Inside the Numbers: Clemson 17, Wake Forest 12
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0 - Clemson allowed zero points on its two offensive turnovers. Clemson had allowed 43 points off of eight turnovers in its first five games.
4 - Defensive end T.J. Parker recorded his fourth sack of the season in the fourth quarter. He has now recorded at least one sack in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
5 - After Wake Forest opened the scoring with a field goal, Clemson responded with a seven-yard touchdown run by Klubnik in the second quarter. The touchdown run was Klubnik’s fifth of his career and his career-high third of the season.
7 - Clemson outgained Wake Forest, 338-239, and has now outgained its opponent in total yards for in seven consecutive games for the first time since the first seven games of the 2020 season.
8.5 - Parker entered the game leading all freshmen nationally in tackles for loss and now has 8.5 on the season. Through six games, he is already approaching Myles Murphy's true freshman school record of 12 and more than halfway to the school record for any freshman (true or redshirt) set by Michael Dean Perry in 1984 (15).
12 - Clemson held Wake Forest to 239 yards and 12 points after surrendering 447 yards and 45 points to the Demon Deacons a year ago.
15 - Clemson’s first two scoring drives lasted 16 plays and 15 plays. It was Clemson’s first time recording multiple 15-play scoring drives since the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl against Iowa State.
17 - Clemson and Wake Forest played on the 17th anniversary of one of the series’ most memorable plays: a 66-yard return of a botched field goal by the late Gaines Adams that helped Clemson turn a 17-3 fourth-quarter deficit into an eventual 27-17 win at Wake Forest in 2006.
18 - Quarterback Cade Klubnik completed 18-of-28 passes for 131 yards. He also rushed 12 times for 48 yards with a touchdown.
19 - Running back Will Shipley rushed 19 times for 97 yards with a touchdown.
25 - Kicker Jonathan Weitz converted a 25-yard field goal on the opening drive of the third quarter. It was the culmination of a 15-play, 67-yard scoring drive lasting 7:45.
29 - Shipley (29) tied Fred Cone (29 from 1948-50) for eighth on Clemson's all-time leaderboard for career rushing touchdowns.
39 - Clemson did not allow a sack for the second time this season and has now won 39 consecutive games when not allowing a sack since 2011.
45 - Defensive tackle Tyler Davis made his 45th career start to tie Christian Wilkins' Clemson record for starts by a defensive tackle (45 from 2015-18).
59 - Defensive end Justin Mascoll played 59th career game to pass K.J. Henry (58) for sole possession of the Clemson record for career games played by a defensive end.
73 - Clemson has now scored at least one rushing touchdown in a national-best 73 of its 75 games since the start of the 2018 season.
200 - Clemson rushed for 203 yards, its third 200-yard rushing performance of the season and its 81st in Dabo Swinney’s head coaching tenure. Clemson is 78-3 when reaching the 200-yard mark on the ground under Swinney.
3,000 - On his 39th offensive snap of the contest on Clemson’s first drive of the third quarter, center Will Putnam became the sixth player in school history to play 3,000 career snaps from scrimmage, joining fellow offensive linemen Mitch Hyatt, Dalton Freeman, Landon Walker, Kyle Young and Glenn Rountree.
Other Numbers and Notes:
Klubnik’s rushing touchdown was the culmination of a 16-play drive, Clemson’s longest drive of the season in terms of plays and its longest since a 16-play touchdown drive in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl.
Clemson has also rushed for multiple touchdowns in five straight games for the first time since a 28-game streak across the 2018-20 seasons.
Shipley scored his third rushing touchdown of the season on a one-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to give the Tigers a two-score lead with 5:49 remaining.
Shipley has now rushed for a touchdown in three consecutive games for the first time since a six-game streak in 2022.
Shipley (31) also tied Fred Cone (31) for eighth on Clemson's all-time leaderboard for total career touchdowns.
Shipley (2,370) entered the game as one of 21 players in Clemson history to reach 2,000 career rushing yards. During the contest he moved past Stacey Driver (2,293 from 1982-85) and Chuck McSwain (2,320 from 1979-82) for 13th in Clemson history in career rushing yards.
With 101 all-purpose yards in the game, Shipley (3,613) passed Artavis Scott (3,568) for 11th on Clemson's all-time leaderboard for career all-purpose yards.
Clemson has now gone four straight games without throwing an interception for the first time since the final four games of the 2019 season. Since a first-quarter pick-six against Charleston Southern, Clemson has thrown 165 consecutive passes without an interception (29 against Charleston Southern, 33 against Florida Atlantic, 38 against Florida State, 37 against Syracuse and 28 against Wake Forest). Klubnik has thrown 151 of Clemson's 165 passes in that stretch.
In the first quarter, Clemson held Wake Forest to no points on a turnover on downs on a drive that started at the Clemson nine-yard line following a lost fumble. It marked Clemson’s first time holding an offense without points on a drive that started in Clemson’s own red zone following a turnover since 2019 at Syracuse.
Defensive tackle Ruke Orhorhoro recorded a third-down sack in the first quarter to force Wake Forest to settle for a red zone field goal.
Orhorhoro has now recorded a full sack in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
Linebacker Wade Woodaz added his first sack of the season in the second quarter.
Woodaz added his single-game career-high second sack of the contest later in the quarter.
Woodaz became the second Clemson player this season to record 2.0 sacks in a game, joining T.J. Parker. Woodaz became the first Clemson linebacker to do so since Jeremiah Trotter Jr.’s three-sack performance against North Carolina in the 2022 ACC Championship Game.
Clemson recorded its lone takeaway in the second quarter on a forced fumble by safety Khalil Barnes that was recovered by safety R.J. Mickens.
Barnes became the first Clemson freshman to force multiple fumbles in a season since Myles Murphy in 2020 (three). He also joined Murphy and Stephone Anthony — both of whom were first-round NFL Draft picks — as the only Clemson players in Dabo Swinney’s tenure to force multiple fumbles in their freshman seasons.
It was the second career forced fumble for Barnes and the first career fumble recovery by Mickens.
Clemson has now collected four or more sacks in back-to-back games for the first time since a four-game streak to end 2022.
Wide receiver Hamp Greene smothered a Wake Forest onside kick attempt to help seal the victory.
Captains for the contest were wide receiver Hamp Greene, offensive lineman Trent Howard, safety Jalyn Phillips and linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr.