2009 Gaylord Hotel Music City Bowl Clemson vs. Kentucky Sunday, December 27, 2009 8:32 PM EST LP Field (67,000) Nashville, TN Television: ESPN Play by Play: Sean McDonough Color: Matt Millen Sideline: Holly Rowe Clemson Radio: Clemson Tiger Sports Network Play-By-Play: Pete Yanity Color: Will Merritt Sideline: Patrick Sapp
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2009 Record:....................................................................... 8-5 (6-2 ACC) Rankings:..................................................................................................NR Location:.................................................................................Clemson, SC Colors:......................................................... Clemson Orange & Regalia Enrollment:......................................................................................18,317 Head Coach:....................................... Dabo Swinney (Alabama ‘93) Record at Clemson (seasons):.................................12-8 (2nd) Home Record:................................................................................8-2 Away/Neutral Record:...............................................................4-6 Bowl Record:..................................................................................0-1 ACC Record:....................................................................................9-4 Career Record (seasons):...........................................12-8 (2nd) Record vs. Kentucky:.................................................................0-0 Offensive Coordinator:....................................................Billy Napier Defensive Coordinator:.................................................Kevin Steele Athletic Website:................................................. ClemsonTigers.com
2008 Record:........................................................................ 7-5 (3-5 SEC) Rankings:..................................................................................................NR Location:..............................................................................Lexington, KY Colors:.....................................................................................Blue & White Enrollment:......................................................................................27,000 Head Coach:.....................................Rick Brooks (Oregon State ‘63) Record at Kentucky (seasons):...............................39-46 (7th) Bowl Record:..................................................................................3-0 Career Record (seasons):.............................. 130-155-4 (25th) Record vs. Clemson:...................................................................1-0 Offensive Coordinator:............................................ Randy Sanders Defensive Coordinator:.................................................Steve Brown Sports Information Contact:..........................................Tony Neely Email:...................................................................... tneely@uky.edu Office Phone:......................................................... (859) 257-3838 Athletic Website:....................................................... UKAthletics.com
2009 Clemson Results (8-5) Date Opponent (Rank) 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 * at Georgia Tech (15,13) 9-19 * Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian (15,14) 10-3 * at Maryland 10-17 * Wake Forest 10-24 * at Miami (FL) (8,9) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 * Florida State 11-14 * at N.C. State 11-21 * Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 # Georgia Tech (12,12)
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Score 37-14 27-30 25-7 10-14 21-24 38-3 ^40-37 49-3 40-24 43-23 34-21 17-34 34-39
Date Opponent (Rank) 12-27 $ Kentucky
TV ESPN
Time 8:32
* - ACC game; ^ - one overtime; # - ACC Championship game at Tampa, FL; $ - Music City Bowl at Nashville, TN; Note: All times are PM and EST; home games in bold, rankings by AP,USA.
Clemson SID Information SID Office Phone:.......................................................... (864) 656-2114 SID Fax:.............................................................................. (864) 656-0299 Overnight Mailing Address:..................... Jervey Athletic Center; ...............................100 Perimeter Road; Clemson, SC 29633 Assistant AD/Head SID & Primary Football Contact:................ .....................................................Tim Bourret, Notre Dame ‘77 Bourret Email:...................................btimoth@clemson.edu Bourret Office Phone:................................... (864) 656-1921 Bourret Cell Phone:........................................ (864) 356-3791 Associate SID/Secondary Football Contact:................................. ....................................................Brian Hennessy, Clemson ‘98 Hennessy Email:..............................bhennes@clemson.edu Hennessy Office Phone:............................... (864) 656-1921 Hennessy Cell Phone:................................... (864) 986-9046 Clemson Ticket Office Phone:.............................. 1-800-CLEMSON Music City Bowl Website:................................. MusicCityBowl.com Music City Bowl Media Contact:............................Courtney Eller Eller Email:........................................ courtney.eller@dvl.com Eller Office Phone:.......................................... (615) 244-1818
Credits The 2009 Clemson Music City Bowl Media Guide was written and edited by Sports Information Director Tim Bourret. Layout and design was executed by Associate Sports Information Director Brian Hennessy. Special thanks to Trey McCurry in the production of the bowl media guide. Thanks to John Schaffhauser for the design of the outside covers. Photos used for the design by Rex Brown, Mark Crammer, Zach Hanby, Dean Legge, Roy Philpott, and Patrick Wright. Covers printed by Electric City Printing (Anderson, SC).
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2009 NCAA Stat Ranking Comparison
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Category Clemson Kentucky Scoring Offense 31.9 (24) 27.2 (63) Total Offense 365.5 (69) 336.1 (90) Rushing Offense 169.6 (44) 193.3 (21) Passing Offense 195.9 (86) 142.8 (114) Pass Efficiency Offense 125.7 (72) 108.9 (109) Scoring Defense 21.0 (T-27) 22.8 (44) Total Defense 317.2 (22) 362.9 (59) Rushing Defense 150.3 (69) 183.2 (100) Passing Defense 166.8 (11) 179.8 (18) Pass Efficiency Defense 111.3 (24) 110.8 (23) Interceptions by Defense 21 (T-3) 16 (T-16) Turnover Margin per Game +0.38 (T-39) +0.25 (T-46) Turnovers Gained 29 (T-9) 22 (T-48) Turnovers Lost 24 (T-78) 19 (T-34) Net Punting 32.7 (109) 37.2 (31) Punt Returns 14.4 (9) 13.1 (T-17) Kickoff Returns 23.8 (26) 23.8 (24) Third-Down Conversion % (Offense) 38.7 (72) 39.0 (67) Third-Down Conversion % (Defense) 39.1 (64) 39.7 (67) Fourth-Down Conversion % (Offense) 26.7 (110) 75.0 (T-3) Fourth-Down Conversion % (Defense) 33.3 (T-10) 55.0 (T-81) Time of Possession per Game 28:15 (104) 30:00 (58) Fewest Penalties per Game 4.8 (10) 4.6 (8) Fewest Penalty Yards per Game 42.6 (14) 40.6 (9) Note: National rankings in parentheses; rankings are prior to the bowl season.
Team Hotel Clemson’s team hotel is the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. The team will arrive on the night of December 23.
Media Hotel The official media headquarters is the Renaissance Nashville Hotel ((615) 255-8400). The media check-in and workroom is located at the Fisk Ballroom, which is located on Level 2 off the lobby.
Nashville Media Practice Policy
Clemson’s practices are closed to the media.
Pre-Bowl Press Conference There will be a press conference at LP Field (Room 134.06) on December 26 at 2:00 PM. Head Coach Dabo Swinney will attend. The postgame press conference with both team’s players and head coaches will be in Room 134.06 as well.
Will Call Ticket booth by Gate 8 at the south end of LP Field. Will-call gates open two hours before kickoff. Parking lots open to public at 12:00 PM.
Personnel Update • Mason Cloy (OL) - Suffered a broken leg against Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game and is out for the season.
Clemson vs. Kentucky Series All Games:.................................................................Kentucky leads 8-4 At Clemson:................................................................................... Tied 1-1 At Kentucky:............................................................Kentucky leads 6-2 At Neutral:..................................................................................... Tied 1-1 Year CU KEN Rank Site W-L CU KEN 1925 0-2 1-1 A L 6 19 1929 6-0 4-0 A L 6 44 1934 1-2 2-1 A L 0 7 1936 5-3 5-3 A L 6 7 1938 5-1-1 2-5 A W 14 0 1952 2-4-1 4-3-1 A L 14 27 1971 0-0 0-0 H L 10 13 1981 3-0 1-2 14/- A W 21 3 1982 1-1-1 0-2-1 H W 24 6 1985 1-2 2-1 A L 7 26 1993 8-3 6-5 23/- N1 W 14 13 2006 8-4 7-5 N2 L 20 28 Totals 142 193 N1 - Peach Bowl at Atlanta, GA; N2 - Music City Bowl at Nashville, TN; Note: Clemson home games in bold.
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Facts on Clemson Football Academic Excellence • Clemson has had 47 players in the last 10 seasons who have played for the Tigers after they earned their undergraduate degree. That includes four current Tigers (Thomas Austin, Durrell Barry, Sadat Chambers, Chris Chancellor) on the 2009 team. Six more players will join them as graduates for the Music City Bowl, giving the program 11 players with degrees when the game against Kentucky is kicked off on December 27. • Clemson’s football team had 44 players named to the academic honor roll for the 2009 spring semester. Each of the top-eight team GPAs have taken place in the last 10 years. That includes the 2009 spring semester when the team had a 2.61 GPA, second-best on record. • C.J. Spiller was a First-Team All-ACC selection on the field and in the classroom during the fall of 2008. He actually made the Dean’s List in the classroom with a 3.5 GPA. He was the first Clemson football player to earn First-Team All-ACC honors on the field and in the classroom since the 2001 season. Spiller received his degree on December 17, 2009 along with teammate Jacoby Ford. Ford and Spiller hold the NCAA record for combined all-purpose yards by teammates. • In the last 10 years, 80 percent of the scholarship football players who have stayed until their senior season have earned their degree. All 20 seniors on the 2006 team and 17 of the 19 seniors on the 2008 team already have their degrees. • Chad Carson and Kyle Young were first-team academic All-Americans in 2000 and 2001. Clemson was the only Division I school in the nation with two first-team picks each year. Young was a first-team academic All-American from 1999-01 and became just the second ACC player in history to be a threetime, first-team selection. He is one of just two offensive linemen in college football history to be a three-time, first-team academic All-American. He is currently an associate athletic director in the Clemson Athletic Department. • Chad Carson joined Kyle Young in graduating from Clemson University Summa Cum Laude. In 2002, Carson reached the final stage of the Rhodes Scholarship selection process, as he was the only Division I football player in the nation who could make that prestigious claim.
All-Star Selections • C.J. Spiller finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy this year. He had 26 first-place votes and 223 total points, as he was named on 140 of the 925 ballots. It was the highest finish by an ACC player since Chris Weinke won the award in 2000. • Clemson has a history of decorated football players. The program boasts 62 different All-Americans in its history, including three players on the current team. C.J. Spiller was a unanimous All-American this year, just the third in Clemson history. DeAndre McDaniel and Spiller both made the Football Writers first team, while offensive guard Thomas Austin was a thirdteam choice by Sporting News. • In 2006, Gaines Adams was a unanimous All-American. He played his final game in the 2006 Music City Bowl against Kentucky. Now Spiller, a unanimous All-American, will play his final game as a Tiger in the Music City Bowl.
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• Gaines Adams, C.J. Spiller, and Terry Kinard (1982) are the only three unanimous All-Americans in Clemson history. • Clemson has had at least one First-Team All-ACC player each of the last 33 years, the longest active streak and the longest overall streak in ACC history. C.J. Spiller, DeAndre McDaniel, and Michael Palmer were First-Team All-ACC picks in 2009. • Clemson had nine players named to the ACC’s 50Year Anniversary team, more than any other school. The list of honorees shows the balance of the program over the years, as every area of a football team (by position) was represented. The nine players are Joe Bostic, Jerry Butler, Bennie Cunningham, Jeff Davis, Steve Fuller, Terry Kinard, Michael Dean Perry, William Perry, and Anthony Simmons. All nine players were All-Americans during at least one season at Clemson and played in the NFL.
Bowl History • Clemson’s appearance in the 2009 Music City Bowl is its 32nd bowl game in history. Clemson’s 15-win total in those games is 18th-most in history. • Clemson’s first bowl game was a 6-3 victory over Boston College and Frank Leahy in the 1940 Cotton Bowl. Leahy is still second in college football history in winning percentage. • Clemson won five straight bowl games between the 1986 and 1990 seasons, tied for the seventh-longest winning streak in college football history in consecutive seasons. Clemson defeated Stanford, Penn State, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Illinois during the stretch. • Clemson has defeated some of the top coaches in college football history in bowl competition. Among the list of celebrated head coaches who have lost to Clemson in bowl games since the ACC was founded are Joe Paterno (#1-winningest coach in Division I on a total-victories basis), Barry Switzer (#4-winningest Division I coach on a winning-percentage basis), and Tom Osborne (#5-winningest Division I coach on a winning-percentage basis). Hall of Fame Head Coach Woody Hayes suffered his final defeat against the Tigers in 1978 in the Gator Bowl. Overall, Clemson has defeated nine head coaches in bowl games who are enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. • The 2009 Music City Bowl will be Clemson’s 21st bowl appearance since 1985, a tangible representation of the program’s consistency. That mark is tied for the ninth-most bowl appearances in the nation in the last 25 seasons. The Tigers have been to a bowl game 10 of the last 11 years and have been bowleligible 11 straight seasons.
Championship Tradition • The Tigers were named National Champions by every service in 1981, as they were the only school in the nation with a perfect record (12-0). The year included three wins over top-10 teams (Georgia, Nebraska, North Carolina), the only team in college football to beat three top-10 teams in 1981. It was just the second national title for an ACC school. • The 1981 team had five All-Americans on its roster, including first-team selections Jeff Davis, Terry Kinard, and Perry Tuttle. Thirty-one players on the 1981 squad were eventually drafted by the NFL and 22 players eventually played in the NFL. Twenty-
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three different players on the 1981 roster were FirstTeam All-ACC selections at one time during their careers. • Since the ACC was formed in 1953, Clemson has more overall wins (387) and ACC wins (233) than any other school. • Clemson has won 13 ACC titles (12 outright and one tied), still the all-time ACC record. • Clemson won its first ACC Atlantic Division title this year with a 6-2 league mark. • Clemson won the Southern Conference title in 1940 and 1948 along with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1900 and 1902, giving the program 17 conference crowns.
Coaching Success • Clemson has a legendary history when it comes to coaching. Three former Tiger mentors (John Heisman, Frank Howard, Jess Neely) are already in the College Football Hall of Fame. Howard was Clemson’s coach when the ACC was founded and promptly took the Tigers to six ACC titles. No coach had more league titles than Howard during his 30-year tenure at Clemson. He concluded his career with 165 victories, and his 30-year tenure still is third-longest in NCAA history for a coach serving at one school. • Danny Ford coached Clemson to the National Championship in 1981 and won six bowl games in his Clemson career, second on the all-time ACC coaching list. His 76-percent winning mark is also second-best in ACC history. He was the consensus national coach-of-the-year in 1981, and he remains the youngest coach (33) to win a national title. • Tommy Bowden continued the tradition of outstanding Tiger coaches by leading the team to bowl games each of his first five years, the only coach in Clemson history to do that. He was ACC Coach-of-the-Year twice. In 2003, he became the second Tiger coach to defeat three top-25 teams in the same year and the second to record at least two top-10 wins in one year. He led Clemson to eight consecutive winning seasons, the longest streak by one coach in school history and coached the Tigers in eight bowl games, tied for third-most in ACC history. • Dabo Swinney was named ACC Coach-of-the-Year by Sporting News in 2009 and is one of 10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual National Coach-of-the-Year award.
Conference Competitiveness • Clemson is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Year in and year out, the ACC is considered among the best of the BCS conferences. The league is competitive with 12 teams, eight of whom went to a bowl game in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, a record 10 teams were selected for bowl games. • Clemson has posted 10 straight winning seasons, a streak that dates to a 9-3 record in 2000. Clemson is one of just 14 schools nationally with a winning season in every year of the 2000s. • Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, and Miami (FL) are schools within the conference that have won a national title. • An ACC player was the top defensive player of the NFL draft in 2006 and 2007. Mario Williams (N.C. State) was the top selection among defensive players in 2006, while Clemson’s Gaines Adams was the first pick among defenders in 2007. 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Facts on Clemson Football • The ACC had 51 players chosen in the 2007 NFL draft, more than any other conference. That included 10 first-round selections, eight of which were defensive players. • For the fourth consecutive year, the ACC was a pacesetter at the NFL draft, as the league was the only conference in the nation to have four of its players drafted among the first nine picks of the 2009 draft. In all, the ACC had 33 players drafted in 2009, trailing only the SEC (37). Over the past four years, the ACC has had 158 players drafted, again second nationally only to the SEC (159). • The ACC had 22 former coaches and players participate in the 2009 Super Bowl between Pittsburgh and Arizona. The ACC and the Big Ten tied for the most representatives.
Exposure • Clemson is one of the most-televised teams in the nation every year. In 2009, 11 of Clemson’s 14 games will be on live television. Seven games were shown on ABC or on the ESPN family of networks. • Clemson’s 2009 senior class will have had 44 of their 53 games on live television, including 36 games on the ESPN family of networks. • Clemson has averaged nine televised games during the last 25 years. • Clemson’s 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl game against #21 Auburn had a 5.02 rating on ESPN, the highest rated of the 19 bowl games shown by ESPN during the postseason.
First-Round Draft Picks • Gaines Adams was the #4 overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Adams tied for the highest draft pick by a Tiger in history and the highest since 1939, when Banks McFadden was the #4 overall pick of the NFL draft by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Adams’ selection tied for the third-highest pick in any sport in Tiger history. • Clemson has had a top-32 selection in the NFL draft each of the last three years. Phillip Merling was the #32 overall pick in 2008 by the Miami Dolphins. Gaines Adams was the #4 overall pick of the NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007, and Tye Hill was the #15 overall pick of the Saint Louis Rams in 2006. Clemson was one of just three schools nationally to have a top-15 pick in both 2006 and 2007. • Gaines Adams was the third first-round draft selection under Tommy Bowden. The others were Rod Gardner (#15 in 2001 by the Redskins) and Tye Hill (#15 in 2006 by the Rams). All three earned their degrees from Clemson. Adams graduated in December of 2006. • Clemson had an ACC-record 10 players drafted in 1983. • Clemson has had 198 players drafted over the years, including four players from the 2008 team. Clemson was also among the top-15 teams in the nation in drafted players in April of 2007 when it had six selected.
Hall of Fame • Former Clemson consensus All-American and 1981 National Championship team captain Jeff Davis was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Davis is regarded as one of the great leaders of any team in Tiger athletics history. He had 175 tack2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
les on the 1981 team, leading the Tigers to a perfect 12-0 record. • Jeff Davis was the second member of Clemson’s National Championship team to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Terry Kinard was inducted in 2001 in New York City. Both Davis and Kinard are also members of the Clemson Ring of Honor. • Clemson had a special night in New York City on December 11, 2001. That evening, Terry Kinard was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and Kyle Young was a recipient of a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. Clemson was the only school in the nation with one of each in 2001. • Terry Kinard was the first Tiger football player to win a national individual award. He was named 1982 national defensive player-of-the-year by CBS. That year (his senior season), he was a unanimous firstteam All-American, the first unanimous All-American in Clemson football history. He was named to the ACC’s 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002, and he was also listed among the top-50 athletes in the history of the ACC, regardless of sport. • Three former Clemson coaches are in the College Football Hall of Fame. The list includes John Heisman (1900-03), Jess Neely (1931-39), and Frank Howard (1940-69). • Banks McFadden, Clemson’s greatest all-around athlete and an AP First-Team All-American in 1939, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.
NFL Influence • Twenty-one former Tigers have combined to win 29 Super Bowl Championship rings. Defensive tackle Nick Eason was added to the list in 2009 on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl Championship team. The leader is Jeff Bostic, who started on three Super Bowl Championship teams with the Washington Redskins. • Clemson has had an alum on a Super Bowl Championship team six of the last 11 years. Clemson was one of six schools to have a representative on each of the four teams involved in the conference championship games at the end of the 2005 season. • Trevor Pryce, an All-ACC player at Clemson during the 1996 season, has won two Super Bowl Championship rings and been a four-time Pro Bowl selection. He became the highest-paid defensive lineman in NFL history in 2001. He was one of eight former Clemson defensive linemen on NFL rosters in 2006 and finished the season with 13.5 sacks, among the top-five totals in the NFL. • Brian Dawkins is one of the stars of the NFL among defensive players. A 1996 Clemson graduate, Dawkins was an All-American on Clemson’s 1995 team when he finished the season 10th in the nation in interceptions. He became the first player in NFL history in 2002 to have a sack, interception, recovered fumble, and receiving touchdown in the same game. He has been named to the Pro Bowl seven times in the last 10 seasons, including the 2009 Pro Bowl. Dawkins has been named to the Pro Bowl more than any other former Tiger. He was named to the All-Decade team for the NFL by SI.com. • Levon Kirkland, now an administrator in the admissions office at Clemson, was named to the NFL AllDecade team (1990s) for his play with the Steelers.
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Poll Presence • The 2007 season marked the 23rd year that Clemson was ranked in the final top 25 of the AP poll. It was the second time in the last three years that Clemson was ranked in the final top 25 of both polls. The Tigers’ highest ranking is #1, a mark achieved on November 30, 1981 and in the final poll that season (January 4, 1982). • Clemson once had a streak of 46 consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll during the 1980s. • Clemson finished in the top 20 of all the final polls from 1986-91, a six-year streak. The Tigers had exactly two losses in each of those six seasons. • Clemson was ranked in the final top 20 of the AP poll six times in the 1980s. The Tigers were fifth in the nation in winning percentage during that decade. • Beating ranked opponents has been a hallmark of Clemson’s success. The Tigers have beaten an APranked opponent 20 of last 24 years, including 11 top-25 victories in the last seven years. • Clemson has five top-10 wins in the last seven years, including a victory over #3 Florida State in 2003, the highest-ranked team the Tigers have beaten in history. Clemson earned a victory at #9 Florida State in 2006, its first win in Tallahassee since 1989. Clemson won at #8 Miami (FL) this year, tied for the highestranked road win in school history.
Prominent Former Tigers • Dwight Clark was named NFL MVP in 1982. He was the recipient of “The Catch” for the San Francisco 49ers against the Dallas Cowboys in the 1981 NFC Championship game. • Charlie Waters was a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Cowboys. He played on two Super Bowl Championship teams before going on to a college coaching career at Oregon. • Charlie Waters and Jeff Bostic were both named to ESPN’s 40-Man Roster of Greatest Super Bowl players, released prior to Super Bowl XL. • The Perry brothers (William, Michael Dean) were starters on Clemson’s 1984 defense. Both were named to the ACC’s 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002. William played on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team as a freshman, then on the Super Bowl Champion Bears of 1985. Michael Dean played in six Pro Bowls with Cleveland and Denver, second-most among former Tigers. Both were named ACC Player-of-the-Year in their careers, William in 1984 and Michael Dean in 1987. They are the only brother combination in ACC history that can make that claim.
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Clemson’s Bowl History Clemson has a rich bowl tradition. The Tigers have 15 bowl wins, 18th-most in NCAA history. Their first bowl game was in the 1940 Cotton Bowl when the Tigers defeated Frank Leahy (Boston College) 6-3. With its 2009 Gator Bowl berth, the Tigers have played in a bowl game 20 of the last 24 years. That is among the top-10 bowl appearances since 1985. Clemson has beaten some of the top programs in college football history in bowl games. The list of schools Clemson has beaten in a bowl game includes prominent programs Colorado, Miami (FL), Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Stanford, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Clemson won its first three bowl games, wins over Boston College, Missouri, and Miami (FL). The three coaches Clemson beat in those games were Frank Leahy, Don Faurot, and Andy Gustafson, and all three are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Clemson has a football program that has been steady over the years in bowl games, no matter who has been head coach. No less than six different head coaches (Jess Neely, Frank Howard, Danny Ford, Ken Hatfield, Tommy West, Tommy Bowden) have all won bowl games for the Tigers. Overall, nine of Clemson’s 15 bowl wins have come against coaches who are in the College Football Hall of Fame, including 2007 inductee Joe Paterno of Penn State. Clemson has four bowl wins over coaches who are in the 200-victory club. Woody Hayes of Ohio State, Tom Osborne of Nebraska, Paterno and Nehlen are all coaches with at least 200 wins who lost bowl games to Clemson. Clemson has bowl wins over some of the greatest coaches in college football history: • Frank Leahy, the second-winningest coach in college
Consecutive Years Winning Bowl Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 8.
Team Florida State Boston College UCLA Georgia Tech Nebraska Alabama Southern California Clemson Penn State Marshall
Years 1985-95 2000-07 1982-88 1951-56 1970-75 1975-80 1975-80 1986-90 1979-83 1998-02
football history on a winning-percentage basis, when Clemson defeated Boston College in the 1940 Cotton Bowl. • Joe Paterno of Penn State, the winningest coach in Division I college football history on a total-wins basis, when Clemson defeated Penn State 35-10 in the 1988 Citrus Bowl. It is still the largest margin of defeat in a bowl game for Paterno, who is the winningest coach in college history in terms of victories in bowl games. • Woody Hayes of Ohio State, the ninth-winningest coach in college football history (Division I) on a totalvictories basis, when Clemson defeated the Buckeyes 17-15 in the 1978 Gator Bowl, Hayes’ last game as coach. • Barry Switzer of Oklahoma, the fourth-winningest coach in Division I college football history on a winning-percentage basis, when Clemson defeated Oklahoma in 1989 Citrus Bowl, Switzer’s final game as a college coach. • Tom Osborne of Nebraska, the seventh-winningest coach in college football (Division I) history on a totalwins basis, when Clemson beat the Cornhuskers in
Clemson’s Bowl Results (15-16) Year Bowl Site 1939 Cotton Dallas, TX 1948 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1950 Orange Miami, FL 1951 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1956 Orange Miami, FL 1958 Sugar New Orleans, LA 1959 Bluebonnet Houston, TX 1977 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1978 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1979 Peach Atlanta, GA 1981 Orange Miami, FL 1985 Independence Shreveport, LA 1986 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1987 Citrus Orlando, FL 1988 Citrus Orlando, FL 1989 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1990 Hall of Fame Tampa, FL 1991 Citrus Orlando, FL 1993 Peach Atlanta, GA 1995 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1996 Peach Atlanta, GA 1997 Peach Atlanta, GA 1999 Peach Atlanta, GA 2000 Gator Jacksonville, FL 2001 Humanitarian Boise, ID 2002 Tangerine Orlando, FL 2003 Peach Atlanta, GA 2005 Champs Sports Orlando, FL 2006 Music City Nashville, TN 2007 Chick-fil-A Atlanta, GA 2008 Gator Jacksonville, FL 2009 Music City Nashville, TN Note: Years are regular season, not necessarily rankings by AP,USA.
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Bowl Victories Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 15. 17. 18. 19. 21.
Team Alabama Southern California Penn State Georgia Tennessee Texas Oklahoma Nebraska Georgia Tech Florida State Louisiana State Mississippi Auburn Michigan Miami (FL) Ohio State Florida Clemson Notre Dame Washington Boston College Texas A&M UCLA West Virginia
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the 1981 Orange Bowl, which gave Clemson its only national title. • Don Nehlen of West Virginia, the 15th-winningest coach in Division I history when Clemson downed the Mountaineers 27-7 in the 1989 Gator Bowl. • Phillip Fulmer of Tennessee, who had over 150 career wins, when the Tigers defeated a #6 Tennessee team 27-14 in the 2004 Peach Bowl.
2009-10 ACC Bowl Schedule
Opponent (Rankings) W-L Score Boston College (11,NR) W 6-3 Missouri W 24-23 Miami (FL) (15,16) W 15-14 Miami (FL) L 0-14 Colorado (20,18) L 21-27 Louisiana State (1,1) L 0-7 Texas Christian (7,8) W 23-7 Pittsburgh (10,9) L 3-34 Ohio State (20,NR) W 17-15 Baylor (19,19) L 18-24 Nebraska (4,4) W 22-15 Minnesota L 13-20 Stanford (20,17) W 27-21 Penn State (20,19) W 35-10 Oklahoma (10,11) W 13-6 West Virginia (17,17) W 27-7 Illinois (16,17) W 30-0 California (14,14) L 13-37 Kentucky W 14-13 Syracuse L 0-41 Louisiana State (17,16) L 7-10 Auburn (13,13) L 17-21 Mississippi State (15,16) L 7-17 Virginia Tech (6,5) L 20-41 Louisiana Tech W 49-24 Texas Tech L 15-55 Tennessee (6,7) W 27-14 Colorado W 19-10 Kentucky L 20-28 Auburn (22,21) L 20-23 Nebraska L 21-26 Kentucky the calendar year the game was played;
Date Bowl Location 12-26 Meineke Car Care Charlotte, NC 12-26 Emerald San Francisco, CA 12-27 Music City Nashville, TN 12-29 Champs Sports Orlando, FL 12-31 Chick-fil-A Atlanta, GA 1-1 Gator Jacksonville, FL 1-5 Orange Miami Gardens, FL Note: All times are PM and EST.
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ACC Team North Carolina Boston College Clemson Miami (FL) Virginia Tech Florida State Georgia Tech
Opponent Pittsburgh Southern California Kentucky Wisconsin Tennessee West Virginia Iowa
Time 4:30 8:00 8:30 8:00 7:30 1:00 8:00
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# 61 76 65 70 55 78 74 64 72 73 86 83 82 21 85 11 3 28 8 23 5 30 87 81 6 26
Player CHRIS HAIRSTON Cory Lambert THOMAS AUSTIN Jamarcus Grant DALTON FREEMAN Ben Ramsey ANTOINE McCLAIN Wilson Norris LANDON WALKER David Smith MICHAEL PALMER Dwayne Allen Durrell Barry XAVIER DYE Brandon Clear KYLE PARKER Willy Korn C.J. SPILLER Jamie Harper Andre Ellington RENDRICK TAYLOR Chad Diehl TERRANCE ASHE Jaron Brown JACOBY FORD Marquan Jones
Pos. DE NG DT BE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB
# 93 97 99 8 98 89 94 7 40 24 44 20 48 33 46 38 15 29 2 27 12 31 18 36
Player Da’QUAN BOWERS Malliciah Goodman JARVIS JENKINS Jamie Cumbie BRANDON THOMPSON Miguel Chavis Rennie Moore RICKY SAPP Andre Branch KEVIN ALEXANDER Scotty Cooper BRANDON MAYE Jeremy Campbell KAVELL CONNER Jonathan Willard CHRIS CHANCELLOR Coty Sensabaugh Xavier Brewer DeANDRE McDANIEL Sadat Chambers MARCUS GILCHRIST Rashard Hall CREZDON BUTLER Byron Maxwell
Pos. PK P KO LS H PR & KOR
# 19 13 96 19 13 71 16 28 6 28 6
Player RICHARD JACKSON Spencer Benton DAWSON ZIMMERMAN Richard Jackson Spencer Benton Matt Skinner Michael Wade C.J. Spiller Jacoby Ford C.J. Spiller Jacoby Ford
Hgt 6-7 6-6 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-0
Wgt 325 300 310 320 280 280 320 310 305 290 260 255 250 210 210 200 215 195 230 180 265 255 190 195 185 195
Cl. *Jr. *Sr. *Gr. *Sr. *Fr. *Jr. So. *So. *So. *So. Sr. *Fr. *Gr. Jr. *So. *Fr. *So. Sr. So. *Fr. *Sr. *So. *Jr. *Fr. Sr. So.
Wgt 280 265 310 290 305 285 265 240 265 265 220 230 225 235 215 170 180 180 210 195 190 195 185 200
Cl. So. Fr. Jr. *Jr. So. Jr. *So. Sr. *So. Sr. Jr. *So. Sr. *Sr. *Fr. *Gr. *So. *Fr. Jr. *Gr. Jr. *Fr. Sr. *Jr.
Wgt 195 190 200 195 190 225 210 195 185 195 185
Cl. *Jr. *Fr. So. *Jr. *Fr. *Fr. *Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.
Clemson Defense Hgt 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-1
Clemson Specialists Hgt 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-7 6-2 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-10
* - spent one season as a red-shirt player
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Pos. LT LG C RG RT TE or WR QB or TB FB WR
# 72 52 78 74 58 61 69 70 67 64 75 76 59 80 86 40 42 8 85 16 12 5 1 20 29 30 26 38 47 43 41 18 81 3 13
Player ZIPP DUNCAN Billy Joe Murphy CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Trevino Woods Sean Stackhouse JORGE GONZALEZ Matt Smith STUART HINES Larry Warford Osaze Idumwonyi BRAD DURHAM Justin Jeffries Dave Ulinski T.C. DRAKE ROSS BOGUE Maurice Grinter Nick Melillo CHRIS MATTHEWS Gene McCaskill La’Rod King MORGAN NEWTON MIKE HARTLINE Will Fidler DERRICK LOCKE Alfonso Smith Moncell Allen CoShik Williams JOHN CONNER A.J. Nance Stephen Ball Brian Murphy RANDALL COBB Kyrus Lanxter Matt Roark Eric Adeyemi
Pos. DE DT DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB
# 94 66 53 98 68 91 92 55 96 62 57 48 4 46 43 22 39 54 34 15 40 33 10 11 21 27 6 32 24 35 14
Player TAYLOR WYNDHAM Chandler Burden RICKY LUMPKIN Mark Crawford Luke McDermott COREY PETERS Shane McCord DeQUIN EVANS Collins Ukwu Greg Meisner JACOB DUFRENE Ridge Wilson MICAH JOHNSON Ronnie Sneed Mikhail Mabry DANNY TREVATHAN William Johnson Brandon Thurmond PAUL WARFORD Martavius Neloms Daryl Faulkner CALVIN HARRISON Matt Lentz Greg Wilson WINSTON GUY Ashton Cobb Taiedo Smith TREVARD LINDLEY Randall Burden Cartier Rice Anthony Mosley
Pos. PK P KO LS H PR or KOR
# 36 9 9 36 93 36 65 59 18 15 18 85 20 18 21 29
Player LONES SEIBER Ryan Tydlacka RYAN TYDLACKA Lones Seiber Craig McIntosh Lones Seiber J.J. Helton Jon Thomas Randall Cobb Tyler Sargent Randall Cobb Gene McCaskill Derrick Locke Randall Cobb Winston Guy Alfonso Smith
Hgt 6-5 6-6 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-4 5-9 6-1 5-7 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-0
Kentucky Defense
Hgt 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-0
Kentucky Specialists
Hgt 5-9 6-1 6-1 5-9 6-0 5-9 6-3 5-10 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-1
Wgt 291 298 330 274 266 300 280 295 349 291 310 320 305 242 244 253 225 210 182 190 217 206 229 190 208 225 180 240 256 229 216 188 205 209 170
Cl. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. So.
Wgt 230 296 294 297 260 295 282 260 251 238 220 207 258 230 248 220 205 226 200 180 181 211 218 209 208 215 185 179 170 185 170
Cl. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Fr. So.
Wgt 190 202 202 190 189 190 226 225 188 208 188 182 190 188 208 208
Cl. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. Jr. So. So. Sr.
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Veteran Roster Numerical # Player Pos. 2 DeAndre McDaniel S 3 Willy Korn QB 5 Rendrick Taylor FB 6 Jacoby Ford WR 7 Ricky Sapp DE 8 Jamie Cumbie DT 8 Jamie Harper RB 9 Spencer Adams S 11 Kyle Parker QB 12 Marcus Gilchrist DB 13 Spencer Benton PK 15 Coty Sensabaugh CB 16 Michael Wade QB 18 Crezdon Butler CB 19 Richard Jackson PK/P 20 Brandon Maye LB 21 Xavier Dye WR 22 Jonathan Meeks S 23 Andre Ellington RB 24 Kevin Alexander DE/LB 26 Marquan Jones WR 27 Sadat Chambers S 28 C.J. Spiller RB 29 Xavier Brewer CB 30 Chad Diehl FB 31 Rashard Hall S 32 Carlton Lewis S 33 Kavell Conner LB 34 Tarik Rollins LB 36 Byron Maxwell CB 37 Kantrell Brown S 37 Ronald Watson RB 38 Chris Chancellor CB 40 Andre Branch DE 41 Daniel Andrews LB 42 Byron Clear DE 44 Scotty Cooper LB 45 Corico Hawkins LB 46 Jonathan Willard LB 48 Jeremy Campbell LB 50 John Wright DT 54 Matt Sanders OG 55 Dalton Freeman C 58 Caleb Simmons OL 61 Chris Hairston OT 62 Mason Cloy OL 64 Wilson Norris OG 65 Thomas Austin OG 70 Jamarcus Grant OL 71 Matt Skinner LS 72 Landon Walker OT 73 David Smith OL 74 Antoine McClain OG 76 Cory Lambert OT 78 Ben Ramsey OL 79 Phillip Price OT 79 Chris Richardson DE 80 Brandon Ford WR 81 Jaron Brown WR 82 Durrell Barry TE 83 Dwayne Allen TE 85 Brandon Clear WR 86 Michael Palmer TE 87 Terrance Ashe WR 88 Kyle Johnson WR 89 Miguel Chavis DT 92 Kasey Nobles TE 93 Da’Quan Bowers DE 94 Rennie Moore DT 95 Drew Traylor TE 96 Dawson Zimmerman P 97 Malliciah Goodman DE 98 Brandon Thompson DT 99 Jarvis Jenkins DT * - spent one season as a red-shirt player
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Hgt. 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-5 6-7 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-4 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-10 6-5 5-11 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-0 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-7 6-6 6-5 6-6 6-6 6-4 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4
Wgt. 210 215 265 185 240 290 230 185 200 190 190 180 210 185 195 230 210 205 180 265 195 195 195 180 255 195 205 235 210 200 190 195 170 265 200 235 220 230 215 225 250 315 280 255 325 310 310 310 320 225 305 290 320 300 280 265 235 210 195 250 255 210 260 190 205 285 240 280 265 245 200 265 305 310
Cl. Jr. *So. *Sr. Sr. Sr. *Jr. So. *Fr. *Fr. Jr. *Fr. *So. *Jr. Sr. *Jr. *So. Jr. Fr. *Fr. Sr. So. *Gr. Sr. *Fr. *So. *Fr. *Fr. *Sr. *Fr. *Jr. *So. *Sr. *Gr. *So. So. *So. Jr. Fr. *Fr. Sr. *Jr. *Fr. *Fr. *So. *Jr. *So. *So. *Gr. *Sr. *Fr. *So. *So. So. *Sr. *Jr. *So. *So. *Fr. *Fr. *Gr. *Fr. *So. Sr. *Jr. *Gr. Jr. *Jr. So. *So. *So. So. Fr. So. Jr.
Exp. 2VL 1VL 3VL 3VL 3VL 2VL 1VL RS RS 2VL RS 1VL 2VL 3VL SQ 1VL 2VL HS RS 3VL 1VL 3VL 3VL RS 1VL RS RS 3VL RS 2VL 1VL SQ 3VL 1VL 1VL 1VL 2VL HS RS 3VL SQ RS RS SQ 2VL 1VL 1VL 3VL 3VL RS 1VL 1VL 1VL 3VL 2VL SQ SQ RS RS 3VL RS 1VL 3VL 2VL 1VL 2VL 1VL 1VL 1VL SQ 1VL HS 1VL 2VL
Alphabetical Hometown Tallahassee, FL Lyman, SC Clio, SC Royal Palm Beach, FL Bamberg, SC Morris, IL Jacksonville, FL Charlotte, NC Jacksonville, FL High Point, NC Myrtle Beach, SC Kingsport, TN Greer, SC Asheville, NC Greer, SC Mobile, AL Greenwood, SC Rock Hill, SC Moncks Corner, SC Raiford, FL Columbia, SC Pageland, SC Lake Butler, FL Jacksonville, FL Lyman, SC Saint Augustine, FL Saint Augustine, FL Richmond, VA Hollywood, FL North Charleston, SC Saint Matthews, SC Mauldin, SC Miami, FL Richmond, VA Jacksonville, FL Hoover, AL Lake City, SC Milledgeville, GA Loris, SC Port Orange, FL Anderson, SC Crestview, FL Pelion, SC Lake City, SC Winston-Salem, NC Columbia, SC Pickens, SC Camden, SC Mullins, SC Jacksonville, FL North Wilkesboro, NC Greenville, SC Anniston, AL Greenville, SC Greensboro, NC Dillon, SC Lithia Springs, GA Wando, SC Cheraw, SC North Charleston, SC Fayetteville, NC Hoover, AL Stone Mountain, GA Cheraw, SC Charlotte, NC Fayetteville, NC Lake Butler, FL Bamberg, SC Saint Marys, GA Birmingham, AL Lawrenceville, GA Florence, SC Thomasville, GA Clemson, SC
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High School or Junior College Amos P. Godby HS James F. Byrnes HS Marlboro County HS Cardinal Newman HS Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS Morris HS Trinity Christian Academy David W. Butler HS Bartram Trail HS T. Wingate Andrews HS Myrtle Beach HS Dobyns-Bennett HS Riverside HS Asheville HS Riverside HS Davidson HS James F. Byrnes HS Rock Hill HS Berkeley HS Union County HS Blythewood HS Central HS Union County HS Bartram Trail HS James F. Byrnes HS Saint Augustine HS Saint Augustine HS Manchester HS Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory Fort Dorchester HS Calhoun County HS South Florence HS Miami Edison Senior HS Varina HS Trinity Christian Academy Hoover HS Lake City HS Baldwin HS Loris HS Spruce Creek HS T.L. Hanna HS Crestview Senior HS Pelion HS Lake City HS Carver HS Spring Valley HS Pickens HS Camden HS Mullins HS Bolles School East Wilkes HS Greenville HS Anniston HS Greenville HS Grimsley HS Dillon Christian School Lithia Springs HS Hanahan HS Cheraw HS Fort Dorchester HS Terry Sanford HS Hoover HS Parkview HS Cheraw HS Hopewell HS Terry Sanford HS Union County HS Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS Camden County HS Mountain Brook HS Brookwood HS West Florence HS Thomasville HS D.W. Daniel HS
# 9 24 83 41 87 65 82 13 93 40 29 81 37 18 48 27 38 89 85 42 62 33 44 8 30 21 23 80 6 55 12 97 70 61 31 8 45 19 99 88 26 3 76 32 36 20 74 2 22 94 92 64 86 11 79 78 79 34 54 7 15 58 71 73 28 5 98 95 16 72 37 46 50 96
Player Spencer Adams Kevin Alexander Dwayne Allen Daniel Andrews Terrance Ashe Thomas Austin Durrell Barry Spencer Benton Da’Quan Bowers Andre Branch Xavier Brewer Jaron Brown Kantrell Brown Crezdon Butler Jeremy Campbell Sadat Chambers Chris Chancellor Miguel Chavis Brandon Clear Byron Clear Mason Cloy Kavell Conner Scotty Cooper Jamie Cumbie Chad Diehl Xavier Dye Andre Ellington Brandon Ford Jacoby Ford Dalton Freeman Marcus Gilchrist Malliciah Goodman Jamarcus Grant Chris Hairston Rashard Hall Jamie Harper Corico Hawkins Richard Jackson Jarvis Jenkins Kyle Johnson Marquan Jones Willy Korn Cory Lambert Carlton Lewis Byron Maxwell Brandon Maye Antoine McClain DeAndre McDaniel Jonathan Meeks Rennie Moore Kasey Nobles Wilson Norris Michael Palmer Kyle Parker Phillip Price Ben Ramsey Chris Richardson Tarik Rollins Matt Sanders Ricky Sapp Coty Sensabaugh Caleb Simmons Matt Skinner David Smith C.J. Spiller Rendrick Taylor Brandon Thompson Drew Traylor Michael Wade Landon Walker Ronald Watson Jonathan Willard John Wright Dawson Zimmerman
Pos. S DE/LB TE LB WR OG TE PK DE DE CB WR S CB LB S CB DT WR DE OL LB LB DT FB WR RB WR WR C DB DE OL OT S RB LB PK/P DT WR WR QB OT S CB LB OG S S DT TE OG TE QB OT OL DE LB OG DE CB OL LS OL RB FB DT TE QB OT RB LB DT P
Cl. *Fr. Sr. *Fr. So. *Jr. *Gr. *Gr. *Fr. So. *So. *Fr. *Fr. *So. Sr. Sr. *Gr. *Gr. Jr. *So. *So. *So. *Sr. Jr. *Jr. *So. Jr. *Fr. *Fr. Sr. *Fr. Jr. Fr. *Sr. *Jr. *Fr. So. Fr. *Jr. Jr. *Gr. So. *So. *Sr. *Fr. *Jr. *So. So. Jr. Fr. *So. *Jr. *So. Sr. *Fr. *So. *Jr. *So. *Fr. *Fr. Sr. *So. *So. *Fr. *So. Sr. *Sr. So. *So. *Jr. *So. *Sr. *Fr. *Jr. So.
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Veteran Reserves Numerical # Player Pos. 13 Robbie Anthony WR 14 Donny McElveen QB 17 Taylor Ogle QB 19 Brandon Winn WR 25 Jeremiah Dorest CB 25 Matt Miller WR 29 Mansa Joseph CB 30 Shawn Leonard-Horwith CB 32 Isaac Harris LB 35 Evin Tilson PK 39 Chandler Catanzaro PK 45 Daniel Barnes RB 46 Steven Demaras LB 47 Will Harrison WR 51 Brock Henderson LB 52 Phillip Fajgenbaum LS 53 Sam Van Gieson LS 54 Taylor Harris LB 56 Amsey Miller OT 57 Matthew Bell S 59 Cody Queen LB 60 Tyler Felt OG 67 Tyler Fowler OT 84 George Rabon TE 88 Conner Webb WR 90 Matt Lincoff P 91 Jess Bowers DL * - spent one season as a red-shirt player
Hgt. 5-11 6-2 6-5 6-1 5-7 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-3 6-1 6-4
Wgt. 185 190 190 185 145 170 205 200 215 160 180 195 215 190 215 215 185 220 315 180 190 245 335 210 190 200 260
Cl. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. *So. *So. *Jr. So. Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Fr. *Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Fr. *So. *So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. *So. Jr. *Sr.
Exp. HS HS HS HS HS HS SQ SQ JC HS HS RS HS SQ SQ HS SQ SQ HS HS HS HS HS HS SQ JC SQ
Alphabetical Hometown Orlando, FL Summerville, SC Gatlinburg, TN Anderson, SC Charlotte, NC Charlotte, NC Salters, SC La Crescenta, CA Leesville, SC Matthews, NC Greenville, SC Charleston, WV Westford, MA Marietta, GA Greenville, SC Raleigh, NC Greer, SC Simpsonville, SC Greenwood, SC Georgetown, TX Anderson, SC Greenville, SC Canon, GA Aiken, SC Oklahoma City, OK Salem, MA Mountain Rest, SC
High School or Junior College Bishop Moore Catholic HS Summerville HS Gatlinburg-Pittman HS T.L. Hanna HS West Charlotte HS Charlotte Christian School C.E. Murray HS Crescenta Valley HS North Dakota State College of Science Providence Day School Christ Church Episcopal School George Washington School Westford Academy Walton HS Wade Hampton HS Ravenscroft School Riverside HS Mauldin HS Greenwood HS Georgetown HS Westside HS J.L. Mann HS Franklin County HS South Aiken HS Heritage Hall HS Dean College Walhalla HS
# 13 45 57 91 39 46 25 52 60 67 32 54 47 51 29 30 90 14 56 25 17 59 84 35 53 88 19
Player Robbie Anthony Daniel Barnes Matthew Bell Jess Bowers Chandler Catanzaro Steven Demaras Jeremiah Dorest Phillip Fajgenbaum Tyler Felt Tyler Fowler Isaac Harris Taylor Harris Will Harrison Brock Henderson Mansa Joseph Shawn Leonard-Horwith Matt Lincoff Donny McElveen Amsey Miller Matt Miller Taylor Ogle Cody Queen George Rabon Evin Tilson Sam Van Gieson Conner Webb Brandon Winn
Pos. WR RB S DL PK LB CB LS OG OT LB LB WR LB S CB P QB OT WR QB LB TE PK LS WR WR
Cl. Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Sr. Fr. *Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. *So. *Fr. *Jr. *So. *Jr. Jr. Fr. *So. *So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. *Fr. *So. Fr.
2009 Clemson Red-Shirts Numerical # 7 10 25 43 47 49 63 77 84 90
Player Bryce McNeal Tajh Boyd Roderick McDowell Tyler Shatley Spencer Shuey Quandon Christian Brandon Thomas J.K. Jay Darrell Smith Kourtnei Brown
Pos. WR QB RB DT LB LB OT OT DE DE
Hgt. 6-1 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-5
Wgt. 170 225 180 280 240 210 295 295 230 240
Cl. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.
Exp. HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS HS 2VL
Alphabetical Hometown Minneapolis, MN Hampton, VA Sumter, SC Icard, NC Charlotte, NC Lake View, SC Spartanburg, SC Greenville, SC Gadsden, AL Charlotte, NC
High School or Junior College Breck HS Phoebus HS Sumter HS East Burke HS South Mecklenburg HS Lake View HS Dorman HS Christ Church Episcopal School Gadsden City HS Victory Christian Center School
# 10 90 49 77 25 7 43 47 84 63
Player Tajh Boyd Kourtnei Brown Quandon Christian J.K. Jay Roderick McDowell Bryce McNeal Tyler Shatley Spencer Shuey Darrell Smith Brandon Thomas
Pos. QB DE LB OT RB WR DT LB DE OT
Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
2009 Coaches & Pronunciations Coaches
Pronunciations
Coach Title(s) Position(s) CU Years Alma Mater Dabo Swinney Head Coach *7th Alabama ‘93 Brad Scott Associate Head Coach Offensive Guards & Centers 11th South Florida ‘79 Kevin Steele Assistant Coach, Defensive Coordinator Linebackers 1st Tennessee ‘81 Charlie Harbison Assistant Coach, Co-Defensive Coordinator Defensive Backs ^5th Gardner-Webb ‘95 Billy Napier Assistant Coach, Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks 4th Furman ‘03 Danny Pearman Assistant Head Coach Offensive Tackles & Tight Ends 2nd Clemson ‘87 Dan Brooks Assistant Coach Defensive Tackles 1st Western Carolina ‘76 André Powell Assistant Coach, Special Teams Coordinator Running Backs 3rd Indiana ‘89 Chris Rumph Assistant Coach Defensive Ends 4th South Carolina ‘94 Jeff Scott Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator Wide Receivers 2nd Clemson ‘03 * - includes over five seasons as an assistant coach from 2003-08; ^ - includes three seasons as an assistant coach from 1995-97 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
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# 93 81 18 49 29 52 34 84 53
Player/Coach Pronunciation Da’Quan Bowers DAY-kwahn Jaron Brown juh-RAHN Crezdon Butler KREHZ-duhn Quandon Christian KWAHN-duhn Mansa Joseph MAN-suh Billy Napier NAY-pee-uhr Phillip Fajgenbaum FAY-gehn-bahm Tarik Rollins TAHR-ihk Darrell Smith DAYR-uhl Dabo Swinney DA-boh SWEE-nee Sam Van Gieson VAN GEE-suhn 32 Bowl Appearances
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Bowl Notes Tigers to Play Kentucky in Music City Bowl Clemson will meet Kentucky in the 12th-annual Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl on Sunday, December 27 at Nashville, TN. The game will be played at LP Field, home of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans at 8:32 PM EST. The Tigers and Wildcats met in the same bowl game in 2006, and the Wildcats came away with a 2820 victory. This will be the third meeting between the two teams in a bowl game. The Tigers won the first contest by a score of 14-13 in the 1993 Peach Bowl. Overall, Kentucky has an 8-4 lead in the series that dates to 1925 when Kentucky won in Lexington by a score of 19-6. Clemson’s biggest win in the series might have been in 1981 when the Tigers were victorious 21-3 in Lexington. It was Clemson’s fourth straight win on the way to the national title that year. The Wildcats, who are 7-5 overall and 3-5 in the SEC, are making their fourth Bowl appearance in Nashville. Head Coach Rich Brooks’ team is led on offense by all-purpose performers Randall Cobb and Derrick Locke. Cobb, who plays wideout and quarterback, finished the regular season second in the SEC in touchdowns, third in all-purpose yards per game, and third in punt return average. Locke leads the team in rushing and is second in the SEC in all-purpose yards. It has been a year of milestone victories for the Wildcats, as they won at Auburn for the first time since 1961 and at Georgia for the first time since 1977. Clemson won the ACC Atlantic Division title with a 6-2 conference mark, including wins over #8 Miami (FL) and Florida State for the first time in the same season. The Tigers are 8-5 overall after suffering a 39-34 ACC Championship game loss to #12 Georgia Tech on December 5. It was Clemson’s third loss this year by five points or less to a team ranked in the current top 10 of the AP poll. The Tigers are led by C.J. Spiller, the ACC Player-ofthe-Year. The senior had 20 carries for 233 yards and four touchdowns in the ACC title game. He was named the game’s MVP. It is believed to be the first time in any conference championship game that someone on the losing team was named MVP. Spiller is the only player in the FBS to score at least one touchdown in every game this year. The consensus first-team All-American enters the bowl season with 7,416 all-purpose yards in his career, third-most in NCAA history. He needs 349 yards to become the all-time NCAA leader. He has 50 touchdowns in his career, second only among active players behind the 56 accumulated by Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Kyle Parker has guided the Tigers to eight wins this year as the starter, tied for the most among freshman quarterbacks nationally. He has set school freshman records for touchdown passes, yards, and completions. His favorite target is Second-Team All-ACC wide receiver Jacoby Ford, who has 53 catches, while FirstTeam All-ACC tight end Michael Palmer has 41 catches, a Tiger record for a tight end. Clemson is led on defense by safety DeAndre McDaniel, who is tied for second in the nation in interceptions (8). That is tied for the Clemson single-season record. Freshman Rashard Hall has six picks, among the top 15 figures in the nation as well. Defensive end Ricky Sapp is a Second-Team All-ACC player and is fourth in the ACC in tackles for loss (15). Clemson’s special teams are led by Spiller, who is fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards and fourth in kickoff return average. He established the NCAA
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record for career kickoff returns for touchdowns (7), including four this year, tied for most in the nation. He has as many kickoff returns for touchdowns as the other 11 ACC teams combined. Richard Jackson is the only player in the nation to make six field goals in one game this year. Clemson vs. Kentucky Series Kentucky holds an 8-4 advantage in the series with Clemson. This will be the third bowl game between the two teams. Clemson won the 1993 Peach Bowl in Atlanta, GA by a score of 14-13, while Kentucky won the 2006 Music City Bowl in Nashville by a score of 2820. The last meeting in the regular season took place in 1985, when Kentucky won in Lexington 26-7. The first meeting took place in 1925, as the Wildcats won in Lexington 19-6. The first six games of the series were played in Lexington and Kentucky won five of the six. The greatest upset in the series took place in 1929, when Kentucky defeated a 6-0 Tiger squad by a score of 44-6 in Lexington. The two teams played in the 1971 season-opener at Clemson. Kentucky won that game 13-10 after Doug Kotar took the opening kickoff of the season 98 yards for a score. The only other time that has happened in a Clemson season took place this year when C.J. Spiller sprinted 96 yards for a touchdown on the opening kickoff of the year against Middle Tennessee. Clemson defeated Kentucky in 1982 at Clemson by a score of 24-6 and in 1981, Clemson’s National Championship season, by a 21-3 score. Cliff Austin scored three touchdowns and rushed for 116 yards to pace the offense to the 1982 win. Mike Eppley made his first career start and completed 9-13 passes for 95 yards. Kentucky stymied the Tiger offense during the first half in 1981 and led 3-0 at halftime. But the Tigers stormed back for 21 second-half points behind touchdowns by Kevin Mack, Homer Jordan, and Chuck McSwain. Clemson held Kentucky to 97 second-half yards. The Tigers improved their record to 4-0 with the win and moved into the top 10 in the polls for the first time since 1959. In the 1985 game, Clemson committed seven turnovers, four fumbles and three interceptions. It tied as the most turnovers by a Danny Ford coached Tiger team in his 11 years as head coach. The Tigers gained just 230 yards of offense that October night in Lexington, while Kentucky had 309 yards. Reserve quarterback Kevin Dooley hit 15-23 passes for 142 yards and a touchdown to pace the Wildcat offense, while Joe Worley made four field goals. Brian Williams returned a punt 57 yards for a score for Kentucky as well. Ray Williams provided the only spark for Clemson on offense with a 25-yard run for a third-quarter score. Randy Anderson and Rodney Williams, Clemson’s young quarterbacks, hit just 10-24 passes for 92 yards. Clemson dropped to 1-3 with the loss and Ford moved Williams, a freshman, into the starting lineup the next week against Virginia. Williams went on to win 32 games as a starting quarterback, most in Tiger history.
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Clemson vs. Kentucky Series Year CU KEN Rank Site W-L 1925 0-2 1-1 A L 1929 6-0 4-0 A L 1934 1-2 2-1 A L 1936 5-3 5-3 A L 1938 5-1-1 2-5 A W 1952 2-4-1 4-3-1 A L 1971 0-0 0-0 H L 1981 3-0 1-2 14/NR A W 1982 1-1-1 0-2-1 H W 1985 1-2 2-1 A L 1993 8-3 6-5 23/NR N1 W 2006 8-4 7-5 N2 L Totals 4-8 N1 - Atlanta, GA; N2 - Nashville, TN
CU KEN 6 19 6 44 0 7 6 7 14 0 14 27 10 13 21 3 24 6 24 6 14 13 20 28 142 193
Last Meeting vs. Kentucky Andre’ Woodson passed for 299 yards and three touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 28-20 victory over Clemson in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl at LP Field in Nashville, TN on December 29. It was the Tigers’ first-ever appearance in the Music City Bowl. Kentucky held a 7-6 lead late in the second quarter until it scored on a 70-yard pass play after a fake punt in its own territory. Then the Wildcats took a 28-6 lead in the fourth quarter and held on for the win in front of a partisan Kentucky crowd. The Wildcats totaled 409 yards, including 309 passing yards. Woodson was 20-28 and did not throw an interception. Rafael Little, a native of Anderson, SC, rushed for a game-high 54 yards on 17 carries. Clemson had 402 yards of offense, but committed four turnovers that resulted in 14 points. James Davis rushed for 53 yards on eight carries, as Clemson totaled 130 yards on the ground on 25 carries. Will Proctor was 23-39 for 272 yards and three touchdowns. Aaron Kelly had a game-high six receptions for 66 yards and a touchdown, Chansi Stuckey caught five balls for 93 yards, and Tyler Grisham added five catches for 49 yards and a touchdown. Kentucky took the opening drive 62 yards in 12 plays to take a 7-0 lead. Woodson connected with Jacob Tamme for 21 yards on third-and-17 to move the ball into Tiger territory. Little later carried for nine yards to the Tiger one. Two plays later, Micah Johnson scored on a one-yard plunge. Clemson responded with a long drive, but came away with no points. Proctor found Stuckey over the middle for 36 yards, as Roger Williams made a touchdown-saving tackle. Davis later rushed for 21 yards, but Clemson netted just two yards on the next three plays. Then, Jad Dean missed a 38-yard field-goal attempt wide-right. After a short punt, Clemson took over on its next drive in Wildcat territory. Proctor hit Kelly for 20 yards, then Spiller rushed for 19 yards combined on the next two plays. But the drive stalled again. For the first and only time in his 29 career field-goal attempts under 30 yards, Dean missed from 28 yards, leaving the Wildcats ahead 7-0. Clemson got the ball back after Gaines Adams tied the school record with his 28th career sack. But on the first play of the drive, Davis fumbled in Wildcat territory. Grisham gave the ball back to the Tigers in Wildcat territory when he blocked a punt, the first and only blocked kick or punt by Clemson in 2006. Two plays after a 15-yard reverse by Jacoby Ford, Proctor found Durrell Barry open over the middle for a 32-yard 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Bowl Notes touchdown reception, the first of Barry’s career. Head Coach Tommy Bowden elected to send out walk-on John Early for the extra point, who was making his first-ever appearance as a Tiger. His kicked was wideleft, keeping Kentucky ahead 7-6. The two teams traded turnovers in Kentucky territory during the game’s next four possessions, as Clemson wasted opportunities to take the lead. As Clemson was in the process of holding Kentucky’s offense under 10 yards for the sixth straight drive, the Wildcats gambled with a fake punt. Punter Tim Masthay completed a 10-yard pass on fourth-andfour from the Kentucky 20. On the next play, the Tiger defense bit on the run and Woodson lofted a 70-yard touchdown pass to DeMoreo Ford. On Kentucky’s next drive, Woodson completed a 51-yard pass to Steve Johnson on third-and-10. But Clemson escaped further damage when Lones Seiber just missed wide-right on a 36-yard field-goal attempt on the last play of the second quarter. Clemson started the third quarter with a promising drive into Kentucky territory, but Wesley Woodyard forced a Proctor fumble, and Paul Warford recovered. Kentucky took a 21-6 lead on a 24-yard throwback pass from Woodson to Dicky Lyons, culminating the six-play, 67-yard drive. Early in the fourth quarter, Little returned a punt 46 yards to the Tiger 28. Four plays later, Woodson scrambled and found Tamme open for a 13-yard touchdown pass, giving the Wildcats a 28-6 lead. Clemson responded with a 78-yard drive to cut into the Wildcat lead. Pass plays of 19 yards to Grisham and 19 yards to Stuckey helped set up a first-and-goal. Facing fourth down from the 17, Grisham hauled in a touchdown pass from Proctor in the back of the endzone. The two-point try failed, leaving Kentucky up 28-12 with 7:25 remaining. Clemson took over on downs with 3:17 left and drove 74 yards on eight plays. Stuckey’s 28-yard catch moved the ball into Wildcat territory. Proctor then lofted a pass to Kelly, and the 6’5” wideout came down with the touchdown catch. Proctor connected with Michael Palmer on the two-point play, cutting Kentucky’s lead to 28-20 with 44 seconds left. Early’s on-side kick rolled free in Wildcat territory, but Kentucky recovered and ran out the clock for the victory. Michael Hamlin had a team-high 15 tackles. Dorell Scott added nine stops and a sack, and Nick Watkins had eight tackles. Adams totaled six tackles and two sacks in his last collegiate game as well. 14 Current Tigers Faced Kentucky in 2006 Fourteen current Tigers saw action against Kentucky in the 2006 Music City Bowl. The list includes Durrell Barry (TE), Chris Chancellor (CB), and Michael Palmer (TE) who all started. The other 11 players on the current roster who played in that game are Kevin Alexander, Thomas Austin, Crezdon Butler, Jeremy Campbell, Sadat Chambers, Kavell Conner, Jacoby Ford, Cory Lambert, Ricky Sapp, C.J. Spiller, and Rendrick Taylor. Barry caught a 32-yard touchdown pass in that game, one of just two touchdown catches in his career. Ford had one catch for eight yards and a carry for 15 yards. Palmer had one catch for two yards along with a two-point conversion catch. Spiller had five carries for 24 yards and three kickoff returns for 48 yards. Chan2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
cellor had three tackles, while Conner and Sapp had one tackle apiece. 1993 Peach Bowl Meeting A tandem of running backs who hailed from Pensacola, FL led the Clemson rushing attack in the 14-13 victory over Kentucky in the 1993 Peach Bowl. Starting tailback Rodney Blunt rushed for a season-high 58 yards on 15 carries to lead the team. But it was freshman Emory Smith who was named the Tigers’ Offensive MVP, as he rushed for 45 yards from his fullback position, including a two-yard touchdown run. After taking over at its own two, quarterback Dexter McCleon engineered a 98-yard scoring drive that culminated in a one-yard run by Smith. The Wildcats drove back down the field on their next possession, this time reaching the Clemson one again, where they decided to go for it on fourth down. The Tiger defense held once again, as defensive tackle Brentson Buckner stopped the ballcarrier for no gain. Buckner was named Defensive MVP after tallying 12 tackles, including three tackles for loss. The Tigers were forced to punt after taking over at the one and Kentucky got on the scoreboard with a 17-yard field goal by Nicky Nickles. The score heading into the half stood at 7-3. Neither squad scored in the third quarter, but barely into the fourth quarter, Kentucky took the lead. After an interception, the Wildcats upped their lead to 13-7 on a 43-yard scoring drive, culminating in another field goal. With time running down in the fourth quarter, quarterback Patrick Sapp came off the bench. The two teams exchanged punts before the Tigers got the ball at their own 18 with 3:50 left. On the first play of the drive, Sapp threw a screen pass to Smith, who rambled 57 yards. With under a minute left, Kentucky linebacker Marty Moore intercepted Sapp’s pass. But on the return, Stacy Seegars jarred the ball loose and Brent LeJeune recovered for Clemson. With 20 seconds left, Sapp connected with Terry Smith on a 21-yard touchdown pass and Nelson Welch kicked the PAT for the win. Terry Smith finished with four receptions for 56 yards and that final touchdown of his career. Tigers in Nashville for Second Time Since 1960 This will be Clemson’s second appearance in Nashville since the 1960 season. The Tigers have played five games at Vanderbilt over the years (1905,08,58,60,06). Clemson’s only win in Nashville came in 1958, an exciting 12-7 victory. Harvey White scored the game-winning touchdown with just three seconds left. It is still the latest game-winning touchdown in Tiger history in a game decided in regulation. Clemson’s last trip to Nashville was in 2006, when Kentucky defeated the Tigers 28-20. Clemson & Nashville/Vanderbilt Connections The list below is courtesy of former IPTAY Executive Secretary George Bennett, who worked for many years in Nashville, first as the athletic fundraiser at Vanderbilt and later as a fundraiser for a Nashville hospital. • Jess Neely coached football at Clemson from 193139 and was the athletic director at Vanderbilt. Neely is one of three Tiger football coaches who were Vanderbilt graduates. The others are John Stone, coach
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in 1908 who was Vanderbilt class of 1908, and Josh Cody, Clemson coach from 1927-30 who was Vanderbilt class of 1917. Neely was from Vanderbilt class of 1923. • Clemson has played Vanderbilt four times in Nashville. The Tigers are 1-4 in the city, with the only win coming in 1958. • Vanderbilt Head Coach Bobby Johnson played football at Clemson and is a 1972 Clemson graduate. • Vanderbilt Head Baseball Coach Tim Corbin was an assistant baseball coach at Clemson under Head Coach Jack Leggett prior to his tenure with the Commodores. • Richard Leigh, Grammy Award winner songwriter (“Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”) is the grandson of Capt. Frank Jervey, for whom the athletic center on the Clemson campus is named. Capt. Jervey fought in World War I and returned to Clemson after his retirement in Washington. He was known as “Mr. Clemson.” • Current Nashville businessman Stuart McWhorter was the Tiger mascot in 1988. • Ashley Gatlin, daughter of Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers), was president of her Tri-Delta sorority her senior year at Clemson and was “The Greek of the Year.” • George MacIntyre, former Vanderbilt football coach, was an assistant coach at Clemson under Head Coach Hootie Ingram. • Mark Fellers was the quarterback on the 1974 Clemson football team that went 7-4 and is a resident of Nashville. • Dr. Ed Glenn, a Nashville orthopedic surgeon, was a tight end on the 1993 Peach Bowl team that beat Kentucky and was the recipient of the Jim Tatum Award, which goes to the ACC’s top all-around football player. • John Scott, son of Clemson Associate Head Coach Brad Scott, is a fourth-year medical school student at Vanderbilt. He graduated from Harvard. Tigers Won Atlantic Division for the First Time Clemson clinched the Atlantic Division title on November 21 with a 34-21 win over Virginia at Memorial Stadium. It gave the Tigers a 6-2 league mark. Clemson finished a game ahead of Boston College in the division standings. The 6-2 record is the best for the Tigers in the ACC since 2003, when Clemson was also 6-2. The Tigers were also 6-2 in 2000. This is the first time Clemson has won the Atlantic Division. The division format began in 2005. In each of the first four years of the format, Clemson finished a game out of first place. From 2005-07, if Clemson had beaten Boston College, Clemson would have gone to the ACC title game each time. Tigers Have Winning Record Every Year This Decade Clemson clinched its 10th-straight winning season with the victory over Virginia on November 21. The Tigers have had a winning season every year since 2000. Clemson’s last non-winning season was in 1999, when the Tigers were 6-6 in Tommy Bowden’s first year, but did play in the Peach Bowl. Entering 2009, 14 schools had posted a winning season in every year in the first decade of the 21st century. In addition to Clemson, those schools are Boise State, Boston College, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Louisiana State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, 32 Bowl Appearances
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Bowl Notes Southern Mississippi, Texas, Texas Tech, and Virginia Tech. All of the above schools have clinched a winning season with the exception of Florida State, who is 6-6 entering the bowl season. Clemson Looks for Top-25 Mark in Scoring O&D Clemson is 24th in the nation in scoring offense and 26th in scoring defense. Clemson has averaged 31.9 points per game (24th in the nation) and has given up 21.0 points per game (26th in the nation). That is a scoring margin of 11.9 points per game. The Tigers have a chance to finish in the top 25 in both scoring offense and scoring defense. Clemson has finished the season with a top-25 stat ranking in scoring offense and scoring defense in the same season just five previous years, including as recently as 2006. The first team to do it was the 1978 club, who finished fifth in both categories. Clemson outscored the opposition by an average of 21.4 points per game that year when the Tigers finished with an 11-1 record and a #6 final ranking.
