GAME 6: CLEMSON (5-0) VS. BOSTON COLLEGE (3-2)

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1 GAME 6: CLEMSON (5-0) VS. BOSTON COLLEGE (3-2) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016 Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Kickoff: 7:32 p.m. (EST) TV: ESPN (Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath) CLEMSON RADIO NETWORK (Don Munson,Rodney Williams,Michael Palmer) (Sirius Radio ch. 84, XM Radio ch. 84) SERIES HISTORY Overall Record: Clemson leads At Boston: Clemson Leads at Fenway Park: Tied at Braves Field: Clemson leads 3-1 At Alumni Stadium: BC Leads 4-3 At Clemson: Clemson leads First Meeting: Clemson 6-3 in 1939 Last Year: Clemson at Clemson Last Meeting in Boston: Clemson, 17-13, 2014 Streak: Clemson won 5 in a row Last Clemson Regular season Win on a Friday: at Braves Field, Boston, MA, SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Opponent TV W-L Score/Time Sept. 3 at Auburn ESPN W Sept. 10 Troy RSN W Sept. 17 South Carolina St. ACCN W 59-0 Sept. 22 #at Georgia Tech ESPN W 26-7 Oct. 1 Louisville ABC W Oct. 7 *at Boston College ESPN 7:32 p.m. Oct. 15 NC State ABC/2 Noon Oct. 29 at Florida State TBA Nov. 5 Syracuse TBA Nov. 12 Pittsburgh TBA Nov. 19 at Wake Forest TBA Nov. 26 South Carolina TBA #Thursday, * Friday CLEMSON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant AD / Football Communications Tim Bourret (Notre Dame 77) Ofice: Cell: btimoth@clemson.edu Assistant AD / Director of Athletic Communications Joe Galbraith (Mississippi State 01) Ofice: joegalb@clemson.edu Associate Communications Director / Secondary Philip Sikes (Clemson 02) Ofice: Cell: philips@clemson.edu Sr. Associate Communications Director / Credentials Sam Blackman (Clemson 85) blackmj@clemson.edu Athletic Communications: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31, Clemson, SC Overnight: 100 Perimeter Rd, Clemson, SC Tickets: CLEMSON CLEMSON TIGERS 2016 Record 5-0, 2-0 ACC Location Clemson, S.C. Colors Clemson Orange & Regalia Enrollment 22,698 Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich (Indiana (Pa.) 80) Head Coach Dabo Swinney (Alabama 93) Clemson Record (8th full season) (.748) Away & Neutral Record (.604) Home 49-6 (.891) vs. ACC (.773) vs. Boston College 7-1 Clemson Rankings #3 AP, #3 Coaches Co-Offensive Coordinators Tony Elliott, Jeff Scott Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables Twitter /Instagram Web DABO SWINNEY PRESS CONFERENCE Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold his weekly press conference at the Team Room on the second loor of the West Endzone at Memorial Stadium each Tuesday at 11 a.m. Clemson players will be available after Swinney s press conference on the fourth loor of the West Endzone. Coach Swinney s press conference will be available over clemsontigers.com. An abbreviated transcript of his press conference also will be available. SWINNEY SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE Head Coach Dabo Swinney will hold a teleconference each Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. Contact Tim Bourret to access at btimoth@clemson.edu. CLEMSON PLAYER INTERVIEWS Clemson student-athlete interviews are held each Monday and Tuesday on the fourth loor of the West Endzone at Memorial Stadium. Quarterback Deshaun Watson is available each Monday at 11:15 a.m. Contact Tim Bourret each Sunday by 4 p.m. with your requests for the week. The irst players on Monday usually start at 11:00 a.m. and will continue until 2 p.m. Players are available after Coach Swinney s Tuesday press conference at the West Endzone. CLEMSON COORDINATORS A Clemson offensive coordinator, either Tony Elliott or Jeff Scott, will be available on Mondays at 11:45 a.m. at the fourth loor of the West Endzone. Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables will be available on the fourth loor of the West Endzone on Tuesdays some time after Dabo Swinney s press conference. CLEMSON PERSONNEL UPDATE Adrian Baker, DB, Knee, Questionable Austin Bryant, DE, foot, Questionable Tre Lamar, LB, foot, Questionable Jalen Williams, LB, Knee, Out Hunter Renfrow, WR, Hand, out Denzel Johnson, DB, hamstring, Questionable MEDIA INFORMATION BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES 2016 Record: 3-2 overall, 0-2 in ACC Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass. Colors: Maroon & Gold Enrollment: 14,100 Athletic Director: Brad Bates Head Coach: Steve Addazio (Central Connecticut 831 Boston College Record: (20-23, 4th year) Overall: ( 33-34, 6th year) vs Clemson: 0-3 Off. Coordinator: Scott Loefler Defensive Coordinator: Jim Reid Football Communications: Zanna Ollove Phone: (617) ollove@bc.edu Web Address: ACC TELECONFERENCE The ACC holds a teleconference for the media every Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. throughout the season. The irst teleconference will be Wednesday, August 31. Each coach has a 10 minute period on the conference. Each teleconference available at theacc.com. Contact the ACC for the teleconference phone number. Head Coach, School Time #Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 10:20 a.m. Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia 10:30 a.m. Dabo Swinney, Clemson 10:40 a.m. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 10:50 a.m. Bobby Petrino, Louisville 11:00 a.m. Dino Babers, Syracuse 11:10 a.m. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech 11:30 a.m. Larry Fedora, North Carolina 11:40 a.m. Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech 11:50 a.m. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest Noon Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh 12:10 p.m. Steve Addazio, Boston College 12:20 a.m. David Cutcliffe, Duke p.m. Dave Doeren, NC State 12:40 p.m. Mark Richt, Miami (FL) p.m #Coach Kelly on call when Notre Dame playing an ACC opponent. TIGER CALLS Tiger Calls with Head Coach Dabo Swinney is aired every Monday night on 24 radio stations in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia on the Clemson Radio Network and over the internet on clemsontigers. com. The show is aired from 8-9 p.m. Dabo Swinney TV Show Afiliates Time Lcation Network 10:30 a.m. Augusta WFXF (Fox) 11 a.m. Southeast Fox Sports South 11:30 a.m. Charleston WCIV (ABC) 11:30 a.m. Greenville WMYA 11:30 a.m. Myrtle Beach WPDE (ABC) 12:30 p.m. Columbia WACH (Fox) FOOTBALL NOTES

2 2016 STANDINGS Atlantic Division ACC Home Away Overall Clemson NC State Louisville Wake Forest Syracuse Florida State Boston College Coastal Division ACC Home Away Overall North Carolina Miami (Fla.) Virginia Tech Virginia Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Duke THIS WEEK S GAMES Friday, October 7 Clemson at Boston College ESPN 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 8 Notre Dame at NC State ABC Noon Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh ACCN 12:30 p.m. Army at Duke RSN 3:30 p.m. Syracuse at Wake Forest RSN 7:00 p.m. Florida State at Miami ABC 8:00 p.m. Virginia Tech at North Carolina ABC 3:30 p.m. CLEMSON PRONUNCIATIONS Dabo Swinney Justin Falcinelli Clelin Ferrell Zach Giella Jay Guillermo Greg Huegel Jadar Johnson Cordrea Tankersley Andy Teasdall Trevion Thompson Korrin Wiggins CLEMSON at Boston College DA-boh SWEE-nee fal-sih-nehl-ee CLEE-lihn jee-eh-luh gee-ayr-moh HYOO-guhl juh-dahr cohr-dray TEEZ-dahl TRAY-vee-ahn kohr-rihn Clemson vs. Boston College Series Clemson has a lead in the series with Boston College that dates to the 1940 Cotton Bowl. Clemson has won each of the last five games, including the last time the two teams met in Boston in 2014, and last year at Clemson. Boston College s last win was in 2010 in Boston by a count. The Tigers have won seven of the eight games played since Dabo Swinney became Clemson head coach on an interim basis on October 13, Clemson won in Chestnut Hill in 2008 and 25-7 at Clemson in The 2008 win in Boston was Swinney s first career win as a head coach. Clemson s only loss in the Swinney era as head coach came in 2010 in Boston. The series dates to the 1939 season and the January 1, 1940 Cotton Bowl. That was a landmark victory for the Clemson program, the school s first bowl game and the school s first win over a Top 20 team. Boston College was ranked 11 th in the nation entering the game. Clemson won 6-3 behind 115 yards rushing from Charlie Timmons and four pass deflections in the fourth quarter by Clemson legend Banks McFadden. Six of the 11 meetings between the two teams since Boston College joined the ACC in 2005 have been decided by a touchdown or less. The Tigers hold a 7-4 advantage in the series since Boston College joined the ACC for the 2005 season. BC won each of the first three, all by seven points or less and two were in overtime. Two of Clemson s victories in the series took place during undefeated Tiger seasons. Clemson won in 1948 on the way to a perfect 11-0 season, and won in 1950 on the way to a season. Clemson also won last year during its perfect regular season, in Clemson behind 420 yards passing by Deshaun Watson. In 1983, at Chestnut Hill, the Eagles gained a win behind Doug Flutie. Clemson had a 16-3 lead with 25 minutes left in the game, but the Eagles went on a 28-0 run to end the contest behind Flutie. The 1984 Heisman winner, was for 223 yards and two touchdowns against a Clemson defense that featured All-American William Perry. The Eagles gained 504 yards of total offense on the night, 281 rushing and 223 passing. It was Clemson s only loss in 1983 (9-1-1). The two teams tied in a 1982 game in Death Valley. The game was televised by CBS on a regional basis, the first CBS broadcast from Clemson s Memorial Stadium. Clemson had a 14-0 lead at intermission, but sophomore quarterback Doug Flutie led Boston College back to take a lead. The Tigers tied the game in the fourth quarter, on a field goal by Donald Igwebuike, who played soccer and football for the Tigers that fall. He then had another attempt from 43 yards with eight seconds left, but the kick missed and the game ended in a tie. *Clemson had just two losses and two ties over a three-year period from One of the losses and one of the ties came against Boston College in that period. The 2005 game at Clemson was an overtime meeting, a Boston College victory, It was the first between the two schools as an ACC matchup. The game was tied at the end of regulation. The two teams played a double overtime affair in 2006, a Boston College victory. A missed extra point in overtime proved costly for the Tigers. In 2009 when Clemson won it was the Tigers first win over the Eagles at Clemson since Clemson won that 1958 game, The two teams played three games at famed Fenway Park in Boston, the home of the Boston Red Sox. Clemson won the first meeting there in 1941 (just 13 days after Ted Williams finished his.406 season for the Red Sox) by a score. The same two teams met at Fenway the following year, and Boston College won, The two teams played to a tie in 1953 at Fenway. So the series stands at in games played at Fenway Park. *The two teams also played at Braves Field in Boston, then the home of the National League s Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves). Clemson had a 3-1 advantage in games played at Braves Field all between Clemson has a lead in the series in games played in Boston or Chestnut Hill. O Rourke-McFadden Trophy to the Winner For the ninth time, Clemson and Boston College will play for a trophy. The Boston College Gridiron Club began sponsoring the O Rourke-McFadden Trophy in Clemson has won seven of the eight years the trophy has been awarded. The trophy features a leather helmet replica of those used by Charlie O Rourke of Boston College and Banks McFadden of Clemson, when they competed against each other in the 1940 Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX. In addition to the trophy presentation, the Boston College Gridiron Club will present a replica leather helmet to the MVP of the winning school. C.J. Spiller won the award for the 2008 game when he had 242 all-purpose yards, and Clemson kicker Richard Jackson won the award for the 2009 game. He kicked six field goals in the Clemson victory, the only kicker at the FBS level to kick six field goals in a game in Montell Harris won the award for Boston College in 2010 thanks to his 143 yards rushing and he scored the game s only offensive touchdown. Chandler Catanzaro became the second Clemson kicker to win the honor with his five field goals in the Clemson win in Tajh Boyd won it in 2012 with a 367-yard passing game and Vic Beasley took the honor in 2013 when he had a fumble return for a touchdown. Cole Stoudt had 308 yards of total offense in Clemson s 2014 win. Watson won it last year thanks to his 420 yard passing performance. The Boston College Gridiron Club developed the idea in order to honor the tradition at both schools and to honor the legacy of Charlie O Rourke and Banks McFadden, who played during the leather helmet era. Clemson and Boston College are both in the Atlantic Division of the ACC and will play every year. O Rourke led Boston College from the quarterback position to a record in his three years as the quarterback of the Eagles between One of those three losses was to McFadden and Clemson in the 1940 Cotton Bowl. O Rourke had his jersey retired at Boston College and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in McFadden led the Tigers to a FOOTBALL NOTES

3 NATIONAL RANKINGS ASSOCIATED PRESS (OCT 2, 2016) Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts 1. Alabama (53) Ohio State (6) Clemson (1) Michigan (1) Washington Houston Louisville Texas A&M Tennessee Miami (FL) Wisconsin Nebraska Baylor Mississippi Stanford Arkansas North Carolina Florida Boise State Oklahoma Colorado West Virginia Florida State Utah Virginia Tech Others Receiving Votes: Western Michigan 76, UCLA 56, LSU 49, North Dakota State 46, Auburn 46, Georgia 42, Oklahoma State 41, TCU 26, Maryland 23, Air Force 17, San Diego State 10, Michigan State 9, South Florida 6, Arizona State 4, California 3, Indiana 3, Texas 1. AMWAY USA TODAY COACHES (OCT 2, 2016) Rk School (1st place) Rec Pts 1. Alabama (57) Ohio State (3) Clemson (2) Michigan Houston Washington Texas A&M Louisville Tennessee Miami (FL) Baylor Nebraska Wisconsin Mississipi Stanford North Carlina Arkansas North Carolina Boise STate West Virginia Florida State Oklahoma Colorado / Utah Western Michigan Others Receiving Votes: LSU 77, Michigan State 71, Maryland 70, Georgia 65, Air Force 59, UCLA 50, Virginia Tech 50, Oklahoma State 43, TCU 32, South Florida 24, Arizona State 23, Auburn 21, Texas Tech 11, San Diego State 10, California 7, Indiana 3, Troy 3, Southern Mississippi 2, Southern Cal 2, South Alabama 2, Minnesota 2, Wake Forest 1, Appalachian State 1, Eastern Michigan 1, Middle Tennessee State 1. Fulltime Coaches in Press Box: Tony Elliott, Danny Pearman. CLEMSON at Boston College record in 1939 as the starting quarterback. Regarded as the greatest all-around Clemson athlete of the 20 th Century, he was an All-American in football and basketball at Clemson. The 1939 football team finished 12 th in the final AP poll, Clemson s first top 20 season on record, and the win over Boston College in the Cotton Bowl was Clemson s first bowl appearance. In the spring of 1939 he led Clemson to the Southern Conference Basketball championship. McFadden was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959, Clemson s first inductee. Winners of leather Helmet Award Year Player School 2008 C.J. Spiller, RB Clemson 2009 Richard Jackson, PK Clemson 2010 Montell Harris, RB Boston College 2011 Chandler Catanzaro, PK Clemson 2012 Tajh Boyd, QB Clemson 2013 Vic Beasley, DE Clemson 2014 Cole Stoudt, QB Clemson 2015 Deshaun Watson, QB Clemson Clemson Veterans vs. Boston College Ben Boulware (LB) Did not play in Played 31 snaps and had three tackles in Started and played 61 snaps last year. Had 14 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Deon Cain (WR) Played 23 snaps and had 2-97 receiving in Adam Choice (RB) Played nine snaps in 2014 and had 4-13 rushing. He suffered a torn ACL in that game at Boston. Wayne Gallman (RB) Started and played 48 snaps in Had rushing and one touchdown. Also had 2-1 receiving. Started and played 36 snaps last year. Had rushing and 2-14 receiving. Greg Huegel (PK) Made two of two field goals in One was 42 yards, the other 39 yards. Converted four of four PAT. Jadar Johnson (S) Did not see the field in Played seven snaps in Played 17 snaps in 2015 and had one tackle and one pass break-up. Jordan Leggett (TE) Played one snap in Played 24 snaps in 2014 and had 2-25 receiving. Last year started and played 49 snaps. Had 2-12 receiving and one touchdown. Ray-Ray McCloud (WR) Played 32 snaps last year. Returned one kickoff for 28 yards. Dorian O Daniel (LB) Did not play a snap in Played 14 snaps in Scott Pagano (DT) Did not play in Started and played 26 snaps last year. Had four tackles. Artavis Scott (WR) Started and played 61 snaps in Had receiving. Started and played 62 snaps last year. Had receiving and one touchdown. Returned two kickoffs for 48 yards total. Cordrea Tankersley (CB) Did not see the field in 2013 and Started and played 57 snaps in Had three tackles, including one tackle for loss. Andy Teasdall (P) Did not play in 2013 and Started and punted three times for 135 yards. Trevion Thompson (WR) Played 29 snaps and had 3-47 receiving in Carlos Watkins (DT) Played two snaps in Did not play in Played six snaps and had one tackle for loss in Started and played 40 snaps in Had five tackles. Deshaun Watson (QB) Did not play in Started and played 77 snaps in Completed 27 of 41 passes and had two interceptions. Threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns. Had rushing and one touchdown, giving him 452 of total offense. Korrin Wiggins (S) Had one tackle for loss in 25 snaps in Played 38 snaps in Had five tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss. Mike Williams (WR) Played 39 snaps and had receiving in Last Year vs. Boston College Clemson defeated Boston College last year at Clemson. The Tigers gained 532 yards on 78 plays against a Boston College team that finished the year No. 1 in the nation in total defense. Clemson had 112 yards rushing, but 420 yards passing, all by quarterback Deshaun Watson. Clemson held Boston College to 11 first downs and 246 yards of total offense. Artavis Scott had a career game with 10 receptions for 162 yards and a touchdown to lead the receivers. Deon Cain caught just two passes, but had 97 yards on those receptions. Watson completed passes for 420 yards and three scores. Scott, Jordan Leggett and Zak Brooks caught the touchdown passes from Watson. Boston College actually scored first on a five-yard scoring pass. The Tigers then countered with 17 straight points. Clemson led by just at intermission, then won the third period 10-0 before both teams had a touchdown in final period. Clemson had lead before Boston College scored a touchdown with 1:29 left. Last Game at Boston College For the second game in a row, the Clemson defense needed to make one final stop to give the Tigers a win. And for the second straight time the defense came through. Clemson had made a goal line stand to beat Louisville the previous week. C.J. Davidson scored from 32 yards out with 9:35 remaining in the game and Clemson s relentless defense held, giving the Tigers a win at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill. Boston College quarterback Tyler Murphy did plenty of scrambling in the second half and had his team in Tiger territory late in the fourth quarter. But the Clemson defense forced four straight incompletions and the Tigers preserved the victory and the O Rourke-McFadden Trophy. Clemson held the Eagles to just 120 yards rushing, no small feat because BC entered the game in the top five in the nation in rushing. Cole Stoudt was the recipient of the Leather Helmet Award as he completed passes for 285 yards and added 23 yards rushing for a 308 yard game in total offense. He directed the Tigers to 398 yards total offense and 22 first downs. The Tigers were on third down. Deshaun Watson had been injured the previous week against Louisville. Wayne Gallman scored the first touchdown as he ran in from 17 yards. Mike Williams added eight catches for 128 yards to lead all receivers FOOTBALL NOTES 3

