2018 SUGAR BOWL FACT SHEET CLEMSON TIGERS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE VERSUS 2017 Record 12-1 (7-1 ACC) 2017 Record 11-1 (7-1 SEC) Rankings No. 1 CFP, No. 1 AP, No. 1 USA Today Ranking No. 4 CFP, No. 4 AP, No. 4 USA Today Location Clemson, S.C. Location Tuscaloosa, Ala. Colors Tiger Orange & Regalia Colors Crimson & White Enrollment 24,387 Enrollment 38,563 Head Coach Dabo Swinney (Alabama ‘93) Head Coach Nick Saban (Kent State ‘73) Overall Record at Clemson (seasons) 101-29 (10th) Overall Record at Alabama (seasons) 125-20 (11th) Home Record at Clemson 59-7 Bowl Record at Alabama 8-4 Away/Neutral Record at Clemson 42-22 Career Overall Record (seasons) 216-62-1 (22nd) Bowl Record at Clemson 7-4 Career Record vs. Clemson 2-1 ACC Regular-Season Record 61-16 Offensive Coordinator Brian Daboll Career Overall Record (seasons) 101-29 (10th) Defensive Coordinator Jeremy Pruitt Career Record vs. Alabama 1-1 Athletic Communications Contact Josh Maxson Offensive Coordinators Tony Elliott, Jeff Scott Cell Phone 205-242-5917 Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables Email [email protected] Athletic Website ClemsonTigers.com Athletic Website RollTide.com ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FBS STAT RANKING COMPARISON Primary Football Contact Tim Bourret (Notre Dame ‘77) CLEMSON VS. ALABAMA Category Clemson Alabama Cell Phone 864-356-3791 Winning Percentage 92.3 (T-2) 91.7 (6) Email [email protected] MONDAY • JAN. 1, 2018 Scoring Offense 35.4 (21) 39.1 (12) Secondary Football Contact Brian Hennessy (Clemson ‘98) 8:45 p.m. EST Scoring Defense 12.8 (2) 11.5 (1) Cell Phone 864-986-9046 Mercedes-Benz Superdome (72,500) Total Offense 448.1 (31) 465.4 (20) Email [email protected] New Orleans, La. Total Defense 277.9 (6) 257.8 (2) Clemson Ticket Office Phone 1-800-CLEMSON Rushing Offense 204.1 (33) 265.3 (10) Sugar Bowl Website AllstateSugarBowl.org TELEVISION - ESPN Rushing Defense 112.8 (13) 94.1 (3) Sugar Bowl Primary Media Contact John Sudsbury Play-By-Play Announcer - Joe Tessitore Passing Offense 244.1 (52) 200.1 (86) Cell Phone 504-427-7076 Color Commentator - Todd Blackledge Passing Defense 165.1 (8) 163.7 (7) Email [email protected] Sideline Correspondents - Holly Rowe, Laura Rutledge Pass Efficiency Offense 138.5 (43) 161.1 (7) Sugar Bowl Secondary Media Contact Melissa Stoltz Pass Efficiency Defense 105.0 (6) 98.9 (2) Cell Phone 504-669-2091 NATIONAL RADIO - ESPN Completion % Offense 67.2 (6) 62.0 (36) Email [email protected] Play-By-Play Announcer - Bill Rosinski Interceptions by Defense 14 (T-27) 15 (T-18) Color Commentator - David Norrie Sacks per Game by Defense 3.4 (3) 2.6 (T-24) Sideline Correspondent - Ian Fitzsimmons Sacks per Game Allowed 2.0 (T-62) 1.8 (T-51) Tackles For Loss per Game by Defense 8.0 (9) 6.7 (T-40) 2017 CLEMSON RESULTS (12-1) CLEMSON RADIO - CLEMSON TIGERS NETWORK Tackles For Loss per Game Allowed 5.2 (38) 3.8 (4) Date Opponent (Rank) W-L Score Play-By-Play Announcer - Don Munson Turnover Margin per Game +0.4 (T-34) +1.0 (T-7) 9-2 Kent State W 56-3 Color Commentator - Rodney Williams Turnovers Gained 19 (T-50) 20 (T-40) 9-9 Auburn (13,13) W 14-6 Sideline Correspondent - Reggie Merriweather Turnovers Lost 14 (T-25) 8 (T-1) 9-16 * at Louisville (14,14) W 47-21 Net Punting 36.8 (92) 40.9 (18) 9-23 * Boston College W 34-7 Punt Return Offense 11.1 (23) 7.8 (60) 9-30 * at Virginia Tech (12,12) W 31-17 Punt Return Defense 9.8 (91) 1.3 (T-1) 10-7 * Wake Forest W 28-14 Kickoff Return Offense 19.7 (93) 23.2 (26) 10-13 * at Syracuse L 24-27 CREDITS Kickoff Return Defense 19.8 (44) 19.3 (33) 10-28 * Georgia Tech W 24-10 First Downs by Offense 295 (T-12) 275 (32) 11-4 * at NC State (20,20) W 38-31 The 2018 Clemson Sugar Bowl Guide was written and edited First Downs Allowed 191 (11) 179 (T-6) 11-11 * Florida State W 31-14 by football communications director Tim Bourret. Layout, design Third-Down Conversion % (Offense) 46.7 (10) 41.5 (55) 11-18 The Citadel W 61-3 and editorial assistance was executed by senior associate athletic