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NO. 2 CLEMSON (14-0, 8-0 ACC) vs. NO. 1 ALABAMA (14-0, 8-0 SEC) MONDAY, JAN. 7 • 8 P.M. ET • LEVI'S STADIUM (71,000) • SANTA CLARA, CALIF. Ti GAME CENTER QUICK FACTS - CLEMSON TELEVISION: ESPN (Chris Fowler, Kirk CLEMSON/ALABAMA SERIES HISTORY: Nickname Tigers Herbstreit, Tom Rinaldi, Maria Taylor) - OVERALL: Clemson trails series, 4-14 Location Clemson, S.C. 29633 Colors Tiger Orange & Regalia - HOME: Clemson trails series, 1-2 RADIO: Clemson Tigers Network (Don Founded 1889 Munson, Rodney Williams, Tim Bourret, - ROAD: Clemson trails series, 1-9 Enrollment (2017-18) 24,387 Reggie Merriweather) - NEUTRAL: Clemson trails series, 2-3 President Dr. James P. Clements (Maryland-Baltimore County ‘85) - LAST MEETING: Jan 1, 2018 (24-6, L) Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich (Indiana (Pa.) ‘80) RADIO: ESPN Radio (Sean McDonough, Conference Atlantic Coast Conference (Atlantic Division) - STREAK: Alabama, Won 1 Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe, Ian Facility (Capacity) Memorial Stadium (81,500) Fitzsimmons) Year Opened 1942 Record Crowd 86,092 (Oct. 23, 1999 vs. Florida State) Head Coach Dabo Swinney (Alabama '93) CLEMSON TO FACE ALABAMA IN COLLEGE Years as a full-time college coach* 23 FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Winning seasons (HC & Asst.)* 20 The top two seeds in the College Football Playoff Date Opponent TV Score/Time (ET) Bowl seasons (HC & Asst.)* 19 will battle for college football supremacy for the 2018 9/1 FURMAN1 ACC 48-7 W Record as an assistant coach 106-58-1 (.645) season when No. 2 Clemson faces No. 1 Alabama in the 9/8 at Texas A&M ESPN 28-26 W Record as a head coach^ 115-30 (.793) College Football Playoff National Championship. Kickoff 9/15 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2 ESPNU 38-7 W Record at Clemson (HC & Asst.) 158-55 (.742) from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., is scheduled 9/22 at Georgia Tech* ABC 49-21 W * entering 2018; ^ all at Clemson for 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. local). 9/29 SYRACUSE*3 ABC 27-23 W First Year of Football 1896 The meeting of the Tigers and Crimson Tide is 10/6 at Wake Forest* ESPN 63-3 W Seasons of Football (inc. 2018) 123 Overall Record 743-459-45 becoming an annual rite of winter. This year's matchup 10/13 - OPEN DATE - 10/20 NC STATE*4 ESPN 41-7 W Record in ACC Play (since 1953) 295-144-6 marks the fourth consecutive season that the two teams 10/27 at Florida State* ABC 59-10 W ACC regular season play* 290-143-6 have met in a bowl game, a first in college football 11/3 LOUISVILLE*5 ABC 77-16 W ACC Championship Games 5-1 history. Like Clemson and Alabama in the last three 11/10 at Boston College* ABC 27-7 W * According to ACC records years, Ohio State and USC had met previously in three 11/17 DUKE*6 ESPN 35-6 W National Championships 2 consecutive bowl games across the 1972-74 seasons. 11/24 SOUTH CAROLINA7 ESPN 56-35 W (1981, 2016) Last week, Clemson and Notre Dame played the first 12/1 vs. Pittsburgh^ ABC 42-10 W Conference Championships 24 game between undefeated teams in College Football 12/29 vs. Notre Dame$ ESPN 30-3 W SIAA (4) 1900,02,03^,06^ Playoff history. This week, even more history will be on 1/7 vs. Alabama# ESPN 8 p.m. Southern (2) 1940,48 1 the line when the 14-0 Tigers and 14-0 Crimson Tide * - ACC contest; Note: Home games in bold; Football Reunion ACC (17) 1956,58,59,65,66,67,78,81,82, Day; 2 Family Weekend; 3 Hall of Fame Day; 4 Homecoming; 86,87,88,91,2011,15,16,17,18 square off, as each team will attempt to become the 5 IPTAY Day; 6 Military Appreciation Day; 7 Solid Orange Day ^ indicates co-championship first major college football team in the modern era to go Bowl Appearances 43 15-0. No major team has recorded a 15-0 record since ^ACC Championship; $Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic; #College Football Playoff National Championship Bowl Record 23-20 the 19th century, when Penn compiled a 15-0 mark in First appearance 1939 (Cotton Bowl) 1897. College Football Playoff Berths 4 In addition to featuring the two winningest programs all but assured itself of a fourth consecutive AP Top 5 2015, 2016*, 2017, 2018 of the College Football Playoff era, Monday's contest finish. Prior to 2015, Clemson's only AP Top 5 finish in * denotes National Championship will also highlight the two winningest senior classes in school history came in 1981 during the program's first Consensus All-Americans 28* college football history. The current seniors at Alabama national championship season. *Counts Terry Kinard (1981-82) and