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Top-25 Seasons in Scoring Offense & Defense Off. Rk Stat Def. Rk 5 31.9 5 22 29.9 8 18 31.0 5 14 36.0 23 12 32.7 16 24 31.9 26
Stat 10.5 13.7 11.9 19.3 16.2 21.0
Tigers Won Six Straight Prior to USC Game Clemson won six consecutive games between October 17 and November 21 to reach the ACC Championship game. It was the longest winning streak for the program in the short tenure of Dabo Swinney and the longest streak overall since the Tigers won six in a row in 2006. South Carolina ended the streak in Columbia on November 28 with a 34-17 win over the Tigers. A big improvement on offense had a lot to do with Clemson’s winning streak. The Tigers scored at least 34 points in six straight games, and that was a first for the program’s long history. Over the six games, Clemson averaged 40.7 points per game, 416 yards per game, 6.67 yards per play, and 223 passing yards per game. Clemson saw its rushing average improve from 135.2 yards per game over the first five games to 193.2 yards per game during the sixgame winning streak. The biggest improvement from a national ranking standpoint was in scoring offense. On October 15, Clemson was 83rd in the nation in scoring at 24 points per game. A month later, Clemson was 19th in the nation at 33.1 points per game. Clemson enters the Music City Bowl 24th.
Clemson Offensive Improvement in Six-Game Streak Category Games 1-5 Games 6-11 W-L 2-3 6-0 Points/Game 24.0 40.7 Offensive Touchdowns 7 31 Total Offense 316.6 415.8 Plays/Game 70.6 62.3 Yards/Play 4.48 6.67 Rushing Yards/Game 135.2 193.2 Yards/Carry 3.47 5.40 Passing 77-158 103-159 Completion % 48.7 64.8 TD/Interceptions 5/6 16/4 Passing Yards/Game 181.4 222.8 Passing Efficiency 93.8 163.1
Entering this year, Clemson had a combined record of 8-21 against those two programs over the years, so that is a significant accomplishment. Clemson defeated #8 Miami on October 24 in Miami Gardens by a score of 40-37 in overtime. This was an especially gratifying accomplishment for Clemson’s 16 players from the state of Florida. That list includes six starters. The list includes C.J. Spiller of Lake Butler, Clemson’s top rusher, and Jacoby Ford of Royal Palm Beach, Clemson’s top receiver, Jacksonville quarterback Kyle Parker, Clemson’s top passer, and DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson’s interception leader. McDaniel is from Tallahassee.
Clemson Has Seven Returns for Scores Clemson has seven touchdowns that have not been scored by the team’s offense this year. The seven returns for touchdowns are in a tie for first in school history. C.J. Spiller has five of the seven on kick returns. The 1990 team also had seven returns for touchdowns. This year’s team has four on kickoff returns (all by Spiller), two on punt returns (one by Spiller, one by Jacoby Ford), and one interception return for a score by DeAndre McDaniel.
Tiger Highlights of Miami Victory Clemson gained a 40-37 victory over #8 Miami (FL) at Land Shark Stadium on October 24. It has to be considered one of Clemson’s greatest victories in history. Here are some reasons why. • Defeated a Miami team that was ranked #8 in the AP poll, ninth by USA Today, and #10 by the BCS entering the game. It tied for the highest-ranked team Clemson has beaten in a road game. Clemson defeated an #8-ranked North Carolina team in Chapel Hill in 1981 by a score of 10-8. • Clemson defeated a Miami team that had already beaten top-20 teams Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma earlier in the season. • It was Clemson’s first overtime win since beating #10 Miami in the Orange Bowl 24-17 in 2004. • Clemson came from behind on seven different occasions during the game, including overtime, to gain victory. Jacoby Ford scored the game-winner on a 26-yard touchdown catch on Clemson’s overtime possession to win the game. • It was the sixth win over a top-10 team on the road this year for an FBS team. In addition to Clemson’s win at #8 Miami, Southern California won at #7 Ohio State, Iowa won at #4 Penn State, Houston won at #5 Oklahoma State, Florida State won at #7 Brigham Young, and Florida won at #4 Louisiana State. • Miami finished the regular season 9-3 and in the top 20 in the nation.
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Most Non-Offensive Touchdowns in a Season BkP PR KOR IR FR Total 0 0 2 4 1 7 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 2 1 0 5
Landmark Performance by Tiger Defense vs. BC Clemson had one of its top defensive performances in the 25-7 victory over Boston College on September 19. Here is a rundown of what the defense accomplished. • Held Boston College to just 54 yards of total offense. That was the fewest yards allowed by the Clemson defense since the Tigers gave up just 41 yards against Virginia in 1963. The 54 yards recorded by Boston College were the sixth-fewest by a Tiger opponent in school history, including the second-fewest by an ACC team. • The Eagles gained just 29 rushing yards and 25 passing yards in their 49 plays, an average of 1.1 yards per play, the best performance by the Clemson defense in terms of yards per play allowed since Virginia Tech averaged just 1.09 yards per play in 1987. • Clemson held Boston College to just four first downs, the fewest by a Clemson opponent since Furman had just three against the Tigers in 1989. It was the fewest by a Division I team against Clemson since 1965, when Texas Christian had just two. • Boston College completed just 23.8 percent (5-21) of its passes. It was the lowest completion percentage by a Tiger opponent since 1977, when Virginia completed just 1-9 passes for 11.1 percent. • Clemson held Boston College to 1-12 on third down and forced 13 three-and-outs. There were nine punts and four turnovers on the 13 three-and-outs. Tigers Beat Hurricanes and Seminoles With the 40-24 win over Florida State on November 7, this year’s team became the first in school history to beat both Florida State and Miami (FL) in the same year. Clemson had beaten both teams before, including recent years, but never in the same year.
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Ranked Wins on the Road Clemson gained victory over an #8-ranked Miami (FL) team on October 24. It was Clemson’s 59th all-time win over a top-25 team, the 20th over a team on an opponent’s home field. It tied for the highestranked team Clemson has defeated on the road. The other time was at #8 North Carolina in 1981 by a score of 10-8. To document such road wins over ranked teams, Clemson has constructed a Graveyard at the entrance to the practice field, and a tombstone has been erected for each victory over a ranked team on the road. Three of the 20 road wins over ranked teams have now taken place in Miami. Clemson defeated the Hurricanes 15-14 in the 1951 Orange Bowl and downed the Hurricanes when they were #10 in the USA Today poll in 2004. Clemson’s highest-ranked win regardless of site is a win over #3 Florida State at Memorial Stadium in 2003. The win over Miami was the highest-ranked team Clemson has defeated since the Tigers defeated #6 Tennessee in the 2003 Peach Bowl.
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Bowl Notes Clemson’s Highest-Ranked Wins Year Opponent Site AP-*C 2003 Florida State Clemson, SC 3-3 1981 Georgia Clemson, SC 4-4 1981 Nebraska Miami, FL 4-4 2003 Tennessee Atlanta, GA 6-7 1959 Texas Christian Houston, TX 7-8 1981 North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 8-9 2009 Miami (FL) Miami Gardens, FL 8-9 2001 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 9-11 2004 Miami (FL) Miami, FL 11-10 2006 Florida State Tallahassee, FL 9-10 1967 N.C. State Clemson, SC 10-10 1983 North Carolina Clemson, SC 10-9 1988 Oklahoma Orlando, FL 10-11 1992 Virginia Charlottesville, VA 10-10 * - coaches poll; ^ - one overtime
Score 26-10 13-3 22-15 27-14 23-7 10-8 ^40-37 ^47-44 ^24-17 27-20 14-6 16-3 13-6 29-28
Tigers Gained National Honors for Win Over Miami To the victors go the spoils. Below is a list of honors by Clemson players after the Tigers’ 40-37 win over #8 Miami (FL) on October 24. • DeAndre McDaniel - Bronko Nagurski Award National Defensive Player-of-the-Week, national defensive back-of-theweek by College Football Performance Awards, and ACC Defensive Back-of-the-Week • Michael Palmer - National Tight End-of-the-Week by John Mackey Award Committee, the first time a Clemson tight end won that honor. • Kyle Parker - National Freshman-of-the-Week by Rivals.com and ACC Rookie-of-the-Week • C.J. Spiller - National Offensive Player-of-the-Week by Walter Camp Foundation • C.J. Spiller - National Offensive Player-of-the-Week by Rivals. com • C.J. Spiller - Runnerup for AT&T All-American-of-the-Week • C.J. Spiller - National Kick Returner-of-the-Week by College Football Performance Awards and ACC Special Teams Playerof-the-Week
Tigers Earn Comeback Win Over Seminoles Clemson outscored Florida State 19-0 in the fourth quarter to gain a 40-24 win over Florida State on November 7. It was the biggest comeback to gain victory for the Tigers since overcoming a 14-point deficit against Wake Forest in 2006. The 19 points in the fourth quarter were the most fourth-quarter points for the Tigers since they scored 24 in the fourth quarter in that same Wake Forest game in 2006, a contest the Tigers won 27-17. The Demon Deacons went on to win the ACC Championship that year. Tigers Outstanding vs. Top ACC Passers Clemson has faced some top quarterbacks this year. The list includes four of the top five in the ACC in passing efficiency. The only one Clemson has not faced among the top five is Virginia Tech’s Tyrod Taylor, who is first. Jacory Harris of Miami (FL), Christian Ponder of Florida State, Russell Wilson of N.C. State, and Riley Skinner of Wake Forest had a combined 5/10 touchdown/interception ratio against Clemson this year and a combined passing efficiency of 106.3. Their passing efficiency overall for the year is a combined 147.0. Clemson vs. ACC’s Best Quarterbacks Rk Player, Team 2009 Eff. C-A-Y-I-TD vs. CU Eff. vs. CU 1. Riley Skinner, WFU 147.8 11-24-82-2-0 62.1 2. Russell Wilson, NCS 147.8 12-32-183-1-2 99.9 3. Christian Ponder, FSU 147.7 21-33-264-4-1 116.4 4. Jacory Harris, MIA 141.6 17-27-256-3-2 144.8 Totals 147.0 61-116-785-10-5 106.3
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Tigers Have Productive Offense Clemson has made a lot of progress on offense this year. After struggling at times in the first five games, the Tigers have scored at least 34 points in seven of the last eight games. In terms of many categories, it is among the top offenses in school history. • Third in total touchdowns (51) • Fourth in points (415) • Fifth in yards per play (5.66) • Fifth in points per game (31.9) • Eighth in yards per carry (4.8) • Eighth in completions (212) • Ninth in passing yards (2,547) • Ninth in passing yards per game (196)
Clemson Rushing Game Improved Over 2008 One of the areas Clemson has improved is the running game. The Tigers are averaging nearly 170 yards per game, up from 111.5 yards per game last year. Clemson was 10th in the ACC in rushing last year and stands third this year. Clemson is also improved in yards per carry from 3.4 to 4.8. Clemson had 241 rushing yards in the win over Florida State, helping to a balanced attack of 483 yards of total offense. The Tigers followed that with 254 rushing yards against N.C. State. Clemson had three straight games with at least 240 rushing yards, the first time that has happened since 2000. The best game of the year came in the ACC Championship game when the Tigers had 323 rushing yards. Clemson Rushing Improvement in 2009 Category 2008 Rushing Yards per Game 111.5 ACC Rank 10 NCAA Rank 99 Yards per Carry 3.4 Sacks Allowed per Game 2.54 National Rank 103
2009 169.6 3 44 4.8 1.46 38
Clemson Throwing to the Tight End Clemson has been throwing to the tight end this year. When Clemson beat #8 Miami (FL), tight ends accounted for nine receptions, the most in a game by players at that position since 1970, when Tiger tight ends also had nine in a game against Florida State. This year against Florida State, three different tight ends caught four passes, including two for touchdowns. Tight ends caught nine more passes at South Carolina. In 2009, Clemson tight ends have caught 58 passes for 612 yards and eight touchdowns. Those are school records for the tight-end position in all three areas.
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Receptions By Tight Ends in a Season Year Rec. Yards 2009 58 612 1970 46 582 1971 39 521 1984 33 421 1974 31 481 2005 28 267 1966 28 368
TD 8 4 6 2 7 2 3
Reception Yards By Tight Ends in a Season Year Yards Rec. 2009 612 58 1970 582 46 1971 521 39 1974 481 31 1973 427 27 1984 421 33
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Tiger Pass Efficiency Rankings (2004-09) Rank 11 18 17 13 10 24
ACC Active Interception Leaders Player Team Morgan Burnett Georgia Tech Deunta Williams North Carolina Crezdon Butler Clemson DeAndre McDaniel Clemson Leon Wright Duke Chris Chancellor Clemson
Eff. 103.4 110.9 106.4 108.3 101.7 111.3
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Clemson Has Veteran Secondary Clemson has a veteran secondary. The four starters have all played at least 39 games and have made a combined 117 career starts. That includes cornerbacks Chris Chancellor (43 starts) and Crezdon Butler (39 starts). They have started together in every game the last three years (39 consecutive games). They are one-two in Clemson history in starts by Clemson cornerbacks. Clemson’s secondary has a combined 182 games played, 117 starts, and 31 interceptions. DeAndre McDaniel, a junior and second-team All-American this year, has eight interceptions in 2009 and 11 in his career. Butler has 11 interceptions and 13 takeaways, while Chancellor has nine career interceptions. Not included in the chart below is freshman Rashard Hall, who comes off the bench at safety or in nickel situations. He has six interceptions this year, 13th-most in the nation. Tigers’ Starting Secondary Player Snaps G-S Crezdon Butler 2119 52-39 Chris Chancellor 2325 52-43 DeAndre McDaniel 1900 39-21 Marcus Gilchrist 1251 39-14 Totals 7595 182-117
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Tigers Have Played Difficult Schedule Clemson has played a difficult schedule this season. The combined record of the three non-ACC teams at the FBS level are 28-8 this year. Clemson played Middle Tennessee (9-3), Texas Christian (12-0), and South Carolina (7-5) outside the ACC, and all three are in bowl games. Of course the Horned Frogs are in a BCS bowl game. The Tigers have played four games against teams ranked in the top 15 in the nation. That includes Texas Christian, Miami (FL), and two games against Georgia Tech. This is just the second time in history that Clem32 Bowl Appearances
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81-yard touchdown run during the preseason for the Browns and led the team in rushing. Hamlin finished his Tiger career second in career takeaways (18), while Clemons was among the top tacklers from the secondary in school history. The veterans on NFL rosters from Clemson include four-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl Champion Trevor Pryce, who is in his 13th season in the NFL. Dawkins is now with the Denver Broncos after 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles. He has been named to the Pro Bowl seven times, fourth among safeties in NFL history. Other prominent former Tigers in the NFL include Gaines Adams (Bears), Chansi Stuckey (Browns), Leroy Hill (Seahawks), and Nick Eason of the World Champion Steelers. The Dolphins (Merling, Clemons) and the Steelers (Eason, Grisham) are the only two teams with more than one Tiger on it. Justin Miller, a Pro Bowl kick returner a few years ago, was picked up by the Jets in late October. Former Tigers on 2009 NFL Rosters # Player Team Pos. 90 Gaines Adams Chicago Bears DE 30 Chris Clemons Miami Dolphins S 28 James Davis Cleveland Browns RB 20 Brian Dawkins Denver Broncos S 93 Nick Eason Pittsburgh Steelers DT 58 Dustin Fry Carolina Panthers C 19 Tyler Grisham Pittsburgh Steelers WR 36 Michael Hamlin Dallas Cowboys S 56 Leroy Hill Seattle Seahawks LB 24 Tye Hill Atlanta Falcons CB 97 Phillip Merling Miami Dolphins DE 21 Justin Miller New York Jets DB 90 Trevor Pryce Baltimore Ravens DT 67 Barry Richardson Kansas City Chiefs OT 97 Dorell Scott Saint Louis Rams DT 83 Chansi Stuckey Cleveland Browns WR 59 Anthony Waters New Orleans Saints LB 6 Charlie Whitehurst San Diego Chargers QB
Yrs 3 1 1 14 7 3 1 1 5 4 2 5 13 2 1 3 3 4
Eight Original Walk-ons on Scholarship Clemson has eight original walk-ons on scholarship for the 2009 season. Three scholarship players came off the active roster during the summer, leading to the opportunity for three more walk-ons. Jamal Medlin and Stanley Hunter became student coaches after they had to give up playing football due to injury or medical condition, while Barry Humphries transferred to another school. The list of walk-ons now on scholarship includes Terrance Ashe, a first-team wideout, and Phillip Price, a second-team offensive tackle. Kantrell Brown is a reserve safety who lettered on special teams last year, while Ben Ramsey lettered each of the last two years as a reserve center. Clemson has had some walk-ons who have gone on to be very successful as scholarship players. Rob Bodine, who went on to earn first-team All-America honors on Clemson’s 1991 ACC Championship team as a defensive tackle, was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame this year. He had 27 tackles for loss that year to lead the nation.
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Tiger Walk-ons Now on Scholarship Player Pos. Hometown Terrance Ashe WR Cheraw, SC Kantrell Brown SS Saint Matthews, SC Phillip Price OT Dillon, SC Ben Ramsey C Greensboro, NC Chris Richardson DE Lithia Springs, GA Caleb Simmons OL Lake City, SC Ronald Watson RB Mauldin, SC John Wright DT Anderson, SC
Clemson Staff Has Experience Clemson has an experienced staff. The 10 coaches have a combined 150 years of coaching experience at the Division I level as a full-time assistant coach. Those coaches have been to a combined 114 bowl games and have won a combined 17 conference titles. Four of the coaches have been on a staff that won a national title. Kevin Steele was on a national championship staff at Nebraska, Dan Brooks at Tennessee, Danny Pearman at Alabama, and Brad Scott at Florida State. That list of national championship coaches does not include Dabo Swinney, who played on a national championship team at Alabama, and associate athletic director Woody McCorvey, who was on the national championship staff at Alabama in 1992. Tiger Coaching Staff Coach Resp. Yrs NT Bowls Dabo Swinney Head Coach 11 0 10 Dan Brooks DT 25 1 17 Charlie Harbison Co-DC/DB 15 0 12 Billy Napier OC/QB 6 0 4 Danny Pearman OT/TE 18 1 18 André Powell RB 18 0 9 Chris Rumph DE 7 0 6 Brad Scott OG/C 26 1 21 Jeff Scott WR 1 0 1 Kevin Steele DC/LB 23 1 16 Totals 150 4 114 NT - national titles, CT - conference titles
CT 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 6 17
Tigers Have Father & Son Coaching Combination Clemson has a father-and-son assistant coaching combination for the first time in its history. Brad Scott is Clemson’s offensive guards and centers coach and associate head coach. His son Jeff is Clemson’s wide receivers coach. Brad has been an assistant coach at Clemson since 1999 and has the longest tenure among active Clemson coaches. He first came to Clemson in Tommy Bowden’s first year. His son Jeff also came to Clemson in 1999 and was a member of Tiger teams from 200002 as a wide receiver and holder. Jeff joined the staff as a graduate assistant coach last year, and on October 13, he moved to full-time status as wide receivers coach when Bowden resigned on that day. Clemson is the only school in the ACC with a father-and-son coaching combination on its staff, but not the only school in the state. South Carolina Head Coach Steve Spurrier and his son Steve, Jr. (wide receivers) are on the same staff at South Carolina. Nationally, there are 12 father-and-son full-time coaching combinations on the same staff out of the 120 FBS teams. Eight of the 12 involve the father as the head coach and a son under him on the staff. At Tennessee, Monte Kiffin is the father and defensive coordinator, and son Lane is the head coach.
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Bowl Notes Father-Son Coaching Combinations in FBS School Father (Resp.) Son (Resp.) Arizona State Dennis Erickson (HC) Bryce Erickson (RB) Baylor Art Briles (HC) Kendal Briles (WR) Clemson Brad Scott (OG/C) Jeff Scott (WR) Indiana Bill Lynch (HC) Billy Lynch (WR) Iowa State Wally Burnham (DC/LB) Shane Burnham (DT) Penn State Joe Paterno (HC) Jay Paterno (QB) South Carolina Steve Spurrier (HC) Steve Spurrier, Jr. (WR) Southern California Pete Carroll (HC) Brennan Carroll (TE) Tennessee Monte Kiffin (DC) Lane Kiffin (HC) Texas-El Paso Mike Price (HC) Aaron Price (OC/QB) UAB Kim Helton (OC/TE) Tyson Helton (QB) Western Michigan Bill Cubit (HC) Ryan Cubit (QB)
Three First-Year Freshmen Saw Action in Opener Clemson has a small freshman class this season with just 12 signees. Malliciah Goodman and Jonathan Meeks are on the three-deep and played on defense in the opener. Freshman Corico Hawkins also saw action. Clemson had eight first-year freshmen play last year, including six who appeared in the first game of the year against Alabama. In the last 27 years, Clemson has played 162 firstyear freshmen, an average of 5.8 per year. Sixty-six of them have been offensive players, 91 have been defensive players, and five have been kickers. The record for first-year freshmen playing in one season is 11 (1985,07). The most wins for a team that has played at least eight first-year freshmen is 10, set in 1989, a team that played eight first-year freshmen during its 10-2 season. The Tigers have played at least one first-year freshman during all 26 years of the rule. The fewest was the one used in 2002 (Justin Miller). First-Year Freshman Participants Since 1999 1999 (5) David Ellis (LB), Rodney Feaster (LB), Brian Mance (CB), Bernard Rambert (TB), Rodney Thomas (LB) 2000 (4) Aaron Hunt (PK), Yusef Kelly (RB), John Leake (LB), Ronnie Thomas (WR) 2001 (9) Eric Coleman (DT), Roscoe Crosby (WR), Airese Currie (WR), Maurice Fountain (DE), Ben Hall (TE), Leroy Hill (LB), Tavaghn Monts (DB), Travis Pugh (FS), Eric Sampson (LB) 2002 (1) Justin Miller (CB) 2003 (5) Tramaine Billie (LB), Jad Dean (PK), Marion Dukes (OT), Sergio Gilliam (CB), Brandon Pilgrim (OG) 2004 (2) La’Donte Harris (WR), Barry Richardson (OT) 2005 (8) Antonio Clay (LB), James Davis (RB), Tyler Grisham (WR), Haydrian Lewis (CB), Jock McKissic (DT), Phillip Merling (DE), Josh Miller (LB), Rendrick Taylor (WR) 2006 (8) Kevin Alexander (LB), Crezdon Butler (CB), Jeremy Campbell (LB), Jamie Cumbie (DE), Jacoby Ford (WR), Michael Palmer (TE), Ricky Sapp (DE), C.J. Spiller (RB) 2007 (11) Kourtnei Brown (DE), Miguel Chavis (DT), Scotty Cooper (LB), Chad Diehl (FB), Xavier Dye (WR), Marcus Gilchrist (CB), Jarvis Jenkins (DT), Willy Korn (QB), Brian Linthicum (TE), DeAndre McDaniel (S), Rennie Moore (DE) 2008 (8) Daniel Andrews (LB), Da’Quan Bowers (DE), Jamie Harper (RB), Stanley Hunter (LB), Marquan Jones (WR), Antoine McClain (OL), Brandon Thompson (DT), Dawson Zimmerman (P) 2009 (3) Malliciah Goodman (DE), Corico Hawkins (LB), Jonathan Meeks (S)
Clemson Feature Ideas • Clemson has had 11 different players wear the #17 jersey in honor of Stanley Hunter. Hunter is still on campus as a student coach, but he had to give up the game due to repeated problems with epilepsy. Brandon Maye wore the number for the first game 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
and was Clemson’s top tackler with 14 along with his first career interception. • National Championship tradition - Clemson has four players on its roster who are sons of men who played on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. Those players are Chris Richardson, Michael Wade, Landon Walker, and Ronald Watson. • Bamberg Bookends - Starting defensive ends Ricky Sapp and Da’Quan Bowers are both from the same high school, Bamberg-Ehrhardt High in Bamberg, SC. Sapp was a First-Team USA Today All-American out of high school and Bowers was the top-rated player in the nation regardless of position by ESPN. Both made the academic honor roll for the spring semester. • Brad Scott and Jeff Scott are the first father-andson coaching combination in Clemson football history. • All-ACC offensive guard Thomas Austin is the only married player on the team. • Da’Quan Bowers spends most of his free time on weekends in the offseason playing guitar in his father’s gospel band, “The Legendary Singing Stars.” • Brandon and Byron Clear are twin bothers. Brandon was prominent in the MTV series “Two-a-Days” when they were in high school. • Scotty Cooper spent 18 days in Ghana in May as part of The Fluid Campus program. It was part of a Clemson course. He was the only student-athlete to make the trip. • Jacoby Ford and C.J. Spiller are the fastest duo in college football. Both are All-Americans in track. Ford won the national tile in the 60m indoors this past March. Ford’s career best in the 100m is 10.01, while Spiller’s best is 10.22. • Malliciah Goodman has the largest hands on the team. He may even have the largest hands in all of college football. The defensive end stands 6’4”, but he has a seven-foot wingspan. His hands measure 11” from fingertip to fingertip. His hands were featured in an ESPN The Magazine pictorial on athlete body parts. • Billy Napier is the youngest coordinator in the ACC by seven years. He just turned 30 and serves as Clemson’s offensive coordinator. He is the youngest coordinator in school history. • Kyle Parker is a two-sport athlete at Clemson. He has already started for two seasons on the baseball team and has 26 career home runs. He was a FirstTeam All-ACC selection in 2008 when he should have been a senior in high school. • Kyle Parker’s mother Cathy raised $800,000 for an artificial surface football field for Barrow (AK) High School. The school could not grow grass due to its geography. The Parkers live in Jacksonville, FL, but she saw a feature on the school’s problems on ESPN and started a fundraising project over the internet. The school named the new facility Cathy Parker Field in her honor. Milestones in Range & Streaks • Clemson needs to score just 16 points to establish a school record for points in a season. The Tigers have 415 so far. The team needs five touchdowns to set the school mark for touchdowns in a season. The Tigers have 51 so far. • Clemson has seven returns for touchdowns this year, tied for the single-season record with the 1990
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team. Another return for a touchdown will establish a school record for one season. • Thomas Austin has started 37 straight games on the offensive line. • Da’Quan Bowers needs one tackle to reach 100 for his career. • Crezdon Butler needs 33 interception return yards to become Clemson’s career leader. • Sunday will mark Chris Chancellor’s 42nd consecutive start at cornerback. It will be Crezdon Butler’s 40th consecutive start at the opposite cornerback. • Kavell Conner needs two tackles to reach 300 for his career. • Jacoby Ford has caught at least one pass in 28 consecutive games that he has played. He needs 58 receiving yards to reach 2,000 for his career. He needs eight rushing yards to reach 500 for his career and 21 punt return yards to reach 500. • Brandon Maye needs 10 tackles to reach 200 for his career. • DeAndre McDaniel needs one interception to establish the Clemson season record for interceptions. He has eight and is the co-holder of the record. He also needs three tackles to reach 200 for his career. • Kyle Parker needs 115 passing yards to reach 2,500 in his first season. • C.J. Spiller needs one punt or kickoff return for a touchdown to establish the NCAA career record for kick returns for touchdowns. He has seven kickoff returns for score (already the NCAA record) and one punt return for a total of eight. He has tied a record held by many. • C.J. Spiller needs 349 all-purpose yards to establish the NCAA mark for career all-purpose yards. He has 7,416 and the record is 7,764 by Brandon West of Western Michigan, a senior this year. • C.J. Spiller needs one touchdown to establish the Clemson career record and three to establish the ACC record. Travis Zachery and Spiller have the school record with 50 apiece, while the ACC record is 52 by Wali Lundy of Virginia. • C.J. Spiller needs one touchdown to set the Clemson record for consecutive games with a touchdown. He has scored a touchdown in every game this year, the only player in the nation to do that, for a 13-game streak. Spiller and Travis Zachery hold the Clemson mark with 13 in a row. Zachery did his over two seasons (2000-01). • C.J. Spiller needs 55 receiving yards to become the first player in ACC history to reach 1,000 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards in the same season. He has 1,145 rushing yards and 445 receiving yards. Many Happy Returns Clemson had a kickoff return for a touchdown and a punt return for a score in the opener against Middle Tennessee. That was the first time since 1987 and just the second time in history that Clemson has scored on a kickoff return and a punt return in one game. C.J. Spiller took the opening kickoff and raced 96 yards for a touchdown just 14 seconds into the season. It was the first time Clemson has opened a season with a kickoff return for a touchdown. (It happened against Clemson in 1971 when Doug Kotar of Kentucky returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a score in a 13-10 Wildcat win.) Jacoby Ford later returned a punt 61 yards for a score to give Clemson a 20-7 lead in the second quarter. 32 Bowl Appearances
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Bowl Notes The only other time this has happened in Clemson history took place in 1987 against Georgia Tech in a game at Clemson. That year Donnell Woolford returned a punt 78 yards for a score and Joe Henderson returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score. Clemson had not returned a punt for a score in 17 years and had not returned a kickoff for a score in 25 years, then did both in the same game. Top Accomplishments of the 2009 Senior Class • Led Clemson to first ACC Atlantic Division title in 2009 with a 6-2 league record. • First Tiger team to beat Florida State and Miami (FL) in the same year. This class finished with a 3-1 record against Florida State, tying for the most wins by a class against the Seminoles. • Gained two road wins over top-10 teams, a win at #9 Florida State in 2006 and #8 Miami (FL) in 2009. The win at Miami tied for the highest-ranked team Clemson has beaten on the road in history. • The class has 32 wins in 52 games. • Has been to a bowl every year. • Has been ranked at some point in each of the four seasons. That includes a top-25 ranking in 32 polls. • Defeated #13 Georgia Tech by a score of 31-7 at Clemson in 2006 in the first ESPN GameDay appearance at Clemson. 2009 Tiger Seniors # Player Pos. Hometown 24 Kevin Alexander DE Raiford, FL 65 Thomas Austin OG Camden, SC 82 Durrell Barry TE North Charleston, SC 91 Jess Bowers DL Mountain Rest, SC 18 Crezdon Butler CB Asheville, NC 48 Jeremy Campbell LB Port Orange, FL 27 Sadat Chambers S Pageland, SC 38 Chris Chancellor CB Miami, FL 33 Kavell Conner LB Richmond, VA 6 Jacoby Ford WR Royal Palm Beach, FL 70 Jamarcus Grant OL Mullins, SC 88 Kyle Johnson WR Charlotte, NC 76 Cory Lambert OT Greenville, SC 86 Michael Palmer TE Stone Mountain, GA 84 George Rabon TE Aiken, SC 7 Ricky Sapp DE Bamberg, SC 28 C.J. Spiller RB Lake Butler, FL 5 Rendrick Taylor FB Clio, SC 37 Ronald Watson RB Mauldin, SC
Six Tigers Graduated on December 17 Clemson had five players on its roster who had their degrees during the regular season. Those five players were Thomas Austin (OG), Durrell Barry (TE), Sadat Chambers (FS), Chris Chancellor (CB), and Kyle Johnson (WR, degree from East Carolina). Those players have a sticker of a graduation cap on their helmet that signifies that they have graduated. Six more current Tigers went through graduation exercises at Littlejohn Coliseum on December 17. They include Kavell Conner (LB), Jacoby Ford (WR), Jamarcus Grant (OL), Cory Lambert (OT), C.J. Spiller (RB), and Ronald Watson (RB). Those players will add the cap to their helmet for the bowl game. Five Tigers Chosen for All-Star Games Starting offensive guard Thomas Austin and linebacker Kavell Conner have accepted an invitation to play in the 85th East-West All-Star game in Orlando, FL on January 23, 2010. The game will be televised by ESPN2 and start at 3:00 PM.
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Additionally, Jacoby Ford, Ricky Sapp, and C.J. Spiller have all been selected to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL on January 30 at 4:00 PM. Austin has started 37 consecutive games for the Tigers and has played in 47 games overall. He leads the team in knockdown blocks (102) and has been Clemson’s highest-rated offensive linemen in 11 games this year. He was voted a co-captain by his teammates. Conner has 298 career tackles and is third on the team this year with 96. Spiller was the MVP of the ACC and is a first-team All-American in 2009. Ford was a Second-Team AllACC player and leads the team in receptions (53). Sapp leads the team in tackles for loss and sacks. Four Tigers in Top 20 in Seven Categories Clemson has four players who are in the top 25 in the nation in various statistical categories. The list is led by C.J. Spiller, who is fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards, fourth in kickoff returns, fifth in touchdowns, and 12th in scoring. DeAndre McDaniel actually has the highest ranking (#2) in interceptions per game. Freshman safety Rashard Hall is 13th in interceptions per game and Richard Jackson is 17th in field goals per game. Jackson is the only player in the nation to kick six field goals in a game this year, as he did it against Boston College in September. Clemson’s Top-25 National Rankings Player Category Ranking DeAndre McDaniel INT/G 2 C.J. Spiller APY/G 4 C.J. Spiller KOR 4 C.J. Spiller TD 5 C.J. Spiller Points/G 12 Rashard Hall INT/G 13 Richard Jackson FG/G 17
Figure 0.62 192.9 33.7 20 9.4 0.46 1.54
Three Tigers Freshman All-Americans Safety Rashard Hall and center Dalton Freeman were named first-team freshman All-Americans by College Football News. Starting quarterback Kyle Parker was named to the second team. Hall is 13th in the nation and second in the ACC in interceptions this season with six in 13 games. It is tied for the third-most interceptions in Clemson history by a freshman. The red-shirt freshman from Saint Augustine, FL had one interception in four straight games at midseason to tie a school record for consecutive games with a pick. He has 59 tackles this year, sixthmost on the team. Hall was also named a second-team freshman AllAmerican by Phil Steele. The Football Writers Association freshman team will be announced after the bowls. Freeman has started each of the last eight games at center. Clemson won each of his first six games as a starter and the Tigers are averaging 33 points per game in the contests he has started. He was a big reason Clemson showed improvement in the rushing game, including a stretch of three straight games with at least 240 yards on the ground, all Tiger wins. The Tigers had a season-high 323 rushing yards in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech. Parker has started every game this year. The native of Jacksonville, FL is tied for first in the nation in wins by freshman quarterback (8), a total that is a Clemson freshman record. Parker has completed 197-355 passes for 19 touchdowns and 2,385 yards. Those are Clemson freshman records for passing yards, comple-
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tions, and touchdowns, breaking records that were held by Charlie Whitehurst in 2002. Parker was named national freshman-of-the-week when he led the Tigers to a 40-37 overtime win at #8 Miami (FL) in October. Spiller & Ford the Nation’s Fastest Duo Jacoby Ford and C.J. Spiller are two of the top “home run” threats in college football in 2009. Spiller has 21 career touchdowns of 50 yards or more, more than any other player in school history, while Ford has eight, second-most in school history. Derrick Hamilton (2002-04) is third in Clemson history with seven. Spiller has nine this year to break his own season record. In terms of plays of 80 yards or more, Spiller has 11, also a Clemson record. The second-best total for 80yard scores is three. He is the only Tiger in history to record a play of 80 yards or more three different ways. Ford has three plays of at least 80 yards in his career. He had a 92-yard punt return for a score against Florida Atlantic and a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Louisiana Tech in 2006. He had an 82-yard kickoff return against Central Michigan in 2007, but it did not result in a touchdown. Both players have scored long touchdowns this year. In fact, Spiller had a touchdown of at least 60 yards in six of the first seven games and a 60-yard play in each of the first seven games. Overall, Spiller has 27 plays of at least 50 yards or more in his career. Six of the 27 have not gone for touchdowns, including a 60-yard reception against #14 Texas Christian on September 26.
Year 2008 2009 2009 2007 2009 2009 2007 2007 2008 2006 2006 2009 2006 2007 2009 2009 2009 2009 2006 2006 2006
Spiller’s 50-Yard Touchdowns (21) Opponent Type Alabama KOR Middle Tennessee KOR Maryland KOR Wake Forest KOR Miami (FL) KOR South Carolina KOR Duke KOR Auburn Run Duke Reception Boston College Run South Carolina Run Boston College PR Wake Forest Run Louisiana-Monroe Reception Wake Forest Run Georgia Tech Reception Florida State Reception Miami (FL) Reception N.C. State Run Georgia Tech Reception Georgia Tech Run
Yards 96 96 92 90 90 88 84 83 83 82 80 77 72 68 66 63 58 56 52 50 50
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Ford’s 50-Yard Touchdowns (8) Opponent Type Louisiana Tech KOR Florida Atlantic PR Georgia Tech Reception South Carolina Reception Middle Tennessee PR Temple Reception Louisiana-Monroe Reception South Carolina Reception
Yards 94 92 77 76 61 55 52 50
Spiller & McDaniel Named to FW All-America Team C.J. Spiller and DeAndre McDaniel were both named first-team All-Americans by the Football Writers Association of America on December 12. It was the first first-team selection for McDan2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Bowl Notes iel, who is second in the nation in interceptions with eight. The safety from Tallahassee, FL had been named second-team All-American by CBS SportsLine. Clemson was one of just four schools to have at least two first-team All-America selections this year. Alabama had three to lead all schools, while Clemson, Florida, and Texas had two apiece. This marks the first time since 1991 that Clemson has had two first-team selections on the same team. That year, Levon Kirkland and Jeb Flesch were both named to the Walter Camp team. This is the first time Clemson has had two first-team All-Americans according to the Football Writers team since 1981, when Jeff Davis and Terry Kinard, two former Tigers now in the College Football Hall of Fame, were selected. There were only three ACC players named to the Football Writers All-America team this year. In addition to Spiller and McDaniel, Florida State offensive lineman Rodney Hudson was also selected. Spiller was named ACC Player-of-the-Year, the first Tiger to receive that honor since Michael Dean Perry in 1987. He is fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards with 194 yards per game. He is the only player in the nation to score at least one touchdown in every game this year and has 20 overall, a Clemson record. A finalist for the Doak Walker Award, Spiller had 233 yards in 20 carries and scored a career-high four touchdowns in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech on December 5. He has 1,145 rushing yards this year and 445 receiving yards. He has 50 career touchdowns and needs just one to become Clemson’s career leader. Spiller, who graduated from Clemson on December 17 with a degree in sociology, has 21 career touchdowns of 50 yards or more, including nine this year. McDaniel, a junior from Tallahassee, FL, has eight interceptions, second-most in the nation and most in the ACC. He needs just one more to establish the Clemson single-season record. He has been the leader of a Clemson team that is third in the nation in interceptions and 11th in pass defense. McDaniel has 87 tackles from his safety position, including two sacks. He has 10 total passes defended. He was named national defensive player-of-the-week for his performance at #8 Miami (FL) in Clemson’s 4037 overtime victory. He had two interceptions in that game, including one that he returned for a touchdown. Spiller & Ford the Nation’s Top Return Duo You can make a case that C.J. Spiller and Jacoby Ford are the top kick-return duo in the nation. They have combined for 11 kick returns for scores in their respective careers, seven kickoff returns and a punt return for a score by Spiller and two punt returns and one kickoff return by Ford. Spiller broke Justin Miller’s record of three career kickoff returns for a score with his 96-yard return on the season-opening kickoff against Middle Tennessee. He now has seven for the NCAA record.
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Year 2006 2007 2008 2009
Spiller & Ford Kick Returns for Touchdowns (11) Player Opponent Type Yards Jacoby Ford Florida Atlantic PR 92 Jacoby Ford Louisiana Tech KOR 94 C.J. Spiller Duke KOR 84 C.J. Spiller Wake Forest KOR 90 C.J. Spiller Alabama KOR 96 C.J. Spiller Middle Tennessee KOR 96 Jacoby Ford Middle Tennessee PR 61 C.J. Spiller Boston College PR 77 C.J. Spiller Maryland KOR 92 C.J. Spiller Miami (FL) KOR 90 C.J. Spiller South Carolina KOR 88
Spiller & Austin Combined For 11 ACC POTW C.J. Spiller was named ACC Player-of-the-Week four times this year, more than any other player. He tied for second in school history for ACC Player-ofthe-Week selections with six in his career. Teammate Thomas Austin has been named five times in his career. ACC Player-of-the-Week Awards Rk Player Pos. Years 1. Keith Adams LB 1998-00 2. Woodrow Dantzler QB 1998-01 C.J. Spiller RB 2006-09 3. Thomas Austin OL 2006-09 Stacy Long OT 1986-90 Anthony Simmons LB 1995-97 6. Jeff Davis LB 1978-81 Terry Kinard S 1978-82 James Robinson DT 1979-83 Terry Allen TB 1987-89 Jim Bundren OT 1994-97 David Richardson PK 1995-98 Kyle Young C 1998-01
POTW 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Three Tigers Named First-Team All-ACC C.J. Spiller, Michael Palmer, and DeAndre McDaniel were all First-Team All-ACC selections according to voting conducted by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. The association has selected the official All-ACC football team since 1953, the first year of the conference. Five Tigers made the second team, led by Jacoby Ford (WR), Thomas Austin (OG), Chris Hairston (OT), and Ricky Sapp (DE). Spiller was the first-team specialist and second-team running back. Brandon Maye (LB), Jarvis Jenkins (DT), Chris Chancellor (CB), Crezdon Butler (CB), and Rashard Hall (S) were all honorable-mention selections. Spiller & Ford the Nation’s Top All-Purpose Duo C.J. Spiller and Jacoby Ford are the top all-purpose duo in the history of college football. They have combined for 11,453 yards in their four years together. The previous record was 10,253 by Marshall Faulk and Darnay Scott of San Diego State (1991-93). Therefore, Spiller and Ford have the record by 1,200 yards. That computes to 6.54 miles of real estate on the gridiron for those two seniors combined. They have been together for four years and graduated on the same day in Littlejohn Coliseum on December 17) Overall, they have combined to record 1,129 allpurpose plays and scored 70 touchdowns. Dabo Swinney has put them in positions to get the ball in their hands as often as possible since he has been the Tigers’ head coach. As a result, they are the only two players in Clemson history to account for a touchdown five different ways. Both players have thrown a touchdown pass in addition to running for
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scores, catching touchdown passes, and scoring on both punt and kickoff returns. Spiller has eight career returns for touchdowns and Ford has three. Both have thrown a touchdown pass this year as well. Spiller passed for a touchdown, rushed for a touchdown, and caught a touchdown pass in the win at N.C. State this year. He is the only player in the nation to do that this year. The last to do it was Ty Hilton of Florida International, who accomplished the feat last year. Their impact in the return game has been outstanding. Between 1970-87, Clemson went 999 consecutive punt and kickoff returns without a touchdown. Now Spiller and Ford have had a combined 11 in the last four years. Below is a rundown of their career totals in each category. Category Ford Spiller Total Rushing 57-492-2 591-3480-31 648-3972-33 Passing 2-2-55-1 2-3-32-2 4-5-87-3 Receiving 140-1942-15 120-1362-11 260-3304-26 Punt Returns 49-479-2 53-569-1 102-1048-3 Kickoff Returns 47-1124-1 72-2005-7 119-3129-8 All-Purpose 293-4037-20 836-7416-50 1129-11,453-70 Note: Passing stats do not count in all-purpose stats.
Austin Leads O-Line in Snaps & Knockdowns The leader of Clemson’s offensive line is graduate student Thomas Austin. Austin has 102 knockdown blocks this year, 39 more than any other Tiger. He has 306 for his career that has included 47 games and 38 starts. He has started all 13 games this year and 37 in a row over the last three years. Austin has led Clemson in film grade from his coaches in all but one game this year and was named Second-Team All-ACC. Austin is a big reason Clemson has made a significant improvement offensively this year. The Tigers have averaged 33 points per game over the last eight games and have scored at least 34 points in seven of the last eight games. Austin leads a veteran offensive line that has a combined 102 career starts entering the Music City Bowl. The line will be without Mason Cloy against Kentucky, because he suffered a broken leg in the ACC Championship game. He started five games this year and was third on the team in knockdown blocks (52). Chris Hairston joined Austin as a Second-Team AllACC selection, while Dalton Freeman was a first-team freshman All-American according to CollegeFootballNews.com. Offensive Line Experience Chart 2009 2009 2009 Player, Pos. Snaps KD G-S Chris Hairston, OT 627 40 12-11 Thomas Austin, OG 762 102 13-13 Dalton Freeman, C 495 41 12-8 Antoine McClain, OG 617 61 13-13 Landon Walker, OT 583 27 13-11
Career G-S 33-22 47-38 12-8 26-13 25-21
Butler Second in Career INT Return Yards Cornerback Crezdon Butler entered the 2009 season with 10 career interceptions and two recovered fumbles for 12 career takeaways. He had an interception return for 47 yards against Coastal Carolina and is in a tie for second in school history in interception return yards with 243. He is tied with former teammate Michael Hamlin in that category. As far as takeaways are concerned, Butler is tied for eighth in Clemson history with 13. Terry Kinard holds 32 Bowl Appearances
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Bowl Notes the Tiger record with 19. Butler is fourth among active FBS players in career interception return yards. Clemson Leaders in Career Takeaways Rk Player, Pos. Years Int. RF 1. Terry Kinard, S 1979-82 17 2 2. Michael Hamlin, S 2005-08 14 4 3. Fred Knoebel, DB 1950-52 15 * Brian Dawkins, S 1992-95 11 4 5. Eddie Geathers, CB 1977-80 12 2 Robert O’Neal, S 1989-92 12 2 Justin Miller, CB 2002-04 13 1 8. Dexter Davis, CB 1988-90 10 3 Crezdon Butler, CB 2006-09 11 2
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Career Interception Return Yards Rk Player, Pos Years Int. Avg 1. Rex Varn, S 1976-79 10 27.5 2. Michael Hamlin, S 2005-08 14 17.4 Crezdon Butler, CB 2006-09 11 22.0 4. Antwan Edwards, S 1995-98 8 24.4 5. Don Kelley, DB 1969-71 6 29.7 6. Alex Ardley, CB 1998-00 12 12.6 7. Terry Kinard, S 1978-82 17 8.6
Yards 275 243 243 195 178 151 147
Dye Named to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Junior wideout Xavier Dye was one of 11 FBS players named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The select group of student-athletes are selected for their outstanding work in community service. Dye is the third Tiger named to the team since it was formed by the AFCA in 1992. The previous Clemson selections were Robert Carswell in 1999 and Nick Eason in 2000. In order to meet the criteria set forth by Allstate and AFCA, each player must be actively involved and committed to working with a charitable organization, service group, or community service while maintaining good academic standing. Candidates must also display sincere concern and reliability, while also having made a favorable impression on the organizations with which they are involved. Neither athletic ability nor on-the-field achievements are among the selection criteria. Dye, a native of Greenwood, SC, has been active in community service since he came to Clemson in January of 2007. The following is a list of community service activities Dye has been involved with since he came to Clemson. • Speak Up for a Child Gala • Boy Scout Day at Clemson • Men’s Clinics in Mauldin, Walhalla, and Greenville (church affiliated) • FCA Mission trip to New Orleans, LA • Tutors a middle school student in Clemson once a week • Sports Day in Greenwood, SC (assisted a youth group) • Speaker at various elementary schools in the Upstate delivering the Be a T.I.G.E.R! character education program • Football camp in Liberty, SC for underprivileged children • Regular visits to local children’s hospitals • Relay for Life • Reads to local elementary school children • Makes regular visits to a patient at Saint Francis Hospital in Greenville, SC who is suffering from a brain tumor • Visits a children’s home in Central, SC
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2009 All-State Good Works Team Player Cl. Pos. School Andrew Brewer Sr. WR Northwestern Derrick Coleman So. RB UCLA Xavier Dye Jr. WR Clemson Travis Jones Sr. LB San Jose State Taylor Kavanaugh Sr. WR Oregon State Jammie Kirlew Sr. DL Indiana Chris Maragos Sr. DB Wisconsin Zoltan Mesko Sr. P Michigan Jeff Owens Sr. DL Georgia Darrell Stuckey Sr. DB Kansas Tim Tebow Sr. QB Florida
Ellington Averaging 7.36 Yards Per Carry While C.J. Spiller has had perhaps the best individual season in Clemson history, there may be a morethan-capable replacement for the Tigers top rusher next season. Freshman running back Andre Ellington has gained 471 yards on 64 carries this year (7.36 yards per carry). The 7.36 figure is second-best in the ACC among players with at least 400 rushing yards and is secondbest in Clemson history. Ellington’s 7.36 figure is ahead of the 7.27 figure by Spiller when he was a freshman in 2006. The Clemson single-season record is nearly 60 years old. Billy Hair had a 7.39 average on 71 carries on Clemson’s undefeated 1950 team. 2009 ACC Leaders in Yards Per Carry Rk Player School Car-Yds Yds/Car 1. Anthony Allen Georgia Tech 61-597 9.79 2. Andre Ellington Clemson 64-471 7.36 3. Damien Berry Miami (FL) 89-587 6.60 4. Jonathan Dwyer Georgia Tech 221-1346 6.09 5. Ryan Williams Virginia Tech 268-1538 5.74 6. C.J. Spiller Clemson 201-1145 5.70 Clemson Seasons Bests in Yards Per Carry Rk Players Year Car-Yds Yds/Car 1. Billy Hair 1950 71-525 7.39 2. Andre Ellington 2009 64-471 7.36 3. C.J. Spiller 2006 129-938 7.27 4. Ronald Williams 1991 82-585 7.13 5. Terrence Flagler 1986 192-1258 6.55
Ford Scores Game-Winner Jacoby Ford caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Parker to give Clemson a walkoff 40-37 win at #8 Miami (FL) on October 24. The Tigers were faced with a third-and-11 from the Miami 26 when Parker and Ford executed the game-winning play. It was the first walk-off victory for the Tigers since the 2007 South Carolina game, when Mark Buchholz kicked a 35-yard field goal on the last play to give the Tigers a 23-21 victory. It was a special victory for Ford, who grew up in nearby Royal Palm Beach, FL. Ford Throws Touchdown Pass Wide receiver Jacoby Ford threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Dye in Clemson’s 49-3 win over Coastal Carolina. The trick play on Halloween was Clemson’s second touchdown of the game. It was the first time a Clemson wideout had thrown a touchdown pass since 1988, when Chip Davis threw one in the famous “Puntrooskie Game” against Florida State. Ford had scored Clemson’s first touchdown of the day on a 36-yard scoring pass from Kyle Parker. So Ford threw a touchdown pass and caught one in the same game. How rare is that? You have to go back to 1950 to find the last time it had happened in
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one game. The last Tiger to do it was Ray Mathews against Presbyterian in 1950. Mathews went one better than Ford, however. In that win to open the 1950 season, Mathews threw a touchdown pass, caught a touchdown pass, and rushed for two touchdowns. To show you how rare this is, there have been only five other players since 1950 who have thrown a touchdown pass and caught a touchdown pass in one season, nevermind the same game. Spiller did it last year, but you have to go back to Davis in 1988 to find the last time it happed in a season prior to last year. Ford also became just the second Tiger in history to account for a touchdown five different ways. He joined teammate C.J. Spiller as the only players in school history to throw a touchdown pass, catch a touchdown pass, rush for a score, and score on a punt return and a kickoff return. Spiller then accomplished the feat against N.C. State. So it had not happened in 58 years, then happened twice in one year. Ford Moving Up Reception List Jacoby Ford is Clemson’s top receiver this year with 53 catches for 735 yards and five touchdowns. Ford has moved into eighth place on the Clemson career reception list and has 140 for his career. He is also 10th in receiving yards (1,942). He also has 15 receiving touchdowns, seventh-most in Tiger history. His top play as a Tiger took place in the win at #8 Miami (FL) when he caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Parker in overtime to win the game in walkoff fashion. He had an outstanding outing in his final home game when he had 211 all-purpose yards in a win over Virginia. That included six receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown. Clemson Career Reception Leaders Rk Player, Pos. Years Yards Avg. 1. Aaron Kelly, WR 2005-08 2733 11.8 2. Derrick Hamilton, WR 2001-03 2312 13.8 3. Rod Gardner, WR 1997-00 2498 15.0 4. Terry Smith, WR 1990-93 2681 16.5 5. Perry Tuttle, WR 1978-81 2534 16.9 6. Kevin Youngblood, WR 2000-03 1713 12.1 7. Chansi Stuckey, WR 2003-06 1760 12.5 8. Jacoby Ford, WR 2006-09 1942 13.9 9. Jerry Butler, WR 1975-78 2223 16.0 10. Brian Wofford, WR 1996-99 1857 13.5 Airese Currie, WR 2001-04 2030 14.7 12. Tyler Grisham, WR 2005-08 1390 10.5 13. Tony Horne, WR 1994-97 1750 14.6 C.J. Spiller, RB 2006-09 1362 11.4 15. Phil Rogers, WR 1965-67 1469 13.9
TD Rec. 20 232 16 167 13 166 15 162 17 150 6 142 7 141 15 140 11 139 13 138 10 138 8 132 13 120 11 120 5 106
Hall Has Six Interceptions Freshman safety Rashard Hall had his sixth interception of the year at South Carolina on November 28. He is 13th in the nation on a per-game basis. One might think that Hall has already set some sort of freshman record for interceptions. He is getting close, but the Clemson freshman record for interceptions in a season is eight, set by Robert O’Neal in 1989 and Justin Miller in 2002. That is also the Clemson single-season mark, a total that has also been reached by junior DeAndre McDaniel this year. Hall does have a record to his credit this year. He had a streak of four straight games with an interception and that tied the Clemson mark for consecutive games with a pick. He and McDaniel now have 14 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Bowl Notes interceptions between them, the most by a Tiger duo since 2002, when Miller had eight and Brian Mance had six. Hall and McDaniel are tied for the national lead in interceptions by a duo. Rahim Moore (9) and Alterraun Verner (5) of UCLA also have combined for 14 interceptions this year. Harbison Coaching Another Record-Setting Group Clemson has 21 interceptions this year. It is certainly a possibility that the Tigers could reach the school record of 25 by the end of the season. That is one of the oldest records at Clemson, as it is held by the 1951 team. That squad had 361 interception return yards, second to last year’s record 368. So far this year, Clemson has 21 interceptions as a team for 342 yards and a touchdown. This interception total is certainly a positive reflection on the work of Defensive Backs Coach Charlie Harbison, who is also co-defensive coordinator. He is in his first year at Clemson the second time around. He also coached the Tiger defensive backs from 1995-97. It is interesting to note that in the first year in his first tour of duty, Clemson had 22 interceptions, the fourth-highest total in school history. That year, Harbison coached a secondary that was led by safety Brian Dawkins, who had an ACC-high six interceptions. Dawkins is a seven-time NFL Pro Bowler now with the Denver Broncos. This year, he is coaching safety DeAndre McDaniel, who has an ACC-best eight interceptions. That 1995 team also had future NFL players Leomont Evans, Dexter McCleon, and Antwan Edwards. This year’s total is tied for fifth-most in Clemson history and is third-most in the nation this year.
Year 1951 1978 1981 1995 1948 1982 1989 2002 2009
Clemson Top Interception Seasons INT 25 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21
Yards 361 327 190 276 234 261 318 146 342
Tigers Honor Hunter by Wearing #17 Prior to the beginning of this season, it was determined that sophomore linebacker Stanley Hunter would have to give up football due to his continuing battle with epilepsy. The former linebacker at James F. Byrnes High School had a solid freshman year when he had 37 tackles in just 158 defensive snaps. His average of one tackle every 4.27 snaps led the team. But during spring practice and over the summer, he had repeated spells that led to his retirement from the game. Hunter is still involved as a student coach and hopes to go into the coaching profession. Hunter is very popular among his teammates. As a result, various players came to Dabo Swinney and asked that they wear his jersey #17 in his honor during the season. For the season-opener, fellow linebacker Brandon Maye, who normally wears #20, wore #17 against Middle Tennessee. He wore it well, as he had 14 tackles and his first career interception. Senior Kavell Conner wore the number against Virginia in his final home game. He had 15 tackles to lead the Tigers and was voted defensive player-of-theweek by the Clemson coaches. 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Game-By-Game Tigers Who Wore #17 Game Player Middle Tennessee Brandon Maye (LB) Georgia Tech Willy Korn (QB) Boston College Chad Diehl (FB) Texas Christian Xavier Dye (WR) Maryland Marquan Jones (WR) Wake Forest DeAndre McDaniel (S) Miami (FL) Jamie Harper (RB) Coastal Carolina Sadat Chambers (S) Florida State Rashard Hall (S) N.C. State Crezdon Butler (CB) Virginia Kavell Conner (LB) South Carolina Xavier Dye (WR)
Jackson 17th Nationally in Field Goals Richard Jackson was the recipient of the “Leather Helmet” Award in Clemson’s victory over Boston College. Last year, the Boston College Gridiron Club began giving a replica leather helmet to the MVP of the winning team. He has made 20-30 field goals this year and is 17th in the nation in field goals per game. Jackson booted six field goals in Clemson’s 25-7 victory, including a 52-yarder into the wind and rain in the third quarter. Jackson was 6-6 on field goals to tie Jad Dean’s single-game Tiger record set against #17 Texas A&M in 2005. He is the only player in the nation to kick six field goals in a game this year. Jackson set a school record for most yards on field goals in a game in the win over Boston College. His six field goals went for a combined 217 yards, 25 yards more than Dean’s six field goals four years before. The junior kicked his third field goal of at least 50 yards in the loss at Maryland. He has already established a school record for field goals of at least 50 yards in a season. Jackson was named one of three national kickers-of-the-week for the performance against Boston College by the Lou Groza Award committee. Records Set or Tied by Richard Jackson in 2009 • Yards on made field goals in a game (217) • Field goals of 50 yards or more in a season (3) • Field goals in a game (6) • Most made field goals without a miss (6)
Maye Sets Caused Fumbles Record Starting linebacker Brandon Maye has five caused fumbles this year, a single-season school record. The previous record was four held by many players. Maye has six caused fumbles and three recovered fumbles in his career. That is a total of nine combined caused and recovered fumbles in his first two years. The Clemson career record is 18 by Jeff Davis, the defensive captain of Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. Maye is halfway to that record. Maye has had a solid 2009. He was named an Honorable Mention All-ACC selection and an ESPN Academic All-District choice. He is Clemson’s top tackler (103) this year. That includes 44 tackles in his last four games. He has had double-figures in tackles four times this year, including three of the last four. McDaniel Ties Interception Record DeAndre McDaniel had his eighth interception of the year in the win over Florida State. It was a special play for McDaniel, who is a Tallahassee, FL native. The eight interceptions are tied for the most in a season in Clemson history. Robert O’Neal had eight in 1989 and Justin Miller had eight in 2002. Both were freshmen that season and both went on to play in the NFL.
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McDaniel is second in the nation in interceptions behind Rahim Moore of UCLA, who has nine. Napier the ACC’s Youngest Coordinator Clemson offensive coordinator Billy Napier is the youngest coordinator in the ACC and the youngest coordinator in Clemson history. Napier was born July 21, 1979, which made him 30 at the start of the season. The previous youngest coordinator in Clemson history was Whitey Jordan, who was Frank Howard’s offensive coordinator in 1968 at the age of 32. Napier is the youngest coordinator on either side of the ball in the ACC by seven years. The second youngest is Duke offensive coordinator Kurt Roper, who was born July 25, 1972. James Franklin, the offensive coordinator at Maryland, was also 37 when the season began, but he was born February 2, 1972, so he is a few months older than Roper. The youngest defensive coordinator in the ACC is Duke’s Marion Hobby, who is 39. He was an assistant coach at Clemson in 2005. Head Coach Dabo Swinney is also the youngest head coach in the ACC. Swinney turned 40 one November 20, the night before the Virginia game. ACC’s Youngest Coordinators Coach School Off/Def DOB *Age Billy Napier Clemson O 7-21-1979 30 Kurt Roper Duke O 7-25-1972 37 James Franklin Maryland O 2-2-1972 37 Steed Lobotzke Wake Forest D 6-4-1970 39 Marion Hobby Duke D 11-7-1969 40 John Shoop North Carolina O 8-1-1969 40 Jimbo Fisher Florida State O 10-9-1965 44 Brad Lambert Wake Forest D 1-15-1965 44 Everett Withers North Carolina D 6-15-1963 46 Bryan Stinespring Virginia Tech O 10-12-1963 46 * - as of September 1, 2009 ACC’s Youngest Head Coaches Head Coach School DOB Dabo Swinney Clemson 11-20-1969 Randy Shannon Miami (FL) 2-24-1966 Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 8-20-1957 David Cutcliffe Duke 9-16-1954 Jim Grobe Wake Forest 2-17-1952
Age 40 43 52 55 57
Palmer Sets Tight End Receiving Record Tight end Michael Palmer had eight receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown in the loss at South Carolina. That was just the second 100-yard receiving game for a Clemson tight end in history. John McMakin had four catches for 107 yards against The Citadel in 1970. Palmer has had quite a season with 41 catches for 468 yards and four scores. He broke the school record for catches in a season by a tight end when he had three against Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game. The previous record was 40 by McMakin in 1970. Palmer established the yardage record when he caught a 22-yard scoring pass from Kyle Parker in the fourth quarter at South Carolina. Palmer was named the top tight end in the nation by the John Mackey committee for that performance at #8 Miami (FL). He had five catches for 74 yards and a touchdown in that game.
