With the Win: No. 23 Clemson 24, Virginia Tech 14
Clemson improved to 6-1 in ACC play. The 2024 season represents Clemson's 27th season in school history with six or more ACC wins, and it is Clemson's 14th such season in Dabo Swinney’s 16 full seasons as head coach.
Clemson tied Alabama (14) for the most seasons with six or more conference wins since 2009.
Clemson improved to 36-9 in games following a loss in Dabo Swinney's head coaching tenure.
Clemson improved to 24-12-1 all-time against Virginia Tech.
Clemson has now won seven consecutive games against Virginia Tech, dating to the 2011 season when the Tigers defeated the Hokies twice. It is Clemson’s longest streak in the series since winning nine consecutive games against the Hokies from 1955-85.
Clemson won its fourth consecutive game in Blacksburg and is now 9-2 all-time at Lane Stadium since the facility opened in 1965.
Clemson (9-2) joined Miami (9-8) as the second visiting program ever to win nine games at Lane Stadium all-time.
Clemson (9-2, .818) now has the highest winning percentage at Lane Stadium of any opponent since the facility opened in 1965 (minimum five games).
Clemson improved to 39-8 in true road games since 2015. Clemson is now tied with Boise State for the most road wins in the nation in that span.
Clemson faced Virginia Tech Head Coach Brent Pry for the first time and improved to 167-74-3 all-time (and 50-8 since 2011) when facing a coach for the first time.
Swinney improved to 7-0 as a head coach against Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is one of three ACC schools against whom Swinney is undefeated as head coach, a list that also includes Wake Forest (16-0) and Virginia (6-0), two teams Clemson defeated earlier this season.
Swinney (177-45) passed the career win total of College Football Hall of Famer Frank Kush (176-54-1).
Clemson improved to 138-19 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and improved to 115-9 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.
Clemson improved to 36-7 under Dabo Swinney in games in which it enters ranked lower in the AP Poll than it did in its previous contest (including the 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021 season openers in which Clemson opened the season lower than its ranking from the final game of the previous campaign).
Clemson improved to 101-14 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season.
Clemson improved to 31-5 in November games since 2015.
Clemson is now 142-4 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.
Clemson now has an 84-4 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
Clemson now has a 136-9 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.
Clemson is now 68-5 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.
Clemson has now won 118 of its last 119 games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).
Clemson is now 42-1 since 2015 when intercepting multiple passes in a game.