With the Win: No. 24 Clemson 16, South Carolina 7

Clemson has now won eight games in a season for the 41st time in school history. It represents Clemson's 13th consecutive eight-win season and its 14th overall in Dabo Swinney's 15 full seasons as head coach.

Clemson (150-28) earned its 150th win since the start of the 2011 season. Clemson joined Alabama (161 prior to Saturday) as the only programs to win 150 games since 2011.

Clemson earned its 300th road win in school history.

Clemson improved to 73-43-4 all-time against South Carolina. Clemson’s 73 all-time wins against South Carolina are the program’s most against any opponent.

Clemson moved its all-time road record against South Carolina to 54-32-3. Clemson’s 54 road wins at South Carolina are double its most all-time road wins against any other opponent, as Clemson’s second-most road wins against an opponent are 27 at Wake Forest. The Tigers have more road wins against the Gamecocks in Columbia (54) than they have total wins against all but three programs (South Carolina, 72; Wake Forest, 71; and NC State, 60)

Barring a circumstance in which a 5-7 team is needed to fill an otherwise vacant bowl spot, Clemson’s victory could deny South Carolina bowl eligibility by virtue of a win in the last game of the regular season for the first time since doing so against 5-6 South Carolina squads in both 2002 and 2003.

Swinney improved to 9-6 all-time against South Carolina. 

Swinney joined Frank Howard (13) as the only Clemson coaches to defeat South Carolina nine times.

Swinney earned Clemson’s 54th all-time road win against South Carolina on the week of his 54th birthday.

Clemson improved to 12-2 in its last 14 regular season games against SEC opponents, dating to 2014.

With the win against the 5-6 Gamecocks, Clemson still has not lost to an opponent with a losing record at the time of kickoff since 2010 against 2-5 Boston College.

Clemson earned its 36th road win since 2015, tied with Ohio State for the national lead in that time frame.

Clemson improved to 130-18 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and improved to 107-8 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.

Clemson improved to 29-8 in night games since the start of the 2018 season. The win also moved Clemson to 48-11 at night since 2015.

Clemson improved to 22-5 in road night games since 2015.

Clemson is now 12-5 in night games against South Carolina all-time. Clemson has won each of the programs' last five meetings in night games (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023).. 

Clemson improved to 8-3 all-time in night games at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Clemson is now 69-2 since 2015 when outscoring opponents in the “Middle Eight,” defined as the final four minutes of the first half and the first four minutes of the second half. Clemson won that time window by a 3-0 margin Saturday.

Clemson now has a 130-8 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.

Clemson now has a 77-4 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.

Clemson improved to 81-3 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.

Clemson finished 4-0 in games in the month of November and has now won 25 of its last 28 November games.

Clemson has now won 113 of its last 114 games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).

Clemson has now won 114 of its last 119 games when leading at halftime.

Clemson improved to 135-4 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.