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Bowl Notes Receptions By a Tiger Tight End Player Year Rec. Yards Michael Palmer 2009 41 468 John McMakin 1970 40 421 John McMakin 1971 29 421 Bennie Cunningham 1974 24 391 Bennie Cunningham 1973 22 341 K.D. Dunn 1984 22 219
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Parker #5 in ACC History in Passing Yards By Frosh Kyle Parker has thrown for 2,385 yards this year, the best by far by a freshman in Clemson history and fifth-best in ACC history by a freshman. The record is 3,208 by Drew Weatherford of Florida State in 2005. Weatherford quarterbacked Florida State to the ACC title that year. Parker has thrown 19 touchdown passes, including at least one in seven straight games to close the regular season, a streak that was broken in the 39-34 loss to #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC title game. The ACC record for passing touchdowns in a season by a freshman is 25 by Philip Rivers of N.C. State in 2000. ACC Passing Yardage Bests By a Freshman Player Team Year Drew Weatherford Florida State 2005 Philip Rivers N.C. State 2000 Chris Rix Florida State 2001 T.J. Yates North Carolina 2007 Kyle Parker Clemson 2009
Yards 3208 3054 2734 2655 2385
Parker tied for FBS Lead in Wins By a Freshman QB Freshman Kyle Parker has been under center for all 13 games as a starter this year and is a major reason the Tigers are 8-5 and ACC Atlantic Division Champions. In winning eight games as the starting quarterback, he is tied for the national lead in wins by a freshmen quarterback. Matt Barkley of Southern California and Andrew Luck of Stanford also have eight. But, only Parker took his team to a conference title game. Parker has already broken the school record for wins by a freshman quarterback. The previous record was five by Rodney Williams in 1985. Parker has completed 197-355 passes for 2,385 yards and 19 touchdowns. Those are Clemson freshman records in all categories. He had thrown at least one touchdown pass in seven straight games to close the regular season. The previous record was six by Mike Eppley (1984) and Woodrow Dantzler (2000). Parker Has Records in Two Sports Quarterback Kyle Parker is a two-sport athlete at Clemson and a recordbreaker at that. He came to Clemson in January of 2008 and immediately became a First-Team All-ACC baseball player for Jack Leggett’s team. He made First-Team All-ACC as a DH in the spring of 2008 when he was supposed to be a senior in high school. On March 9, 2008, he hit three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest to tie the Clemson single-game record. He joined former Major Leaguer Denny Walling and current Cub Jeff Baker among the 12 Tigers to do that in a game. This past spring, while also going through spring football practice, he reached 25 career home runs by his 103rd career game, the fewest games needed to reach 25 home runs in Tiger history. He has 26 home runs. He had the game-winning hit in the eighth inning of Clemson’s NCAA Regional win against Oklahoma
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State, a hit that sent Clemson to the super regionals in 2009. He had a home run in the ACC Tournament last year and took Clemson to the ACC Football Championship. Parker has established records on the gridiron as well. When Clemson beat #8 Miami (FL) on October 24, he became the first freshman quarterback to lead Clemson to a win over a top-10 team. It was just the second time a freshman had quarterbacked the Tigers to a win over a top-25 team on the road. He broke three more records and tied another in the win over Florida State. First, he set the record for most wins in a season by a freshman quarterback. He has eight, breaking the previous mark of five set by Rodney Williams in 1985. Parker also broke Charlie Whitehurst’s record for touchdown passes in a season by a freshman. Parker has 19 and Whitehurst had 10. Parker threw four touchdown passes against the Seminoles to tie Whitehurst’s record in that area. Parker also became the Clemson freshman recordholder for passing yards (2,385). Whitehurst had that mark with 1,554 in 2002. Parker’s 19 touchdown passes actually are fourthmost in school history. The record is 27 by Cullen Harper in 2007. He set an overall school record in the loss at South Carolina. He threw a touchdown pass to Michael Palmer, his seventh straight game with a touchdown pass, breaking the previous record of six in a row. Parker was named a freshman All-American in baseball in the spring of 2008 and has been named a second-team freshman All-American in football this year. Parker Passes For 326 Yards Freshman Kyle Parker had the best day of his young career in the Tigers’ 40-37 overtime win at #8 Miami (FL) on October 24. The Jacksonville, FL native completed 25-37 passes for 326 yards and three scores. It was the second-best performance in school history by a freshman. The only completion and yardage totals that are better were turned in by Charlie Whitehurst in Clemson’s 34-31 win at Duke in 2002. Whitehurst was 34-52 for 420 yards and four scores in that game. However, Parker had those numbers against the #8-ranked team in the nation. It marked just the third time in Clemson history a freshman had quarterbacked the Tigers to a win over a top-25 opponent, including just the second time it had been done on the road. Patrick Sapp led Clemson to a 40-7 win over #18 North Carolina in a game at Clemson in 1992, and Nealon Greene led Clemson to a 28-17 win over #12 North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1994. Sapp is also from Jacksonville, FL, so two of the three freshmen to lead Clemson to a win over a ranked team are from Jacksonville. Parker then threw four touchdown passes in the win over Florida State to tie the single-game freshman mark. He was 12-18 for 183 yards and two scores against N.C. State.
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Passing Yards in a Game by a Tiger Freshman Player Opponent C-A-TD Yards Charlie Whitehurst Duke 34-52-4 420 Kyle Parker Miami (FL) 25-37-3 326 Charlie Whitehurst South Carolina 27-38-0 287 Charlie Whitehurst North Carolina 12-20-4 274 Patrick Sapp Maryland 25-55-0 273 Charlie Whitehurst Texas Tech 20-48-1 263 Kyle Parker Georgia Tech 15-31-3 261 Willie Jordan Georgia Tech 13-21-2 251 Kyle Parker Florida State 18-30-4 242
Sapp Has 41 Career Tackles for Loss Ricky Sapp has been one of the leaders of the Clemson defense this season. The senior from Bamberg, SC has 15 tackles for loss to lead the squad, fourth-most in the ACC. He also leads the Tigers in sacks (5) and quarterback pressures (17). His disruption on the defensive line is a big reason Clemson leads the ACC in sacks (34). That is a big improvement over last year when Clemson had just 14 sacks, fewest in the ACC. Sapp, a Second-Team All-ACC choice, has 58 tackles, seventh-most on the team. The Music City Bowl will be his 50th career game and his 36th start. He has 158 tackles, 41 tackles for loss, and 16 sacks in his career. He leads all active Tigers in career tackles for loss and sacks. His tackle for loss total is among the top-15 figures in Tiger history. Sapp’s linemate at defensive end is sophomore Da’Quan Bowers, who went to the same high school as Sapp. Bowers effectively missed three games this year with an injury, but he has still accumulated 52 tackles, including 11 tackles for losses and three sacks. He had a career-high 11 tackles in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech. He was the Clemson MVP of the Gator Bowl last year when he had three tackles for loss. Spiller Effect Clemson has an average starting field position after a kickoff at its own 38 this year. Opponents have an average starting field position at their own 24. That 14-yard difference can certainly be attributed directly to the return ability of C.J. Spiller, who has four kickoff returns for touchdowns this year in just 21 returns, and seven for his career. The seven touchdowns on kickoff returns are an NCAA record. He is fourth in the nation in kickoff return average with a 33.7 average. Wake Forest, Coastal Carolina, and N.C. State squib kicked or even onside kicked to the Tigers on kickoffs this year. All three schools punted the ball out of bounds as well. It was college football’s version of the intentional walk. The Spiller effect has led Clemson to an overall starting field position advantage of eight yards on all possessions. Clemson has had an average start at its own 37 this year and opponents their own 29. Twenty-five times in 58 kickoffs, opponents have either squib kicked or kicked the ball out of bounds in an attempt to keep the ball away from Spiller. Spiller Among Top Active Players in Many Areas Senior running back C.J. Spiller is one of the top allaround football players in the nation. That is demonstrated by the fact that he is in the top 20 in the nation among active FBS players in 12 different categories. That includes the national lead in career kickoff returns for touchdown (7), a total that is an NCAA record. He is also second among active players in all-purpose 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
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Spiller Establishes Another ACC Record Running back C.J. Spiller established another ACC record in the win over Virginia. He has 2,508 all-purpose yards in 2009, more than any ACC player for a season in history. The previous record was held by Thomas Jones of Virginia, who had 2,054 in 1999. Spiller broke the record in the win over Virginia. Spiller is ahead of the league record for all-purpose yards per game. He has a 192.9 average this year. The existing record is 186.9 by Frank Quayle of Virginia in 1968. Quayle is the color commentator for the Virginia radio network and got to watch Spiller first-hand on November 21. Spiller needs 111 all-purpose yards against Kentucky to break Quayle’s per-game record. ACC All-Purpose Yardage Season Bests Rk Player School Year G Plays Yards 1. C.J. Spiller Clemson 2009 13 263 2508 2. Torrey Smith Maryland 2009 12 123 2195 3. Thomas Jones Virginia 1999 11 358 2054 4. Don McCauley North Carolina 1970 11 342 2021 5. Torry Holt N.C. State 1998 11 114 1979 6. Alvin Pearman Virginia 2004 12 257 1938 7. Tiki Barber Virginia 1995 12 320 1906 8. Derrick Hamilton Clemson 2002 13 140 1883
Spiller Moving Up NCAA Chart Running back C.J. Spiller went over the 7,000-yard mark in all-purpose yards at South Carolina when he returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. He became just the fifth FBS player in history to reach 7,000 yards. He is third on the all-time list with 7,416 and needs 158 yards to move ahead of DeAngelo Williams of Memphis into second place. The record is held by Brandon West of Western Michigan, who is a senior this year. West finished with 7,764 yards. Spiller needs 349 all-purpose yards against Kentucky to break West’s record. FBS Career Leaders in All-Purpose Yards Rk Player School Years 1. Brandon West Western Michigan 2006-09 2. DeAngelo Williams Memphis 2002-05 3. C.J. Spiller Clemson 2006-09 4. Ricky Williams Texas 1995-98 5. Napoleon McCallum Navy 1981-85 6. Chris Johnson East Carolina 2004-07 7. Darrin Nelson Stanford 1977-81 8. Kevin Faulk Louisiana State 1995-98 9. Darren Sproles Kansas State 2001-04
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Spiller Records Another First C.J. Spiller recorded another first at N.C. State when he accounted for a touchdown three different ways in the Tigers’ 43-23 win. Spiller threw a 17-yard scoring pass to Xavier Dye in the second quarter. He then scored on a 17-yard run and a 34-yard reception in the second half to complete the triple. Spiller became the first Tiger to throw a scoring pass, catch a touchdown pass, and rush for a touchdown in the same game against an FBS opponent in school history. Ray Mathews threw for a score, ran for two, and passed for one in a game against Presbyterian in 1950, but that was the only other time it has happened. Spiller became the third FBS player to do it this year. Mike Kafka, a quarterback at Northwestern, did it against Syracuse on September 19, and Joe Webb, a quarterback at UAB, did it against Texas-El Paso on October 31. Spiller has accounted for a touchdown five different ways this year, a first in Tiger history. He has one scoring pass, 11 rushing touchdowns, four receiving touchdowns, one punt return for a score, and four touchdowns on kickoff returns. He is the only player in the nation to do it this year. Spiller Becomes Sixth ACC Player with 3,000/1,000 C.J. Spiller became the fifth player in ACC history to accumulate 3,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards when he had 165 rushing yards in the win over Florida State on November 7. He has 3,480 rushing yards in his career. He already was over the 1,000-yard mark in receiving and has 1,362 for his career. Spiller joins former Tiger Travis Zachery, North Carolina’s Leon Johnson, Virginia’s Terry Kirby, and Florida State’s Warrick Dunn in the 3,000/1,000 club. Dunn was Spiller’s idol growing up in Florida and Spiller wears #28 because that was Dunn’s number in college and in the NFL. Spiller needs 55 receiving yards in the bowl game to become the first ACC player with 1,000 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards in one season. ACC Players With 3000 Rushing Yards & 1000 Receiving Yards Player School Years Rush Rec. Terry Kirby Virginia 1989-92 3348 1022 Warrick Dunn Florida State 1993-96 3959 1314 Leon Johnson North Carolina 1993-96 3693 1288 Travis Zachery Clemson 1998-01 3050 1032 C.J. Spiller Clemson 2006-09 3480 1362
Spiller Had 50-Yarder in Eight Straight FBS Games Running back C.J. Spiller had a unique streak going until he played just 15 snaps and touched the ball just five times against Coastal Carolina on October 31. Spiller had a 60-yard play, either from scrimmage or on a return, in each of those first seven games. Nothing in Clemson history compares to it and we have to wonder if anyone else has ever done it nationally. Six of the seven plays of at least 60 yards went for touchdowns, including his 90-yard kickoff return for a score at #8 Miami (FL) on October 24. He had three kickoff returns for scores of over 90 yards, a 77-yard punt return, two receptions of at least 60 yards, and the 66-yard run against Wake Forest. So he had seven plays of at least 60 yards four different ways. Spiller had two touchdowns of at least 50 yards at Miami. In addition to the kickoff return, he had a 56yard scoring reception and a 48-yard run.
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Spiller had a 88-yard kickoff return for a score at South Carolina in the final regular-season game, giving him nine plays of at least 50 yards this year. Spiller’s Plays of at Least 58 Yards in 2009 Date Opponent Play 9-5 Middle Tennessee 96 KOR 9-10 Georgia Tech 63 Catch 9-19 Boston College 77 PR 9-26 Texas Christian *60 Catch 10-3 Maryland 92 KOR 10-17 Wake Forest 66 Run 10-24 Miami (FL) 90 KOR 11-7 Florida State 58 Catch 11-28 South Carolina 88 KOR * - non-scoring play
Spiller Joins Bush as All-Around Performer C.J. Spiller joined exclusive company on September 26 when he went over the 1,000-yard receiving mark and the 1,500-yard mark in kickoff return yardage in a 14-10 loss to #14 Texas Christian. Spiller is the second player in FBS history to accumulate at least 3,000 rushing yards, 1,500 kickoff return yards, 1,000 receiving yards, and 500 punt return yards in a career. Spiller joins former Heisman Trophy winner and Southern California All-American Reggie Bush as the only players to reach all four levels in a career. Players With 3000 Rushing, 1000 Receiving, 1500 KOR, 500 PR Player School Rush Rec. PR KOR Total C.J. Spiller Clemson 3480 1362 569 2005 7416 Reggie Bush Southern California 3169 1301 559 1552 6551 Top Active FBS Players in Career All-Purpose Yards Player School Rush Rec. PR KOR Total Brandon West Western Michigan 3671 958 17 3118 7764 C.J. Spiller Clemson 3480 1362 569 2005 7416 Antonio Brown Central Michigan 496 2905 831 2350 6675 Damion Fletcher Southern Mississippi 5224 906 0 47 6177 Mardy Gilyard Cincinnati 26 2962 245 2457 5697 Spiller’s 2009 Game-By-Game All-Purpose Yards Opponent Rush Rec. PR KOR PL Y/P Yards Middle Tennessee 4-12 0-0 2-63 1-96 7 24.4 171 Georgia Tech 20-87 4-69 0-0 3-78 27 8.7 234 Boston College 17-77 1-2 3-119 1-27 22 10.2 225 Texas Christian 26-112 3-79 0-0 2-36 31 7.3 227 Maryland 18-72 2-7 0-0 2-97 22 8.0 176 Wake Forest 9-106 2-6 0-0 0-0 11 10.2 112 Miami (FL) 14-81 6-104 0-0 3-125 23 13.5 310 Coastal Carolina 5-27 0-0 0-0 0-0 5 5.4 27 Florida State 22-165 3-67 1-9 3-71 29 10.8 312 N.C. State 18-97 3-48 0-0 1-13 22 7.2 158 Virginia 19-58 5-39 1-17 0-0 25 4.6 114 South Carolina 9-18 3-19 1-2 2-102 15 9.4 141 Georgia Tech 20-233 1-5 0-0 3-63 24 12.5 301
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Bowl Notes Clemson Records Held by C.J. Spiller (31) • All-Purpose yards in a career (7,416) • All-purpose yards per game in a career (145.4) • All-purpose yards per game in a season (193) • All-purpose yards in a season (*2,508) • Accounting for a touchdown passing, rushing, and receiving (1) • All-purpose yards in a game (312) • 300-yard all-purpose games in a season (*3) • 300-yard all-purpose games in a career (*3) • Consecutive 200-yard all-purpose games (3) • 200-yard all-purpose games in a career (8) • 200-yard all-purpose games in a season (6) • Different ways accounting for a touchdown in a season (5) • Different ways recording a 100-yard game in a career (4) • Touchdowns of 50 yards or more in a season (9) • Touchdowns of 50 yards or more in a career (21) • Touchdowns of 80 yards or more in a career (11) • Receptions in a career by a running back (120) • Receiving touchdowns by a running back (11) • Receiving yards in a career by a running back (1,362) • Receiving yards by a running back in a season (445) • Receptions in a game by a running back (7) • Consecutive games with a play of 60 yards or more (7) • Kickoff returns for a touchdown in a career (^7) • Kickoff returns for a touchdown in a season (4) • Kick returns for a touchdown in a career (^8) • Kick returns for a touchdowns in a season (5) • Touchdowns in a season (20) • Consecutive games scoring a touchdown (13) • Touchdowns in a career (50) • Kickoff return yards in a season (708) • Kickoff returns in a career (72) * - ACC record, ^ - NCAA record
Spiller Compares Well With All-Purpose Greats It is difficult to quantify the all-around accomplishments of running back C.J. Spiller this year and over his career. He became the ACC’s career leader at Maryland when he had 176 all-purpose yards and now has 7,416 in his career. Spiller is averaging 193 yards per game this year and became just the fifth player in NCAA history to go over 7,000 yards when he returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown at South Carolina on November 28. He is now in third place in NCAA history. Spiller’s impact on the game can be compared with some previous Heisman winners, or near Heisman winners who handled the ball as all-purpose players. Below is a comparison of season and career stats for Spiller, Tim Brown (Notre Dame, 1984-87), Raghib Ismail (Notre Dame, 1988-90), Desmond Howard (Michigan, 1989-91), and Reggie Bush (Southern California, 2003-05). In 2009, Spiller is averaging 193 yards per game. Only Bush and his 222.3 average during the 2005 season is higher. Spiller would be at 206 per game had he not played against Coastal Carolina. He had just 27 yards in that game, as he played just a few plays due to the nature of the score and a recurring toe injury. Brown averaged 173.4 in 1987, his Heisman year, and Ismail averaged 156.4 in 1990, the year he finished second. Howard averaged 155 yards per game in 1991 when he won the Heisman. Spiller has 21 touchdowns of 50 yards or more in his career, including nine this year. Ismail had 13, Bush had 13, and Brown had nine. Spiller has as many 50yard touchdowns this year as Brown had for his entire Notre Dame career. Spiller has five kick returns for touchdowns this year, four on kickoff returns and one on a punt return. All have been at least 77 yards in length.
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Comparison of All-Purpose Players’ Final Seasons Category Brown Ismail Howard Bush Spiller Year 1987 1990 1991 2005 2009 Games 12 12 12 13 13 All-Purpose Yards 2085 1877 1859 2890 2508 Yards/Game 173.8 156.4 154.9 222.3 192.9 Touchdowns 8 6 21 18 20 All-Purpose Plays 143 141 110 283 263 All-Purpose Yards/Play 14.6 13.3 16.9 10.2 9.5 Carries 34 67 13 200 201 Rushing Yards 144 537 180 1740 1145 Rushing Touchdowns 1 3 2 16 11 Receptions 45 32 62 37 33 Receiving Yards 951 699 985 478 445 Yards/Reception 21.1 21.8 15.9 12.9 13.5 Receiving Touchdowns 4 2 19 2 4 Kickoff Returns 29 14 15 28 21 KOR Yards 585 336 412 493 708 KOR Average 20.2 24.0 27.5 17.6 33.7 KOR Touchdowns 0 1 1 0 4 Punt Returns 35 13 20 18 8 PR Yards 405 151 282 179 210 PR Average 11.6 11.6 14.1 9.9 26.3 PR Touchdowns 3 0 1 1 1 Touchdowns via Return 3 1 2 1 5 Touchdowns of 50+ Yards 4 5 4 3 9 Comparison of All-Purpose Players for Career Category Brown Ismail Howard Bush Spiller Career 1984-87 1988-90 1989-91 2003-05 2006-09 Games 43 34 30 39 51 All-Purpose Yards 5024 4187 3943 6551 7416 Yards/Game 116.8 123.1 131.4 168.0 145.4 Touchdowns 22 15 37 42 50 All-Purpose Plays 340 273 228 639 836 Carries 98 131 23 433 591 Rushing Yards 442 1015 249 3169 3480 Rushing Touchdowns 4 5 2 25 31 Receptions 137 71 134 95 120 Receiving Yards 2493 1565 2146 1301 1362 Yards/Reception 18.2 22.0 16.0 13.7 11.2 Receiving Touchdowns 12 4 32 13 11 Kickoff Returns 69 46 45 67 72 KOR Yards 1613 1271 1211 1522 2005 KOR Average 23.4 27.6 26.9 22.7 27.9 KOR Touchdowns 3 5 2 1 7 Punt Returns 36 25 26 44 53 PR Yards 476 336 337 559 569 PR Average 13.2 13.4 13.0 12.7 10.7 PR Touchdowns 3 1 1 3 1 Touchdowns via Return 6 6 3 4 8 Touchdowns of 50+ Yards 9 13 NA 13 21
Spiller Has 100-Yard Games Four Different Ways C.J. Spiller has reached the 100-yard mark in four different areas over his career, the only player in Clemson history to do so. He had 26 carries for 112 yards against #14 Texas Christian, a defense that ranked first in the nation in rushing defense in 2008 and was near the top of the nation entering the game this year. Texas Christian had allowed just 43 rushing yards per game entering the game. Spiller had a career-high 233 rushing yards against #12 Georgia Tech and has 12 100-yard rushing games in his career. Spiller also has three 100-yard receiving games (three of the four by running backs in school history), four 100-yard kickoff return games, and a 100yard punt return game. He had three punt returns for 119 yards against Boston College on September 19. That is still the third-most punt return yards in a game this year by any player.
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Date 9-30-06 10-7-06 10-21-06 11-11-06 11-25-06 9-22-07 10-27-07 12-31-07 9-26-09 10-17-09 11-7-09 12-5-09
Spiller’s Career 100-Yard Games Rushing (12) Opponent Louisiana Tech Wake Forest Georgia Tech N.C. State South Carolina N.C. State Maryland Auburn Texas Christian Wake Forest Florida State Georgia Tech
Car-Yds-TD 15-127-1 9-104-1 16-116-1 18-154-1 10-155-2 21-114-1 17-106-0 8-112-1 26-112-1 9-106-2 22-165-1 20-233-4
Date 11-1-08 11-15-08 10-24-09
Receiving (3) Opponent Boston College Duke Miami (FL)
Rec-Yds-TD 6-105-0 7-108-1 6-104-1
Date 9-19-09
Punt Returns (1) Opponent Boston College
Date 12-31-07 8-30-08 10-24-09 11-28-09
Kickoff Returns (4) Opponent Auburn Alabama Miami (FL) South Carolina
PR-Yds-TD 3-119-1
KOR-Yds-TD 4-103-0 4-152-1 3-125-1 2-102-1
Spiller Establishes ACC Record C.J. Spiller had 176 all-purpose yards at Maryland and became the ACC’s all-time leader in that area in the process. He has 7,416 in his career and broke the record of 5,828 by Leon Johnson of North Carolina (1993-96). So, he has broken the record by nearly 1,600 yards. Teammate Jacoby Ford has 4,037, sixthmost in Clemson history, and he is second among active ACC players. ACC Career All-Purpose Yardage Leaders Rk Player School Years 1. C.J. Spiller Clemson 2006-09 2. Leon Johnson North Carolina 1993-96 3. Chris Douglas Duke 2000-03 4. Ted Brown N.C. State 1975-78 5. Robert Lavette Georgia Tech 1981-84 6. Warrick Dunn Florida State 1993-96 7. Don McCauley North Carolina 1968-70
APY 7416 5828 5748 5565 5393 5321 5014
Clemson Career Leaders in All-Purpose Yards Rk Player Years APY 1. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 7416 2. Derrick Hamilton 2001-03 4839 3. Travis Zachery 1998-01 4391 4. James Davis 2005-08 4335 5. Raymond Priester 1994-97 4282 6. Jacoby Ford 2006-09 4037 7. Buddy Gore 1966-68 3273 8. Aaron Kelly 2005-08 3151
Spiller’s Production Up Under Swinney C.J. Spiller had three consecutive 200-yard all-purpose yard games, a first in Tiger history, earlier in the season. He had 234 against #15 Georgia Tech on September 10, 225 against Boston College on September 19, and 227 against #14 Texas Christian on September 26. He has added three 300-yard games since. Spiller has nine games of at least 200 all-purpose yards and eight of the nine have taken place since Dabo Swinney took over as Clemson’s head coach. In 32 games before Swinney became the head 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Bowl Notes coach, Spiller averaged 14.4 touches per game for 121.3 yards per game. In 19 games he has played since Swinney became the head coach, he has had 376 touches for 3,535 yards. That is an average of 19.8 touches and 186 yards per game.
Year 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2007 2008
Spiller Career Bests in All-Purpose Yards Opponent PL-Yards Florida State 29-312 Miami 23-310 Georgia Tech (ACC title game) 24-301 Boston College 16-242 Georgia Tech 27-234 Texas Christian 31-227 Boston College 22-225 Auburn 15-218 Duke 19-201
Year 2009 2009 2009 2007 2009 2007 2009 2009
Spiller Career Bests in Touches Opponent Texas Christian Florida State Georgia Tech N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech (ACC title game) at Miami (FL)
PL-Yards 31-227 29-312 27-234 26-189 25-114 24-127 24-301 23-310
Year 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2008 2007 2006
Spiller Career Bests in Yards/Touch Opponent PL-Yds Middle Tennessee 7-171 Alabama 9-195 Wake Forest 12-194 Duke 9-140 Boston College 11-171 Boston College 16-242 Auburn 15-218 South Carolina 12-172
Yards/PL 24.4 21.7 16.2 15.6 15.5 15.1 14.5 14.3
Spiller Third on Tiger Rushing List C.J. Spiller became the fourth player in Clemson history to reach 3,000 rushing yards when he had 165 yards against Florida State. Spiller has reached this plateau even though he has started just 18 games in his career. He split time with James Davis (now with Cleveland Browns) his first three years. Spiller has a 5.9 yards per carry average, best in Clemson history among players with at least 1000 rushing yards. Spiller is third in Clemson history in career rushing yards, trailing only former teammate James Davis and all-time leader Raymond Priester. Clemson Leaders in Career Rushing Yards Rk Player Years Car. Avg. TD 1. Raymond Priester 1994-97 805 4.93 21 2. James Davis 2005-08 753 5.15 47 3. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 591 5.89 31 4. Travis Zachery 1998-01 691 4.43 41 5. Kenny Flowers 1983-86 590 4.94 26 6. Terry Allen 1987-89 523 5.31 28 7. Woodrow Dantzler 1998-01 591 4.67 27 8. Buddy Gore 1966-68 600 4.29 15 9. Ray Yauger 1968-70 555 4.39 16 10. Chuck McSwain 1979-82 483 4.80 23
Yards 3966 3881 3480 3058 2914 2778 2761 2571 2439 2320
Spiller Named to Walter Camp All-America Teams C.J. Spiller was named a first-team All-America kick returner and second-team All-America running back by the Walter Camp Foundation. This is the oldest of the All-America teams and is named after the former legendary college coach. He is the first player in the history of the Walter Camp All-America team to make first or second-team 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
All-American at two different positions. Spiller was the only ACC player named to the first team. Spiller was named a unanimous first-team AllAmerican this year. He is just the third Clemson player to be a unanimous All-American, the first as an offensive player. Terry Kinard was a unanimous AllAmerican in 1982 and Gaines Adams was a unanimous selection in 2006. Spiller was named ACC Player-ofthe-Year, the first Tiger to receive that honor since Michael Dean Perry (1987). He is fourth in the nation in all-purpose yards (192.9). He is the only player in the nation to score at least one touchdown in every game this year and has a school-record 20. A finalist for the Doak Walker Award, Spiller had 233 yards on 20 carries and scored a career-high four touchdowns in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech. He has 50 career touchdowns and needs just one to become Clemson’s career leader. This year, he has accounted for a touchdown five different ways, 11 rushing, four receiving, four on kickoff returns, one on a punt return, and one by throwing a touchdown pass. He has already established an NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career (7). He has 7,416 all-purpose yards in his career, third-most in NCAA history. Spiller, who graduated from Clemson on December 17 with a degree in sociology, has 21 career touchdowns of 50 yards or more, including nine this year. Spiller Over 1,000 Rushing Yards for First Time C.J. Spiller went over the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the 2009 season when he rushed for 233 yards in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech. It was a career high for Spiller, the fourth-most in a game in Clemson history, and the most by a Tiger since Raymond Priester gained a record 263 yards against Duke in 1995. It was the most rushing yards by a Tiger in a game away from home since Don King had 234 yards at Fordham in 1952. Spiller has 1,145 rushing yards. That is already the seventh-best season in Tiger history and the most since James Davis had 1,187 in 2006. Spiller needs 201 yards to break Priester’s single-season record. Overall, Spiller is the 12th Tiger to record a 1,000yard rushing season. Two players have done it twice, Priester and Woodrow Dantzler, so Spiller’s is the 14thdifferent 1,000-yard rushing season. Clemson Single-Season Rushing Bests Rk Player Year Car. Avg 1. Raymond Priester 1996 257 5.2 2. Raymond Priester 1995 238 5.6 3. Terrence Flagler 1986 192 6.6 4. Kenny Flowers 1985 227 5.3 5. Terry Allen 1988 216 5.3 6. James Davis 2006 203 5.8 7. C.J. Spiller 2009 201 5.7 Clemson Single-Game Rushing Bests Yds Car. Player Opponent 263 32 Raymond Priester Duke 260 27 Cliff Austin Duke 234 33 Don King Fordham 233 20 C.J. Spiller Georgia Tech* 226 21 Wesley McFadden Virginia Tech 220 18 Woodrow Dantzler Virginia 216 21 James Davis Georgia Tech 210 22 Terrence Flagler Virginia 209 30 Terrence Flagler Wake Forest * - ACC Championship game
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Year 1995 1982 1952 2009 1987 2000 2006 1986 1986
Spiller Third in ACC History in KOR Average C.J. Spiller has 2,005 career kickoff return yards on 72 returns, a 27.9-yard average. That includes a 33.7yard average this year. Spiller is third in ACC history in kickoff return average on a career basis. It is interesting to note that three of the top four averages in ACC history are held by Tigers. Spiller’s 33.7-yard average would be the fourth-best in ACC history if the season ended today. Top Career Kickoff Return Averages in ACC History Rk Player School Years Avg 1. Justin Miller Clemson 2002-04 30.7 2. Dickie Harris South Carolina 1969-70 28.1 3. C.J. Spiller Clemson 2006-09 27.9 4. Derrick Hamilton Clemson 2001-03 26.7 5. Darrell Blackman N.C. State 2004-07 25.9 6. Ralph Springer N.C. State 1973-77 25.5 7. John Stone Wake Forest 1998-01 25.4
Spiller Comparable to Titans’ Johnson Recent articles about C.J. Spiller have compared him favorably to current Tennessee Titan running back Chris Johnson, one of the top rushers in the NFL this year. They are similar in size and style of play in that they have all-around abilities and can help their respective teams in a variety of ways. Spiller will play against Kentucky on Johnson’s home turf at LP Field on December 27. Spiller and the Clemson team are scheduled to watch Johnson and the Titans play at home against the Chargers on Christmas night. A look to their respective college stats shows there is also a comparison there. Spiller recently went ahead of Johnson on the NCAA all-purpose yardage list. Johnson had 6,993 yards in 47 games at East Carolina (2004-07), while Spiller has 7,416 yards in 51 games at Clemson. Their career yards-per-game average is very close, 148.8 for Johnson and 145.4 for Spiller. Spiller has 11 career receiving touchdowns and Johnson had 10. Johnson had 32 career rushing touchdowns and Spiller has 31. If Spiller gets five catches in the bowl game, he will have the same total as Johnson (125). Spiller has the advantage in touchdowns (50-44) and in touchdown plays of 50 yards or more (21-9). Spiller has 569 career punt return yards and Johnson never returned a punt in college. He also has the advantage in yards per carry and kickoff return average. Comparison of Spiller’s & Johnson’s College Careers Category Johnson Spiller School East Carolina Clemson Years 2004-07 2006-09 Games 47 51 Rushing 624-2982 591-3480 Yards/Carry 4.8 5.9 Rushing Touchdowns 32 31 Receiving 125-1296 120-1362 Receiving Touchdowns 10 11 Yards/Reception 10.4 11.4 Kickoff Returns 115-2715 72-2005 KOR Average 23.6 27.9 KOR Touchdowns 2 7 Punt Returns 0-0 53-569 PR Touchdowns 0 1 All-Purpose Plays 864 836 All-Purpose Yards 6993 7416 Yards/Game 148.8 145.4 Yards/Play 8.09 8.87 Touchdowns 44 50 Touchdowns of 50+ Yards 9 21 Points 264 302
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Bowl Notes Spiller & Tebow Only Active Players With 50 TDs C.J. Spiller scored four touchdowns in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech. That gave him 50 touchdowns for his career, tied for the most in Tiger history. Spiller is tied with Travis Zachery, who had 50 touchdowns (41 rushing, nine receiving) from 1998-01. The ACC record is 52 by Wali Lundy, who played at Virginia (2002-05). Therefore, he needs just one touchdown against Kentucky to establish a Clemson record and three to establish an ACC record. Spiller is one of just two active FBS players with at least 50 touchdowns. The other is Florida’s Tim Tebow. It is interesting to note that three of the top six touchdown scorers in ACC history played at Clemson. James Davis, a former teammate of Spiller, had 49. Spiller has 20 touchdowns in 2009, just one off the ACC record of 21 set by Don McCauley of North Carolina in 1970. Ryan Williams of Virginia Tech also has 20 touchdowns and can surpass the mark in Virginia Tech’s bowl game against Tennessee. FBS Active Leaders in Touchdowns Rk Player School 1. Tim Tebow Florida 2. C.J. Spiller Clemson 3. Dan LeFevour Central Michigan 4. Damion Fletcher Southern Mississippi Anthony Dixon Mississippi State 6. Chris Brown Oklahoma
G 54 51 52 49 48 48
TD 56 50 47 46 46 45
ACC Career Leaders in Touchdowns Rk Player School Years 1. Wali Lundy Virginia 2002-05 2. Ted Brown N.C. State 1975-78 3. Leon Johnson North Carolina 1993-96 Travis Zachery Clemson 1998-01 C.J. Spiller Clemson 1006-09 5. Warrick Dunn Florida State 1993-96 James Davis Clemson 2005-08
TD 52 51 50 50 50 49 49
Spiller Has Top-Three APY Games in Tiger History While C.J. Spiller was a lock to set the Clemson allpurpose yardage record when the season started, he had not recorded one of the top-10 single-game allpurpose yardage performances in school history. That all changed this year, as he has now recorded the topthree games in school history. No Tiger had a 300-yard all-purpose yardage game prior to this year, but Spiller has done it three times this year, at #8 Miami (FL), at home against Florida State, and in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech. Prior to this year, no ACC player in history had had more than one 300-yard all-purpose yardage game in ACC history. Now Spiller has three and is obviously the ACC recordholder in that category. Clemson Single-Game All-Purpose Yardage Bests Player Opp. Year Rush Rec. PR KOR Total C.J. Spiller FSU 2009 165 67 9 71 312 C.J. Spiller MIA 2009 81 104 125 310 C.J. Spiller GAT* 2009 233 5 63 301 Justin Miller FSU 2004 282 282 Terrence Flagler WFU 1986 209 65 274 Tony Horne FSU 1997 131 27 109 267 Raymond Priester DUK 1995 263 263 Cliff Austin DUK 1982 260 260 Derrick Hamilton GAT 2002 97 22 96 41 256 Don King Fordham 1952 234 20 254 Ken Callicutt USC 1974 197 55 252 * - ACC Championship game
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Spiller Sixth in Final Heisman Voting C.J. Spiller finished sixth in the 2009 Heisman Trophy voting, tied for the highest finish by a Tiger. Steve Fuller finished in a tie for sixth with Ted Brown of N.C. State in 1978, and that is the only other top-10 Heisman finish by a Tiger. Spiller had 26 first-place votes, 31 second-place votes, and 83 third-place votes in recording 223 Heisman points. He was named on 140 of the 925 ballots. He was 167 points behind Florida quarterback Tim Tebow in the Heisman voting. The 26 first-place votes and 223 voting points were also the most ever by a Tiger. Fuller had 19 first-place votes and 92 points in the 1978 Heisman voting. Below are some other notes on Spiller and the Heisman voting. • Spiller was the first ACC player to finish in the top six of the Heisman race since 2000, when Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke won the award. Since 1992, the only other ACC players (in the league the year of the voting) to finish in the top six were Joe Hamilton of Georgia Tech (second in 1999), Warrick Dunn of Florida State (fifth in 1996), and Charlie Ward of Florida State (first in 1993). • Spiller’s 26 first-place votes and 223 voting points were the most by an ACC player since Weinke won the award in 2000. • Voting in the Heisman this year was close, as evidenced by the 28-point difference between first-place Mark Ingram of Alabama and second-place Toby Gerhart of Stanford, the closest margin for the winner in the 75-year history of the award. But Spiller’s vote total was also an indication of the close race. Spiller’s 26 first-place votes were the secondmost by a sixth-place finisher since 1973. The only other sixth-place finisher with more in the last 36 years was the 46 first-place votes by Antwaan Randle El of Indiana in 2001. He finished with 267 voting points that year in finishing sixth. • Spiller’s point total of 223 was the third-most for a sixth-place finisher since 1973. Byron Hanspard of Texas Tech had just 15 first-place votes, but 251 voting points in 1996. • Spiller joined a lot of celebrated players who have gone on to outstanding NFL careers with the sixth-place finish in the Heisman voting. Other sixth-place finishers include Bobby Layne of Texas (1947), Alan Ameche of Wisconsin (1953), Mike Ditka of Pittsburgh (1960), Dick Butkus of Illinois (1963), Bill Fralic of Pittsburgh (1984), Chris Spielman of Ohio State (1987), Warren Sapp of Miami (FL) (1994), Peyton Manning of Tennessee (1995), Michael Vick of Virginia Tech (2000), Matt Leinart of Southern California (2003), and A.J. Hawk of Ohio State (2005). • Spiller had a similar finish to his boyhood idol, Warrick Dunn of Florida State. Spiller wears #28 because that was the number that Dunn wore in college and the NFL. Spiller finished sixth with 26 first-place votes and Dunn finished fifth with 40 first-place votes his senior year (1996).
Player Mark Ingram Toby Gerhart Colt McCoy Ndamukong Suh Tim Tebow C.J. Spiller Kellen Moore Case Keenum Mardy Gilyard Golden Tate
2009 Heisman Voting School 1st 2nd Alabama 227 236 Stanford 222 225 Texas 203 188 Nebraska 161 105 Florida 43 70 Clemson 26 31 Boise State 10 20 Houston 2 9 Cincinnati 2 2 Notre Dame 2 3
3rd 151 160 160 122 121 83 30 13 13 9
Total 1304 1276 1145 815 390 223 100 37 23 21
Chip Kelly of Oregon has the most wins among first-year coaches with 10. The ACC record for wins by a first-year coach is 11 by Jeff Jagodzinski of Boston College in 2007. It should be noted that Frank Spaziani of Boston College also has eight wins in his first year as a head coach with an ACC team. The Clemson record for wins by a first-year coach is 10 by Ken Hatfield in 1990. Danny Ford was 8-4 in his first year in 1979 and Charley Pell was 8-3-1 in 1977 in his first year. Paul Johnson, head coach at Georgia Tech, had nine wins last year in his first year, and that is fourth-most in league history. Wins By First-Year FBS Coaches in 2009 Head Coach School Chip Kelly Oregon Dabo Swinney Clemson Frank Spaziani Boston College Lane Kiffin Tennessee Dave Clausen Bowling Green Gene Chizik Auburn
W-L 10-2 8-5 8-4 7-5 7-5 7-5
Wins By ACC First-Year Coaches Head Coach School Year Jeff Jagodzinski Boston College 2007 Ken Hatfield Clemson 1990 Ralph Friedgen Maryland 2001 Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 2008 Dabo Swinney Clemson 2009 Lou Holtz N.C. State 1972 Charley Pell Clemson 1977 Danny Ford Clemson 1979 Bobby Ross Maryland 1982 Dick Sheridan N.C. State 1986 Fred Goldsmith Duke 1994 Frank Spaziani Boston College 2009 Chuck Amato N.C. State 2000
W-L 11-3 10-2 10-2 9-4 8-5 8-3-1 8-3-1 8-4 8-4 8-3-1 8-4 8-4 8-4
Swinney Continues Tradition of Alabama Coaches Dabo Swinney is a 1993 Alabama graduate and is carrying on the tradition of successful Alabama graduates who have been Clemson head coaches. Swinney has a 12-8 record as Clemson’s head coach, including the 8-5 mark this year. He has taken Clemson to the ACC Atlantic Division title for the first time. Clemson has won 13 ACC Championships and 12 have been coached by Alabama graduates. The Alabama graduates who have coached Clemson to the ACC title are Frank Howard, Charley Pell, and Danny Ford. Swinney Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year Finalist Head Coach Dabo Swinney is one of 10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year Award. The winner will be announced on January 6 just prior to the BCS Championship game. The Liberty Mutual Award honors a coach for his success on the field as well as his community service, sportsmanship, and the academic performance of his team. Swinney is in his first full season as Clemson’s head coach and took the Tigers to the ACC Atlantic Division title, a first for the program.
Swinney #2 in Wins Among First-Year Coaches Head Coach Dabo Swinney led the Tigers to the ACC title game and has an 8-5 record. That is tied for second among Clemson first-year coaches in terms of wins and is tied for fifth-most in ACC history. He is also tied for second among FBS coaches in their first full season.
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Superlatives Under Dabo Swinney Category Clemson Team High Total Offense 483 vs. Florida State, 11-7-09 469 Plays 79 vs. Duke, 11-15-08 83 Yards Per Play 8.3 vs. N.C. State, 11-14-09 7.0 Rushing Yards 323 vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 333 Carries 50 vs. Boston College, 9-19-09 65 Yards Per Carry 9.5 vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 7.4 Rushing Touchdowns 5 vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 3 3 Passing Yards 326 vs. Duke, 11-15-08 264 326 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 Completions 27 vs. Duke, 11-15-08 24 Passing Attempts 42 vs. South Carolina, 11-28-09 47 Completion % (min. 10 comp.) 73.1 vs. Virginia, 11-21-09 73.1 Passing Efficiency (min. 10 comp.) 208.9 vs. N.C. State, 11-14-09 189.4 Passing Touchdowns 4 vs. Florida State, 11-7-09 3 3 Longest Pass 83 vs. Duke, 11-15-08 70 First Downs 24 vs. Duke, 11-15-08 28 Total Touchdowns 7 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10-31-09 5 Points 49 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10-31-09 41 Field Goals 6 vs. Boston College, 9-19-09 4 4 Punting Average (min. 3 punts) 46.7 vs. South Carolina, 11-29-08 46.3 Time of Possession 37:11 vs. Boston College, 9-19-09 37:17 Penalties 7 vs. many (4) 11 11 Penalty Yards 79 vs. N.C. State, 11-14-09 106 Turnovers 6 vs. Georgia Tech, 10-18-08 5 Third-Down Conversions 8 vs. South Carolina, 11-29-08 11 Third-Down Conversion % 60.0 vs. N.C. State, 11-14-09 61.1 Average Starting Field Position* 48 vs. Virginia, 11-21-09 38 Punt Return Yards 135 vs. Middle Tennessee, 9-5-09 85 Kickoff Return Yards 173 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 169 Interception Return Yards 96 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10-31-09 60 Interceptions by Defense 4 vs. South Carolina, 11-29-08 4 Fumble Return Yards 28 vs. Nebraska, 1-1-09 68 Sacks by Defense 7 vs. Virginia, 11-21-09 6 Category Clemson Individual Best Total Offense 284 by Cullen Harper vs. Duke, 11-15-08 312 284 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 Rushing Yards 233 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 127 Carries 26 by C.J. Spiller vs. Texas Christian, 9-26-09 26 26 Rushing Touchdowns 4 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 2 2 Longest Rush 69 by Jamie Harper vs. N.C. State, 11-14-09 82 Passing Yards 326 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 264 Completions 25 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 24 Passing Attempts 42 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 47 Completion % (min. 10 comp.) 76.9 by Cullen Harper vs. Duke, 11-15-08 73.1 Passing Efficiency (min. 10 comp.) 188.7 by Kyle Parker vs. N.C. State, 11-14-09 167.9 Passing Touchdowns 4 by Kyle Parker vs. Florida State, 11-7-09 3 Receptions 10 by Aaron Kelly vs. Duke, 11-15-08 9 Receiving Yards 122 by Aaron Kelly vs. Georgia Tech, 10-18-08 96 Receiving Touchdowns 2 by Aaron Kelly vs. Georgia Tech, 10-18-08 2 2 All‑Purpose Yards 312 by C.J. Spiller vs. Florida State, 11-7-09 174 Total Touchdowns 4 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 2 Points 24 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 15 Field Goals 6 by Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 9-19-09 4 4 Punting Average (min. 3 punts) 46.7 by Jimmy Maners vs. South Carolina, 11-29-08 46.3 Punt Return Yards 119 by C.J. Spiller vs. Boston College, 9-19-09 85 Kickoff Return Yards 125 by C.J. Spiller vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 149 Interception Return Yards 63 by Crezdon Butler vs. Nebraska, 1-1-09 54 Interceptions 2 by Chris Chancellor vs. South Carolina, 11-29-08 2 2 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Georgia Tech, 9-10-09 2 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Miami (FL), 10-24-09 Fumble Return Yards 28 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Nebraska, 1-1-09 68 Tackles 14 by Brandon Maye vs. Middle Tennessee, 9-5-09 14 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Middle Tennessee, 9-5-09 Sacks 2 by many (4) vs. many (4) Tackles For Loss 3 by many (4) vs. many (5)
Opponent Team High by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Miami (FL), 10-24-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Florida State, 11-8-08 by Florida State, 11-8-08 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Florida State, 11-7-09 by Virginia, 11-22-08 by South Carolina, 11-29-08 by Maryland, 10-3-09 by Virginia, 11-21 by N.C. State, 11-14-09 by South Carolina, 11-28-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Florida State, 11-8-08 by Florida State, 11-8-08 by Nebraska, 1-1-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Miami (FL), 10-24-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Texas Christian, 9-26-09 by Miami (FL), 10-24-09 by Texas Christian, 9-26-09 by Florida State, 11-7-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by Georgia Tech, 12-5-09 by South Carolina, 11-28-09 by Georgia Tech, 9-10-09 by Boston College, 9-19-09 by Boston College, 11-1-08 by Georgia Tech, 10-18-08 by Middle Tennessee, 9-5-09 by Florida State, 11-8-08 Opponent Individual Best by Andy Dalton (Texas Christian), 9-26-09 by Anthony Allen (Georgia Tech), 9-10-09 by Josh Nesbitt (Georgia Tech), 10-18 by Jermaine Thomas (Florida State), 11-7-09 by Antone Smith (Florida State), 11-8-08 by Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech), 12-5-09 by Anthony Allen (Georgia Tech), 9-10-09 by Christian Ponder (Florida State), 11-7-09 by Marc Verica (Virginia), 11-22-08 by Chris Smelley (South Carolina), 11-29-08 by Chris Turner (Maryland), 10-3-09 by Chris Turner (Maryland), 10-3-09 by Stephen Garcia (South Carolina), 11-28-09 by Rod Owens (Florida State), 11-7-09 by Todd Peterson (Nebraska), 1-1-09 by Jarvis Williams (N.C. State), 11-14-09 by Weslye Saunders (South Carolina), 11-28-09 by Torrey Smith (Maryland), 10-3-09 by many (4), many teams (4) by Scott Blair (Georgia Tech), 12-5-09 by Alex Henery (Nebraska), 1-1-09 by Scott Blair (Georgia Tech), 12-5-09 by Matt Bosher (Miami (FL)), 10-24-09 by Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech), 9-10-09 by Jeff Smith (Boston College), 9-19-09 by DeVonte Holloman (South Carolina), 11-28-09 by Morgan Burnett (Georgia Tech), 10-18-08
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Head Coach Dabo Swinney At age 40, Dabo Swinney is the youngest head coach in the ACC and one of the youngest in the country, but he has handled his first full season as Clemson’s head coach like an old veteran. During the 2009 season, he led the Tigers to their first championship of the ACC’s Atlantic Division. The Tigers came just five points short of winning their first ACC title in 18 years. Swinney was second in the voting for ACC Coachof-the-Year and was a finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year award. Entering the Music City Bowl, Swinney has accumulated eight wins, second-most among all FBS coaches in their first full year behind Oregon’s Chip Kelly. The eight wins are in a tie for fifth-most in ACC history for a first-year head coach. A bowl victory would move him into a tie for fourth-best in ACC history with Paul Johnson, who had a 9-4 record last year, his first year at Georgia Tech. The Tigers have reached the eight-win mark playing a schedule that has included four games against top-15 opponents, just the second year in school history (1999) that Clemson has played four games against teams ranked in the top 15 of the AP poll. Clemson was 1-3 in those games, but the three losses were by a combined 12 points (three points to Georgia Tech, four points to Texas Christian, and five points to Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game). The Tigers’ three FBS non-conference opponents had a combined record of 28-8 this year. Clemson gave #3 and undefeated Texas Christian its stiffest test in a 14-10 Horned Frog victory on September 26. Swinney’s first season included a six-game winning streak at midseason, a streak that saw the Tigers score at least 34 points in every game, a first in school history. During that stretch, the Tigers defeated #8 Miami (FL) on the road. The 40-37 overtime victory tied for the highest-ranked team Clemson has defeated on the road in school history. That was the second of six straight wins, the longest winning streak for the Clemson program in four years. The streak also included a 40-24 nationally-televised win over Florida State and Bobby Bowden, the Hall of Fame coach who is second in victories in FBS history. The winning streak brought Clemson to a #15
Swinney’s Coaching Record Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
School Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson
Position(s) W-L Bowl GA 9-3-1 Gator GA 12-1 Citrus GA 8-3 WR,TE 10-3 Outback TE 4-7 WR 7-5 Music City WR 10-3 Orange WR 3-8 WR 9-4 Peach WR 6-5 WR 8-4 Champs Sports WR 8-5 Music City AHC,WR 9-4 Chick-fil-A AHC,WR 3-3 HC 4-3 Gator HC 8-5 Music City
Years as a full-time college coach:........................................12 Winning Seasons:..........................................................................10 Bowl Seasons:...................................................................................9 Record as an assistant coach:...............................77-51 (.602) Record as a head coach:............................................ 12-8 (.600) Record at Clemson:...................................................55-33 (.625)
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national ranking in the AP poll after the Atlantic Division clinching victory over Virginia on November 21. The Tigers had success on offense, defense, and special teams during the 2009 season. The Tigers were 24th in the nation and second in the ACC in scoring offense (31.9), while the defense was 22nd in total defense and 11th in pass defense. Clemson was in a tie for third in the country in interceptions as well. Clemson had a school-record six kick returns for touchdowns this year, four on kickoff returns and two on punt returns. The main reason Clemson was so outstanding on special teams was the play of college football’s most dynamic player, C.J. Spiller. The Tiger running back was named MVP of the ACC in 2009 and was a consensus first-team All-American. He had five kick returns for touchdowns during the 2009 season, an all-time Clemson record, and established the NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career with seven. He enters the bowl season as the only FBS player to score at least one touchdown in every game this year. Overall, the Tigers held down three positions on the All-ACC First-Team and five spots on the second team. Only Virginia Tech had more representatives. Swinney became Clemson’s interim head coach on October 13, 2008 when Tommy Bowden stepped down after guiding the program for nearly 10 seasons. Then on December 1, 2008, the “interim” tag was removed, as he took over on a full-time basis as the Tigers’ 25th head coach. He had been Clemson’s assistant head coach for two years and had been in charge of the wide receivers since 2003. Swinney, who had never been a head coach prior to the 2008 season, led Clemson to a 4-3 record to close the 2008 campaign. That mark included four victories in the last five regular-season games, with the only loss at #24 Florida State. That 4-1 record to end the regular season tied for the best mark in the ACC for that time period. Four of his six regular-season opponents were later bowl participants. His 4-3 record included a 2-1 road record, wins over Boston College and Virginia. Swinney hit the ground running in his first week as interim head coach, as he prepared for a 5-1 Georgia Tech team. He had to re-organize his staff, and regroup his team and Clemson Nation in just five days. While the Tigers lost by four points, he accomplished many goals in that first week through his outstanding leadership. One of the most impressive demonstrations of unity came during the team’s “Tiger Walk.” Prior to the game against the Yellow Jackets, Swinney decided to have his team depart buses outside the Lot 5 parking lot near the WestZone at Memorial Stadium and experience the gameday atmosphere. Dressed in jackets and ties, the team was embraced by thousands of Tiger fans who stood 10 deep for the 200-yard march to the stadium. It was the centerpiece of his “All In” theme in his first week as head coach. It is a tradition that will continue in the future. In his second week as head coach, an off-week, he invited the Clemson student body to a practice, and nearly 1,000 students showed up. He spoke to the group and actually allowed some students to participate during practice, as they were selected to attempt a field goal, punt against a live rush, and field a punt. He also took the entire team to the Greenville Children’s Hospital for a visit with young men and women fighting cancer.
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The Swinney File Playing Experience Lettered three years at Alabama (1990-92); also a member of the 1989 team...member of the 1992 National Championship team...Academic All-SEC and SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member in 1990,92.
Bowl Participation as a Player 1990 Sugar Bowl...1991 Blockbuster Bowl...1991 Fiesta Bowl...1993 Sugar Bowl.
Education B.S. degree in commerce & business administration from Alabama in 1993...master of business administration from Alabama in 1995.
Coaching Experience Graduate assistant coach at Alabama (1993-95)...wide receivers/tight ends at Alabama (1996)...tight ends at Alabama (1997)...wide receivers at Alabama (1998-00)...wide receivers at Clemson (2003-06)...assistant head coach/wide receivers at Clemson (2007 - October 13, 2008)...interim head coach/ offensive coordinator at Clemson (October 13 - December 1, 2008)...head coach at Clemson (2009).
Bowl Seasons as an Assistant Coach 1994 Gator Bowl...1995 Citrus Bowl...1997 Outback Bowl...1998 Music City Bowl...2000 Orange Bowl...2004 Peach Bowl...2005 Champs Sports Bowl...2006 Music City Bowl...2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Bowl Seasons as a Head Coach 2009 Gator Bowl...2009 Music City Bowl.
Head Coaching Record 12-8 (.600) in two seasons at Clemson.
Personal Data Born November 20, 1969 in Birmingham, AL...married to the former Kathleen Bassett...the couple has three sons (Will 11, Drew 9, Clay 6).
He has continued his community involvement through his foundation. His foundation made the first contribution to the cancer fund established for Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich. Many schools followed his lead the remainder of the season. The Liberty Mutual Coach-of-the-Year award evaluates coaching performances in terms of coaching excellence, sportsmanship, integrity, academic excellence, and community commitment. It is easy to see why Swinney was a national finalist for that award in his first full season as head coach. Swinney’s first victory as a head coach took place in his first-ever road game on November 1. Despite committing four turnovers and trailing in the fourth quarter, his troops rallied for a 27-21 win, giving Clemson its first win over the Eagles since 1958. It also came against the eventual ACC Atlantic Division champion. The Tigers suffered a 41-27 defeat at #24 Florida State a week later, but they rebounded to trounce Duke 31-7 at Memorial Stadium by outgaining the Blue Devils 466-168 under Swinney, who also served as offensive coordinator during the second half of 2008. Clemson showed its road prowess the following weekend by claiming a 13-3 victory at Virginia and veteran Cavaliers Head Coach Al Groh. Rival South Carolina awaited for the final regularseason game. Against one of the SEC’s best defenses, the Tigers used a balanced attack (184 rushing yards, 199 passing yards) to top the Gamecocks 31-14 at Memorial Stadium. Clemson also had four intercep2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Head Coach Dabo Swinney tions against Steve Spurrier’s offense and held it to just 22-47 passing for 212 yards. The following week, the Tigers accepted an invitation to play in the Gator Bowl against Nebraska, a game in which the Cornhuskers were victorious by a score of 26-21. The 1993 Alabama graduate joined the Clemson staff prior to the 2003 season. In his six years, the Tigers have finished in the top 25 of the final polls three times and totaled 10 wins over top-25 teams, including victories over Florida State (4), Miami (FL) (1), and Tennessee (1), during his tenure in Tigertown. Swinney coached his wide receiver position to a level of consistency that had not been seen previously at Clemson. He had a wideout finish first or second in the ACC in catches each of the last five years. In his first year, he had three of the top-10 receivers in the ACC, a first in Tiger history. He coached a First-Team All-ACC wideout every year from 2004-07 (three different players), also an unprecedented feat at Clemson. In 2004 and 2005, he coached the ACC reception champion (Airese Currie (2004), Chansi Stuckey (2005)). It was the first time Clemson had two different players lead the ACC in receptions in consecutive years. In 2007, Aaron Kelly led the ACC in yards, giving Swinney an ACC receiving king three out of four years. Stuckey earned First-Team All-ACC honors in back-toback years, a first for a Tiger wideout in 25 years. The play of Swinney’s wide receivers was a big reason Clemson led the ACC in total offense, rushing offense, and scoring offense during the 2006 season, just the second time an ACC team led the conference in all three categories during the previous 25 seasons. The Tigers also led the league and set school records for yards per play (6.5) and touchdowns (55). In 2007, he coached Kelly, a First-Team All-ACC selection who led the league in receiving yards per game and touchdown catches (11). He also finished second in receptions per game with a school-record 88 catches, tied for the second-highest total in ACC history. His 11 touchdown catches were a Tiger record as well. Kelly is Clemson’s and the ACC’s career reception leader with 232 catches. He also owns the school touchdown reception record with 20. The previous record of 18 was held by Glenn Smith, who established the record in 1951. The Alabama native has a reputation as one of the top recruiters in the nation. In 2006, he was listed as the fifth-best recruiter in the nation by Rivals.com. It marked the second straight year that he was lauded by the website as a top-25 national recruiter. He signed 38 players in his five recruiting seasons and was a major reason Clemson’s 2008 recruiting class was rated #2 in the nation by ESPN.com when he signed 11 players. He was named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation by Rivals.com in 2007 as well. When Swinney accepted the interim head coaching position on October 13, 2008, he described his feelings as “bittersweet” because he was taking over for Bowden, who had been his first position coach at Alabama in 1989. He had also brought Swinney back to the coaching profession in 2003 and has had a profound effect on his life. Both had followed similar paths as players, as Bowden was a walk-on at West Virginia and Swinney was a walk-on at Alabama. Swinney received a commerce & business administration degree from Alabama in 1993 after lettering three times (1990-92). A walk-on who went on to earn a scholarship, Swinney was a wide receiver on 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Alabama’s 1992 National Championship team. He was also named Academic All-SEC along with being an SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member in 1990 and 1992. Along with his appearance in the 1993 Sugar Bowl, his Alabama teams played in the 1990 Sugar Bowl, 1991 Fiesta Bowl, and 1991 Blockbuster Bowl. Both Sugar Bowl appearances came after winning the SEC Championship game. After his playing career, Swinney served as a graduate assistant coach from 1993-95 at Alabama, where he coached in the 1994 Gator Bowl and 1995 Citrus Bowl. In December of 1995, he received a master’s degree in business administration from Alabama. He became a full-time assistant coach at Alabama in February of 1996 under Head Coach Gene Stallings and coached a total of five seasons there on a full-time basis. He was assigned to coach the Crimson Tide’s wide receivers and tight ends in 1996, a season that saw Alabama win the SEC Western Division title and make an Outback Bowl appearance. The following year, he solely coached the tight ends under Head Coach Mike DuBose. In 1998, he coached Alabama’s wide receivers, a position he held for three seasons. At the end of the 1999 campaign, Swinney coached the Crimson Tide in the 2000 Orange Bowl after winning the SEC Championship game. Wide receiver Freddie Milons was the game MVP. Since 1997, he has had 17 former players either drafted or sign free-agent contracts with NFL teams. The list includes Currie, Derrick Hamilton, Kevin Youngblood, Stuckey, and Milons, an All-American at Alabama. During his time at Alabama, Swinney was a part of six teams with at least 10 wins, five top-10 finishes, one national title (1992), three SEC championships (1989,92,99), and five SEC Western Division titles (1992,93,94,96,99) as a player and coach. He has coached the #2 receiver at Alabama (Milons) along with the #1 (Kelly) and #2 (Hamilton) receivers in Tiger history. From April of 2001 through February of 2003, Swinney was in private business in Alabama. He married the former Kathleen Bassett in 1994. They have three sons, Will (11), Drew (9), and Clay (6).
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Swinney’s Game-By-Game Results 2008 (4-3) Date Opponent 10-18 * Georgia Tech 11-1 * at Boston College 11-8 * at Florida State (24,24) 11-15 * Duke 11-22 * at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 $ Nebraska $ - Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, FL
W-L L W L W W W L
Score 17-21 27-21 27-41 31-7 13-3 31-14 21-26
2009 (8-5) Date Opponent W-L Score 9-5 Middle Tennessee W 37-14 9-10 * at Georgia Tech (15,13) L 27-30 9-19 * Boston College W 25-7 9-26 Texas Christian (15,14) L 10-14 10-3 * at Maryland L 21-24 10-17 * Wake Forest W 38-3 10-24 * at Miami (FL) (8,9) W ^40-37 10-31 Coastal Carolina W 49-3 11-7 * Florida State W 40-24 11-14 * at N.C. State W 43-23 11-21 * Virginia W 34-21 11-28 at South Carolina L 17-34 12-5 # Georgia Tech (12,12) L 34-39 12-27 $ Kentucky # - ACC Championship game at Tampa, FL; $ - Music City Bowl at Nashville, TN * - ACC game; ^ - one overtime; Note: Home games in bold, opponent ranking (AP, USA) in parentheses.
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Defensive Coordinator Linebackers 1st Season
Co-Defensive Coordinator Defensive Backs 5th Season
• In his 10 seasons at Clemson, the Tigers have been bowl eligible all 10 years and have played in nine bowl games. The Tigers have also set over 100 school records on offense. • Has been the offensive coordinator on two (2001,03) of the top-four offenses in Tiger history. • Has coached at least one All-ACC player four straight years. • As offensive coordinator at Clemson in 2001, Woodrow Dantzler became the first player in NCAA history to total 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in one season. • The 2006 offensive line paved the way for James Davis and C.J. Spiller to gain over 2,000 combined rushing yards, a big reason Clemson was fifth in the nation in rushing that year. • He coached Second-Team All-ACC player Thomas Austin in 2008. Austin was the only three-time ACC Offensive Linemanof-the-Week during the 2008 season. • Served as an assistant coach at Florida State from 1983-93. He was on the 1993 staff that won the national title. He was the offensive coordinator of that record-setting team that featured Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward. • Florida State was 10-0-1 in bowl games with him on the staff and 44-6 while he was offensive coordinator. • Came to Clemson after five seasons as head coach at South Carolina. He led the Gamecocks to a win over West Virginia in the 1994 Carquest Bowl, the first bowl win in school history. • His son Jeff is Clemson’s wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, giving the Tigers their first full-time, father-son coaching combination in history.
