FINAL: No. 1 Clemson 41, Syracuse 6

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We will be chatting LIVE in this thread during this evening’s game. Come hang out with the Clemson Sports Talk staff.

Breaking News

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Watch, Listen and Read

Game: 7:30 p.m. Carrier Dome - Syracuse, NY
TV: ABC
Radio: Fox Sports Radio 1400
Game Week Coverage: Clemson vs. Syracuse Stories

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The Storylines

Saturday will represent just the eighth meeting between Clemson and Syracuse all-time and only the seventh in regular-season play. The Orange won the first meeting at the 1996 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville following the 1995 season by a 41-0 score. Clemson was ranked 23rd entering the game and was coming off a five-game winning streak to close the season. Syracuse was unranked but jumped to 17th in the final USA Today poll with the win quarterbacked by Donovan McNabb.

Clemson has won five of six meetings since Syracuse joined the ACC in 2013. The Tigers had won four in a row by at least double digits before Syracuse ended the streak with a 27-24 Friday night win over the Tigers at Syracuse in 2017. 

Saturday's game will be the eighth consecutive game against Syracuse — every game in the series — in which Clemson has been ranked in the top 25

Clemson starting safety Tanner Muse scored a return for a touchdown against Syracuse each of his first two seasons, and both scores were from nearly the same distance. In 2016 as a freshman, Muse had a 64-yard interception return for a score against the Orange in Clemson’s 54-0 win. In 2017, he had a 63-yard fumble return for a score at Syracuse. Muse was the first Clemson player to have a defensive touchdown against the same team in consecutive years since 1996-97. In 1996, Rahim Abdullah had a nine-yard fumble return for a score against NC State. The next year he had a 74-yard fumble return for a score against the Wolfpack.

Spend tonight’s game with us in this thread! Brandon Stockdale will be holding down the fort along with the rest of the CST Team.