and 24 yards vs. Maryland at College Park, Md. on Watson had 145 rushing yards vs. Oklahoma at Miami Gardens, INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN Oct. 26, 2013 (Clemson 40-27). Fla. on Dec. 31, 2015 (Clemson 37-17). Clemson - Tanner Muse intercepted a Austin Wilson pass and Opponent - Cody Parkey of Auburn was 4-4 on field goals with Opponent - Orwin Smith of Georgia Tech had 117 rushing yards returned it 64 yards for a touchdown vs. Syracuse on Nov. 5, makes of 37, 46, 27 and 36 yards at Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 1, and Tevin Washington had 104 rushing yards at Clemson, S.C. 2016 (Clemson 54-0). 2012 (Clemson 26-19). on Oct. 6, 2012 (Clemson 47-31). Opponent - Mike Stevens of NC State intercepted a Deshaun Watson pass and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown at Clemson, FIVE FIELD GOALS 100 RUSHING YARDS BY THREE PLAYERS S.C. on October 15, 2016 (Clemson 24-17). Clemson - Chandler Catanzaro was 5-5 on field goals with makes Clemson - James Davis (143), C.J. Spiller (127) and Demerick of 38, 42, 18, 20 and 47 yards vs. Boston College at Clemson, Chancellor (113) vs. Louisiana Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN S.C. on Oct. 8, 2011 (Clemson 36-14). 30, 2006 (Clemson 51-0). Clemson - Adam Humphries returned a punt 72 yards for a Opponent - Vince Fusco of Duke was 6-7 on field goals with Opponent - Never accomplished. touchdown vs. Louisville at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 11, 2014 makes of 27, 22, 22, 25, 37 and 57 yards at Clemson, S.C. on (Clemson 23-17). Oct. 16, 1976 (18-18). 100 RUSHING YARDS & 100 PASSING YARDS Opponent - Mike Campanaro of Wake Forest returned a punt Clemson - Deshaun Watson had 145 rushing yards and 187 50 yards for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2011 SIX FIELD GOALS passing yards vs. Oklahoma at Miami Gardens, Fla., on Dec. 31, (Clemson 31-28). Clemson - Richard Jackson was 6-6 on field goals with makes of 2015 (Clemson 37-17). 23, 33, 32, 52, 42 and 35 yards vs. Boston College at Clemson, Opponent - Lamar Jackson of Louisville had 162 rushing yards BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN S.C. on Oct. 19, 2009 (Clemson 25-7). and 295 passing yards at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clem- Clemson - La’Donte Harris returned a blocked punt 10 yards for Opponent - Vince Fusco of Duke was 6-7 on field goals with son 42-36). a touchdown vs. South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. on Nov. 24, makes of 27, 22, 22, 25, 37 and 57 yards at Clemson, S.C. on 2007 (Clemson 23-21). Oct. 16, 1976 (18-18). 200 RUSHING YARDS Opponent - Roderick Rollins of Boston College returned a blocked Clemson - Andre Ellington had 228 rushing yards vs. Auburn at punt 14 yards for a touchdown at Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Nov. 1, 50-YARD FIELD GOAL Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 1, 2012 (Clemson 26-19). 2008 (Clemson 27-21). Clemson - Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 51-yard field goal vs. Opponent - Branden Ore of Virginia Tech had 203 rushing yards at Georgia Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 14, 2013 (Clemson 55-31). Blacksburg, Va. on Oct. 26, 2006 (Virginia Tech 24-7). KICKOFF RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN Opponent - Daniel Carolson kicked a 50-yard field goal at Auburn, Clemson - Sammy Watkins returned a kickoff 89 yards for a Ala. on Sept. 3, 2016 (Clemson 19-13). 25 COMPLETIONS touchdown vs. Maryland at College Park, Md. on Oct. 15, 2011 Clemson - Deshaun Watson had 27 completions vs. South Carolina (Clemson 56-45). SAFETY at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 26, 2016 (Clemson 56-7). Opponent - of Alabama returned a kickoff 95 yards Clemson - A Yellow Jacket wide receiver fumbled an interception Opponent - Lamar Jackson had 27 completions at Clemson, S.C. for a touchdown at Glendale, Ariz. on Jan. 11, 2016 (Alabama return into the endzone, where it was recovered for a safety vs. on Oct. 1, 2016 (Clemson 42-36). 45-40). Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga. on Sept. 22, 2016 (Clemson 26-7). Opponent - Joshua Perry forced Tajh Boyd to intentionally ground 400 PASSING YARDS FUMBLE RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN the ball from the endzone for a safety vs. Ohio State at Miami Clemson - Deshaun Watson had 580 passing yards vs. Pittsburgh Clemson - Vic Beasley returned a fumble 16 yards for a touchdown Gardens, Fla. on Jan. 3, 2014 (Clemson 40-35). at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). vs. NC State at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 4, 2014 (Clemson 41-0). Opponent - Jameis Winston of Florida State had 444 passing Opponent - Dominique Mitchell of SC State returned a fumble 20 POINTS yards at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 19, 2013 (Florida State 51-14). 35 yards for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 6, 2014 Clemson - C.J. Spiller had four rushing touchdowns (24 points) vs. (Clemson 73-7). Georgia Tech at Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 5, 2009 (Ga. Tech 39-34). 10 RECEPTIONS Opponent - Dalvin Cook of Florida State had four rushing touch- Clemson - Mike Williams had 15 receptions and Artavis Scott had RECOVERED FUMBLE FOR TOUCHDOWN downs (24 points) at Tallahassee, Fla. (Clemson 37-34). 13 receptions vs. Pittsburgh at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2016 Clemson - Denzel Johnson recovered a fumbled kickoff in the (Pittsburgh 43-42). endzone for a touchdown vs. SC State at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. BLOCKED PUNT Opponent - Mitchell Ludwig of Virginia Tech had 12 receptions at 17, 2016 (Clemson 59-0). Clemson - Jadar Johnson blocked a punt into the endzone for a Orland, FL on Dec. 3, 2016 (Clemson 42-35). Opponent - Adam Gotsis of Georgia Tech recovered a fumble in safety vs. Georgia Tech at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 10, 2015.The the endzone for a touchdown at Clemson, S.C. on Oct. 10, 2015 ball went out of the endzone (Clemson 43-24). 100 RECEIVING YARDS (Clemson 43-24). Opponent - Quenton Washington of South Florida blocked a punt Clemson - Mike Williams had 100 receiving yards vs.South Carolina at Charlotte, N.C. on Dec. 31, 2010 (South Florida 31-26). at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 26, 2016 (Clemson 56-7). TOUCHDOWN BY OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Opponent - Scott Orndoff of Pittsburgh had 128 receiving yards at Clemson - Brandon Thomas recovered a fumble in the endzone 50-YARD PUNTING AVERAGE Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 12, 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42). vs. Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga. on Oct. 29, 2011 (Georgia Tech Clemson - Spencer Benton had a 50.0-yard average on three punts 31-17). vs. Furman at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 15, 2012 (Clemson 41-7). 100 RECEIVING YARDS BY TWO PLAYERS Opponent - Peter Anderson of Georgia fell on the ball in the Opponent - A.J. Cole of NC State had a 50.6-yard average on Clemson - Artavis Scott had 125 receiving yards and Mike Williams endzone after a Lars Tate fumble at Clemson, S.C. on Sept. 21, five punts at Raleigh, N.C. on Oct. 31, 2015 (Clemson 56-41). had 202 receiving yards vs.Pittsburgh at Clemson, S.C. on Nov. 1985 (Georgia 20-13). 12, 2016 (Pittsburgh 43-42).

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