• Has 23 years of experience in the college ranks and four in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers. • Has coached in 16 bowl games, including eight that are now considered BCS bowls. That includes six Orange Bowls. • Has been on 11 coaching staffs that have finished in the top 20 at five different schools. That includes Alabama in 2008. • Has coached under National Championship Head Coaches Bobby Bowden, Johnny Majors, Tom Osborne, and Nick Saban in his career that dates to the 1982 season. • Spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons at Alabama under Nick Saban and helped the Crimson Tide to the 2008 SEC Championship game. Alabama finished the regular season with a 12-0 record and finished third in the nation in total defense, fourth in rushing defense, and sixth in scoring defense in 2008. Alabama also led the SEC in rushing defense and total defense in 2008. • Spent 2003-06 at Florida State, where he was executive head coach and linebackers coach under Bobby Bowden. He helped the Seminoles to three top-25 finishes and two ACC titles. • Named the nation’s top recruiter by Rivals.com in 2005. • Served as head coach at Baylor from 1999-02 and as an assistant with the Carolina Panthers from 1995-98. In 1995, the Panthers played their home games at Clemson. • Coached six years at Nebraska (1989-94), as it had a 61-11-1 record and won four Big 12 titles. • On the 1994 Nebraska staff that won the national title. • Coached at his alma mater (Tennessee) in 1987 and 1988, helping it to a 10-2-1 record in 1987. • In 1984, he helped Oklahoma State to a 10-2 record and #5 ranking in the final AP poll.
• In his second tour of duty at Clemson. He served as defensive backs coach under Head Coach Tommy West from 1995-97. So this is his fourth full year overall in Tigertown. • From 1995-97, he helped the Tigers to three bowl games (1996 Gator, 1996 Peach, 1998 Peach). • Coached some great players in the 1990s at Clemson, including seven-time Pro Bowl selection Brian Dawkins, among the best players in the history of the Philadelphia Eagles. Dawkins was a third-team All-American and led the ACC in interceptions in Harbison’s first year at Clemson (1995). He also coached future Super Bowl Champion Dexter McCleon and Washington Redskin safety Leomont Evans. Antwan Edwards was a first-round draft pick after three years under Harbison’s tutelage. • Came from Mississippi State, where he was defensive coordinator and safeties coach. He helped it to the Liberty Bowl in 2007. The Bulldogs were seventh in the nation in pass defense. • Has had two tours of duty at Alabama (1998-00, 2003-06). He helped Alabama to five bowl games in seven years, including 1999 when the Crimson Tide won the SEC title and played in the Orange Bowl. Alabama finished ranked #8 in the nation that year. He coached defensive backs in his first tour of duty and wide receivers the second time around at Alabama. • Coached at Louisiana State under Head Coach Nick Saban in 2001 and 2002. The 2001 Louisiana State team won the SEC title and ranked #7 in the final AP poll with a 10-3 record. • Started his coaching career at Gardner-Webb in 1984.
Playing Experience Three-year letterman and two-year starter on the offensive line at Missouri-Rolla (1973-75).
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Education
Began his football career at Furman in 1976...transferred to Tennessee and played in 1978,79.
Education
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B.S. degree in business administration from Gardner-Webb in 1995.
B.A. degree in science education from South Florida in 1979...M.S. degree in athletic administration from Florida State in 1984.
Personal Data Born September 30, 1954 in Arcadia, FL...married to Daryle... the couple has two sons (Jeff, John); Jeff is an assistant coach at Clemson on the 2009 staff.
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Playing Experience Played four years as a defensive back at Gardner-Webb (1978-81) and had 11 career interceptions...signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills (1982)...played in the USFL in 1983,84.
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Earned an undergraduate degree from Tennessee in 1981.
Personal Data Born March 17, 1958 in La Jolla, CA...he and his wife Linda have a son Gordon and daughter Caroline.
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Personal Data Born October 27, 1959...married to the former Tammy McCluney...the couple has four children (Charlie, Stedman, Masai, Msiba).
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Danny Pearman
Dan Brooks
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Offensive Tackles & Tight Ends 2nd Season
Defensive Tackles 1st Season
• In his fourth season as a full-time coach at Clemson. He is now the offensive coordinator. He moved into that position at the age of 29 and was 30 when he called plays in the opener against Middle Tennessee. He is the youngest coordinator in Clemson history and one of the youngest in the nation. • Has been ranked among the top-25 recruiters in the nation by Rivals.com two of the last three years, including 2008 when Clemson ranked #2 in the nation in recruiting by ESPN.com. • Joined the Tiger staff as tight ends coach in 2006. That year, the Tigers led the ACC in total offense, rushing offense, and scoring offense. Clemson was also fifth in the nation in rushing. • Served as an assistant coach at S.C. State in 2005 and helped that program to a 9-2 record, including 7-1 in the conference. S.C. State was 12th in the nation in rushing (236 yards per game), 15th in the nation in passing efficiency, and 17th in the nation in scoring (34 points per game). • Helped the Bulldogs to the fourth-best turnover margin in the country in 2005, as the team committed just 11 turnovers after losing 33 turnovers in 2004. He was elevated to the offensive coordinator position after the 2005 season, but he never coached in that role due to his hiring at Clemson. • Served as a graduate assistant at Clemson during a nine-win season in 2003 and during the 2004 season. • Lettered four times (1999-02) at Furman and was a two-time captain as a starting quarterback. He holds the Paladin career record for completion percentage (64.8) and is third in passing yards (4,247). He also set the school single-season record with 2,475 passing yards and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award (FCS National Player-of-the-Year) in 2002.
• Joined Clemson’s staff in December of 2008 and coached in the 2009 Gator Bowl. Therefore, he joined a small group of people who have played for Clemson in a bowl game and later coached the Tigers in a bowl game. He donned the orange & white in the 1986 Gator Bowl and 1987 Citrus Bowl. • One of two Clemson graduates on the coaching staff; Jeff Scott is the other. He played tight end on Clemson’s 1986 and 1987 ACC Championship teams, then he served as a graduate assistant coach on the Tigers’ 1988 ACC Championship team. • In 18 years as a full-time Division I head coach, his teams have played 14 bowl games. Including three years as a graduate assistant coach, it is 17 bowl games in 21 years. • His coaching career got off to a great start with an eight-year tenure at Alabama. In just his second year as a full-time coach, he directed the offensive tackles and served as special teams coordinator on Alabama’s National Championship team. • After eight years at Alabama, he moved to Virginia Tech, where he worked eight years under Frank Beamer. The Hokies went to eight bowl games during his eight years there. • Coached tight ends and was a special teams assistant at Virginia Tech. He coached two tight ends who later played in the NFL. • Coached at North Carolina in 2006, Duke in 2007, and Maryland in 2008, so he is very familiar with the ACC. He helped Maryland to the Humanitarian Bowl in 2008.
• Coached the last 15 years at Tennessee under Head Coach Phillip Fulmer. He coached in 13 bowl games during those 15 years and was part of eight teams that won at least 10 games. The Volunteers finished in the top 25 of the polls in 12 of those seasons, including six top-10 finishes. Tennessee also finished in top 10 of the AP poll five straight years (1995-99). • Tennessee’s defense finished third in the nation in total defense in 2008. The Volunteers were also 10th in scoring defense and 12th in rushing defense. • Coached first-round draft pick Albert Haynesworth, the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL, with the Redskins. He also coached first-round draft picks Shaun Ellis, Justin Harell, and John Henderson. Henderson won the 2000 Outland Trophy. • Tennessee’s recruiting coordinator from 1999-02. • Coached on the 1998 Tennessee staff that won the national title with a 13-0 record. That team had six wins over top-25 teams and gave up just five rushing touchdowns. • Tennessee won back-to-back SEC titles in 1997 and 1998. • In 1998, he was named the SEC’s top defensive line coach. • Coached six years under Head Coach Mack Brown at North Carolina from 1988-93. He helped the resurgence of North Carolina during that era (9-3 in 1992 and 10-3 in 1993). • Helped take the Tar Heels to the Peach and Gator Bowls in consecutive years. • Coached five years at Florida from 1983-87. • Served as a graduate assistant coach at Florida in 1983. • Coached former Clemson star and NFL All-Pro running back Kevin Mack in high school in the 1970s.
Playing Experience
Bowl Participation as a Player
Four-year letterman and two-year starter at quarterback at Furman (1999-02)...two-time All-SoCon selection at quarterback.
1985 Independence Bowl...1986 Gator Bowl...1988 Citrus Bowl.
Education
Education
Education
Bachelor’s degree in finance from Clemson in 1987...master of business administration from Clemson in 1989.
Earned an undergraduate degree from Western Carolina in 1976...master’s degree from Florida in 1984.
B.A. degree in health & exercise science from Furman in 2003.
Playing Experience Lettered three times as a tight end at Clemson (1985-87)...played on the 1986 and 1987 ACC Championship teams...strength & conditioning All-American (1987).
Playing Experience Began his football career at Appalachian State in 1969...transferred to Western Carolina and played in 1973.
Personal Data
Personal Data
Personal Data
Born July 21, 1979 in Cookeville, TN...married to the former Ali Gunn.
Born February 17, 1965...he and his wife Kristy have one daughter (Taylor) and two sons (Tanner, Trent).
Born June 25, 1951 in Sparta, NC...he and his wife Kathy have two children (Tara, Rhett).
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Assistant Coaches André Powell
Chris Rumph
Jeff Scott
Special Teams Coordinator Running Backs 3rd Season
Defensive Ends 4th Season
Recruiting Coordinator Wide Receivers 2nd Season
• In his third year at Clemson as running backs coach and his second season as special teams coordinator. He has coached all-star running backs James Davis and C.J. Spiller. • Has coached an All-ACC player each of his first two years, James Davis in 2007 and C.J. Spiller in 2008. • Has been in charge of Clemson’s kickoff return team each of the last two years and Clemson has finished in the top 15 in the nation in that category each season. • Had a positive effect on Clemson’s special teams in 2008, as the Tigers led the ACC in kickoff return coverage and were 14th in the nation in kickoff returns. Spiller was in top 25 in the nation in kickoff returns and all-purpose yards as well. • Coached Pittsburgh Steeler Super Bowl Champion Willie Parker at North Carolina along with Ronnie McGill, who finished his career 10th in school history with 2,393 rushing yards. He coached at North Carolina from 2001-06. • Was an assistant coach at Virginia for five seasons (1996-00), as he coached future NFL standouts Germaine Crowell, Thomas Jones, Charles Kirby, Pat Washington, and Terrence Wilkins. • Spent two stints as an assistant coach at Army (1991,95). • Played two seasons at Lees-McRae (1984,85) prior to earning two letters at Indiana (1986,87). He was the lead blocker for 1,000-yard rusher Anthony Thompson in 1987.
Playing Experience Letterman at Indiana in 1986 and 1987...named Most Improved Player in 1987 as a senior...attended Lees-McRae prior to attending Indiana.
Bowl Participation as a Player 1986 All-American Bowl...1988 Peach Bowl.
Education B.S. degree in health, physical education, & recreation from Indiana in 1989.
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• Defensive ends coach in his fourth season at Clemson. In each of his first three years, Clemson’s defense finished in the top 25 in the nation in scoring defense, rushing defense, and total defense. • In his first three years at Clemson, the Tigers went to three bowl games and won 24 games, including a high of nine wins in 2007 when Clemson finished the season ranked in the top 25 of both polls. • Coached Tiger defensive end Phillip Merling, who went on to be the #32 overall pick of the 2008 NFL draft by the Dolphins. Merling, Rumph’s nephew, had a strong rookie season with the Dolphins in 2008 after finishing in the top 10 in the ACC in sacks in 2007. Clemson’s defense finished in the top 10 in the nation in both total defense and scoring defense in 2007. • Clemson finished in the top 20 in the nation in total defense and rushing defense in his first year (2006) at Clemson. • Coached under Tommy West at Memphis and helped the team to three straight bowl games (2003-05). • Head coach at Calhoun County (SC) High School from 199701. He also served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks/ running backs coach there. • Four-time letterman at South Carolina (1991-94). He had 52 tackles in 11 regular-season games as a senior. In 1994 under Head Coach Brad Scott, he helped the team to a win over West Virginia in the Carquest Bowl, the first bowl victory in Gamecock history.
Playing Experience Lettered four times as a linebacker at South Carolina (1991-94).
Bowl Participation as a Player 1995 Carquest Bowl.
Education B.S. degree in retail management from South Carolina in 1994.
• Youngest member of Clemson’s full-time staff at the age of 28. He became a full-time coach on October 13, 2008. • During the second half of the 2008 season, he had the opportunity to coach wideout Aaron Kelly, the ACC’s all-time leading receiver. • Son of Clemson Associate Head Coach Brad Scott, therefore Jeff is a part of the first full-time, father-son coaching combination in Tiger football history. • One of two Clemson graduates on the staff; Danny Pearman is the other. • A member of three bowl teams as a player at Clemson from 2000-02. He played in the 2001 Gator Bowl, 2001 Humanitarian Bowl, and 2002 Tangerine Bowl during his Tiger career. • Noted for his ability as a runner in fake-field-goal situations. He also played wide receiver for the Tigers during that time period. • Had his first full-time college job at Presbyterian in 2007 as wide receivers coach, then came to Clemson as a graduate assistant in 2008. He moved into full-time status when Head Coach Tommy Bowden resigned at midseason. • Began his coaching career at Blythewood (SC) High School and won a state title in his first year and the program’s first year. It is believed to be the first time that has happened in South Carolina high school football history.
Playing Experience Lettered three years as a wide receiver and holder at Clemson (2000-02).
Bowl Participation as a Player 2001 Gator Bowl...2001 Humanitarian Bowl...2002 Tangerine Bowl.
Education Degree in secondary education from Clemson in 2003.
Personal Data
Personal Data
Personal Data
Born September 29, 1966 in Lockhart, SC...married to Joann... the couple has one son (André II 13) and two daughters (Alayna 10, Mikala 7).
Born December 21, 1971 in Orangeburg, SC...married to Kila... the couple has two sons (Christopher, Elijah).
Born December 28, 1980 in Arcadia, FL...married to the former Sara McDaniel...son of Clemson Associate Head Coach Brad Scott.
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Alexander 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals
Overview: Reserve safety who has played seven games...has played on defense in two games (Boston College, Coastal Carolina)...played 10 snaps against Coastal Carolina...had a special teams tackle against Wake Forest...one of four two-sport athletes on the team; he will join the track team as a hurdler this spring. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008; he suffered a torn ACL prior to the 2008 season...red-shirted both track and football during 2008-09 academic year...rated as the #40 player in the nation by ESPN.com out of high school...rated as the #113 prospect in the nation by Rivals.com out of high school...won the indoor national title in the 60m hurdles in high school...AAAA champion in the state of North Carolina in the 110m hurdles as a senior...won the national title in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in June of 2008...All-USA Today hurdler as a senior...majoring in sociology at Clemson...born Sept. 10, 1989. Adams Career Stats Year 2009
G-S Snaps 7-0 12
Hit 1
Ast 1
Tot 2
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0
Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals * - start
#24 Kevin Alexander • DE/LB • Sr.
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Hit 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Ast 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6
Tot 4 0 1 0 3 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 16
Ast 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 16
Snaps *47 *37 *31 30 21 *50 *32 *32 *36 *24 21 *51 *41 453
Hit 1 1 3 3 2 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 22
Ast 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 12
Tot TFL Sacks 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 2 4 2 4 1-8 1-8 1 1 32 1-8 1-8
QP 2
1 1 1 1
6
Tot TFL Sacks 2 1 6 4 3 6 2-9 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 1-3 34 3-12 0-0
QP 2 2
1 1
1 7
Alexander 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee 33 2 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech *24 1 2 9-19 Boston College *16 0 0 9-26 Texas Christian 11 0 1 10-3 at Maryland 32 4 1 10-17 Wake Forest *33 0 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) *38 5 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina 21 2 0 11-7 Florida State *42 7 1 11-14 at N.C. State *41 3 2 11-21 Virginia *55 3 1 11-28 at South Carolina *35 3 2 12-5 Georgia Tech *74 3 2 Totals 455 33 13 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against Texas Christian.
Tot TFL Sacks 2 2-12 1-7 3 0 1 5 1 5 1-3 2 8 0.5-1 0.5-1 5 4 1-1 1-1 5 1-1 5 46 5.5-18 2.5-9
QP
1 2
3
Alexander Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2006 13-0 40 2007 13-0 237 2008 13-10 453 2009 13-9 455 Totals 52-19 1185
Hit 10 16 22 33 81
Ast 6 16 12 13 47
Tot TFL Sacks 16 1-3 1-3 32 1-8 1-8 34 3-12 0-0 46 5.5-18 2.5-9 128 10.5-41 4.5-20
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0 6 0 0-0 7 0 0-0 3 2 1-0 16 2 1-0
#83 Dwayne Allen • TE • *Fr.
Alexander 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Snaps 16 0 0 1 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Hit 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 4 0 0 16
Alexander 2008 Game-By-Game Stats
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0
Overview: One of the most reliable and consistent performers on the defense... has started nine games at defensive end or linebacker; his versatility has been a key for the defense...10th on the team in tackles (46); that includes 10 on special teams, another example of his versatility...tied for third on the team in special teams tackles... has had at least one tackle in every game but one in 2009...started the year strong with two tackles for loss, including a sack, against Middle Tennessee...had a careerhigh eight tackles against Florida State; he had a career-high seven first hits...had four tackles, including a sack, against Virginia...has had at least five tackles in four of his last five games, including five in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech... named Clemson’s Defensive Player-of-the-Week by the coaches for his performances against #8 Miami (FL) and Florida State; those were meaningful for Alexander, who is a native of Florida...Clemson’s Special teams Player-of-the-Week by the coaches against Wake Forest and N.C. State, so he was a four-time selection; only C.J. Spiller had more (7)...had his only caused fumble of the year against #14 Texas Christian... has 128 career tackles in 52 games; he has never missed a game and is co-holder of the school record for career games...his 46 tackles this year are a career high...has played 455 snaps this year as a defensive end and linebacker...a big reason Clemson has been in the top 25 in the nation in total defense four straight years; the Tigers are 22nd entering the bowl game...has seen his tackle total increase each of his four years at Clemson...has seen action in each of the last three Clemson bowl games. Prior to 2009: Started 10 games as a junior; he played his first two years as a backup to Phillip Merling, now with the Dolphins...had 34 tackles as a junior...started the first three games of 2008...defensive player-of-the-game by the coaches against Wake Forest when he had six tackles, including two tackles for loss...started seven of the last eight games in 2008, including the Gator Bowl against Nebraska...his playing time increased in 2008 after Ricky Sapp suffered a season-ending knee injury...had 32 tackles as a sophomore on a team that finished the season in the top 25 of both polls...had a tackle for loss against Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Bowl...had three tackles in the win over #19 Florida State in the 2007 opener...played 40 snaps as a reserve linebacker in 2006...seven of his tackles were on special teams...strongest on the team in the bench press with a 470-pound figure...his brother Bennie played cornerback at Florida...played his high school football for Buddy Nobles, father of Tiger tight end Kasey Nobles...had 14 caused fumbles and 19 sacks in his career at Union County High, where he played alongside Spiller...majoring in sociology...born July 1, 1987.
Date Opponent 9-2 Florida Atlantic 9-9 at Boston College 9-16 at Florida State 9-23 North Carolina 9-30 Louisiana Tech 10-7 at Wake Forest 10-12 Temple 10-21 Georgia Tech 10-26 at Virginia Tech 11-4 Maryland 11-11 N.C. State 11-25 South Carolina 12-29 Kentucky Totals
Snaps 20 28 36 13 10 7 23 6 13 22 22 15 22 237
TFL
Sacks
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
Overview: Fine young tight end who has three touchdown receptions, tied for the most by a Tiger freshman tight end in school history...eighth on the team in catches (10), second-most among tight ends...had a big impact on the win at #8 Miami (FL) when he had four catches for 36 yards; he played 39 snaps in a starting role...has played all 13 games this year with five starts...had touchdown catches against #13 Georgia Tech (regular season), Florida State, and Virginia...has had at least one catch in seven different games...his first career catch went for a touchdown at #13 Georgia Tech... has played at least 16 snaps in every game and has averaged 26 snaps per game this year...made starts against Middle Tennessee, Boston College, Wake Forest, Miami (FL), and South Carolina...will get even more opportunities next year with the graduation of Michael Palmer. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...rated as the #83 player in the nation by ESPN.com out of high school...came to Clemson from Terry Sanford High School
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in Fayetteville, NC, the same school that sent defensive tackle Miguel Chavis to Clemson...#3 tight end in the nation by Rivals.com...had 68 catches for 1,257 yards in his high school career...majoring in biological sciences...born Feb. 24, 1990.
Date Opponent Snaps Rec 9-5 Middle Tennessee 30 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech *68 2 9-19 Boston College 43 1 9-26 Texas Christian *44 1 10-3 at Maryland *39 1 10-17 Wake Forest 14 2 10-24 at Miami (FL) 40 2 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 33 1 11-14 at N.C. State 23 1 11-21 Virginia 21 0 11-28 at South Carolina 32 0 12-5 Georgia Tech *30 0 Totals 417 11 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against Virginia.
Allen 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals * - start
Snaps *45 20 *36 20 24 *17 *39 25 30 18 19 *24 16 333
Rec 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 10
Yds 0 9 0 8 0 10 36 0 17 0 16 12 0 108
Avg --- 9.0 --- 8.0 --- 10.0 9.0 --- 17.0 --- 16.0 12.0 --- 10.8
TD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
LG --9 --8 --10 12 --17 --16 12 --17
G-S 13-5
Snaps 333
Rec 10
Yds 108
Avg 10.8
TD 3
Avg --- 9.0 6.0 9.0 25.0 8.0 13.0
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LG --12 6 9 25 11 14
15.0 9.0 --- --- --- 11.3
0 0 0 0 0 0
15 9 ------25
Ashe Career Stats Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Allen Career Stats Year 2009
Yds 0 18 6 9 25 16 26 DNP 15 9 0 0 0 124
LG 17
G-S Snaps 13-0 109 10-0 46 12-4 417 35-4 572
Rec 7 3 11 21
Yds 54 18 124 196
Avg 7.7 6.0 11.3 9.3
TD 0 0 0 0
LG 21 7 25 25
Car 0 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0 0
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#65 Thomas Austin • OG • *Gr. Overview: Third-team All-American by Sporting News...Second-Team All-ACC selection as an offensive guard in 2009 after earning Second-Team All-ACC honors at center in 2008...has 306 career knockdown blocks, including a team-best 102 this year...has started each of the last 37 games and is a veteran of 38 starts...Clemson’s offensive player-of-the-week according to the coaches in the win over Boston College when he had 13 knockdown blocks and an 82-percent grade in 77 snaps...has led Clemson in film grade in 12 games this year...has led the team in knockdown blocks in 10 games...had a season-best 14.5 knockdown blocks at #13 Georgia Tech to go with a 90-percent grade...has had at least five knockdown blocks in 11 games...had 12 knockdown blocks in the win at #8 Miami (FL); he had 12 knockdowns to go with an 85-percent grade in 74 snaps...had eight knockdowns in 72 snaps and had an 88-percent grade against Florida State...had 9.5 knockdowns and a season-best 94-percent grade against Virginia in 54 snaps...had 10 knockdowns against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game, helping the Tigers to a 323-yard rushing performance...he is big reason Clemson has improved from 111 rushing yards per game last year to 170 per game this year...has been a reliable blocker for C.J. Spiller for four years and has had a lot to do with his success...has accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game in Orlando, FL on January 23...played this year as a graduate student; he received his degree before the season began...veteran of 47 games and 38 starts...has experience as a starter at offensive guard and center in his career; he is slated to be a center at the next level...named ACC Offensive Linemanof-the-Week five times in his career, tied for fourth-most in total player-of-the-week selections in Clemson history regardless of position and tied for the most among offensive linemen...co-captain of the 2009 team...has played 2,454 career snaps, more than any other active Tiger and the 14th-most in Clemson history and eighth-most among offensive linemen. Prior to 2009: Second-Team All-ACC selection in 2008 and First-Team Academic All-ACC...received his degree in August of 2008...three-time ACC Offensive Linemanof-the-Week in 2008, the first Tiger offensive lineman to win it three times in a year since 1990 (Stacy Long)...won the award for his performances against N.C. State, Boston College, and Virginia...won the team’s Strength Dedication Award in 2008...led the team in knockdown blocks (98) in 2008...started all 13 games, the only offensive lineman to do that...had double-digits in knockdown blocks in four games...led the team in knockdowns in each of the last six games...started 12 games in 2007, four at right guard and eight at center...started each of the last 11 games...led the team in knockdown blocks (90), including a season-high 13 at South Carolina...ACC Offensive Lineman-of-the-Week at South Carolina...played 780 snaps as a sophomore, thirdmost on the team...a big reason Clemson led the ACC in scoring offense in 2007... played 117 snaps as a reserve guard in 2006; he had 22 knockdown blocks...played 10 snaps in the Music City Bowl against Kentucky...red-shirted in 2005; he was named Scout Team Player-of-the-Year by the coaching staff...Shrine Bowl starter as a senior in high school...#1 offensive lineman in South Carolina by The State...president of his high school FCA...graduated from Clemson in August 2009 with a degree in political science...born Nov. 14, 1986.
#41 Daniel Andrews • LB • So. Overview: Reserve linebacker who has played in every game this year...has lettered each of the last two years...has played 45 snaps this year after playing 25 in 2008...has five tackles for the year with a season-high three in the win at N.C. State... has played 18 of the 26 games in the last two years. Prior to 2009: Played five games and earned a letter in 2008; he had five tackles... played 12 snaps in the win over The Citadel and had two tackles...played on special teams in the Gator Bowl against Nebraska...one of four first-year freshmen to earn a letter on defense in 2008...high school teammate of Jamie Harper at Trinity Christian Academy...played safety in high school...majoring in business administration...born Mar. 20, 1990. Andrews Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 5-0 25 13-0 45 18-0 70
Hit 1 3 4
Ast 4 2 6
Tot 5 5 10
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 1 0 0-0
#87 Terrance Ashe • WR • *Jr. Overview: One of eight original walk-ons now on scholarship on the Tiger roster... leads Tiger wide receivers in knockdown blocks; he had nine in the win over Boston College, the high figure for a Tiger wideout this year...has 11 catches for 124 yards, tied for fourth-most on the team...had at least one catch in eight straight games that he played at midseason, but has not had a catch in the last three games...had two catches for 18 yards at #13 Georgia Tech when he started and played a career-high 68 snaps...had two receptions for 26 yards in the win at #8 Miami (FL) and two catches for 16 yards against Wake Forest...missed the Coastal Carolina game due to illness... had nine of his 11 catches in the first seven games...third among wide receivers in catches...has played 35 of the 39 games over the last three years and has four starts... averaging 35 snaps per game in 2009 and 16.3 snaps per game in his career...has 21 career receptions...next year, he will have a chance to become one of the few original walk-ons to earn four letters. Prior to 2009: Had five receptions against Virginia Tech as a freshman walk-on in 2007, most ever by a Tiger walk-on wideout...had three catches for 18 yards in the 2008 opener against Alabama...played 109 snaps in 2007, more than any other Clemson walk-on...had 16.5 knockdown blocks...had six knockdowns in the win over Central Michigan in 2007...red-shirted in 2006 season...wide receiver, free safety, and returned punts at Cheraw (SC) High School...led his team to a 12-3 record...member of a state championship baseball team as a junior...majoring in history...born July 25, 1987.
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Tiger Bios #82 Durrell Barry • TE • *Gr.
six tackles...had 47 tackles for the year as a first-year freshman...third-team freshman All-American by Phil Steele...led the team in quarterback pressures (15)...enrolled in January of 2008...#1 prospect in the nation by ESPN.com, the first Clemson signee to be the top prospect in the nation...#2 prospect in the nation by Scout.com and Rivals.com, #8 by SuperPrep, and #14 by Tom Lemming...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game...had 33 tackles for loss, including 14 sacks, as a senior... had over 1,200 rushing yards as a senior at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School, the same school that sent fellow defensive end Ricky Sapp to Clemson...majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Feb. 23, 1990.
Overview: Has played all 13 games this year for average of six snaps per game... has two touchdowns in his career, but one was in the 2006 Music City Bowl against Kentucky; he had a 32-yard catch for Clemson’s first touchdown; that was one of his two catches as a freshman...has nine career catches and three of the nine have been against Florida State...had a two-yard scoring reception in the win over Florida State this year for his only other touchdown as a Tiger...veteran of 42 games, including five as a starter; one of his five starts was against Kentucky in the 2006 Music City Bowl; he played 30 snaps in that game...played this year as a graduate student; he received his degree before the season began...has played on special teams in every game this year and as a tight end in nine games...started this year against Coastal Carolina and played 31 snaps...the catch against Florida State is his only catch this year. Prior to 2009: Had a career-high five catches in 2008 for 93 yards, an 18.6-yard average...had a 36-yard catch against The Citadel for the long catch of his career... had four of his five catches in 2008 in the first four games of the year...played seven games in 2007; his only catch came in the opener against Florida State...his 32-yard scoring pass against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl is one of just two touchdown passes to Clemson tight ends in a bowl game since 1985...red-shirted in 2005...played as a quarterback in 2004 at Fork Union Military Academy...had 66 catches for 1,126 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior at Fort Dorchester High School...graduated in August of 2009 with degree in sociology...born Jan. 23, 1985.
D. Bowers 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks QP 8-30 Alabama 37 2 0 2 2 9-6 The Citadel 32 3 1 4 1-8 1-8 2 9-13 N.C. State *40 1 1 2 2 9-20 S.C. State *29 1 1 2 1 9-27 Maryland *37 3 1 4 1-1 1 10-9 at Wake Forest 33 4 0 4 1 10-18 Georgia Tech 34 4 1 5 11-1 at Boston College 37 1 0 1 11-8 at Florida State 28 3 0 3 1 11-15 Duke 29 4 1 5 2-4 2 11-22 at Virginia *45 4 0 4 1-5 1 11-29 South Carolina *46 4 1 5 1 1-1 Nebraska *53 5 1 6 3-8 1 Totals 480 39 8 47 8-26 1-8 15 * - start; Note: Played two snaps on offense against Georgia Tech; had a recovered fumble at Boston College.
Barry Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S 9-1 7-0 13-3 13-1 42-5
Snaps 125 31 141 88 385
Rec 2 1 5 1 9
Yds 41 12 93 2 148
Avg 20.5 12.0 18.6 2.0 16.4
TD 1 0 0 1 2
LG 32 12 36 2 36
D. Bowers 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks QP 9-5 Middle Tennessee *42 2 1 3 1-2 2 9-10 at Georgia Tech *47 4 3 7 1-1 9-19 Boston College *33 3 3 6 1-9 1-9 2 9-26 Texas Christian *50 2 3 5 10-3 at Maryland *51 4 3 7 2-11 2-11 10-17 Wake Forest *36 5 1 6 3-8 3 10-24 at Miami (FL) *47 0 2 2 2 10-31 Coastal Carolina *1 0 0 0 11-7 Florida State DNP 11-14 at N.C. State DNP 11-21 Virginia *13 1 0 1 1-2 11-28 at South Carolina 45 4 0 4 1-1 2 12-5 Georgia Tech *56 9 2 11 1-2 1 Totals 421 34 18 52 11-36 3-20 12 * - start; Note: Had a recovered fumble at Maryland; had a caused fumble at South Carolina.
#13 Spencer Benton • PK • *Fr. Overview: Has handled kickoffs all year...has seven touchbacks and 12 others that have reached the goal line in 83 kickoffs...has handled all 83 kickoffs this year...30 times this year, he has held opponents inside the 21 yard line on kickoffs...a big reason (combined with C.J. Spiller) that Clemson has a 14-yard advantage in average starting field position after a kickoff this year...has been the starting placekicker in one game this year, the win at N.C. State; he scored six points, as he made one field goal in one attempt (28-yarder) and was 3-5 on extra points...has seven points in 2009...a big reason Clemson is third in the ACC in kickoff coverage this year. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...enrolled at Clemson in January of 2008...rated as the #16 kicker in the nation by Rivals.com...played Myrtle Beach High School...had 410 receiving yards and four touchdowns in addition to his kicking in high school... played in the Shrine Bowl...majoring in sociology...born Dec. 20, 1989.
D. Bowers Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2008 13-6 480 2009 11-10 421 Totals 24-16 901
Benton Career Stats Year 2009
G-S 13-1
11-29 1-1
30-39 0-0
40-49 0-0
50+ 0-0
Tot HB 1-1 0
LG 28
PAT 4-7
Pts 7
Ast 8 18 26
Tot TFL Sacks 47 8-26 1-8 52 11-36 3-20 99 19-62 4-28
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 15 3 0-1 12 1 1-1 27 4 1-2
#40 Andre Branch • DE • *So.
#93 Da’Quan Bowers • DE • So.
Overview: One of the most improved players on the defense...increased his tackle total from 11 to 42 this year and went from one tackle for loss to eight...has not started a game, but has played all 13 games for an average of 24 snaps per game...has played 20 games over the last two years...had at least one tackle in every game...had at least four tackles in seven games this year, including five of the last six...had just one tackle against Virginia, but it was an 11-yard sack...had a season-high five tackles in wins over Middle Tennessee and Coastal Carolina...had a six-yard sack against Wake Forest...had at last one tackle for loss in four straight games at midseason; Clemson won all four of those games...had four tackles in a career-high 41 snaps at N.C. State... slated to see even more action in 2010 when Ricky Sapp graduates. Prior to 2009: Reserve defensive end in 2008 who has played 143 snaps in seven games...played 36 snaps in the 2008 season-opener after Sapp suffered an injury...had a season-high four tackles against S.C. State...averaged 20 snaps in his seven games... red-shirted in 2007...played tight end and linebacker at Varina High in Richmond, VA... majoring in sociology...born July 14, 1989.
Overview: Ninth on the team in tackles (52) even though he has effectively missed three games...suffered a knee injury on the first play of the Coastal Carolina game; he missed rest of that game and the Florid State and N.C. State games...came back to play 12 snaps against Virginia and has been healthy the last two games...had a career-high 11 tackles in a career-high 56 snaps against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...has started 10 games this year and has made 16 starts in the last two years...was playing at All-ACC level until the injury; he had eight tackles for loss and three sacks in the first six games of the year...had seven tackles at #13 Georgia Tech...had six tackles, including a sack, against Boston College...had five tackles against Texas Christian and was Clemson’s defensive player-of-the-game according to the coaches...had seven tackles, including two sacks, at Maryland...had six tackles and a season-high three tackles for loss against Wake Forest...ninth in the ACC in sacks even though he has effectively missed three games this year due to injury... ninth in the ACC in tackles for loss...Clemson’s MVP of the 2009 Gator Bowl against Nebraska...spends most of his free time on weekends in the offseason playing guitar in his father’s gospel band (“Legendary Singing Stars”). Prior to 2009: Had a solid freshman year that included Clemson’s MVP performance against Nebraska in the Gator Bowl; he had three tackles for loss and 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Hit 39 34 73
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Tiger Bios #81 Jaron Brown • WR • *Fr.
Branch 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 8-30 Alabama 36 2 0 9-6 The Citadel 29 1 0 9-13 N.C. State 28 2 0 9-20 S.C. State 17 2 2 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 8 2 0 11-22 at Virginia 18 0 0 11-29 South Carolina 7 0 0 1-1 Nebraska Totals 143 9 2
Tot TFL Sacks 2 1 1-2 2 4 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2 0 0 DNP 11 1-2 0-0
QP
Overview: Reserve wide receiver who will see more playing time in 2010...has played 10 games at wide receiver; he had three catches for 30 yards...had an 18-yard touchdown catch against Coastal Carolina when he played a season-high 27 snaps... played 26 snaps against Texas Christian...had a six-yard catch at Maryland and a sixyard catch at South Carolina...capable as a return man; he had two punt returns for 11 yards against Coastal Carolina. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...AA Player-of-the-Year at Cheraw High School... named to ACC Academic Honor roll for the 2008-09 year...led Cheraw High to the state title as a junior and senior...played in three state championship games...had 100 tackles as a safety to go with 16 touchdowns on offense...Shrine Bowl selection...from the same hometown as former Clemson All-America punter Dale Hatcher...majoring in pre-business...born Jan. 8, 1990.
1
1
J. Brown Career Stats
Branch 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals
Snaps 25 18 16 20 20 31 19 22 29 41 22 26 27 316
Hit 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 32
Ast 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 10
Tot TFL Sacks 5 1-2 4 2 3 1-4 3 2 1-6 1-6 1 1-14 5 2-6 4 1-14 4 1 1-11 1-11 4 4 42 8-57 2-17
Year 2009
QP
G-S Snaps 7-0 143 13-0 316 20-0 459
Hit 9 32 41
Ast 2 10 12
Tot 11 42 53
TFL Sacks 1-2 0-0 8-57 2-17 9-59 2-17
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
1
Ast 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
Year 2008 2009 Totals
7
QP PBU CF-RF 1 1 0-0 7 2 0-0 8 3 0-0
Tot TFL Int 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 14 0-0 0-0
32
G-S Snaps 13-0 111
32 Bowl Appearances
Hit 7
Ast 7
Tot 14
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0
LG 18
Car 0
Yds 0
TD 0
PR 2-11
G-S Snaps 4-0 0 7-0 0 11-0 0
Hit 2 0 2
Ast 0 0 0
Tot 2 0 2
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0
#18 Crezdon Butler • CB • Sr. Overview: Honorable Mention All-ACC selection at cornerback...has the size to be successful at the next level...tied for second in Clemson history in career interception return yards (243); he is tied with former teammate Michael Hamlin; he needs 33 interception return yards in the Music City Bowl to break Rex Varn’s career record... enters the Music City Bowl with a streak of 39 consecutive starts; he has started every game the last three years at cornerback; the only player with a longer streak is Chris Chancellor (41)...had a 63-yard interception return against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl...tied for third among active ACC players in career interceptions (11)...has one interception this year; he has not had that many opportunities, as quarterbacks have thrown away from him much of the year...has 33 tackles...has a sack and 10 pass breakups for 11 total passes defended...has 32 career passes defended on 21 pass breakups and 11 interceptions...had his only interception against Coastal Carolina... had at least one pass breakup in eight straight games at one point this season...had a big role in Clemson’s win over Florida State; he had a career-high 10 tackles...had a sack at Maryland, his only one of the year...a big reason Clemson is 11th in the nation in pass defense this year and has been in the top 25 in pass defense each of the last four years...has started 39 games in his career, second-most in school history by a cornerback; the only player with more is teammate Chris Chancellor (43)..has played in each of the last three bowl games, including 22 snaps as a freshman in the Music City Bowl against Kentucky...had five tackles against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl...had three tackles against Nebraska last year, so he has played in three bowl games and started two...on the preseason Thorpe Award Watch List. Prior to 2009: Started every game in 2008...his 142 interception return yards were third-most in Tiger history...sixth on the team in tackles (52)...had seven tackles and 31-yard interception return at Virginia...had first career sack and a caused fumble in the win over South Carolina...seventh on team in tackles in 2007 with 61...started all 13 games...had three interceptions, third on the team...had an interception in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl against Auburn...tied for the team lead in interceptions as a freshman (3)...had two interceptions against Louisiana Tech...had an interception against Georgia Tech when Clemson’s secondary held Calvin Johnson without a reception for the only time in his career...first-team freshman All-ACC by Sporting News...first-team all-state in North Carolina by AP...#14 cornerback in the nation by Rivals.com...played for North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl...passed for 750 yards in high school...had 60 rushing touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his high school career... majoring in sociology...born May 26, 1987.
PBU 1
1 1
3
Brewer Career Stats Year 2009
TD 1
Ka. Brown Career Stats
1
Brewer 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Hit 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7
Avg 10.0
Overview: Original walk-on safety who has seven games on special teams this year and 11 games in his career...suffered a neck injury against Wake Forest that forced him to miss the next three games. Prior to 2009: Three-time letterman at Calhoun County High School...majoring in travel & tourism...born Jan. 7, 1988.
#29 Xavier Brewer • CB • *Fr.
Snaps 26 2 7 3 1 17 0 24 10 16 5 0 0 111
Yds 30
#37 Kantrell Brown • S • *So.
1 1 1 1
Overview: Reserve cornerback who has played all 13 games, including 10 in the secondary...played a season-high 26 snaps against Middle Tennessee and had a tackle and pass breakup...played 24 snaps against Coastal Carolina and had a seasonhigh three tackles...had two tackles in 10 snaps against Florida State...has three pass breakups, one each against Middle Tennessee, Florida State, and N.C. State...rated as the #65 player in the nation by ESPN.com out of high school...high school teammate of Kyle Parker. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...played in the ESPN/Under Armour AllAmerica game...his father played for the Denver Broncos and his brother C.J. was a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers...majoring in psychology...born Jan. 25, 1990.
Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals
Rec 3
1
Branch Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 10-0 118
QP PBU CF-RF 1 3 0-0
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Tiger Bios #48 Jeremy Campbell • LB • Sr.
Butler 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-2 Florida Atlantic 22 1 2 9-9 at Boston College 8 2 0 9-16 at Florida State 28 2 1 9-23 North Carolina 9 2 0 9-30 Louisiana Tech 28 5 0 10-7 at Wake Forest 0 1 1 10-12 Temple 30 3 4 10-21 Georgia Tech 21 3 1 10-26 at Virginia Tech 24 1 0 11-4 Maryland 12 1 1 11-11 N.C. State 25 0 0 11-25 South Carolina 19 2 1 12-29 Kentucky 22 0 0 Totals 248 23 11 Note: Had a recovered fumble against North Carolina.
Tot TFL Int 3 2 3 2 5 2-35 2 7 4 1-0 1 2 0 3 1-2 0 34 1-2 3-35
PBU
Overview: Reliable second-team linebacker who has been a standout on special teams the last four years...has 75 career tackles in 45 games, all as a reserve...has averaged almost 10 snaps per game in his career...had his first two sacks of his career this year, one against Middle Tennessee and one against Virginia...had a season-high four tackles against Middle Tennessee in the opener...played a season-high 21 snaps at Maryland...has at least one tackle in 11 games...has played in every game the last two years...has played in each of the last three bowl games, including eight snaps against Kentucky in the 2006 Music City Bowl. Prior to 2009: Had a career-high 31 tackles in 2008 as a junior...had four stops in the opener against Alabama...had a career-high-tying six tackles against S.C. State in 2008...second on the team in fewest snaps per tackle (4.62)...second-team strongside linebacker behind DeAndre McDaniel...played 82 snaps in the first six games of 2008 and had 25 of his 31 tackles during that time period...second-team linebacker in 2007 who had 11 tackles in nine games...played 24 snaps against Auburn in the Chickfil-A Bowl and had one tackle...had his only career takeaway against Duke when he recovered a fumble...played 106 snaps as a freshman in 2006 and had 15 tackles...had a career-high-tying six tackles in the opener against Florida Atlantic when he played a career-high 27 snaps...majoring in management...born Apr. 11, 1988.
1 1
1
3
Butler 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int 9-3 Florida State *47 2 0 2 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe *59 5 2 7 1-4 9-15 Furman *67 9 0 9 1-2 9-22 at N.C. State *32 3 0 3 1-2 9-29 at Georgia Tech *39 4 4 8 10-6 Virginia Tech *39 3 1 4 1-3 10-20 Central Michigan *34 3 1 4 10-27 at Maryland *52 3 1 4 1-17 11-3 at Duke *15 3 0 3 11-10 Wake Forest *52 2 2 4 11-17 Boston College *57 4 0 4 11-24 at South Carolina *38 4 0 4 12-31 Auburn *62 4 1 5 1-0 Totals 593 49 12 61 3-9 3-19 * - start; Note: Had a recovered fumble against Central Michigan.
PBU 1
Campbell 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-2 Florida Atlantic 27 3 3 9-9 at Boston College 8 2 1 9-16 at Florida State 9-23 North Carolina 8 0 0 9-30 Louisiana Tech 22 2 1 10-7 at Wake Forest 5 0 0 10-12 Temple 21 1 1 10-21 Georgia Tech 3 0 0 10-26 at Virginia Tech 11-4 Maryland 2 0 0 11-11 N.C. State 2 1 0 11-25 South Carolina 12-29 Kentucky 8 0 0 Totals 106 9 6
1
2
Butler 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int PBU PR 8-30 Alabama *55 6 0 6 1 9-6 The Citadel *47 2 2 4 1 1-15 9-13 N.C. State *40 6 2 8 1-0 9-20 S.C. State *39 3 1 4 1-48 9-27 Maryland *44 1 0 1 10-9 at Wake Forest *43 4 2 6 2 10-18 Georgia Tech *50 0 1 1 11-1 at Boston College *65 2 1 3 11-8 at Florida State *37 3 0 3 1 11-15 Duke *34 1 2 3 1-12 11-22 at Virginia *43 7 0 7 1-1 1-31 11-29 South Carolina *50 3 0 3 1-18 1-1 Nebraska *43 3 0 3 1-2 1-63 1 Totals 590 41 11 52 3-21 4-142 6 2-27 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against The Citadel; had a sack and caused fumble against South Carolina.
Butler 2009 Game-By-Game Stats
Hit 23 49 41 26 139
Ast 11 12 11 7 41
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Tot 34 61 52 33 180
TFL Sacks Int PBU CF-RF 1-2 0-0 3-35 3 0-1 3-9 0-0 3-19 2 0-1 3-21 1-18 4-142 6 2-0 1-12 1-12 1-47 10 0-0 8-44 2-30 11-243 21 2-2
Sacks
Int
1-1
0-0
0-0
Tot 0 4 2 1 DNP 0 2 DNP 0 1 DNP DNP 1 11
TFL
Sacks
Int
0-0
0-0
0-0
TFL
Sacks
Int
0-0
0-0
0-0
Campbell 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals
Butler Career Stats G-S Snaps 13-0 248 13-13 593 13-13 590 13-13 688 52-39 2119
TFL 1-1
Campbell 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-3 Florida State 8 0 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 31 1 3 9-15 Furman 14 2 0 9-22 at N.C. State 3 1 0 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 1 0 0 10-20 Central Michigan 12 0 2 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 4 0 0 11-10 Wake Forest 20 0 1 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn 24 0 1 Totals 117 4 7 Note: Had a recovered fumble at Duke.
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int PBU PR 9-5 Middle Tennessee *58 1 1 2 9-10 at Georgia Tech *48 1 0 1 9-19 Boston College *38 1 0 1 1 9-26 Texas Christian *57 2 1 3 10-3 at Maryland *52 3 0 3 1-12 2 10-17 Wake Forest *47 2 0 2 1 2-5 10-24 at Miami (FL) *55 0 1 1 1 10-31 Coastal Carolina *33 0 0 0 1-47 1 1-2 11-7 Florida State *44 8 2 10 1 11-14 at N.C. State *65 0 0 0 1 11-21 Virginia *55 1 1 2 1 11-28 at South Carolina *63 2 1 3 1 12-5 Georgia Tech *73 5 0 5 Totals 688 26 7 33 1-12 1-47 10 3-7 * - start; Note: Had a sack at Maryland; had a 29-yard missed field-goal return against Florida State.
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Tot 6 3 DNP 0 3 0 2 0 DNP 0 1 DNP 0 15
PR 0-0 0-0 2-27 3-7 5-34
vs.
Snaps 22 20 18 19 15 17 0 0 0 6 4 8 5 134
Hit 2 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 17
Ast 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
Tot 4 5 4 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 31
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33
Tiger Bios Campbell 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals
Snaps 7 2 2 6 21 2 1 3 3 10 4 2 6 69
Hit 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 9
Ast 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9
Tot 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 18
Chambers 2007 Game-By-Game Stats TFL 1-3
Sacks 1-3
1-9
1-9
2-12
2-12
Int
Date Opponent 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals
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Campbell Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 10-0 106 9-0 117 13-0 134 13-0 69 45-0 426
Hit 9 4 17 9 39
Ast 6 7 14 9 36
Tot 15 11 31 18 75
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 1 0-0 2 0 0-1 0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 2 3 0-1
Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals
#27 Sadat Chambers • S • *Gr. Overview: The Music City Bowl will be his 50th career game...began the year as a starting safety; he played a career-high 82 snaps against Middle Tennessee in the opener; he had four tackles and two pass breakups; those are the only two pass breakups of his career...did not play at Georgia Tech due to illness...has played in each of the last 11 games...his only other start was against Texas Christian; he had seven tackles, including six first hits; he also had a tackle for loss and helped the Tigers keep Texas Christian to a season-low 14 points...played 28 snaps off the bench against Maryland and had five tackles...has been a defensive back three of the last four years and was a running back in 2007...played this year as a graduate student; he received his degree before the year began...one of two active Tigers with a 100-yard rushing game; the other is C.J. Spiller...had 112 rushing yards against Central Michigan in 2007. Prior to 2009: Helped Clemson to a victory at Virginia in 2008 when he played 55 snaps and had three tackles...had a career-high 21 tackles in 2008...had a 63-yard touchdown run against Central Michigan in 2007 when he finished third on the team in rushing yards...reserve safety and linebacker in 2006 as a freshman...special teams player-of-the-week by the Clemson coaches against North Carolina when he caused a fumble early in the game on a kickoff return; the play changed the momentum of the game...played three snaps against Kentucky in the 2006 Music City Bowl... red-shirted in 2005...AAA Back-of-the-Year at Central High School in Pageland, SC... had 1,031 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns as a quarterback and running back as a junior in high school...received his degree in sociology in August of 2009...born Dec. 23, 1986.
32 Bowl Appearances
Yds 0 28 16 0 0 0 112 0 5 0 0 0 0 161
Avg --- 5.6 4.0 --- --- --- 11.2 --- 0.6 --- --- --- --- 5.8
Tot 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 0 DNP DNP 0 10
TFL
Sacks
Snaps 9 30 25 17 0 10 0 7 3 12 55 0 0 168
Hit 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 16
Ast 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rec 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Yds 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tot 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 21
TFL 1-7
Int
PBU
1-7
0-0
0
Tot TFL Int 4 DNP 0 7 1-1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 1-1 0-0
PBU 2
Chambers 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee *82 3 1 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 6 0 0 9-26 Texas Christian *38 6 1 10-3 at Maryland 28 2 3 10-17 Wake Forest 11 1 0 10-24 at Miami (FL) 7 0 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina 27 0 0 11-7 Florida State 24 1 0 11-14 at N.C. State 5 0 0 11-21 Virginia 18 0 0 11-28 at South Carolina 9 1 0 12-5 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 Totals 255 14 5 * - start
2
Chambers Career Stats Year 2006 2008 2009 Totals
Chambers 2006 Game-By-Game Stats
34
Car 0 5 4 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 28
Chambers 2008 Game-By-Game Stats
TFL Sacks 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-12 2-12 3-13 2-12
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-2 Florida Atlantic 9 0 0 9-9 at Boston College 0 0 0 9-16 at Florida State 0 1 0 9-23 North Carolina 4 1 0 9-30 Louisiana Tech 26 3 0 10-7 at Wake Forest 8 0 0 10-12 Temple 33 0 0 10-21 Georgia Tech 17 1 1 10-26 at Virginia Tech 16 2 1 11-4 Maryland 1 0 0 11-11 N.C. State 11-25 South Carolina 12-29 Kentucky 3 0 0 Totals 117 8 2 Note: Had a caused fumble against North Carolina.
Snaps 3 23 10 1 1 0 18 0 14 0 0 0 0 70
Int
Year 2007
G-S Snaps 11-0 117 13-0 168 12-2 255 36-2 540 G-S 13-0
Snaps 70
Hit 8 16 14 38 Car 28
Ast 2 5 5 12
Tot 10 21 19 50 Yds 161
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 1-7 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-8 0-0 Avg 5.8
TD 1
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 LG 63
QP PBU CF-RF 1 0 1-0 0 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 1 2 1-0 Rec 2
Yds 8
TD 0
#38 Chris Chancellor • CB • *Gr.
0-0
0-0
Overview: : Has started more games at cornerback than any other player in Tiger history...has started 41 in a row and 43 overall; the previous record was 35... Honorable Mention All-ACC selection in 2009...has nine career interceptions, sixthmost among active ACC players...played this year as a graduate student...wore #6 in Clemson’s win at #8 Miami (FL) in honor of Jasper Howard, the Connecticut player who was tragically killed on campus in October; Chancellor was a high school teammate of Howard and attended the funeral the day following Clemson’s win at Miami...has played 2,325 snaps in his career, most among active Clemson defensive backs and a record for all cornerbacks in school history...has 164 career tackles in 52 games; he has never missed a game...has eight tackles for loss...has 41 career passes defended, seventh-most in Tiger history, one ahead of former first-round draft pick Tye Hill and one behind former NFL player Dexter Davis; he needs two passes defended to tie
0-0
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Tiger Bios Chancellor 2008 Game-By-Game Stats
Antwan Edwards and reach the top five in school history...had four pass breakups against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, tied for the Tiger record in a bowl game... has been a starter in each of the last three bowl games; he will be the first cornerback to start four bowl games when he starts against Kentucky...has 37 tackles in 13 games and is a big reason Clemson is 11th in the nation in pass defense...has one interception; it came in the opener against Middle Tennessee and he had a 37-yard return...had a season-high seven tackles at #8 Miami (FL) when he helped Tigers to an overtime win; it was a big win for Chancellor, who is from Miami...had three tackles against #14 Texas Christian and helped Clemson’s defense hold the Horned Frogs to 14 points, their season low...has nine pass breakups, including three at South Carolina...has nine career interceptions and three came against South Carolina...member of the preseason watch list for the Thorpe Award in 2008 and 2009...has played 52 consecutive games and has tied the school record for games in a career...his brother Demerick played at Clemson in 2006. Prior to 2009: Had two interceptions in Clemson’s win over South Carolina in 2008...tied for second on the 2008 team in interceptions...had a career-high eight tackles in the win at Virginia; he also had three pass breakups...had one interception in four different games in 2007, including the win at South Carolina...tied Banks McFadden’s record for pass breakups in a bowl game with four against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl...a big reason Clemson was in the top 10 in the nation in pass defense, total defense, and scoring defense...a big reason Maryland’s Darrius Heyward-Bey failed to catch a pass against the Tigers in 2007...honorable mention freshman All-American by Scout.com...started and played 58 snaps against Kentucky in the 2006 Music City Bowl...had 38 tackles as a freshman...red-shirted in 2005...had six interceptions and five touchdowns on returns as a senior at Miami Edison Senior High School...had a school-record 24 interceptions, believed to be a record for the state of Florida...graduated from Clemson in August of 2009 with a degree in sport management...born Dec. 22, 1986.
Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals * - start
Snaps 22 27 *26 16 *40 11 21 2 7 0 5 *53 *58 288
Hit 2 4 2 1 4 0 6 0 1 0 1 3 3 27
Ast 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 11
Tot TFL Int 3 4 2 1-8 2 5 2 7 1 2 1 2 4 3 38 1-8 0-0
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Ast 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11
Tot TFL Int 5 1-1 2 4 1-3 2 1-0 3 5 4 1-0 5 4 1-2 5 1-12 3 6 1-0 4 52 3-6 4-12
Ast 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 13
Tot TFL Int 0 2 4 1-71 3 1-1 1-0 7 1-2 0 0 1 6 1 8 2 2-0 3 1-1 37 3-4 4-71
PBU
1 2
2 3 1 9
Chancellor 2009 Game-By-Game Stats
PBU
PBU 1 1 1
1
1 1 3 9
Chancellor Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
1
G-S Snaps 13-4 288 13-13 643 13-13 729 13-13 665 52-43 2325
Hit 27 41 24 26 118
Ast 11 11 13 11 46
Tot 38 52 37 37 164
TFL Sacks Int 1-8 0-0 0-0 3-6 0-0 4-12 3-4 0-0 4-71 1-1 0-0 1-37 8-19 0-0 9-120
QP PBU CF-RF 0 5 0-0 1 9 1-0 0 9 0-0 0 9 0-1 1 32 1-1
#89 Miguel Chavis • DT • Jr. Overview: Reliable backup defensive tackle who has helped the Tigers to a top-25 ranking in total defense and sacks this year...has shown great improvement; he has 27 tackles in 13 games...averaging over 20 snaps per game...had 16 tackles in his first two years combined and has 27 this year...involved in his first two sacks as a Tiger; he had a half sack against Florida State and a full sack at N.C. State...has played 36 games over the last three years...has played 31 consecutive games...has played each of the last two bowl games, 23 snaps against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl and 18 snaps against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl...has had at least one tackle in 11 games this year; he had a career-high six stops against Coastal Carolina...played a career-high 43 snaps against Middle Tennessee in the opener...had three stops apiece against Virginia South Carolina. Prior to 2009: Reserve defensive tackle in 2007 and 2008; he lettered both years... named the most improved defensive tackle during 2009 spring practice...played 183 snaps in 2008 and 95 in 2007, his first-year freshman season...had three tackles against Central Michigan as a freshman...came to Clemson from Hargrave Military Academy, where he played in 2006...played at prep school with current Clemson All-American DeAndre McDaniel...attended Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, NC, the same school that produced tight end Dwayne Allen...majoring in political science...born Oct. 26, 1988.
2 2 5
Chancellor 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit 9-3 Florida State *41 4 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe *55 1 9-15 Furman *48 3 9-22 at N.C. State *35 2 9-29 at Georgia Tech *64 3 10-6 Virginia Tech *36 3 10-20 Central Michigan *38 4 10-27 at Maryland *53 4 11-3 at Duke *43 3 11-10 Wake Forest *50 4 11-17 Boston College *66 3 11-24 at South Carolina *40 3 12-31 Auburn *74 4 Totals 643 41 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble at Maryland.
Hit 0 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 2 24
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int 9-5 Middle Tennessee *58 2 2 4 1-37 9-10 at Georgia Tech *50 2 1 3 9-19 Boston College *34 0 0 0 9-26 Texas Christian *47 2 1 3 1-1 10-3 at Maryland *61 5 1 6 10-17 Wake Forest *39 1 1 2 10-24 at Miami (FL) *60 5 2 7 10-31 Coastal Carolina *33 0 0 0 11-7 Florida State *20 2 0 2 11-14 at N.C. State *73 3 1 4 11-21 Virginia *60 2 0 2 11-28 at South Carolina *67 2 1 3 12-5 Georgia Tech *63 0 1 1 Totals 665 26 11 37 1-1 1-37 * - start; Note: Had one fumble return for three yards against Virginia.
Chancellor 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-2 Florida Atlantic 9-9 at Boston College 9-16 at Florida State 9-23 North Carolina 9-30 Louisiana Tech 10-7 at Wake Forest 10-12 Temple 10-21 Georgia Tech 10-26 at Virginia Tech 11-4 Maryland 11-11 N.C. State 11-25 South Carolina 12-29 Kentucky Totals * - start
Snaps *60 *55 *60 *31 *46 *71 *57 *62 *57 *38 *58 *68 *66 729
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1 1
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Tiger Bios Chavis 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 6 0 0 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 3 0 0 9-29 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0 10-6 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 10-20 Central Michigan 10 1 2 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 17 0 1 11-10 Wake Forest 14 0 0 11-17 Boston College 19 1 1 11-24 at South Carolina 3 0 0 12-31 Auburn 23 1 1 Totals 95 3 5
Br. Clear Career Stats
Tot TFL Sacks DNP 0 DNP 0 0 0 3 DNP 1 0 2 0 2 8 0-0 0-0
QP
Year 2008 2009 Totals
Snaps 26 28 18 24 0 5 6 5 14 18 1 20 18 183
Hit 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
Ast 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tot TFL Sacks 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 0-0 0-0
Snaps 43 21 16 27 4 28 6 24 16 31 23 26 25 290
Hit 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 14
Ast 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 13
Tot TFL Sacks 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 6 2 0.5-1 0.5-1 2 1-8 1-8 3 3 1 27 1.5-9 1.5-9
1 1 2
QP
G-S Snaps 10-0 95 13-0 183 13-0 290 36-0 568
Hit 3 7 14 24
Ast 5 1 13 19
Tot 8 8 27 43
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5-9 1.5-9 1.5-9 1.5-9
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Avg --- 10.3 10.3
TD 0 0 0
LG --- 17 17
Car 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0
LG -------
By. Clear Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 1-0 2 4-0 24 5-0 26
Hit 0 1 1
Ast 0 0 0
Tot 0 1 1
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0
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#62 Mason Cloy • OL • *So. Overview: Outstanding and versatile offensive lineman who will miss the Music City Bowl after breaking his leg against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...has had a solid year with 52 knockdown blocks, third-most on the team; that total included 12.5 knockdowns and an 85-percent grade in 71 snaps at #13 Georgia Tech...has 105 knockdown blocks in two years...has started five games, but saw plenty of action when he not starting...has seen action at both guard spots and center, so he will be missed in the Music City Bowl...has an average grade of 76 percent in 2009...has played 522 snaps this year, an average of 40 per game...veteran of 26 games and 17 starts the last two years...has played 1,182 snaps in 26 games...has played 26 straight games entering the Music City Bowl, but that streak will end due to his broken leg... had 8.5 knockdown blocks in 69 snaps against Boston College...had a team-high seven knockdowns at Maryland...had 5.5 knockdowns and an 80-percent grade in 31 snaps against Florida State...had an 80-percent grade against Virginia...freshman All-American according to CollegeFootballNews.com in 2008...second-team freshman All-American by Rivals.com. Prior to 2009: Second on the team in knockdown blocks (53) in 2008...had an average grade of 72 percent...started and played 53 snaps against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl...had 10.5 knockdowns against The Citadel in 2008...had an average grade of 76 percent in the last four games of 2008...moved into the starting lineup in the first game of the year after Barry Humphries suffered a torn ACL...had 4.5 knockdowns against Alabama in his first career game...second on the offensive line in starts in 2008 with 12; he tied the school record for starts by a freshman offensive lineman...red-shirted in 2007...rated as the #9 center in the nation by Scout.com out of high school...Shrine Bowl selection as a senior...had 57 knockdown blocks as a senior at Spring Valley High School...played tight end at times in high school and scored three touchdowns...Max Emfinger All-American...Wendy’s High School Heisman Award winner...majoring in park & protected area management...born Jan. 22, 1989.
1
QP
1 2 1 4
Chavis Career Stats Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Yds 0 31 31
#42 Byron Clear • DE • *So.
Chavis 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals * - start
Rec 0 3 3
Overview: Reserve defensive end who has played four games for 24 snaps this year...had his only tackle in 17 snaps against Coastal Carolina...played on defense against Boston College, Wake Forest, and N.C. State...has lettered each of the last two years...his twin brother Brandon is on the team as a wide receiver. Prior to 2009: Played one game in 2008...red-shirted in 2007...made the academic honor roll in 2008-09...joins Brandon to be the first twin-brother combination at Clemson since Andy and Peter Ford played from 1993-96...appeared with his twin brother on the MTV Show “Two-a-Days” in high school...majoring in communication studies...born May 30, 1989.
Chavis 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals
G-S Snaps 3-0 17 13-0 165 16-0 182
QP PBU CF-RF 2 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 4 1 0-0 7 1 0-0
#85 Brandon Clear • WR • *So. Overview: Improved wide receiver who had three catches for 31 yards this year... had two catches for 25 yards against Coastal Carolina in a career-high 31 snaps...had one catch for six yards against Wake Forest...has played 165 snaps in 13 games...has played as a wide receiver in eight games and has played on special teams in all 13 games...his twin brother Byron is on the team as a defensive end...has a 39” vertical jump, second-best on the team...named to the academic honor roll in 2007-08 and 2008-09...has been on the honor roll every semester he has been at Clemson...native of Hoover, AL who was featured in the MTV series “Two-a-Days.” Prior to 2009: Played three games for 17 snaps as a wide receiver in 2008, but he did earn a letter...played consecutive games against The Citadel, N.C. State, and S.C. State early in 2008...red-shirted in 2007...played in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl...joins Byron to be the first twin-brother combination at Clemson since Andy and Peter Ford played from 1993-96...majoring in marketing...born May 30, 1989.
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#33 Kavell Conner • LB • *Sr. Overview: Second among active ACC players in career tackles (298)...has 96 tackles this year and needs four to have his second season of at least 100 tackles... third on the team in tackles this year...in his second year as a starter; he has started 24 of the 26 games over the last two years...has finished the season strong; he had 13 tackles in the win over Virginia, 11 at South Carolina, and nine in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech...had 10 tackles against Boston College when Clemson held the Eagles to 54 yards of offense...had a big play in the win over Florida State when he picked up a lateral on the ground after an interception return by Rashard Hall and gained 29 yards on the return; it was a play that changed the momentum of the game in Clemson’s victory because the Tigers were trailing in the fourth quarter at the time; also had a caused fumble...had eight stops at N.C. State... led Clemson in tackles five times this year, including wins over Boston College, Wake Forest, and Virginia...had two tackles for loss and his only sack of the season against
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Wake Forest...has seven tackles for loss this year, one more than he had as a junior... named Clemson’s Defensive Player-of-the-Week by the coaches for his performances against Wake Forest and Virginia...11th in the ACC in tackles per game...has accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Game in Orlando, FL on January 23...has never missed a game; he has played 52 with 26 starts...has played well in bowl games; he had 15 tackles against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl and 11 last year in the Gator Bowl against Nebraska. Prior to 2009: Led the Tigers in tackles (125) in 2008...won the 2008 Dedication Award in the strength training room...big reason Clemson was in the top 15 in the nation in scoring defense and total defense in 2008...had 18 tackles against Alabama; that is his career high and tied a Clemson record for tackles in an opener...had a teamhigh six double-figure tackle games in 2008...had 11 tackles in the win at Boston College...had 46 tackles as a reserve linebacker in 2007, but 15 of them came in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against Auburn...a reserve linebacker as a freshman in 2006; he had 31 tackles...had two tackles against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl...red-shirted in 2005...averaged 8.2 yards per carry as a senior at Manchester High School in Richmond, VA...had 1,300 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior...graduated with a degree in sociology on Dec. 17, 2009...born Feb. 23, 1987.