4 CLEMSON at Boston College Dabo Swinney s First Win was in Chestnut Hill Clemson 27, Boston College 21 At Chestnut Hill, Nov. 1, 2008 C.J. Spiller totaled 242 all-purpose yards and Clemson scored the game s final 10 points to defeat Boston College at Alumni Stadium on November 1, It was Clemson s first win over the Eagles since 1958, snapping its six-game winless streak, and the first win for Dabo Swinney as Clemson s interim head coach. Behind 240 yards in the first half, Clemson jumped out to a 17-0 halftime lead. But Boston College took advantage of several Tiger miscues and scored 21 straight points to take the lead in the fourth quarter. But Spiller s 64-yard kickoff return set up the Tigers go-ahead score and the Clemson defense thwarted Boston College to preserve Clemson s first victory over the Eagles since they joined the ACC. Clemson outgained the Eagles and was led by the allaround performance of Spiller. The junior running back had eight carries for 55 yards and six catches for 105 yards. He also added a 64-yard kickoff return and 18-yard punt return. Spiller was named game MVP and was ACC Offensive Back-ofthe-Week. Thomas Austin was also named ACC Offensive Lineman-of-the- Week. James Davis totaled 52 yards on 13 carries and a score, his 42nd career rushing touchdown. It broke the school record that was previously held by Travis Zachery ( ). Aaron Kelly also hauled in his 19th career touchdown catch, breaking the previous Tiger record held by Glenn Smith ( ). Cullen Harper, who rushed for a touchdown, was for 252 yards and one touchdown against three interceptions. His favorite target was Jacoby Ford, who had a game-high seven catches for 72 yards. The Eagles were limited to just 116 passing yards on 39 attempts, less than three yards per attempt. They had two offensive touchdowns, which came on drives of seven and 21 yards. Only two of their 15 offensive drives traveled more than 25 yards, and both ended in missed field goals. The Tiger defense limited the Eagles to just 2-17 on third down and allowed one offensive play of 20 yards or more, which was a 23-yard pass play. The Tigers did not register a sack, but they were a big reason Chris Crane was just for 116 yards due to consistent pressure in the backfield. Clemson s First Friday Night Game since 1956 This will be Clemson s first regular season game on a Friday since November 16, 1956 when Clemson lost a Friday evening game at Miami (FL), The last time Clemson won a Friday regular season game was in 1952 when the Tigers won a Halloween Friday night game in Boston over Boston College, That game was played in Braves Field in Boston. Clemson has played more games on Fridays in the regular season over its history than one would think. This will actually be the 43 rd regular season game in Clemson football history played on a Friday. The Tigers are in Friday regular season games. Some of Clemson s best bowl wins in history have come on Fridays. At the top of the list was the Jan. 1, 1982 Orange Bowl win over Nebraska, That win gave Clemson its only National Championship. The December 29, 1978 win over Woody Hayes and Ohio State was on a Friday, as was a victory over defending National Champion Penn State in the Jan. 1, 1988 Florida Citrus Bowl. Clemson last played a game on Friday on January 3, 2014 when the Tigers defeated sixth-ranked Ohio State in the Orange Bowl, Watson and Boulware Both Win National Honors Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and linebacker Ben Boulware were both honored as national players of the week for their respective performances against Louisville. The Tigers defeated the third-ranked Cardinals Saturday night in Memorial Stadium. It tied for the highest ranked team Clemson has beaten. Watson was named the National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation and Boulware was named National Defensive Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. Watson completed passes for 306 yards and five touchdown passes. He also rushed 14 times for 91 yards. Watson became the second FBS player in the last four years to throw for at least 300 yards and five touchdown passes and rush for at least 90 yards against a top 10 team. The only other quarterback to do it was former Tiger Tajh Boyd against Ohio State in the 2014 Orange Bowl. Watson led Clemson on a fourth quarter comeback. The Tigers trailed in the fourth period before he connected on a 20-yard scoring pass to Mike Williams with 7:05 left, then hit Jordan Leggett with a 31-yard scoring pass with 3:14 remaining. Boulware had a career high 18 tackles, three tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection against a Louisville offense that came into the game leading the nation in scoring and total offense. Both players will be back in action on Friday night when the Tigers play at Boston College. Three Tigers Named ACC Player of the Week Deshaun Watson, Ben Boulware and Jay Guillermo were all named ACC Player of the Week for their respective positions in the win over Louisville. Watson threw for 306 and five touchdowns, Boulware had 18 tackles, including three tackles for loss, and Guillermo had a 91 percent blocking grade in playing every offensive snap. Leggett Sets Record in Grand Style Clemson tight end Jordan Leggett became the school s career leader in touchdowns by a tight end when he caught the game winning 31- yard scoring pass from Deshaun Watson against Louisville with just 3:14 left in the game. That was a quite a way to set the record as Louisville was ranked No.3 in the nation entering the contest. It was the second straight game Leggett has caught a touchdown pass, giving him the Clemson career record by one over current Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen ( ), Brandon Ford ( ) and former Pittsburgh Steeler Super Bowl Champion John McMakin ( ). Leggett tied the Clemson tight end touchdown record last year with eight. In that 2015 season he had at least one touchdown catch in five straight games, another Clemson record for a tight end. Leggett currently has 74 career catches for 972 yards and 13 scores. He needs 20 catches to break McMakin s record for receptions by a tight end and 284 yards to break McMakin s yardage record for a tight end. Clemson Team Streaks Clemson has won 19 in a row at home, the longest active home winning streak in the nation. Here is a list of the top streaks in that category: Clemson 19, Air Force 15, Navy 12, Houston 11, North Carolina 9, Alabama 8, San Diego State 7, Tennessee 7. Clemson has won 11 straight conference games, the second longest active streak in the nation. Here is a list of the top streaks in the nation in that category: Western Kentucky 13, Clemson 11, San Diego State 11, Alabama 10, Arkansas State 9, Oklahoma 8. (Streak includes conference championship games). Clemson has won seven in a row on the road, the fourth longest active streak in the nation. Here is a list of those top streaks nationally: Ohio State 19, Alabama 8, Oklahoma 8, Clemson 7, North Carolina 7. Clemson s Seven-Game Road Winning Streak Clemson has won seven in a road on the opponent s home field. That is tied for the second longest streak of its kind in Clemson history. The record is eight in a row set between the 1978 and 1979 seasons. So a win at Boston College on Friday will tie the Clemson record for consecutive road wins. Clemson lost its last road game of 2014 at Georgia Tech, then went 5-0 last year on the opponent s home field, wins at Louisville, Miami, NC State, Syracuse and South Carolina. Clemson has added to it this year with wins at Auburn and Georgia Tech. Clemson had not won at Auburn since 1951 and had not won at Georgia Tech since If Clemson can win at Boston College the Tigers will go for the school record at Florida State, where Clemson has not won since 2006 and has just one win since Clemson s Longest True Road Game Win Streaks Years Games Ended by at South Carolina, Current at Tulane, at Rice, at South Carolina, at Pacific, at North Carolina, FOOTBALL NOTES

5 CLEMSON at Boston College Bounce Back One of the statistics that is recorded on the PGA Tour is Bounce Back. That takes place when a player makes a bogey or higher, then makes a birdie or eagle on the next hole. In football we could call a Bounce Back, a score for a team after the opponent has just scored a touchdown or a field goal. Clemson has been good at Bounce Back over the last two years. In the last 20 games, 19 victories, when Clemson has been scored on the Tigers come back with a score about 50 percent of the time. Last year there were 47 opponent scores (35 touchdowns and 12 field goals) when Clemson had an opportunity and desire to score on the next drive. (We didn t count Clemson ensuing possessions when the Tigers wanted to just run out the clock to end a half and weren t trying to score.) In the ensuing possessions after those 47 scores, Clemson replied with a score 25 times, 16 touchdowns and nine field goals. In the ACC Championship game and two College Football Playoff games Clemson had eight bounce back scores after 14 opponent scores. So far this year, opponents have 13 scores and Clemson has come back with its own score six times, four touchdowns and two field goals. Clemson had two bounce back touchdowns in the win over Louisville. Great Birthday for Gallman Wayne Gallman celebrated his birthday on October 1, 2016 with a 110-yard rushing game on just 16 carries, an average of 6.9 yards per rush. He scored on a 24-yard touchdown. Gallman, who turned 22 that day, had his second 100-yard game of the year. He had 123 yards in the season opener against Auburn. The 110-yard game against Louisville was the 14 th 100-yard game of his Clemson career. Gallman is now tied for second in Clemson history in career 100-yard rushing games with James Davis and needs just one to tie Raymond Priester s record of 15 set between Clemson Career Leaders in 100-yard Rushing Games Rk Name Years Games 1. Raymond Priester Wayne Gallman James Davis C.J. Spiller Andre Ellington Buddy Gore Kenny Flowers Woodrow Dantzer Terry Allen High Ratings The Clemson vs. Louisville game of October 1, 2016 drew an overnight rating of 6.0 according to a release by ABC/ESPN the day following the game. The game also had a streaming average minute audience of 200,000. That was the highest overnight rating for an ABC Saturday night college football game this year and the most streamed game through week five of the season. The 6.0 rating was the second best of the college season on any night, trailing only the 7.0 rating for the Notre Dame at Texas game on the opening Sunday night of the season. The Clemson vs. Louisville game had the highest overnight rating for ABC Saturday night football since the 2014 ACC Championship game between Florida State and Georgia Tech. The overnight rating for the Clemson vs. Louisville game in the Louisville market was 24.9 and the rating in Greenville was Clemson Not Allowing Big Plays While Clemson had many top 15 national rankings on defense last year, one area Dabo Swinney wanted to improve on was allowing big plays. So far that area has been a plus for the Tigers. Even after playing the nation s top team in making big plays, Louisville, Clemson has allowed just five plays of 30 yards or more all year, fifth best in the nation. That includes just two pass plays of 30 yards or more, third best in the nation. Last year Clemson was 79 th nationally in allowing plays of 30 yards or more with 20. Additionally, Clemson has allowed just 15 total plays of 20 yards or more this year, 16 th best in the nation. Clemson has many top 20 rankings in various categories so far this year: Clemson Defense Rankings Defensive Category Ranking Figure Scoring Defense 13 th 16.0 Passing yards Allowed 14 th Passing Efficiency 4 th Yards/ Pass Attempt 3 rd 5.1 TD Passes Allowed 7 th 3 Interceptions 8 th 8 Completion & 17 th.513 Total Defense 12 th Yards/Play allowed 5 th 4.06 Sacks/Game 10 th 3.5 Tackles for Loss/Game 4 th 9.6 TFL Yards 5 th 202 Turnovers Forced 6 th 12 3 rd Down Defense 8 th.247 Fewest 30 yard plays 5 th 5 Fewest 30 yard pass plays 3 rd 2 Clemson Passing Outstanding vs. Boston College Clemson has won five in a row against Boston College and the key has been passing. Clemson has averaged 345 yards and 65.4 percent completion against the Eagles over the five-game winning streak. Tajh Boyd, Cole Stoudt and Deshaun Watson have combined to completed 136 of 208 passes for 1,726 yards and eight touchdowns over the five games. Clemson has also averaged 155 yards on the ground for the five contests and scored nine touchdowns. Clemson has averaged yards of total offense and had 24 first downs per game, leading to an average score of over the last five years. Clemson Passing vs. Boston College Last Five Years Year Passing Total Offense Score Total Cain Has Break out Game Clemson sophomore receiver Deon Cain had a breakout game against Louisville with four receptions for 98 yards and two touchdowns. He had just six catches for 72 yards in the first four games and no touchdowns. But with the bright lights on for a prime time Saturday night, he came through with touchdown receptions of 33 and 37 yards in the second quarter. He now has 10 catches for 170 yards and two scores this year. Last year as a true freshman, Cain made some freshman All-American teams when he had 34 receptions for 582 yards and five scores. The 17.1 average per catch was best on the Clemson team. Towards the end of the season he broke Sammy Watkins Clemson record for consecutive games with a touchdown reception by a freshman when he had a TD in five straight games. Cain s 98 receiving yards against Louisville were a career high. He is suffering from a 100-yard jinx it appears as the Louisville game was his fourth at Clemson in which he had between 96 and 98 receiving yards, but he is yet to have a 100 yard game. Balanced Attack Means Victory Clemson had 201 yards rushing and 306 yards passing for 507 total in the win over Louisville. Clemson did all that in 62 plays so the Tigers averaged 8.18 yards per play, best for the Tigers against an FBS opponent since an 8.22 average against Georgia Tech in That kind of balance means victory for the Tigers. Over the history of Clemson football, the Tigers are now when gaining at least 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in the same game. The Louisville game was the second time Clemson has done it this year after the Tigers did it a season record eight times in The only blemish on the record was a tie at Georgia Tech in Johnson 10 th in Interceptions Clemson safety Jadar Johnson had his third interception of the season and seventh of his career in the win over Louisville. In his first year as a starter, Johnson had four interceptions for 100 return yards in his first three years. So far this year in five games he has three interceptions for FOOTBALL NOTES 5

6 CLEMSON at Boston College yards. He is ranked 10 th in the nation in interceptions. Johnson also has four passes broken up, giving him seven passes defensed to rank 23 rd in the nation on a per game basis. In many ways, Johnson is the B.J. Goodson of this year s defense. Goodson was a backup at linebacker for three years, then led the Tigers in tackles as a senior. He is now with the New York Giants. Johnson was a backup to Jayron Kearse, now with the Minnesota Vikings, for three years. Now he is coming into his own as a senior. He has 20 tackles in addition to his pass defense numbers, to rank eight on the team Boulware Has His Best Game Linebacker Ben Boulware had the best game of his career against Louisville. The senior from Anderson, SC led the team in tackles with 17, including three tackles for loss. He added his first fumble recovery of the year and had a pass broken up. Boulware played 101 snaps in the game against the nation s top offense. For the year Boulware has 40 tackles, including three tackles for los, a sack, a pass broken up and an interception. He has done that despite missing the South Carolina State game, so he averages 10 tackles per game. Watson by the Numbers Deshaun Watson had his eighth 300-yard passing game and his 14 th 300-yard total offense game in the win over Louisville. The native of Gainesville, Georgia had 306 yards passing and another 91 rushing for 397 yards of total offense. He also threw five scoring passes. He joined former Tiger Tajh Boyd as the only FBS quarterbacks in the last four years to have at least 300 yards passing, 90 yards and rushing five touchdown passes against a top 10 team. Boyd did it against Ohio State in the 2014 Orange Bowl. The Louisville game marked the third time in his career Watson had at least 300 yards passing and five touchdown passes in the same game. Watson is still far behind Boyd in both categories. Boyd had yard passing games and yard total offense games. Clemson Starts 5-0 Clemson has started 5-0 for the fourth time in the last six years under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers started 8-0 in 2011, 6-0 in 2013 and 14-0 last year. It is the fourth start of at least 5-0 since Swinney became head coach on a full time basis for the 2009 season. Clemson had just three starts of 5-0 or better in the 53 seasons before he took over. Swinney has now set the Clemson record for 5-0 starts in a career. Josh Cody had three in three consecutive years ( ). Frank Howard and Danny Ford had two apiece. Clemson Starts of 5-0 or better Year Start Final Head Coach Streak Stopper John Heisman NA Josh Cody at Mississippi, Josh Cody at Kentucky, Josh Cody at Tennessee, Frank Howard at Tulane, Frank Howard NA Danny Ford NA Danny Ford NC State, Tommy Bowden Georgia Tech, Dabo Swinney at Georgia Tech, Dabo Swinney Florida State, Dabo Swinney Alabama, ?? Dabo Swinney?? Huegel Much Improved on Kickoffs Clemson is much improved in terms of special teams play and one of the most improved aspects has been kickoff coverage. The Tigers are allowing just 13.7 yards per kickoff return and that leads the nation. Greg Huegel has handled the kickoffs this year and has 16 touchbacks in 30 kickoffs. That is a 53.3 touchback percentage. Last year, Huegel had just 10 touchbacks in 37 kickoffs, 27 percent. Huegel has continued to do well in terms kicking field goals this year. He has made 7-9 field goals and extra points for 40 total points, an average of eight points per game, best on the team. Clemson averaged 25 yards per kickoff return this year after averaging 21.6 yards per return last year. Clemson has averaged 14.5 yards per punt return this year after averaging 2.3 yards per return last year. Clemson kickers have had touchbacks on 50 percent of their kickoffs this year. Only 34 percent of kickoffs went for touchbacks last year. Ray-Ray McCloud has 168 punt return yards this year, nearly three times as many as Clemson had all of last year (63). Tigers Averaging 35 Points and 463 Yards Clemson has averaged 35 points and 463 yards per game through five games this year. If the season ended today, this would be just the fourth Clemson team to average at least 35 points and 450 yards per game over the course of the season. The previous three teams to do it were the 2012, 2013 and 2015 teams. Clemson Teams That Have Averaged 35 Points and 450 Yards Year PPG Total Offense *35.2 *463.4 *Through five games Tigers Commit Five Turnovers.and Win Clemson committed five turnovers in the win over Louisville, certainly a rare occasion. It was just the eighth time in history Clemson committed five turnovers, yet won the contest. It was the first time in 31 years it had happened. Clemson had five lost fumbles against Virginia Tech in 1985, yet beat the Hokies, on a field goal by David Treadwell on the last play of the game. The most turnovers by Clemson in a win is eight, in 1963 against Wake Forest. Incredible as it may seem, Clemson won that game The Tigers seemed to either score a touchdown or turn the ball over in that game and Wake Forest never could score after a Clemson miscue. That might be a national record. Wake Forest had just 148 yards of offense in that game. Below is a list of the games Clemson committed at least five turnovers yet lost the game. Most Turnovers by Clemson Offense, yet Won the Game Year Opponent Fum-Int Tot CU-Opp 1963 Wake Forest Virginia Wake Forest Virginia Tech NC State Western Carolina Virginia Tech Louisville First Comeback Victory under Watson When Clemson overcame an eight-point deficit in the last eight minutes against Louisville, it marked the first time Clemson had recorded a comeback victory since 2014 at Boston College. With all the wins Clemson has had recently that seems strange. It has not been any fault of Deshaun Watson and the Clemson offense. Clemson quite simply has not trailed much in the fourth period since that win at BC two years ago. In the 26 games since that come back win over Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Clemson has lost just two games, at Georgia Tech in 2014 and the National Championship game against Alabama. In those 26 games, Clemson only trailed in the fourth quarter in the two games the Tigers lost. And, the Georgia Tech game, Watson was hurt and out of the game, so he only had the opportunity for a fourth quarter comeback one time prior to the Louisville game and that was against Alabama. Clemson trailed in the fourth period with under eight minutes left against Louisville, then took the Tigers on a 14-0 run to win The lead touchdown was the result of an 85-yard drive that culminated with a 31-yard scoring pass to Jordan Leggett. Clemson Special Teams Improved in Many Areas Clemson has allowed just 13.7 yards per kickoff return this year. Last year opponents averaged 24.8 yards per kickoff return. Clemson s 28-Point Quarter vs. Louisville Clemson had a 28-point second quarter thanks to the passing of Deshaun Watson, who was yards and three scores. It marked FOOTBALL NOTES