Vic Beasley and Clemson have won 55 and 54 games since 2015, Clemson will look to complete its 2018 journey by (2013-14) twice for earning multiple selections AP First-Team All-Americans 25* respectively, the top two totals in Division I history. A going coast to coast, as the Atlantic Coast Conference *Counts Terry Kinard (1981-82) and Clelin Ferrell Clemson win on Monday would tie the two senior classes champions will be playing their first game in the state of (2017-18) twice for earning multiple selections with 55 wins and two national championships each. California since facing USC at the Los Angeles Memorial In addition to four consecutive ACC titles and College Coliseum in 1966. Clemson's only other appearance in Football Playoff berths, Clemson's senior class has also the state came in 1951 at Pacific. CLEMSON FOOTBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Athletic Communications: 864-656-2114 Ticket Office Phone 1-800-CLEMSON Social Media @ClemsonFB Website(s) ClemsonTigers.com DaboSwinney.com Practice Facility: Allen N. Reeves Football Complex, 100 Reeves Lane Clemson, SC 29631 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31 ROSS TAYLOR BRIAN HENNESSY LIBBY KEHN JONATHAN GANTT NIK CONKLIN JEFF KALLIN Clemson, SC 29633 Primary Contact Secondary Contact Credentials Associate AD Feature Video Production Design & Digital [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] O: 864-656-9767 O: 864-656-1921 O: 864-656-1626 O: 864-656-2956 O: 864-656-1920 C: 972-741-7778 C: 864-986-9046 @ClemsonFB 2018 CLEMSON FOOTBALL ClemsonTigers.com 1 NOTES WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK will become the first in school history to field a winning - Clemson (7,426) requiring 293 yards of offense to - Clemson attempting to win its third football national percentage of .900 or better. break the school and ACC record of 7,718, set in 2015. championship in school history, joining the 1981 and - Clemson attempting to win its 15th straight game, - Clemson's balanced attack attempting to record 200 2016 squads. which would tie a 15-game streak from 1947-49 for the rushing yards and 200 passing yards in a single game - Clemson attempting to join Florida State (three) as second-longest winning streak in program history. for an eighth time this season. The Tigers are 41-0 when the only schools to win three national titles as members - Clemson attempting to earn its 103rd win of the both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Swinney. of the ACC. Pitt (nine), Miami (five), Georgia Tech (four) decade. Clemson, Alabama and Ohio State are the only - Clemson (47) needing one rushing touchdown to tie have also won at least three national championships, but FBS schools to win 100 games in the 2000s. or two rushing touchdowns to break the ACC record for all of Pitt and Miami's titles predated the schools joining - Clemson attempting to improve its all-time bowl rushing touchdowns in a single season, held by the 2012 the ACC, as did three of Georgia Tech's four titles. record to 24-20 and its all-time postseason record, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (48). - Clemson attempting to become the second team including conference championship games, to 29-21. - Clemson attempting to outrush Alabama to record to win multiple national championships in the College - Clemson winning another bowl game to give the Tigers more rushing yards than an opponent for the 14th time Football Playoff era since 2014 (Alabama). victories in eight of its last 10 bowl games since the 2012 this season. The Tigers have outrushed opponents in - Clemson attempting to become the first major college season. One of the two losses came during the 2015 24 of their 28 games since 2017 and are 24-0 when football team in the modern era to go 15-0. No major season in a National Championship that was preceded by outrushing opponents in that time frame. college football team has won 15 games since the 19th an Orange Bowl win, so Clemson has won a bowl game in - Clemson attempting to produce multiple 100-yard century, when Penn posted a 15-0 mark in 1897. eight of the last nine years. rushers in a game for the third time this season. It would - The 2018 Tigers attempting to break the school - Clemson playing only its third game in the state of mark the fourth season in school history in which Clemson record of 14 wins, a mark currently shared with the 2015 California all-time, joining a game at USC in 1966 and a has produced multiple 100-yard rushers in at least three and 2016 Tigers. road contest at Pacific in 1951. games (three in 1951, three in 1985, four in 2015).