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee 0 1 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech *65 4 5 9-19 Boston College *41 5 5 9-26 Texas Christian 16 5 1 10-3 at Maryland *51 5 4 10-17 Wake Forest *57 7 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) *59 3 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina *23 4 0 11-7 Florida State *49 4 1 11-14 at N.C. State *55 8 0 11-21 Virginia *52 10 3 11-28 at South Carolina *77 8 3 12-5 Georgia Tech *70 5 4 Totals 615 69 27 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against Florida State.
Snaps 17 14 12 15 16 0 19 11 8 4 4 5 13 138
Hit 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 17
Ast 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 14
Tot 3 2 4 1 7 1 2 4 2 0 3 0 2 31
TFL
Sacks
Int
Ast 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 14
Tot 0 6 5 3 0 0 3 2 3 6 1 2 15 46
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Hit 17 32 66 69 184
Ast 14 14 59 27 114
Tot TFL Sacks 31 0-0 0-0 46 2-4 0-0 125 6-28 1-6 96 7-16 1-7 298 15-48 2-13
Int 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-29 1-29
QP PBU CF-RF 1 0 0-0 3 2 1-0 0 3 1-0 5 1 1-0 9 6 3-0
#44 Scotty Cooper • LB • Jr.
0-0
0-0
0-0
TFL
Sacks
Int
0-0
0-0
1-1
1-3 2-4
Cooper 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-3 Florida State 7 0 1 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 8 1 1 9-15 Furman 21 2 4 9-22 at N.C. State 6 1 1 9-29 at Georgia Tech 9 0 0 10-6 Virginia Tech 5 1 1 10-20 Central Michigan *29 1 3 10-27 at Maryland 6 1 0 11-3 at Duke 15 2 3 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 6 0 0 11-24 at South Carolina 5 0 0 12-31 Auburn *66 7 3 Totals 183 16 17 * - start
Conner 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 8-30 Alabama *62 9 9 9-6 The Citadel *38 3 4 9-13 N.C. State *51 5 5 9-20 S.C. State *24 4 4 9-27 Maryland *45 3 3 10-9 at Wake Forest *63 5 4 10-18 Georgia Tech *42 6 6 11-1 at Boston College *60 7 4 11-8 at Florida State *47 6 2 11-15 Duke *32 6 3 11-22 at Virginia *58 5 5 11-29 South Carolina *65 3 3 1-1 Nebraska *63 4 7 Totals 650 66 59 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against South Carolina.
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Overview: Second-team linebacker who has 15 tackles in 11 games (100 snaps)... played 41 snaps at #13 Georgia Tech and had four tackles...played 21 snaps against Coastal Carolina and had two tackles...missed the Wake Forest and Miami (FL) games as he recovered from a concussion suffered at Maryland...had three tackles in nine snaps in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech; those were special teams stops...honored as Clemson’s top special teams player for the Georgia Tech game in the ACC Championship game...spent 18 days in Ghana last May as part of a campus academic program; he was the only student-athlete at Clemson to make the trip...started two games as a freshman and four as a sophomore. Prior to 2009: Started the 2008 season at strongside linebacker, then came off the bench during the second half of the season...played 37 snaps against Alabama... had a season-high six tackles against The Citadel...had five stops in the win over N.C. State...started against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl and had a career-high 10 tackles...also started against Central Michigan and had four tackles...had 33 tackles as a freshman in 2007, tied for the most by a freshman that year...played just 11 snaps during the last three regular-season games of 2007 due to injury, but was back at full strength to play 66 snaps against Auburn in the bowl game...high school AllAmerican by SuperPrep...#9 outside linebacker in the nation by Rivals.com...Shrine Bowl selection from Lake City High School...had 247 career tackles and 38 tackles for loss in high school...majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management... born Oct. 10, 1988.
Conner 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit 9-3 Florida State 3 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 31 5 9-15 Furman 29 5 9-22 at N.C. State 16 1 9-29 at Georgia Tech 2 0 10-6 Virginia Tech 3 0 10-20 Central Michigan *32 2 10-27 at Maryland 5 1 11-3 at Duke 16 1 11-10 Wake Forest 14 4 11-17 Boston College 0 1 11-24 at South Carolina 4 2 12-31 Auburn *77 10 Totals 232 32 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble at Duke.
Int
Conner Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2006 13-0 138 2007 13-2 232 2008 13-13 650 2009 13-11 615 Totals 52-26 1635
Conner 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-2 Florida Atlantic 9-9 at Boston College 9-16 at Florida State 9-23 North Carolina 9-30 Louisiana Tech 10-7 at Wake Forest 10-12 Temple 10-21 Georgia Tech 10-26 at Virginia Tech 11-4 Maryland 11-11 N.C. State 11-25 South Carolina 12-29 Kentucky Totals
Tot TFL Sacks 1 9 10 6 1-1 9 8 2-8 1-7 3 4 5 8 1-1 13 1-4 11 2-2 9 96 7-16 1-7
Tot TFL Sacks 18 7 10 8 1-5 6 9 1-3 12 11 1-5 8 9 1-6 10 2-9 1-6 6 11 125 6-28 1-6
Int
1-0
Tot 1 2 6 2 0 2 4 1 5 DNP 0 0 10 33
TFL
Sacks
Int
0-0
0-0
1-2
1-2
1-0
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Tiger Bios Cooper 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals * - start
Snaps *37 *24 *36 2 *35 16 23 10 16 24 8 8 8 247
Hit 2 5 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 17
Ast 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 11
Tot 2 6 5 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 28
Cumbie 2006 Game-By-Game Stats TFL
Sacks
Int
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-2 Florida Atlantic 28 1 1 9-9 at Boston College 9-16 at Florida State 4 0 0 9-23 North Carolina 8 1 1 9-30 Louisiana Tech 24 2 1 10-7 at Wake Forest 10-12 Temple 24 1 0 10-21 Georgia Tech 4 0 0 10-26 at Virginia Tech 11-4 Maryland 11-11 N.C. State 6 0 0 11-25 South Carolina 3 0 0 12-29 Kentucky 3 0 0 Totals 104 5 3
Tot 0 4 2 0 0 DNP DNP 2 0 3 0 1 3 15
TFL
0-0
Sacks
0-0
Date Opponent 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals * - start
Int
0-0
Cooper Career Stats Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 12-2 183 13-4 247 11-0 100 36-6 530
Hit 16 17 8 41
Ast 17 11 7 35
Tot 33 28 15 76
TFL Sacks 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 5 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 5 2 0-0
Snaps 21 32 31 17 18 7 19 25 *25 *26 *31 14 29 295
Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals * - start
#8 Jamie Cumbie • DT • *Jr.
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QP
2-8
1-5
1
2-8
1-5
1
Hit 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 19
Ast 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 10
Tot TFL Sacks 1 1-1 1-1 4 2 1 2 1-1 0 3 1 2 4 1-13 1-13 4 2 3 29 3-15 2-14
QP 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 10
Cumbie 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overview: Top tackler on the Tiger defense among non-starters...has been very productive with 53 tackles in 13 games...has not started a game, but has averaged 28 snaps per game, so he is just like a third starter on the defensive interior...coming off an injury red-shirt season of 2008...has had at least one tackle in 12 games...got his season off to a good start with a sack against Middle Tennessee...had five tackles in 20 snaps against #14 Texas Christian...had eight stops and 1.5 tackles for loss against Wake Forest...tied for the team lead in tackles with Kavell Conner in the win over Wake Forest, a win that turned Clemson’s season around...added four tackles at #8 Miami (FL)...had a career-high nine tackles at South Carolina...had five tackles, including a sack, in the win over Virginia...has played at least 20 snaps in each of the last nine games...has played 36 games in his career...has 93 career tackles...Parade All-American out of high school. Prior to 2009: Played just the Alabama game to open the 2008 season, but had injuries to both wrists and red-shirted...played 39 snaps in that game, so he was slated to be a factor in 2008...started three games in 2007, against Duke, Wake Forest, and Boston College...had a sack against #19 Florida State to open that season...named Clemson’s top reserve against Georgia Tech and Duke...played nine games as a firstyear freshman in 2006...played three snaps against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl... had two tackles for loss and his first career sack against Louisiana Tech in 2006... national top-100 player out of high school; he was rated #50 by Tom Lemming, #60 by CollegeFootballNews.com, and #87 by ESPN.com...first Tiger defensive lineman to be a Parade All-American since 1989...played high school football at Morris (IL) High School, but has ties to South Carolina...outstanding pitcher in high school; he once struck out 21 batters in a 10-inning game for Morris High against Joliet High... majoring in sociology...born Feb. 18, 1988.
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Cooper 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech 41 1 3 9-19 Boston College 5 2 0 9-26 Texas Christian 5 0 0 10-3 at Maryland 4 0 0 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 21 1 1 11-7 Florida State 1 0 0 11-14 at N.C. State 11 3 0 11-21 Virginia 0 0 0 11-28 at South Carolina 3 0 1 12-5 Georgia Tech 9 1 2 Totals 100 8 7
Tot 2 DNP 0 2 3 DNP 1 0 DNP DNP 0 0 0 8
Snaps 39 12 19 20 30 33 27 27 30 39 25 34 29 364
Hit 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 2 2 5 2 26
Ast 0 0 3 3 0 5 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 27
Tot TFL Sacks 1 1-8 1-8 1 4 5 0 8 1.5-6 0.5-4 4 5 3 4 5 1-9 1-9 9 1-1 4 53 4.5-24 2.5-21
QP
1
1 1 1 4
Cumbie Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 9-0 104 13-3 295 1-0 39 13-0 364 36-3 802
Hit 5 19 2 26 52
Ast 3 10 1 27 41
Tot TFL Sacks 8 2-8 1-5 29 3-15 2-14 3 0-0 0-0 53 4.5-24 2.5-21 93 9.5-47 5.5-40
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 1 1 0-0 10 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 4 3 0-0 16 4 0-0
#30 Chad Diehl • FB • *So. Overview: Regarded as the best blocker on the team...a big reason Clemson’s running game has improved this year, as he has been the lead blocker on many runs by C.J. Spiller and the rest of the running backs...especially key in short-yardage and goal-line situations...a big hitter; he practices with the defense on goal-line situations on Thursdays, but has not been used on defense yet this year...has played 167 snaps and has three carries and two receptions...has three kickoff returns on short kicks, as opponents try to avoid Spiller...had two carries for five yards against Wake Forest... consistently receives grades in the 80s from his coaches for his blocking...just a sophomore; he has played 29 games because he received an injury red-shirt for 2007 when he suffered a broken leg in the first half of his third game...could set a school record for games played when he is in his final year...has a 405-pound bench press, one of the best on the team...has made seven starts in his career, including three in 2009.
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Tiger Bios Prior to 2009: Did not carry the ball in 2008, but a key to the rushing game for his 162 snaps, especially in short yardage...had one catch and two kickoff returns in 2008...had 18 knockdown blocks in 2008...made four starts, all away from home... played 12 snaps against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl...suffered a broken leg against Furman in 2007 and was granted an injury red-shirt...MVP of the North-South High School All-Star game as a senior...had 111 tackles and four caused fumbles as a senior...majoring in construction science and management...born Feb. 5, 1989.
Dye 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals
Diehl 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg 8-30 Alabama *4 0 0 --- 9-6 The Citadel 14 0 0 --- 9-13 N.C. State 9 0 0 --- 9-20 S.C. State 23 0 0 --- 9-27 Maryland 0 0 0 --- 10-9 at Wake Forest *10 0 0 --- 10-18 Georgia Tech 9 0 0 --- 11-1 at Boston College *15 0 0 --- 11-8 at Florida State *11 0 0 --- 11-15 Duke 8 0 0 --- 11-22 at Virginia 14 0 0 --- 11-29 South Carolina 33 0 0 --- 1-1 Nebraska 12 0 0 --- Totals 162 0 0 --- * - start; Note: Had a recovered fumble against Nebraska.
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rec 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yds 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KOR
Rec 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Yds 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 20
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-25
Yds 0 6 20 26
TD 0 0 0 0
KOR 0-0 2-24 3-25 5-49
1-11
Car 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Yds 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4
Avg --- --- --- --- --- 2.5 --- --- --- --- -1.0 --- --- 1.3
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G-S Snaps 3-0 8 13-4 162 13-3 167 29-7 337
Car 0 0 3 3
Yds 0 0 4 4
Avg --- --- 1.3 1.3
TD 0 0 0 0
LG --- --- 5 5
Rec 0 1 2 3
1-13
2-24
KOR 1-9
1-9
Avg --- 14.0 --- --- --- --- 22.0 --- 12.0 --- 2.0 --- --- 12.5
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LG --14 --------22 --12 --2 ----22
Avg --- 9.5 --- 12.3 --- 19.0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 12.5
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LG --11 --22 --19 --------------22
Avg 4.0
TD 0
LG 4
--- 9.7 32.0 15.0 23.0 22.7 17.0 13.0 --- 18.0 16.9
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
--13 32 15 23 43 17 13 --18 43
Dye 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec 9-5 Middle Tennessee 23 1 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 4 0 10-3 at Maryland 25 3 10-17 Wake Forest *34 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) *67 1 10-31 Coastal Carolina *15 1 11-7 Florida State *65 3 11-14 at N.C. State *48 2 11-21 Virginia *45 1 11-28 at South Carolina *37 0 12-5 Georgia Tech *45 1 Totals 408 14 * - start
1-7
Yds 4 DNP DNP 0 29 32 15 23 68 34 13 0 18 236
Dye Career Stats
#21 Xavier Dye • WR • Jr.
Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Overview: Has caught a touchdown pass from a quarterback, wide receiver, and running back this year...first Tiger wideout with a receiving touchdown from three different players in the same year, nevermind it being players who play three different positions...named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works team this year, one of just 11 FBS players honored; he is just the third Tiger named to the team since it was started in 1992; he joined Robert Carswell (1999) and Nick Eason (2000)...singled out for his outstanding work in community service...fourth on the team in receptions with 14 catches for 236 yards, a 17-yard average...had three catches at Maryland for 29 yards and three catches for 68 yards in the win over Florida State; that is his career high in yardage...has started each of the last eight games...has had at least one catch in eight of the last nine games...had a touchdown catch in consecutive games against Coastal Carolina, Florida State, and N.C. State...had a 43-yard catch against Florida State that was his career long...second-leading receiver among wide receivers in 2009...has 24 catches in 37 career games...has missed two games this year. Prior to 2009: Had six catches in 2008 as a backup to Aaron Kelly, the ACC’s alltime leading receiver...had three catches for 37 yards against S.C. State...played 156 snaps as a freshman in 2007 and had four receptions for 50 yards...scored a touchdown that year when he recovered a fumble on a pass play in the endzone against Central Michigan...enrolled at Clemson in January of 2007...played at Greenwood High School and James F. Byrnes High School...majoring in sociology...born May 14, 1988.
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Diehl Career Stats Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Rec 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds 8-30 Alabama 13 0 0 9-6 The Citadel 22 2 19 9-13 N.C. State *22 0 0 9-20 S.C. State 30 3 37 9-27 Maryland *18 0 0 10-9 at Wake Forest 22 1 19 10-18 Georgia Tech 7 0 0 11-1 at Boston College 4 0 0 11-8 at Florida State 7 0 0 11-15 Duke 28 0 0 11-22 at Virginia 10 0 0 11-29 South Carolina 6 0 0 1-1 Nebraska 3 0 0 Totals 193 6 75 * - start; Note: Played one snap on defense against N.C. State.
Diehl 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps 9-5 Middle Tennessee *15 9-10 at Georgia Tech *15 9-19 Boston College 20 9-26 Texas Christian 11 10-3 at Maryland 7 10-17 Wake Forest 6 10-24 at Miami (FL) 14 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11 11-7 Florida State 19 11-14 at N.C. State *11 11-21 Virginia 16 11-28 at South Carolina 9 12-5 Georgia Tech 13 Totals 167 * - start
Snaps 2 17 9 15 8 11 32 15 24 11 4 7 1 156
G-S Snaps 13-0 156 13-2 193 11-8 408 37-10 757
Rec 4 6 14 24
Yds 50 75 236 361
Avg 12.5 12.5 16.9 15.0
TD 1 0 3 4
LG 22 22 43 43
Car 0 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0 0
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#23 Andre Ellington • RB • *Fr. Overview: Second on the team in rushing with 471 yards...has a 7.36 yards per carry figure, second-best in the ACC this year and second-best in Clemson history (minimum 400 yards)...Clemson’s offensive player-of-the-week according to the coaches against Coastal Carolina...has been consistent all year and getting good yardage in his playing time behind All-American C.J. Spiller...has averaged over 6.0 yards per carry in seven games...had nine carries for 72 yards in the opener against Middle Tennessee...had a solid game against Boston College with nine carries for 45 yards...had six carries for 88 yards against Coastal Carolina; that is his career high in yards...had five carries for 63 yards in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech, an average of 12.6 yards per carry; he scored a touchdown in that game as well...has six kickoff returns for 95 yards, so he could take on that role next year with Spiller’s graduation...has 11 catches to tie for fifth-most on the team. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...rated as the #44 player in the nation by ESPN. com out of Berkeley High School in Moncks Corner, SC...played in the ESPN/Under
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Tiger Bios Armour All-American game...played in the Shrine Bowl...had 1,822 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior...majoring in sociology...born Feb. 3, 1989.
touchdowns in is career...an All-American and national champion in track, but his career in that sport is over...won the NCAA Championship in the 60m indoors last February...had a streak of 18 straight wins in the 60m and 100m races during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Prior to 2009: Had 55 catches for 710 yards in 2008 when he was second on the team in catches...11th in the ACC in all-purpose yards, fifth in receiving yards, and sixth in catches per game...had at least one catch in every 2008 game...had seven receptions for 72 yards at Boston College...third on the team in receptions as a sophomore in 2007, but played in just eight games due to a broken ankle suffered at Maryland...third on the team in rushing in 2007...had 801 all-purpose yards on 51 touches (15.7 yards per touch)...had a 92-yard punt return for a touchdown against Florida Atlantic, still the longest punt return in Clemson history...had a 94-yard kickoff return for a score against Louisiana Tech...only player in the nation with a 90-yard touchdown play of each return in 2006...had a 76-yard touchdown catch against South Carolina...came to Clemson from Fork Union Military Academy...had seven kick returns for scores, four punt returns and three kickoff returns...had 10 touchdown catches at Cardinal Newman High School as a senior...state champion in Florida in the 100m and 200m... his brother Davy played football at Florida State and had an 82-yard touchdown run against Clemson in 2000...received his degree from Clemson in sociology on December 17, 2009...born July 27, 1987.
Ellington 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps 9-5 Middle Tennessee 24 9-10 at Georgia Tech 6 9-19 Boston College 16 9-26 Texas Christian 4 10-3 at Maryland 10 10-17 Wake Forest 11 10-24 at Miami (FL) 15 10-31 Coastal Carolina 13 11-7 Florida State *19 11-14 at N.C. State 16 11-21 Virginia 16 11-28 at South Carolina 12 12-5 Georgia Tech 13 Totals 175 * - start
Car 9 3 9 0 4 2 6 6 6 7 5 2 5 64
Yds Avg 72 8.0 21 7.0 45 5.0 0 --- 9 2.3 34 17.0 12 2.0 88 14.7 54 9.0 31 4.4 29 5.8 13 6.5 63 12.6 471 7.4
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
Rec 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 11
Yds PR 0 0 8 3 1 1-3 0 25 5 6 0 0 7 0 55 1-3
KOR
1-18 1-20 6-95
Yds 55
TD 0
KOR 6-95
1-17
1-10 2-30
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G-S Snaps 13-1 175
Car 64
Yds 471
Avg 7.4
TD 4
Rec 11
PR 1-3
J. Ford 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds Avg TD LG Rush PR KOR 9-2 Florida Atlantic 10 0 0 --- 0 --- 1-10 2-94 2-44 9-9 at Boston College 1 0 0 --- 0 --- 0-0 1-16 9-16 at Florida State 5 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 1-38 1-12 9-23 North Carolina 17 0 0 --- 0 --- 1-9 3-14 9-30 Louisiana Tech 7 0 0 --- 0 --- 0-0 2-14 1-94 10-7 at Wake Forest 18 4 28 7.0 0 11 1-13 10-12 Temple 9 3 67 22.3 1 55 0-0 1-4 3-99 10-21 Georgia Tech 16 2 7 3.5 0 8 0-0 2-0 10-26 at Virginia Tech 17 0 0 --- 0 --- 1-2 1-(-1) 1-24 11-4 Maryland 9 2 6 3.0 0 6 0-0 1-18 1-18 11-11 N.C. State 17 1 2 2.0 0 2 1-5 1-10 2-85 11-25 South Carolina 7 1 76 76.0 1 76 1-12 1-17 12-29 Kentucky 23 1 8 8.0 0 8 1-15 1-1 1-29 Totals 156 15 187 12.5 2 76 8-104 15-166 13-426 Note: Had a 92-yard punt return for a touchdown against Florida Atlantic; had a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Louisiana Tech.
#80 Brandon Ford • WR • *Fr. Overview: Red-shirt freshman wideout who has played four games for a total of 28 snaps...his only catch of the year came against Coastal Carolina (four-yard reception) in 16 snaps. Prior to 2009: All-state player at Hanahan High School...majoring in sociology... born Dec. 31, 1989. B. Ford Career Stats Year 2009
G-S Snaps 4-0 28
Rec 1
Yds 4
Avg 4.0
TD 0
LG 4
Car 0
Yds 0
TD 0
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#6 Jacoby Ford • WR • Sr. Overview: Second-Team All-ACC wide receiver with a team-best 53 catches for 735 yards...10th in the ACC in all-purpose yards per game (90.2); he has 1,172...11th in the ACC in receptions per game (4.08) and 12th in receiving yards per game (56.5)... Clemson’s offensive player-of-the-week by the coaches against Virginia; he had a career-high 211 all-purpose yards that included 106 receiving yards on six catches, three kickoff returns for 67 yards, a 22-yard punt return, and a 16-yard rush...started the year with a strong game against Middle Tennessee; he had three catches for 70 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown, three punt returns for 72 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown, a 39-yard kickoff return, and a nine-yard rush; he had 190 all-purpose yards...had five receptions for 109 yards in the second game at #13 Georgia Tech... caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Kyle Parker at #8 Miami (FL) to give the Tigers a 40-37 win in overtime; it was a special moment for Ford, who is a native of nearby Royal Palm Beach...had five catches for 53 yards against Florida State...#8 in Clemson history in career receptions (140), he needs one to tie former teammate Chansi Stuckey for seventh place...has 1,942 career receiving yards and needs 58 against Kentucky to become the eighth player in Tiger history with 2,000 receiving yards...has 15 career touchdown receptions, sixth-most in Clemson history; he is tied with Terry Smith, who made his 15th and final touchdown catch against Kentucky in the 1993 Peach Bowl...sixth in Clemson history in career all-purpose yards (4,037)... sixth in school history in career kickoff return yards (1,124) and is eighth in punt return yards (479)...has 492 career rushing yards...has an 8.6 rushing average in his career... has started all 13 games this year...has caught at least one pass in 28 straight games that he has played; he has caught at least two passes in 26 of those 28 games...has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL on January 30...has combined with C.J. Spiller to become the greatest all-purpose yardage duo in FBS college history; they have combined for 11,453 yards; Ford has 4,037, second-most among active ACC players...had a career-high 112 receiving yards against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl on five catches; that included a 46-yard touchdown catch... has eight career touchdowns of 50 yards or more, second-most in Clemson history behind Spiller...joins Spiller as one of two Tigers in history to account for a touchdown five different ways; he threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Dye against Coastal Carolina this year; also had his first rushing touchdown against N.C. State...has 20
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J. Ford 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds Avg TD 9-3 Florida State 26 0 0 --- 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe *33 3 68 22.7 1 9-15 Furman *33 2 55 27.5 1 9-22 at N.C. State 39 4 48 12.0 0 9-29 at Georgia Tech *53 3 58 19.3 0 10-6 Virginia Tech 7 0 0 --- 0 10-20 Central Michigan *41 2 44 22.0 2 10-27 at Maryland *51 3 37 12.3 0 11-3 at Duke DNP 11-10 Wake Forest DNP 11-17 Boston College DNP 11-24 at South Carolina DNP 12-31 Auburn DNP Totals 283 17 310 18.2 4 * - start
LG --- 52 33 16 29 --36 19
Rush PR 3-32 3-23 1-29 1-12 2-13 2-60 2-11 2-9 3-43
KOR 1-14 1-23 1-18
2-21 2-8
1-82 2-43
1-7 2-12
2-31
52 14-172 12-108 8-211
J. Ford 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec 8-30 Alabama 17 2 9-6 The Citadel 24 5 9-13 N.C. State *39 6 9-20 S.C. State 36 5 9-27 Maryland *58 3 10-9 at Wake Forest *47 5 10-18 Georgia Tech *45 2 11-1 at Boston College 46 7 11-8 at Florida State *57 4 11-15 Duke *51 4 11-22 at Virginia *50 6 11-29 South Carolina *39 1 1-1 Nebraska 53 5 Totals 562 55 * - start
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Yds 53 60 106 24 18 43 14 72 67 49 42 50 112 710
Avg 26.5 12.0 17.7 4.8 6.0 8.6 7.0 10.3 16.8 12.3 7.0 50.0 22.4 12.9
TD 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
LG Rush PR KOR 47 1-5 2-35 20 2-1 0-12 1-5 28 2-48 9 2-6 1-(-1) 1-22 10 1-5 1-6 2-48 12 1-2 2-26 16 2-(-1) 2-2 3-68 17 1-2 3-12 2-26 18 2-1 1-10 2-39 19 1-1 2-2 1-18 17 1-2 50 1-21 1-26 46 1-3 2-19 50 18-96 12-62 17-313
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kickoff return; that was his only start prior to 2009, but he played 252 snaps in 2008... second-team cornerback in 2007; he played all 13 games, including 11 on defense... had a 66-yard kickoff return against Duke that set up a score...recovered a fumble in the win at South Carolina in 2007...rated as the #8 cornerback in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com out of high school...#47 prospect in the nation by Tom Lemming...played in the U.S. Army All-American game...member of the ESPN.com top 150...majoring in management...born Dec. 8, 1988.
Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds Avg TD LG Rush PR KOR 9-5 Middle Tennessee *31 3 70 23.3 1 43 1-9 3-72 1-39 9-10 at Georgia Tech *61 5 109 21.8 1 77 2-1 1-15 2-27 9-19 Boston College *69 6 36 6.0 0 29 2-17 1-8 9-26 Texas Christian *64 6 55 9.2 0 23 1-0 10-3 at Maryland *65 5 37 7.4 0 17 2-19 1-10 10-17 Wake Forest *36 1 51 51.0 0 51 1-4 10-24 at Miami (FL) *68 2 37 18.5 1 26 2-16 2-18 10-31 Coastal Carolina *25 4 45 11.3 1 36 1-10 1-1 11-7 Florida State *47 5 53 10.6 0 23 1-8 11-14 at N.C. State *39 2 55 27.5 0 47 1-17 11-21 Virginia *44 6 106 17.7 1 28 1-16 1-22 3-67 11-28 at South Carolina *48 5 49 9.8 0 23 2-(-1) 1-15 12-5 Georgia Tech *47 3 32 10.3 0 15 1-4 1-23 Totals 644 53 735 13.9 5 77 17-120 10-143 9-174 * - start; Note: Had a 61-yard punt return for a touchdown against Middle Tennessee; had a 17-yard rushing touchdown at Maryland; had a 32-yard pass against Wake Forest; had a 23-yard passing touchdown against Coastal Carolina; had a 17-yard rushing touchdown at N.C. State.
Gilchrist 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-3 Florida State 0 0 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 1 0 0 9-15 Furman 0 0 0 9-22 at N.C. State 3 1 0 9-29 at Georgia Tech 8 0 0 10-6 Virginia Tech 15 0 1 10-20 Central Michigan 25 3 1 10-27 at Maryland 8 0 0 11-3 at Duke 23 2 1 11-10 Wake Forest 26 5 0 11-17 Boston College 21 0 0 11-24 at South Carolina 13 0 1 12-31 Auburn 16 0 2 Totals 159 11 6 Note: Had a recovered fumble at South Carolina.
J. Ford Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 13-0 156 8-5 283 13-8 562 13-13 644 47-26 1645
Rec Yds 15 187 17 310 55 710 53 735 140 1942
Avg 12.5 18.2 12.9 13.9 13.9
TD 2 4 4 5 15
LG Car 76 8 52 14 50 18 77 17 77 57
Yds PR KOR 104 15-166 13-426 172 12-108 8-211 96 12-62 17-313 120 10-143 9-174 492 49-479 47-1124
Tot TFL Int PBU PR 0 0 1-11 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 5 0 1 2 17 0-0 0-0 1 1-11
KOR 2-35
1-66 1-18
4-119
Gilchrist 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals * - start
#55 Dalton Freeman • C • *Fr. Overview: First-team freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com...has started the last eight games; his move to the starting lineup coincided with Clemson’s six-game winning streak at midseason...has played 495 snaps in 12 games; he has made eight starts, all at center...Clemson has averaged 34 points per game and over 400 yards per game in games he has started...had an 80-percent grade in the win at #8 Miami (FL); he had a season-high eight knockdown blocks...graded 80 percent in the win at N.C. State...played 25 snaps as a reserve against Middle Tennessee, then did not play at #13 Georgia Tech...played 11 snaps against Boston College and 12 against #14 Texas Christian in a limited role...moved into the starting lineup in the 38-3 win over Wake Forest and graded 79 percent...had a 79-percent grade in the win over Florida State...had a season-high 85-percent grade in the win over Virginia...had eight knockdown blocks against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...finalist for Mr. Football in the state of South Carolina as a senior, quite an accomplishment for an offensive lineman...recipient of the Wendy’s High School Heisman for South Carolina as a senior...played in the Shrine Bowl...rated as the #13 offensive guard in the nation by Scout.com...had 83 tackles on defense and 67 knockdown blocks on offense as a senior at Pelion High School...coached by his father Ben Freeman, who played at Wake Forest...majoring in communication studies...born June 18, 1990.
Hit 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 14
Ast 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7
Tot TFL Int PBU PR KOR 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1-46 2 1-0 3 1 1 1-17 2 1 3 21 0-0 0-0 2 2-17 1-46
Gilchrist 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int PBU PR 9-5 Middle Tennessee *68 4 0 4 9-10 at Georgia Tech *65 4 4 8 1 9-19 Boston College *43 2 3 5 1 9-26 Texas Christian *71 6 4 10 10-3 at Maryland *69 8 0 8 10-17 Wake Forest *65 6 0 6 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) *61 9 2 11 1-6 10-31 Coastal Carolina *39 1 2 3 1-0 11-7 Florida State *69 3 1 4 11-14 at N.C. State *83 4 4 8 1 11-21 Virginia *56 7 4 11 1 11-28 at South Carolina *80 8 0 8 12-5 Georgia Tech *71 6 7 13 Totals 840 68 31 99 1-6 0-0 5 1-0 * - start; Note: Had a sack, caused fumble, and recovered fumble at Miami (FL); had a caused fumble against Florida State; had a caused fumble against Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game.
#12 Marcus Gilchrist • DB • Jr. Overview: Second on the team in tackles (99)...17th in the ACC in tackles per game...a reserve cornerback at the end of 2009 spring practice; he moved to starting safety and is one of the top tacklers in the ACC...has four games with double-figures in tackles...had 10 stops against #14 Texas Christian in 71 snaps, 11 at #8 Miami (FL), including a tackle for loss, 11 against Virginia, and 13 against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game; so three of his four double-figure performances have come against top-15 teams...had eight stops at #13 Georgia Tech, so he had 21 in two games against the Yellow Jackets...in addition to his 11 stops at #8 Miami (FL), he had a sack, a caused fumble, and a recovered fumble...Clemson’s top tackler against #14 Texas Christian, #8 Miami (FL), and #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...has started every game and has played a team-high 840 snaps this year; he has a chance to set the Tiger record for a defensive player in the bowl game; Charles Hafley played 881 snaps in 2001 and that is the existing record for any Tiger defender...has not missed a game in three years; he has played 39 in a row...has 68 first hits this year, second-most on the team...does not have an interception, but has five pass breakups this year and eight in his career...capable return man; he has 165 career kickoff return yards and 28 punt return yards...contributor on special teams; he has seven tackles on coverage teams this year...has experience as a cornerback and safety in his career. Prior to 2009: Saw most of his action at cornerback in 2007 and 2008...made his first career start against Georgia Tech in 2008 and had two tackles and a 46-yard 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Snaps 24 26 12 28 9 9 *30 25 22 19 22 10 16 252
Gilchrist Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2007 13-0 159 2008 13-1 252 2009 13-13 840 Totals 39-14 1251
Hit Ast Tot 11 6 17 14 7 21 68 31 99 93 44 137
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-6
Int PBU CF-RF PR KOR 0-0 1 0-1 1-11 4-119 0-0 2 0-0 2-17 1-46 0-0 5 3-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 8 3-2 4-28 5-165
#97 Malliciah Goodman • DE • Fr. Overview: Talented and young defensive end who will be a factor for years to come...did not start a game, but has played all 13 games and has averaged 24 snaps per game...has outstanding quickness, as evidenced by his six tackles on special teams...has at least one tackle in every game, the only freshman defensive player to do that...had a season-high six tackles against Coastal Carolina...had two tackles
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Tiger Bios Prior to 2009: Played 11 games in 2008; he missed two games due to injury...had an 81-percent average grade for the year and 42.5 knockdown blocks...played 517 snaps in 2008...had a team-best 88-percent grade in the win over South Carolina in 2008...played 248 snaps in 10 games as a red-shirt freshman in 2007...played 75 snaps in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against Auburn...had 16 knockdown blocks for the year...had an 89-percent grade in 28 snaps against Duke for his top game as a freshman...red-shirted in 2006...first-team all-state pick at Carver High School...majoring in management... born Apr. 26, 1989.
for loss in the win over Boston College, a reason the Tigers held the Eagles to just four first downs...had three tackles, including a sack, against #14 Texas Christian... had four stops at N.C. State...had three unassisted tackles in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech...has five tackles for loss, including two sacks, on the season...second behind Rashard Hall in tackles by a freshman with 30...has arguably the biggest hands on the team; his hands were featured in ESPN The Magazine earlier this fall...his hands measure 11” from fingertip to fingertip. Prior to 2009: Enrolled at Clemson in January of 2009...Parade All-American at West Florence High School...rated as the #120 player in the nation by ESPN.com... played in the U.S. Army All-American game, one of only two players from the state of South Carolina to play in that game...played in the Shrine Bowl...finalist for Mr. Football in South Carolina...majoring in environmental & natural resources...born Jan. 4, 1990.
#31 Rashard Hall • S • *Fr. Overview: First-team freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com and Scout.com...first-team All-ACC freshman team pick by Sporting News...13th in the nation in interceptions (6)...big reason Clemson is third in the nation in interceptions... tied for third in Clemson history in interceptions by a freshman; only Robert O’Neal (eight in 1989) and Justin Miller (eight in 2002) had more...had a streak of four straight games with a pick to tie a Tiger record...has started seven games when Clemson has been in a nickel package...sixth on the team in tackles (59)...leads all Clemson freshmen in tackles...had a season-high 13 tackles in his first career game against Middle Tennessee, the most ever by a Clemson freshman defensive back in his first career game; it was just one tackle off of Anthony Simmons’ record for tackles in a first game by a freshman...had nine tackles against #14 Texas Christian, a reason the Tigers held the Horned Frogs to a season-low 14 points...had seven tackles, including two for losses, and a 49-yard interception return against Coastal Carolina...had four tackles, a recovered fumble, and an interception against Florida State...had his most recent interception at South Carolina...Honorable Mention All-ACC selection...Clemson defensive player-of-the-week by the coaches against Coastal Carolina...second on the team in takeaways (7). Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...made the academic honor roll in the spring semester of 2009...had eight interceptions and three defensive touchdowns as a senior in high school...high school teammate of Carlton Lewis at Saint Augustine High School...majoring in pre-business...born Sept. 7, 1989.
Goodman 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals
Snaps 20 18 18 20 20 31 19 29 29 44 22 9 27 306
Hit 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 3 20
Ast 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 10
Tot TFL Sacks 1 2 3 2-8 3 1-8 1-8 1 2 1-7 1-7 2 6 1-1 1 4 1 1 3 30 5-24 2-15
QP 1
3 2 1
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G-S Snaps 13-0 306
Hit 20
Ast 10
Tot 30
TFL Sacks 5-24 2-15
Int 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 7 0 0-0
#70 Jamarcus Grant • OL • *Sr.
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Overview: Veteran and versatile offensive lineman who earned his undergraduate degree on December 17 in sociology...saw his most action in the win over Coastal Carolina when he had an 83-percent grade and two knockdown blocks in 15 snaps... had a 78-percent grade as a key reserve in opener against Middle Tennessee...has played every game but the Boston College game on special teams; it was ironic that he missed that game; it was his idea to present Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich, who had been stricken with cancer, a signed jersey by the team prior to the game; he had a bad case of the flu the morning of the game and could not be there to present it to Herzlich...has played on scrimmage plays in six games, including four of the six games in Clemson’s late-season winning streak...has played 47 snaps and has three knockdown blocks...veteran of 33 games with one start in his career. Prior to 2009: Played both offensive guard and tackle in 2008...started against Alabama at left guard, his only career start...played 46 snaps at Wake Forest in 2008... had eight knockdown blocks in 2008...played nine games in 2007, five on offense and the rest on special teams...had 4.5 knockdown blocks in 48 snaps in 2007...missed the first three games of 2006 with a broken foot, an injury he suffered while weightlifting in the summer...played 13 snaps in the win over North Carolina...red-shirted in 2005... played in the North-South All-Star game...majoring in sociology...born Dec. 18, 1986.
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee *70 9 4 9-10 at Georgia Tech 0 0 0 9-19 Boston College 26 5 1 9-26 Texas Christian *55 5 4 10-3 at Maryland *11 1 0 10-17 Wake Forest 38 3 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) 17 1 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina *37 5 2 11-7 Florida State *59 3 1 11-14 at N.C. State *77 1 3 11-21 Virginia 27 2 2 11-28 at South Carolina *42 3 2 12-5 Georgia Tech 17 1 0 Totals 476 39 20 * - start; Note: Had a recovered fumble against Florida State.
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G-S Snaps 13-7 476
Hit 39
Ast 20
Tot 59
TFL Sacks 3-3 0-0
Int 6-67
QP PBU CF-RF 2 2 0-1
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Overview: Clemson’s third leading rusher with 339 yards and a 4.7 average...has scored three touchdowns and added 11 catches...started against Middle Tennessee and South Carolina...had his best game at N.C. State when he had 86 yards on just four carries, including a 69-yard touchdown run...had 15 carries for 75 yards in the opener and 13 carries for 76 yards against Coastal Carolina...looks to be a great onetwo combination with Andre Ellington in 2010 after C.J. Spiller graduates...has carried the ball at least two times in every game this year...has a 4.5 career average and four touchdowns in 25 games, including three as a starter. Prior to 2009: Played 12 games with one start (against Alabama) in 2008...had 133 rushing yards...his best game saw him have six carries for 38 yards against The Citadel; he also scored his first career touchdown...had a blocked punt against South Carolina that was a big momentum play...played 26 snaps against Georgia Tech in 2008 when Spiller was injured...rated as the #12 player in the nation out of high school by ESPN. com...played in the ESPN/Under Armour game and scored the winning touchdown
Overview: Second-Team All-ACC offensive tackle; he will be the leader of the offensive line in 2010 and one of the team leaders overall...has started 11 games and played 12 this year...missed all of the Texas Christian game with an injury and played just nine snaps at Maryland; so Clemson is 8-3 when he is healthy and 0-2 when he is not...had a season-high seven knockdown blocks and a season-high 85-percent grade in the win at #8 Miami (FL); he had a lot to do with that big win...had five knockdown blocks and an 81-percent grade in 48 snaps against Boston College...had five knockdowns and an 81-percent grade in the win over Virginia...had a grade in the 80s in six games...played well in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech when the Tigers rushed for 323 yards and five touchdowns...in his second year as a starter...enters the bowl game with 40 knockdown blocks in 2009 and a 79-percent average coaches grade...the Music City Bowl will be his third straight start in a bowl game...has played a career-high 627 snaps in 2009 and enters the bowl game with 33 career games, 22 starts, and 99 knockdown blocks.
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Tot TFL Int 13 0 6 1-0 9 1 4 1-1 1-7 1 1-0 7 2-2 1-49 4 1-11 4 4 5 1-0 1 59 3-3 6-67
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on a pass from Kyle Parker with just three minutes left...ran on the state 4x100m relay team in high school...rushed for 1,437 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior...majoring in communication studies...born Sept. 11, 1989.
Year 2009
G-S Snaps 11-0 79
Harper 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec 8-30 Alabama *4 1 0 0.0 0 0 9-6 The Citadel 19 6 38 6.3 1 0 9-13 N.C. State DNP 9-20 S.C. State 27 7 36 5.1 0 1 9-27 Maryland 4 1 1 1.0 0 0 10-9 at Wake Forest 7 0 0 --- 0 1 10-18 Georgia Tech 26 10 26 2.6 0 2 11-1 at Boston College 4 0 0 --- 0 0 11-8 at Florida State 0 0 0 --- 0 0 11-15 Duke 23 9 32 3.6 0 0 11-22 at Virginia 0 0 0 --- 0 0 11-29 South Carolina 1 0 0 --- 0 0 1-1 Nebraska 0 0 0 --- 0 0 Totals 115 34 133 3.9 1 4 * - start; Note: Had a blocked punt (three-yard punt return) against South Carolina.
Yds 0 0
TD 0 0
9 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Car 15 4 13 2 2 3 6 13 1 4 4 2 3 72
Yds 75 12 17 2 1 13 19 76 2 86 19 5 12 339
Avg 5.0 3.0 1.3 1.0 0.5 4.3 3.2 5.8 2.0 21.5 4.8 2.5 4.0 4.7
TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Rec 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 11
Yds -2 0 3 0 0 15 9 9 0 4 0 4 7 49
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G-S Snaps 12-1 115 13-2 187 25-3 302
Car 34 72 106
Yds 133 339 472
Avg 3.9 4.7 4.5
TD 1 3 4
Rec 4 11 15
Yds 21 49 70
TD 0 0 0
PR 1-3 0-0 1-3
KOR
2-27 2-27
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QP PBU CF-RF 1 0 0-0
Jackson Career Stats Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Hawkins 2009 Game-By-Game Stats TFL
Int 0-0
Date Opponent FG-A Distances PAT Points 9-5 Middle Tennessee *3-5 45, 22, 19, 44, 48 4-4 13 9-10 at Georgia Tech *2-2 21, 53 3-3 9 9-19 Boston College *6-6 23, 33, 32, 52, 42, 35 1-1 19 9-26 Texas Christian *1-2 26, 34 1-1 4 10-3 at Maryland *2-4 41, 51, 47, 48 1-1 7 10-17 Wake Forest *1-1 22 5-5 8 10-24 at Miami (FL) *2-3 41, 43, 30 4-4 10 10-31 Coastal Carolina *0-0 ----- 6-6 6 11-7 Florida State *0-2 38, 26 2-4 2 11-14 at N.C. State 0-0 ----- 1-1 1 11-21 Virginia *2-3 21, 24, 52 4-4 10 11-28 at South Carolina *1-1 45 2-2 5 12-5 Georgia Tech *0-1 52 4-4 4 Totals 20-30 38-40 98 * - start; Note: Had one punt for 23 yards at Georgia Tech; had two punts for 70 yards against Wake Forest; underlined distance indicates made field goal.
#45 Corico Hawkins • LB • Fr.
Tot 0 DNP 0 DNP 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 12
TFL Sacks 2-7 2-7
Jackson 2009 Game-By-Game Stats
KOR 0-0 2-27 2-27
Overview: One of three first-year freshmen to see action this year...has 12 tackles in 11 games, including a team-high eight tackles and two sacks against Coastal Carolina...had two stops in 17 snaps against Wake Forest...has played on defense in eight games, including five snaps against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...will see more playing time with the graduation of senior linebackers off the 2009 team. Prior to 2009: Rated as the nation’s #10 inside linebacker by ESPN.com...had 112 tackles as a senior at Baldwin High School...had four caused fumbles...cousin of former Clemson All-America linebacker Leroy Hill...majoring in psychology...born Oct. 31, 1990.
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee 2 0 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 5 0 0 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 7 0 0 10-17 Wake Forest 17 1 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) 5 0 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina 24 6 2 11-7 Florida State 0 0 0 11-14 at N.C. State 14 1 0 11-21 Virginia 0 0 0 11-28 at South Carolina 0 0 0 12-5 Georgia Tech 5 1 0 Totals 79 9 3
Tot 12
#19 Richard Jackson • PK/P • *Jr.
Harper Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
Ast 3
Overview: Seventeenth in the nation in field goals per game, he has 20 in 30 attempts in 13 games...only player in the nation to kick six field goals in a game this year; he accomplished that against Boston College on September 19; named the Lou Groza Award National Player-of-the-Week was also named ACC Specialist-of-theWeek...third in the ACC in field goals per game (1.54)...sixth in the ACC in scoring (7.5)... has 98 points on 20 field goals and 38 extra points...third in the ACC in kick-scoring points per game, but first in kick scoring points (98)...named Clemson’s special teams player-of-the-week in consecutive games against #13 Georgia Tech (regular season) and Boston College...has set or tied four records this year...had 217 field-goal yards against Boston College to set a school record...has three field goals of 50 yards or more this year to set a Clemson record...tied the school record for field goals made without a miss against Boston College...his 98 points are fourth-most in Tiger history in kick scoring...his 98 points are second-most on the team to C.J. Spiller’s 122, but it still is eighth-most in school history...needs two points to become the eighth Tiger to score 100 points in a season...made nine straight field goals early in the season...was 2-2 on field goals at #13 Georgia Tech, including a 53-yarder...made two field goals at #8 Miami (FL), including a 30-yarder on Clemson’s last drive with five seconds left to send the game into overtime...had two field goals and 10 points in the win over Virginia... made a 45-yard field goal at South Carolina in his only attempt...has punted three times this year and serves as the backup...has a better percentage this year from 50 yards than from the 40s...has missed 10 field goals this year, but seven of the misses have been from 45 yards or longer...has made 38-40 extra points this year...won the starting kicking job in the fall after a close battle with Spencer Benton. Prior to 2009: Played sparingly prior to 2009; he was behind Mark Buchholz most of the time...played two games in 2008 and three in 2007...red-shirted in 2006...punter and placekicker at Riverside High School...Parade All-American...received national attention for kicking a 64-yard field goal in high school, a kick that was featured on ESPN...high school teammate of his holder Michael Wade...majoring in economics... born Aug. 9, 1987.
Harper 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps 9-5 Middle Tennessee *29 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9 9-19 Boston College 16 9-26 Texas Christian 7 10-3 at Maryland 14 10-17 Wake Forest 21 10-24 at Miami (FL) 24 10-31 Coastal Carolina 22 11-7 Florida State 5 11-14 at N.C. State 6 11-21 Virginia 9 11-28 at South Carolina *15 12-5 Georgia Tech 10 Totals 187 * - start
Hit 9
Int
G-S 3-0 2-0 13-12 18-12
11-29 0-0 0-0 8-9 8-9
30-39 0-0 0-0 4-6 4-6
40-49 0-0 0-0 5-10 5-10
50+ 0-0 0-0 3-5 3-5
Tot HB 0-0 -- 0-0 -- 20-30 0 20-30 0
LG --- --- 53 53
PAT 2-2 0-0 38-40 40-42
Pts 2 0 98 100
#99 Jarvis Jenkins • DT • Jr. 2-7
2-7
2-7
2-7
Overview: Top tackler among Clemson’s interior linemen this year with 66 stops... Honorable Mention All-ACC selection in 2009...Clemson’s defensive player-of-theweek by the coaches at Maryland...consistent player who has at least three tackles in 12 games this year...fifth on the team in tackles (66)...his 11 tackles for loss are tied for second-most on the team...had seven tackles in both games against Georgia Tech... had six stops against #14 Texas Christian, including a tackle for loss...had his best game in the loss at Maryland when he had nine tackles, including three tackles for loss and a sack...had a strong game at N.C. State with six tackles, including three tackles
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Tiger Bios #88 Kyle Johnson • WR • *Gr.
for loss...had eight tackles and two tackles for loss in the win over Florida State...had four stops in the win at #8 Miami (FL)...has blocked a kick each of the last two years, an extra point against N.C. State in 2008 and a field goal at South Carolina in 2009... has started all 13 games this year and 25 of 26 over the last two years...has played 36 games over the last three years...regarded as one of the top junior defensive linemen in the nation by Mel Kiper...has improved his tackle total from 36 as a sophomore to 66 as a junior...has 110 career tackles and 22 career tackles for loss. Prior to 2009: Second-team sophomore All-American by CollegeFootballNews. com in 2008...ninth in the ACC in tackles for loss in 2008 in league games; he had nine in the eight games...had a season-high six tackles in the win at Boston College in 2008...had four tackles against N.C. State...had a sack in his first career game against Florida State in 2007...played at nearby D.W. Daniel High School...Upperstate AAA Lineman-of-the-Year...majoring in sociology...born Apr. 24, 1988.
Overview: Reserve wide receiver who has an undergraduate degree from East Carolina...came to Clemson to pursue another degree and is in his second year on the team...did not have to sit out a year when he came to Clemson...will earn his master’s degree in August...had one catch for 11 yards in 10 snaps against Coastal Carolina... also saw action against Middle Tennessee, Boston College, and Virginia. Prior to 2009: Played 18 snaps on scrimmage plays and on special teams in all but one game in 2008...did not catch a pass...earned his degree in communications from East Carolina in 2008; he is now pursuing another degree at Clemson...had two receptions for five yards for East Carolina in 2007...played nine games as a freshman at East Carolina in 2006...played in the PapaJohns.com Bowl against South Florida in 2006...red-shirted in 2005...played at Hopewell High School...majoring in youth development leadership in graduate school...born July 1, 1987.
Jenkins 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-3 Florida State 3 1 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 19 0 1 9-15 Furman 23 0 2 9-22 at N.C. State 3 0 0 9-29 at Georgia Tech 6 1 1 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 12 1 0 10-27 at Maryland 7 0 0 11-3 at Duke 12 0 0 11-10 Wake Forest 13 0 1 11-17 Boston College 2 0 0 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals 100 3 5
Tot TFL Sacks 1 1-5 1-5 1 2 0 2 DNP 1 0 0 1 0 DNP DNP 8 1-5 1-5
K. Johnson Career Stats
QP
Year 2008 2009 Totals
1
Tot TFL Sacks 0 1 5 2-12 1-9 2 0.5-1 5 2-4 5 2-7 3 6 2 1.5-4 4 1-8 1-8 3 1-1 0 0 36 10-37 2-17
Tot TFL Sacks 4 1-2 7 1 6 1-1 9 3-13 1-9 4 4 3 8 2-3 6 3-6 4 3 7 1-7 66 11-32 1-9
1
QP 1
1 2
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Hit 3 30 42 75
Ast 5 6 24 35
Tot TFL Sacks 8 1-5 1-5 36 10-37 2-17 66 11-32 1-9 110 22-74 4-31
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Avg --- 11.0 11.0
TD 0 0 0
LG --- 11 11
Car 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0
LG -------
Jones 2008 Game-By-Game Stats
1
Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds 8-30 Alabama 2 0 0 9-6 The Citadel 16 3 24 9-13 N.C. State 11 0 0 9-20 S.C. State 26 1 11 9-27 Maryland 1 0 0 10-9 at Wake Forest 10 0 0 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 2 0 0 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 21 1 2 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals 89 5 37
2 7
QP 1 1 1
1
Avg --- 8.0 --- 11.0 --- --- DNP --- DNP 2.0 DNP DNP DNP 7.4
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0
LG --- 10 --- 11 --- ---
Car 0 0 1 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 4 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
---
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
11
2
6
0
TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LG 38 37 26 --- 15 2 --- --- --- --- 11 9
Car 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1
38
1
-2
0
Jones 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds 9-5 Middle Tennessee 23 2 71 9-10 at Georgia Tech 3 1 37 9-19 Boston College *39 1 26 9-26 Texas Christian 39 0 0 10-3 at Maryland 32 2 20 10-17 Wake Forest 11 1 2 10-24 at Miami (FL) 7 0 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina *20 0 0 11-7 Florida State 1 0 0 11-14 at N.C. State 6 0 0 11-21 Virginia 6 1 11 11-28 at South Carolina 8 1 9 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals 195 9 176 * - start
1 1 1 7
Jenkins Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2007 10-0 100 2008 13-12 435 2009 13-13 487 Totals 36-25 1022
Yds 0 11 11
#26 Marquan Jones • WR • So.
Jenkins 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee *29 4 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech *48 4 3 9-19 Boston College *20 0 1 9-26 Texas Christian *38 3 3 10-3 at Maryland *45 5 4 10-17 Wake Forest *23 4 0 10-24 at Miami (FL) *52 3 1 10-31 Coastal Carolina *18 2 1 11-7 Florida State *39 5 3 11-14 at N.C. State *48 4 2 11-21 Virginia *35 1 3 11-28 at South Carolina *44 2 1 12-5 Georgia Tech *48 5 2 Totals 487 42 24 * - start; Note: Had a blocked field goal at South Carolina.
Rec 0 1 1
Overview: Reserve wideout who has a 19.6-yard average on nine catches, the best per-catch figure on the team...had two receptions for 71 yards in the opener, including a 33-yard touchdown reception; it was his first career touchdown...had a 37-yard catch at #13 Georgia Tech and a 26-yarder against Boston College...had one catch against Virginia and one at South Carolina...has played 12 games and has made two starts, against Boston College and Coastal Carolina...in two years, he has 14 receptions for a 15.2 average...played his high school football for his current Clemson position coach (Jeff Scott). Prior to 2009: Had five receptions in eight games as a freshman...had three catches for 24 yards against The Citadel...enrolled at Clemson in January of 2008... led Blythewood High School to the AAA state title in that school’s first season of football...had 92 receptions for 1,551 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior when Scott was the head coach...had 71 catches as a senior...Shrine Bowl selection...majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Mar. 3, 1990.
Jenkins 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 8-30 Alabama *34 0 0 9-6 The Citadel *25 1 0 9-13 N.C. State *32 5 0 9-20 S.C. State 17 2 0 9-27 Maryland *29 4 1 10-9 at Wake Forest *48 5 0 10-18 Georgia Tech *42 1 2 11-1 at Boston College *37 5 1 11-8 at Florida State *33 2 0 11-15 Duke *27 3 1 11-22 at Virginia *32 2 1 11-29 South Carolina *44 0 0 1-1 Nebraska *35 0 0 Totals 435 30 6 * - start; Note: Had a blocked extra point against N.C. State.
G-S Snaps 12-0 18 5-0 22 17-0 40
QP PBU CF-RF 1 0 0-0 7 0 0-0 7 0 0-0 15 0 0-0
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Avg 35.5 37.0 26.0 --- 10.0 2.0 --- --- --- --- 11.0 9.0 DNP 19.6
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Tiger Bios Jones Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 8-0 89 12-2 195 20-2 284
Rec 5 9 14
Yds 37 176 213
Avg 7.4 19.6 15.2
TD 0 1 1
LG 11 38 38
Car 2 1 3
Yds 6 -2 4
TD 0 0 0
Year Car 2007 10 2008 13 2009 17 Totals 40
LG 4 -2 4
Yds 28 19 12 59
#3 Willy Korn • QB • *So.
Yds
TD
PL
Tot
1
-1
0
12
80
4
19
1
11
95
3 1 0 4
6 1 0 -6
0 0 0 0
9 1 2 16
34 1 -3 28
13
19
1
51 235
Car 1
Yds -10
TD 0
PL 2
Tot -10
2
-6
0
3
-7
2 6
4 3
0 0
5 12
17 26
3
19
1
9
74
3
2
0
3
2
17
12
1
#32 Carlton Lewis • S • *Fr.
Lewis Career Stats Year 2009
Cm 8 26 12 46
Att Int 11 0 38 1 17 1 66 2
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Passing Yds TD 100 1 216 1 90 1 406 3
LG 42 36 18 42
Pct 72.7 68.4 70.6 69.7
Y/A Y/C 9.09 12.5 5.68 8.3 5.29 7.5 6.15 8.8
Hit 2
Ast 4
Tot 6
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0
#36 Byron Maxwell • CB • *Jr.
34 102
Y/G 50.0 36.0 15.0 29.0
G-S Snaps 8-0 19
Overview: One of the reasons Clemson has depth in the secondary...has played all 13 games as a reserve, but averages 23 plays per game...has 34 tackles this year and five pass breakups...has two interceptions; they came in consecutive games against Florida State and N.C. State...went 34 games without an interception, then had one in consecutive games...one of the hardest-hitting defensive backs in the ACC...had a season-high six tackles in the opener against Middle Tennessee when he played 23 snaps...had three stops against #14 Texas Christian, including a tackle for loss...played a career-high 52 snaps against Florida State; he had five tackles, an interception, and a pass breakup...had five stops at South Carolina and three in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech...has played two bowl games and has six tackles in each contest...had two tackles for loss against Auburn...has played 39 consecutive games, all off the bench, but he averages 24 snaps per game over those 39 games... had a recovered fumble against Maryland, so he has three takeaways this year...has three caused fumbles in his career. Prior to 2009: Had 54 tackles in 2008 even though he did not start a game...led all defensive backs in fewest snaps per tackle (9.36)...named Clemson’s special teams player-of-the-week three times in 2008; only C.J. Spiller was honored more...had six tackles in 28 snaps against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl...had eight tackles and two tackles for loss in the win over Virginia for his best game of the year...had five tackles against Alabama...led all non-starters in tackles in 2008...played 317 snaps as a freshman, third-most among freshmen in 2007...had 27 tackles, including 21 first hits...had six tackles against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl...red-shirted in 2006 as he came back from a torn ACL that he suffered in high school...rated as the #40 player in the nation by ESPN.com out of high school...#2 cornerback in the nation by Scout.com...majoring in sociology...born Feb. 23, 1988.
Korn Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2007 2-0 32 2008 6-1 95 2009 6-0 69 Totals 14-1 196
Y/G 64.0 39.2 17.0 33.2
Overview: Red-shirt freshman safety who has played eight games for a total of 19 snaps...has played each of the last seven games...had five tackles in 17 snaps against Coastal Carolina. Prior to 2009: High school teammate of fellow safety Rashard Hall...#44 safety in the nation by Scout.com at Saint Augustine High School...majoring in sociology... born Apr. 25, 1990.
Korn 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps C-A-I Yds TD 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9 0-1-1 0 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech DNP 9-19 Boston College 9 1-1-0 -1 0 9-26 Texas Christian DNP 10-3 at Maryland 8 2-3-0 13 0 10-17 Wake Forest 18 4-6-0 23 0 10-24 at Miami (FL) DNP 10-31 Coastal Carolina 20 5-6-0 55 1 11-7 Florida State DNP 11-14 at N.C. State 5 0-0-0 0 0 11-21 Virginia DNP 11-28 at South Carolina DNP 12-5 Georgia Tech DNP Totals 69 12-17-1 90 1 * - start
TDR 2 2 2 6
Overview: Veteran offensive lineman who has been an off-and-on starter during his career...has played 12 games this year and has made four starts...missed the N.C. State game with the flu...has played 51 games and has made 13 starts in his career... has played 309 snaps this year and has 10 knockdown blocks...saw most of his action early in the season...had all 10 of his knockdown blocks in the first five games when he played 276 of his 309 snaps...has played on special teams in all but one game... had five knockdown blocks and had a 78-percent grade in 73 snaps against #14 Texas Christian...played 65 snaps at Maryland...has played just 10 snaps the last five games... received his degree in sociology on December 17...has experience as a guard and tackle in his career...has played 929 snaps in his career and has 45 knockdown blocks. Prior to 2009: Started eight of the first nine games in 2008 and had 25 knockdowns...started the year at right tackle, then moved to left tackle...played all 13 games in 2007; he played 121 snaps...had an 80-percent grade in the win over Central Michigan...played five games on the offensive line and every game on special teams in 2006...red-shirted in 2006...played his senior year at Greenville High School in 2003... rated as the #98 player in the nation by Tom Lemming...Shrine Bowl starter...earned his degree in sociology...born Mar. 19, 1986.
Korn 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Car
Tot 128 235 102 465
#76 Cory Lambert • OT • *Sr.
Overview: Second-team quarterback who will graduate in May and transfer to another school...will have two years of eligibility to play at his next school...has been a reliable backup quarterback the last three years, but he has been limited by injury...has great stats when he has been called on; he has completed 69.7 percent of his passes in his career...his 69.7 percent completion percentage is best in Tiger history among quarterbacks with at least 50 attempts...has a career passing efficiency of 130.3...has completed 12-17 passes this year as Kyle Parker’s backup...completed 5-6 passes for 55 yards and a touchdown against Coastal Carolina; he also ran for a score rushing in that game...completed 4-6 passes for 23 yards against Wake Forest...outstanding student who has been on the academic honor roll every semester he has been at Clemson. Prior to 2009: Backup in 2008 to Cullen Harper; he started the Georgia Tech game that year, Dabo Swinney’s first game as head coach, but he suffered an arm injury while throwing a pass and played just 14 snaps; he was 4-6 passing for 28 yards in that game...was 7-7 passing for 76 yards against S.C. State in 2008...had 11 plays for 95 yards of total offense, his career high, in total offense...completed 7-12 passes against Duke in 2008...finished 2008 by completing 26-38 passes for a 68.4 percentage... played two games in 2007 before suffering a shoulder injury; he received a medical red-shirt...was 6-8 passing against Louisiana-Monroe for 48 yards...completed 2-3 passes for 51 yards against Furman...rated as the #5 dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com out of high school...ranked as a top-150 player by ESPN.com out of James F. Byrnes High School...passed for 10,716 yards and 125 touchdowns in his high school career...majoring in communication studies...born Jan. 21, 1989.
Date Opponent Snaps C-A-I Yds TD 8-30 Alabama DNP 9-6 The Citadel 20 7-11-0 81 0 9-13 N.C. State DNP 9-20 S.C. State 24 7-7-0 76 1 9-27 Maryland DNP 10-9 at Wake Forest DNP 10-18 Georgia Tech *14 4-6-1 28 0 11-1 at Boston College 1 0-0-0 0 0 11-8 at Florida State 4 1-2-0 -3 0 11-15 Duke 32 7-12-0 34 0 11-22 at Virginia DNP 11-29 South Carolina DNP 1-1 Nebraska DNP Totals 95 26-38-1 216 1 * - start
Rushing & Total Offense Y/G TD LG PL 14.0 1 9 21 3.2 1 14 51 2.0 1 16 34 4.2 3 16 106
Y/C 2.8 1.5 0.7 1.5
Eff 179.1 119.6 122.7 130.3
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Tiger Bios Maxwell 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals Note: Had a sack at Duke.
Snaps 17 24 13 26 24 16 31 11 41 24 32 15 43 317
Hit 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 3 3 2 4 21
Ast 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
Tot TFL Int 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 0 3 1-13 3 1-4 3 2 6 2-7 27 4-24 0-0
and all 25 he has played in his career...missed one game in 2008 with the flu...has 190 tackles in 25 career games. Prior to 2009: First-team freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association in 2008 and second-team choice by Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com... fourth on the 2008 team in tackles (87), the most by a Tiger freshman since Anthony Simmons had 150 in 1995...made the Dean’s List both semesters as a freshman... started 12 games at linebacker...second in the ACC in recovered fumbles (3)...had 12 tackles against Alabama in his first career game, a big performance for the native of Alabama...had four double-digit tackle games...red-shirted in 2007...played in the Max Emfinger All-American game...had five recovered fumbles as a senior at Davidson High School...majoring in sociology...born Mar. 28, 1989.