7 CLEMSON at Boston College just the second time Clemson had scored at least 28 points in a quarter against a top 25 team. The only other time that happened was in 1999 at Georgia Tech. Clemson ended up losing that game Clemson trailed in the fourth period against Louisville and it appeared that might happen again until the Tigers rallied in the final period. Clemson s Highest Ranked Victories Clemson has defeated a team ranked in the top 10 of at least one poll 20 times in its history. That includes 10 times under current Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Over the last four years, Clemson has beaten top 10 teams from Notre Dame, LSU, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Louisville. The win over a third ranked Louisville team tied for the highest ranked team Clemson has defeated. Clemson also beat a #3 Oklahoma team in the 2015 College Football Playoff, a #3 Florida State team in 2003, and a #3 Virginia Tech team in the 2011 ACC Championship game. Clemson s Highest Ranked Wins Year Opponent Site AP-C Score 2003 Florida State H Louisville H Oklahoma N Virginia Tech N Georgia H Nebraska N Georgia H Tennessee N Notre Dame H Ohio State N TCU N LSU N North Carolina N North Carolina A Miami (FL) A Florida State A Georgia Tech A North Carolina A Maryland H Virginia Tech A Bold, wins by Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Consecutive wins by 7 or less vs. Same Team With its win over Louisville by a score on October 1, Clemson has now defeated the Cardinals three years in a row by a touchdown or less. This is the second time in history and irst time since the era that Clemson has defeated the same team three years in a row by a touchdown or less. Clemson defeated the Cardinals in 2014, by a score in Clemson won the three in a row over Duke between by scores of 3-2, 9-6 and 13-7, respectively. Swinney 10-5 vs. Top 10 Teams When Clemson defeated No. 3 Louisville on October 1 it gave Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney a 10-5 record against top 10 teams as Clemson head coach. It is interesting to note that seven of the 10 wins have taken place away from Clemson. The Louisville win was the fourth in the last two years over a top 10 team. Swinney has half of the 20 Clemson wins over top 10 teams in school history. Clemson Wins under Dabo Swinney vs. Top 10 Teams Date Site-Opponent Op Rank Cu-Opp at Miami (FL) 8-9 # at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (N) LSU (N) Georgia Ohio State (N) Notre Dame North Carolina (N) Oklahoma (N) Louisville #Denotes overtime Clemson s Record under Dabo Swinney. Category 2016 Overall All Games Scoring First Leading end of 1st Quarter Tied end of 1 st Quarter Trailing end of 1 st Quarter Leading at half Tied at Half Trailing at Half Leading end of 3 rd Quarter Tied at end of 3 rd Quarter Trail end of 3 rd Quarter Overtime More Total Offense More Rushing Yards More Passing Yards More First Downs Winning Time of Possession Winning Turnover Margin Tying Turnover Margin Losing Turnover Margin Rushing for 200+ Yards Having 100+ yard rusher Passing for 300+ Yards August September October November December January Swinney Eighth among Winningest Active Coaches Dabo Swinney is eighth among active coaches nationally in terms of winning percentage. Swinney has a record for a.748 percentage. The leader is Urban Meyer with a record for a.854 mark. Swinney moved ahead of Mark Richt of Miami with his win at Georgia Tech. Swinney is one of four ACC coaches in the top 15 winningest active coaches. Also on the list are Jimbo Fisher (3rd,.816), Bobby Petrino (11 th,.722), Bronco Mendenhall (16 th,.687). Winningest Active Coaches Rk Coach, School Record Pct. 1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State Chris Petersen, Washington Jimbo Fisher, Florida State David Shaw, Stanford Bob Stoops, Oklahoma Nick Saban, Alabama Gary Petterson, TCU Dabo Swinney, Clemson Mark Richt, Miami Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Bobby Petrino, Louisville Hugh Freeze, Mississippi Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia Clemson Defense Outstanding vs. Georgia Tech Clemson had one of its best team defensive efforts in decades in the 26-7 win over Georgia Tech on Thursday, September 22. Clemson held Paul Johnson s team to 124 yards of total offense and just seven points. That included just 95 yards rushing and 29 yards passing. The Yellow Jackets completed just 4-14 passes and had -3 yards passing in the irst half. The 124 yards by Georgia Tech was the fewest for a Paul Johnson coached team. He came to Tech at the beginning of the 2008 season. The 95 yards rushing tied for the third fewest by Tech on the ground under Johnson. The fewest is 71 yards against Clemson in So two of the top four rush defenses against Johnson coached 2015 FOOTBALL NOTES 7

8 CLEMSON at Boston College team have come against Clemson each of the last two years. Additionally, Clemson held Tech to 2.38 yards per play, the only game Tech has failed to average at least three yards a carry in the Johnson era. Clemson Best Total Defenses against FBS Schools since 1978 Rk Year School Yards Boston College Long Beach State Virginia Tech Maryland North Carolina Georgia Tech Colorado Georgia 131 Landmark Accomplishments under Swinney When Dabo Swinney became head coach at Clemson he knew the recent history of the program because he had been an assistant on staff since He had a list of goals to end some long streaks or accomplish some things that had never been done. Below is a list of accomplishments under Swinney. First appearance in National Championship game since 1981 when the Tigers faced Alabama last year. Reached the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll in 2015, the irst time Clemson has been No. 1 since Had a inal ranking of No.2 in 2015, Clemson s highest ranking since the National Championship season of Had winning streak of 17 consecutive games, the longest in school history. First ACC Championship in 20 years when the Tigers won the title in 2011 with win over Virginia Tech. First 10-win season in 21 years when Clemson won 10 games in First top 10 inish in 22 years when Clemson inished ninth in the inal USA Today Poll at the end of the 2012 season. First streak of ive consecutive years in the Top 25 inal poll since the era when Clemson had six in a row. Won games over AP top 25 teams three consecutive games for the irst time in school history when the Tigers beat Auburn, Florida State and Virginia Tech in Took Clemson to its irst Atlantic Division Championship in Had a perfect record in ACC play in 2015 (9-0), Clemson s irst perfect season in ACC play since Won 4 consecutive bowl games for the irst time since the era. Named the consensus National Coach of the Year for the irst time since Danny Ford in Clemson was ranked in the AP Top 25 for 50 consecutive weeks from , the longest streak for the program since In 2016 Win over Auburn on September 3 marked irst time Clemson has won a road game over a team currently in the SEC to open the season since Left a game played in Atlanta against Georgia Tech with a perfect record for the irst time since Clemson had lost 11 in a row when playing at Georgia Tech as an undefeated team. Opened the season ranked No. 2 in the AP poll, the highest preseason ranking in Clemson history. Defeated No 3 Louisville on October 1, giving him 10 wins over top 10 teams in his eight years, half of the top 10 wins in Clemson history. Swinney vs. ACC Teams Dabo Swinney is overall against ACC teams since he became Clemson head coach. That includes a mark in regular season games and 2-1 in ACC Championship games. His.772 winning percentage in ACC games is ifth best in ACC history. The Clemson head coach has faced 13 different ACC teams since he became head coach in 2008 on an interim basis. That includes Maryland, who is no longer in the league. When the Tigers face Pittsburgh in November, he will have faced a 14 th different ACC team. Swinney has a winning record against every ACC team with the exception of Florida State. Ten of his 15 losses against ACC teams have been against those two schools. He is 5-5 against Georgia Tech and 3-5 against Florida State. Swinney is 7-1 vs. Boston College, 2-0 vs. Duke, 3-5 vs. Florida State, 5-5 vs. Georgia tech, 3-0 vs. Louisville, 4-1 vs. Maryland, 2-1 vs. Miami (FL), 3-1 vs. North Carolina, 6-1 vs. NC State, 3-0 vs. Syracuse, 3-0 vs. Virginia, 3-0 vs. Virginia Tech and 7-0 vs. Wake Forest. In his 66 games as Clemson coach against an ACC team, the average Clemson victory has been by a score of Only Florida State has outscored Clemson in games against Swinney s Tigers. The Seminoles have a advantage in terms of points. Career Leaders in Winning Percentage, ACC Games Rk Coach Schools Years W-L Pct 1. Bobby Bowden Florida St Jerry Claiborne Maryland Jimbo Fisher Florida St Bill Murray Duke Dabo Swinney Clemson Danny Ford Clemson Lou Holtz NC State Frank Beamer Virginia Tech Min. 3 years Swinney Gets 50th Win over ACC Competition Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney became just the eighth coach in ACC history to record at least 50 wins over ACC teams with the 26-7 win over Georgia Tech on September 22. Swinney now has 51 after beating third ranked Louisville. Bobby Bowden, who coached at Florida State as an ACC coach from , had 118 ACC wins and just 27 losses. Other ACC coaches with at least 50 wins in league play are George Welsh of Virginia (85), Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech (72), Frank Howard of Clemson (66), Earle Edwards of NC State (55), Bill Murray of Duke (54), and Bill Dooley of North Carolina and Wake Forest (52). Dooley also coached at Virginia Tech, but the Hokies were not in the ACC when he was there coach. In terms of overall wins as an ACC coach, Swinney is now ninth with 80. The win over SC State moved Swinney out of a tie for ninth with Jerry Claiborne and Earle Edwards, who both had 77. Bobby Bowden is the all-time leader in total wins as an ACC coach with 173. It is interesting to note that former Clemson coaches Danny Ford and Frank Howard both had the same amount with 96, tied for ifth best in ACC history. Howard had 165 wins in his career, but the irst 14 years of his career Clemson was not in the ACC. The 2010s, Winningest in Clemson History With a 5-0 start, Clemson now has a record in the decade of the 2010s. That computes to a.779 winning percentage, the best for any decade in Clemson history. This decade has moved ahead of the 1980s in terms of winning percentage. In the 1980s, Clemson had a.767 winning percentage off an record, the ifth best winning percentage in college football. Clemson did not have a losing season in any year in the 1980s under head coach Danny Ford, who coached every game in that decade. So far Dabo Swinney has coached every game in the decade of the 2010s. Clemson s Winningest Decade Rk Decade W-L-T Pct. Winning Seasons s s s s s s s s s s s s s McCloud Most Improved Player Sophomore Ray Ray McCloud has made an impact on the Clemson special teams and as a receiver so far this year. He is ranked in the top 10 in the nation in punt returns. McCloud, also a starting wide receiver, has 10 punt returns for 168 yards, an average of 16.8 yards per return. The native of Tampa, Florida already has more than twice as many punt return yards as the entire Clemson team had last year. The Tigers had just 63 punt return yards in 2015 in 15 games. The last Clemson player to average 25 yards per punt return for the course of the season is C.J. Spiller, who averaged 26.3 per return in But, Spiller had just eight returns. No Clemson player has had 250 punt return yards in a season since Justin Miller in Miller, who went on to be an NFL Pro Bowl kick returner, had 339 punt return yards that year. McCloud was Clemson s top receiver in the win over South FOOTBALL NOTES

9 CLEMSON at Boston College Carolina State. He had four catches for 60 yards and two scores. He improved on that with eight catches for 101 yards. The yardage total was a career high. He is second on the Clemson team in receptions with 24 for 271 yards and two scores. He is irst on the team in all-purpose yards with 456, an average of 91 per game. Watson Breaks Boyd Mark Deshaun Watson threw for 292 yards and three scores in Clemson s win over Troy and followed that up with three more scores in the win over South Carolina State. He has now thrown at least one touchdown pass in 21 consecutive games a school record. Tajh Boyd had a streak of 17 in a row between 2011 and Over the streak Watson has thrown at least three touchdown passes nine times during the streak, including ive in the win over Louisville. For his career, Watson now has 63 career touchdown passes, eighth among active players at the FBS level. He also has 17 rushing touchdowns to give him 80 scores in terms of touchdown responsibility for his three years, seventh best in terms of touchdown responsibility. That ranks seventh best among active FBS players. His passing eficiency rating is is ifth among active FBS players and he is third in completion percentage at.663. Wilkins Touchdown a First Clemson sophomore defensive lineman Christian Wilkins is rapidly getting a reputation as one of the most all-around football players in the nation. Wilkins burst on the national scene in the Orange Bowl last year when he caught a 31-yard pass from punter Andy Teasdall on a fake punt against Oklahoma. That was a momentum changer for the Tigers in their victory. Then, in the 2016 season opener against Auburn, he threw a key block in Clemson s goal line offense to allow Wayne Gallman to score a key touchdown in the Tigers six-point win. Gallman was quoted as saying, That was the easiest thing I have done at Clemson. Wilkins brought his offensive exploits to a new level against Troy last week when he caught a one-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson on a third-and-goal play to give the Tigers a lead. With the reception, Wilkins became the irst defensive lineman in Clemson history to score a touchdown on an offensive play. Wilkins has certainly been doing his job on the defensive line as well. He has 27 tackles over the irst ive games, including a team best 6.5 tackles for loss. Clemson Linebackers Productive The Clemson defense has had a lot of irsts under coordinator Brent Venables. The Tigers have led the nation in total tackles for loss each of the last three years. Clemson is the irst school to do that nationally. Clemson is 10th in the nation in tackles for loss so far this year with 48 in ive games. In the win over Troy, three different Clemson linebackers had interceptions, the irst time that has happened since two-platoon football began in According to Whitey Jordan, an assistant coach on the 1964 staff, Clemson two-way players Ted Bunton, Jay Cooper and Pat Crain played linebacker when they were on defense that year. All three of those players had interceptions in Clemson s 29-7 win over Virginia in Kendall Joseph, Jalen Williams and Dorian O Daniel all had thefts in their pass coverage in the irst half of Clemson s win over Troy. It was the irst career interception for all three. To put into perspective how rare it is for linebackers to get interceptions, Clemson players at that position had just four all of last year, two by Ben Boulware and two by B. J. Goodson. Over the last nine years, the 2015 team is the only squad to have at least three linebacker interceptions for the course of a season. This is the irst time since 2002 that three different linebackers have had interceptions in a season. That year Eric Sampson, Kelvin Morris and Altroy Bodrick all had one pick apiece. A linebacker has had an interception just 17 times in Dabo Swinney s head coaching career and now seven of them have taken place over the last two years. Clemson Has Longest Active Streak of Top 5 AP Rankings Clemson has been ranked in the top ive in the nation in 14 consecutive AP polls. That is the longest active streak in the nation and the longest streak of top ive rankings in Clemson history. The national record is 55 consecutive weeks in the AP top ive by Miami (FL) from Clemson has an active streak of 26 consecutive polls in the top 25, the sixth longest active streak. Clemson has been ranked in the top 10 for 16 straight polls, tied for the second longest active streak with Alabama. Ohio State has the current longest streak at 27 in a row in the top 10. Longest Active Streak of Top Five Rankings, AP Poll Rk School Polls Years 1. Clemson Alabama Michigan Ohio State Longest Active Streak of Top 10 Rankings, AP Poll Rk School Polls Years 1. Ohio State Clemson Alabama Longest Active Streak of Top 25 Rankings, AP Poll Rk School Polls Years 1. Alabama Florida State Ohio State Baylor Clemson Oklahoma Stanford Michigan Clemson Players of the Game Each week the Clemson coaching staff selects an offensive, defensive and special teams Player of the Game. Here is a list of the game by game selections. Game by Game Players of the Game Game Offense Defense Special Auburn Taylor Hearn Christian Wilkins Seth Ryan Troy Ray Ray McCloud Kendall Joseph Greg Huegel SC St. Deshaun Watson 30 players McCloud, D. Johnson GT Ray-Ray McCloud 3 players Chad Smith Louis Wayne Gallman Ben Boulware Artavis Scott Game by Game Captains Game Players Auburn Deshaun Watson, Jay Guillermo, Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware Troy Nick Schuessler, Jordan Leggett, Cordrea Tankersley, Andy Teasdall SC St. Jordan Leggett, Scott Pagano, Artavis Scott, Mike Williams GT Deshaun Watson, Ben Boulware, Jay Guillermo Louis Deshaun Watson, Mike Williams, Jadar Johnson, Cordrea Tankelsey Tigers Have Won 19 in a Row at Home Clemson enters the NC State game on October 15 with a school record 19-game winning streak in Memorial Stadium. The streak began with a win over Georgia Tech in The Tigers inished the regular season home schedule that year with a win over The Citadel, and posted consecutive 7-0 records at home since then. The 2014 and 2015 seasons mark the irst time Clemson has had consecutive perfect seasons at home since 1950 and 1951 when Clemson was 4-0 at home each year. It should be pointed out that the Clemson record for consecutive home games without a loss, has not been broken. From the South Carolina game of 1980 to the Virginia Tech game of 1984, Clemson did not lose a game at home, a streak of 25 consecutive games without a loss in Death Valley. The Tigers were at home during that time, a tie with Boston College in 1982 and a tie with Georgia in Clemson s current home winning streak of 19 in a row is the longest in the nation. Swinney 49-6 at Home Head Coach Dabo Swinney is 49-6 at home at Clemson, including the 19-game active winning streak. His Tigers have lost more 2015 FOOTBALL NOTES 9

