2013 CLEMSON TIGER FOOTBALL Clemson (3 AP, 4 USA) at Syracuse
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2013 CLEMSON TIGER FOOTBALL Clemson (3 AP, 4 USA) at Syracuse Game 5: Clemson Tigers Syracuse Orange Record, 2013 .............................................4-0, 2-0 ACC Record, 2013 .......................................2-2 , 0-0 in ACC Clemson at Syracuse Location ......................................................Clemson, SC Location .....................................................Syracuse, NY Colors .............................. Clemson Orange and Regalia Colors ..................................................................Orange Enrollment ............................................................20,768 Enrollment ............................................................13,850 Saturday, October 5, 2013 Athletic Director .....................................Dan Radakovich Athletic Director ...................................... Dr. Daryl Gross Kickoff: 3:36 PM Head Coach .....................Dabo Swinney, Alabama ‘93 Head Coach ........ Scott Shafer (Baldwin-Wallace ‘90) Clemson Record/5th full year) ..................... 44-21 (.677) Carrier Dome (49,262) School Record/ season) ...........................2-2 (first year) Home Record ............................................. 29-5 (.853) Overall ( Season)...................................2-2 (first year) Syracuse, NY Away Record .......................................................11-12 Record vs Clemson ....................................................0-0 Neutral Record ........................................................4-4 Offensive Coordinator .........................George McDonald Television : ABC/ESPN2 vs. ACC Teams ....................................... 29-12 (.707) Defensive Coordinator ............................Chuck Bullough Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Shannon Spake Record against Syracuse ...........................................0-0 Football SID ................................................... Sue Edson Offensive Coordinator .................................. Chad Morris Phone ................................................... (315) 443-2608 Defensive Coordinator .............................Brent Venables E-mail ................................................. [email protected] Radio Website: .............................................clemsontigers.com Website: .................................................. suathletics.com Clemson: Pete Yanity, Will Merritt, Patrick Sapp MEDIA INFORMatiON Series: Syracuse Leads 1-0 January 1996 Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, FL Dabo Swinney Press Conference Clemson Player Interviews Syracuse 41. Clemson 0 Head Coach Dabo Swinney holds his weekly Contact SID Tim Bourret each Sunday before press conference each Tuesday at the West End- 4:00 PM at (864) 656-1926 with specific player zone Team Room of Memorial Stadium. He will be requests for the week. We will conduct player available at 11:00 AM. The press conference will interviews on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:30 also be available over ClemsonTigers.com. to 1:45 PM at the second floor player lounge of the Clemson players will be available after Swin- West Endzone at Memorial Stadium. Offensive ney’s press conference. Coach Swinney is also Coordinator Chad Morris is available on Mondays available each Sunday after a game at 6:00 PM. during the lunch hour and Defensive Coordinator CLEMSON 2013 SCHEDULE Contact Tim Bourret for the number. Swinney Brent Venables is available Tuesdays during the is also available on the ACC teleconference on lunch hour. Date Opponent TV Score/Time Wednesday and after practice on Wednesday. Aug. 31 GEORGIA ABC 38-35 Clemson Personnel Update Sept. 7 SC STATE RSN 52-13 ACC Teleconference ªTyson Dye (RB), out with back Sept. 19 at NC State ESPN 26-14 Each head coach is available on the ACC *MacKensie Alexander (DB), out with groin Sept. 28 WAKE FOREST ESPNU 56-7 *Scott Pagano (DT), out with ankle Oct. 5 at Syracuse ABC/2 3:30PM teleconference every Wednesday throughout the season for 10 minutes. Coach Swinnney is avail- •B.J. Goodson (LB), Questionable with concus- Oct. 12 BOSTON COLLEGE TBA 3:30 PM sion able at 10:30 AM each Wednesday. To access the Oct. 19 FLORIDA STATE •Charone Peake (WR) out, torn ACL Oct. 26 at Maryland number contact the ACC office. •Kellen Jones (LB) Out, Torn ACL vs. NC State Nov. 2 at Virginia •Gif Timothy (Ot), Questionable, concussion Nov. 14 GEORGIA TECH ESPN 7:30 PM 10:30 AM Dabo Swinney, Clemson Nov. 23 THE CITADEL •Carlos Watkins (DT) Questionable after being 10:40 AM Jimbo Fisher, Florida State Nov. 30 at South Carolina involved in auto accident on September 21. 