PBU 1
1
1
1
Maye 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks Int 8-30 Alabama *50 8 4 12 9-6 The Citadel *28 1 3 4 9-13 N.C. State DNP 9-20 S.C. State *39 3 4 7 1-13 1-13 9-27 Maryland *50 6 5 11 1-2 10-9 at Wake Forest *67 7 6 13 1-1 10-18 Georgia Tech *50 2 4 6 11-1 at Boston College *39 2 2 4 11-8 at Florida State *41 1 3 4 11-15 Duke *29 7 3 10 1-6 1-6 11-22 at Virginia *45 5 4 9 11-29 South Carolina *51 2 1 3 1-1 Nebraska *56 1 3 4 1-1 Totals 545 45 42 87 5-23 2-19 0-0 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against S.C. State; had two recovered fumbles against Georgia Tech; had a recovered fumble at Boston College.
4
Maxwell 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int 8-30 Alabama 30 5 0 5 9-6 The Citadel 24 2 0 2 9-13 N.C. State 29 5 0 5 9-20 S.C. State 20 1 0 1 9-27 Maryland 16 3 0 3 10-9 at Wake Forest 38 6 1 7 10-18 Georgia Tech 27 3 2 5 1-1 11-1 at Boston College 5 3 0 3 11-8 at Florida State 27 4 0 4 11-15 Duke 19 2 1 3 11-22 at Virginia 23 7 1 8 2-10 11-29 South Carolina 23 0 2 2 1-1 Nebraska 28 5 1 6 Totals 309 46 8 54 3-11 0-0 Note: Had a caused fumble at Wake Forest; had a caused fumble at Virginia.
PBU
1 1 1
1
Maye 2009 Game-By-Game Stats
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Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks Int 9-5 Middle Tennessee *71 7 7 14 1-14 1-2 9-10 at Georgia Tech *63 4 4 8 9-19 Boston College *43 2 2 4 9-26 Texas Christian *65 3 2 5 10-3 at Maryland *38 4 1 5 10-17 Wake Forest *41 4 1 5 10-24 at Miami (FL) *56 5 2 7 1-4 1-4 10-31 Coastal Carolina *36 1 4 5 11-7 Florida State *71 2 4 6 1-1 1-1 11-14 at N.C. State *63 7 4 11 2-5 1-2 11-21 Virginia *56 9 2 11 1-1 11-28 at South Carolina *78 7 2 9 12-5 Georgia Tech *72 7 6 13 1-1 Totals 753 62 41 103 7-26 3-7 1-2 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against Middle Tennessee; had a caused fumble at Miami (FL); had two caused fumbles against Virginia; had a caused fumble at South Carolina.
Maxwell 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int PBU 9-5 Middle Tennessee 23 4 2 6 9-10 at Georgia Tech 22 1 1 2 1 9-19 Boston College 22 1 1 2 1 9-26 Texas Christian 27 2 1 3 1-1 10-3 at Maryland 10 0 2 2 10-17 Wake Forest 19 1 0 1 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) 9 2 1 3 10-31 Coastal Carolina 33 0 0 0 11-7 Florida State 52 5 0 5 1-4 1 11-14 at N.C. State 19 0 0 0 1-0 1 11-21 Virginia 4 2 0 2 11-28 at South Carolina 23 4 1 5 12-5 Georgia Tech 30 1 2 3 Totals 293 23 11 34 1-1 2-4 5 Note: Had a caused fumble against Middle Tennessee; had a recovered fumble at Maryland.
Maye Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2008 12-12 545 2009 13-13 753 Totals 25-25 1298
Maxwell Career Stats Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 13-0 317 13-0 309 13-0 293 39-0 919
Hit 21 46 23 90
Ast 6 8 11 25
Tot 27 54 34 115
TFL Sacks 4-24 1-13 3-11 0-0 1-1 0-0 8-36 1-13
Int 0-0 0-0 2-4 2-4
QP PBU CF-RF 0 4 0-0 0 4 2-0 0 5 1-1 0 13 3-1
Tot TFL Sacks 87 5-23 2-19 103 7-26 3-7 190 12-49 5-26
Int 0-0 1-2 1-2
QP PBU CF-RF 9 2 1-3 15 1 5-0 24 3 6-3
#74 Antoine McClain • OG • So.
#20 Brandon Maye • LB • *So.
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Overview: Has started all 13 games at offensive guard and has 61 knockdown blocks, second-most on the team behind Thomas Austin...led the team in knockdowns (6.5) against Wake Forest...had a season-high 12.5 knockdowns at #13 Georgia Tech... had his best film grade of the year against Virginia when he had an 80-percent grade in 46 snaps and had three knockdowns...played well at #8 Miami (FL); he had eight knockdowns in 36 snaps...led the team in knockdowns (5) against Coastal Carolina... had six knockdowns against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...has averaged a 73-percent grade for the year; he has played 617 snaps...has played 26 games the last two years; he has not missed a game...has made 13 starts, all this year... another starter from the state of Alabama...has 74 career knockdown blocks. Prior to 2009: Played all 13 games as a first-year freshman in 2008...played 149 snaps...played 22 snaps against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl...had four knockdown blocks at Florida State...had his best film grade (76 percent) of the year against Duke...had 13 knockdown blocks for the season...rated as the #78 player in the nation by ESPN.com out of high school...rated as the #108 player in the nation by Rivals.com...played in the ESPN/Under Armour game...had 50 pancake blocks as
Overview: Established a single-season record for caused fumbles in a season (5); he is third in the ACC on a per-game basis and in total caused fumbles...eighth in the ACC in tackles per game...CoSIDA Academic All-District selection...Honorable Mention All-ACC linebacker in 2009...ACC Defensive Lineman-of-the-Week in the opener against Middle Tennessee when he had 14 tackles; he was named the team’s defensive MVP for that performance...had eight tackles at #13 Georgia Tech and 13 in the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech...had seven tackles at #8 Miami (FL), including his first sack of the year...had 11 tackles in the win at N.C. State and 11 in the win over Virginia...had 44 tackles in the last four games...has a teamhigh 103 tackles...had two caused fumbles against Virginia to tie a school mark for a game...has six caused fumbles and three recovered fumbles in two years, halfway to Jeff Davis’s record for combined fumble involvement in a career; Davis had 10 caused fumbles and eight recovered fumbles from 1978-81...has started every game this year
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a senior at Anniston High School...majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Dec. 6, 1989.
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks Int 8-30 Alabama 45 2 1 3 9-6 The Citadel 35 0 1 1 9-13 N.C. State 33 3 2 5 9-20 S.C. State *39 6 3 9 9-27 Maryland 20 1 1 2 10-9 at Wake Forest *67 4 2 6 1-2 10-18 Georgia Tech 36 6 1 7 11-1 at Boston College *65 7 2 9 11-8 at Florida State *62 4 1 5 11-15 Duke *41 3 2 5 11-22 at Virginia *56 4 2 6 1-1 11-29 South Carolina *65 8 3 11 1-5 1-1 Nebraska *66 6 2 8 2-16 Totals 630 54 23 77 4-23 0-0 1-1 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble at Boston College; had a caused fumble and 28-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Nebraska.
#2 DeAndre McDaniel • S • Jr. Overview: First-team All-America safety by Football Writers Association...first Tiger defensive back to be a first-team All-American since Tye Hill in 2005...secondteam All-American by SportsLine.com and Scout.com; he is a third-team choice by Sporting News and Rivals.com...First-Team All-ACC by the ACC Sportswriter Association, Sporting News, and Rivals.com...prime Thorpe Award candidate for 2010...tied for second in the nation in interceptions per game with eight in 13 games; he has the ACC lead in interceptions by two...third in the ACC in interception return yards (128)...named national defensive player-of-the-week by the Bronko Nagurski Award committee for his performance at #8 Miami (FL) when he had six tackles and two interceptions, including one that he returned 24 yards for a touchdown...only ACC defensive back to win ACC Defensive Back-of-the-Week honors twice this year; he did it against #8 Miami (FL) and Wake Forest...had an interception and four tackles against Wake Forest; he was a big reason Riley Skinner passed for just 82 yards...tied the Tiger record for interceptions in a season (8)...has not built his stats against lesser teams; he has seven of his eight interceptions against ACC teams...Clemson has played a schedule that includes four games against top-15 teams (Georgia Tech (twice), Texas Christian, Miami (FL)) and he has a combined four interceptions against those three teams...has made an amazing contribution to Clemson’s defense as a safety; this is the first year he has played as a starter in the secondary; he was a starting linebacker in 2008...had an interception and a sack against Boston College, the first Tiger in 12 years to record a pick and sack in the same game...a prime reason Clemson is third in the nation in interceptions (21)...Clemson has beaten four of the top-five quarterbacks in the ACC this year (Christian Ponder, Jacory Harris, Russell Wilson, Riley Skinner) and has had a lot to do with that...has 11 career interceptions, tied for 13th-most among active FBS players...honorable mention semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award...has 11 career interceptions, tied for third-most among active ACC players...has 87 tackles, fourth-most on the team...first player in Clemson history with eight interceptions and 80 tackles in the same year...has 11 tackles for loss in his career...a great hitter with the ability to intercept the ball similar to the way Brian Dawkins did during his senior year of 1995...has played 39 straight games and has made 21 starts...has started 19 straight games over two years...had two double-figure tackle games in 2009; they came in the first two games of the year...had a career-high 14 tackles against Middle Tennessee and 10 stops at #13 Georgia Tech...had nine tackles in the win over Florida State to go with his 27-yard interception return...had nine stops against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...had a 28-yard fumble return for a score against Nebraska in the 2009 Gator Bowl; it is one of two touchdowns in his career. Prior to 2009: Had 51 of his 77 tackles in the last seven games of the 2008 season, including a team-high 11 tackles against South Carolina...had eight tackles against Nebraska in the Gator Bowl, including two tackles for loss and the 28-yard fumble return for a touchdown...named defensive MVP by Clemson coaches in the win over Boston College when he had nine tackles...first-team All-ACC freshman pick by Sporting News...played 438 snaps in 2007, second-most among freshmen...enrolled in January of 2007 and played in the fall...rated as the #4 prep school player in the nation by Rivals.com...came to Clemson from Hargrave Military Academy...played at Amos P. Godby High School...national ESPN.com top-150 player...starter on his high school basketball team; he averaged 20 points per game...has played on Clemson’s intramural championship basketball team each of the last two years...majoring in sociology...born Nov. 26, 1987.
McDaniel 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Int PBU 9-5 Middle Tennessee *65 8 6 14 1-0 9-10 at Georgia Tech *65 6 4 10 2-20 9-19 Boston College *43 4 1 5 1-1 1-5 1 9-26 Texas Christian *71 5 0 5 10-3 at Maryland *70 6 2 8 1-2 10-17 Wake Forest *57 4 0 4 1-26 10-24 at Miami (FL) *66 4 2 6 2-50 10-31 Coastal Carolina *38 2 2 4 11-7 Florida State *73 6 3 9 1-27 11-14 at N.C. State *66 5 1 6 1 11-21 Virginia *60 4 0 4 11-28 at South Carolina *80 1 2 3 1-10 12-5 Georgia Tech *78 8 1 9 Totals 832 63 24 87 3-13 8-128 2 * - start; Note: Had a sack against Boston College; had a caused fumble at Maryland; had a 23-yard interception return for a touchdown at Miami (FL); played one snap on offense against Coastal Carolina; had a sack at South Carolina.
McDaniel Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2007 13-0 438 2008 13-8 630 2009 13-13 832 Totals 39-21 1900
Snaps 39 31 21 33 20 23 54 26 34 20 48 23 66 438
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Hit 4 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 7 27
Ast 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
Tot TFL Int PBU 4 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 1-3 2 1-0 1 2 1 1 1-3 1 1-0 4 8 2-5 33 4-11 2-0 6
QP PBU CF-RF 3 6 0-0 8 6 2-1 3 2 1-0 14 14 3-1
PR 1-7 0-0 0-0 1-7
#22 Jonathan Meeks • S • Fr. Overview: One of three first-year freshmen to play this year...has played as a reserve defensive back in 10 games; he has been on the field for 54 snaps...has also seen action on special teams...had a 17-yard interception return against Boston College; he is a reason the Tigers held Boston College to just 54 yards of offense and added a pass breakup in that game...had two tackles in 11 snaps against Coastal Carolina...had two tackles in 20 snaps at N.C. State. Prior to 2009: Rated as the #18 prep school player in the nation...came to Clemson from Hargrave Military Academy, the same school that sent DeAndre McDaniel to Clemson...attended Rock Hill High School...played free safety and quarterback in high school...majoring in pre-business...born Nov. 8, 1989. Meeks Career Stats Year 2009
McDaniel 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-3 Florida State 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman 9-22 at N.C. State 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke 11-10 Wake Forest 11-17 Boston College 11-24 at South Carolina 12-31 Auburn Totals
Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks Int 27 6 33 4-11 0-0 2-0 54 23 77 4-23 0-0 1-1 63 24 87 3-13 2-11 8-128 144 53 197 11-47 2-11 11-129
PR
G-S Snaps 10-0 54
Hit 5
Ast 1
Tot 6
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0
Int 1-17
QP PBU CF-RF 0 1 0-0
#94 Rennie Moore • DT • *So. Overview: Much improved defensive lineman who has 22 tackles in 198 snaps this year...has 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks...has averaged 15 snaps per game... had two tackles against Virginia, but both were sacks for 23 negative yards...had a season-high four tackles against both Middle Tennessee and Wake Forest...had two tackles, including a tackle for loss, against Florida State...averaging a tackle every 9.0 snaps. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...played 35 snaps in six games in 2007 when he was a first-year freshman...member of the Florida Times Union Super 24 as a senior at Camden County High School...played on four consecutive regional championship teams...majoring in sociology...born Nov. 29, 1988.
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Tiger Bios Moore 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals
Snaps 20 11 14 5 16 23 11 27 23 14 8 10 16 198
Hit 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 13
Ast 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9
Tot TFL Sacks 4 0 2 1 1 4 0.5-5 0.5-5 1 3 2-3 2 1-1 0 2 2-23 2-23 2 0 22 5.5-32 2.5-28
by a tight end in Tiger history and one shy of the 107 by McMakin in a game in 1970... had a terrific game at #8 Miami (FL) when he had five receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown; suffered a concussion on his last reception and missed the Coastal Carolina game as a result...Clemson’s offensive player-of-the-week by the coaches for the Maryland game; he had five catches for 65 yards...had four receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown at N.C. State...had three catches for 29 yards against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game; his last catch gave him the Clemson singleseason record for receptions by a tight end...has eight career receiving touchdowns... has played 50 games in his career and has started 36...has been a starter each of the last three years. Prior to 2009: Had 12 catches for 160 yards and three touchdowns as a junior... had a touchdown catch at Florida State...won the Solid Rock Award among Clemson tight ends in 2008...top receiver among Clemson tight ends in 2007 when he had 13 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown...had at least one catch in nine games in 2007...played 54 snaps against Auburn in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl...had seven knockdown blocks against Central Michigan...played all 13 games as a freshman, including three starts...caught a two-point conversion against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl...averaged 21 snaps per game as a freshman...had 21 catches for 385 yards as a senior at Parkview High School...outstanding basketball player whose intramural team lost to DeAndre McDaniel’s team in the championship game last year...majoring in marketing; he will graduate in May...born Jan. 19, 1988.
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Moore Career Stats Year 2007 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 6-0 35 13-0 198 19-0 233
Hit 0 13 13
Ast 0 9 9
Tot TFL Sacks 0 0-0 0-0 22 5.5-32 2.5-28 22 5.5-32 2.5-28
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0 3 0 0-0 3 0 0-0
#92 Kasey Nobles • TE • *Jr.
Palmer 2006 Game-By-Game Stats
Overview: Has played in each of the 26 games the past two seasons on the kickoff return team...one of the big reasons C.J. Spiller has an FBS record seven career kickoff returns for touchdowns...has three career kickoff returns for 18 yards...has played eight snaps in 2009 after playing six snaps in 2008. Prior to 2009: High school teammate of Spiller at Union County High School, where he played for his father Buddy Nobles...majoring in management...born July 17, 1988.
Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds Avg 9-2 Florida Atlantic 6 0 0 --- 9-9 at Boston College 2 0 0 --- 9-16 at Florida State 5 0 0 --- 9-23 North Carolina 25 0 0 --- 9-30 Louisiana Tech 22 0 0 --- 10-7 at Wake Forest 5 0 0 --- 10-12 Temple 31 1 11 11.0 10-21 Georgia Tech 11 0 0 --- 10-26 at Virginia Tech *41 2 12 6.0 11-4 Maryland 26 0 0 --- 11-11 N.C. State *28 1 5 5.0 11-25 South Carolina 23 0 0 --- 12-29 Kentucky *44 1 2 2.0 Totals 269 5 30 6.0 * - start; Note: Had a two-point conversion reception against Kentucky.
Nobles Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
G-S 13-0 13-0 26-0
Snaps 6 8 14
Rec 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0
Avg --- --- ---
TD 0 0 0
LG --- --- ---
KOR 0-0 3-18 3-18
#64 Wilson Norris • OG • *So.
Date Opponent Snaps Rec 9-3 Florida State *50 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 9-15 Furman *28 1 9-22 at N.C. State *49 1 9-29 at Georgia Tech *58 2 10-6 Virginia Tech *50 0 10-20 Central Michigan *50 2 10-27 at Maryland *54 2 11-3 at Duke *25 1 11-10 Wake Forest *45 2 11-17 Boston College 44 0 11-24 at South Carolina *59 1 12-31 Auburn *54 1 Totals 566 13 * - start
#86 Michael Palmer • TE • Sr.
Yds 0 DNP 12 6 33 0 11 13 6 39 0 3 5 128
KOR
Avg ---
TD 0
LG ---
12.0 6.0 16.5 --- 5.5 6.5 6.0 19.5 --- 3.0 5.0 9.8
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 6 17 --- 9 11 6 24 --3 5 24
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Overview: First-Team All-ACC tight end, the first Tiger to earn first-team honors since 1986 (Jim Riggs)...First-Team All-ACC by the ACC Sports Media and Sporting News...set the Clemson record for receptions and receiving yards by a tight end this year with 41 catches for 468 yards and four touchdowns...had 21 catches for 385 yards as a senior tight end in high school...might be the first tight end in Clemson history to have better stats his senior year at Clemson compared to his senior year of high school...holds the Tiger record for receiving yards in a season...17th in the ACC in receptions per game and 22nd in receiving yards...will go down in history as one of Clemson’s best tight ends; his 71 catches are second-most in Clemson history among tight ends; only John McMakin has more (93); McMakin won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in 1974; Palmer has seven more career catches than Bennie Cunningham had in his Tiger career...has at least one catch in each of his last 11 games; that is the longest streak of consecutive games with a catch by a tight end in Clemson history... had a career-high eight catches at South Carolina, just one off the Clemson record for receptions by a tight end; his 106 receiving yards in that game are second-most 32 Bowl Appearances
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Palmer 2007 Game-By-Game Stats
Overview: Reserve offensive guard who might see more playing time in the bowl game than normal due to the broken leg suffered by Mason Cloy in the ACC Championship game...has played eight games this year for 94 snaps...has seven knockdown blocks, including three in the win over Coastal Carolina...has two knockdowns in 25 snaps against Boston College...played 20 snaps against Middle Tennessee and 25 against Boston College...had a season-best grade of 83 percent at N.C. State...had a 78-percent grade in the win over Virginia...has not played since the Virginia game, but will have second-team status in the Music City Bowl...has a 405-pound bench press, one of the top-10 figures on the team. Prior to 2009: Played 61 snaps and had five knockdowns in 2008 when he earned a letter as a red-shirt freshman...had two knockdown blocks in 14 snaps against Georgia Tech...red-shirted in 2007...Shrine Bowl selection as a senior at Pickens High School...majoring in park & protected area management...born Feb. 13, 1989.
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TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Date Opponent 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 9-20 S.C. State 9-27 Maryland 10-9 at Wake Forest 10-18 Georgia Tech 11-1 at Boston College 11-8 at Florida State 11-15 Duke 11-22 at Virginia 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals * - start
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Snaps *18 *27 36 *45 36 32 *48 *59 *65 *44 *56 *49 *47 562
Rec 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 12
Yds 0 41 0 27 28 0 6 19 16 23 0 0 0 160
Avg --- 20.5 --- 13.5 14.0 --- 6.0 9.5 8.0 23.0 --- --- --- 13.3
TD 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
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LG --26 --22 17 --6 14 9 23 ------26
Tiger Bios Palmer 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds 9-5 Middle Tennessee *48 0 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech *57 1 16 9-19 Boston College *60 3 21 9-26 Texas Christian *59 3 21 10-3 at Maryland *56 5 65 10-17 Wake Forest *35 4 49 10-24 at Miami (FL) *41 5 74 10-31 Coastal Carolina DNP 11-7 Florida State *68 2 7 11-14 at N.C. State *46 4 50 11-21 Virginia *58 3 30 11-28 at South Carolina *51 8 106 12-5 Georgia Tech *48 3 29 Totals 627 41 468 * - start; Note: Had a two-point conversion reception at Maryland.
Avg --- 16.0 7.0 7.0 13.0 12.3 14.8
TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
LG --16 9 12 18 22 18
3.5 12.5 10.0 13.3 9.7 11.4
0 1 0 1 0 4
5 22 15 26 20 26
LG 11 24 26 26 26
KOR 0-0 1-11 0-0 0-0 1-11
at Clemson in 2009...his father Carl was a member of the Bengals, Jets, and Vikings during a brief NFL career...Carl played three games for the Bengals during their Super Bowl season...his mother was featured on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” in 2007 when she raised $800,000 for Barrow (AK) High School’s new artificial turf football field... majoring in communication studies...born Sept. 30, 1989. Parker 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps C-A-I Yds 9-5 Middle Tennessee *60 9-20-0 159 9-10 at Georgia Tech *71 15-31-2 261 9-19 Boston College *70 13-27-2 103 9-26 Texas Christian *73 17-37-0 192 10-3 at Maryland *63 20-37-1 180 10-17 Wake Forest *37 10-17-0 132 10-24 at Miami (FL) *74 25-37-1 326 10-31 Coastal Carolina *40 7-16-2 70 11-7 Florida State *72 18-30-1 242 11-14 at N.C. State *50 12-18-0 183 11-21 Virginia *64 19-26-0 234 11-28 at South Carolina *62 22-42-1 212 12-5 Georgia Tech *51 10-17-2 91 Totals 787 197-355-12 2385 * - start
Palmer Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
G-S 13-3 12-11 13-10 12-12 50-36
Snaps 269 566 562 627 2024
Rec 5 13 12 41 71
Yds 30 128 160 468 786
Avg 6.0 9.8 13.3 11.4 11.1
TD 0 1 3 4 8
Car Yds 7 25 7 4 4 9 3 9 2 -24 7 31 5 -42 3 18 4 22 3 21 5 20 4 13 4 13 58 119
TD PL 0 27 0 38 0 31 0 40 0 39 1 24 0 42 0 19 0 34 0 21 0 31 0 46 0 21 1 413
Tot 184 265 112 201 156 163 284 88 264 204 254 225 104 2504
Parker Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2009 13-13 787
#11 Kyle Parker • QB • *Fr. Overview: Second-team freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com... first-team freshman All-ACC member by Sporting News...has guided Clemson to eight wins, tied for most among FBS freshmen this year; he is tied with Matt Barkley (Southern California) and Andrew Luck (Stanford)...only freshman quarterback to take his team to a conference championship game...owns the Clemson record for wins by a starting freshman quarterback...came on strong late in the season to lead Clemson to the ACC Atlantic Division title...has collected Clemson freshman records for touchdown passes (19), completions (197), and passing yards (2,385)...national freshman-of-the-week by Rivals.com for his 326-yard effort at #8 Miami (FL)...threw four touchdown passes in the win over Florida State...has quarterbacked Clemson to at least 34 points in seven of the last eight games...seventh in the ACC in passing yards per game (183.5) and is seventh in passing efficiency (122.8)...ninth in the ACC in total offense (192.6)...ACC Rookie-of-the-Week for his performances against #13 Georgia Tech (regular season) and #8 Miami (FL)...his 2,385 passing yards are fifth-most in ACC history...Clemson’s offensive player-of-the-week against Middle Tennessee, Wake Forest, and N.C. State...freshman All-American in two sports at Clemson; he earned freshman All-America honors for the baseball team in the spring of 2008...enrolled at Clemson in January of 2008, so he is a junior on the baseball team and a red-shirt freshman on the football team this academic year...passed for 326 yards at #8 Miami (FL), second-most by a Clemson freshman quarterback in history...had 261 passing yards and three touchdowns at #13 Georgia Tech in his first road start...completed 12-18 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns at N.C. State...was 19-26 passing for 234 and two touchdowns against Virginia...had a streak of seven straight games with at least one touchdown pass, a Tiger record; the streak ended in the ACC Championship game...has done a good job as a runner; he has gained at least 13 rushing yards six games in a row...has seven games with at least 200 yards of total offense and five games with at least 200 passing yards...has been under center for 787 of Clemson’s 839 offensive snaps this year...has been responsible for 20 touchdowns, 19 passing and one rushing...holds the Tiger record for fewest games required to reach 25 career home runs; he did it in 103 games...co-holder of the Clemson single-game home run record; he hit three in one game at Wake Forest in 2008...two-year starter on the baseball team will be back with the team this spring...had the game-winning hit with two outs in the eighth inning against Oklahoma State in deciding regional game at Clemson in 2009; his two-run single gave the Tigers a one-run victory and a berth in the Tempe (AZ) Super Regional...has hit a home run in the ACC Baseball Tournament and quarterbacked the Tigers to 34 points in the ACC Football Championship game... first Tiger athlete to hit a home run and throw a touchdown pass at South Carolina in the same year. Prior to 2009: Came to Clemson in January of 2008...played baseball immediately and red-shirted in football...#34 prospect in the nation in football by ESPN.com out of high school...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game; he threw the winning touchdown pass to Jamie Harper with three minutes left...passed for 2,500 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior in high school; he has similar numbers 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
TD 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 19
Year 2009
Car 58
Cm 197
Yds 119
Att Int 355 12
Passing Yds TD 2385 19
LG 77
Pct Y/A Y/C Y/G Eff 55.5 6.72 12.1 183.5 122.8
Rushing & Total Offense Y/G TD LG PL 9.2 1 19 413
Y/C 2.1
Tot 2504
TDR 20
Y/G 192.6
#79 Phillip Price • OT • *So. Overview: One of eight original walk-ons now on scholarship in 2009...offensive tackle who has the size to help the Tigers in the future...has played every game this year on special teams and as a reserve tackle in four games...has played 10 snaps and has a 70-percent grade...has been a big factor in the special-teams kicking game as a blocker. Prior to 2009: Played two games as a reserve tight end in 2008...red-shirted in 2007...all-around athlete at Dillon Christian School...had 13 receptions and six touchdowns as a senior on offense and 11 sacks on defense...averaged a doubledouble on the hardwood...majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Aug. 2, 1989.
#78 Ben Ramsey • OL • *Jr. Overview: One of eight original walk-ons now on scholarship in 2009...secondteam center in the Music City Bowl due to Mason Cloy’s injury...has played 35 snaps on the season and has 2.5 knockdown blocks, all in the win over Wake Forest when he graded 80 percent in five snaps...played a career-high 14 snaps in the win over Coastal Carolina...has played six games...has not played since the Virginia game, but he has played enough to earn a third career letter. Prior to 2009: Lettered in 2007 and 2008 as a center...second-team center much of 2008; he played 55 snaps in four games...had a knockdown block in 14 snaps against Duke...played five games in 2007 as a reserve center...red-shirted in 2006...played in the state championship game at Grimsley High School...majoring in construction science & management...born July 7, 1987.
#79 Chris Richardson • DE • *So. Overview: Original walk-on who has played two games for a total of 10 snaps... had one tackle apiece against Wake Forest and Coastal Carolina. Prior to 2009: Lettered at Cheraw High School...son of former Tiger Chuckie Richardson, who played on the 1981 National Championship team...majoring in management...born Dec. 25, 1988. Richardson Career Stats Year 2009
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Ast 0
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Int 0-0
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Tiger Bios #34 Tarik Rollins • LB • *Fr.
Sapp 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit 9-3 Florida State *45 2 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe *47 2 9-15 Furman *32 0 9-22 at N.C. State *43 4 9-29 at Georgia Tech *54 1 10-6 Virginia Tech *51 3 10-20 Central Michigan *27 1 10-27 at Maryland *52 2 11-3 at Duke *34 1 11-10 Wake Forest *44 3 11-17 Boston College *72 1 11-24 at South Carolina *46 3 12-31 Auburn *73 2 Totals 620 25 * - start; had a caused fumble against Virginia Tech.
Overview: Has not appeared in a 2009 game after red-shirting in 2008. Prior to 2009: Lettered at Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory...majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Aug. 18, 1990.
#54 Matt Sanders • OG • *Fr. Overview: Reserve guard who has played 27 snaps this year...played six games... played a season-high eight snaps against Coastal Carolina...played five snaps against both Middle Tennessee and N.C. State...had his only knockdown block of the year against Wake Forest...one of the strongest players on the team; he has a 350-pound clean, best in school history. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...rated as the #2 offensive guard in Florida by Rivals.com as a senior in high school...selected for the Max Emfinger All-American game...captain of his high school team as a senior; he was in the top-five percent of his class academically...majoring in history...born Oct. 27, 1989.
Ast 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 4 4 4 2 27
Tot TFL Sacks 2 1-5 4 1-3 1 6 2-19 2-19 4 1-4 7 2-9 1-5 1 1-4 3 1 1-5 1-5 7 1-8 1-8 5 7 4 52 10-57 5-37
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Sapp 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 8-30 Alabama *13 1 0 9-6 The Citadel 9-13 N.C. State 15 1 0 9-20 S.C. State *22 1 1 9-27 Maryland *47 4 2 10-9 at Wake Forest *57 3 2 10-18 Georgia Tech *50 3 0 11-1 at Boston College *48 2 1 11-8 at Florida State *44 2 2 11-15 Duke *30 1 1 11-22 at Virginia *21 1 0 11-29 South Carolina 1-1 Nebraska Totals 347 19 9 * - start
#7 Ricky Sapp • DE • Sr. Overview: Second-Team All-ACC selection who leads the team in tackles for loss (15); he is fourth in the ACC...ninth in the ACC in sacks (5)...Clemson’s nominee for the Brian Piccolo Award; he came back this year after suffering a torn ACL at Virginia in 2008...has 17 quarterback pressures to lead the team...big reason Clemson is 25th in the nation and first in the ACC in sacks...had two sacks and three tackles for loss in the win over Boston College when Clemson held the Eagles to four first downs and 52 yards of offense; he was named ACC Defensive Lineman-of-the-Week...has 41 career tackles for loss, among the top-20 figures in school history...player-of-theweek for the defense at #13 Georgia Tech and against Boston College...has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL on January 30...on track to be a first-round draft pick according to many draft experts...will play his 50th career game in the Music City Bowl...has a career-high 58 tackles this year, including a career-high 15 tackles for loss and a career-tying-best five sacks...has 17 quarterback pressures in 2009 and 54 in his career...has started 35 games in his career...has had consistent performances this year; he has had at least one tackle for loss in 11 games...had sack at #8 Miami (FL)...had five tackles apiece in the wins over Florida State and N.C. State...had two tackles for loss, including a sack, against Virginia...had six tackles and a tackle for loss against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...has been in double-figures in tackles for loss three straight years, the only active Tiger who can say that. Prior to 2009: Missed the last two games of 2008 when he suffered a torn ACL at Virginia...finished that year with 28 tackles and 10 tackles for loss...had 52 tackles as a sophomore when he had 10 tackles for loss...suffered a knee injury in opener of 2008 against Alabama...had seven tackles in the win at South Carolina in 2007... had four quarterback pressures against Auburn in Chick-fil-A Bowl...second on the team in sacks in 2006 behind All-American Gaines Adams...ended the 2006 N.C. State game with a sack to clinch the Tigers’ victory...had six tackles for loss and four sacks in limited action in 2006...honorable mention freshman All-American by Scout.com... First-Team USA Today All-American at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School...first Tiger defensive lineman to be a USA Today All-American since 1989...played in the U.S. Army All-American game...#18 player in the nation by Tom Lemming...#61 player in the nation by ESPN.com...three-time regional champion in the 100m in high school... majoring in sociology...born Nov. 14, 1986.
Tot 1 DNP 1 2 6 5 3 3 4 2 1 DNP DNP 28
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1-5
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3-10 1-9 2.5-10 1-1 1.5-6 1-6
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Sapp 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks QP 9-5 Middle Tennessee *43 1 2 3 1-4 2 9-10 at Georgia Tech *47 7 2 9 2-7 1 9-19 Boston College *33 3 3 6 3-18 2-15 1 9-26 Texas Christian *50 1 1 2 10-3 at Maryland *51 4 1 5 1-1 1 10-17 Wake Forest *37 2 0 2 1-8 1-8 2 10-24 at Miami (FL) *47 4 2 6 1-9 1-9 2 10-31 Coastal Carolina *28 3 0 3 1-3 1 11-7 Florida State *58 4 1 5 2 11-14 at N.C. State *54 4 1 5 2 11-21 Virginia *40 2 0 2 2-3 1-1 2 11-28 at South Carolina *60 4 0 4 2-2 12-5 Georgia Tech *56 3 3 6 1-2 1 Totals 604 42 16 58 15-57 5-33 17 * - start; Note: Had a caused fumble against Boston College; had a recovered fumble against Virginia.
Sapp Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2006 13-0 197 2007 13-13 620 2008 10-9 347 2009 13-13 604 Totals 49-35 1768
Hit 12 25 19 42 98
Ast 8 27 9 16 60
Tot TFL Sacks 20 6-38 4-36 52 10-57 5-37 28 10-41 2-11 58 15-57 5-33 158 41-193 16-117
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 9 2 1-0 22 3 1-0 6 1 0-0 17 0 1-1 54 6 3-1
Sapp 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit 9-2 Florida Atlantic 27 1 9-9 at Boston College 17 0 9-16 at Florida State 8 1 9-23 North Carolina 17 0 9-30 Louisiana Tech 27 1 10-7 at Wake Forest 7 0 10-12 Temple 24 4 10-21 Georgia Tech 10 1 10-26 at Virginia Tech 17 1 11-4 Maryland 6 0 11-11 N.C. State 11 1 11-25 South Carolina 14 1 12-29 Kentucky 12 1 Totals 197 12 Note: Had a caused fumble against Florida Atlantic.
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Tot TFL Sacks 4 1-1 1-1 0 1 3 2 1-15 1-15 0 4 3-11 1-9 1 1 0 1 1-11 1-11 2 1 20 6-38 4-36
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#15 Coty Sensabaugh • CB • *So. Overview: Reserve cornerback who has played over 10 snaps per game...had an interception in the win over Florida State; he played 23 snaps in that game and helped the Tigers contain Florida State’s Christian Ponder...had a career-high three tackles against #14 Texas Christian when he played 26 snaps...played 25 snaps in opener against Middle Tennessee...has played on defense in 10 games and played 12 games overall...had two pass breakups for the year and both were against Coastal Carolina...has played 24 games in his career. Prior to 2009: Played 12 games in 2008...had a pass breakup in the win at Boston College...played 21 snaps against Duke and had his first career interception...secondteam cornerback most of the season...red-shirted in 2007...had 48 catches and four interceptions as a senior in high school...played in the Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star game...majoring in communication studies...born Nov. 15, 1988.
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Tiger Bios Sensabaugh 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 8-30 Alabama 9-6 The Citadel 5 2 0 9-13 N.C. State 0 0 0 9-20 S.C. State 0 1 0 9-27 Maryland 0 0 0 10-9 at Wake Forest 2 0 0 10-18 Georgia Tech 9 0 0 11-1 at Boston College 7 1 0 11-8 at Florida State 1 0 0 11-15 Duke 21 1 0 11-22 at Virginia 8 0 0 11-29 South Carolina 5 0 0 1-1 Nebraska 5 0 0 Totals 63 5 0
Tot TFL Int DNP 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1-0 0 0 0 5 0-0 1-0
Tech or against #14 Texas Christian, so Clemson is 8-3 when he plays and 0-2 when has not played...will be a key factor in the offensive line in 010...played at Greenville High School, the same school that produced senior offensive lineman Cory Lambert. Prior to 2009: Off-and-on starter in 2008 as an offensive guard...started three games in 2008...had problems with a high-ankle sprain in 2008...played 138 snaps in 2008, including 124 before his injury and just 14 after...had 17 knockdown blocks... red-shirted in 2007...played in the Max Emfinger All-American game...majoring in sociology...born Feb. 22, 1989.
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#28 C.J. Spiller • RB • Sr. Overview: Unanimous first-team All-American as an all-purpose player and kick returner, just the third unanimous first-team All-American in Clemson history, joining Terry Kinard (1982) and Gaines Adams (2006)...ACC Player-of-the-Year and ACC Offensive Player-of-the-Year in 2009, Clemson’s first ACC Player-of-the-Year since 1987 (Michael Dean Perry)...first offensive player from Clemson to be ACC Player-of-the-Year since 1978 (Steve Fuller)...MVP of the ACC Championship game against #12 Georgia Tech; he is believed to be first MVP on a losing team in the championship game of any BCS conference...first-team All-American by AFCA, Walter Camp Foundation, Football Writers Association, Sporting News, Associated Press, Rivals.com, Scout.com, and SportsLine.com...First-Team All-ACC pick as a specialist by the ACC Sports Media and a second-team running back...first-team All-ACC as a running back by Sporting News... National Kick Returner-of-the-Year by College Football Performance Awards...winner of the Banks McFadden Award as the top college player in state of South Carolina... named ACC Player-of-the-Week four times this year, more than any other player... ACC’s career leader in all-purpose yards (7,416); he broke the record at Maryland on October 3; he has 1,500 more yards than any other player in ACC history...third in NCAA history in all-purpose yards...needs 349 all-purpose yards in the Music City Bowl to become the NCAA career leader...went over 7,000 career yards when he sprinted 88 yards for a touchdown with the opening kickoff at South Carolina; that play was his seventh career kickoff return for a score, an NCAA record...joins Reggie Bush as the only players in college football history with 3,000 rushing yards, 1,500 kickoff return yards, 1,000 receiving yards, and 500 punt return yards...needs one kick return for a score to set an NCAA record for kick returns for touchdowns in a career; he has eight... has set 31 school records in various categories, including the record for all-purpose yards, returns for touchdowns, and many others...third in Clemson history in career rushing yards (3,470)...sixth player in ACC history with 3,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in a career...has 21 career touchdowns of 50 yards or more, more than Tim Brown, Raghib Ismail, or Bush, similar types of players, had in their careers...has the same amount of touchdowns of 50 yards or more this year as Brown had in his entire Notre Dame career...moved past Bush on the all-time all-purpose yardage list when he had 312 yards against Florida State...one of two players nationally to have three 300-yard all-purpose games this year...first ACC player in history to have more than one 300-yard game in terms of all-purpose yards...one of two Tigers in history to account for a touchdown five different ways (punt return, kickoff return, reception, rush, and touchdown pass)...threw a touchdown pass, caught a touchdown pass, and ran for a score in the win at N.C. State; he is the only running back in the nation to do all three in the same game this year...third in Clemson history in rushing, 12th in receptions, and first in kickoff returns; he has recorded these numbers while serving three years as a part-time player with James Davis...has started just 18 games in his career...graduated in three-and-a-half years on December 17...earned First-Team Academic All-ACC honors in 2008 when he made the Dean’s List...first Tiger running back to earn First-Team Academic All-ACC and First-Team All-ACC honors on the field in same year in school history...rated among the top-16 players in the nation for the NFL draft by Mel Kiper...three-time All-American in track...first-team strength AllAmerican in 2008...has a career-best time of 6.58 in the 60m and 10.22 in the 100m... fourth the nation in all-purpose yards (192.9); he would average a national-best 206 yards per game had he not played against Coastal Carolina when he had just five touches for 27 yards in a Clemson rout...has achieved these stats against a tough schedule that has included four games against top-15 teams...had 234 all-purpose yards at #13 Georgia Tech, 301 against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game, 227 against #14 Texas Christian, and 310 at #8 Miami (FL); he had 125 kickoff return yards, 104 receiving yards, and 81 rushing yards; it was against a Hurricane defense that is in the top 25 in the nation in total defense...broke his own record two weeks later with 312 all-purpose yards against Florida State...has had a play of at least 54 yards in 10 of 12 games against FBS teams this year...had a play of at least 60 yards in each of the first seven games...has a 60-yard play four different ways; he has four kickoff returns, two receptions, a punt return, and two runs of at least 60 yards
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Sensabaugh 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast 9-5 Middle Tennessee 25 1 0 9-10 at Georgia Tech 8 0 1 9-19 Boston College 7 0 0 9-26 Texas Christian 26 2 1 10-3 at Maryland 2 2 0 10-17 Wake Forest 15 0 1 10-24 at Miami (FL) 4 0 1 10-31 Coastal Carolina 27 2 0 11-7 Florida State 23 0 1 11-14 at N.C. State 5 1 1 11-21 Virginia 0 0 0 11-28 at South Carolina 0 0 0 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals 142 8 6
Tot TFL Int 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 1-11 2 0 0 DNP 14 0-0 1-11
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2
Sensabaugh Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 12-0 63 12-0 142 24-0 205
Hit 5 8 13
Ast 0 6 6
Tot 5 14 19
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Int 1-0 1-11 1-11
QP PBU CF-RF 0 1 0-0 0 2 0-0 0 3 0-0
#58 Caleb Simmons • OL • *So. Overview: Reserve offensive lineman who has played two games in 2009 and five in his career...original walk-on. Prior to 2009: Lettered at Lake City High School...majoring in elementary education...born May 11, 1989.
#71 Matt Skinner • LS • *Fr. Overview: Clemson special teams player-of-the-week by the coaches for the Florida State game...has handled every snap this year on kicking situations...has three tackles in 13 games on punt coverage...a big reason Richard Jackson is 17th in the nation in field goals per game...has snapped the ball 31 times on field goals, 48 times on extra points, and 54 times on punts. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2008-09...came to Clemson from Bolles School, same school that sent All-American David Treadwell to Clemson...first Tiger gridder on record to receive a scholarship out of high school to serve as a long snapper...played offensive tackle in high school... National Honor Society member...majoring in pre-business...born Sept. 14, 1989.
#73 David Smith • OL • *So. Overview: Red-shirt sophomore who has had a big impact on the offensive line, especially during the second half of the season...has played both guard and tackle this year...played just two of the first four games for 14 snaps...has played each of the last nine games...averaged 4.5 snaps per game in the first four games and 20 snaps per game in the last nine games...played 25 snaps in the win over Wake Forest and had an 81-percent grade...had an 81-percent grade in 36 snaps at #8 Miami (FL); he had a career-high five knockdown blocks...had an 82-percent grade in the win over Coastal Carolina, giving him three straight games with a grade of 81 percent or better...had an 83-percent grade in 20 snaps at N.C. State...had an 81-percent grade against #12 Georgia Tech, helping the Tigers to 323 rushing yards in the ACC Championship game... had played 191 snaps and has 11 knockdown blocks...did not play at #13 Georgia 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
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Tiger Bios “If you’re going for the best offensive player in college, Spiller catches, runs and returns...Spiller’s numbers have superceded everybody.” Mel Kiper , ESPN
this year...fourth in the nation in kickoff returns (33.7)...has a 26-yard average on punt returns, but he does not have enough attempts to qualify...has 28 kick returns this year and five have gone for touchdowns...has six games of at least 200 all-purpose yards, a Clemson record...has a school-record 20 touchdowns in 2009, the only player nationally to score a touchdown in every game this year...has 50 career touchdowns to tie the Clemson career record...needs 55 receiving yards to become the first player in ACC history to record 1,000 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards in one season... had 20 carries for 233 yards and four touchdowns in an MVP performance in the ACC Championship game...set the Clemson single-season scoring record with 122 points... his #28 will be retired at the end of the season and he will be honored at a Clemson home game next year...has 2,508 all-purpose yards, an ACC record. Prior to 2009: First-Team All-ACC as a kick returner and second-team as a running back in 2008...21st in the nation in all-purpose yards in 2008...had 1,065 yards from scrimmage as a second-team player...had 242 all-purpose yards in the win at Boston College and won the “Leather Helmet” Award as the game MVP...had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Alabama...led Clemson in all-purpose yards as a sophomore; he helped the Tigers to nine wins and a top-25 final ranking... had over 100 rushing yards and on kickoff returns against Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Bowl; he had an 83-yard run in that game and was Clemson’s MVP...had kickoff returns for touchdowns in consecutive wins over Duke and Wake Forest...had five 100-yard rushing games as a freshman in 2006 when he averaged 7.3 yards per carry, best by an ACC player in 11 years...second in the ACC in all-purpose yards per game...had 116 rushing yards rushing and 50 receiving yards in the win over Georgia Tech... had 938 rushing yards in 2006, third-best in Clemson history by a freshman...had six touchdowns of 50 yards or more...averaged 8.0 yards per carry during the last nine games of the season...All-American in track at Clemson; he was on Clemson’s 4x100m relay team that finished third in the nation in 2009...All-American in indoor track in the winter of 2008 in the 60m...averaged 10.2 yards per carry in his career at Union County High School...First-Team USA Today and Parade All-American...rated as the #47 prospect in the nation by ESPN.com...had 93 career touchdowns in high school... graduated on December 17, 2009 with a degree in sociology...born Aug. 5, 1987.
“He woke everybody up on Saturday. He’s the most explosive player in college football.” Tony Barnhart, College Sports Television “Its almost prerequisite that Heisman Trophy candidates must be with a team that’s in the conversation for the national title as well. That changes as of this past week. It makes that big of a difference that he did it against a team like Miami on the road. He catapults into the conversation based on that.” Tim Brando, CBS Sports “Spiller was on the (Heisman) list for two weeks earlier in the season, and he returns after a dynamic all-around performance that helped knock off the Hurricanes. All game he showed off his game-breaking speed -- on a first-quarter catch out of the backfield, on the 90-yard kickoff return (he went untouched), on a long TD reception in the third quarter and on a long run in the fourth quarter that set up Clemson on Miami’s 15-yard line. His 310 all-purpose yards set a new Tigers record. Amazingly, Spiller has a play of at least 60 yards in each of Clemson’s seven games. He is 2005 Reggie Bush Lite, without the hype.” Gene Menez, SI.com “He’s good. He’s one of the fastest and most athletic guys they have. He’s real good. That’s all I can tell you.” Randy Shannon, Miami (FL) Head Coach “When you talk about Clemson’s offense, you have to talk about C.J. Spiller. He’s a Heisman candidate. He is great when it comes to kickoff and punt returns. He’s a big play guy with great speed. He’s a guy you have to know where he is at all times.” Ralph Friedgen, Maryland Head Coach
Quotes on C.J. Spiller “I thought Spiller was the difference in the game. I doubt if anyone is playing better than him in the country. The happiest I was, was when he was off the field. I knew he couldn’t get the ball. “I would rank him pretty high among the really great players I have seen. The people that recruit those kinds of guys, they are the ones that have a chance to win National Championships because it is people like him that can get you in there. “ Florida State head Coach Bobby Bowden
“C.J. Spiller is one of the most unbelievable running backs I’ve ever played against. I’d be interested to find a handful of running backs that are as talented as him in the country.” Riley Skinner, Wake Forest Quarterback
“It’s like a ticking bomb. It will tick, tick, tick, and then all of a sudden it goes off. How long can you contain him. Gosh, we contained him pretty good in the first half. I think he got loose for a 40-yard run. But we contained him pretty good. But the second half, boy, he hit that little wheel route on us. We worked on that. I talked about it all week. We wanted to be in a certain defense when that thing came up. We were not in it, and it was just a physical mismatch. His speed against our linebacker’s speed. I thought he was the difference in the game. “C.J. Spiller ran 90 yards for Clemson at the end of the second quarter, his 18th career touchdown run of 50 yards or more. Spiller went 56 more yards to score on a pass from Kyle Parker. And you’ve hardly heard his name mentioned in Heisman Trophy conversations yet. Disgraceful. “But you will, you will.” Edwin Pope, Miami Herald
“On offense they have C.J. Spiller, who can go the distance any time he touches the ball.” Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech Head Coach
“A guy like Spiller can change the game.” Jim Ramella, Boston College defensive end
“Heisman Trophy candidate C.J. Spiller is as fast and elusive as there is in college football.” Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee Head Coach “Against Miami on the kickoff return (for touchdown) someone clocked Spiller at 28 miles per hour. I talked with our police chief, David Roper, and he said they have some suped up golf carts and they don’t even go 28 miles per hour.” David Bennett, Head Coach Coastal Carolina. “For the second time in three weeks, Spiller had more than 300 all-purpose yards. He surpassed the 3,000-yard mark with 3,074 career rushing yards. Against Florida State, he earned his first two-point conversion of his career. He breaks a record literally almost every week. Against FSU he became just the second player in school history to go over 3,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving. He moved ahead of Reggie Bush on the all-time NCAA all-purpose list with 6,702 yards. He rushed for a career-high 165 yards, and had his 20th career touchdown of 50 yards more, his eighth this season. Spiller is one of the best players in college football. Period.” Heather Dinich, ESPN.com
“If you’re looking at MVPs and Heismans, I don’t know if there’s any player in the country who’s more valuable to his team than CJ Spiller. A lot of coaches coach their whole lives and never get a chance to coach a guy like C.J. Spiller. For me, its very special.” Dabo Swinney, Clemson Head Coach “I have him (Spiller) as the 12th-highest rated player on the Big Board. He’s going to test out as one of the fastest players in the draft. Maybe run a 4.28 range. I think he’s the top guy for the Heisman right now. If I had to give it out today, I give it to him. The fact that Clemson beat Miami gives them more credibility. They’ve put up big points the last two weeks. They have a game this week that they should rout. He should end up with outstanding numbers from an all-purpose yardage standpoint.
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Tiger Bios Spiller 2006 Game-By-Game Stats
Spiller 2009 Game-By-Game Stats
Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds PR KOR 9-2 Florida Atlantic *19 6 18 3.0 0 2 17 2-23 1-17 9-9 at Boston College 16 5 31 6.2 0 3 82 3-58 9-16 at Florida State 12 2 -4 -2.0 0 0 0 1-(-5) 1-25 9-23 North Carolina 21 12 58 4.8 2 0 0 1-(-8) 1-11 9-30 Louisiana Tech 25 15 127 8.5 1 2 13 2-2 10-7 at Wake Forest 32 9 104 11.6 1 3 18 10-12 Temple 19 12 73 6.1 2 1 4 1-14 10-21 Georgia Tech 30 16 116 7.3 1 1 50 1-4 10-26 at Virginia Tech 23 10 41 4.1 0 2 7 2-6 2-41 11-4 Maryland 29 9 41 4.6 0 2 2 2-34 11-11 N.C. State 39 18 154 8.6 1 1 0 1-(-3) 11-25 South Carolina 27 10 155 15.5 2 2 17 12-29 Kentucky 30 5 24 4.8 0 0 0 3-48 Totals 322 129 938 7.3 10 19 210 11-33 13-234 * - start; Note: Had an 82-yard receiving touchdown at Boston College; had a 50-yard receiving touchdown against Georgia Tech.
Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds PR KOR 9-5 Middle Tennessee 11 4 12 3.0 0 0 0 2-63 1-96 9-10 at Georgia Tech *61 20 87 4.4 0 4 69 3-78 9-19 Boston College *32 17 77 4.5 0 1 2 3-119 1-27 9-26 Texas Christian *61 26 112 4.3 1 3 79 2-36 10-3 at Maryland *56 18 72 4.0 0 2 7 2-97 10-17 Wake Forest *19 9 106 11.8 2 2 6 10-24 at Miami (FL) *35 14 81 5.8 0 6 104 3-125 10-31 Coastal Carolina *16 5 27 5.4 1 0 0 11-7 Florida State *47 22 165 7.5 1 3 67 1-9 3-71 11-14 at N.C. State *31 18 97 5.4 1 3 48 1-13 11-21 Virginia *42 19 58 3.1 1 5 39 1-17 11-28 at South Carolina 37 9 18 2.0 0 3 19 1-2 2-102 12-5 Georgia Tech *33 20 233 11.7 4 1 5 3-63 Totals 481 201 1145 5.7 11 33 445 8-210 21-708 * - start; Note: Had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Middle Tennessee; had a 63-yard receiving touchdown and was 0-1 passing at Georgia Tech; had a 77-yard punt return for a touchdown against Boston College; had a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Maryland; had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 56-yard receiving touchdown at Miami (FL); had a two-point conversion run and a 58-yard receiving touchdown against Florida State; had a 17-yard passing touchdown and a 34-yard receiving touchdown at N.C. State; had an 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at South Carolina.
Spiller 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds PR KOR 9-3 Florida State *42 11 48 4.4 0 2 3 2-25 2-78 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 23 6 38 6.3 0 4 87 1-2 1-15 9-15 Furman 28 9 -1 -0.1 0 2 29 9-22 at N.C. State *45 21 114 5.4 1 3 34 2-41 9-29 at Georgia Tech 43 9 2 0.2 0 1 3 1-8 10-6 Virginia Tech 43 6 3 0.5 0 6 29 4-55 4-69 10-20 Central Michigan 38 15 96 6.4 1 3 19 1-17 10-27 at Maryland 52 17 106 6.2 0 5 37 11-3 at Duke *30 8 56 7.0 0 0 0 1-84 11-10 Wake Forest *43 8 54 6.8 0 1 16 2-34 1-90 11-17 Boston College 38 11 52 4.7 0 1 10 3-6 1-19 11-24 at South Carolina *51 16 88 5.5 0 4 9 2-(-1) 2-31 12-31 Auburn 32 8 112 14.0 1 2 -5 1-8 4-103 Totals 508 145 768 5.3 3 34 271 16-137 19-547 * - start; Note: Had a 68-yard receiving touchdown against Louisiana-Monroe; had an 11-yard receiving touchdown at N.C. State; had an 84-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Duke; had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Wake Forest.
Spiller Career Stats Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals
Car Yds 129 938 145 768 116 629 201 1145 591 3480
Avg 7.3 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.9
TD 10 3 7 11 31
Rec Yds 19 210 34 271 34 436 33 445 120 1362
TD PR KOR 2 11-33 13-234 2 16-137 19-547 3 18-189 19-516 4 8-210 21-708 11 53-569 72-2005
#5 Rendrick Taylor • FB • *Sr. Overview: Only active Tiger to play in a bowl victory; he was a first-year freshman when Clemson beat Colorado in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl; he played 27 snaps and had three catches for 19 yards...fine pass-catcher and blocker from his hybrid tight end and fullback position...had nine carries for 22 yards in the opener...has played 171 snaps for the year...started against Virginia and played 20 snaps; he had two catches for 19 yards in that game...has 54 career catches for 533 yards...veteran of 38 games, including 10 as a starter...has started three games this year. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...had a career-high 25 catches in 2007 to help the Tigers to nine wins and a top-25 final ranking...has battled injury problems his entire career...fourth on the team in receptions in 2007...had three catches for 53 yards against N.C. State, including a 35-yard catch...had four catches against Boston College in 2007...had 12 catches in his first six games of 2006, then suffered an injury...played two snaps against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl...had nine catches as a freshman, including a season-high three against Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl...Shrine Bowl selection...SuperPrep All-American who was rated as the #93 player in the nation...averaged over 20 yards per catch in his career...majoring in special education... born Apr. 3, 1987.
Spiller 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds Avg TD Rec Yds PR KOR 8-30 Alabama 31 2 7 3.5 0 2 27 1-9 4-152 9-6 The Citadel 19 6 75 12.5 3 2 32 2-6 1-11 9-13 N.C. State 32 10 61 6.1 1 4 35 1-7 1-25 9-20 S.C. State 29 14 63 4.5 0 0 0 3-36 9-27 Maryland 33 14 98 7.0 1 1 17 1-5 2-41 10-9 at Wake Forest 9 2 10 5.0 0 0 0 1-26 10-18 Georgia Tech DNP 11-1 at Boston College 29 8 55 6.9 0 6 105 1-18 1-64 11-8 at Florida State 46 13 66 5.1 1 3 55 2-25 11-15 Duke 30 10 71 7.1 1 7 108 2-22 11-22 at Virginia 37 14 18 1.3 0 2 16 2-5 1-18 11-29 South Carolina 31 16 88 5.5 0 3 35 1-19 2-57 1-1 Nebraska *33 7 17 2.4 0 4 6 4-62 4-97 Totals 359 116 629 5.4 7 34 436 18-189 19-516 * - start; Note: Had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Alabama; had a 28-yard receiving touchdown against N.C. State; had a 44-yard receiving touchdown at Florida State; had an 83-yard receiving touchdown against Duke; had a 15-yard passing touchdown at Virginia.
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G-S Snaps 13-1 322 13-5 508 12-1 359 13-11 481 51-18 1670
Taylor 2005 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec 9-3 Texas A&M 8 0 9-10 at Maryland 7 2 9-17 Miami (FL) 6 1 9-24 Boston College 4 0 10-1 at Wake Forest 10-13 at N.C. State 25 0 10-22 Temple 29 1 10-29 at Georgia Tech 11 0 11-5 Duke 25 1 11-12 Florida State 17 1 11-19 at South Carolina 15 0 12-27 Colorado 27 3 Totals 174 9
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Tiger Bios Taylor 2006 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec 9-2 Florida Atlantic 23 3 9-9 at Boston College 34 2 9-16 at Florida State *24 3 9-23 North Carolina *29 2 9-30 Louisiana Tech *21 0 10-7 at Wake Forest *21 2 10-12 Temple 10-21 Georgia Tech 10-26 at Virginia Tech 11-4 Maryland 11-11 N.C. State 11-25 South Carolina 12-29 Kentucky 2 0 Totals 154 12 * - start
Yds 34 33 34 39 0 12 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0 152
Thompson 2008 Game-By-Game Stats Avg 11.3 16.5 11.3 19.5 --- 6.0
TD 1 0 0 0 0 0
LG 18 24 32 28 --9
--- 12.7
0 1
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Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks QP 8-30 Alabama DNP 9-6 The Citadel 27 2 0 2 1-1 1 9-13 N.C. State 28 3 1 4 1-1 1 9-20 S.C. State 25 2 0 2 2-14 1-11 1 9-27 Maryland 24 3 0 3 1 10-9 at Wake Forest 21 1 0 1 1-2 10-18 Georgia Tech 19 1 1 2 11-1 at Boston College 22 1 0 1 11-8 at Florida State 29 0 0 0 11-15 Duke *23 0 2 2 1 11-22 at Virginia 23 2 4 6 11-29 South Carolina 25 1 1 2 1-1 Nebraska 26 0 0 0 Totals 292 16 9 25 5-18 1-11 5 * - start; Note: Had a recovered fumble against S.C. State; had a caused fumble against Georgia Tech.
Taylor 2007 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Rec Yds 9-3 Florida State 30 0 0 9-8 Louisiana-Monroe 21 4 38 9-15 Furman *26 2 17 9-22 at N.C. State 30 3 53 9-29 at Georgia Tech 10-6 Virginia Tech 10-20 Central Michigan 10-27 at Maryland 11-3 at Duke *38 4 54 11-10 Wake Forest 48 3 19 11-17 Boston College *50 4 42 11-24 at South Carolina 51 2 4 12-31 Auburn 44 3 32 Totals 338 25 259 * - start
Avg --- 9.5 8.5 17.7 DNP DNP DNP DNP 13.5 6.3 10.5 2.0 10.7 10.4
TD 0 0 0 0
Thompson 2009 Game-By-Game Stats LG --- 13 10 35
0 0 0 0 0 0
26 11 22 2 14 35
Car 1 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 2
KOR
-1 0 0 0 0 -1
Date Opponent Snaps Hit Ast Tot TFL Sacks 9-5 Middle Tennessee *37 2 1 3 9-10 at Georgia Tech *40 3 3 6 9-19 Boston College *22 2 1 3 1-5 9-26 Texas Christian *41 4 0 4 10-3 at Maryland *41 2 4 6 1-1 10-17 Wake Forest *29 0 3 3 10-24 at Miami (FL) *38 1 1 2 10-31 Coastal Carolina *19 0 2 2 11-7 Florida State *42 0 1 1 11-14 at N.C. State *41 1 2 3 11-21 Virginia *34 1 3 4 11-28 at South Carolina *48 1 4 5 12-5 Georgia Tech *48 1 2 3 Totals 480 18 27 45 2-6 0-0 * - start; Note: Had a recovered fumble against Boston College.
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1-17
Taylor 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent Snaps Car Yds 9-5 Middle Tennessee 31 9 22 9-10 at Georgia Tech 11 0 0 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian *14 0 0 10-3 at Maryland *23 0 0 10-17 Wake Forest 14 2 3 10-24 at Miami (FL) 11 0 0 10-31 Coastal Carolina 29 2 12 11-7 Florida State 4 0 0 11-14 at N.C. State 11 0 0 11-21 Virginia *20 0 0 11-28 at South Carolina 3 0 0 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals 171 13 37 * - start
Avg 2.4 --- DNP --- --- 1.5 --- 6.0 --- --- --- --- DNP 2.8
QP 1
1
1 1 1 1 2 1 9
Thompson Career Stats TD 0 0
Rec 1 1
Yds 3 3
TD 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
17 3 0 0 8 0 0 19 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
8
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0
Year G-S Snaps 2008 12-1 292 2009 13-13 480 Totals 25-14 772
Hit 16 18 34
Ast 9 27 36
Tot 25 45 70
TFL Sacks 5-18 1-11 2-6 0-0 7-24 1-11
Int 0-0 0-0 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 5 3 1-1 9 3 0-1 14 6 1-2
#95 Drew Traylor • TE • *So. Overview: Reserve sophomore tight end...came to Clemson as a defensive end... has played tight end in three games this year. Prior to 2009: Lettered at Mountain Brook High School...majoring in management...born May 17, 1989. Traylor Career Stats Year 2009
G-S 3-0
Snaps 7
Rec 0
Yds 0
Avg ---
TD 0
LG ---
Taylor Career Stats Year 2005 2006 2007 2009 Totals
G-S Snaps 11-0 174 7-4 154 9-3 338 11-3 171 38-10 837
Rec 9 12 25 8 54
Yds 69 152 259 53 533
Avg 7.7 12.7 10.4 6.6 9.9
TD 0 1 0 0 1
LG 21 32 35 14 35
Car 0 0 2 13 15
Yds 0 0 -1 37 36
TD 0 0 0 0 0
KOR 0-0 0-0 1-17 0-0 1-17
#16 Michael Wade • QB • *Jr.
#98 Brandon Thompson • DT • So. Overview: Starter in all 13 games at defensive tackle and a reason Clemson is in the top 25 in the nation in total defense...has 45 tackles, up from 25 as a freshman... has played 25 games over two years, including 14 as a starter...nicknamed “Yams” because of his big thighs that help him plug the middle...has had at least two tackles in 12 games this year...had a season-high six tackles apiece at #13 Georgia Tech and Maryland...had three tackles, a tackle for loss, and a recovered fumble in the win over Boston College...has 70 career tackles. Prior to 2009: Played 12 games with one start as a freshman...had four tackles for loss in his first four games, including a sack against S.C. State...had six tackles in the win over Virginia...was supposed to red-shirt, but with injuries, he was called on to play...rated as the #39 player in the nation by ESPN.com...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game...majoring in pre-business...born Oct. 19, 1989.
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Overview: One of the top all-around football players on the team...makes contribution as a third-string quarterback, holder on placekicks, and coverage team member on punts and kickoffs...plays an average of 20 snaps per game on special teams...one of the reasons Richard Jackson is in the top 20 in the nation in field goals...has played five snaps at quarterback this year, but did not throw a pass... completed 9-12 passes for 163 yards in the 2009 Spring game, so he has the ability as a quarterback...has experience in his career as a safety...one of the top scholars on the team; he has made a 4.0 many semesters. Prior to 2009: Holder on all placekicks in 2008; he was a big reason Mark Buchholz was 88-88 in his career on extra points...reserve safety and holder in 2007...holder on Buchholz’s game-winning field goal at South Carolina in 2007...played in two games on defense in 2007 as a safety...red-shirted in 2006...#15 dual-threat quarterback in the nation out of high school by Rivals.com...high school teammate of Richard Jackson... majoring in financial management...born Nov. 24, 1987.