10 CLEMSON at Boston College than one game at home just once, in 2010 when the Tigers were 5-2 at home. Swinney and the Tigers lost their irst home game, in 2008 by a score against an unranked Georgia Tech team. That is the only unranked team Swinney has lost to at home. He has won 43 straight at home against unranked teams. In the 19-game winning streak, Clemson has an average margin of victory of 24 points per game. Only four teams have been within 10 points of Clemson at home in the 19-game streak. In 2014, Clemson beat Louisville and in 2015, beat Notre Dame This Clemson defeated Troy and Louisville by the identical six point margins. Fifteen of the 19 wins in the stretch have been by at least 10 points and nine have been by at least 20 points. Swinney s 49-6 record computes to an 89.1 winning percentage (min 20 games). That is a Clemson coaching record for winning percentage at home. He is just ahead of Ken Hatield, who was at home between , a.865 winning percentage. Swinney is already third in Clemson history in total home wins. Frank Howard has the record with 81 between , and Danny Ford is second with 53. Welcome Back Mike Williams Playing in his irst game since the 2015 opener, Mike Williams had nine catches for 174 yards in the Tigers win at Auburn. The Clemson senior had 70 percent of Clemson s 248 receiving yards in the game, as he repeatedly made back shoulder receptions from quarterback Deshaun Watson. Williams had 1,030 receiving yards as a sophomore in He had a career high 155 receiving yards and two scores on his birthday against NC State that year. Then in last year s opener he suffered a neck injury after making a touchdown reception against Wofford on the irst possession of the season. The injury forced him to miss the rest of the season. But he came back with a vengeance at Auburn as he wiped out his career high in reception yardage and tied his career high in terms of total receptions (also had nine against Oklahoma in 2014 bowl game). Williams established a Clemson record for receiving yards in a season opener with his 174. The previous high mark in an opener was 152 by Airese Currie in Williams now has 25 catches for 373 yards to lead the Tigers. He went over the 100 mark in career receptions in the win over Louisville when he had ive receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown. He now has 104 catches in his career for 1746 yards. Clemson Opens with Thrilling Win at Auburn Clemson gained a win over Auburn in the season opener at Auburn, Ala. Here are some notes on that victory: First win to open the season on the road against a team currently in the SEC since The last time Clemson accomplished that feat was a 29-0 win at Georgia. John Heisman was the Clemson coach. Clemson was 1-8 all-time in openers on the road against teams currently in the SEC. First win at Auburn since 1950 when the Tigers defeated Auburn 41-0 behind the running of all-time great Fred Cone, who had 163 rushing yards in the game. Clemson had a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver in the contest. Wayne Gallman had 30 carries, second highest in his career, for 123 yards. It was his 13 th career 100-yard game. He needs just two more to tie the Clemson record of 15 set by Raymond Priester between Clemson held Auburn to 13 points and one touchdown in the Tigers victory at Auburn to open the 2016 season. It was the fewest points Clemson has allowed against an SEC team since the 2009 when the Tigers defeated Kentucky It was the fewest points Clemson has given up to an SEC team on the road since a 13-9 Clemson win at South Carolina in Years of Howard s Rock The Clemson football program will celebrate 50 years of Howard s Rock at Memorial Stadium this year. Howard s Rock was irst put on a pedestal at the top of the hill at the east end of the stadium for the Virginia game of Clemson won that game thanks to a great second half comeback. The Tigers did not start the tradition of rubbing Howard s Rock before they ran down the hill until the Wake Forest game of 1967, the season opener. With the tradition something that took place over two seasons, the celebration of Howard s Rock will be a year long celebration in Against Troy, members of the S.C. Jones family and the family of Gene Willimon, were honored. Jones brought the rock from Death Valley, California and gave it to Frank Howard, who in turn gave it to Gene Willimon, the former executive secretary of IPTAY. It was Willimon s idea to mount it on the pedestal at the East Endzone of the stadium. Wilkins and Lawrence Join the Jumbo Package Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence were quite a tag team on the Clemson defensive front line in the win over Auburn. They were a big reason Clemson held Auburn to 87 rushing yards, a program that averaged 196 rushing yards per game in 2015 and led the nation in Lawrence inished with 10 tackles according to the Clemson coaches grading of the ilm, second behind Kendall Joseph s 14. Wilkins added seven. They had sacks on consecutive plays in the second period, and Wilkins ended the game with 2.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass delection at the line of scrimmage. Additionally, they both played in Clemson s Jumbo Package when the Tiger offense got close to the goal line. Both players had successful blocks on Wayne Gallman s one yard touchdown run on fourth down in the second period. Both players are also blocking backs in Clemson s punt formation. Joseph Has Career Best Night Kendall Joseph was Clemson s top tackler off stats from the Clemson coaches grading in the season opener at Auburn. The red-shirt sophomore from nearby Belton, S.C. made his irst college start and had 14 tackles, including three tackles for loss and a sack. As a freshman in 2015, Joseph had just 11 tackles all year in 63 plays over seven games. He is a former three-time state champion in the state of South Carolina in weight lifting. Joseph was named ACC Linebacker of the Week for his performance against Auburn, his irst career start. He was also named Clemson s top defensive player by the coaching staff in the win over Troy. Joseph is Clemson s top tackler this year with 43, including six tackles for loss. Tigers Continue to Make Tackles for Loss at Alarming Rate Clemson had 14 tackles for loss in the season opening win over Auburn, tied for the fourth most over the irst weekend of college football. It was a balanced performance in that area as nine different players were involved in the stops behind the line of scrimmage. Kendall Joseph led the way with three, the irst three of his career in fact. Christian Wilkins had 2.5 and Cordrea Tankersley had two. Clemson had seven tackles for loss at Georgia Tech and added 10 more against Auburn. Since Brent Venables has been at Clemson the Tigers have done very well in this category. In fact, each of the last three years, the Tigers have led the nation in total tackles for loss. Clemson had 123 in 2013, 131 in 2014 and 126 last year. The Tigers were 28 th in the category in 2012, Venables irst year, with 87. In his 59 games as Clemson defensive coordinator, Venables defense has had 515 tackles for loss, an average of 8.8 per game, best in the nation over that time. Those 515 tackles for loss have been for 2122 yards, or 1.21 miles of real estate. The 500th tackle for loss was a sack by Carlos Watkins against Georgia Tech. Additionally, Clemson has recorded at least one sack in each of the last 35 games, second longest active streak in the nation. Clemson had ive sacks against Louisville. The Cards had allowed just four in the irst four games of the season. Clemson has 18 sacks for the year. Clemson Career Leaders Clemson has an active player in the top 10 in school history in the major categories of passing offense, total offense, rushing yardage and receiving yardage. Wayne Gallman is currently ninth in school history in rushing yards. He moved into the top 10 against Troy. Gallman is also coming up on the school record for 100-yard games. He has 14 for his career, one fewer than Raymond Priester had between Deshaun Watson is now third in school history in passing yards with He moved ahead of Woody Dantzler when he had 292 passing yards against Troy. Watson is also fourth in total offense with Artavis Scott is 9th in school history in receiving yardage and he went over the 2000 yard mark at Georgia Tech. He moved into the top FOOTBALL NOTES

11 CLEMSON at Boston College 10 in Clemson history in career receiving yards against South Carolina State. He moved ahead of Jacoby Ford, who was watching from the sidelines. Clemson Career Rushing Leaders Rk Player Years Car Y/C TD Yards 1. Raymond Priester James Davis C.J. Spiller Andre Ellington Travis Zachery Kenny Flowers Terry Allen Woody Dantzler Wayne Gallman Buddy Gore Clemson Career Passing Yards Rk Player Years Att Com Pct Yards 1. Tajh Boyd , Charlie Whitehurst , Deshaun Watson , Woody Dantzler , Cullen Harper , Nealon Greene , Kyle Parker , Rodney Williams , Steve Fuller , Tommy Kendrick ,893 Clemson Career Total Offense Rk Player Years Plays Rush Pass Total 1. Tajh Boyd ,904 13, Charlie Whitehurst Woody Dantzler Deshaun Watson Nealon Greene Steve Fuller Cullen Harper Rodney Williams Kyle Parker Homer Jordan Clemson Career Receiving Yards Rk Player, Pos Years Rec. Yards 1. Sammy Watkins, WR DeAndre Hopkins, WR Aaron Kelly, WR Terry Smith, WR Perry Tuttle, WR Rod Gardner, WR Derrick Hamilton WR Jerry Butler, WR Artavis Scott, WR Airese Currie, WR Jacoby Ford, WR Watson Has Top Winning Percentage Of all the records Deshaun Watson owns, winning percentage would have to be the one he covets the most. The junior has a 23-2 record as a starter for a 92 percent mark, ahead of the.813 by another DeChane, (pronounced the same) DeChane Cameron, who quarterbacked the Tigers in 1990 and He was as a starter. As far as total wins is concerned Tajh Boyd and Rodney Williams have the record with 32 wins apiece. Boyd was 32-8 between and Williams was between Williams is now the color commentator on Clemson s radio network. Clemson s Winningest Starting Quarterbacks (Min 20 Starts, Percentage basis) Rk Player Years W-L-T Pct 1. Deshaun Watson DeChane Cameron Tajh Boyd Mike Eppley Homer Jordan Harvey White Bobby Gage Woody Dantzler Steve Fuller Cullen Harper Straight Wins over Unranked Opponents One of the most incredible streaks for the Clemson football program the last ive years has been its streak of 41 consecutive games without losing to an unranked opponent in either poll. (It is a 43-game streak against teams not in the top 25 of the AP poll). Alabama is the only school with a longer streak of wins over unranked teams at 63. Clemson last lost to an unranked team on November 19, 2011 when the seventh-ranked Tigers lost at NC State Dabo Swinney has not lost at home to an unranked opponent since the irst game he coached for the Tigers. That was on October 18, Georgia Tech won a battle of unranked teams Since then Swinney and the Tigers have won 43 in a row at home over unranked teams. Watson Named Top College Player by ESPN Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named the No. 1 college football player in the nation by ESPN.com over the summer. The website took votes from 32 ESPN college football media and came up with a top 100 players in the nation. Watson was ranked No. 22 in the nation entering last year and inished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, the irst Clemson player to be a Heisman inalist. He led the Tigers to a 14-1 record and No. 2 national ranking at season s end. He became the irst FBS player in history to throw for over 4,000 yards and rush for over 1,000 in the same season. He was a irst-team All-American and ACC Player of the Year. Eight different media outlets selected top 40, 50 or 100 players this off season and Watson was named the nation s top player by ive of them. The others to pick him No. 1 were Sporting News, CBS Sports, NFL.com and Athlon Sports. Bleacher Report chose Watson No. 2, while Sports Illustrated and Pro Football Focus chose Watson sixth. ESPN.com had six Tigers in their top 100. Wide receiver Mike Williams was ranked 48 th, offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt was 55 th, running back Wayne Gallman was 58 th, wide receiver Artavis Scott was 76 th and defensive lineman Christian Wilkins was 85 th. Ten current Clemson players were listed as top 100 players by at least one of the eight media outlets. Ben Boulware was ranked 23 rd by Si.com and 32 nd by Sporting News. Jordan Leggett was ranked 79 th by NFL.com and 92 nd by Si.com. Carlos Watkins was ranked in the top 50 by NFL.com (14), Sporting News (38) and Si.com (49). Cordrea Tankersley was ranked 57 th by Pro Football Focus and 90 th by NFL.com. Watson was the only Tiger ranked in the top 100 by all eight services. Gallman was ranked in six of the eight, Mike Williams was ranked in ive of the eight, Hyatt, Watkins and Scott were listed in three of the eight. Clemson Players in Top 100 Preseason Rankings for 2016 Deshaun Watson: ESPN.com (1), Sporting News (1), CBS (1), NFL.com (1), Athlon (1), Bleacher Report (2), Pro Football Focus (6), Si.com (6). Wayne Gallman: CBS (35), Athlon (35), Bleacher Report (38), Si.com (41), ESPN,com (58), Pro Football Focus (92). Mike Williams: NFL.com (18), CBS (42), Si.com (42), ESPN.com (48), Pro Football Focus (58). Mitch Hyatt: Athlon (25), CBS (39), ESPN.com (55) Carlos Watkins: NFL.com (14), Sporting News (38), Si.com (49). Artavis Scott: Bleacher Report (28), ESPN (76), Si.com (98). Ben Boulware: Si.com (23), Sporting News (32) FOOTBALL NOTES 11

12 CLEMSON at Boston College Jordan Leggett: NFL.com (79), Si.com (92). Cordrea Tankersley: Pro Football Focus (57), NFL.com (90) Christian Wilkins: ESPN.com (85). Deshaun Watson Summary of Accomplishments in 2015 Awards Finalist (one of three) for the Heisman Trophy, Clemson s irst Heisman inalist. Davey O Brien Award Winner Manning Award Winner Archie Grifin Award Winner Maxwell Award Finalist Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Finalist Sullivan Award semiinalist ACC Most Valuable Player by Media and Coaches ACC Championship Game Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Offensive Player of Orange Bowl Consensus First-team All-American South Carolina Player of the Year by South Carolina Hall of Fame First-team All-ACC ACC Male Athlete of the Year (Just second in Clemson History) Major Records and Accomplishments First quarterback in FBS history to pass for 4,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in same season Set ACC record for total offense yards in a season with 5,209, irst 5,000-yard player in ACC history. Set ACC record for touchdown responsibility in a season with 47, 35 passing and 12 rushing. Set Clemson record for total completions with 333 Set Clemson season record for passing yards with 4,104 Set Clemson record for wins by a starting quarterback (14) Tied Clemson record for wins over top 25 teams by starting quarterback (four) Watson Recipient of Jerry Richardson Community MVP Award Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson received the Jerry Richardson Community MVP Award in July at the Seventh Annual South Carolina Coaches for Charity at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Greenville. The award is named in honor of former Baltimore Colts receiver and current Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. Fisher DeBerry, a South Carolina native and Hall of Fame former head football coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy, hosts the event through the Fisher DeBerry Foundation, which assists children of single parent families. Football coaches from around the state were together for the evening, all in the name of charity. The list of college head coaches included Dabo Swinney, Will Muschamp, Brent Thompson, Mike Ayers, Bruce Fowler and Buddy Pough. Each coach chose a charity that beneits from his participation, as well as his Jerry Richardson Community MVP Award honoree, who were recognized during the evening. Watson had an outstanding year on the ield, helping the Tigers to a 14-1 record and the ACC Championship. The Tigers inished second in both wire service polls after reaching the national championship game against Alabama. Off the ield, he received much acclaim for his work with Habitat for Humanity and was named to the ACC Academic honor roll. He is slated to graduate in December in just three years. Deshaun Watson records (38) Game (1) Passing Touchdowns (6), 2014 Season (31) Rushing Yards by a QB (1,105), 2015 Pass Completions (333), 2015 Pass Completions / Gm (22.2), 2015 Consecutive Games with Completions (15), 2015 Passing Yards (4,104), 2015 Passing Yards / Attempt (10.7), 2014 Passing Eficiency (188.6), 2014 Wins as Starting QB (14), 2015 Wins as True Freshman QB (4), 2014 Top-25 Wins as QB (4), 2015 Total Offense Plays (698), 2015 Total Offense (5,209), 2015 Total Offense / Gm (347.3), 2015 Total Offense Yards Per Play (8.3), Yard Total Offense Games (14), Yard Total Offense Games (9), Yard Total Offense / 100-Yard Rushing Games (5), 2015 Passing Yards by a Sophomore (4,104), 2015 Passing Yards by a True Freshman (1,466), 2014 Passing Eficiency by a True Freshman (188.6), 2014 Passing Eficiency by a Freshman (188.6), 2014 Passing Eficiency by a Sophomore (156.3), 2015 Completion Percentage by a True Freshman (67.9), 2014 Completion Percentage by a Freshman (67.9), 2014 Completion Percentage by a Sophomore (67.8), 2015 Passing Touchdowns by a True Freshman (14), 2014 Passing Touchdowns by a Sophomore (35), 2015 Total Offense by a True Freshman (1,666), 2014 Total Offense by a Sophomore (5,209), 2015 Snaps by a Sophomore (1,121), 2015 Snaps by a QB (1,121), 2015 Career (7) Completion Percentage (66.5) Passing Eficiency (156.9) Winning Percentage as Starting QB (92) Total Offense / Gm (299.6) Total Offense Yards Per Play (7.5) Consecutive games with a touchdown pass (21) Summary of Watch List selections for Clemson Players Clemson has 36 selections among 19 awards that have announced Watch Lists for the 2016 season. It is the most Watch List selections in Clemson history. That includes the Lombardi Award that has expanded its ield to all positions. Eight different Clemson players were on the Watch List for the Lombardi Award. Maxwell Award: (Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Mike Williams) Walter Camp Player of the Year: (Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Jordan Leggett) Paul Hornung Award: (Artavis Scott) Fred Biletnikoff Award: (Mike Williams and Artavis Scott) Davey O Brien Award: (Deshaun Watson) Doak Walker Award: (Wayne Gallman) Lou Groza Award: (Greg Huegel) Dick Butkus Award: (Ben Boulware) Dave Rimington Award: (Jay Guillermo) Jim Thorpe Award: Cordrea Tankersley Danny Wuerfful Award: (Deshaun Watson) Outland Trophy: (Carlos Watkins, Jay Guillermo, Tyrone Crowder) Chuck Bednarik Award: ( Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tankersley) Bronko Nagurski Award: (Carlos Watkins, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tankersley) AFCA Goodworks Team: (Deshaun Watson) Manning Award: (Deshaun Watson) John Unitas Award: (Deshaun Watson) Lombardi Award: (Ben Boulware, Tyrone Crowder, Wayne Gallman, Mitch Hyatt, Jordan Leggett, Carlos Watkins, Deshaun Watson, Christian Wilkins) Swinney Fourth in ACC history in winning percentage Dabo Swinney is fourth in ACC in winning percentage with FOOTBALL NOTES

