With the Win: No. 17 Clemson 51, The Citadel 14

Clemson reached nine wins in a season for the 32nd time in school history and for the 15th time in Dabo Swinney's 16 full seasons as head coach.

Clemson extended its school-record streak by winning nine games for a 14th consecutive season. Alabama and Clemson entered 2024 the longest active streaks of nine-win seasons in the country; Alabama entered 2024 with 16 straight nine-win seasons and can extend that to 17 with a win this evening.

Clemson tied the 1987-2000 Florida State Seminoles (14) for the third-longest streak of nine-win seasons in FBS history.

Head Coach Dabo Swinney joined Tom Osborne (25 straight from 1973-97), Nick Saban (16  straight from 2008-23) and Bobby Bowden (14 straight from 1987-2000) as the only coaches in major college football history to record at least 14 consecutive seasons with nine or more wins with one program.

Clemson won its 19th consecutive game against The Citadel. Clemson's active 19-game winning streak in the series since 1932 is Clemson's third-longest winning streak against a single opponent in school history, trailing a 32-game streak against Furman (1938-present) and a 29-game streak against Virginia (1955-89).

Clemson improved to 16-1 in home games against The Citadel all-time. 

Clemson won its 15th consecutive home game in its all-time series with The Citadel. It now ties for the fourth-longest home winning streak against a single opponent in Clemson history and represents the sixth home winning streak of 15 or more games against a single opponent in school records.

Clemson improved to 219-65-13 (.758) all-time against foes from the state of South Carolina. Clemson has a winning record against all 12 Palmetto State opponents it has faced all-time.

Clemson improved to 39-0 against FCS teams since the NCAA split Division I in 1978.

Clemson improved to 70-4 at Death Valley in the College Football Playoff era, the nation’s second-best home record in that span.

Clemson improved to 5-1 at home this season. It is Clemson's 19th consecutive season with at least five home wins and is Clemson's 23rd such season since 2000. 

Clemson rebounded from a loss in its most recent home game prior to Saturday. Clemson still has not lost back-to-back home games since 2008 (Maryland and Georgia Tech). The second of those consecutive home losses in 2008 was Dabo Swinney's first game as Clemson's interim head coach.

Clemson improved to 44-8 in regular season non-conference games since 2011.

Clemson improved to 41-4 in non-conference home games under Dabo Swinney. Clemson is now 31-1 against non-conference opponents in Death Valley since 2013.

In defeating The Citadel Head Coach Maurice Drayton, Clemson improved to 168-74-3 all-time (and 51-8 since 2011) when facing a coach for the first time.

Clemson improved to 103-14 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season. 

Clemson improved to 33-5 in November games since 2015.

Clemson improved to 75-2 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 has now won 122 of its last 127 games when leading at halftime.

Clemson is now 144-4 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.

Clemson improved to 87-6 when scoring first since 2015.

Clemson is now 69-5 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.

Clemson is now 86-4 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.

Clemson is now 66-2 when both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney. Overall, Clemson is 116-2-1 in program history when reaching those marks.

Clemson now has a 137-9 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.

Clemson now has an 86-4 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.

Clemson has now won 120 of its last 121 games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).