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Tiger Bios Wade Career Stats Year G-S Snaps 2008 13-0 2 2009 13-0 5 Totals 26-0 7
Year Car 2008 0 2009 0 Totals 0 Year 2007
Cm 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0
Att Int 0 0 0 0 0 0
LG --- --- ---
Willard 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Pct Y/A --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rushing & Total Offense Y/G TD LG PL 0.0 0 --- 0 0.0 0 --- 0 0.0 0 --- 0
Y/C --- --- ---
G-S Snaps 13-0 3
Passing Yds TD 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hit 0
Ast 0
Tot 0
Y/C --- --- ---
Tot 0 0 0
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0
Y/G 0.0 0.0 0.0
TDR 0 0 0
Date Opponent 9-5 Middle Tennessee 9-10 at Georgia Tech 9-19 Boston College 9-26 Texas Christian 10-3 at Maryland 10-17 Wake Forest 10-24 at Miami (FL) 10-31 Coastal Carolina 11-7 Florida State 11-14 at N.C. State 11-21 Virginia 11-28 at South Carolina 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals * - start
Eff -------
Y/G 0.0 0.0 0.0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0
Snaps 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 3 0 1 0 2 13 32
#72 Landon Walker • OT • *So. Year 2009
Yds 9 -1 8
Avg 2.3 -0.3 1.1
TD 0 0 0
LG 4 2 4
Rec 0 0 0
Yds 0 0 0
Sacks
Int
0-0
0-0
1-3
1-1 1-1
3-5
G-S Snaps 13-0 32
Hit 9
Ast 1
Tot 10
TFL Sacks 3-5 0-0
Int 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0
Wright Career Stats Year 2009
G-S Snaps 3-0 17
Hit 0
Ast 0
Tot 0
TFL Sacks 0-0 0-0
Int 0-0
QP PBU CF-RF 0 0 0-0
#96 Dawson Zimmerman • P • So. Overview: Consistent punter who has averaged 39.4 yards per punt this year... has 17 punts inside the 20, including at least one in every game...averaged at least 40 yards a punt against Middle Tennessee, Boston College, #8 Miami (FL), and Florida State (all Tiger wins)...had a 46.3 net punting figure in the win at #8 Miami (FL), so his performance was vital in terms of field position...has 63 punts in his career and none have been blocked...ninth in the ACC in punting with a 39.4 average...Clemson’s special teams player-of-the-week by the coaches against #14 Texas Christian when he averaged 39 yards on five punts and had two inside the 20. Prior to 2009: Backup punter in 2008, but he started two games and appeared in three...started the season as the top punter; he had four punts for a 40.0-yard average against Alabama in the opener...started against Georgia Tech in Dabo Swinney’s first career game...finished 2008 with a 38.5-yard average and 36.3-yard net figure...rated as the #2 punter in the nation by Scout.com...#6 punter in the nation by ESPN.com... majoring in English...born Nov. 15, 1989.
Watson Career Stats Car 4 3 7
TFL
#50 John Wright • DT • *Jr.
#37 Ronald Watson • RB • *Sr.
Snaps 4 8 12
Tot 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 10
Overview: Original walk-on who has played three games for a total of 17 snaps in 2009...played 11 snaps against Coastal Carolina. Prior to 2009: Lettered at T.L. Hanna High School...majoring in financial management...born Sept. 4, 1987.
Overview: Original walk-on...son of Ronald Watson, who played on the 1981 National Championship team...has played three games in 2009 and four games in his career...has three carries for -1 yards in 2009 and seven carries for eight yards in his career. Prior to 2009: Lettered at South Florence High School...majoring in civil engineering...born Dec. 7, 1986.
G-S 1-0 3-0 4-0
Ast 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willard Career Stats
Overview: Starting offensive tackle each of the last two years...has started 11 games this year and has made 21 starts and 25 appearances in the last two years... has 28 knockdown blocks in this year...had a season-high five knockdown blocks apiece against #14 Texas Christian, #8 Miami (FL), and #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...had a season-high 82-percent grade at #8 Miami (FL)...had an 80-percent grade against Wake Forest and Florida State...Clemson is 6-0 when he graded 75 percent or better in 2009...played 77 snaps in the win over Boston College when he moved back into the starting lineup for the first time in 2009...played well against #14 Texas Christian and All-American Jerry Hughes, who had just two tackles and no sacks...has played 583 snaps in 2009 and is a veteran of 1,255 career snaps... has 54 career knockdown blocks...his father Gary played on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship team. Prior to 2009: Started 10 games and played 12 games as a red-shirt freshman... had five knockdown blocks in the 2008 win over South Carolina...started 10 of the last 11 games of 2008...red-shirted in 2007...entered Clemson in January of 2007... PrepStar All-American in high school...#5 prospect in North Carolina by Rivals.com... majoring in management...born Mar. 9, 1989.
Year 2008 2009 Totals
Hit 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 9
TD 0 0 0
Zimmerman 2009 Game-By-Game Stats Date Opponent P Yds 9-5 Middle Tennessee *3 129 9-10 at Georgia Tech *5 161 9-19 Boston College *5 224 9-26 Texas Christian *5 195 10-3 at Maryland *7 274 10-17 Wake Forest *4 155 10-24 at Miami (FL) *3 136 10-31 Coastal Carolina *3 115 11-7 Florida State *3 127 11-14 at N.C. State *3 112 11-21 Virginia *3 115 11-28 at South Carolina *7 264 12-5 Georgia Tech Totals 51 2007 * - start
#46 Jonathan Willard • LB • *Fr. Overview: Reserve linebacker and a top special-teams performer as a red-shirt freshman...has 10 tackles in 32 snaps...had three tackles and a tackle for loss in 12 snaps in the win over Wake Forest...had two stops in 13 snaps against #12 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game...has three tackles for loss. Prior to 2009: Red-shirted in 2008...Max Emfinger All-American in football and an All-American in wrestling at Loris High School...rated as the #22 linebacker in the nation by ESPN.com...played in the Max Emfinger All-American game...sixth in the state in the shotput...nephew of former Clemson defensive tackle Richard McCullough...majoring in sociology...born Jan. 10, 1990.
Avg 43.0 32.2 44.8 39.0 39.1 38.8 45.3 38.3 42.3 37.3 38.3 37.7 DNP 39.4
PR-Yds 0-0 0-0 1-8 2-8 5-50 1-6 1-(-3) 2-14 1-42 1-5 2-12 4-31
Net 43.0 32.2 43.2 37.4 32.0 37.3 46.3 33.7 28.3 35.7 34.3 33.3
20-173
36.0
-20 +50 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 17
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Zimmerman Career Stats Year 2008 2009 Totals
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G-S 3-2 12-12 15-14
P 12 51 63
Yds 462 2007 2469
Avg 38.5 39.4 39.2
-20 2 17 19
+50 2 4 6
TB 0 4 4
HB 0 0 0
LG 54 55 55
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2009 Stats 8-5 Overall, 6-2 ACC, 6-1 Home, 2-3 Away, 0-1 Neutral, 6-3 Day, 2-2 Night, 1-0 Overtime
Team Stats TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Touchdowns Yards Per Play Yards Per Game RUSHING YARDS Carries Touchdowns Yards Per Carry Yards Per Game PASSING YARDS Attempts Completions Had Intercepted Touchdowns Completion Percentage Yards Per Attempt Yards Per Completion Efficiency Yards Per Game PUNTING YARDS Number of Punts Average Punt Had Blocked Net Punting PUNT RETURN YARDS Number of Returns Touchdowns Average Return INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS Number of Interceptions Touchdowns Return Yards Per Interception FUMBLE RETURN YARDS Number of Returns Touchdowns Average Return TOTAL RETURN YARDS MISCELLANEOUS YARDS KICKOFF RETURN YARDS Number of Returns Touchdowns Average Return FIRST DOWNS By Rushing By Passing By Penalty Per Game PENALTIES (#-Yards) Penalties Per Game Penalty Yards Per Game FUMBLES (#-Lost) TURNOVERS Points Off Turnovers AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION SACKS (#-Yards) THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS Percentage FOURTH-DOWN CONVERSIONS Percentage TIME OF POSSESSION Per Game
CU 4752 839 44 5.7 365.5 2205 463 22 4.8 169.6 2547 376 212 13 22 56.4 6.77 12.0 125.7 195.9 2100 54 38.9 0 34.2 374 26 2 14.4 342 21 1 16.3 3 1 0 3.0 719 29 1047 44 4 23.8 232 106 113 13 17.8 62-554 4.8 42.6 27-11 24 81 C37 34-223 70-181 38.7 4-15 26.7 367:17 28:15
Opp. 4123 899 28 4.6 317.2 1954 564 9 3.5 150.3 2169 335 170 21 19 50.7 6.47 12.8 111.3 166.8 2777 74 37.5 0 32.5 253 22 1 11.5 177 13 1 13.6 135 3 2 45.0 565 0 1546 77 0 20.1 228 119 88 21 17.5 78-609 6.0 46.8 34-8 29 55 O29 19-151 77-197 39.1 6-18 33.3 412:43 31:45
CU 415 31.9 51 22 22 7 0 21-31 42-47 1-2 1-1 0 0
Opp. 273 21.0 32 9 19 4 0 17-21 30-30 0-1 0-1 0 0
Team Scoring TOTAL POINTS Points Per Game TOUCHDOWNS By Rushing By Passing By Return By Recovery FIELD GOALS PAT (Kicks) PAT (Runs) PAT (Passes) PAT (Returns) SAFETIES
Scoring By Quarters CLEMSON Opponents
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1st 77 69
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2nd 147 77
3rd 107 66
4th 78 58
OT 6 3
Tot 415 273
# 28 23 8 6 11 5 3 30 45 37 26
RUSHING C.J. Spiller, RB Andre Ellington, RB Jamie Harper, RB Jacoby Ford, WR Kyle Parker, QB Rendrick Taylor, FB Willy Korn, QB Chad Diehl, FB Daniel Barnes, RB Ronald Watson, RB Marquan Jones, WR TEAM CLEMSON Opponents
GP-S 13-11 13-1 13-2 13-13 13-13 11-3 6-0 13-3 1-0 3-0 12-2 13-13 13-13 13-13
# 11 3 6 28
PASSING Kyle Parker, QB Willy Korn, QB Jacoby Ford, WR C.J. Spiller, RB CLEMSON Opponents
# 6 86 28 21 87 23 8 83 26 5 81 85 30 80 88 82
RECEIVING Jacoby Ford, WR Michael Palmer, TE C.J. Spiller, RB Xavier Dye, WR Terrance Ashe, WR Andre Ellington, RB Jamie Harper, RB Dwayne Allen, TE Marquan Jones, WR Rendrick Taylor, FB Jaron Brown, WR Brandon Clear, WR Chad Diehl, FB Brandon Ford, WR Kyle Johnson, WR Durrell Barry, TE CLEMSON Opponents
# 11 28 23 8 6 3 5 30 45 37 26
TOTAL OFFENSE Kyle Parker, QB C.J. Spiller, RB Andre Ellington, RB Jamie Harper, RB Jacoby Ford, WR Willy Korn, QB Rendrick Taylor, FB Chad Diehl, FB Daniel Barnes, RB Ronald Watson, RB Marquan Jones, WR TEAM CLEMSON Opponents
GP-S 13-13 13-11 13-1 13-2 13-13 6-0 11-3 13-3 1-0 3-0 12-2 13-13 13-13 13-13
# 28 6 23 86 8 21 26 2 87 11 83 5 31 18 30 81 38 85 33 92 22 3 88 15 80 36 45 82 20 12 18 37
ALL-PURPOSE C.J. Spiller, RB Jacoby Ford, WR Andre Ellington, RB Michael Palmer, TE Jamie Harper, RB Xavier Dye, WR Marquan Jones, WR DeAndre McDaniel, S Terrance Ashe, WR Kyle Parker, QB Dwayne Allen, TE Rendrick Taylor, FB Rashard Hall, S Crezdon Butler, CB Chad Diehl, FB Jaron Brown, WR Chris Chancellor, CB Brandon Clear, WR Kavell Conner, LB Kasey Nobles, TE Jonathan Meeks, S Willy Korn, QB Kyle Johnson, WR Coty Sensabaugh, CB Brandon Ford, WR Byron Maxwell, CB Daniel Barnes, RB Durrell Barry, TE Brandon Maye, LB Marcus Gilchrist, DB Michael Wade, QB Ronald Watson, RB TEAM CLEMSON Opponents
GP-S 13-11 13-13 13-1 12-12 13-2 11-8 12-2 13-13 12-4 13-13 13-5 11-3 13-7 13-13 13-3 10-0 13-13 13-0 13-11 13-0 10-0 6-0 5-0 12-0 4-0 13-0 1-0 13-1 13-13 13-13 13-0 3-0 13-13 13-13 13-13
GP-S 13-13 6-0 13-13 13-11 13-13 13-13
Car 201 64 72 17 58 13 17 3 1 3 1 13 463 564
Cm-Att-I 197-355-12 12-17-1 2-2-0 1-2-0 212-376-13 170-335-21
GP-S 13-13 12-12 13-11 11-8 12-4 13-1 13-2 13-5 12-2 11-3 10-0 13-0 13-3 4-0 5-0 13-1 13-13 13-13
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Offensive Stats
Gain 1196 475 345 127 261 37 58 5 3 2 0 0 2509 2361
Rec 53 41 33 14 11 11 11 10 9 8 3 3 2 1 1 1 212 170
Loss 51 4 6 7 142 0 46 1 0 3 2 42 304 407
Yards 2385 90 55 17 2547 2169
Net 1145 471 339 120 119 37 12 4 3 -1 -2 -42 2205 1954
TD 19 1 1 1 22 19
Yards 735 468 445 236 124 55 49 108 176 53 30 31 20 4 11 2 2547 2169
Rush 1145 120 471 --- 339 --- -2 --- --- 119 --- 37 --- --- 4 --- --- --- --- --- --- 12 --- --- --- --- 3 --- --- --- --- -1 -42 2205 1954
LG 77 18 32 17 77 70
Rec 445 735 55 468 49 236 176 --- 124 --- 108 53 --- --- 20 30 --- 31 --- --- --- --- 11 --- 4 --- --- 2 --- --- --- --- --- 2547 2169
C/G 15.5 4.9 5.5 1.3 4.5 1.2 2.8 0.2 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 35.6 43.4
20+ 33 0 2 0 35 33
Y/Rec 13.9 11.4 13.5 16.9 11.3 5.0 4.5 10.8 19.6 6.6 10.0 10.3 10.0 4.0 11.0 2.0 12.0 12.8
PL  Rush 413 119 203 1145 64 471 72 339 19 120 34 12 13 37 3 4 1 3 3 -1 1 -2 13 -42 839 2205 899 1954 PL 263 89 82 41 85 14 10 8 11 58 10 21 6 4 8 5 1 3 0 3 1 17 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 13 766 846
Y/C 5.7 7.4 4.7 7.1 2.1 2.8 0.7 1.3 3.0 -0.3 -2.0 -3.2 4.8 3.5
Pass 2385 17 --- --- 55 90 --- --- --- --- --- --- 2547 2169 PR 210 143 3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 7 --- 11 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0 0 --- --- 374 253
Cm% 55.5 70.6 100.0 50.0 56.4 50.7
Rec/G 4.1 3.4 2.5 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 16.3 13.1
Y/G 88.1 36.2 26.1 9.2 9.2 3.4 2.0 0.3 3.0 -0.3 -0.2 -3.2 169.6 150.3 Y/A 6.72 5.29 27.50 8.50 6.77 6.47
20+ 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 12
LG 66 55 69 17 19 10 16 5 3 2 -2 -2 69 82
Y/G 183.5 15.0 4.2 1.3 195.9 166.8
Eff 122.8 122.7 496.0 286.4 125.7 111.3
TD 5 4 4 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 22 19
20+ 14 6 7 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 33
LG 77 26 63 43 25 12 14 17 38 14 18 17 13 4 11 2 77 70
Y/PL 6.1 5.7 7.4 4.7 9.2 3.0 2.8 1.3 3.0 -0.3 -2.0 -3.2 5.7 4.6 IR --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 128 --- --- --- --- 67 47 --- --- 37 --- 29 --- 17 --- --- 11 --- 4 --- --- 2 --- --- --- --- 342 177
10+ 29 12 6 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 65 69
Y/C 12.1 7.5 27.5 17.0 12.0 12.8
Y/G 56.5 39.0 34.2 21.5 10.3 4.2 3.8 8.3 14.7 4.8 3.0 2.4 1.5 1.0 2.2 0.2 195.9 166.8
Total 2504 1162 471 339 175 102 37 4 3 -1 -2 -42 4752 4123 KOR 708 174 95 --- 27 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 25 --- --- --- --- 18 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1047 1546
TD 11 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 9
Total 2508 1172 624 468 415 236 174 128 124 119 108 90 67 54 49 41 37 31 29 18 17 12 11 11 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 -1 -42 6515 6099
TDR 20 12 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 28 TD 20 8 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 51 30
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Y/G 192.6 89.4 36.2 26.1 13.5 17.0 3.4 0.3 3.0 -0.3 -0.2 -3.2 365.5 317.2 Y/G 192.9 90.2 48.0 39.0 31.9 21.5 14.5 9.8 10.3 9.2 8.3 8.2 5.2 4.2 3.8 4.1 2.8 2.4 2.2 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.2 0.9 1.0 0.3 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.2 501.2 469.2
2009 Stats Defensive Stats
# Player 20 Brandon Maye, LB 12 Marcus Gilchrist, DB 33 Kavell Conner, LB 2 DeAndre McDaniel, S 99 Jarvis Jenkins, DT 31 Rashard Hall, S 7 Ricky Sapp, DE 8 Jamie Cumbie, DT 93 Da’Quan Bowers, DE 24 Kevin Alexander, DE/LB 98 Brandon Thompson, DT 40 Andre Branch, DE 38 Chris Chancellor, CB 36 Byron Maxwell, CB 18 Crezdon Butler, CB 97 Malliciah Goodman, DE 89 Miguel Chavis, DT 94 Rennie Moore, DT 27 Sadat Chambers, S 48 Jeremy Campbell, LB 44 Scotty Cooper, LB 15 Coty Sensabaugh, CB 29 Xavier Brewer, CB 87 Terrance Ashe, WR 45 Corico Hawkins, LB 16 Michael Wade, QB 46 Jonathan Willard, LB 13 Spencer Benton, PK 32 Carlton Lewis, S 22 Jonathan Meeks, S 41 Daniel Andrews, LB 81 Jaron Brown, WR 6 Jacoby Ford, WR 71 Matt Skinner, LS 79 Chris Richardson, DE 9 Spencer Adams, S 5 Rendrick Taylor, FB 30 Chad Diehl, FB 42 Byron Clear, DE 26 Marquan Jones, WR 83 Dwayne Allen, TE 85 Brandon Clear, WR 8 Jamie Harper, RB 74 Antoine McClain, OG 11 Kyle Parker, QB 50 John Wright, DT Totals
GP-S Snaps 13-13 753 13-13 840 13-11 615 13-13 832 13-13 487 13-7 476 13-13 604 13-0 364 11-10 421 13-9 455 13-13 480 13-0 316 13-13 665 13-0 293 13-13 688 13-0 306 13-0 290 13-0 198 12-2 255 13-0 69 11-0 100 12-0 142 13-0 111 12-4 -- 11-0 79 13-0 -- 13-0 32 13-1 -- 8-0 19 10-0 54 13-0 45 10-0 -- 13-13 -- 13-0 -- 2-0 10 7-0 12 11-3 -- 13-3 -- 4-0 24 12-2 -- 13-5 -- 13-0 -- 13-2 -- 13-13 -- 13-13 -- 3-0 17 13-13
# INTERCEPTIONS 2 DeAndre McDaniel, S 31 Rashard Hall, S 36 Byron Maxwell, CB 22 Jonathan Meeks, S 15 Coty Sensabaugh, CB 18 Crezdon Butler, CB 38 Chris Chancellor, CB 20 Brandon Maye, LB 33 Kavell Conner, LB CLEMSON Opponents
GP-S 13-13 13-7 13-0 10-0 12-0 13-13 13-13 13-13 13-11 13-13 13-13
Int 8 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 21 13
Hit 62 68 69 63 42 39 42 26 34 33 18 32 26 23 26 20 14 13 14 9 8 8 7 7 9 5 9 5 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 760
Ast 41 31 27 24 24 20 16 27 18 13 27 10 11 11 7 10 13 9 5 9 7 6 7 6 3 5 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 405 Yards 128 67 4 17 11 47 37 2 29 342 177
Total TFL Sacks PBU QP *ST 103 7-26 3-7 1 15 99 1-6 1-6 5 5 7 96 7-16 1-7 1 5 5 87 3-13 2-11 2 3 8 66 11-32 1-9 7 59 3-3 2 2 10 58 15-57 5-33 17 53 4.5-24 2.5-21 3 4 52 11-36 3-20 1 12 46 5.5-18 2.5-9 2 3 10 45 2-6 3 9 42 8-57 2-17 2 7 1 37 1-1 9 34 1-1 5 14 33 1-12 1-12 10 4 30 5-24 2-15 7 6 27 1.5-9 1.5-9 1 4 22 5.5-32 2.5-28 3 19 1-1 2 18 2-12 2-12 1 6 15 6 14 2 7 14 3 1 10 13 12 12 2-7 2-7 1 1 10 10 10 3-5 3 9 9 6 1 6 1 1 5 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1165 101-398 34-223 56 107 144 Avg 16.0 11.2 2.0 17.0 11.0 47.0 37.0 2.0 ---- 16.3 13.6
TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
LG 27 49 4 17 11 47 37 2 29 49 54
Caused Fumbles (15): Maye 5, Gilchrist 3, Alexander 1, Ashe 1, D. Bowers 1, Conner 1, Maxwell 1, McDaniel 1, Sapp 1 Recovered Fumbles (8): D. Bowers 1, Chancellor 1, Gilchrist 1, Hall 1, Maxwell 1, Sapp 1, Thompson 1, Wade 1 Takeaways (29): McDaniel 8, Hall 7, Maxwell 3, Chancellor 2, D. Bowers 1, Butler 1, Gilchrist 1, Maye 1, Meeks 1, Sapp 1, Sensabaugh 1, Thompson 1, Wade 1 Blocked Kicks (1): Jenkins 1 * - special teams tackles; Note: Special teams tackles and tackles after turnovers are included in tackle totals; tackle totals are from coaches film grade.
Special Teams & Miscellaneous Stats
# 96 19
PUNTING Dawson Zimmerman, P Richard Jackson, PK/P CLEMSON Opponents
P 51 3 54 74
# 19 13
FIELD GOALS FG-FGA Richard Jackson, PK/P 20-30 Spencer Benton, PK 1-1 CLEMSON 21-31 Opponents 17-21
# 13 19
KICKOFFS KO Spencer Benton, PK 83 Richard Jackson, PK/P^ 0 CLEMSON 83 Opponents^^ 58
# 28 26 81 18 23 12 16
PUNT RETURNS C.J. Spiller, RB Jacoby Ford, WR Jaron Brown, WR Crezdon Butler, CB Andre Ellington, RB Marcus Gilchrist, DB Michael Wade, QB CLEMSON Opponents
PR 8 10 2 3 1 1 1 26 22
Yards 210 143 11 7 3 0 0 374 253
# 28 6 23 8 30 92
KICKOFF RETURNS C.J. Spiller, RB Jacoby Ford, WR Andre Ellington, RB Jamie Harper, RB Chad Diehl, FB Kasey Nobles, TE CLEMSON Opponents
KOR 21 9 6 2 3 3 44 77
# 38
FUMBLE RETURNS Chris Chancellor, CB CLEMSON Opponents
FR 1 1 3
# 28 19 6 86 23 21 83 8 13 3 81 26 82 2 11
SCORING C.J. Spiller, RB Richard Jackson, PK/P Jacoby Ford, WR Michael Palmer, TE Andre Ellington, RB Xavier Dye, WR Dwayne Allen, TE Jamie Harper, RB Spencer Benton, PK Willy Korn, QB Jaron Brown, WR Marquan Jones, WR Durrell Barry, TE DeAndre McDaniel, S Kyle Parker, QB CLEMSON Opponents
GP-S 13-11 13-12 13-13 12-12 13-1 11-8 13-5 13-2 13-1 6-0 10-0 12-2 13-1 13-13 13-13 13-13 13-13
Yards 2007 93 2100 2777
Pct 66.7 100.0 67.7 81.0 TB 7 -- 7 1
TD 20 0 8 4 4 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 32
GL 12 -- 12 1
Y/P 39.4 31.0 38.9 37.5
LG 55 35 55 61
-20 17 1 18 16
11-29 8-9 1-1 9-10 5-5
30-39 4-6 0-0 4-6 5-5
50+ 4 0 4 6
HB 0 0 0 0
HB 0 0 0 1
Avg End 24 Y. Line ----- 24 Y. Line 38 Y. Line
-21 30 --30 4
Avg 26.3 14.3 5.5 2.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 11.5
TD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
LG 77 61 12 5 3 0 0 77 85
Yards 708 174 95 27 25 18 1047 1546
Avg 33.7 19.3 15.8 13.5 8.3 6.0 23.8 20.1
TD 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
LG 96 39 20 14 9 11 96 40
Yards 3 3 135
Avg 3.0 3.0 45.0
TD 0 0 2
LG 3 3 68
Ret 76-1511 1-35 77-1546 44-1047
Y/R 19.9 35.0 20.1 23.8
50+ 3-5 0-0 3-5 1-3
*Net 36.0 4.3 34.2 32.5
LG 53 28 53 51
OB 0 -- 0 5
40-49 5-10 0-0 5-10 6-8
TB 4 0 4 3
R-P-˚Re #2Pt $PAT FG-A 11-4-5 1 0-0-0 38-40 20-30 2-5-1 0-4-0 1 4-0-0 0-3-0 0-3-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 4-7 1-1 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 22-22-7 2 42-47 21-31 9-19-4 0 30-30 17-21
Pts 122 98 48 26 24 18 18 18 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 415 273
Pts/G 9.4 7.5 3.7 2.2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.4 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 31.9 21.0
RED ZONE CLEMSON Opponents
Poss. 47 31
TD 26 19
FG 13 8
TO 3 2
MFG 1 0
Downs 3 2
Half 1 0
FIRST & GOAL CLEMSON Opponents
Poss. 23 17
TD 15 12
FG 5 4
TO 2 0
MFG 1 0
Downs 0 1
Half 0 0
* - does not factor in touchbacks; ^ - attempted one onside kick (not counted as a kickoff ); ˚ - returns and recoveries; # - PATs and safeties; $ - kicking only
Scoreboard Date Site W-L Score Opponent (AP,USA) Attendance CU AP,USA Leading Rusher(s) Leading Passer(s) Leading Receiver(s) Leading Tackler(s) 9-5 ^H W 37-14 Middle Tennessee 75,000 Harper (15-75) Parker (9-20-159) J. Ford (3-70) Maye, McDaniel (14) 9-10 ^A L 27-30 * Georgia Tech (15,13) 52,029 Spiller (20-87) Parker (15-31-261) J. Ford (5-109) McDaniel (10) 9-19 H W 25-7 * Boston College 77,000 Spiller (17-77) Parker (13-27-103) J. Ford (6-36) Conner (10) 9-26 H L 10-14 Texas Christian (15,14) 70,000 Spiller (26-112) Parker (17-37-192) J. Ford (6-55) Gilchrist (10) 10-3 A L 21-24 * Maryland 46,243 Spiller (18-72) Parker (20-37-180) Palmer (5-65) Conner, Jenkins (9) 10-17 H W 38-3 * Wake Forest 72,000 Spiller (9-106) Parker (10-17-132) Palmer (4-49) Conner, Cumbie (8) 10-24 A W(OT) 40-37 * Miami (FL) (8,9) 43,778 Spiller (14-81) Parker (25-37-326) Spiller (6-104) Gilchrist (11) 10-31 H W 49-3 Coastal Carolina 71,500 Ellington (6-88) Parker (7-16-70) J. Ford (4-45) Hawkins (8) 11-7 ^H W 40-24 * Florida State 77,000 Spiller (22-165) Parker (18-30-242) J. Ford (5-53) Butler (10) 11-14 A W 43-23 * N.C. State 57,583 24,NR Spiller (18-97) Parker (12-18-183) Palmer (4-50) Maye (11) 11-21 H W 34-21 * Virginia 77,000 18,19 Spiller (19-58) Parker (19-26-234) J. Ford (6-106) Conner (13) 11-28 A L 17-34 South Carolina 80,574 15,16 Spiller (9-18) Parker (22-42-212) Palmer (8-106) Conner (11) 12-5 ^N1 L 34-39 # Georgia Tech (12,12) 57,227 25,NR Spiller (20-233) Parker (10-17-91) J. Ford (3-32) Gilchrist, Maye (13) 12-27 ^N2 $ Kentucky * - ACC regular-season game; # - ACC Championship game; $ - Music City Bowl; ^ - night game; N1 - Tampa, FL; N2 - Nashville, TN; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game; rankings are prior to the particular game; unofficial home attendance - 519,500 (74,214 per game); unofficial total (home, away, neutral) attendance - 856,934 (65,918 per game).
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2009 Team Game-By-Game Stats Category MTS GAT BOC TCU UMD WFU MIA CCU FSU NCS UVA Points 37 27 25 10 21 38 40 49 40 43 34 14 30 7 14 24 3 37 3 24 23 21 Total Offense 361 386 253 309 274 382 410 400 483 454 366 299 418 54 388 284 178 433 170 392 377 273 Plays 68 68 78 69 70 57 71 60 67 55 64 81 64 49 66 71 70 62 63 71 80 59 Yards Per Play 5.3 5.7 3.2 4.5 3.9 6.7 5.8 6.7 7.2 8.3 5.7 3.7 6.5 1.1 5.9 4.0 2.5 7.0 2.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 Rushing Yards 202 125 151 117 81 195 84 252 241 254 132 92 301 29 162 69 81 177 143 128 138 78 Carries 47 36 50 32 30 33 34 37 37 36 38 37 49 28 40 45 44 35 46 36 41 40 Passing Yards 159 261 102 192 193 187 326 148 242 200 234 207 117 25 226 215 97 256 27 264 239 195 Completions 9 15 14 17 22 15 25 13 18 13 19 21 4 5 17 19 12 17 5 21 16 13 Passing Attempts 21 32 28 37 40 24 37 23 30 19 26 44 15 21 26 26 26 27 17 35 39 19 Had Intercepted 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 3 2 4 1 0 Completion Percentage 42.9 46.9 50.0 45.9 55.0 62.5 67.6 56.5 60.0 68.4 73.1 47.7 26.7 23.8 65.4 73.1 46.2 63.0 29.4 60.0 41.0 68.4 Passing Efficiency 128.4 133.8 66.3 89.5 90.5 141.7 162.9 136.2 165.1 208.9 174.1 81.1 87.5 21.0 163.8 167.9 62.1 144.8 19.2 109.9 112.8 189.4 First Downs 18 13 15 17 18 16 23 22 21 20 20 18 15 4 19 15 13 18 12 22 26 17 Total Touchdowns 4 3 1 1 2 5 5 7 6 6 4 2 3 1 2 3 0 4 0 3 3 3 Rushing Touchdowns 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Passing Touchdowns 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 Field Goals 3-5 2-2 6-6 1-2 2-4 1-1 2-3 0-0 0-2 1-1 2-3 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-2 3-3 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 Punting 3-43.0 6-30.7 5-44.8 5-39.0 7-39.1 6-37.5 3-45.3 3-38.3 3-42.3 3-37.3 3-38.3 7-38.4 6-36.7 10-39.1 6-31.8 8-43.3 9-36.9 3-46.3 8-36.0 3-36.0 5-30.0 5-39.8 Time of Possession 29:38 28:31 37:11 28:40 28:49 24:03 31:39 26:06 27:18 26:47 32:23 30:22 31:29 22:49 31:20 31:11 35:57 28:21 33:54 32:42 33:13 27:37 Third-Down Conversions 4-14 7-19 6-20 7-17 4-16 3-10 7-14 6-12 7-14 6-10 5-13 9-20 3-14 1-12 5-13 7-17 4-17 8-14 4-17 6-11 7-15 6-13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-2 0-2 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-4 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 Average Starting Field Position* 46 30 44 29 31 36 32 46 44 32 48 26 35 30 26 35 31 24 21 24 25 23 Red-Zone Scoring 2-3 2-2 4-4 2-3 1-1 5-5 2-3 4-5 4-7 5-5 5-6 1-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-2 4-5 2-2 Red-Zone Touchdowns 0-3 1-2 0-4 1-3 1-1 4-5 1-3 4-5 4-7 4-5 3-6 1-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 1-2 3-5 2-2 First-&-Goal Scoring 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 4-4 0-1 3-3 2-4 0-0 4-4 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-1 2-2 2-2 First-&-Goal Touchdowns 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 3-4 0-1 3-3 2-4 0-0 2-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 2-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-1 2-2 2-2 Turnovers 2 2 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 3 2 4 0 2 2 4 2 5 1 2 Points Off Turnovers 10 3 6 0 3 3 7 14 21 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 Penalties 4-40 6-50 5-46 6-49 7-50 2-20 4-39 3-20 7-60 7-79 5-51 3-18 6-50 4-27 11-106 6-57 6-55 11-79 5-41 7-39 6-42 4-25 Punt Returns 5-135 1-15 4-127 1-0 2-13 3-5 0-0 5-14 1-9 0-0 2-39 0-0 1-85 1-8 2-8 5-50 2-1 1-(-3) 2-14 1-42 1-5 2-12 Kickoff Returns 3-144 6-122 1-27 2-36 4-116 0-0 7-173 0-0 4-79 3-23 3-67 8-144 6-108 8-169 3-52 5-113 7-143 3-59 8-158 7-154 6-107 6-113 Interception Returns 3-39 2-20 3-22 0-0 0-0 2-33 3-50 2-96 4-82 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 2-19 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-52 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 1-68 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-53 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Sacks 3-18 0-0 4-25 1-8 4-32 5-37 3-19 2-7 2-3 2-10 7-54 1-11 3-9 2-7 0-0 3-32 4-30 2-45 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 * - in teams’ own territory; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Clemson totals on top, opponent totals on bottom; bold denotes a Clemson home game.
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USC 17 34 260 388 61 80 4.3 4.9 48 223 19 58 212 165 22 11 42 22 1 1 52.4 50.0 97.9 148.9 14 21 2 4 0 1 1 3 1-1 2-3 7-37.7 4-36.0 23:29 36:31 3-13 6-16 0-1 1-1 31 38 0-0 4-4 0-0 4-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 3 2 0 14 2-20 4-39 2-17 4-31 6-154 4-109 1-0 1-54 0-0 1-14 1-10 2-14
^GAT 34 39 414 469 51 83 8.1 5.7 323 333 34 65 91 136 10 9 17 18 2 0 58.8 50.0 80.3 131.8 15 28 5 4 5 3 0 1 0-1 4-4 0 0 22:43 37:17 5-9 11-18 1-2 2-3 32 36 3-3 5-5 3-3 3-5 3-3 2-2 3-3 1-2 2 0 0 6 4-30 5-31 0-0 0-0 5-106 6-117 0-0 2-50 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
KEN
Totals 415 273 4752 4123 839 899 5.7 4.6 2205 1954 463 564 2547 2169 212 170 376 335 13 21 56.4 50.7 125.7 111.3 232 228 51 32 22 9 22 19 21-31 17-21 54-38.9 74-37.5 28:15 31:45 70-181 77-197 4-15 6-18 37 29 39-47 27-31 26-47 19-31 20-23 16-17 15-23 12-17 24 29 81 55 62-554 78-609 26-374 22-253 44-1047 77-1546 21-342 13-177 1-3 3-135 34-223 19-151
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2009 Individual Offensive & Special Teams Stats RUSHING Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#30 Diehl Car‑Yds‑TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-5-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-1)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
#23 Ellington Car-Yds-TD 9-72-0 3-21-0 9-45-0 0-0-0 4-9-0 2-34-0 6-12-0 6-88-1 6-54-1 7-31-0 5-29-1 2-13-0 5-63-1
#6 Ford Car-Yds-TD 1-9-0 2-1-0 2-17-0 0-0-0 2-19-1 1-4-0 2-16-0 1-10-0 1-8-0 1-17-1 1-16-0 2-(-1)-0 1-4-0
#8 Harper Car-Yds-TD 15-75-0 4-12-0 13-17-0 2-2-0 2-1-0 3-13-1 6-19-0 13-76-1 1-2-0 4-86-1 4-19-0 2-5-0 3-12-0
#3 Korn Car-Yds-TD 1-(-10)-0 ---------- 2-(-6)-0 ---------- 2-4-0 6-3-0 ---------- 3-19-1 ---------- 3-2-0 ---------- ---------- ----------
#11 Parker Car‑Yds‑TD 7-25-0 7-4-0 4-9-0 3-9-0 2-(-24)-0 7-31-1 5-(-42)-0 3-18-0 4-22-0 3-21-0 5-20-0 4-13-0 4-13-0
#28 Spiller Car‑Yds‑TD 4-12-0 20-87-0 17-77-0 26-112-1 18-72-0 9-106-2 14-81-0 5-27-1 22-165-1 18-97-1 19-58-1 9-18-0 20-233-4
#5 Taylor Car‑Yds‑TD 9-22-0 0-0-0 ---------0-0-0 0-0-0 2-3-0 0-0-0 2-12-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 ----------
3-4-0
64-471-4
17-120-2
72-339-3
17-12-1
58-119-1
201-1145-11
13-37-0
PASSING Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals RECEIVING Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#3 Korn Cm-Att-Yds-Int-TD 0-1-0-1-0 ---------- 1-1-(-1)-0-0 ---------- 2-3-13-0-0 4-6-23-0-0 ---------- 5-6-55-0-1 ---------- 0-0-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- ----------
#11 Parker Cm-Att-Yds-Int-TD 9-20-159-0-2 15-31-261-2-3 13-27-103-2-0 17-37-192-0-0 20-37-180-1-0 10-17-132-0-1 25-37-326-1-3 7-16-70-2-1 18-30-242-1-4 12-18-183-0-2 19-26-234-0-2 22-42-212-1-1 10-17-91-2-0
#28 Spiller Cm-Att-Yds-Int-TD 0-0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 1-1-17-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0
2-2-55-0-1
12-17-90-1-1
197-355-2385-12-19
1-2-17-0-1
#83 Allen Rec‑Yds‑TD 0-0-0 1-9-1 0-0-0 1-8-0 0-0-0 1-10-0 4-36-0 0-0-0 1-17-1 0-0-0 1-16-1 1-12-0 0-0-0
#87 Ashe Rec‑Yds‑TD 0-0-0 2-18-0 1-6-0 1-9-0 1-25-0 2-16-0 2-26-0 ---------- 1-15-0 1-9-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
#21 Dye Rec-Yds-TD 1-4-0 ---------- ---------- 0-0-0 3-29-0 1-32-0 1-15-0 1-23-1 3-68-1 2-34-1 1-13-0 0-0-0 1-18-0
#23 Ellington Rec‑Yds‑TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-8-0 1-3-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 3-25-0 1-5-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-7-0 0-0-0
10-108-3
11-124-0
14-236-3
11-55-0
KICKING Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals RETURNS Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#6 Ford Cm-Att-Yds-Int-TD 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 1-1-32-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 1-1-23-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0
#13 Benton FG Made Missed --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 28 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1
0
#81 Brown PR # Yds Avg 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 11 5.5 -- -- --- 0 0 --- -- -- --- 0 0 --- -- -- --- 2
11
#19 Jackson FG Made Missed 22,19,44 45,48 21,53 --- 23,33,32,52,42,35 --- 26 34 41,51 47,48 22 --- 43,30 41 --- --- --- 38,26 --- --- 21,24 52 45 --- --- 52
5.5
20
# 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10
10
#6 Ford PR Yds Avg 72 24.0 15 15.0 8 8.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 0 --- 0 --- 1 1.0 0 --- 0 --- 22 22.0 15 15.0 0 --- 143
# 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14.3
3
# 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 8
#28 Spiller PR Yds Avg 63 31.5 0 --- 119 39.7 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 9 9.0 0 --- 17 17.0 2 2.0 0 --- 210
26.3
#6 Ford Rec‑Yds‑TD 3-70-1 5-109-1 6-36-0 6-55-0 5-37-0 1-51-0 2-37-1 4-45-1 5-53-0 2-55-0 6-106-1 5-49-0 3-32-0
#8 Harper Rec‑Yds‑TD 1-(-2)-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-15-0 2-9-0 1-9-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 2-7-0
53-735-5
11-49-0
#19 Jackson PUNTING Yds Avg -20 0 ----- 0 23 23.0 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 70 35.0 1 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 0 ----- 0 93
31.0
50+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# 3 5 5 5 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 7 --
0
51
1
#23 Ellington KOR # Yds Avg 0 0 --- 1 17 17.0 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 10 10.0 0 0 --- 2 30 15.0 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 18 18.0 1 20 20.0
# 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1
6
9
95
15.8
#86 Palmer Rec‑Yds‑TD 0-0-0 1-16-0 3-21-0 3-21-0 5-65-0 4-49-1 5-74-1 ---------- 2-7-0 4-50-1 3-30-0 8-106-1 3-29-0
#28 Spiller Rec‑Yds‑TD 0-0-0 4-69-1 1-2-0 3-79-0 2-7-0 2-6-0 6-104-1 0-0-0 3-67-1 3-48-1 5-39-0 3-19-0 1-5-0
41-468-4
33-445-4
#96 Zimmerman PUNTING Yds Avg -20 129 43.0 1 161 32.2 1 224 44.8 1 195 39.0 2 274 39.1 1 155 38.8 1 136 45.3 2 115 38.3 2 127 42.3 1 112 37.3 1 115 38.3 2 264 37.7 2 --- ----- -- 2007
#6 Ford KOR Yds Avg 39 39.0 27 13.5 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 18 9.0 0 --- 0 --- 0 --- 67 22.3 0 --- 23 23.0 174
19.3
39.4
17
50+ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4
#28 Spiller KOR # Yds Avg 1 96 96.0 3 78 26.0 1 27 27.0 2 36 18.0 2 97 48.5 0 0 --3 125 41.7 0 0 --3 71 23.7 1 13 13.0 0 0 --2 102 51.0 3 63 21.0 21
708
33.7
^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.
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2009 Individual Defensive Stats Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#9 Adams Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int ---------- ---------- 2-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 10-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 ---------- 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 ----------
#24 Alexander Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 33-2-2-1 *24-3-0-0 *16-0-0-0 11-1-0-0 32-5-0-0 *33-1-0-0 *38-5-1-0 21-2-0-0 *42-8-0.5-0.5 *41-5-0-0 *55-4-1-1 *35-5-1-0 *74-5-0-0
#41 Andrews Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 5-0-0-0 10-1-0-0 7-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 16-3-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
#93 Bowers Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk *42-3-1-0 *47-7-1-0 *33-6-1-1 *50-5-0-0 *51-7-2-2 *36-6-3-0 *47-2-0-0 *1-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- *13-1-1-0 45-4-1-0 *56-11-1-0
#40 Branch Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 25-5-1-0 18-4-0-0 16-2-0-0 20-3-1-0 20-3-0-0 31-2-1-1 19-1-1-0 22-5-2-0 29-4-1-0 41-4-0-0 22-1-1-1 26-4-0-0 27-4-0-0
#29 Brewer Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int 26-1-1-0 2-1-0-0 7-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 17-2-0-0 0-1-0-0 24-3-0-0 10-2-1-0 16-1-1-0 5-1-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0
#37 Brown Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int ------------------0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 ---------------------------0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 ---------0-0-0-0
12-2-0-0
455-46-5.5-2.5
45-5-0-0
421-52-11-3
316-42-8-2
111-14-3-0
0-0-0-0
Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#18 Butler Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int *58-2-0-0 *48-1-0-0 *38-1-1-0 *57-3-0-0 *52-3-2-0 *47-2-1-0 *55-1-1-0 *33-0-1-1 *44-10-1-0 *65-0-1-0 *55-2-1-0 *63-3-1-0 *73-5-0-0
#48 Campbell Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 7-4-1-1 2-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 6-1-0-0 21-2-0-0 2-2-0-0 1-1-0-0 3-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 10-2-0-0 4-1-1-1 2-0-0-0 6-2-0-0
#27 Chambers Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int *82-4-2-0 ---------- 6-0-0-0 *38-7-0-0 28-5-0-0 11-1-0-0 7-0-0-0 27-0-0-0 24-1-0-0 5-0-0-0 18-0-0-0 9-1-0-0 0-0-0-0
#38 Chancellor Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int *58-4-1-1 *50-3-0-0 *34-0-1-0 *47-3-1-0 *61-6-0-0 *39-2-0-0 *60-7-1-0 *33-0-0-0 *20-2-0-0 *73-4-1-0 *60-2-1-0 *67-3-3-0 *63-1-0-0
#89 Chavis Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk 43-1-0-0 21-2-0-0 16-3-0-0 27-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 28-2-0-0 6-0-0-0 24-6-0-0 16-2-0.5-0.5 31-2-1-1 23-3-0-0 26-3-0-0 25-1-0-0
#42 Clear Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk ---------- ---------- 2-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- 3-0-0-0 ---------- 17-1-0-0 ---------- 2-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- ----------
#33 Conner Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 0-1-0-0 *65-9-0-0 *41-10-0-0 16-6-1-0 *51-9-0-0 *57-8-2-1 *59-3-0-0 *23-4-0-0 *49-5-0-0 *55-8-1-0 *52-13-1-0 *77-11-2-0 *70-9-0-0
688-33-10-1
69-18-2-2
255-19-2-0
665-37-9-1
290-27-1.5-1.5
24-1-0-0
615-96-7-1
Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#44 Cooper Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 0-0-0-0 41-4-0-0 5-2-0-0 5-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- 21-2-0-0 1-0-0-0 11-3-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 9-3-0-0
#8 Cumbie Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 39-1-1-1 12-1-0-0 19-4-0-0 20-5-0-0 30-0-0-0 33-8-1.5-0.5 27-4-0-0 27-5-0-0 30-3-0-0 39-4-0-0 25-5-1-1 34-9-1-0 29-4-0-0
#12 Gilchrist Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int *68-4-0-0 *65-8-1-0 *43-5-1-0 *71-10-0-0 *69-8-0-0 *65-6-1-0 *61-11-0-0 *39-3-0-0 *69-4-0-0 *83-8-1-0 *56-11-1-0 *80-8-0-0 *71-13-0-0
#97 Goodman Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 20-1-0-0 18-2-0-0 18-3-2-0 20-3-1-1 20-1-0-0 31-2-1-1 19-2-0-0 29-6-1-0 29-1-0-0 44-4-0-0 22-1-0-0 9-1-0-0 27-3-0-0
#31 Hall Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int *70-13-0-0 0-0-0-0 26-6-0-1 *55-9-0-0 *11-1-0-0 38-4-0-1 17-1-0-1 *37-7-0-1 *59-4-0-1 *77-4-2-0 27-4-0-0 *42-5-0-1 17-1-0-0
#45 Hawkins Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk 2-0-0-0 ---------- 5-0-0-0 ---------- 7-0-0-0 17-2-0-0 5-0-0-0 24-8-2-2 0-0-0-0 14-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 5-1-0-0
#99 Jenkins Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk *29-4-1-0 *48-7-0-0 *20-1-0-0 *38-6-1-0 *45-9-3-1 *23-4-0-0 *52-4-0-0 *18-3-0-0 *39-8-2-0 *48-6-3-0 *35-4-0-0 *44-3-0-0 *48-7-1-0
100-15-0-0
364-53-4.5-2.5
840-99-5-0
306-30-5-2
476-59-2-6
79-12-2-2
487-66-11-1
Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#32 Lewis Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int ---------- ---------- 2-0-0-0 ---------- ---------- 0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 17-5-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 ----------
#36 Maxwell Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int 23-6-0-0 22-2-1-0 22-2-1-0 27-3-0-0 10-2-0-0 19-1-1-0 9-3-0-0 33-0-0-0 52-5-1-1 19-0-1-1 4-2-0-0 23-5-0-0 30-3-0-0
#20 Maye Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk *71-14-1-0 *63-8-0-0 *43-4-0-0 *65-5-0-0 *38-5-0-0 *41-5-0-0 *56-7-1-1 *36-5-0-0 *71-6-1-1 *63-11-2-1 *56-11-1-0 *78-9-0-0 *72-13-1-0
#2 McDaniel Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int *65-14-0-1 *65-10-0-2 *43-5-1-1 *71-5-0-0 *70-8-0-0 *57-4-0-1 *66-6-0-2 *38-4-0-0 *73-9-0-1 *66-6-1-0 *60-4-0-0 *80-3-0-0 *78-9-0-0
#22 Meeks Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int 12-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 6-0-1-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 11-2-0-0 ---------- 20-2-0-0 ---------- 0-0-0-0 ----------
#94 Moore Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk 20-4-0-0 11-0-0-0 14-2-0-0 5-1-0-0 16-1-0-0 23-4-0.5-0.5 11-1-0-0 27-3-2-0 23-2-1-0 14-0-0-0 8-2-2-2 10-2-0-0 16-0-0-0
#79 Richardson Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk ---------------------------------------------3-1-0-0 ---------7-1-0-0 ----------------------------------------------
19-6-0-0
293-34-5-2
753-103-7-3
832-87-2-8
54-6-1-1
198-22-5.5-2.5
10-2-0-0
Opponent Middle Tennessee Georgia Tech Boston College Texas Christian Maryland Wake Forest Miami (FL) Coastal Carolina Florida State N.C. State Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech^ Kentucky Totals
#7 Sapp Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk *43-3-1-0 *47-9-2-0 *33-6-3-2 *50-2-0-0 *51-5-1-0 *37-2-1-1 *47-6-1-1 *28-3-1-0 *58-5-0-0 *54-5-0-0 *40-2-2-1 *60-4-2-0 *56-6-1-0
#15 Sensabaugh Snaps-Tac-PBU-Int 25-1-0-0 8-1-0-0 7-0-0-0 26-3-0-0 2-2-0-0 15-1-0-0 4-1-0-0 27-2-2-0 23-1-0-1 5-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 ----------
#98 Thompson Snaps-Tac-TFL-Sk *37-3-0-0 *40-6-0-0 *22-3-1-0 *41-4-0-0 *41-6-1-0 *29-3-0-0 *38-2-0-0 *19-2-0-0 *42-1-0-0 *41-3-0-0 *34-4-0-0 *48-5-0-0 *48-3-0-0
#46 Willard Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 12-3-1-0 0-0-0-0 3-2-1-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-2-0-0 13-2-0-0
#50 Wright Snaps‑Tac‑TFL-Sk ------------------3-0-0-0 ------------------3-0-0-0 ---------11-0-0-0 ----------------------------------------------
604-58-15-5
142-14-2-1
480-45-2-0
32-10-3-0
17-0-0-0
* - start; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: “Snaps” does not include special team plays or offensive plays; special team tackles are included; bold denotes a Clemson home game.
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2009 Superlatives Category Clemson Team High Total Offense 483 vs. Florida State, 11-7 469 Plays 78 vs. Boston College, 9-19 83 Yards Per Play 8.3 vs. N.C. State, 11-14 7.0 Rushing Yards 323 vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 333 Carries 50 vs. Boston College, 9-19 65 Yards Per Carry 9.5 vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 6.1 Rushing Touchdowns 5 vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 3 Passing Yards 326 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 264 Completions 25 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 21 21 Passing Attempts 42 vs. South Carolina, 11-28 44 Completion % (min. 10 comp.) 73.1 vs. Virginia, 11-21 73.1 Passing Efficiency (min. 10 comp.) 208.9 vs. N.C. State, 11-14 189.4 Passing Touchdowns 4 vs. Florida State, 11-7 3 3 Longest Pass 77 vs. Georgia Tech, 9-10 70 First Downs 23 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 28 Total Touchdowns 7 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10-31 4 4 4 Points 49 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10-31 39 Field Goals 6 vs. Boston College, 9-19 4 Punting Average (min. 3 punts) 45.3 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 46.3 Time of Possession 37:11 vs. Boston College, 9-19 37:17 Penalties 7 vs. Maryland, 10-3 11 7 vs. Florida State, 11-7 11 7 vs. N.C. State, 11-14 Penalty Yards 79 vs. N.C. State, 11-14 106 Turnovers 3 vs. many (4) 5 Third-Down Conversions 7 vs. many (4) 11 Third-Down Conversion % 60.0 vs. N.C. State, 11-14 61.1 Average Starting Field Position* 48 vs. Virginia, 11-21 38 Punt Return Yards 135 vs. Middle Tennessee, 9-5 85 Kickoff Return Yards 173 vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 169 Interception Return Yards 96 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10-31 54 Interceptions By Defense 4 vs. Florida State, 11-7 2 2 2 Fumble Return Yards 3 vs. Virginia, 11-21 68 Sacks By Defense 7 vs. Virginia, 11-21 4 Category Clemson Individual Best Total Offense 284 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 312 Rushing Yards 233 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 127 Carries 26 by C.J. Spiller vs. Texas Christian, 9-26 26 Rushing Touchdowns 4 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 2 Longest Rush 69 by Jamie Harper vs. N.C. State, 11-14 82 Passing Yards 326 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 264 Completions 25 by Kyle Parker vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 21 Passing Attempts 42 by Kyle Parker vs. South Carolina, 11-28 42 Completion % (min. 10 comp.) 73.1 by Kyle Parker vs. Virginia, 11-21 73.1 Passing Efficiency (min. 10 comp.) 188.7 by Kyle Parker vs. N.C. State, 11-14 167.9 Passing Touchdowns 4 by Kyle Parker vs. Florida State, 11-7 3 Receptions 8 by Michael Palmer vs. South Carolina, 11-28 9 Receiving Yards 109 by Jacoby Ford vs. Georgia Tech, 9-10 93 Receiving Touchdowns 1 by many (8) vs. many (9), many times (22) 2 2 All‑Purpose Yards 312 by C.J. Spiller vs. Florida State, 11-7 174 Total Touchdowns 4 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 2 2 2 Points 24 by C.J. Spiller vs. Georgia Tech, 12-5 15 Field Goals 6 by Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 9-19 4 Punting Average (min. 3 punts) 45.3 by Dawson Zimmerman vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 46.3 Punt Return Yards 119 by C.J. Spiller vs. Boston College, 9-19 85 Kickoff Return Yards 125 by C.J. Spiller vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 149 Interception Return Yards 50 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 54 Interceptions 2 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Georgia Tech, 9-10 1 2 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Miami (FL), 10-24 Fumble Return Yards 3 by Chris Chancellor vs. Virginia, 11-21 68 Tackles 14 by Brandon Maye vs. Middle Tennessee, 9-5 14 by DeAndre McDaniel vs. Middle Tennessee, 9-5 Sacks 2 by many (4) vs. many (4) Tackles For Loss 3 by Ricky Sapp vs. Boston College, 9-19 3 by Jarvis Jenkins vs. many (2) 3 by Da’Quan Bowers vs. Wake Forest, 10-17
Opponent Team High by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Miami (FL), 10-24 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 9-10 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Florida State, 11-7 by Middle Tennessee, 9-5 by Florida State, 11-7 by Middle Tennessee, 9-5 by Maryland, 10-3 by Virginia, 11-21 by N.C. State, 11-14 by South Carolina, 11-28 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Miami (FL), 10-24 by South Carolina, 11-28 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Miami (FL), 10-24 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Texas Christian, 9-26 by Miami (FL), 10-24 by Texas Christian, 9-26 by Florida State, 11-7 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by Georgia Tech, 12-5 by South Carolina, 11-28 by Georgia Tech, 9-10 by Boston College, 9-19 by South Carolina, 11-28 by Georgia Tech, many times (2) by Boston College, 9-19 by Coastal Carolina, 10-31 by Middle Tennessee, 9-5 by Wake Forest, 10-17 Opponent Individual Best by Andy Dalton (Texas Christian), 9-26 by Anthony Allen (Georgia Tech), 9-10 by Jermaine Thomas (Florida State), 11-7 by Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech), 12-5 by Anthony Allen (Georgia Tech), 9-10 by Christian Ponder (Florida State), 11-7 by Christian Ponder (Florida State), 11-7 by Dwight Dasher (Middle Tennessee), 9-5 by Chris Turner (Maryland), 10-3 by Chris Turner (Maryland), 10-3 by Stephen Garcia (South Carolina), 11-28 by Rod Owens (Florida State), 11-7 by Demaryius Thomas (Georgia Tech), 9-10 by Jarvis Williams (N.C. State), 11-14 by Weslye Saunders (South Carolina), 11-28 by Torrey Smith (Maryland), 10-3 by Jarvis Williams (N.C. State), 11-14 by Weslye Saunders (South Carolina), 11-28 by Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech), 12-5 by Scott Blair (Georgia Tech), 12-5 by Scott Blair (Georgia Tech), 12-5 by Matt Bosher (Miami (FL)), 10-24 by Jerrard Tarrant (Georgia Tech), 9-10 by Jeff Smith (Boston College), 9-19 by DeVonte Holloman (South Carolina), 11-28 by many (13), many teams (8) by Chris McCoy (Middle Tennessee), 9-5
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2009 Clemson Offensive Drive Charts Middle Tennessee # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Qtr 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3-4 4 4
Clock 13:51 12:11 9:18 3:50 14:44 14:01 3:04 2:11 12:17 10:17 6:26 1:27 9:27 2:10
Spot Plays 42 3 *45 8 *34 9 27 3 *32 2 41 11 *43 1 50 5 *39 2 *32 3 39 8 36 3 6 10 24 5
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Qtr 1 1 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4 4
Clock 15:00 11:56 9:18 6:50 2:33 10:22 6:33 2:42 1:01 12:56 6:20 1:58 14:03 5:32 0:51
Spot Plays 40 6 45 3 42 6 28 3 27 6 37 1 13 6 22 3 18 3 43 7 20 3 24 7 35 7 33 5 30 4
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Qtr 1 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Clock 14:53 9:16 7:40 2:44 13:17 9:53 5:15 0:36 13:21 8:51 5:02 14:07 13:56 9:29 3:59 1:26
Qtr 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4 4
Clock 14:56 3:01 11:48 7:13 1:58 13:12 9:32 1:23 12:37 6:52 1:03
Yards -5 17 29 5 0 57 43 23 2 32 35 2 63 56
TOP 0:52 2:46 •4:02 1:29 0:37 •5:45 0:09 0:56 0:10 1:13 3:35 1:38 3:44 •2:10
Result Punt MFG FG Punt Fumble FG TD FG INT TD Downs Punt MFG Half
TOP 2:19 2:16 2:23 1:07 2:40 0:09 2:28 0:52 0:49 •3:07 1:23 •2:41 2:30 2:40 0:27
Result Downs Punt Punt INT Punt TD INT Punt Punt TD TD FG FG Punt Downs
TOP 2:16 0:07 3:00 2:52 •2:29 •2:07 •3:18 0:26 4:05 1:32 3:06 0:06 3:00 5:16 •1:58 1:26
Result INT INT Punt Punt FG FG FG Punt FG Downs Punt Fumble FG Punt FG Half
Yards 72 0 33 20 72 0 16 8 59 59 3
TOP •6:35 1:35 2:49 2:54 •1:25 0:26 2:35 1:31 2:39 •4:57 1:01
Result FG Punt Punt Downs TD Punt Punt Punt MFG Downs Downs
Yards 16 6 35 79 24 15 8 8 -10 4 48 -1 1 31
TOP 1:16 1:14 4:19 •3:05 4:25 2:08 0:31 1:32 1:41 1:00 2:55 2:05 1:05 1:03
Result Punt Punt FG TD FG Punt INT Punt Punt Punt Punt MFG MFG Fumble
TOP •2:34 2:02 •2:59 •1:51 0:50 0:10
Result TD Punt FG TD Punt TD
Georgia Tech Yards 17 7 20 -2 14 63 22 4 1 57 80 72 30 1 0
Boston College Spot Plays 35 5 48 1 8 5 30 6 *42 7 *8 4 45 10 41 3 47 8 47 4 14 6 8 1 43 7 25 11 *17 4 *28 2
Yards 35 0 19 15 36 -8 40 0 18 8 12 5 33 36 0 -6
Texas Christian # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Spot Plays 20 16 40 3 26 5 44 7 28 6 32 3 25 6 17 3 24 7 25 11 43 4
Maryland
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Qtr 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4 4 4
Clock 14:57 11:39 10:25 4:28 12:54 4:23 0:35 11:41 7:19 0:01 11:35 5:59 3:48 1:30
Spot Plays 31 4 4 3 41 10 21 8 43 9 19 7 40 2 27 3 20 3 9 3 9 8 *29 4 *31 4 30 6
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Qtr 1 1 1 2 2 2
Clock 15:00 10:43 6:33 14:11 8:24 3:47
Spot Plays *46 6 24 3 37 8 34 4 12 3 34 1
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
2 3 3 3 3-4 4 4 4
2:24 13:45 10:33 7:20 3:48 12:33 5:29 1:14
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Qtr 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 OT
Clock 14:51 6:40 13:48 9:33 0:07 10:44 7:10 5:39 4:35 11:35 9:13 3:23 -----
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# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Qtr 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
Clock 15:00 5:12 0:40 11:25 8:34 2:37 11:45 8:43 5:11 3:09 14:38 4:02
Spot Plays 40 12 38 7 31 6 *16 2 45 2 17 5 32 3 37 7 *3 2 *37 6 25 5 43 3
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Qtr 1 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Clock 14:53 6:56 2:00 0:21 11:09 7:40 2:35 12:57 5:04 14:47 12:08 6:44 3:34 2:29
Spot Plays 25 6 24 7 28 3 45 3 *48 2 21 8 *24 4 20 5 20 9 18 6 *24 5 27 6 *5 1 *17 4
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Qtr 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
Clock 14:55 9:22 3:24 12:54 6:37 1:29 11:08 3:47 13:49 8:52 4:29
Spot Plays 37 5 41 9 25 9 *17 1 43 6 13 3 40 7 2 3 23 7 31 1 15 5
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Qtr 1 1 1-2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Clock 14:47 7:28 2:10 10:34 2:10 14:53 10:07 4:39 13:33 9:45 4:56 1:10
Spot Plays *24 6 *48 4 29 6 39 13 *24 3 22 7 34 6 *40 9 33 3 *40 4 34 3 *39 3
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Qtr 1 1 1-2 2 2
Clock 10:53 4:48 1:55 10:37 6:52
40 1 43 43 35 -6 9 -4
•1:18 0:47 1:07 •1:09 4:02 1:59 1:59 1:14
TD Punt Fumble TD Punt Punt Punt Half
Yards 52 -14 34 72 -2 5 73 -21 48 22 65 47 25
TOP 3:48 3:25 2:15 •4:12 0:07 2:09 1:21 0:56 3:51 1:45 •3:36 •3:18 -----
Result MFG Punt Fumble TD Half Punt TD Fumble FG Punt INT FG TD
TOP •6:36 3:03 1:52 •0:29 0:42 1:22 1:17 •3:12 •0:34 •2:37 2:08 2:14
Result INT TD TD TD INT Punt TD TD TD TD Punt Punt
Yards 20 76 -1 -2 48 73 4 80 72 15 24 73 5 -8
TOP 2:32 •3:03 1:36 0:39 0:46 •3:39 0:56 1:26 •2:20 2:19 •2:31 •2:38 •0:05 •2:24
Result Punt TD INT Punt TD Fumble MFG TD MFG Punt TD TD TD Downs
Yards 16 48 75 17 57 20 60 3 77 69 7
TOP 2:42 •3:18 •3:55 •0:06 •2:28 1:29 •3:12 1:51 3:44 0:10 3:33
Result Punt FG TD TD TD Half TD Punt TD TD Punt
Yards 19 48 71 57 24 36 66 34 8 5 2 -9
TOP •3:07 •1:38 •2:45 •6:06 0:18 3:04 •2:50 •4:31 2:14 2:16 2:05 1:10
Result Downs TD TD FG TD Punt TD FG Punt MFG Punt Half
TOP 2:09 2:02 2:08 1:36 1:14
Result Fumble INT Punt Punt Punt
Clemson’s Long Offensive Plays Yds Player(s) Type 77 * Parker to J. Ford Pass 69 * Harper Run 66 * Spiller Run 63 * Parker to Spiller Pass 60 Parker to Spiller Pass 58 * Parker to Spiller Pass 56 * Parker to Spiller Pass 55 * Ellington Run 54 Spiller Run 51 Parker to J. Ford Pass 48 Spiller Run 47 Parker to J. Ford Pass 45 Spiller Run 43 * Parker to J. Ford Pass 43 * Parker to Dye Pass 43 Ellington Run 41 * Spiller Run 40 Spiller Run 38 Parker to Jones Pass 37 Parker to Jones Pass 36 * Parker to J. Ford Pass 36 Ellington Run 36 Spiller Run 36 * Spiller Run 34 Harper Run 34 Spiller Run 34 * Parker to Spiller Pass 33 * Parker to Jones Pass 32 Ellington Run 32 J. Ford to Dye Pass 30 Parker to Spiller Pass 30 Spiller Run 30 Ellington Run 29 Parker to J. Ford Pass 28 Parker to J. Ford Pass 26 * Parker to J. Ford Pass 26 Parker to Jones Pass 26 Parker to Spiller Pass 26 Parker to Palmer Pass 25 Spiller Run 25 Parker to Ashe Pass 25 Parker to Palmer Pass 24 * Parker to J. Ford Pass 23 * J. Ford to Dye Pass 23 Parker to J. Ford Pass 23 Parker to J. Ford Pass 23 Parker to J. Ford Pass 22 Parker to Palmer Pass 22 Parker to Palmer Pass 22 * Parker to Palmer Pass * - touchdown; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: denotes a Clemson home game.