13 CLEMSON at Boston College a.748 mark. He is so far in his Clemson career. Last year he moved ahead of Frank Beamer and Lou Holtz on the list. Next on the list is Danny Ford, who won.760 of his games for Clemson between Jimbo Fisher, Florida State s head coach, is irst on the list with a.824 percentage. Winningest Coaches in ACC History (winning percentage basis) Rk Coach School Record Pct 1. Jimbo Fisher Florida State Bobby Bowden Florida State Danny Ford Clemson Dabo Swinney Clemson Lou Holtz N.C State Ken Hatield Clemson Frank Beamer Virginia Tech Jim Tatum Maryland, UNC Larry Coker Miami Jerry Claiborne Maryland Facts on Head Coach Dabo Swinney Clemson is the only program in the nation to inish in the top 25 of the AP poll and rank in the top 10 percent of the academic APR scores each of the last ive years. Has led Clemson to at least the same, or higher inal ranking than its preseason in the AP poll each of the last ive years. Has tied the all-time record for that accomplishment. John Cooper of Ohio State and Bill Snyder of Kansas State also had a streak of ive straight years. Has led Clemson to the same or higher inal AP ranking than its preseason ranking six of his seven full seasons as head coach. Only coach in college football history to win a bowl game four consecutive years against a team led by a coach who already had won a national championship. Has defeated Les Miles (LSU), Urban Meyer (Ohio State ) and Bob Stoops (Oklahoma, twice) over the last four years. National Coach of the Year according to 11 different selectors in 2015, including the Associated Press, ESPN, AFCA and the Bear Bryant Award. That included winning the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coach of the Year which takes into account all sports. Recipient of the Gene Stallings Award in the summer of 2015 FCA National Coach of the Year in 2013 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year in 2011 Clemson has won at least 10 games each of the last ive years, joining Alabama as the only FBS schools who can make that claim. ªClemson has finished in the top 25 of both polls each of the last five years, joining Florida State, Alabama and Oregon on that list. Led Clemson to a school record 17 consecutive wins over 2014 and 2015 seasons. It was longest active streak in the nation by six games. Has streak of 39 straight wins over non-ranked teams dating to 2011, the second longest active streak of its kind entering Won the ACC Championship in 2011 and 2015 and has four ACC Atlantic Division titles in last seven years. Clemson tied the FBS record for wins in a season with 14 in 2015, and ranked No. 1 in the nation in all six College Football Playoff Polls in Led Clemson to 56 wins between , fourth most in the nation and most in Clemson history for a ive-year period. Clemson program has been ranked in 81 of the last 88 AP polls, (including poll of ) tied for the ifth most in the nation with Oregon. Clemson has 20 wins in its history over teams ranked 10th or better and Swinney has been Clemson s coach for 10 of those games, including wins over No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 8 North Carolina in 2015 and No.3 Louisville in Clemson had nine players drafted in 2016, second most in the nation. Clemson has had four irst-round draft choices the last three years Swinney has a record of for his career and the.748 winning percentage is fourth best in ACC history. Clemson Has Two Ties to College Football Playoff Committee Current Clemson Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich and former Clemson player Bobby Johnson are two of the 12 people on the College Football Playoff Committee for It is the third year on the committee for Radakovich and the second year for Johnson College Football Playoff Committee Kirby Hocutt, Chairman, Director of Athletics, Texas Tech Barry Alvarez, Director of Athletics, Wisconsin Jeff Bower, former head coach, Southern Mississippi Herb Deromedi, former head coach Central Michigan Tom Jernstedt, former NCAA Executive Vice President Bobby Johnson former head coach, Vanderbilt, Furman Jeff Long, Director of Athletics, Arkansas Bob Mullens, Director of Athletics, Oregon Dan Radakovich, Director of Athletics, Clemson Condoleezza Rice, Stanford Professor, former Secretary of State Steve Wieberg, former college football reporter, USA Today Tyrone Willingham, former head coach, Stanford, Notre Dame, Washington Offspring of Former Tigers Eight members of the Clemson football team are offspring of former Tiger football players. That includes six players who are sons of members of Clemson s 1981 National Championship team. Two of them, J.D. Davis and Judah Davis, are twin sons of 1981 captain Jeff Davis, who is in the College Football Hall of Fame. Kanyan Tuttle is the son of former Clemson All-American Perry Tuttle, who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated the week after Clemson defeated Nebraska for the National Championship. Brian Dawkins, Jr. is the son of former Clemson All-American and NFL great Brian Dawkins. Junior is injured and will red-shirt this year. Amir Trapp is the son of James Trapp, who went on to win a Super Bowl Championship with the Baltimore Ravens. It is interesting to point out that only one of the eight has the same number as dad had at Clemson. That is Cannon Smith, who has the same No. 84 that Bill Smith wore during his career at Clemson. Offspring of Former Clemson Football Players Current Player, Pos Hometown Dad (Clemson Years) J.D. Davis, LB Clemson, S.C #Jeff Davis, LB, Judah Davis, LB Clemson, S.C. #Jeff Davis, LB, Brian Dawkins, Jr., DB Parker, Colo. Brian Dawkins, SAF, Jarvis Magwood, LB Greenville, S.C. #Frank Magwood, WR, Cannon Smith, TE Columbia, S.C. #Bill Smith, DE, Will Spiers, P Camerson, S.C. Bill Spiers, P, 1986 Amir Trapp, DB Clemson, S.C. James Trapp, DB, Kanyan Tuttle, WR Charlotte, N.C. #Perry Tuttle, WR, #Denotes played on 1981 National Championship team Tigers Prominent in Herbie Awards For the 16 th straight year, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit released his preseason College Football Herbie Awards. The awards feature various categories of college football. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and wide receiver Hunter Renfrow both won awards, while wide receiver Mike Williams, linebacker Ben Boulware, and Watson, were inalists. Watson was a inalist for three awards, and won one. Clemson Finalists for 2016 Herbie Awards Award Player Result 4000/100 Deshaun Watson Winner Unsung Hero Hunter Renfrow Winner Welcome Back Mike Williams Finalist Throwback Player Ben Boulware Finalist Ultimate Game Changer Deshaun Watson Finalist Ultimate Herbie Deshaun Watson Finalist Clemson National Rankings under Venables Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables has led the Tigers defense to some outstanding national rankings over his four years as defensive coordinator, especially over the last two years. Clemson ranked irst in the nation in total defense in 2014, then ranked 10 th in FOOTBALL NOTES 13

14 CLEMSON at Boston College The 2015 ranking was quite an accomplishment considering Venables lost eight starters from his 2014 defense. Clemson ranked irst in the nation in pass eficiency defense in 2014 and 11 th in The Tigers were in the top ive in completion percentage defense each of the last two years and in the top four in third down conversion defense in both 2014 and Overall, Clemson led the nation in 12 different defensive categories in 2014 and ranked in the top 10 in six of those areas in The aggressive approach has paid off for Venables as Clemson has led the nation in total tackles for loss each of the last three years with 123 in 2013, 131 in 2014 and 126 in Clemson National Rankings under Venables Category Fig Rk Fig Rk Fig Rk Fig Rk Total Defense Scoring Defense Rushing Defense Pass Defense Pass Eficiency Def Comp. % Defense rd Down Defense Yards/Play Allowed Yds/Rush Allowed Yds/Pass Att Allowed ` Sacks/Game Tackles for Loss/G First Downs/G Clemson Winning Close Games Clemson has a 14-2 record since 2011 in games decided by a touchdown or less. The only losses are to a No. 1 ranked Florida State team in overtime in 2014 and to No. 2 ranked Alabama in the National Championship game at the end of the 2015 season. Clemson has added to that with a 3-0 record this year, including the win over No. 3 Louisville Clemson in Games Decided by 7 or Less, since 2011 (14-2) Date Opponent (Rk) W-L CU-Opp Florida State (11) W Wake Forest W N-Auburn (#25) W N-LSU (9) W Georgia (5) W N-Ohio State (7) W at Florida State (1) L Louisville W at Boston College W at Louisville W Notre Dame (6) W at South Carolina W N- Alabama (2) L at Auburn W Troy W Louisville (3) W #ranked in USA Today only Watson Moves Into Second on Touchdown Pass List Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson threw his 50th touchdown pass at Auburn, making him the second man in Clemson history with at least 50 scoring passes. Tajh Boyd is the all time leader with 107. Watson is also now second in school history in touchdown responsbility with 80. He has 63 touchdown passes and 17 rushing. Tajh Boyd is the ACC record holder with 133. Last year Watson had an ACC record 47 total touchdowns, 35 passing and 12 rushing. Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Passes Rk Player Years TD Pass 1. Tajh Boyd Deshaun Watson Charlie Whitehust Cullen Harper Woodrow Dantzler Nealon Greene Kyle Parker Mike Eppley Clemson Career Leaders in Touchdown Responsibility Rk Player Years Rush Pass * Tot 1. Tajh Boyd Deshaun Watson Woody Dantzler Charlie Whitehurst C.J. Spiller Travis Zachery James Davis Cullen Harper Steve Fuller Nealon Greene Clemson Has Played 11 True Freshmen Clemson played four true freshmen in the win at Auburn and seven more against Troy. Last year Clemson played 14 true freshmen. Below is a history of true freshman who have appeared in at least one game in a season since 2009, the irst year of the Dabo Swinney era. Clemson True Freshman to Appear in a Game under Swinney 2009 (3): Jonathan Meeks (DB), Mallicah Goodman (DE), Corico Hawkins (Now Wright) LB) 2010 (4): Deandre Hopkins (WR), Justin Parker (LB), Martin Jenkins (DB), Darius Robinson (DB) 2011 (12): Martavis Bryant (WR), Sammy Watkins (WR), Mike Bellamy (RB), Tony Steward (LB), Cole Stoudt (QB), Stephone Anthony (LB), Charone Peake (WR), Robert Smith (S), Grady Jarrett (DT), Corey Crawford (DE), DeShawn Williams (DT), Adam Humphries (WR) (7): Travis Blanks (SS), Zak Brooks (RB), Kevin Dodd (DE), Bradley Pinion (P), D.J. Reader (DT), Carlos Watkins (DT) 2013 (9): Ben Boulware (LB), T.J. Greene (WR), Jadar Johnson (DB), Jayron Kearse (SS), Shaq Lawson (DE), Jordan Leggett (TE), Cordrea Tankersley (DB), Korrin Wiggins (LB), Mike Williams (WR) 2014 (5): Adam Choice (RB), Demarre Kitt (WR), Kyrin Priester (WR), Artavis Scott (WR), Deshaun Watson (QB) (14): Austin Bryant (DE), Kelly Bryant (QB), Deon Cain (WR), J.D. Davis (LB), Judah Davis (LB), Mark Fields (DB), Jake Fruhmorgen (OT), Albert Huggins (DT), Mitch Hyatt (OT), Ray-Ray McCloud (WR), Van Smith (S), Christian Wilkins (DT), Garrett Williams (TE) and Jalen Williams (LB) (11): Dexter Lawrence (DT), Trey Lamar (LB), James Skalski (LB), K Von Wallace (DB), Trayvon Mullen (DB), Diondre Overton (WR), Cornell Powell (WR), Tavien Feaster (RB), Treymayne Anchrum (OL), John Simpson (OL), Sean Pollard (OL), Watson Named to AFCA Goodworks Team Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named to the Allstate Insurance Company American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team for The Good Works Team award is celebrating 25 years of recognizing college football players who dedicate their time to bettering the community and the lives of others. Watson, the consensus All-American quarterback in 2015, has been signiicantly involved in Habitat for Humanity since he was in high school and his time with the Clemson Tigers. Last year he was presented with the Habitat for Humanity s Next Generation Award. Watson is the fourth Clemson player to be named to the team. Robert Carswell (1999), Nick Eason (2000) and Xavier Dye (2009) were previous selections. The players named to the Good Works Team represent the sport s inest in terms of character and leadership, in addition to maintaining good academic standing. To help announce the landmark year of the Good Works Team, Allstate and the AFCA have also teamed up with two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner and 2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team member Tim Tebow. The following players and head coach have been named to the 2016 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team from FBS Schools: Deshaun Watson (Clemson), Derek McCartney (Colorado), DeVon Edwards (Duke), Alec Eberle (Florida State), Jeb Blazevich (Georgia), KeShun Freeman (Georgia Tech), Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea (Hawaii), Mike Caprara (Pittsburgh), Caylin Moore (TCU), Dane Evans (Tulsa), Oren Burks (Vanderbilt), and Zach Terrell (Western Michigan) FOOTBALL NOTES

15 CLEMSON at Boston College CLEMSON FREQUENT VISITOR TO AP POLL With Clemson s No. 2 inish in the inal AP poll for 2015, the Tigers appeared in the Associated Press Poll 75 times out of a possible 82 polls between That means Clemson was in the AP poll 91.5 percent of the time since the start of 2011, tied for the ifth most frequent appearance over that time with Oregon. Alabama is irst as the Crimson Tide have been in all 82 polls over that time, with an average ranking of 2.6. Clemson s average ranking over the last ive years when it appears is Only Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida State and LSU have been in the poll more often than Clemson over the last ive years. Clemson is eighth in terms of the number of top 10 appearances the last ive years with 35 of 82 polls. Again Alabama leads the way with 80 top 10 rankings in the last 82 polls. Most AP Top 25 Poll Appearances, Rk School Conference Pct. App 1. Alabama SEC Oklahoma Big Florida State ACC LSU SEC Clemson ACC Oregon Pac Stanford Pac Ohio State Big Ten Baylor Big Georgia SEC Most AP Top 10 Appearances, Rk School Con Pct App 1. Alabama SEC Oregon Pac Florida State ACC Ohio State Big Ten LSU SEC Stanford Pac Baylor Big Clemson ACC Michigan St. Big Georgia SEC CLEMSON HAD 56 WINS LAST FIVE YEARS ENTERING 2016 Clemson has a record over the last ive years, the most wins in any ive-year period in Clemson history. Nationally, the Tigers are tied for fourth with Ohio State in the total victories category since Alabama, leads the nation with 62 victories since The Crimson Tide sport a 62-7 mark the last ive years. The Tigers and Tide are the only teams in the nation to have at least 10 wins each of the last ive years. Winningest Programs, Rk School Total 1. Alabama Florida State Oregon Clemson Ohio State Michigan State Stanford Northern Illinois Boise State CLEMSON ENTERS 700 WIN CLUB Clemson won its 700 th game in history on November 21, 2015 with a victory over Wake Forest. Clemson became the 23 rd program in FBS history to win 700 games, the ifth to do it in Other schools who reached 700 victories last year include Florida, Arkansas, Pittsburgh and Washington. Clemson enters the 2016 season with 703 total wins, 20th in the history of FBS football. Clemson has made quite a run the last ive years with 56 victories, an average of 11 per season. And the Tigers have done it against good programs. A check to the chart below shows that Clemson is 18-4 against the other progams ranked in th top 20 in the nation in total victories the last six years. That includes a 4-1 record against the Top 10 under Dabo Swinney over the last three years. Clemson has won a bowl game each of the last four years against a program ranked in the top 12 in the nation in total wins. FBS Programs with at Least 700 Wins Rk School 2015 Overall Clem vs Michigan Notre Dame Texas Nebraska Ohio State Alabama Oklahoma Penn State Tennessee Southern California Georgia LSU Auburn West Virginia Virginia Tech Texas A&M Georgia Tech Syracuse Pittsburgh Clemson Washington Arkansas Florida Total 19-4 Top 25 Teams Each of Last Five Years Clemson has inished each of the last ive seasons in the top 25 of both polls. Clemson, Alabama, Oregon and Florida State are the only schools in the nation to inish in the top 25 of both polls every year since That includes a top 15 or better inal ranking each of the last four years when the Tigers have had a 46-8 record, the best four year mark in Clemson history. School AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US Clemson Alabama Oregon Florida State Exceeding Expectations Clemson has at least matched its preseason ranking in the USA Today coaches poll each of the last ive years. That is becoming more and more dificult to accomplish in light of some high preseason rankings in recent years. This year the only way Clemson might do it is if the Tigers play for the National Championship. Below is a chart of Clemson s preseason and postseason ranking in each poll since Dabo Swinney has joined Bill Snyder of Kansas State and John Cooper of Ohio State as the only coaches in history to lead a team to the same or better AP postseason ranking than its AP preseason ranking ive consecutive years since preseason polls began in Preseason vs. Postseason Rankings Poll AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP-US AP NR USA NR Relatively Speaking Starting offensive tackle Mitch Hyatt is the nephew of former Clemson defensive tackle Dan Benish, who was an All-ACC defensive tackle on Clemson s 1981 National Championship team. Freshman defensive back Mark Fields is the son of former Carolina Panther linebacker Mark Fields, a irst-round draft choice of the New Orleans Saints in J.D. Davis and Judah Davis are the twin sons of former Clemson All-American and College Football Hall of Famer Jeff Davis. Tight end Milan Richard is the nephew of former Georgia All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker. Tight end Cannon Smith is the son of former Clemson defensive end Bill Smith, a starter on Clemson s 1981 National Championship 2015 FOOTBALL NOTES 15

16 CLEMSON at Boston College team. Tight end Garrett Williams is the son of former Florida State fullback Dayne Williams who helped the Seminoles execute the puntrooski against Clemson in Wide receiver and holder Seth Ryan is the son of Buffalo Bills Head Coach Rex Ryan. Excelling on Field and in Classroom Clemson is the only school in the nation to rank in the top 10 percent of APR scores (four-year averages) and in the inal top 25 of both polls each of the last ive years. The streak of top 25 inal rankings on the ield includes four straight years of top 15 inal rankings by AP and USA Today. Clemson was second on the ield and tied for 11th in APR scores in academic year APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Northwestern Big Ten Boise State WAC Duke ACC Ohio State Big Ten Northern Illinois MAC Rice Conference USA Clemson ACC Middle Tennessee Sun Belt Rutgers Big East Air Force Mountain West APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Northwestern Big Ten Boise State WAC Duke ACC Clemson ACC Wisconsin Big Ten Georgia Tech ACC Boston College ACC 982 Missouri SEC 982 Ohio State Big Ten 3-NR APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Duke ACC Northwestern Big Ten Wisconsin Big Ten Boise State WAC 988 Utah State Mountain West Stanford Pac Clemson ACC Georgia Tech ACC Boston College ACC Missouri SEC Nebraska Big Ten NR Rutgers Big Ten 980 South Carolina SEC APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Wisconsin Big Ten Duke ACC 992 Northwestern Big Ten Michigan Big Ten Stanford Pac Utah State Mountain West 985 Nebraska Big Ten Clemson ACC Boise State WAC Army Independent APR Scores Ranking Rk School Conference AP-USA APR 1. Duke ACC Minnesota Big Ten 992 Northwestern Big Ten 992 Wisconsin Big Ten Vanderbilt SEC Army Independent 989 Michigan Big Ten Georgia Tech ACC 987 Air Force Mountain West North Texas Clemson ACC Stanford Pac Central Florida AAC 983 Utah Mountain West Former Clemson Players in the NFL (As of October 2, 2016) Name Pos Team NFL CU Years Dwayne Allen TE Indianapolis Colts 5th MacKenzie Alexander DB Minnesota Vikings R Stephone Anthony LB New Orleans Saints 2nd $Isaiah Battle OT Los Angeles Rams 2nd Barnes DE Seattle Seahawks 2nd Vic Beasley DE Atlanta Falcons 2nd Andre Branch DE Miami Dolphins 5th Bashaun Breeland DB Washington Redskins 3rd Jaron Brown WR Arizona Cardinals 4th #Martavis Bryant WR Pittsburgh Steelers 3rd Chandler Catanzaro PK Arizona Cardinals 3rd Kevin Dodd DE Tennessee Titans R Andre Ellington RB Arizona Cardinals 4th Marcus Gilchrist SS New York Jets 6th B.J. Goodson LB New York Giants R T.J. Green Saf Indianapolis Colts R Chris Hairston OT San Diego Chargers 6th DeAndre Hopkins WR Houston Texans 4th Adam Humphries WR Tampa Bay Bucs 2nd Jayron Kearse DB Minnesota Vikings R Grady Jarrett DT Atlanta Falcons 2nd Jarvis Jenkins DE New York Jets 6th Lawson DE Buffalo Bills R Byron Maxwell CB Miami Dolphins 6th Jonathan Meeks SS Buffalo Bills 4th Charone Peake WR New York Jets R Bradley Pinion P San Francisco 49ers 2nd D.J. Reader DT Houston Texans R Coty Sensabaugh CB Los Angeles Rams 5th Tyler Shatley OG Jacksonville Jaguars 3rd C.J. Spiller RB Seattle Seahawks 7th $Brandon Thomas OT Detroit Lions 2 nd Thompson DT Cincinnati Bengals 5th Watkins WR Buffalo Bills 3rd Charlie Whitehurst QB Cleveland Browns 11th Deshawn Williams DT Cincinnati Bengals 2nd #Suspended Reserve $Denotes Practice Squad Clemson Preseason Pick to Win ACC Clemson is the preseason favorite to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference football champion, according to a poll of 191 media members in attendance at the 2016 ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte The Tigers, who posted a 14-1 overall record last season and reached the College Football Playoff national title game, are also picked to again capture the Atlantic Division, while North Carolina is favored to repeat as the Coastal Division winner. Clemson junior quarterback Deshaun Watson was the overwhelming choice to repeat as ACC Player of the Year after his record-setting 2015 campaign. Watson was also the media s preseason selection as conference player of the year last season. The Tigers were picked the likely 2016 ACC champions on 144 ballots, followed by Florida State with 39 votes and North Carolina with seven. One voter chose Louisville. In the Atlantic Division preseason voting, Clemson received 148 irst-place votes and inished with 1,293 total points. Florida State received 42 irst-place votes and placed second with 1,176 points, while Louisville had one irst-place vote and was third in the voting with 961 points FOOTBALL NOTES

