With the Win: No. 19 Clemson 59, NC State 35

Clemson earned its 800th all-time win, becoming the 14th FBS program (and first ACC program) ever to win 800 games.

Clemson went from 700 all-time wins to 800 all-time wins in a span of 118 games, its fastest stretch of games between milestone wins and surpassing the 134 games needed to move from 400 all-time wins to 500.

Clemson improved to 61-30-1 all-time against NC State. NC State is one of three programs against which Clemson has won at least 60 games all-time (South Carolina, 73; Wake Forest, 71).

Clemson earned its 17th win in a 20-game span in its series with NC State. 

Clemson extended the longest home winning streak in series history by winning a 10th straight home game against NC State at Memorial Stadium, dating to 2004. The last time NC State won in Clemson was in 2002 in a game branded by ESPN as “College Football Thursday Night presented by Circuit City.”

Clemson earned its 10th straight home victory in its series with NC State, posting its eighth home winning streak of 10 or more games against a single opponent in school history (21 vs. Furman from 1938-present, 16 vs. Virginia from 1956-89, 16 vs. Wake Forest from 1963-91, 15 vs. Duke from 1982-present, 15 vs. Presbyterian from 1944-present, 14 vs. The Citadel from 1929-present, and 12 vs. Wake Forest from 2000-present).

Head Coach Dabo Swinney moved to 12-3 all-time against NC State. 

Swinney improved to 9-2 all-time against NC State Head Coach Dave Doeren. Doeren became the second coach ever to be defeated by Swinney nine times, joining Dave Clawson (10). 

Clemson pushed its record at Death Valley against NC State to 25-11 since the facility opened in 1942. Clemson’s 25 wins against the Wolfpack at Death Valley are its second-most against any opponent, trailing only Clemson’s 36 wins against Wake Forest in Memorial Stadium. 

Clemson improved to 99-15 against ACC opponents, including postseason play, since 2011. Clemson is one win shy of becoming the third team in the country to win 100 games against conference opponents in that span (Alabama and Ohio State).

Clemson improved to 22-10 under Dabo Swinney in games against opponents to which it lost its most recent meeting in the series.

By defeating an NC State program to which it lost last season, Clemson still has not been beaten by the same team in back-to-back years since Florida State defeated Clemson three times across a three-year span from 2012-14. 

Clemson improved to 45-26-1 in conference openers since joining the ACC.

Clemson improved to 67-3 at Death Valley in the College Football Playoff era and is tied with Alabama for the nation’s best home record in that time frame.

Clemson improved to 133-18 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and improved to 110-8 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.

Clemson improved to 96-13 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season. 

Swinney earned his 172nd career win to pass the career win totals of College Football Hall of Famers Wallace Wade (171-49-10) and Mark Richt (171-64) and match the career win total of College Football Hall of Famer Dan Devine (172-57-9).

Swinney (99-9) earned his 99th career home win and pulled within one victory of becoming the first Clemson coach to win 100 career home games.

Swinney improved to 39-5 all-time against teams from the state of North Carolina.

Clemson is now 83-3 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.

Clemson is now 70-2 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 improved to 65-4 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.

Clemson is now 82-6 when scoring first since 2015.

Clemson has now won 116 of its last 121 games when leading at halftime.

Clemson improved to 137-4 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.