The 2025 Tigers became the first team in Clemson history to win seven games in a season in which the team started the year with one win or fewer through four games.
Clemson has now led the all-time series with the Gamecocks for 46,398 consecutive days (127 years, 12 days). South Carolina won the series opener in 1896 before Clemson evened the series in 1897. Clemson won the third game in the series on Nov. 17, 1898 to take a 2-1 series lead, a lead Clemson hasn’t relinquished.
Clemson has now won nine of the last 11 games in the series.
Clemson improved its all-time road record against South Carolina to 55-32-3. Clemson’s 55 current road wins at South Carolina are nearly double its most all-time road wins against any other opponent (28 at Wake Forest). The Tigers have more road wins against the Gamecocks in Columbia (55) than they have total wins against all but three programs (South Carolina, 74; Wake Forest, 72; and NC State, 61).
Clemson earned a sixth straight road win against South Carolina for the first time since the 1989-99 seasons. It pulled Clemson within one of the school record for the longest road winning streak by either team in series history (seven by Clemson from 1934-40).
The game marked the sixth consecutive game in the Clemson-South Carolina series won by the road team. The last win by a home team in the series was a 56-35 Clemson win in 2018.
Clemson extended its current road winning streak to four games.
Clemson improved to 9-1 in its last 10 regular season road games.
Clemson (4-1 in road games in 2025) has now won at least four road games in a season for the eighth time since 2015. Its eighth such season ties Clemson with Ohio State and Boise State for the most seasons with four or more road wins in that span.
Clemson improved to 44-10 in true road games since the start of the 2015 season.
Clemson improved to 221-66-13 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 13-6 against SEC opponents in regular-season play in the College Football Playoff era.
Clemson is now 26-12 in games against teams to which it lost its last meeting under Dabo Swinney.
Clemson still has 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 went 3-0 this regular season against teams to which it lost a year ago.
Clemson has now won 37 consecutive games against teams with a losing record, the third-longest active streak in the country. Clemson has not lost to a team with a losing record at the time of kickoff since losing to 2-5 Boston College in 2010.
Clemson has now ended a regular season on a winning streak of four or more games for the seventh time in Dabo Swinney's tenure (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025). It is the 26th such regular season in Clemson history.
Clemson improved to 110-20 in regular season play since the start of the 2015 season.
Clemson improved to 146-23 against AP-unranked teams under Dabo Swinney and improved to 123-13 in those games since the start of the 2012 season.
Clemson is now 38-7 in regular season non-conference games since the start of the 2014 season.
Head Coach Dabo Swinney (187-52) tied Joe Paterno and Urban Meyer (187 each) for the fourth-most victories within the first 20 seasons of a head coaching career. Swinney trails only Tom Osborne (195), Nick Saban (191) and Bob Stoops (191) despite Swinney being in only his 18th season (and 17th full season). Note: Stoops and Meyer are not credited on the NCAA's official list of most wins through 20 seasons since they did not coach 20 years.
Swinney matched the career win total of College Football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer (187–32).
Swinney improved to 10-7 all-time against South Carolina.
Swinney joined Frank Howard (13) as the only Clemson coaches to defeat South Carolina 10 times.
Clemson improved to 94-9 when scoring first since the start of the 2015 season. Clemson has scored first in each of its last six games against South Carolina. It has also scored first in each of its last six games at South Carolina.
Clemson is now 79-4 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 is now 151-7 when leading after three quarters since the start of the 2011 season.
Clemson is now 143-12 when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.
Clemson now has a 91-6 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
Clemson improved to 44-1 when intercepting multiple passes in a game since the start of the 2015 season.
Clemson is now 73-6 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.
Clemson is now 127-3 in its last 130 games when holding teams to fewer than 23 points, a span that dates to the middle of the 2010 season.