17 CLEMSON at Boston College North Carolina was selected the likely Coastal winner by 121 voters and inished with 1,238 total points, followed by Miami with 50 irst-place votes and 1,108 points. Pitt received 14 irst-place votes and was third in the balloting with 859 points. If the overall prediction of the voters proves correct, the 2016 ACC Dr Pepper Football Championship on December 3 at Charlotte s Bank of America Stadium will be a rematch of last year s event. Clemson defeated North Carolina for the 2015 ACC title after both teams posted 8-0 records in conference play during the regular season. Watson led the preseason ACC Player of the Year balloting with 164 votes, followed by Florida State running back Dalvin Cook with 18. North Carolina running back Elijah Hood received four votes, while Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya and Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson picked up two votes apiece. Duke cornerback/return specialist DeVon Edwards received one vote. The ACC Male Athlete of the Year and the MVP of both the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game and the Capital One Orange Bowl, Watson ranked ifth nationally in pass completion percentage (67.8) and was voted the ACC Offensive Back of the Week four times in Watson is bidding to become the irst student-athlete to be named ACC Football Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons since Florida State s Charlie Ward in ACC Championship Votes Clemson 144, Florida State 39, North Carolina 7, Louisville 1. Atlantic Division (First place votes in parenthesis) 1 Clemson (148) 1,293 2 Florida State (42) 1,176 3 Louisville (1) NC State Boston College Syracuse Wake Forest Coastal Division (First place votes in parenthesis) 1 North Carolina (121) 1,238 2 Miami (50) 1,108 3 Pitt (14) Virginia Tech (3) Duke (2) Georgia Tech (1) Virginia -261 ACC Player of the Year Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson 164, Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State 18, Elijah Hood, RB, North Carolina 4, Brad Kaaya, QB, Miami 2, Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville 2, DeVon Edwards, CB, Duke 1 Clemson Has Positive Ranking by Wall Street Journal for Third Straight Year Each year the Wall Street Journal publishes its Grid of Shame. It is a grid with four quadrants that take into account a team s performance on and off the ield. Some of the off the ield considerations are the school s APR ranking, graduation rate, NCAA probation history and player arrests. The goal of college football programs is to be in the upper right quadrant of the grid at the intersection of Powerhouse on the ield and Admirable reputation off the ield. This year 14 programs were in the upper right quadrant, including Clemson, who was the team furthest to the right, which meant it was the top program on the ield among the programs who are considered to have admirable qualities off the ield. This marks the third consecutive time the WSJ did the grid that Clemson has been listed in the upper right quadrant. Clemson, Stanford, Washington, Michigan State, Florida, Michigan, Iowa, Boise State and UCLA are the nine schools who have been in the upper right quadrant each of the last three times the WSJ has done the grid. Dabo and Kathleen Swinney Pledge $1M to IPTAY Dabo and Kathleen Swinney recently pledged $1 million to IPTAY in support of Clemson football to provide future funding for programmatic and building initiatives that will continue to propel the program forward. It is not the irst time that the Swinneys have chosen to support programs at Clemson. In addition to past gifts of more than $340,000 from the All In Foundation in support of Call Me MISTER, ClemsonLIFE, Clemson s Bio-Engineering Department (for breast cancer research), Clemson Community Engagement Department (breast cancer program), Clemson s Education Department (Reading Recovery and Early Literacy), Clemson s Outdoor Lab (new dock project) the Swinneys have personally donated more than $265,000 of their private funds to needbased scholarships, Golf Paws, the Clemson chapel project, IPTAY s annual fund, and the completion of the WestZone I love Clemson, and I believe in our program, and I feel like Clemson has been pulling for me since that irst game in 2008, Swinney said. But no matter how much we win on the ield, my passion is building and empowering successful young men through the game of football. Kathleen and I are blessed. And we have always known we need to use those blessings to do good for others. It s so important to us that we give back to this program that has been so good to us. Over the years, the Swinneys have left no doubt about their dedication to helping others. One of their largest and most visible avenues is through the All In Foundation. Founded in January 2009, the foundation has four major focuses: breast cancer research, the Family Effect, Call Me MISTER and the ClemsonLIFE Program. Their efforts through the foundation alone have resulted in gifts of over $2 million to these causes. Two focus areas, ClemsonLIFE and Call Me MISTER, offer young people the opportunity to improve their lives and the lives of others through the power of education. Involvement with special-needs young people began as a tribute to the touching life of John Mark Stallings, the special-needs son of Gene Stallings, the coach who deeply impacted the Swinneys during their time at the University of Alabama. The ClemsonLIFE program has helped hundreds of young people learn to live independently as self-suficient adults. Call Me MISTER, a program begun at Clemson and now spread to 20 colleges and universities, is an initiative that increases the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particularly among the state s lowest performing elementary schools. The program has created a group of educational leaders who serve as mentors and role models to the communities they serve. It is hard to ind programs that are closer to my heart than ClemsonLIFE and Call Me MISTER, Clemson President Jim Clements said. The Swinneys generously gave to an endowment established in the name of my daughter, Grace, that offers grants to students who need inancial assistance to be a part of ClemsonLIFE. And, anyone who has seen Call Me MISTER in action has witnessed the incredible impact of this program in building leaders across the country. These men are changing lives every day not just in the classroom, but in their families and the community. It s great to have a head football coach who continuously shows his commitment to Clemson University through these tremendous programs and others, and is an advocate for and supporter of the entire community. Changing lives is the overarching theme of Swinney philanthropy. And much of that vision stems from their own personal experiences. The Family Effect works to reduce alcohol and drug addiction as a leading cause of family collapse and harm to children. The Swinney family has felt the impact, understands the risk and knows the need for intervening healing in these homes. There s no doubt that times were tough for my family when I was younger. But what I try to do with those experiences is turn them into empathy. I do understand. I do know how these people feel. And as long as we have the inancial resources to try to make a difference, we will, Swinney said. The Swinneys have also experienced irst-hand the toll that breast cancer can take on an entire family. Kathleen s older sister died of breast cancer, and Kathleen discovered that she and her younger sister carry the BRCA gene mutation, making the risk of the disease very close to her. That passion has led to support of early detection as well as the breakthrough research being done on the Clemson campus by Dr. Brian Booth of the Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering. As Kathleen says, I really dream of a day when no one suffers 2015 FOOTBALL NOTES 17

18 CLEMSON at Boston College from this disease. That s why I am so passionate about the work of the foundation. I want to help ind the cure and meanwhile make things just a little easier for the families who are in the battle with this disease. While Kathleen and Dabo Swinney have a long history of generosity, they would never call their missions accomplished. Dabo sounds like the passionate coach he is when he talks about getting behind these Clemson programs: You know; Clemson is a great school. But we can t rest on that. We ve got so much more to do. We have to always strive to get better and that s why we ve got a new strategic plan at the University called ClemsonForward. That says it all. Just like playing offense in football: It s all about the forward progress. No progress. No win. We can t stop now. Renfrow to Miss at Least Four Weeks Clemson starting wide receiver Hunter Renfrow will miss a few weeks, according to Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Renfrow suffered a broken hand in the Tigers win over Troy on Saturday while making a 35-yard touchdown reception. Preliminary reports on Saturday indicated it was not a serious injury. We thought Hunter was going to be fine, but the MRI on Monday showed a little crack below his thumb, said Swinney on his Monday night radio show, Tiger Calls. He could play with it, but the injury would make it more difficult to hold on to the ball when he tried to tuck it away. He will have surgery to repair it and miss a few weeks. We hope to have him back for the NC State game, but certainly by the Florida State game after the open date. Renfrow was one of Clemson s top players in the school s run to the National Championship game last year. He had 33 receptions for 492 yards and five touchdowns in The original walk-on had seven receptions for 88 yards and two scores against Alabama. He has caught at least one touchdown pass in each of the last four games. He has four receptions for 62 yards and two scores in two games so far this year. Ray Ray McCloud is expected to move into the starting lineup with Renfrow s injury. Renfrow also served as the backup punter. The backup punter will now be Carson King, a red-shirt freshman walkon from Nashville, Tenn. Clemson in Overtime (6-6) Date Opponent Site W-L CU-Opp OTs Duke H W Georgia Tech A W Virginia H W Wake Forest H W Miami (Fla.) A W Miami (Fla.) H L Boston College H L Boston College A L Auburn N1 L Miami (Fla.) A W Auburn A L Florida State A L FOOTBALL NOTES

19 DEPTH CHARTS CLEMSON OFFENSE Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. LT 75 MITCH HYATT So. 73 Tremayne Anchrum Fr. LG 51 TAYLOR HEARN *So. 74 John Simpson Fr. 71 Noah Green *Fr. C 57 JAY GUILLERMO *Sr. 50 Justin Falcinellli *So. RG 55 TYRONE CROWDER *Jr. 69 Maverick Morris *Jr. RT 63 JAKE FRUHMORGEN So. 76 Sean Pollard Fr. TE 16 JORDAN LEGGETT Sr. 44 Garrett Williams So. or 80 Milan Richard *So. or 84 Cannon Smith *So. WR 7 MIKE WILLIAMS *Jr. 8 Deon Cain So. QB 4 DESHAUN WATSON Jr. 12 Nick Schuessler *Gr. or 2 Kelly Bryant So. RB 9 WAYNE GALLMAN *Jr. 26 Adam Choice *So. 22 Tyshon Dye *Jr. or 27 C.J. Fuller *So. or 28 Tavien Feaster Fr. WR 34 RAY-RAY MCCLOUD So. 1 Trevion Thompson *So. WR 3 ARTAVIS SCOTT Jr. 17 Cornell Powell Fr. CLEMSON DEFENSE Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. DE 42 CHRISTIAN WILKINS So. 49 Richard Yeargin *So. DT 94 CARLOS WATKINS *Sr. 67 Albert Huggins So. DT 90 DEXTER LAWRENCE Fr. 56 Scott Pagano *Jr. DE 99 CLELIN FERRELL *Fr. 45 Chris Register *So. 50 Jabril Robinson *So. SLB 6 DORIAN O DANIEL *Jr. 47 James Skalski Fr. MLB 34 KENDALL JOSEPH *So. 57 Tre Lamar Fr. WLB 10 BEN BOULWARE Sr. 33 J.D. Davis So. CB 31 RYAN CARTER *Jr. 29 Marcus Edmond *Jr. SS 18 JADAR JOHNSON Sr. 19 Tanner Muse *Fr. FS 23 VAN SMITH So. 15 Korrin Wiggins *Jr. CB 25 CORDREA TANKERSLEY Sr. 2 Mark Fields So. 1 Trayvon Mullen Fr. CLEMSON SPECIALISTS Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. PK 92 GREG HUEGEL *So. 47 Alex Spence *So. P 32 ANDY TEASDALL *Gr. 97 Carson King *Fr. KO 92 Greg Huegel *So. 47 Alex Spence *So. LS 62 David Estes *Sr. 52 Austin Spence *Fr. H 85 Seth Ryan *Jr. PR 34 Ray-Ray McCloud So. 3 Artavis Scott Jr. KOR 3 Artavis Scott Jr. & 27 C.J. Fuller *So. or 28 Tavien Feaster Fr. BOSTON COLLEGE OFFENSE Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. LT 67 AARON MONTEIRO So. 73 Sam Schmal Jr. LG 76 ELIJAH JOHNSON Fr. 70 John Phillips Fr. C 77 JON BAKER Jr. 54 Joel Rich Jr. RG 75 CHRIS LINDSTROM So. 72 Jim Cashman Sr. RT 74 JIMMY LOWERY Gr. 66 Anthony Palazzolo *Fr. TE 89 TOMMY SWEENEY So. 88 Michael Giacone Sr. WR 83 CHARLIE CALLINAN Jr. 1 Elijah Robinson So. or 19 Ben Glines Fr. QB 8 PATRICK TOWLES Gr. 4 Darius Wade So. RB 32 JON HILLIMAN So. 23 Myles Willis Sr. or 35 Tyler Rouse Sr. FB 36 BOBBY WOLFORD Sr. WR 6 JEFF SMITH So. 81 Chris Garrison Fr. WR 3 MICHAEL WALKER So. 18 Thadd Smith Jr. BOSTON COLLEGE DEFENSE Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. DE 93 KEVIN KAVALEC Sr. 2 Zach Allen So. DT 97 TRUMAN GUTAPFEL Sr. 94 Noa Merritt Jr. NT 96 RAY SMITH So. 92 Kevin Cohee So. or 98 Jack Kenny Jr. DE 7 HAROLD LANDRY Jr. 11 Wyatt Ray So. SLB 28 MATT MILANO Sr. 49 Kevin Bletzer So. or 26 Sharrieff Grice So. MLB 13 CONNOR STRACHAN Jr. 30 Mike Strizak Sr. WLB 10 TY SCHWAB Jr. 30 Mike Strizak Sr. or 46 Jimmy Martin Fr. LCB 14 GABRIEL MCCLARY Jr. or 20 ISAAC YIADOM Jr. 24 Taj-Amir Torres So. SS 8 WILLIAM HARRIS So. 25 Mehdi El Attrach Fr. FS 9 JOHN JOHNSON Sr. 29 Atem Ntantang Jr. RCB 5 KAMRIN MOORE Jr. 21 Lukas Denis So. BOSTON COLLEGE SPECIALISTS Pos. # Player Hgt Wgt Cl. PK 98 MIKE KNOLL Jr. 99 Colton Lichtenberg So. P 98 MIKE KNOLL Jr. 95 Grant Carlson Fr. KO 98 Mike Knoll Jr. 99 Colton Lichtenberg So. LS 53 Leonard Skubal Sr. 46 Jimmy Martin Fr. H 15 Troy Flutie So. PR 35 Tyler Rouse Sr. 3 Michael Walker So. KOR 23 Myles Willis Sr. 3 Michael Walker So. * - spent one season as a redshirt player 2016 CLEMSON FOOTBALL

20 STATS 5-0 OVERALL, 2-0 ACC, 3-0 HOME, 2-0 AWAY, 0-0 NEUTRAL, 2-0 DAY, 3-0 NIGHT, 0-0 OVERTIME TEAM STATS CU Opp. SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing 5 6 PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing 16 3 TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:00 30:48 3RD-DOWN Conversions 36/78 19/77 3rd-Down Pct 46% 25% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/7 5/11 4th-Down Pct 43% 45% SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 22 9 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES (15-20) 75% (12-15) 80% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (11-20) 55% (8-15) 53% PAT-ATTEMPTS (19-20) 95% (8-9) 89% ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game 3/ /70692 Neutral Site Games 0/0 TEAM SCORING CU Opp. POINTS Points Per Game TOUCHDOWNS 22 9 By Rushing 5 6 By Passing 16 3 By Return 0 0 By Recovery 1 0 FIELD GOALS PAT (Kicks) PAT (Runs) PAT (Passes) PAT (Returns) 0 0 SAFETIES 1 0 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot CLEMSON Opponents OFFENSIVE STATS # RUSHING G-S Car Gain Loss Net Y/C TD LG Y/G 9 Wayne Gallman Deshaun Watson Tavien Feaster Tyshon Dye Adam Choice Ray-Ray McCloud C.J. Fuller Kelly Bryant Nick Schuessler Artavis Scott TEAM CLEMSON Opponents # PASSING G-S Eff. Cm-Att-I Cm% Yds TD LG Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson Nick Schuessler Kelly Bryant Tucker Israel James Barnes CLEMSON Opponents # RECEIVING G-S Rec Yards Y/Rec TD LG Y/G 7 Mike Williams Ray-Ray McCloud Artavis Scott Deon Cain Cornell Powell Jordan Leggett Wayne Gallman Trevion Thompson Hunter Renfrow Seth Ryan Adam Choice C.J. Fuller Diondre Overton Cannon Smith Garrett Williams Milan Richard Grant Radakovich Christian Wilkins Tyshon Dye Jack Swinney CLEMSON Opponents # TOTAL OFFENSE G-S PL Rush Pass Total Y/G 4 Deshaun Watson Wayne Gallman Nick Schuessler Tavien Feaster Tyshon Dye Adam Choice Kelly Bryant Tucker Israel Ray-Ray McCloud C.J. Fuller James Barnes Artavis Scott TEAM CLEMSON Opponents # ALL-PURPOSE G-S Rush Rec PR KOR IR Total Y/G 34 Ray-Ray McCloud Wayne Gallman Mike Williams Artavis Scott Tavien Feaster Deshaun Watson Deon Cain Jordan Leggett Adam Choice Tyshon Dye Hunter Renfrow Cornell Powell Trevion Thompson Diondre Overton Jadar Johnson Adrien Dunn Cannon Smith Seth Ryan C.J. Fuller Kelly Bryant Nick Schuessler Garrett Williams Jalen Williams Milan Richard Van Smith Grant Radakovich Amir Trapp Christian Wilkins Dorian O Daniel TEAM Jack Swinney CLEMSON Opponents CLEMSON FOOTBALL

