The Notes: No. 2 Clemson 56, South Carolina 35

Clemson’s 744 yards were their most against South Carolina in series history, surpassing the 622 yards gained by Clemson in the 2016 contest. It ranks third in a single game in Clemson history, trailing 756 against Wake Forest in 1981 and 754 against NC State in 2012.

Clemson gained 393 passing yards and 351 rushing yards. It marked Clemson’s first time exceeding 300 yards in both categories in a single game since the 2017 season opener against Kent State. It was Clemson’s fourth such game under head coach Dabo Swinney (Duke in 2012, NC State in 2012, Kent State in 2017).

The game marked Clemson’s first time posting both 300 passing yards and 300 rushing yards against South Carolina in series history.

Clemson recorded a school-record three touchdown drives of 95 yards or more, scoring on drives of 95, 97 and 98 yards in the game. It marked Clemson’s first time posting multiple drives of 95 yards or more since recording two against Wake Forest on Oct. 7, 2006.

Clemson recorded a season-high 38 first downs, the second-most in school history and only two shy of the school record of 40 set against South Carolina in 2016.

Including the 744 yards gained against South Carolina, Clemson reached the 6,000-yard mark on the year to post the seventh 6,000-yard season in team history. All seven 6,000-yard campaigns have been posted under Swinney.

WIth 351 rushing yards on the day, Clemson reached 3,000 rushing yards in a season for the sixth time in school history. It marks the team's second 3,000-yard rushing season under Swinney (3,345 in 2015).

Clemson outrushed an opponent for the 11th time this season. The Tigers have now outrushed opponents in 22 of their 26 games since 2017 and are 22-0 when outrushing opponents in that time frame.

Clemson scored 27 or more points in a 12th straight game for the first time in school history, adding to its existing school record.

Clemson scored eight touchdowns to push its season total to 74. The 2018 squad now sits one touchdown shy of the 2016 Tigers (75) for the most total touchdowns in a season in school history.

During the contest, Clemson reached the 500-point mark on the year post the fifth 500-point season in school history. All five instances have come under Swinney.

Clemson opened the game with four consecutive touchdown drives. It marked Clemson’s first time accomplishing the feat on offense since Nov. 18, 2017 vs. The Citadel.

On its sixth rushing touchdown of the game, the 2018 Tigers broke the single-season school record for rushing touchdowns, surpassing the mark of 40 set in 2017. Clemson now has 42 rushing touchdowns this season.

The teams combined for 1,344 yards, the second-largest combined yardage total in Clemson history behind the 1,351 yards combined for by Clemson and NC State in 2012.

Clemson has now won seven consecutive games by 20 or more points for the first time in school history. The current streak of 20-point wins passes a six-game streak across the final five games of the 1989 season and the 1990 season opener.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 27-36 passes for a career-high 393 yards.

Lawrence also recorded the longest rush of his career on a 32-yard run in the second quarter.

Lawrence’s 393 passing yards are the most against South Carolina in series history, surpassing Deshaun Watson’s 347 passing yards in 2016.

The game was Lawrence’s third 300-yard passing performance of the season.

Lawrence has now eclipsed 250 passing yards in three consecutive games for the first time in his career.

With his passing touchdown, his 22nd of the season, Lawrence passed Woodrow Dantzler (21 in 2001) and Charlie Whitehurst (21 in 2003) for sole possession of seventh on the school's leaderboard for touchdown passes in a single season.

Running back Adam Choice rushed seven times for 56 yards with a career-high three rushing touchdowns. His six rushing touchdowns this season tie his single-season career high from 2017.

Wide receiver Tee Higgins caught his team-leading eighth receiving touchdown of the season on a 22-yard pass from Lawrence in the first quarter. It moved Higgins within one touchdown of Deon Cain’s school record for receiving touchdowns by a sophomore (nine).

Higgins’ eighth receiving touchdown of the year tied him for eighth-most receiving touchdowns in a season in school history.

Higgins finished the game with six receptions for 142 yards, his fourth career 100-yard receiving game.

