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The Notes: Clemson 41, Boston College 10

Clemson scored a season-high 41 points, its first 40-point performance since last November against The Citadel (51) and its first against an ACC opponent since last October against Virginia (48).
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Clemson accrued 504 total yards and has now produced three consecutive 400-yard games for the first time this season. 

Clemson’s 504 yards were a season high, surpassing Clemson’s 503 yards against Syracuse.

Clemson reached both 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards in a game for the first time this season. It was Clemson’s first such performance since last November against The Citadel and its first against an ACC opponent since last November against Louisville.

Clemson rushed for a season-high 226 yards, its first 200-yard rushing performance since last November vs. The Citadel (302).

Clemson averaged 6.6 yards per play and has now averaged 6.0 or more yards per play in four consecutive games for the first time since a six-game streak last season.

Clemson scored in its 300th consecutive game, a streak that dates to 2003. It is the 13th streak of 300 or more consecutive games without being shut out in FBS history.

Clemson has now earned wins of 28 or more points against consecutive ACC opponents for the first time since 2022 (vs. Miami and North Carolina). It’s the first time Clemson has recorded 28-point wins against ACC opponents in consecutive weeks since 2020 (against Pitt and Virginia Tech). 

Clemson has now held ACC opponents to 10 or fewer points in road games in consecutive weeks for the first time since 1995 (at Maryland and at Georgia Tech).

Clemson scored on all six of its first-half drives. After scoring on its first four drives a week ago, Clemson has now recorded back-to-back games scoring on each of its first four drives for the first time since last September against Appalachian State and NC State.

Clemson scored on each of its first six possessions, doing so in a game for the first time since last November against The Citadel.

Clemson scored 34 first-half points a week after scoring 35 first-half points at North Carolina. Clemson has now scored 30 points in back-to-back first halves for the first time since the Appalachian State (56) and NC State (45) games last September.

Clemson rushed for a season-high four touchdowns.

Four different players rushed for a touchdown for Clemson for the first time since last September against NC State.

Clemson has now scored at least one rushing touchdown in a national-best 91 of its 102 games since the start of the 2018 season. Clemson’s 74 games with multiple rushing touchdowns in that span also lead the nation.

Quarterback Cade Klubnik completed 22-of-30 passes for 280 yards and a touchdown prior to exiting the game in the third quarter. He also added 48 yards and a touchdown on nine rushing attempts.

Klubnik (22-12) tied Homer Jordan (22-6-1) and DJ Uiagalelei (22-6) for the seventh-most career wins by a Clemson starting quarterback since World War II.

Klubnik completed 12 consecutive passes across the first and second quarters. It marked the second straight game in which Klubnik had a streak of 12 consecutive completions, one shy of his career long of 13.

Klubnik finished the first half 18-of-23 passing for 241 yards with a touchdown. Klubnik was a combined 39-of-46 (84.8 percent) for 495 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions in the first halves of Clemson’s last two contests for a pass efficiency rating of 211.0. 

Klubnik scored his second rushing touchdown of the season on a six-yard rush in the second quarter.

With the touchdown run, Klubnik (15) became the seventh Clemson quarterback to record 15 or more career rushing touchdowns since the Tigers transitioned away from the single wing in 1953.

Klubnik (15) tied DJ Uiagalelei (15 from 2020-22) for seventh on Clemson's leaderboard for career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback since 1953.

Running back Adam Randall rushed 10 times for 36 yards with a touchdown.

Randall scored an eight-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

Randall became the first Clemson player to score a touchdown of any kind in six consecutive games since Will Shipley in 2022.

Randall became the first Clemson player to score a touchdown in each of the first six games of a season since Travis Etienne in 2018.

Randall became the fourth Clemson player on record to score a touchdown in each of the first six games of a season, joining C.J. Spiller (all 14 games in 2009), Travis Etienne (first seven games of 2018) and Bill Mathis (first six games of 1959).

Wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. recorded a game-high 106 yards and a touchdown on five receptions.

Wesco set a new single-season career high with his sixth receiving touchdown of the season on a 38-yard pass from Klubnik in the second quarter.