21 STATS DEFENSIVE STATS # TACKLES G-S *Snaps Hit Ast Total TFL Sacks PBU QP ^ST 34 Kendall Joseph Van Smith Ben Boulware Dexter Lawrence Carlos Watkins Christian Wilkins Dorian O Daniel Jadar Johnson Cordrea Tankersley Clelin Ferrell Scott Pagano Albert Huggins Jalen Williams Korrin Wiggins Ryan Carter Marcus Edmond Tre Lamar Richard Yeargin Trayvon Mullen Tanner Muse Chad Smith Chris Register Mark Fields James Skalski J.D. Davis Sterling Johnson Kaleb Bevelle Denzel Johnson K Von Wallace Jaquarius Brice Deon Cain Kyle Cote David Estes Mitch Hyatt Ray-Ray McCloud Jabril Robinson Amir Trapp Judah Davis Totals # INTERCEPTIONS G-S Int Yards Avg TD LG 18 Jadar Johnson Jalen Williams Van Smith Dorian O Daniel Ben Boulware Kendall Joseph CLEMSON Opponents Caused Fumbles (2): Boulware 1, Joseph 1 Recovered Fumbles (4): Boulware 1, D. Johnson 1, Watkins 1, Wilkins 1 Takeaways (12): J. Johnson 3, Boulware 2, D. Johnson 1, Joseph 1, O Daniel 1, V. Smith 1, Watkins 1, Wilkins 1, J. Williams 1 Blocked Kicks (1): Watkins 1 * - defensive; ^ - special teams tackles; Note: Special teams tackles and tackles after turnovers are included in tackle totals; tackle totals are from coaches film grade. SPECIAL TEAMS & MISCELLANEOUS STATS # PUNTING P Yards Y/P LG TB FC *Net 32 Andy Teasdall Carson King CLEMSON Opponents # FIELD GOALS FG-FGA Pct LG HB 92 Greg Huegel CLEMSON Opponents # KICKOFFS KO TB GL OB Ret Y/R Avg End 92 Greg Huegel Y. Line 47 Alex Spence Y. Line 39 Christian Groomes Y. Line CLEMSON Y. Line Opponents Y. Line # PUNT RETURNS PR Yards Avg TD LG 34 Ray-Ray McCloud Adrien Dunn Amir Trapp Cornell Powell CLEMSON Opponents # KICKOFF RETURNS KOR Yards Avg TD LG 28 Tavien Feaster Artavis Scott CLEMSON Opponents # FUMBLE RETURNS FR Yards Avg TD LG CLEMSON Opponents # SCORING G-S TD R-P- Re #2Pt FG-FGA $PAT Pts Pts/G 92 Greg Huegel Deon Cain Wayne Gallman Jordan Leggett Hunter Renfrow Ray-Ray McCloud Mike Williams Tavien Feaster Diondre Overton Denzel Johnson Artavis Scott Trevion Thompson Christian Wilkins TEAM CLEMSON Opponents RED ZONE R Poss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/P CLEMSON Opponents FIRST & GOAL Poss. TD FG TO MFG Downs Half Pts Pts/P CLEMSON Opponents * - does not factor in touchbacks; - returns and recoveries; # - PATs and safeties; $ - kicking 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 Auburn 87,451 2,2 Gallman (30-123) Watson ( ) Williams (9-174) Joseph (14) 9-10 H W Troy 78,532 2,2 Watson (10-55) Watson ( ) McCloud (7-86) V. Smith (14) 9-17 H W 59-0 SC State 79,590 5,3 Feaster (12-83) Watson ( ) McCloud (4-60) Mullen (7) 9-22 ^A W 26-7 * Georgia Tech 53,932 5,3 Gallman (17-59) Watson ( ) McCloud (8-101) Boulware (10) 10-1 ^H W * Louisville (3/4 83,362 5,3 Gallman (16-110) Watson ( ) Williams (5-70) Boulware (17) 10-7 A * Boston College H * NC State A * Florida State 11-5 H * Syracuse H * Pittsburgh A * Wake Forest H South Carolina * - ACC game; ^ - night game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game; unofficial home attendance - 241,484 (80,495 per game); unofficial total (home, away, neutral) attendance - 382,867 (76,573 per game) CLEMSON FOOTBALL

22 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS Category AUB TROY SCS GAT LOU BOC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC Totals Points Total Offense Plays Yards Per Play Rushing Yards Carries Yard Carries Yard Carries Passing Yards Completions Passing Attempts Had Intercepted Completion Percentage Passing Eficiency Yard Completions First Downs Total Touchdowns Rushing Touchdowns Passing Touchdowns Field Goals Punting Punting Average Net Punting Average* Time of Possession 30:29 26:40 28:46 31:36 22:31 28:00 29:31 33:20 25:14 28:24 37:29 30:48 Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Average Starting Field Positionº Red-Zone Scoring Red-Zone Touchdowns Red-Zone Points First-&-Goal Scoring First-&-Goal Touchdowns First-&-Goal Points Turnovers Points Off Turnovers Penalties Punt Returns (-1) Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Fumble Returns Sacks * - 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 CLEMSON FOOTBALL

23 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 Troy SC State Georgia Tech Louisville Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals 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 Troy SC State Georgia Tech Louisville Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals 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 Troy SC State Georgia Tech Louisville Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals KICKING #92 Huegel #32 Teasdall Opponent Made Missed # Yds Avg Auburn 30, Troy 26,32, SC State Georgia Tech Louisville Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carol Totals Punts Kickoffs RETURNS #34 McCloud #3 A. Scott #28 Feaster Opponent PR Yds Avg KOR Yds Avg KOR Yds Avg Auburn Troy SC State Georgia Tech Louisville 1 (-1) Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game CLEMSON FOOTBALL

24 INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS #10 Boulware #31 Carter #99 Ferrell #2 Fields #67 Huggins #14 D. Johnson #18 J. Johnson Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Auburn * * * * Troy * * * SC State * Georgia Tech * * * * Louisville * * * * Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals #34 Joseph #57 Lamar #90 Lawrence #1 Mullen #19 Muse #6 O Daniel #57 Pagano Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac PBU Int Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Auburn * * * Troy * * * SC State * * * Georgia Tech * * * Louisville * * * Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals #45 Register #47 Skalski #23 V. Smith #25 Tankersley #94 Watkins #15 Wiggins #42 Wilkins 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 * * * * Troy * * * * SC State * * * * Georgia Tech * * * * Louisville * * * * Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals #30 J. Williams #49 Yeargin Opponent Snaps Tac TFL Sk Snaps Tac TFL Sk Auburn Troy SC State * Georgia Tech Louisville Boston College NC State Florida State Syracuse Pittsburgh Wake Forest South Carolina Totals * - start; Note: Snaps does not include special team plays or offensive plays; special team tackles are included; bold denotes a Clemson home game CLEMSON FOOTBALL

25 SUPERLATIVES TEAM Category 2016 Clemson Team High Clemson Team Record 2016 Opponent Team High Opponent Team Record Total Offense 555 vs. SC State, vs. Wake Forest, by Louisville, by Florida State, Plays 82 vs. Georgia Tech, vs. NC State, by Louisville, by South Carolina, by Louisville, Yards Per Play 8.2 vs. Louisville, vs. Georgia Tech, by Louisville, by Florida State, Rushing Yards 227 vs. SC State, vs. Georgia Tech, by Louisville, by Tulane, Carries 44 vs. Auburn, vs. Duke, by Louisville, by North Carolina, Yards Per Carry 6.5 vs. Louisville, vs. Georgia Tech, by Louisville, 10-1 Rushing Touchdowns 2 vs. SC State, vs. Presbyterian College, by Louisville, 10-1 Passing Yards 328 vs. SC State, vs. Syracuse, by Louisville, by Florida State, Completions 32 vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Virginia Tech, by Louisville, by Texas Tech, Passing Attempts 53 vs. Troy, vs. Virginia Tech, by Troy, by Louisiana Tech, Completion % (10 comp.) 77.1 vs. SC State, vs. The Citadel, by Louisville, by NC State, Passing Eficiency (10 comp.) vs. SC State, vs. Furman, by Louisville, by Florida State, Passing Touchdowns 5 vs. SC State, 9-17, 6 vs. many (4) 2 by Troy, by Florida State, Louisville, 10-1 by West Virginia, Longest Pass 45 vs. SC State, vs. Virginia, by Auburn, by Florida State, First Downs 27 vs. SC State, vs. Wake Forest, by Louisville, by Maryland, vs. Central Michigan, Total Touchdowns 7 vs. SC State, vs. Wake Forest, by Louisville, by West Virginia, Points 59 vs. SC State, vs. Guilford, by Louisville, by Alabama, Field Goals 3 vs. Troy, vs. Texas A&M, by Louisville, by Duke, vs. Boston College, Punting Average (3 punts) 38.7 vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Wake Forest, by Louisville, by Wake Forest, Time of Possession 31:36 vs. Georgia Tech, :58 vs. North Carolina, :29 by Louisville, :52 by North Texas, Penalties 10 vs. Georgia Tech, vs. NC State, by Troy, 9-10, by Louisville, by Mississippi State, Penalty Yards 80 vs. Georgia Tech, vs. NC State, by Louisville, by Mississippi State, Turnovers 5 vs. Louisville, vs. Florida, by Auburn, 9-3, Troy, by Georgia, by Louisville, 10-1 Third-Down Conversions 10 vs. Georgia Tech, vs. Western Carolina, by Louisville, by Georgia, Third-Down Conversion % 57.1 vs. SC State, vs. Wake Forest, by Louisville, by Florida State, Field Position* 40 vs. SC State, vs. Florida Atlantic, by Troy, by Wake Forest, Punt Return Yards 96 vs. Troy, vs. Georgia Tech, by Georgia Tech, by Florida State, Kickoff Return Yards 217 vs. Louisville, vs. Florida State, by SC State, by North Carolina, Interception Return Yards 41 vs. SC State, vs. Maryland, by Troy, by Auburn, Interceptions By Defense 3 vs. Troy, vs. South Carolina, by Troy, by South Carolina, vs. NC State, Fumble Return Yards vs. Virginia, by West Virginia, Sacks 5 vs. SC State, 9-17, Louisville, vs. Furman, by Troy, 9-10, SC State, by Florida State, by Georgia Tech, by Virginia, INDIVIDUAL Category 2016 Clemson Individual Best Clemson Individual Record 2016 Opponent Individual Best Opponent Individual Record Total Offense 397 by Deshaun Watson vs. Louisville, by Tajh Boyd vs. NC State, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Chris Weinke (Florida State), Rushing Yards 123 by Wayne Gallman vs. Auburn, by Raymond Priester vs. Duke, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Steve Wadiak (South Carolina), Carries 30 by Wayne Gallman vs. Auburn, by many (3) 31 by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by James McDougald (Wake Forest), Rushing Touchdowns 1 by many (5) 5 by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by many (3) 5 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, Longest Carry 27 by Kelly Bryant vs. SC State, by Banks McFadden vs. Presbyterian College, by Jabri Frye (Troy), Steve Atkins (Maryland), by Buck George vs. Furman, Passing Yards 306 by Deshaun Watson vs. Louisville, by Tajh Boyd vs. Syracuse, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Chris Weinke (Florida State), Completions 32 by Deshaun Watson vs. Ga. Tech, by Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by George Godsey (Georgia Tech), Passing Attempts 53 by Deshaun Watson vs. Troy, by Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Kip Allen (The Citadel), by George Godsey (Georgia Tech), Completion % (10 comp.) 80.0 by Deshaun Watson vs. SC State, by Cole Stoudt vs. SC State, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Darian Durant (North Carolina), Passing Eficiency (10 comp.) by Deshaun Watson vs. SC State, by Tajh Boyd vs. Syracuse, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Mike Elkins (Wake Forest), Passing Touchdowns 5 by Deshaun Watson vs. Louisville, by Deshaun Watson vs. North Carolina, by Brandon Silvers (Troy), by Geno Smith (West Va.), Receptions 9 by Mike Williams vs. Auburn, by Sammy Watkins vs. Ohio State, by Deondre Douglas (Troy) by Kelly Campbell (Ga.Tech), Receiving Yards 174 by Mike Williams vs. Auburn, by Sammy Watkins vs. Ohio State, by Deondre Douglas (Troy) by Peter Warrick (Florida State), Receiving Touchdowns 2 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. SC State, by many (4), many times (5) 2 by Deondre Douglas (Troy) by Torry Holt (NC State), by Deon Cain vs. Louisville, by Tavon Austin (West Virginia), All-Purpose Yards 182 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. Troy, by Sammy Watkins vs. Maryland, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), by Tobais Palmer (NC State), Total Touchdowns 2 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. SC State, by Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, by Deondre Douglas (Troy) by many (6) by Deon Cain vs. Louisville, 10-1 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 Points 12 by many (3) 33 by Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, by Deondre Douglas (Troy) by many (6) by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 Field Goals 3 by Greg Huegel vs. Troy, by Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, by Blanton Cregue (Louisville), by Vince Fusco (Duke), by Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, Longest Field Goal 47 by Greg Huegel vs. Ga. Tech, by Spencer Benton vs. Ball State, by Daniel Carlson (Auburn), by Kevin Butler (Georgia), Punting Average (3 punts) 42.8 by Andy Teasdall vs. Louisville, by Dale Hatcher vs. Kentucky, by Lamar Jackson (Louisville), 10-1 Punt Return Yards 96 by Ray-Ray McCloud vs. Troy, by Don Kelley vs. Maryland, 10-20, by Jaire Alexander (Louisville), 10-1 Kickoff Return Yards 119 by Artavis Scott vs. Louisville, by Justin Miller vs. Florida State, by Ahmaad Harris (SC State), 9-17 Interception Return Yards 41 by Jadar Johnson vs. SC State, by Willie Underwood vs. South Carolina, by Cedarius Rookard (Troy), by Dennis Tabron (Duke), Interceptions 1 by many (6) 3 by many (5) 2 by Jaire Alexander (Louisville), by Jim Dooley (Miami (FL)), Fumble Return Yards by Antwan Edwards vs. Virginia, Tackles 17 by Ben Boulware vs. Louisville, by Keith Adams vs. South Carolina, by Darius Leonard (SC State) by Ed Stetz (Wake Forest), Tackles For Loss 3 by Ben Boulware vs. Louisville, by Keith Adams vs. Duke, by Johnathan Ford (Auburn), by Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina), by Andre Branch vs. Virginia Tech, Sacks 2 by many 4 by Keith Adams vs. Duke, by Shaquan Brock (SC State) by Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina), by Andre Branch vs. Virginia Tech, by Patrick Gamble (Ga. Tech) 9-22 * - average starting field position in teams own territory; Note: Numbers in (parentheses) denote minimums; bold denotes a Clemson home game CLEMSON FOOTBALL

26 INDIVIDUAL CAREER HIGHS RUSHING # Player Carries Yards *Yards/Carries Touchdowns Long 2 Kelly Bryant 8, WF MIA , MIA 15 59, MIA Adam Choice 16, LOU 14 74, SCS , SCS 14 1, SCS 14 34, NCS Tyshon Dye 20, GSU , GSU , GSU 14 2, many (2) 23, MIA Tavien Feaster 12, SCS '16 83, SCS '16 6.9, SCS '16 1, SCS '16 26, SCS '16 27 C.J. Fuller 10, WF 15 42, MIA , WF 15 1, SC 15 18, MIA 15 9 Wayne Gallman 31, NCS , USC , GT 15 2, many (3) 66, GT Nick Schuessler 4, GAT 14 13, SCS , SCS 16 4 Deshaun Watson 24, OU , OU , FSU 15 3, SC 15 63, MIA 15 PASSING # Player Completions Attempts ºPercentage Yards Touchdowns Long 2 Kelly Bryant 4, SCS '16 5, SCS ' , SCS '16 1 SCS '16 10, WOF 15 SCS '16 12 Nick Schuessler 9, WOF 15 11, WOF 15, SCS ' , WOF , GT 15 4 Deshaun Watson 35, SYR 15 53, TROY , WOF , UNC 14 6, UNC 14 74, UNC 14 # Player ºEficiency ºYards/Attempts ºYards/Completions Interceptions Plays Total Offense 2 Kelly Bryant , WFU 15 19, SCS '16 62, WF Nick Schuessler 156.7, WOF , WOF , SCS '16 4 Deshaun Watson 238.9, NCS , USC , USC 14 3, LOU '16 97, UNC , ALA 15 RECEIVING # Player Receptions Yards Yards/Receptions Touchdowns Long 8 Deon Cain 5, GT 15, SC 15 98, LOU ' , LOU '16 2, LOU '16 67, BC Adam Choice 4, FSU 14 46, FSU , FSU , NCS Adrien Dunn 2, SCS 14 17, GSU , GSU Tyshon Dye 1, SCS '16 0, SCS ' , SCS '16 9 Wayne Gallman 4, WFU 14, UNC 15 68, UNC , ALA 15 1, WFU 14, UNC 15 18, WFU Jordan Leggett 6, FSU , FSU , LOU '16 2, GT 15 44, CIT Ray-Ray McCloud 8, WOF 15, GT '16 101, GT , SCS '16 2, SCS '16 36, NCS 15, SCS '16 14 Diondre Overton 1, SCS '16 45, SCS ' , SCS '16 45, SCS '16 17 Cornell Powell 5, GT, '16 44, GT '16 8.8, GT ' , GT '16 13 Hunter Renfrow 7, ALA 15 93, NCS , NCS 15 2, ALA 15 57, NCS Grant Radakovich 1, SCS '16 7, SCS ' , SCS '16 80 Milan Richard 1, SCS '16 9, SCS ' , SCS '16 85 Seth Ryan 2, SCS '16 22, SCS ' , SCS '16 3 Artavis Scott 12, SYR , USC , SCS 14 2, many (3) 70, USC Cannon Smith 1, SCS '16 22, SCS ' , SCS '16 20 Jack Swinney 1, SCS '16 (-3), SCS ' (-3), SCS '16 1 Trevion Thompson 3, GT 15 47, GT , GT 15 1, SCS '16 33, GT Garrett Williams 1, SCS '16 13, SCS ' , SCS '16 7 Mike Williams 9, OKL 14, AUB , AUB , UGA 14 2, many (2) 56, NCS 14 TACKLES # Player Tackles 21 Adrian Baker 4, WFU Kaleb Bevelle 2, SCS '16 10 Ben Boulware 17, LOU '17 40 Jaquarius Brice 1, WOF 15, SCS '16 91 Austin Bryant 9, APP Ryan Carter 4, LOU 15, WF J.D. Davis 2, WF 15, SCS '16 36 Judah Davis 4, WF Marcus Edmond 7, LOU '16 99 Clelin Ferrell 4, GT '16 2 Mark Fields 2, SCS, '16 67 Albert Huggins 6, APP Denzel Johnson 1, AUB 16, TROY Jadar Johnson 6 LOU '16 93 Sterling Johnson 3, SCS '16 34 Kendall Joseph 14, AUB Tre Lamar 4, AUB Dexter Lawrence 10, AUB Trayvon Mullen 7, SCS '16 19 Tanner Muse 5, SCS '16 6 Dorian O Daniel 10, GT Scott Pagano 12, GT Chris Register 2, SCS '16, GT '16 50 Jabril Robinson 8, WOF James Skalski 3, SCS '16 43 Chad Smith 3, SCS '16, LOU '16 23 Van Smith 14, TROY 16, LOU '16 25 Cordrea Tankersley 9, AUB Amir Trapp 1, SCS '16 12 K Von Wallace 1, TROY 16, SCS '16 94 Carlos Watkins 9, LOU 15, ND 15 LOU '16 15 Korrin Wiggins 6, OU Christian Wilkins 10, LOU 15, OU Jalen Williams 6, TROY Richard Yeargin 6, GT 15 Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game. * - 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 LT Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt LG Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn Hearn C Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo Guillermo RG Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder Crowder RT Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen Fruhmorgen TE Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett Leggett WR/TE G. Williams Renfrow McCloud McCloud McCloud QB Watson Watson Watson Watson Watson RB Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman Gallman WR A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott A. Scott WR M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams M. Williams DE Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins DT Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins DT Pagano Lawrence Pagano Lawrence Lawrence DE Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell SLB/NB O Daniel O Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel O'Daniel MLB Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph WLB Boulware Boulware J. Williams Boulware Boulware CB Carter Edmond Edmond Carter Carter S J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson J. Johnson S V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith V. Smith CB Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley Tankersley PK Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel Huegel P Teasdall Teasdall King Teasdall Teasdall Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game CLEMSON FOOTBALL