Higgins’ first-quarter touchdown was the culmination of a 95-yard scoring drive, temporarily tying for Clemson’s longest of the season (95 yards vs. Furman).

Clemson eclipsed that mark on its following possession, culminating a 12-play, 97-yard scoring drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown by defensive lineman Christian Wilkins.

The 97-yard drive was Clemson’s longest in its 116-game all-time series against South Carolina. It would later be surpassed by a 98-yard drive later in the contest.

Clemson recorded five touchdown drives of 10 plays or more, the team’s first game with at least four touchdown drives of 10 plays or more since the 2015 ACC Championship Game against North Carolina.

The rushing touchdown was Wilkins’ second of the year. Earlier in the season, he became the first Clemson defensive lineman to rush for a touchdown in the two-platoon era. Now, Clemson defensive linemen have rushed for three touchdowns through 12 games this season (two by Wilkins, one by Dexter Lawrence).

Wilkins also recorded a sack in the contest, pushing his season total to 5.0 and his career total to 15.0. He has now recorded at least half a sack in each of Clemson’s last four games.

Running back Travis Etienne rushed a career-high 28 times for 150 yards with two rushing touchdowns.

Etienne has now posted only the fourth 1,300-yard rushing season in school history, joining Wayne Gallman in 2015 and Raymond Priester in both 1995 and 1996.

Etienne pushed his season total in rushing yards to 1,307, which now sits fourth on the school's leaderboard for rushing yards in a single season.

During the contest, Etienne reached 2,000 rushing yards for his career.

Etienne scored his 31st and 32nd career rushing touchdowns, tying C.J. Spiller (32 from 2006-09) for fifth on the school's leaderboard for career rushing touchdowns.

Etienne (33) moved into sixth on the school's leaderboard for total touchdowns in a career.

The game was Etienne’s sixth 100-yard rushing performance of the season and the seventh of his career. Clemson now holds a 38-2 record when producing a 100-yard rusher since 2011.

On a two-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter, Etienne broke Clemson's record for rushing touchdowns in a single season with his 18th of the year. He entered the game tied for the mark with Lester Brown (1978), James Davis (2006) and Wayne Gallman (2016).

On a 22-yard reception on third down on Clemson’s opening drive, wide receiver Hunter Renfrow extended his school-record streak of consecutive games with a reception to 40.

On the play, Renfrow became the 13th player in school history to reach 2,000 career receiving yards.

Renfrow caught five passes to pass Mike Williams (177 from 2013-16) for fifth on the school's leaderboard for career receptions.

Running back Tavien Feaster scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the season on a 13-yard run in the third quarter.

Clemson held South Carolina without a sack and has now allowed only one sack in its last five games.

Clemson allowed a touchdown on South Carolina’s opening drive, marking the first touchdown allowed by the Clemson defense in the first quarter this season. The lone first-quarter touchdown allowed by Clemson prior to the contest came via punt return at Boston College.

Prior to the score, Clemson had not surrendered a touchdown on defense in the previous eight quarters. Clemson's defense had not allowed a touchdown when the score of a game had been within 14 points since the fourth quarter of the Syracuse game, a total span of 24 quarters.

Defensive end Austin Bryant recorded his sixth sack of the season, dropping South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley for a seven-yard loss in the first quarter.

Linebacker J.D. Davis made his second start of the season and recorded his first career interception in the second quarter.

Defensive tackle Albert Huggins added a sack in the fourth quarter.

Kicker Greg Huegel made his 45th career start at kicker to become only the fourth kicker in school history to start 45 times in a career (52, Chandler Catanzaro; 47, Aaron Hunt; 46, Nelson Welch).

Huegel went 8-8 on PATs, and on his eighth PAT, he tied Chandler Catanzaro’s school record of 203 career PATs.

Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins played his 56th career game to tie Dorian O'Daniel (2014-17) for second-most in school history. He is now one game shy of tying fullback Chad Diehl's school record of 57 games played from 2007-11.

Clemson’s captains for the game were tackle Mitch Hyatt, linebacker Kendall Joseph, wide receiver Hunter Renfrow and defensive tackle Christian Wilkins.