Wesco became the fourth Clemson player in Dabo Swinney’s head coaching tenure to record at least six receiving touchdowns over the first six games of a season (DeAndre Hopkins, eight in 2012; Deon Cain, six in 2016; Sammy Watkins, six in 2011).

Wesco recorded his sixth career 100-yard receiving game. It was his season-high-tying third such performance of the season, matching his three 100-yard games from his freshman season in 2024.

Wide receiver Antonio Williams recorded season highs with seven receptions for 85 yards. He also added a career-high three rushing attempts for 32 rushing yards.

During the contest, Williams (170) moved past Rod Gardner (166 from 1997-2000) and Derrick Hamilton (167 from 2001-03) into eighth on Clemson's all-time leaderboard for career receptions.  

Williams recorded a season-long 24-yard rush in the second quarter. It was his longest rush since a 36-yard touchdown run against Virginia last season.

Defensive tackle Peter Woods scored his first career rushing touchdown on a two-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter.

Woods became the first Clemson defender to score a rushing touchdown since linebacker Barrett Carter’s four-yard touchdown run vs. The Citadel last season. He became the first Clemson defensive lineman to score a rushing touchdown since Nyles Pinckney’s one-yard touchdown run at Georgia Tech in 2020.

Woods’ rushing touchdown was scored on a play with nine offensive linemen and a quarterback in front of the 310-pound Woods. The 11-man unit featured a combined listed weight of 3,340 pounds, as the second-lightest player on the unit behind the 210-pound Klubnik was 295-pound Chapman Pendergrass.

Woods also recorded a two-yard rush on fourth-and-1 in the first quarter. Woods is 3-for-3 on converting fourth downs via rush this season and 4-for-4 on reaching the line gain on his four carries.

Running back Keith Adams Jr. recorded career highs with seven carries for a team-high 49 yards and scored his second career rushing touchdown on a one-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Tight end Josh Sapp recorded a career-long 32-yard reception in the second quarter.

Clemson recorded a season-high five sacks among its seven tackles for loss.

Linebacker Sammy Brown recorded his first career first fumble while recording his second sack of the season in the second quarter.

The fumble was recovered by defensive end T.J. Parker. It was Parker’s first fumble recovery of the season and the fourth of his career.

Defensive end Jahiem Lawson recorded his career-high second sack of the season in the third quarter.

Lawson added his career-high second sack of the game in the fourth quarter.

Lawson’s first sack was Clemson’s third tackle for loss of the game and Clemson’s 1,500th tackle for loss since the start of the 2012 season. Clemson (1,504) became the first program in the country to record 1,500 tackles for loss in that span.

Defensive tackle Champ Thompson recorded his first career sack in the fourth quarter, forcing a Boston College turnover on downs.

Woods added his first half-sack of the season in the third quarter, splitting a sack with defensive end Will Heldt.

Woods became the first FBS player this season to rush for a touchdown and record at least half a sack in a single game. 

Woods became the first Clemson player to contribute to a sack and rush for a touchdown in a single game since Christian Wilkins against South Carolina in 2018.

Safety Ricardo Jones recorded his team-high and career-high second interception of the season in the fourth quarter. It was the third interception of his career.

Clemson scored on its opening drive when placekicker Nolan Hauser converted a then-season-long 46-yard field goal. 

Clemson has now scored on its opening drive in three consecutive games. It marks Clemson’s first time doing so against Appalachian State, NC State and Stanford in September 2024.

Hauser then set another season-long with a 50-yard field goal to end the first half. 

The 50-yard field goal by Hauser was the third of his career of 50 or more yards.

The game was the teams’ first meeting since a 31-3 Clemson win in Chestnut Hill in 2022. The games marked Clemson’s first time playing back-to-back games in the series in Massachusetts since 1952-53. The teams met in Death Valley in three consecutive years from 2019-21 but hadn’t played consecutive games in the series in Massachusetts since playing games at Braves Field and Fenway Park in 1952 and 1953, respectively.

Captains for the contest were safety Ronan Hanafin, offensive lineman Tristan Leigh, offensive lineman Collin Sadler and linebacker Wade Woodaz.

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