Third-Down Conversion % (Defense) 27.8 (6) 33.0 (21) 11-25 at South Carolina (24 CFP) W 34-10 communications director Brian Hennessy. Special thanks to Sam Fourth-Down Conversion % (Offense) 75.0 (T-3) 81.3 (1) 12-2 # Miami (Fla.) (7,7) W 38-3 Blackman and Libby Kehn in the production of the guide. Fourth-Down Conversion % (Defense) 56.0 (T-89) 35.3 (11) * - ACC regular-season game; # - ACC Championship Game Thanks to John Schaffhauser for the cover designs. Photos Time of Possession per Game 30:53 (44) 29:50 (67) (Charlotte, N.C.); $ - College Football Playoff Semifinal, Sugar used on the cover by Carl Ackerman, Ashley Jones, Mark McInnis, Fewest Penalties per Game 5.0 (T-29) 5.2 (T-34) Bowl (New Orleans, La.); Note: Home games in bold, opponent David Platt and Dawson Powers. Fewest Penalty Yards per Game 44.5 (36) 43.2 (31) rankings by AP, Coaches. Printing by Keys Printing (Greenville, S.C.). Note: National rankings in (parentheses). @CLEMSONFOOTBALL 2018 SUGAR BOWL GUIDE 1 RECORD-SETTING SEVEN SEASONS (2011-17) VERSUS SECOND IN WINS WINNINGEST DECADE IN TIGER HISTORY ACC'S WINNINGEST TEAMS Clemson has an 82-14 record in the last seven sea- With a 12-1 record, Clemson has an 88-21 record Rk School Year W-L sons, or since the beginning of the 2011 season. The in the decade of the 2010s. That computes to an 80.8 1. Clemson 2015 14-1 Clemson 2016 14-1 victory against The Citadel on Nov. 18 gave the Tiger winning percentage, the best for any decade in school Florida State 2013 14-0 program seven-straight 10-win seasons, something only history. This decade has moved ahead of the 1980s in 4. Florida State 2014 13-1 Alabama has duplicated. Only Alabama (87-9) has terms of winning percentage. 5. Clemson 1981 12-0 more wins the last seven years than Clemson. In the 1980s, Clemson had a 76.7 winning percent- Clemson 2017 12-1 The Tigers also have the second-highest winning age (87-25-4), the fifth-best winning percentage in the Florida State 1993 12-1 percentage (85.4). Only Alabama has a better winning nation. Clemson did not have a losing season in any Florida State 1999 12-0 Florida State 2012 12-2 percentage (90.6). year in the 1980s under head coach Danny Ford, who coached every game in that decade. Dabo Swinney has 11-1 IN TOP-15 MATCHUPS SINCE 2015 MOST WINS (2011-17) coached every game in the decade of the 2010s and Clemson already has top-15 wins over Auburn, Rk School 2017 10-WS Win % W-L has seven winning seasons and one losing season (6-7 1. Alabama 11-1 7 90.6 87-9 Louisville, Virginia Tech and Miami (Fla.) this season. in 2010). 2. Clemson 12-1 7 85.4 82-14 Clemson won all four games and was the first team 3. Ohio State 11-2 6 83.9 78-15 CLEMSON'S WINNINGEST DECADES since the AP poll started in 1936 to beat three teams 4. Florida State 6-6 5 79.6 74-19 in the top 15 in September. The last team to beat three 5. Oklahoma 12-1 6 80.2 73-18 Rk Decade W-L-T Win % WS top-15 teams in its first five games of the season was Stanford 9-4 5 77.7 73-21 1. 2010s 88-21-0 80.8 7-1-0 7. Boise State 10-3 5 78.3 72-20 2. 1980s 87-25-4 76.7 9-0-1 Notre Dame in 1980. Wisconsin 12-1 5 75.8 72-23 3. 1950s 64-32-5 65.8 7-2-1 The Tigers are very experienced in big games the last 9. Georgia 12-1 5 75.3 70-23 4. 1890s 11-6-0 64.7 3-0-1 three years. The Alabama game will be Clemson’s 13th 5. 1900s 40-21-7 64.0 7-1-2 10. Oregon 7-5 4 73.9 68-24 matchup of top-15 teams since the start of 2015. That 6. 2000s 79-47-0 62.7 10-0-0 Northern Illinois 9-3 4 72.3 68-26 dates to Oct. 3, 2015, when No. 11 Clemson played 12. Louisiana State 9-3 3 75.3 67-22 7. 1990s 69-47-1 59.4 6-3-1 No. 6 Notre Dame at Clemson. The Tigers are 11-1 in 13. Oklahoma State 9-3 4 73.3 66-24 8. 1930s 51-37-7 57.4 5-3-2 Michigan State 9-3 1 71.7 66-26 9. 1940s 51-38-5 55.9 4-5-1 top-15 matchups during the last three years. 15. Southern California 11-2 4 70.7 65-27 10. 1910s 42-35-6 54.2 5-3-2 11. 1960s 50-48-2 51.0 5-2-3 CLEMSON'S TOP-15 MATCHUPS (2015-17) 12. 1970s 56-54-3 50.9 4-6-0 SEVEN-STRAIGHT 10-WIN SEASONS Date Opponent CU Rk Opp.