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Postgame Notes: No. 2 Clemson 27, Syracuse 23

September 29, 2018
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Team Notes:

Clemson engineered a 13-play, 94-yard drive that culminated in a game-winning touchdown with 41 seconds remaining. It represents the longest game-winning scoring drive by Clemson to take the lead in the final minute of a game since at least 1959.

Clemson rushed for at least 200 yards in a third consecutive game for the first time since games 8-10 of the 2017 season against Georgia Tech, NC State and Florida State.

Clemson has now rushed for 200 yards a total of 50 times under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Clemson is 49-1 in those contests, including victories in each of their last 45 such games.

Running back Travis Etienne recorded career highs in rushing attempts (27), rushing yards (203) and rushing touchdowns (three).

Etienne’s 200-yard rushing performance was only the 16th 200-yard rushing game in Clemson history and the first since Andre Ellington’s 228-yard effort against Auburn in the 2012 season opener.

Etienne’s previous career high for rushing yards was 162, set against Georgia Southern earlier this season. His 27 attempts represented the first 20-carry game of his career.

Etienne became the first Clemson player to rush for three touchdowns in a game since Wayne Gallman on Nov. 12, 2016 against Pittsburgh.

With his second touchdown on Saturday, Etienne reached 20 career rushing touchdowns in his 18th career game.

Etienne became the first Clemson player to rush for 100 yards in three straight games since both Wayne Gallman and Deshaun Watson accomplished the feat against South Carolina, North Carolina and Oklahoma in 2015.

Etienne rushed for a touchdown in a fifth consecutive game to break his career-long streak for consecutive games with a rushing touchdown (four, once in 2017 and currently in 2018).

Etienne became the first Clemson player to rush for a touchdown in five straight games since Wayne Gallman's seven-game streak in games 8-14 in 2016.

Etienne recorded his second game of the season with multiple rushing touchdowns. He has two rushing touchdowns in the team’s win against Georgia Southern. He has scored at least two rushing touchdowns in five games in his career.

Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow extended his streak of consecutive games played with a reception to 33.

On a 12-yard reception in the first quarter, Renfrow recorded his 150th career catch to become only the 10th player in school history to record 150 career receptions.

With his second reception of the game, Renfrow passed Perry Tuttle (150 from 1978-81) for the ninth-most career receptions in school history.

Defensive back A.J. Terrell recorded Clemson’s first interception of the season, picking off Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey in the third quarter.

The interception was the second of Terrell’s career and his first since Sept. 23, 2017 against Boston College.

With the interception, Clemson forced a takeaway in a 13th consecutive contest, the program's longest streak since a 15-game stretch across the 2012-13 seasons.

Syracuse rushed for a one-yard touchdown with 7:31 remaining in the second quarter, marking the first first-half touchdown allowed by Clemson at Memorial Stadium since Nov. 12, 2016 vs. Pittsburgh. Clemson went 686 days between first-half touchdowns allowed at Death Valley, covering 309:52 of game play.

Tackle Mitch Hyatt made his 47th career start to tie OG Eric Harmon, OT Jim Bundren, OG Glenn Rountree and PK Aaron Hunt (47) for fourth-most career starts in Clemson history.

During the contest, Hyatt passed No. 3 Kyle Young (3,097) and No. 2 Landon Walker (3,131) on the school's all-time leaderboard for career snaps from scrimmage.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence started and became only the sixth true freshman to start at quarterback for Clemson all-time, joining Steve Fuller (1975), Willie Jordan (1975), Patrick Sapp (1992), Nealon Greene (1994) and Deshaun Watson (2014).

On a 43-yard field goal in the third quarter, kicker Greg Huegel moved past Nelson Welch (301) for fourth on the program's all-time career scoring list.

With his second field goal of the game, a 37-yarder in the third quarter, Huegel passed David Treadwell (47) for seventh-most made field goals in a career in school history.

Linebacker Kendall Joseph matched a career high with 12 total tackles.

The game marked only the fourth time in Memorial Stadium history that two undefeated teams had met four or more games into a season. Clemson is now 3-1 in such contests, including wins against previously undefeated NC State in 2000 and Louisville in 2016.

Clemson’s captains for the contest were defensive end Clelin Ferrell, tackle Mitch Hyatt, wide receiver Trevion Thompson and defensive tackle Christian Wilkins.

Postgame Notes: No. 2 Clemson 27, Syracuse 23

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