10:50 AM Randy Edsall, Maryland •Rod McDowell (RB) Questionable with ankle 11:00 AM Scott Shafer, Syracuse CLEMSON SID COntacts 11:10 AM Jim Grobe, Wake Forest 12 Straight Wins by Double Digits vs. Un- 11:20 AM Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech ranked Teams AsstAD/Director of Communications/Football: 11:30 AM Larry Fedora, Nrth Carolina Clemson has been very success- Tim Bourret, Notre Dame 1977 11:40 AM Paul Chyrst, Pittsburgh ful when it comes to facing unranked teams of Asst AD/Director of Athletic Communications: 11:50 AM Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech late. The Tigers 56-7 win over Wake Forest on th Joe Galbraith, Mississippi State, 2001 Noon Mike London, Virginia September 28 was the program’s 12 consecu- Associate SID/Secondary Football Contact: 12:10 PM Steve Addazio, Boston College tive double digit win over an unranked opponent. Brian Hennessy, Clemson 1998 12:20 PM David Cutcliffe, Duke The streak includes nine games last year and Sr. Associate SID: Sam Blackman, Clemson 1985 three games this year. Over the streak, Clemson 12:30 PM Al Golden, Miami (FL) Webmaster/Asst. SID: Libby Kehn, Clemson 2002 has outscored the opposition by an even 27 SID Office Phone: (864) 656-2114 12:40 PM Dave Doeren, NC State points per game. SID Fax Machine: (864) 656-0299 Clemson’s streak of double digit wins Bourret E-Mail: [email protected] For ACC Information go to: www.TheACC.com. over unranked opponents is the second longest Press Box: (864) 654-3326 This site will have the latest ACC release and a link active streak in the nation. Only Alabama has a SID Address: P.O. Box 31, Clemson, to the football media guide. longer streak with 21 in a row. SC 29633 Since Clemson last lost to an un- Overnight Mailing Address: 100 Perimeter Road, ranked team when the Tigers were ranked, 28 Clemson, SC 29634 different teams have lost in that situation a total Ticket Office: 1-800-CLEMSON of 44 times. Twitter: @clemsonfb www.ClemsonTigers.com 2013 Clemson Tiger Football 1 Clemson vs. Syracuse Carrier Dome Clemson Returns to New York for First Time First Trip to New Stadium since 2009 ACC since 1952 Championship Game Clemson has a 0-1-1 record in the This will be the first time Clemson has state of New York. This will be Clemson’s first made its first ever trip to a stadium since it went game in the Empire State since a game at Ford- to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL for ham in 1952, a game that ended in a 12-12 tie the first time to play in the 2009 ACC Champion- on November 8. ship game against Georgia Tech. Tech won that Playing in Fordham’s home stadium in game, 39-34. 2013 STANDINGS front of a crowd of 6,000 fans in Randalls Island, The last time Clemson won its first NY, Don King made his debut as Clemson’s game in a stadium was that same year against Atlantic Division ACC Home Away Over starting single wing tailback and gained 234 Miami in Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Clemson 2-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 yards on 33 carries. That included a 74-yard run FL. The Tigers defeated the eighth ranked Hur- Florida State 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 in the first half when he gained over 200 of his ricanes 40-37 in overtime on a touchdown recep- Boston College 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-2 234 yards rushing. He was substituting that tion by Jacoby Ford on a pass from Kyle Parker. Syracuse 0-0 2-0 0-2 2-2 day for an injured Billy Hair. Both are now in professional sports, Ford with Maryland 0-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 King was injured late in the first half the Oakland Raiders and Parker in the Colorado NC State 0-1 3-1 0-0 3-1 and was not as effective running the ball in the Rockies baseball organization. Wake Forest 0-2 1-1 1-2 2-3 second half. He had 259 yards positive rushing for the game and -25 in terms of tackles for loss, Larry Csonka Nearly a Clemson Tiger? Coastal Division ACC Home Away Over mostly in the second half, for his 234 yards All-time Syracuse great Larry Csonka Virginia Tech 1-0 2-0 2-0 4-1 total. He attempted six passes, but none were visited Clemson during his recruiting process in Georgia Tech 2-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 completed. King’s 234 yards rushing are still the 1963 and had the Tigers in his final four schools. Pittsburgh 2-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 record for a Clemson freshman in a single game. According to his Wikipedia page on the internet, Miami 0-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 Virginia 0-1 2-1 0-1 2-2 Clemson’s only other game in the state Czonka considered Clemson, Vanderbilt, Iowa North Carolina 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-3 of New York was at Army in 1937. On October 2, and Syracuse. Duke 0-2 2-2 1-0 3-2 1937 Clemson lost at West Point, NY by a 21-6 Recruited by Clemson Coach Frank score. Clemson had a sophomore tailback Howard, Csonka would have been a freshman named Banks McFadden, who also served as at Clemson in 1964 and then played in 1965- ThIS wEEk’S ACC GAMES the Tigers punter that day. He went on to be an 66 and 1967. Even without Csonka, that was All-American for the Tigers in 1939. a great era in Clemson football history as the In 1940, McFadden returned to New Tigers won the ACC all three years. Saturday October 5, 2013 York as a starting running back for the Brooklyn Csonka went on to a great career with Army at Boston College ESPN3 1:00 PM Dodgers of the NFL. the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants. He is Clemson at Syracuse ABC/2 3:30 PM a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Maryland at Florida State ESPN Noon Clemson Makes First Visit to Carrier Dome… the College Football Hall of Fame.