27 CLEMSON OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHARTS AUBURN # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : :09 Downs : :25 Punt : :40 Punt : :16 TD : :59 Fum : :18 FG :47 * :11 FG : :06 Int : :17 Punt : :47 TD : :31 Punt : :42 Downs TROY # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : (-1) 1:26 Punt : :54 FG : (-3) 0:47 Punt : :13 Inter : :22 Punt : :00 TD : :54 Downs :15 * :30 FG : :35 Punt :31 * :43 Int : :34 Punt : :44 Punt : :44 TD : :54 TD :58 * :33 FG :43 *33 1 (-1) 0:43 Game SC STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : :27 TD : :57 TD : :18 TD :39 *2 4 (-7) 1:00 FG :46 * :05 TD :07 * :11 TD :43 * :00 MFG : :09 Half : :30 TD : :33 TD : :39 Downs : :29 Punt : :28 Game CLEMSON S LONGEST PLAYS Yds Player(s) Type Opp 45 * Schuessler to Overton Pass SCS 37 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU 36 * Watson to McCloud Pass SCS 35 * Watson to Renfrow Pass TROY 34 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 33 * Watson to Cain Pass LOU 31 * Watson to Leggett Pass LOU 28 Watson to M. Williams Pass GT 27 Bryant Rush SCS 26 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 26 Feaster Rush SCS 25 Watson to Thompson Pass GT 24 Watson to McCloud Pass GT 24 Watson to Leggett Pass LOU 24 * Gallman Rush LOU 23 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS 23 Watson Rush LOU 23 Watson to A. Scott Pass LOU 22 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 22 Watson to M. Williams Pass SCS 22 Schuessler to Ca. Smith Pass SCS 20 Watson to A. Scott Pass AUB 20 Watson to M. Williams Pass AUB 20 Gallman Rush AUB 20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY 20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY 20 Watson to McCloud Pass TROY 20 * Watson to M. Williams Pass LOU * - touchdown; Note: Offensive plays only; bold denotes a Clemson home game. GEORGIA TECH # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : :35 TD :22 * :43 MFG : :43 TD : :12 Punt : :57 Punt :48 * :48 Int : :49 TD : :11 Punt : :00 Punt : :23 Punt :48 *27 4 -(-2) 0:51 FG : :26 Punt :51 * :51 Game LOUISVILLE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : :14 Punt : :13 Punt : :41 Punt : :00 Int :08 * :20 TD : :10 Fum :20 * :11 TD : :57 TD : :26 TD : :35 Int : :50 Punt : :49 Fum : :34 Punt : :34 Int :39 * :34 TD : :57 TD : :33 Game * - in opponent s territory; - red-zone possession (first-and-10 inside the opponent 21); Note: Bolded lines denote scoring drives CLEMSON FOOTBALL

28 OPPONENT OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHARTS AUBURN # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : (-2) 2:08 Punt : :49 Punt : :51 FG : (-20) 1:50 Punt : :20 Punt : :04 Punt : :40 Int :50 * :50 Fum :43 * :57 FG : :36 Int :44 * :22 TD : :40 Game TROY # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : :17 Punt :17 * :55 FG : :10 Punt : :08 Downs :10 * :07 Int : :35 Int : :14 TD : :43 Int : :07 Punt : :36 MFG : :54 Punt :48 *38 3 (-5) 1:27 Punt : (-4) 2:44 Punt : :45 Punt : :56 Punt : :47 TD : :40 TD OPPONENTS LONGEST PLAYS Yds Player(s) Type Team 66 * Frye Rush TROY 43 White to Davis Pass AUB 38 Jackson Rush LOU 34 Smith Rush LOU 30 Silvers to Douglas Pass TROY 29 Jackson to Smith Pass LOU 28 Silvers to Flakes Pass TROY 28 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU 26 Thomas to Stewart Pass GT 25 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU 22 Jackson Rush LOU 22 Jackson to Quick Pass LOU 21 White to Davis Pass AUB 20 Morris Rush SCS 20 Jackson to Hikutini Pass LOU 18 Johnson to Davis Pass AUB 18 Johnson Rush AUB 18 Silvers to Flakes Pass TROY 18 Chunn Rush TROY 18 Radcliff Rush LOU 18 Mills Rush GT 16 White to Davis Pass AUB 16 White to Stevens Pass AUB 16 Silvers to Thompson Pass TROY 16 Silvers to Douglas Pass TROY 16 York to Jamison Pass SCS 16 Jackson Rush LOU 16 Jackson Rush LOU * - touchdown; Note: Offensive plays only; bold denotes a Clemson home game. SC STATE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : :16 Punt : :44 Punt : :39 Int : (-5) 1:53 Punt : :34 Punt : :09 Punt : :34 Downs : :01 Punt : :55 Punt : :05 Punt : (-6) 2:07 Punt : :00 Punt GEORGIA TECH # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : (-6) 2:03 Punt : (-7) 1:30 Punt : :19 Punt : :10 Punt : :00 Punt : (-2) 0:00 Safety : :04 Half : :21 Punt : :56 Punt ; :04 TD : :10 Int : :09 Punt : :31 Downs LOUISVILLE # Qtr Clock Spot Plays Yards TOP Result : (-5) 0:53 Punt : :54 Punt : :38 Punt : :09 TD : :04 Fum : (-5) 1:11 Int : (-1) 0:07 Fum : (-7) 1:25 Punt : :07 FG : (-6) 0:03 Half :21 * :01 TD : :04 FG : :42 TD : :42 FG : :49 TD : :48 Punt : :41 Downs * - in opponent s territory; - red-zone possession (first-and-10 inside the opponent 21); Note: Bolded lines denote scoring drives CLEMSON FOOTBALL

29 PARTICIPATION # Player AUB TROY SCS GT LOU BC NCS FSU SYR PIT WFU USC Total 2016 G-S Career G-S 73 Tremayne Anchrum, OL Adrian Baker, CB James Barnes, QB Shadell Bell, TE ST Kaleb Bevelle, DL Kelby Bevelle, OL Ben Boulware, LB *71 *43 -- *56 * Jaquarius Brice, DE Austin Bryant, DE Kelly Bryant, QB Deon Cain, WR Ryan Carter, CB * *42 * Gage Cervenka, OL Adam Choice, RB Kyle Cote, S ST Tyrone Crowder, OG *81 *54 *20 *62 * J.D. Davis, LB ST ST ST Judah Davis, LB ST -- 9 ST ST Adrien Dunn, WR ST Tyshon Dye, RB Marcus Edmond, CB -- *38 * David Estes, LS ST ST ST ST ST Justin Falcinelli, OL Clelin Ferrell, DE *60 *50 *12 *45 * Tavien Feaster, RB -- ST 24 ST ST Mark Fields, CB ST ST Jesse Fisher, TE Jake Fruhmorgen, OT *81 *74 *30 *78 * C.J. Fuller, RB ST ST ST Wayne Gallman, RB *70 *46 *15 *68 * Zach Giella, C Pat Godfrey, OL Noah Green, OL D.J. Greenlee, TE Jay Guillermo, C *81 *79 *30 *72 * Christian Groomes, PK ST Taylor Hearn, OL *81 *63 *30 *68 * Greg Huegel, PK *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST Albert Huggins, DT Mitch Hyatt, LT *81 *74 *30 *68 * Tucker Israel, QB Denzel Johnson, S ST ST Jadar Johnson, S *71 *79 *17 *56 * Sterling Johnson, DT Kendall Joseph, LB *66 *71 *24 *56 * Carson King, P *ST Tre Lamar, LB ST Dexter Lawrence, DT 37 *41 20 *40 * Jordan Leggett, TE *74 *57 *21 *63 * Ryan Mac Lain, WR Sean Mac Lain, WR Jarvis Magwood, LB ST Ray-Ray McCloud, WR *22 *45 * Maverick Morris, OG ST Trayvon Mullen, CB ST ST Tanner Muse, S ST ST 37 ST ST Dorian O Daniel, LB *13 *18 *21 *56 * Diondre Overton, WR Scott Pagano, DT *31 28 * Seth Penner, OL Sean Pollard, OT Cornell Powell, WR Connor Prevost, LB ST ST Grant Radakovich, TE ST ST 7 ST ST Chris Register, DE Hunter Renfrow, WR 46 * Milan Richard, TE Jabril Robinson, DT Seth Ryan, WR ST ST 15 ST ST Nick Schuessler, QB Artavis Scott, WR *53 *45 *23 *55 * Cameron Scott, CB ST Connor Sekas, LB ST John Simpson, OL James Skalski, LB ST ST 8 ST ST Cannon Smith, TE ST 1 12 ST ST Chad Smith, LB ST ST 5 ST Van Smith, DB *71 *79 *11 *56 * Alex Spence, PK ST Austin Spence, LS ST Jack Swinney, WR Cordrea Tankersley, CB *71 *71 *12 *49 * Bradley Tatko, LS ST Andy Teasdall, P *ST *ST -- *ST *ST Ty Thomason, WR Trevion Thompson, WR Logan Tisch, OL Amir Trapp, DB K Von Wallace, DB ST Carlos Watkins, DT *56 *44 *12 *37 * Deshaun Watson, QB *81 *89 *28 *82 * Korrin Wiggins, S/LB Christian Wilkins, DT *59 *63 *12 *43 * Garrett Williams, TE * Jalen Williams, LB * Mike Williams, WR *58 *48 *20 *50 * Richard Yeargin, DE * - 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 CLEMSON FOOTBALL

30 AUBURN, ALA. - Clemson opened the 2016 season Saturday with a win over Auburn in front of a sellout Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Tigers batted down a Hail Mary pass attempt on the final play of the game to move to 1-0 on the season. Deshaun Watson passed for 248 yards and a touchdown, while wide receiver Mike Williams signaled his return with a career night. He caught nine passes for 174 yards to lead the playmakers. Defensively, Clemson came up with three takeaways and held Auburn to just 262 yards. A scoreless first quarter saw the Tigers put together a pair of drives that resulted in points in the second. After three big completions to Williams who returned from a neck injury suffered in last year s opener Wayne Gallman plunged in from a yard out behind two defensive tackles lined up in the backfield. With just seven seconds left before the half, Greg Huegel tacked on a 30-yard field goal to put Clemson up Auburn pulled to within a touchdown at 13-6 heading into the fourth quarter, but Hunter Renfrow provided the play of the night. Facing third-and-goal, Watson lofted a beautiful pass from the 16 to Renfrow, who made a spectacular catch in the corner of the endzone. It was his third straight game with a touchdown reception. GAME 1 #2 CLEMSON 19 AUBURN 13 SEPT. 3, 2016 JORDAN-HARE STADIUM AUBURN, ALA. GAME STATS Clemson Auburn AU Carlson 53 FG, 2nd, 12:58, CU Gallman 1 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:34, CU Huegel 30 FG, 2nd, 0:07, 8-64 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, AU Johnson 9 Run (Carlson Kick) 4th, 3:22, 4-36 Attendance - 87,451 Weather - Clear, 79º Team Statistics CU AUB First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Return Yards Fumbles-Lost Turnovers 2 3 Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession 30:29 29:31 Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Gallman , Watson 11-21, Choice 3-7 AUB K. Johnson , Truitt 4-7, Cox 4-6, White 4-(-2), J. Johnson 6-(-18) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson AUB White , J. Johnson , Franklin 1-1-(-3)-0-0, Team Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU M. Williams 9-174, A. Scott 3-30, Renfrow , McCloud 2-8, Gallman 1-8, Cain 1-1 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 , Tankersley 2-4, Lawrence 1-11, V. Smith 1.5-3, Lamar 1-2, Boulware 1-1, O Daniel 1.5-3, Ferrell CLEMSON FOOTBALL

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

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

33 GAME 4 #3 CLEMSON 26 GEORGIA TECH 7 SEPT. 22, 2016 BOBBY DODD STADIUM ATLANTA, GA. ATLANTA Clemson snapped a five-game road losing streak in the series against Georgia Tech in a nationally televised Thursday night contest, as the Tiger defense was once again dominant against the Yellow Jackets triple option attack in a 26-7 victory at Bobby Dodd Stadium. With the win, No. 3 Clemson moved to 4-0 on the season, 1-0 in the ACC. Tech fell to 3-1 overall, 0-1 in league play. Brent Venables stingy unit allowed only 22 yards of total offense in the opening half and 124 for the game. Offensively, the Tigers were efficient in the opening half behind the passing of Deshaun Watson, who was for a season-high 304 yards and two touchdowns. Clemson wasted no time in announcing its presence, as the Tigers put together a perfect 75-yard drive that ended with Mike Williams first receiving touchdown of the season, a four-yarder from Watson. He marched Clemson into scoring position on its next two drives as well, the second of which ended with a Wayne Gallman one-yard plunge for a touchdown and a 14-0 score after a quarter. The Tigers put together a great scoring chance late in the second quarter, but Watson was intercepted after a miscommunication with his receiver. Georgia Tech returned the ball two yards, but fumbled into the endzone and the play resulted in a safety for the Tigers. Following the free kick, Clemson took advantage by getting in Tech s redzone again. Watson threw a laser for a touchdown to Jordan Leggett, his first score of the 2016 season. The Tigers dominance was on display in the opening half. Clemson ran 56 total plays, compared to just 21 for Tech. The Yellow Jackets were stuffed for only 22 total yards, most of which came on the final play before halftime. Clemson owned a 325-yard advantage as well in the first 30 minutes of play. The Jackets finally reached the scoring column in the fourth quarter, but Clemson answered with a career-long tying 47-yard field goal from Greg Huegel to close out the game s scoring. Clemson Georgia Tech 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 CU Leggett 9 pass from Watson (Hugel Kick) 2nd, :04, GT Mills 2 run (Butker Kick) 4th 13:21, CU Huegel 47 FG, 4th, 9:57, 4-(-2) Attendance - 53,932 Weather - Clear, 84º Team Statistics CU GT First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Return Yards Fumbles-Lost Turnovers 1 1 Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession 31:36 28:24 Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Gallman , Watson 12-36, Choice 4-26, McCloud 1-17 GT Mills 16-75, Marshall 5-20, Lynch 2-16, Willis 2-10, Green 2-3, Searcy 1-(-4), Thomas 10-(-25) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Watson GT Thomas , Mills Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU McCloud , M. Williams , Powell 5-44, Leggett , Gallman 3-22, A. Scott 3-14, Thompson 1-25, Choice 1-5, Cain 1-1 GT Stewart 1-26, Jeune 1-6, Marshall 1-0, Lynch 1-(-3) Punt Returns (PR-Yards) CU McCloud 3-17 GT Stewart 1-16 Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) CU A. Scott 1-23 GT Green 1-11 GAME STATS 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 CLEMSON FOOTBALL

34 GAME 5 #3 LOUISVILLE 36 #3 CLEMSON 42 OCT. 1, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM CLEMSON, S.C. CLEMSON, S.C. - Marcus Edmond tackled James Quick one yard shy of a first down at the three-yard line on fourth down with 33 seconds left in the game, as No. 3 Clemson held on for a thrilling win over No. 3 Louisville at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 1, Led by quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was passing for 306 yards and five touchdowns, the Tigers (5-0, 2-0 ACC) came out on top of the back-and-forth matchup featuring electrifying offensive displays from both teams. Clemson also upped its home winning streak to 19, the longest active streak in the nation. It was a great win, said head coach Dabo Swinney. Louisville played their hearts out. We stuck it out in the third quarter. We had the right plays. Defense was the story of the first quarter, as both teams struggled to manufacture any substantial drives. Clemson s pass rush was particularly effective and pressured Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson throughout. The Cardinals (4-1, 2-1 ACC) were the first to score, as Jeremy Smith capped an 82-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run in the opening minute of the second quarter. The remainder of the quarter was practically all Clemson, however, with the Tigers outscoring the Cardinals Deon Cain made a big splash during that stretch, hauling in two touchdown receptions that covered 70 yards altogether. connected to put the Tigers up Cain finished with four catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns. The Cardinals added a field goal with under a minute to play in the half, but the Tigers were able to answer with a frenetic scoring drive in just 26 seconds. Advancing 73 yards in four plays, Clemson increased its lead to on a five-yard touchdown pass from Watson to Artavis Scott. Louisville outscored Clemson 16-0 in the third quarter, capitalizing on two Tiger turnovers. Following a Watson interception, Jackson connected with James Quick for an eight-yard touchdown. A Louisville field goal on its next possession pulled it to within nine points. After a Clemson fumble in Louisville territory, Jackson drove the Cardinals 77 yards and finished the drive off with a one-yard touchdown rush. The Cardinals pushed their run to 26-0 by scoring the first 10 points of the fourth quarter by way of a field goal and an 11-yard Jackson scamper into the endzone. In the wake of the score by Jackson, Scott provided the Tigers with excellent field position via a 77-yard kickoff return, then Watson found Mike Williams for a 20-yard touchdown pass. The Tigers regained the lead on their next possession, as Watson finished off an 85-yard drive with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Leggett, who also hauled in a Watson pass for the succeeding two-point conversion. GAME STATS Louisville Clemson LOU Smith 1 run (Creque Kick) 2nd, 14:18, CU Cain 33 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 7:48, 2-45 CU Gallman 24 run (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 6:09, 1-38 CU Cain 37 pass from Watson (Huegel Kick) 2nd, 3:47, 3-56 LOU Creque 26 FG, 2nd, 0:37, 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 LOU Creque 21 FG, 3rd, 5:21, 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 CU Williams 20 pass from Watson (pass failed) 4th, 7:05, 2-23 CU Leggett 31 pass from Watson (pass good) 4thl 3:14, 8-85 Attendance - 83,362 Weather - Clear, 72º Team Statistics LOU CU First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Return Yards Fumbles-Lost Turnovers 3 5 Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns (-1) Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks 0 5 Time of Possession 37:29 22:31 Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) LOU Jackson , Radcliff 13-69, Smith , Scott 2-(-3) CU Gallman , Watson Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) LOU Jackson CU Watson Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) LOU Hikutini 7-84, Quick , Smith 4-54, Staples 4-35, Scott 2-16, Bonnafon 1-9, Samuel 1-7, Smith 1-7 CU M. Williams , Cain , Leggett , A. Scott , McCloud 3-16, Thompson 2-12 Following a fumble by Louisville s Brandon Radcliff, which was the Cardinals third consecutive drive with a turnover, Clemson struck again. Wayne Gallman, who totaled 110 yards on the ground, sprinted into the endzone on a 24-yard run. Later in the quarter, Watson and Cain Trailing late in the game, the Cardinals marched down the field. But after a crucial pre-snap penalty on fourth-and-7, which made it fourth-and-12, Jackson connected with Quick near the sideline. An alert Edmond forced Quick out of bounds at the three, one yard shy of a first down. Punt Returns (PR-Yards) LOU Alexander 2-15 CU McCloud 1-(-1) Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yards) LOU Alexander 1-14, Samuel 2-32 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 , Yeargin 1-6, Carter CLEMSON FOOTBALL