With the Win: No. 14 Clemson 29, Florida State 13
Head Coach Dabo Swinney earned his 174th career victory to pass Bobby Bowden (173 during Florida State's tenure in the ACC) for the conference record for the most career head coaching victories leading an ACC program.
Swinney earned his 174th career win to pass the career win totals of College Football Hall of Famers Robert Neyland (173-31-12) and Frank Solich (173-101).
Clemson (802-473-45) earned its 802nd victory all-time to pass Auburn (801) for the 13th-most wins in FBS history.
Clemson earned its 16th all-time victory against Florida State and its seventh all-time victory in Tallahassee.
Clemson has now won four consecutive games at Doak Campbell Stadium for the first time in series history.
Clemson became only the fourth program ever to win four consecutive road games against Florida State in Tallahassee, joining Florida (six straight from 1966-76), Houston (four from 1966-78) and Miami (Fla.) (five from 1957-77 and four from 1981-87).
By defeating Florida State after losing the Seminoles a year ago, Clemson has still not been beaten by the same team in back-to-back years since Florida State did so across a three-year span from 2012-14.
Clemson improved to 23-10 under Dabo Swinney in games against teams to which Clemson lost its most recent game.
Clemson improved to 37-8 in true road games since 2015. Clemson's 37 road wins in that span are tied with Boise State and Ohio State for the most in the nation.
Clemson still has not lost to a team with a losing record at kickoff time since losing to 2-5 Boston College in 2010.
Clemson improved to 31-8 in night games since the start of the 2018 season and 52-11 at night since 2015.
Clemson improved to 135-18 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and is now 112-8 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.
Clemson improved to 98-13 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season.
Clemson is now 84-6 when scoring first since 2015.
Clemson now has a 133-8 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.
Clemson has now won 118 of its last 123 games when leading at halftime.
Clemson improved to 139-4 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.
Clemson is now 71-2 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 outscored Florida State by a 6-0 margin in that span Saturday.
Clemson now has an 82-4 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
Clemson is now 84-3 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.
Clemson improved to 64-1 when both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney. Overall, Clemson is 114-1-1 in program history when reaching those marks.
Clemson is now 66-4 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.
Clemson has now won 116 of its last 117 games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).