Miami (FL) Spot Plays 25 9 32 5 38 5 28 11 10 1 33 3 27 3 *26 2 27 10 16 4 31 8 40 10 *25 3
Coastal Carolina Yards 41 62 69 16 1 36 68 63 3 37 25 0
Florida State
N.C. State
Virginia
Wake Forest Yards 46 -7 58 66 2 66
*40 *43 23 *43 11 50 22 24
South Carolina Spot Plays 26 5 37 5 37 3 36 3 14 3
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Yards 48 17 6 8 0
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
5:38 13:34 10:16 7:42 3:24 13:15 5:15 2:40
Qtr 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4
Clock 15:00 7:23 13:25 5:28 0:06 9:12 5:03 1:04 7:52 1:20
27 23 25 36 36 32 36 40
8 2 3 3 4 8 7 8
Opp. GAT NCS WFU GAT TCU FSU MIA CCU ^GAT WFU MIA NCS FSU MTS FSU FSU ^GAT ^GAT MTS GAT CCU MTS FSU ^GAT CCU TCU NCS MTS WFU WFU MIA NCS ^GAT BOC UVA MIA BOC UVA USC GAT UMD USC UVA CCU TCU FSU USC WFU NCS USC Bold
32 12 2 3 20 40 64 32
3:15 0:50 1:03 0:49 2:06 1:52 1:29 1:39
Punt Fumble Punt Punt Punt FG TD Downs
Yards 71 39 0 65 -2 60 29 72 63 8
TOP •3:36 3:35 0:10 2:33 0:06 2:33 3:01 •4:04 •1:41 0:51
Result TD MFG INT TD Half TD INT TD TD Downs
Georgia Tech^
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Spot Plays 29 7 26 8 43 1 35 5 25 1 40 5 26 7 28 10 37 4 35 4
* - in opponent’s territory; • red-zone possession; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bolded lines denote scoring drives.
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
2009 Opponent Offensive Drive Charts Middle Tennessee # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Qtr 1 1 1 1 1-2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
Clock 14:42 12:59 9:25 5:10 2:21 8:09 5:53 2:50 1:10 14:54 12:07 8:55 2:51 14:49 5:43
Spot Plays 19 3 12 3 29 1 34 3 34 5 30 3 10 6 18 3 21 2 15 7 43 6 31 9 25 3 33 16 32 11
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Qtr 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Clock 12:41 9:40 5:43 14:53 10:08 4:05 1:50 0:12 14:55 9:43 4:51 14:12 11:26 2:52 0:24
Spot Plays 43 1 18 1 *43 6 25 9 25 7 40 3 45 3 *41 2 22 3 31 5 19 6 20 1 14 12 35 7 *30 1
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
Qtr 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3-4 4 4 4 4
Clock 12:37 11:27 9:09 4:40 14:52 10:41 7:32 1:50 0:10 14:54 9:11 7:19 1:56 14:01 10:48 4:13 1:53
Yards 40 5 0 -2 -4 -7 8 3 9 85 23 31 7 62 44
TOP 0:51 0:48 0:07 1:20 2:37 2:07 2:49 0:39 1:10 •2:25 1:50 2:29 1:24 •5:22 3:33
Result INT Punt INT Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt Half TD INT Downs Punt Downs Downs
TOP 0:45 0:13 3:05 •4:24 3:35 1:23 0:49 0:12 1:59 3:23 2:53 0:09 •5:46 1:55 0:24
Result INT TD TD FG Punt Punt Punt Half Punt Punt Punt INT FG FG Half
TOP 1:04 2:11 1:29 1:56 1:35 0:48 2:17 1:14 0:10 1:33 0:20 2:17 2:49 •0:05 1:19 0:14 0:27
Result Punt INT Punt Punt Punt Fumble Punt Punt Half Punt INT Punt Punt TD Punt INT Downs
Georgia Tech Yards 0 82 43 68 36 5 2 0 6 28 19 0 69 47 -2
Boston College Spot Plays 25 3 23 4 39 3 32 3 20 3 16 2 29 3 24 3 23 1 28 3 23 2 45 3 28 7 *13 1 33 3 1 1 28 4
Yards 8 17 7 -6 -10 -8 -10 3 -1 5 0 8 32 13 3 0 0
Texas Christian
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Qtr 1 1-2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Clock 8:13 1:26 8:59 4:19 0:28 14:53 12:46 6:57 14:52 9:58 1:55 0:02
Spot Plays 9 9 12 10 13 5 36 4 36 5 26 3 25 7 22 11 44 5 20 4 16 3 *46 1
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Qtr 1 1 1 1-2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Clock 13:41 6:00 1:17 8:24 2:15 0:04 14:53 10:09 5:38 4:04 1:21 14:01 8:40 3:54 2:43 0:27
Spot Plays 26 3 24 3 28 10 24 9 19 9 20 1 24 6 35 7 *1 3 40 4 *34 3 42 5 20 4 30 1 31 3 39 1
# 1.
Qtr 1
Clock 12:19
Spot Plays 38 3
Yards 91 63 12 21 13 8 50 36 56 20 5 -2
TOP •5:12 4:38 1:46 2:21 0:28 1:41 3:14 5:34 2:06 3:06 0:52 0:02
Result TD Downs Punt Punt Half Punt MFG Punt TD Punt Punt Half
Yards 9 2 46 76 81 -1 12 23 1 2 -13 14 9 1 -2 -1
TOP 2:02 1:32 3:21 3:52 •1:40 0:04 3:12 2:50 •1:11 2:43 1:20 2:26 2:41 0:06 1:13 0:27
Result Punt Punt FG TD TD Half Punt Punt TD Punt Punt Punt Downs Fumble Punt Half
TOP 1:36
Result Punt
Maryland
Wake Forest Yards 2
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2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
1 1-2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
8:41 3:26 12:13 10:02 7:34 3:30 0:59 14:55 12:58 9:26 6:03 14:46 10:34 3:30
*46 24 11 *45 44 26 27 21 20 34 37 18 16 34
5 11 3 3 8 3 2 3 6 4 6 3 9 3
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Qtr 1 1-2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3-4 4 4 4 OT
Clock 11:03 3:15 11:33 5:21 0:39 15:00 8:35 5:49 0:44 9:50 9:28 5:37 -----
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Qtr 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3-4 4 4
Clock 8:24 2:05 13:42 10:49 7:52 1:15 14:56 10:22 5:23 4:31 0:15 12:30 1:48
Spot Plays 21 6 23 3 25 6 20 3 10 9 16 2 17 7 22 3 31 1 19 3 29 3 21 15 16 3
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Qtr 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4 4 4 4
Clock 12:21 3:47 14:42 10:17 4:01 1:39 14:53 11:23 2:44 12:28 9:29 3:59 3:22 0:05
Spot Plays *43 9 22 4 2 6 22 4 6 3 21 7 33 4 27 16 20 7 35 1 28 5 24 2 13 4 26 1
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Qtr 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4 4
Clock 12:13 6:04 14:29 12:41 4:02 14:53 7:48 1:56 9:59 8:35 0:56
Spot Plays 7 6 20 6 20 3 20 12 25 8 25 9 9 9 *38 7 32 3 10 11 44 7
Qtr 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3-4 4 4 4
Clock 14:55 11:40 5:43 14:20 4:21 1:52 11:49 7:10 0:02 11:19 7:29 2:51
Spot Plays 24 1 5 6 *45 6 17 7 10 4 20 9 19 3 16 3 36 3 11 3 35 7 32 7
21 42 7 -7 45 -10 9 -4 25 9 16 -10 24 9
2:08 4:15 2:11 1:38 •3:45 1:06 0:59 1:10 2:25 2:06 2:15 2:13 5:05 2:16
INT MFG Punt Punt FG Punt Half Punt INT Downs Punt Punt Punt Punt
Yards 56 33 -3 80 28 80 1 6 46 0 69 8 20
TOP •4:23 4:21 2:00 4:24 0:32 •4:08 1:25 0:10 4:02 0:10 0:08 2:14 •-----
Result INT FG Punt TD INT TD Punt Fumble FG INT TD Punt FG
TOP 3:12 1:25 2:17 2:15 5:15 1:15 3:11 1:39 0:12 1:22 0:37 •8:28 1:48
Result Punt Punt INT Punt Punt Half Punt Punt INT Punt Punt FG Half
Yards 26 78 46 58 10 39 26 73 31 0 18 1 4 -2
TOP 5:19 1:39 3:33 •2:37 1:26 1:39 1:56 •6:19 2:57 0:20 2:45 0:25 0:53 0:05
Result FG TD Fumble INT INT MFG Punt TD Punt INT Punt INT Downs Half
Yards 17 23 -9 80 27 75 49 29 3 76 56
TOP 2:51 2:40 1:35 •5:59 2:33 •3:45 4:01 •3:01 1:07 •4:06 •0:53
Result Punt INT Punt TD Punt TD Punt FG Punt Downs TD
Yards 0 17 45 83 17 80 9 4 -8 -8 31 7
TOP 0:08 4:12 •3:27 •3:40 2:11 1:52 1:42 2:31 1:29 1:34 2:33 1:41
Result Fumble Punt TD TD Fumble TD Punt Punt Punt Punt Downs Downs
Opponents’ Long Offensive Plays Yds Player(s) Type Team 82 * Allen Run GAT 70 * Nesbitt to D. Thomas Pass ^GAT 69 * J. Harris to Benjamin Pass MIA 58 Dalton to Wesley Pass TCU 49 * Ponder to Pryor Pass FSU 44 J. James Run MIA 44 Ponder to Reed Pass FSU 43 Dasher to Blissard Pass MTS 39 Gilmore to A. Jeffery Pass USC 39 Nesbitt to D. Thomas Pass GAT 38 Sewell to Jones Pass UVA 36 Garcia to Gurley Pass USC 34 * Blair to D. Thomas Pass GAT 34 R. Wilson to Ja. Williams Pass NCS 32 Allen Run GAT 30 Hall to Sewell Pass UVA 29 Dalton to Kerley Pass TCU 29 * Turner to Smith Pass UMD 28 Dasher to Tanner Pass MTS 28 Turner to Smith Pass UMD 26 J. Harris to Hankerson Pass MIA 26 R. Wilson to Baker Pass NCS 25 * Dalton to Hicks Pass TCU 25 Cooper Run MIA 25 Sewell to Burd Pass UVA 25 Garcia to M. Brown Pass USC 24 Nesbitt to Allen Pass GAT 23 Nesbitt Run GAT 23 * Berry Run MIA 23 * Sewell to Simpson Pass UVA 22 J. Harris to Hankerson Pass MIA 22 Glennon to Bowens Pass NCS 22 Simpson Run UVA 22 Miles Run USC 22 Jones Run ^GAT 21 R. Wilson to Spencer Pass NCS 21 Glennon to Spencer Pass NCS 21 Jones Run ^GAT 21 Nesbitt to Dwyer Pass ^GAT * - touchdown; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.
Miami (FL) Spot Plays 24 9 35 8 28 3 20 10 35 4 20 9 17 3 20 1 20 8 15 1 31 1 20 3 *25 5
Coastal Carolina Yards 13 3 22 5 30 14 13 2 0 -1 2 64 3
Florida State
N.C. State
Virginia # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
vs.
South Carolina # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Qtr 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3-4 4 4 4
Clock 14:33 8:44 2:46 14:47 9:01 2:23 14:52 12:44 9:13 6:53 1:18 11:17 3:40 1:01
Qtr 1 1-2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
Clock 11:19 3:48 13:15 2:49 14:54 6:33 2:02 11:55 6:05 0:29
Spot Plays 27 9 40 7 *11 2 23 11 10 6 20 6 29 3 *35 7 45 4 20 6 14 5 30 11 *4 4 28 2
Yards 41 60 11 47 36 30 2 10 55 19 38 49 4 -4
TOP 3:40 •3:23 •0:45 4:03 2:09 2:23 1:18 2:28 •1:26 3:29 3:03 5:55 •1:00 1:01
Result INT TD TD FG Punt Half Punt MFG TD Punt Punt FG TD Half
TOP 3:49 •5:18 •7:49 •2:43 •5:42 1:23 0:51 4:03 •4:45 0:29
Result FG TD FG FG TD TD FG Downs TD Half
Georgia Tech^ # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Spot Plays 15 9 35 12 45 12 36 15 29 11 30 3 *28 4 25 7 14 13 *43 1
Yards 54 65 23 53 71 70 5 38 86 -1
* - in opponent’s territory; • red-zone possession; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bolded lines denote scoring drives.
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Individual Career Highs Rushing
# 45 30 23 8 3 11 28 5 37
Player Daniel Barnes Chad Diehl Andre Ellington Jamie Harper Willy Korn Kyle Parker C.J. Spiller Rendrick Taylor Ronald Watson
Carries 1, CCU ‘09 2, WFU ‘09 9, many (2) 15, MTS ‘09 8, ULM ‘07 7, many (3) 26, TCU ‘09 9, MTS ‘09 4, SCS ‘08
Tackles
Yards 3, CCU ‘09 5, WFU ‘09 88, CCU ‘09 86, NCS ‘09 20, ULM ‘07 31, WFU ‘09 233, ^GAT ‘09 22, MTS ‘09 9, SCS ‘08
*Yards/Carries ---------- ---------- ---------- 5.8, CCU ‘09 ---------- ---------- 15.5, USC ‘06 ---------- ----------
Touchdowns ---------- ---------- 1, many (4) 1, many (4) 1, many (3) 1, WFU ‘09 4, ^GAT ‘09 ---------- ----------
Long 3, CCU ‘09 5, WFU ‘09 55, CCU ‘09 69, NCS ‘09 16, CCU ‘09 19, many (2) 83, AUB ‘07 10, CCU ‘09 4, SCS ‘08
Passing
# Player 3 Willy Korn 11 Kyle Parker
Completions 7, many (3) 25, MIA ‘09
Attempts 12, DUK ‘08 42, USC ‘09
ºPercentage ---------- 73.1, UVA ‘09
Yards 81, CIT ‘08 326, MIA ‘09
Touchdowns 1, many (3) 4, FSU ‘09
Long 42, FUR ‘07 77, GAT ‘09
# Player 3 Willy Korn 11 Kyle Parker
ºEfficiency ---------- 188.7, NCS ‘09
ºYards/Attempts ---------- 10.17, NCS ‘09
ºYards/Completions ---------- 17.4, GAT ‘09
Interceptions 1, many (2) 2, many (4)
Plays 16, many (2) 46, USC ‘09
Total Offense 95, SCS ‘08 284, MIA ‘09
Receiving
# 83 87 82 81 85 30 21 23 80 6 8 88 26 86 28 5
Player Dwayne Allen Terrance Ashe Durrell Barry Jaron Brown Brandon Clear Chad Diehl Xavier Dye Andre Ellington Brandon Ford Jacoby Ford Jamie Harper Kyle Johnson Marquan Jones Michael Palmer C.J. Spiller Rendrick Taylor
Receptions 4, MIA ‘09 5, VAT ‘07 2, SCS ‘08 1, many (3) 2, CCU ‘09 1, many (3) 3, many (3) 3, MIA ‘09 1, CCU ‘09 7, BOC ‘08 2, many (4) 1, CCU ‘09 3, CIT ‘08 8, USC ‘09 7, DUK ‘08 4, many (3)
Yards 36, MIA ‘09 44, VAT ‘07 36, CIT ‘08 18, CCU ‘09 25, CCU ‘09 13, MTS ‘09 68, FSU ‘09 25, MIA ‘09 4, CCU ‘09 112, NEB ‘08 15, WFU ‘09 11, CCU ‘09 71, MTS ‘09 106, USC ‘09 108, DUK ‘08 54, DUK ‘07
•Yards/Receptions 9.0, MIA ‘09 8.8, VAT ‘07 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 22.7, FSU ‘09 8.3, MIA ‘09 ---------- 23.3, MTS ‘09 ---------- ---------- 8.0, CIT ‘08 14.8, MIA ‘09 27.3, BOC ‘06 17.7, NCS ‘07
Touchdowns 1, many (3) ---------- 1, many (2) 1, CCU ‘09 ---------- ---------- 1, many (4) ---------- ---------- 2, CMU ‘07 ---------- ---------- 1, MTS ‘09 1, many (8) 1, many (11) 1, FAU ‘06
Long 17, FSU ‘09 25, UMD ‘09 36, CIT ‘08 18, CCU ‘09 17, CCU ‘09 13, MTS ‘09 43, FSU ‘09 12, MIA ‘09 4, CCU ‘09 77, GAT ‘09 14, MIA ‘09 11, CCU ‘09 38, MTS ‘09 26, many (2) 83, DUK ‘08 35, NCS ‘07
# Player Tackles 9 Spencer Adams 1, many (2) 24 Kevin Alexander 8, FSU ‘09 41 Daniel Andrews 3, NCS ‘09 93 Da’Quan Bowers 11, ^GAT ‘09 40 Andre Branch 5, many (2) 29 Xavier Brewer 3, CCU ‘09 37 Kantrell Brown 2, CIT ‘08 90 Kourtnei Brown 4, many (2) 18 Crezdon Butler 10, FSU ‘09 48 Jeremy Campbell 6, many (2) 27 Sadat Chambers 7, TCU ‘09 38 Chris Chancellor 8, UVA ‘08 89 Miguel Chavis 6, CCU ‘09 42 Byron Clear 1, CCU ‘09 33 Kavell Conner 18, ALA ‘08 44 Scotty Cooper 10, AUB ‘07 8 Jamie Cumbie 9, USC ‘09 12 Marcus Gilchrist 13, ^GAT ‘09 97 Malliciah Goodman 6, CCU ‘09 31 Rashard Hall 13, MTS ‘09 45 Corico Hawkins 8, CCU ‘09 99 Jarvis Jenkins 9, UMD ‘09 32 Carlton Lewis 5, CCU ‘09 36 Byron Maxwell 8, UVA ‘08 20 Brandon Maye 14, MTS ‘09 2 DeAndre McDaniel 14, MTS ‘09 22 Jonathan Meeks 2, many (2) 94 Rennie Moore 4, many (2) 79 Chris Richardson 1, many (2) 7 Ricky Sapp 9, GAT ‘09 15 Coty Sensabaugh 3, TCU ‘09 98 Brandon Thompson 6, many (3) 46 Jonathan Willard 3, WFU ‘09 50 John Wright ---------^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.
* - min. 10 carries; º - min. 10 completions; • - min. three receptions; ^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.
Game-By-Game Starters Position MTS LT Hairston LG Austin C Cloy RG McClain RT Lambert TE Palmer WR/TE Allen QB Parker RB Harper FB/TE/WR/RB Diehl WR J. Ford
GAT Hairston Austin Cloy McClain Lambert Palmer Ashe Parker Spiller Diehl J. Ford
BOC Hairston Austin Cloy McClain Walker Palmer Jones Parker Spiller Allen J. Ford
DE D. Bowers D. Bowers NG Jenkins Jenkins DT Thompson Thompson BE Sapp Sapp SLB/FS Chambers Alexander MLB Maye Maye WLB/FS Hall Conner CB Chancellor Chancellor SS McDaniel McDaniel FS Gilchrist Gilchrist CB Butler Butler
D. Bowers Jenkins Thompson Sapp Alexander Maye Conner Chancellor McDaniel Gilchrist Butler
PK P
TCU Lambert Austin Cloy McClain Walker Palmer Ashe Parker Spiller Taylor J. Ford
UMD Lambert Austin Cloy McClain Walker Palmer Ashe Parker Spiller Taylor J. Ford
WFU Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Spiller Allen J. Ford
MIA Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Spiller Allen J. Ford
CCU Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Barry Dye Parker Spiller Jones J. Ford
FSU Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Spiller Ellington J. Ford
NCS Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Spiller Diehl J. Ford
D. Bowers D. Bowers D. Bowers D. Bowers D. Bowers Alexander Alexander Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Sapp Sapp Sapp Sapp Sapp Sapp Sapp Chambers Hall Alexander Alexander Hall Hall Hall Maye Maye Maye Maye Maye Maye Maye Hall Conner Conner Conner Conner Conner Conner Chancellor Chancellor Chancellor Chancellor Chancellor Chancellor Chancellor McDaniel McDaniel McDaniel McDaniel McDaniel McDaniel McDaniel Gilchrist Gilchrist Gilchrist Gilchrist Gilchrist Gilchrist Gilchrist Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler Butler
UVA Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Spiller Taylor J. Ford
USC Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Harper Allen J. Ford
^GAT Hairston Austin Freeman McClain Walker Palmer Dye Parker Spiller Ashe J. Ford
D. Bowers Alexander D. Bowers Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins Thompson Thompson Thompson Sapp Sapp Sapp Alexander Hall Alexander Maye Maye Maye Conner Conner Conner Chancellor Chancellor Chancellor McDaniel McDaniel McDaniel Gilchrist Gilchrist Gilchrist Butler Butler Butler
Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Benton Jackson Jackson Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman
Jackson -----
^ - ACC Championship game; Note: Bold denotes a Clemson home game.
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2009 Participation # Player MTS GAT BOC TCU UMD WFU MIA CCU FSU NCS UVA USC ^GAT KEN Total 2009 G-S Career G-S 9 Spencer Adams, S --- --- 2 --- --- ST ST 10 ST --- ST ST --- 12 7-0 7-0 24 Kevin Alexander, DE/LB 33 *24 *16 11 32 *33 *38 21 *42 *41 *55 *35 *74 455 13-9 52-19 83 Dwayne Allen, TE *45 20 *36 20 24 *17 *39 25 30 18 19 *24 16 333 13-5 13-5 41 Daniel Andrews, LB ST ST 4 ST 5 10 7 1 ST 16 ST 2 ST 45 13-0 18-0 87 Terrance Ashe, WR 30 *68 43 *44 *39 14 40 --- 33 23 21 32 *30 417 12-4 35-4 65 Thomas Austin, OG *44 *71 *77 *73 *66 *49 *74 *30 *72 *42 *54 *62 *48 762 13-13 47-38 45 Daniel Barnes, RB --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 --- --- --- --- --- 1 1-0 1-0 82 Durrell Barry, TE 11 ST 2 2 ST 22 7 *31 2 4 7 ST ST 88 13-1 42-5 13 Spencer Benton, PK ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST *ST ST ST ST 0 13-1 13-1 93 Da’Quan Bowers, DE *42 *47 *33 *50 *51 *36 *47 *1 --- --- *13 45 *56 421 11-10 24-16 40 Andre Branch, DE 25 18 16 20 20 31 19 22 29 41 22 26 27 316 13-0 20-0 29 Xavier Brewer, CB 26 2 7 3 1 17 ST 24 10 16 5 ST ST 111 13-0 13-0 81 Jaron Brown, WR 13 ST 21 26 8 13 ST 27 --- 3 --- 7 --- 118 10-0 10-0 37 Kantrell Brown, S --- --- ST ST ST ST --- --- --- ST ST --- ST 0 7-0 11-0 90 Kourtnei Brown, DE --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-0 24-1 18 Crezdon Butler, CB *58 *48 *38 *57 *52 *47 *55 *33 *44 *65 *55 *63 *73 688 13-13 52-39 48 Jeremy Campbell, LB 7 2 2 6 21 2 1 3 3 10 4 2 6 69 13-0 45-0 27 Sadat Chambers, S *82 --- 6 *38 28 11 7 27 24 5 18 9 ST 255 12-2 49-2 38 Chris Chancellor, CB *58 *50 *34 *47 *61 *39 *60 *33 *20 *73 *60 *67 *63 665 13-13 52-43 89 Miguel Chavis, DT 43 21 16 27 4 28 6 24 16 31 23 26 25 290 13-0 36-0 85 Brandon Clear, WR 20 39 17 ST ST 17 ST 31 ST 3 13 25 ST 165 13-0 16-0 42 Byron Clear, DE --- --- 2 --- --- 3 --- 17 --- 2 --- --- --- 24 4-0 5-0 62 Mason Cloy, OL *44 *71 *69 *62 *63 34 38 18 31 27 20 24 21 522 13-5 26-17 33 Kavell Conner, LB ST *65 *41 16 *51 *57 *59 *23 *49 *55 *52 *77 *70 615 13-11 52-26 44 Scotty Cooper, LB ST 41 5 5 4 --- --- 21 1 11 ST 3 9 100 11-0 36-6 8 Jamie Cumbie, DT 39 12 19 20 30 33 27 27 30 39 25 34 29 364 13-0 36-3 30 Chad Diehl, FB *15 *15 20 11 7 6 14 11 19 *11 16 9 13 167 13-3 29-7 21 Xavier Dye, WR 23 --- --- 4 25 *34 *67 *15 *65 *48 *45 *37 *45 408 11-8 37-10 23 Andre Ellington, RB 24 6 16 4 10 11 15 13 *19 16 16 12 13 175 13-1 13-1 80 Brandon Ford, WR 4 --- --- --- --- 5 --- 16 --- 3 --- --- --- 28 4-0 4-0 6 Jacoby Ford, WR *31 *61 *69 *64 *65 *36 *68 *25 *47 *39 *44 *48 *47 644 13-13 47-26 55 Dalton Freeman, C 25 --- 11 12 21 *29 *74 *48 *72 *47 *54 *51 *51 495 12-8 12-8 12 Marcus Gilchrist, DB *68 *65 *43 *71 *69 *65 *61 *39 *69 *83 *56 *80 *71 840 13-13 39-14 97 Malliciah Goodman, DE 20 18 18 20 20 31 19 29 29 44 22 9 27 306 13-0 13-0 70 Jamarcus Grant, OL 14 ST --- ST ST 3 ST 15 4 5 6 ST ST 47 12-0 33-1 61 Chris Hairston, OT *45 *71 *48 --- 9 *46 *74 *40 *72 *50 *58 *63 *51 627 12-11 33-22 31 Rashard Hall, S *70 ST 26 *55 *11 38 17 *37 *59 *77 27 *42 17 476 13-7 13-7 8 Jamie Harper, RB *29 9 16 7 14 21 24 22 5 6 9 *15 10 187 13-2 25-3 47 Will Harrison, WR --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3 --- --- --- --- --- 3 1-0 1-0 45 Corico Hawkins, LB 2 --- 5 --- 7 17 5 24 ST 14 ST ST 5 79 11-0 11-0 19 Richard Jackson, PK/P *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST ST *ST *ST *ST 0 13-12 18-12 99 Jarvis Jenkins, DT *29 *48 *20 *38 *45 *23 *52 *18 *39 *48 *35 *44 *48 487 13-13 36-25 88 Kyle Johnson, WR 4 --- 2 --- --- 4 --- 10 --- --- 2 --- --- 22 5-0 17-0 26 Marquan Jones, WR 23 3 *39 39 32 11 7 *20 1 6 6 8 --- 195 12-2 20-2 3 Willy Korn, QB 9 --- 9 --- 8 18 --- 20 --- 5 --- --- --- 69 6-0 14-1 76 Cory Lambert, OT *45 *65 28 *73 *65 8 ST 15 4 --- 6 ST ST 309 12-4 51-13 32 Carlton Lewis, S --- --- 2 --- --- ST ST 17 ST ST ST ST --- 19 8-0 8-0 36 Byron Maxwell, CB 23 22 22 27 10 19 9 33 52 19 4 23 30 293 13-0 39-0 20 Brandon Maye, LB *71 *63 *43 *65 *38 *41 *56 *36 *71 *63 *56 *78 *72 753 13-13 25-25 74 Antoine McClain, OG *52 *71 *52 *68 *67 *41 *36 *32 *37 *33 *46 *49 *33 617 13-13 26-13 2 DeAndre McDaniel, S *65 *65 *43 *71 *70 *57 *66 *39 *73 *66 *60 *80 *78 833 13-13 39-21 22 Jonathan Meeks, S 12 ST 6 ST ST 5 ST 11 --- 20 --- ST --- 54 10-0 10-0 94 Rennie Moore, DT 20 11 14 5 16 23 11 27 23 14 8 10 16 198 13-0 19-0 92 Kasey Nobles, TE 1 ST ST ST ST 2 ST 5 ST ST ST ST ST 8 13-0 26-0 64 Wilson Norris, OG 20 --- 25 7 8 6 --- 13 --- 6 9 --- --- 94 8-0 15-0 68 Kenneth Page, OG --- --- --- --- --- 2 --- 3 --- --- --- --- --- 5 2-0 2-0 86 Michael Palmer, TE *48 *57 *60 *59 *56 *35 *41 --- *68 *46 *58 *51 *48 627 12-12 50-36 11 Kyle Parker, QB *60 *71 *70 *73 *63 *37 *74 *40 *72 *50 *64 *62 *51 787 13-13 13-13 79 Phillip Price, OT ST ST 2 ST ST 2 ST 10 ST ST 3 ST ST 17 13-0 15-0 84 George Rabon, TE --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 --- --- 1 1-0 1-0 78 Ben Ramsey, OL 5 --- 2 --- --- 5 --- 14 --- 6 3 --- --- 35 6-0 15-0 79 Chris Richardson, DE --- --- --- --- --- 3 --- 7 --- --- --- --- --- 10 2-0 2-0 54 Matt Sanders, OG 5 --- 2 --- --- 5 --- 8 --- 5 2 --- --- 27 6-0 6-0 7 Ricky Sapp, DE *43 *47 *33 *50 *51 *37 *47 *28 *58 *54 *40 *60 *56 604 13-13 49-35 15 Coty Sensabaugh, CB 25 8 7 26 2 15 4 27 23 5 ST ST --- 142 12-0 24-0 58 Caleb Simmons, OL --- --- --- --- --- 2 --- 3 --- --- --- --- --- 5 2-0 5-0 71 Matt Skinner, LS ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST 0 13-0 13-0 73 David Smith, OL 12 --- 2 --- 18 25 36 30 15 20 17 4 12 191 11-0 18-3 28 C.J. Spiller, RB 11 *61 *32 *61 *56 *19 *35 *16 *47 *31 *42 37 *33 481 13-11 51-18 5 Rendrick Taylor, FB 31 11 --- *14 *23 14 11 29 4 11 *20 3 --- 171 11-3 38-10 98 Brandon Thompson, DT *37 *40 *22 *41 *41 *29 *38 *19 *42 *41 *34 *48 *48 480 13-13 25-14 95 Drew Traylor, TE --- --- 2 --- --- 2 --- 3 --- --- --- --- --- 7 3-0 3-0 16 Michael Wade, QB ST ST ST ST ST 2 ST 3 ST ST ST ST ST 5 13-0 39-0 72 Landon Walker, OT 39 6 *77 *73 *57 *29 *38 *31 *52 *37 *46 *59 *39 583 13-11 25-21 37 Ronald Watson, RB --- --- --- --- --- 2 --- 4 --- --- 2 --- --- 8 3-0 4-0 46 Jonathan Willard, LB ST ST 1 ST ST 12 ST 3 ST 1 ST 2 13 32 13-0 13-0 50 John Wright, DT --- --- 3 --- --- 3 --- 11 --- --- --- --- --- 17 3-0 3-0 96 Dawson Zimmerman, P *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST *ST --- 0 12-12 15-14 * - start; ^ - ACC Championship game; ST - special teams only; Note: Numbers do not necessarily denote official plays, but rather non-special-team snaps; bold denotes a Clemson home game.
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14
Clemson
37
September 5, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
C.J. Spiller took the opening kickoff of the season back 96 yards for a touchdown and Clemson never looked back in its 37-14 victory over Middle Tennessee at Memorial Stadium on September 5. It was the second-ever meeting between the two schools and featured former Tiger assistant coach and current Blue Raider Head Coach Rick Stockstill on the opposing sideline. After a 68-yard fumble return by Chris McCoy early in the second quarter cut Clemson’s lead to 10-7, the Tigers added 20 points to take a 30-7 halftime lead, highlighted by Jacoby Ford’s 61-yard punt return for a touchdown and 43-yard receiving score. It was only the second time in school history that the Tigers had a kickoff return and punt return for a touchdown in one game. Kyle Parker, Clemson’s first freshman quarterback to start a season-opener since 1945, was 9-20 for 159 yards and two scores. Ford (190) and Spiller (171) each had over 170 all-purpose yards, while Spiller earned ACC Specialist-of-the-Week honors. Brandon Maye had one of Clemson’s three interceptions and added a team-tying-high 14 tackles, a tackle-for-loss, and caused fumble to earn ACC Defensive Lineman-of-the-Week honors.
7 20
7 7
14 37
MTS 18 37-92 21-44-3 207 81-299 3.7 3 3-18 1-0 0-0 8-144 7-38.4 9-20 1-11 30:22
CU 18 47-202 9-21-1 159 68-361 5.3 2 4-40 3-39 5-135 3-144 3-43.0 4-14 3-18 29:38
Rushing (Car-Yards) MTS Dasher 19-61, Tanner 10-36, Banks 3-7, Kyles 3-4, Gee 1-(-2), TEAM 1-(-14) CU Harper 15-75, Ellington 9-72, Parker 7-25, Taylor 9-22, Spiller 4-12, J. Ford 1-9, TEAM 1-(-3), Korn 1-(-10) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) MTS Dasher 20-42-204-3-1, Banks 1-2-3-0-0 CU Parker 9-20-159-0-2, Korn 0-1-0-1-0 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) MTS Blissard 4-68, Honeycutt 4-17, Andrews 3-22, Delle Donne 2-14, Gee 2-12, Caldwell 2-9, Tanner 1-28, McDonald 1-19, McClover 1-18-1, Kyles 1-0 CU J. Ford 3-70-1, Jones 2-71-1, Diehl 1-13, Dye 1-4, Taylor 1-3, Harper 1-(-2)
66
32 Bowl Appearances
Georgia Tech
30
September 10, 2009 Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA
Clemson Georgia Tech
0 21
7 3
14 0
6 6
27 30
GAT Allen 82 run (Blair kick), 1st, 9:27, 1-82 GAT Tarrant 85 punt return (Blair kick), 1st, 6:55 GAT D. Thomas 34 pass from Blair (Blair kick), 1st, 2:38, 6-43 GAT Blair 24 FG, 2nd, 10:29, 9-68 CU Spiller 63 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 2nd, 10:13, 1-63 CU Allen 9 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 3rd, 9:49, 7-57 CU J. Ford 77 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 3rd, 4:57, 3-80 CU Jackson 21 FG, 4th, 14:17, 7-72 CU Jackson 53 FG, 4th, 11:33, 7-30 GAT Blair 34 FG, 4th, 5:40, 12-69 GAT Blair 36 FG, 4th, 0:57, 7-47 Attendance - 52,029 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
CU 13 36-125 15-32-2 261 68-386 5.7 2 6-50 2-20 1-15 6-122 6-30.7 7-19 0-0 28:31
GAT 15 49-301 4-15-2 117 64-418 6.5 2 6-50 2-2 1-85 6-108 6-36.7 3-14 3-9 31:29
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 20-87, Ellington 3-21, Harper 4-12, Parker 7-4, J. Ford 2-1 GAT Allen 5-127-1, Nesbitt 18-91, Dwyer 18-66, Jones 5-11, Peeples 2-8, TEAM 1-(-2) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Parker 15-31-261-2-3, Spiller 0-1-0-0-0 GAT Nesbitt 3-14-83-2-0, Blair 1-1-34-0-1 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU J. Ford 5-109-1, Spiller 4-69-1, Ashe 2-18, Jones 1-37, Palmer 1-16, Allen 1-9-1, Taylor 1-3 GAT D. Thomas 3-93-1, Allen 1-24
vs.
Boston College Clemson
7 25
September 19, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
Richard Jackson tied a school record with six field goals and Clemson limited Boston College to just 54 yards of total offense in the Tigers’ 25-7 win at Memorial Stadium on September 19. On a rainy afternoon, the Tigers held their opponent to the fewest yards since 1963. The game was delayed twice for a total of 103 minutes due to lightning as well. C.J. Spiller scored the game’s only touchdown on a 77-yard punt return in the first quarter. He totaled 225 all-purpose yards. Jackson was a perfect 6-6 on field goals and accounted for 19 of Clemson’s 25 points. His long boot was 52 yards during a steady rain, as he earned ACC Specialist-of-the-Week honors and won the Leather Helmet Award as the game MVP. Meanwhile, Clemson’s defense held the Eagles to four first downs, 29 rushing yards on 28 carries, and 5-21 passing for 25 yards. Boston College’s only score came on a 13-yard pass on the play after a Tiger fumble. The Eagles, who were 1-12 on third down, also had just one drive that lasted more than four plays. Ricky Sapp was named ACC Defensive Lineman-of-the-Week with three tackles for loss and two sacks. Rashard Hall, DeAndre McDaniel, and Jonathan Meeks each added an interception.
Game Stats 0 0
CU Spiller 96 kickoff return (Jackson kick), 1st, 14:46 CU Jackson 22 FG, 1st, 5:16, 9-29 MTS McCoy 68 fumble return (Gendreau kick), 2nd, 14:07 CU Jackson 19 FG, 2nd, 8:16, 11-57 CU J. Ford 61 punt return (Jackson kick), 2nd, 6:02 CU J. Ford 43 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 2nd, 2:55, 1-43 CU Jackson 44 FG, 2nd, 1:15, 5-23 MTS McClover 18 pass from Dasher (Gendreau kick), 3rd, 12:29, 7-85 CU Jones 33 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 3rd, 9:04, 3-32 Attendance - 75,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
27
The #13 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 24-0 lead and overcame a furious pcomeback in their 30-27 win over Clemson at Bobby Dodd Stadium on September 10. The Tigers scored 27 consecutive points only to have Scott Blair kick the game-winning 36-yard field goal with 57 seconds left. Georgia Tech used an 82-yard touchdown run, an 85-yard punt return for a score, and a 34-yard touchdown pass on a fake field goal to take an early lead. But the Tigers stormed back to take a 27-24 lead in the fourth quarter, highlighted by Kyle Parker’s 77-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Ford in the third quarter. Richard Jackson later booted a 53-yard field goal to put Clemson ahead by three points early in the fourth quarter. With the score tied and just over three minutes left, Parker hit Ford on third-and-11 for a would-be 38-yard pass to the Georgia Tech 18, but the Tigers were flagged for holding. The Yellow Jackets took over and set up the game-winning field goal. Parker was named ACC Rookie-of-the-Week after passing for 261 yards and three touchdowns. Ford added five catches for 109 yards and C.J. Spiller totaled 234 all-purpose yards.
Game Stats Middle Tennessee 0 Clemson 10
Clemson
Game 3
Middle Tennessee
Game 2
Game 1
Game Recaps
Game Stats Boston College Clemson
0 7
0 9
0 3
7 6
7 25
CU Spiller 77 punt return (Jackson kick), 1st, 11:33 CU Jackson 23 FG, 2nd, 10:48, 7-36 CU Jackson 33 FG, 2nd, 7:46, 4-(-8) CU Jackson 32 FG, 2nd, 1:57, 10-40 CU Jackson 52 FG, 3rd, 9:16, 8-18 BOC Jarvis 13 pass from Tuggle (Aponavicius kick), 4th, 13:56, 1-13 CU Jackson 42 FG, 4th, 10:56, 7-33 CU Jackson 35 FG, 4th, 2:01, 4-0 Attendance - 77,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
BOC 4 28-29 5-21-3 25 49-54 1.1 4 4-27 2-19 1-8 8-169 10-39.1 1-12 2-7 22:49
CU 15 50-151 14-28-2 102 78-253 3.2 3 5-46 3-22 4-127 1-27 5-44.8 6-20 4-25 37:11
Rushing (Car-Yards) BOC Tuggle 5-21, Harris 12-13, Haden 7-7, Smith 1-1, TEAM 1-(-1), Shinskie 2-(-12) CU Spiller 17-77, Ellington 9-45, J. Ford 2-17, Harper 13-17, Parker 4-9, Jones 1-(-2), Korn 2-(-6), TEAM 2-(-6) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) BOC Tuggle 4-20-23-3-1, Shinskie 1-1-2-0-0 CU Parker 13-27-103-2-0, Korn 1-1-(-1)-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) BOC Anderson 2-10, Jarvis 1-13-1, Pantale 1-9, Harris 1-(-7) CU J. Ford 6-36, Palmer 3-21, Jones 1-26, Ellington 1-8, Ashe 1-6, Harper 1-3, Spiller 1-2
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
14
Clemson
10
September 26, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
Andy Dalton had 312 yards of total offense to lead #14 Texas Christian to a 14-10 win over Clemson at Memorial Stadium on September 26. It was the first meeting between the two in 44 years. Dalton was 17-26 for 226 yards and two scores, including the game-winner in the fourth quarter, and had 86 rushing yards. The Horned Frogs amassed 388 yards of offense, but they had just two offensive snaps inside the Tiger 25 thanks to Clemson’s defense. The game did not feature a turnover by either squad despite heavy rain falling during most of the second half. After the Tigers drove 72 yards on the game’s opening possession, they stalled and settled for a field goal. The Horned Frogs responded with a 91-yard drive that ended in Curtis Clay’s six-yard touchdown catch. The drive was kept alive by a 58-yard pass to Ed Wesley on third-and-13 that was deflected at the line of scrimmage and was not even intended for Wesley. Clemson regained the lead with 33 seconds left in the second quarter when C.J. Spiller rushed for a one-yard score. Three plays earlier, Spiller’s 60-yard catch from Kyle Parker set up the score that gave Clemson a 10-7 halftime lead. Spiller rushed for 112 yards and had three receptions for 79 yards in the game. After a scoreless third quarter, Antoine Hicks hauled in a 25-yard touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter. Clemson answered with a 59-yard drive, but Richard Jackson’s 34-yard field-goal try sailed wide-left. The Tigers regained possession with 6:52 remaining and again drove 59 yards, but Parker’s pass in the endzone on fourth-and-13 fell incomplete with 1:55 left.
Game Stats Texas Christian Clemson
7 3
0 7
0 0
7 0
14 10
CU Jackson 26 FG, 1st, 8:21, 16-72 TCU Clay 6 pass from Dalton (Evans kick), 1st, 3:01, 9-91 CU Spiller 1 run (Jackson kick), 2nd, 0:33, 6-72 TCU Hicks 25 pass from Dalton (Evans kick), 4th, 12:46, 5-56 Attendance - 70,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
TCU 19 40-162 17-26-0 226 66-388 5.9 0 11-106 0-0 2-8 3-52 6-31.8 5-13 0-0 31:20
CU 17 32-117 17-37-0 192 69-309 4.5 0 6-49 0-0 1-0 2-36 5-39.0 7-17 1-8 28:40
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) TCU Dalton 19-86, Wesley 8-43, Turner 9-25, Tucker 2-11, Christian 1-(-1), TEAM 1-(-2) CU Spiller 26-112-1, Parker 3-9, Harper 2-2, TEAM 1-(-6) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) TCU Dalton 17-26-226-0-2 CU Parker 17-37-192-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) TCU Kerley 5-63, B. Johnson 4-26, Christian 3-21, Young 2-27, Wesley 1-57, Hicks 1-25-1, Clay 1-6-1 CU J. Ford 6-55, Spiller 3-79, Palmer 3-21, Taylor 2-17, Ashe 1-9, Allen 1-8, Ellington 1-3
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Clemson
21
Maryland
24
October 3, 2009 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD
Maryland scored 17 points in the second quarter to take the lead and held on to defeat Clemson 24-21 at Byrd Stadium on October 3. The Tigers took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Terrapins mounted two touchdown drives of 76 and 81 yards in the second quarter and never relinquished the lead. Jacoby Ford gave Clemson a 10-0 lead when he scored on a 17-yard reverse. Chris Turner’s 29-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith cut Clemson’s lead to 13-10, then Maryland marched down the field on its next drive and scored on Turner’s four-yard pass to Ronnie Tyler with 35 seconds left in the second quarter. Maryland upped its lead to 24-13 in the third quarter thanks in part to Tony Logan’s 43-yard punt return to the Tiger one. Three plays later, Davin Meggett scored on a one-yard touchdown run. However, C.J. Spiller, who became the ACC’s all-time leader in career all-purpose yards in the game, returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown after breaking several tackles and losing a shoe in Tiger territory. But Clemson was unable to capitalize on three drives inside the Maryland 31 in the fourth quarter and fell by three points.
10 0
3 17
8 7
0 0
21 24
CU Jackson 41 FG, 1st, 6:06, 10-35 CU J. Ford 17 run (Jackson kick), 1st, 1:23, 8-79 UMD Ferrara 43 FG, 2nd, 12:56, 10-46 CU Jackson 51 FG, 2nd, 8:29, 9-24 UMD Smith 29 pass from Turner (Ferrara kick), 2nd, 4:32, 9-76 UMD Tyler 4 pass from Turner (Ferrara kick), 2nd, 0:35, 9-81 UMD Meggett 1 run (Ferrara kick), 3rd, 4:27, 3-1 CU Spiller 92 kickoff return (Palmer pass from Parker), 3rd, 4:11 Attendance - 46,243 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
CU 18 30-81 22-40-1 193 70-274 3.9 3 7-50 0-0 2-13 4-116 7-39.1 4-16 4-32 28:49
UMD 15 45-69 19-26-0 215 71-284 4.0 2 6-57 1-0 5-50 5-113 8-43.3 7-17 3-32 31:11
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 18-72, J. Ford 2-19-1, Ellington 4-9, Korn 2-4, Harper 2-1, Parker 2-(-24) UMD Meggett 10-27-1, Douglas 7-21, Smith 1-10, T. Jackson 2-9, Watson 1-9, Turner 17-6, McCree 1-1, Scott 3-0, TEAM 2-(-2), Williams 1-(-12) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Parker 20-37-180-1-0, Korn 2-3-13-0-0 UMD Turner 19-26-215-0-2 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU Palmer 5-65, J. Ford 5-37, Dye 3-29, Jones 2-20, Spiller 2-7, Ellington 2-1, Ashe 1-25, J. Brown 1-6, Taylor 1-3 UMD Tyler 5-39-1, Cannon 4-42, Smith 3-64-1, T. Galt 3-22, Scott 1-19, Meggett 1-18, Williams 1-10, Douglas 1-1
vs.
Wake Forest
3
Clemson
38
October 17, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
Clemson held Wake Forest to its fewest yards under Head Coach Jim Grobe in the Tigers’ 38-3 victory at Memorial Stadium on October 17. The Tigers held the Demon Deacons’ potent offense in check, allowing just 178 yards while tallying five sacks and 12 tackles for loss, including three by Da’Quan Bowers. DeAndre McDaniel had one of two Tiger interceptions and was named ACC Defensive Back-of-the-Week for his efforts. He was a big reason Wake Forest’s longest play was only 19 yards. Meanwhile, Clemson’s offense was efficient, as it scored on all five of its red-zone possessions with four touchdowns. The Tigers, who jumped out to a 31-3 halftime lead, totaled 382 yards, including 195 rushing and 187 passing, and 6.7 yards per play. C.J. Spiller rushed for 106 yards on nine carries, including scores of 66 and 14 yards. Kyle Parker was 10-17 passing for 132 yards and a touchdown along with a rushing score, while Michael Palmer had a game-high four catches for 49 yards and a score.
Game Stats Wake Forest Clemson
Game Stats Clemson Maryland
Game 6
Texas Christian
Game 5
Game 4
Game Recaps
0 10
3 21
0 7
0 0
3 38
CU Palmer 1 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 1st, 12:26, 6-46 CU Jackson 22 FG, 1st, 3:34, 8-58 CU Parker 3 run (Jackson kick), 2nd, 12:20, 4-66 WFU Newman 28 FG, 2nd, 3:49, 8-45 CU Spiller 66 run (Jackson kick), 2nd, 3:37, 1-66 CU Harper 3 run (Jackson kick), 2nd, 1:06, 7-40 CU Spiller 14 run (Jackson kick), 3rd, 6:11, 3-43 Attendance - 72,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
WFU 13 44-81 12-26-2 97 70-178 2.5 2 6-55 0-0 2-1 7-143 9-36.9 4-17 4-30 35:57
CU 16 33-195 15-24-0 187 57-382 6.7 2 2-20 2-33 3-5 0-0 6-37.5 3-10 5-37 24:03
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) WFU Dixon 8-35, Adams 9-26, Pendergrass 7-21, Bohanon 2-11, Rinfrette 5-8, Brown 1-0, Ma. Williams 1-0, McManus 1-(-1), Givens 3-(-7), Skinner 7-(-12) CU Spiller 9-106-2, Ellington 2-34, Parker 7-31-1, Harper 3-13-1, Diehl 2-5, J. Ford 1-4, Korn 6-3, Taylor 2-3, TEAM 1-(-4) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) WFU Skinner 11-24-82-2-0, Ma. Williams 1-1-15-0-0, McManus 0-1-0-0-0 CU Parker 10-17-132-0-1, J. Ford 1-1-32-0-0, Korn 4-623-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) WFU Brown 3-22, Ma. Williams 2-13, Adams 2-11, Givens 1-16, Skinner 1-15, Ford 1-9, Bohanon 1-7, Rinfrette 1-4 CU Palmer 4-49-1, Ashe 2-16, Harper 2-15, Spiller 2-6, J. Ford 1-51, Dye 1-32, Allen 1-10, Br. Clear 1-6, Jones 1-2
32 Bowl Appearances
67
40
Miami (FL)
37
(OT)
October 24, 2009 Land Shark Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL
Kyle Parker hit Jacoby Ford for a 26-yard touchdown pass on third-and-11 in overtime to lift Clemson to a 40-37 walkoff win over #8 Miami (FL) at Land Shark Stadium on October 24. It tied for the highest-ranked road win in Tiger history and was the third overtime game in a row against Miami. Neither team led by more than four points and there were nine lead changes. C.J. Spiller, who was named ACC Specialist-of-the-Week, amassed 310 all-purpose yards. He had 81 rushing yards, six catches for 104 yards, and 125 kickoff-return yards, including a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 56-yard receiving score. Parker was 25-37 passing for 326 yards and three touchdowns to earn ACC Rookie-of-the-Week honors, while DeAndre McDaniel was named ACC Defensive Back-of-the-Week after picking off two passes, including one for a touchdown.
Game Stats Clemson Miami (FL)
0 0
14 10
10 14
10 10
6 3
CU 23 34-84 25-37-1 326 71-410 5.8 3 4-39 3-50 0-0 7-173 3-45.3 7-14 3-19 31:39
MIA 18 35-177 17-27-3 256 62-433 7.0 4 11-79 1-0 1-(-3) 3-59 3-46.3 8-14 2-45 28:21
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 14-81, Harper 6-19, J. Ford 2-16, Ellington 6-12, TEAM 1-(-2), Parker 5-(-42) MIA Cooper 17-99, J. James 6-56, Berry 8-55-1, Benjamin 1-(-14), J. Harris 3-(-19) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Parker 25-37-326-1-3 MIA J. Harris 17-27-256-3-2 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 6-104-1, Palmer 5-74-1, Allen 4-36, Ellington 3-25, J. Ford 2-37-1, Ashe 2-26, Harper 2-9, Dye 1-15 MIA Hankerson 5-87-1, Benjamin 3-82-1, Collier 3-36, Epps 2-27, Byrd 1-15, Graham 1-8, Cooper 1-4, M. James 1-(-3)
68
32 Bowl Appearances
Clemson
3 49
October 31, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
Florida State
24
Clemson
40
November 7, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
Seven different Tigers accounted for Clemson’s seven touchdowns in its 49-3 Homecoming win over Coastal Carolina on a rainy afternoon at Memorial Stadium on October 31. It was the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The Tigers broke the game open with 14 points in the second quarter, highlighted by Jacoby Ford’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Dye. Ford, who earlier caught a touchdown pass, became the first Tiger to throw and catch a touchdown in one game since 1950. Clemson scored four more touchdowns in the third quarter, including a 55-yard scoring run by Andre Ellington, who had 88 yards on only six carries. Jamie Harper added 76 yards and a touchdown for the Tigers, who averaged 6.8 yards per carry. Meanwhile, the Tiger defense did not allow the Chanticleers, whose longest offensive play was 15 yards, to snap the ball in Tiger territory until the fourth quarter. Freshman Corico Hawkins had a team-high eight tackles and both of Clemson’s sacks.
Clemson rallied from a 17-6 deficit and scored 19 fourthquarter points to defeat Florida State 40-24 at Memorial Stadium on November 7. Florida State took a 17-6 lead late in the first quarter on Jamie Robinson’s 52-yard interception return for a score, but Clemson outscored the Seminoles 34-7 in the final three quarters to earn its fourth straight home win in the series. Xavier Dye and C.J. Spiller caught touchdown passes of 43 and 58 yards, respectively, Andre Ellington and C.J. Spiller added rushing touchdowns, and Durrell Barry hauled in a two-yard receiving touchdown for the Tigers, who had 241 rushing yards, 242 passing yards, and 21 first downs in the game. Spiller earned ACC Offensive Back-of-the-Week honors by totaling 312 all-purpose yards, including 165 rushing and 67 receiving, along with two touchdowns. Kyle Parker was 18-30 passing for 242 yards and four touchdowns. The Tiger defense had four interceptions against Christian Ponder, who entered the game with only three picks all year.
Game Stats
Game Stats
40 37
MIA Bosher 49 FG, 2nd, 13:54, 8-33 CU Palmer 15 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 2nd, 5:21, 11-72 MIA Berry 23 run (Bosher kick), 2nd, 0:57, 10-80 CU Spiller 90 kickoff return (Jackson kick), 2nd, 0:46 MIA Hankerson 5 pass from J. Harris (Bosher kick), 3rd, 10:52, 9-80 CU Spiller 56 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 3rd, 5:49, 3-73 MIA M. Robinson 53 fumble return (Bosher kick), 3rd, 4:43 CU Jackson 43 FG, 3rd, 0:44, 10-48 MIA Bosher 51 FG, 4th, 11:42, 8-46 CU McDaniel 23 interception return (Jackson kick), 4th, 9:40 MIA Benjamin 69 pass from J. Harris (Bosher kick), 4th, 9:20, 1-69 CU Jackson 30 FG, 4th, 0:05, 10-47 MIA Bosher 22 FG, OT, 5-20 CU J. Ford 26 pass from Parker, OT, 3-25 Attendance - 43,778 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
Coastal Carolina
Game 9
Clemson
Game 8
Game 7
Game Recaps
Coastal Carolina Clemson
0 7
0 14
0 28
3 0
3 49
CU J. Ford 36 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 1st, 2:09, 7-62 CU Dye 23 pass from J. Ford (Jackson kick), 2nd, 13:48, 6-69 CU Spiller 6 run (Jackson kick), 2nd, 10:56, 2-16 CU Ellington 55 run (Jackson kick), 3rd, 10:28, 3-68 CU J. Brown 18 pass from Korn (Jackson kick), 3rd, 5:31, 7-63 CU Korn 1 run (Jackson kick), 3rd, 4:37, 2-3 CU Harper 3 run (Benton kick), 3rd, 0:32, 6-37 CCU Durham 31 FG, 4th, 4:02, 15-64 Attendance - 71,500 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
CCU 12 46-143 5-17-2 27 63-170 2.7 2 5-41 2-0 2-14 8-158 8-36.0 4-17 0-0 33:54
CU 22 37-252 13-23-2 148 60-400 6.7 2 3-20 2-96 5-14 0-0 3-38.3 6-12 2-7 26:06
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CCU Childers 11-49, Fraser 15-42, Height 8-25, Cramer 4-15, O’Neal 3-10, Starr 2-3, Boydston 1-0, Willis 2-(-1) CU Ellington 6-88-1, Harper 13-76-1, Spiller 5-27-1, Korn 3-19-1, Parker 3-18, Taylor 2-12, J. Ford 1-10, Barnes 1-3, Watson 3-(-1) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CCU Cramer 2-3-15-0-0, Childers 2-9-13-1-0, MacDowall 1-5-(-1)-1-0 CU Parker 7-16-70-2-1, Korn 5-6-55-0-1, J. Ford 1-1-230-1 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CCU Duran 2-15, Presley 1-12, Fraser 1-1, Willis 1-(-1) CU J. Ford 4-45-1, Br. Clear 2-25, Dye 1-23-1, J. Brown 1-18-1, K. Johnson 1-11, Harper 1-9, Taylor 1-8, Ellington 1-5, B. Ford 1-4
vs.
Florida State Clemson
17 6
0 8
7 7
0 19
24 40
FSU Hopkins 35 FG, 1st, 7:02, 9-26 CU Allen 17 pass from Parker (Jackson kick failed), 1st, 3:53, 7-76 FSU Pryor 49 pass from Ponder (Hopkins kick), 1st, 2:08, 4-78 FSU J. Robinson 52 interception return (Hopkins kick), 1st, 0:24 CU Dye 43 pass from Parker (Spiller run), 2nd, 10:23, 2-48 CU Spiller 58 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 3rd, 11:31, 5-80 FSU Thomas 1 run (Hopkins kick), 3rd, 5:04, 16-73 CU Ellington 9 run (Benton kick failed), 4th, 9:37, 5-24 CU Barry 2 pass from Parker (Jackson kick failed), 4th, 4:06, 6-73 CU Spiller 5 run (Jackson kick), 4th, 3:29, 1-5 Attendance - 77,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
FSU 22 36-128 21-35-4 264 71-392 5.5 5 7-39 1-52 1-42 7-154 3-36.0 6-11 1-1 32:42
CU 21 37-241 18-30-1 242 67-483 7.2 2 7-60 4-82 1-9 4-79 3-42.3 7-14 2-3 27:18
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) FSU Thomas 26-119-1, Ponder 5-13, Hudson 0-9, Thompson 1-3, Pryor 1-2, Manuel 1-(-2), TEAM 1-(-2), Reed 1-(-14) CU Spiller 22-165-1, Ellington 6-54-1, Parker 4-22, J. Ford 1-8, Harper 1-2, TEAM 3-(-10) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) FSU Ponder 21-33-264-4-1, Manuel 0-2-0-0-0 CU Parker 18-30-242-1-4 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) FSU Owens 9-77, Reed 4-68, Easterling 3-40, Pryor 2-64-1, Thomas 2-10, Fortson 1-5 CU J. Ford 5-53, Dye 3-68-1, Spiller 3-67-1, Palmer 2-7, Allen 1-17-1, Ashe 1-15, Diehl 1-7, Ellington 1-6, Barry 1-2-1
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N.C. State
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November 14, 2009 Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC
The #24 Clemson Tigers averaged 8.3 yards per play, 7.1 yards per carry, and scored six touchdowns en route to a 43-23 victory over N.C. State at Carter-Finley Stadium on November 14. It was the Tigers’ sixth win in a row over the Wolfpack. Clemson, who did not commit a turnover and converted 6-10 third downs, jumped out to a 17-0 lead on a 17-yard touchdown run by Jacoby Ford and a 17-yard touchdown pass from C.J. Spiller to Xavier Dye. Kyle Parker later threw touchdown passes to Michael Palmer and Spiller, while Jamie Harper added a 69-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Spiller, who earned ACC Offensive Back-of-the-Week honors, threw a touchdown pass, rushed for a touchdown, and caught a touchdown pass. He became the first Tiger to do that since 1950. He rushed for 97 yards and had three catches for 48 yards. Parker was 12-18 for 183 yards and two touchdowns. The Tiger defense limited Russell Wilson to 12-32 passing for 183 yards thanks in part to 11 pass breakups and an interception.
Game Stats Clemson N.C. State
3 0
21 7
6 7
13 9
Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
CU 20 36-254 13-19-0 200 55-454 8.3 0 7-79 1-0 0-0 3-23 3-37.3 6-10 2-10 26:47
NCS 26 41-138 16-39-1 239 80-377 4.7 1 6-42 0-0 1-5 6-107 5-30.0 7-15 0-0 33:13
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 18-97-1, Harper 4-86-1, Ellington 7-31, Parker 3-21, J. Ford 1-17-1, Korn 3-2 NCS Baker 19-76, Eugene 15-37, R. Wilson 7-25 Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Parker 12-18-183-0-2, Spiller 1-1-17-0-1 NCS R. Wilson 12-32-183-1-2, Glennon 4-6-56-0-1, TEAM 0-1-0-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU Palmer 4-50-1, Spiller 3-48-1, J. Ford 2-55, Dye 2-341, Ashe 1-9, Harper 1-4 NCS Spencer 3-50, Ja. Williams 3-44-2, Bryan 3-29, George 2-27-1, Baker 1-26, Bowens 1-22, Davis 1-18, Howard 1-16, J. Smith 1-7
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Clemson
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November 21, 2009 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC
The #18 Clemson Tigers topped Virginia 34-21 on Senior Day at Memorial Stadium on November 21. The Tigers clinched the best record (6-2) in the ACC Atlantic Division with the victory. Both teams put up big offensive numbers in the first half, as Clemson took a 24-21 lead into halftime. Kyle Parker threw two touchdown passes in the first half, including strikes to Dwayne Allen and Jacoby Ford. But Virginia narrowed the margin to three points on Jameel Sewell’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Mikell Simpson on the last play of the first half. But the Tiger defense held Virginia scoreless in the second half. The Cavaliers had just 40 total yards, including -41 rushing yards, in the second half. The Tigers also had all seven of their sacks in the second half, including six sacks in the fourth quarter. Ford had a game-high 211 all-purpose yards in his last home game, including six catches for 106 yards. Parker was 19-26 passing for 234 yards and two touchdowns against no interceptions. Kavell Conner had a game-high 13 tackles against his homestate team, while Rennie Moore added a game-high two sacks. Clemson was also aided by an average starting field position at its own 48, while Virginia’s was at its own 23.
43 23
CU Benton 28 FG, 1st, 6:04, 9-48 CU J. Ford 17 run (Benton kick), 2nd, 14:29, 9-75 CU Dye 17 pass from Spiller (Benton kick), 2nd, 12:48, 1-17 NCS George 18 pass from R. Wilson (Czajkowski kick), 2nd, 6:42, 12-80 CU Palmer 5 pass from Parker (Benton kick), 2nd, 4:09, 6-57 NCS Ja. Williams 8 pass from R. Wilson (Czajkowski kick), 3rd, 11:08, 9-75 CU Spiller 16 run (Benton kick failed), 3rd, 7:56, 7-60 NCS Czajkowski 26 FG, 4th, 13:55, 7-29 CU Spiller 34 pass from Parker (Benton kick failed), 4th, 10:05, 7-77 CU Harper 69 run (Jackson kick), 4th, 8:42, 1-69 NCS Ja. Williams 2 pass from Glennon (Glennon pass failed), 4th, 0:03, 7-56 Attendance - 57,583
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South Carolina
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November 28, 2009 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
South Carolina rushed for 223 yards, including 114 by Kenny Miles, in its 34-17 win over #15 Clemson at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 28. It was just the second Gamecock win in Columbia in the last 11 meetings in the capital city. C.J. Spiller opened the game with an 88-yard kickoff return for a score, the seventh of his career to set an FBS record. But the Gamecocks outscored Clemson 17-0 the rest of the first half. In the second half, South Carolina extended its lead to 24-7 on Stephen Garcia’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Tori Gurley. After the teams traded field goals, Kyle Parker connected with Michael Palmer for a 22-yard touchdown pass to narrow the Gamecocks’ lead to 27-17. But Weslye Saunders’ one-yard touchdown catch on fourth down late in the contest sealed the victory. The Gamecocks had a 38-31 advantage in average starting field position, including starting three drives at the Tiger 35 or better. Meanwhile, Clemson did not start a single drive outside its own 40. South Carolina also held the ball for 36:31 and scored a touchdown on all four of its red-zone possessions. Palmer totaled eight receptions for 106 yards, both gamehighs, while Jacoby Ford had five catches for 49 yards.
Game Stats Virginia Clemson
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7 14
0 3
0 7
10 10
17 34
CU Allen 16 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 1st, 5:50, 4-48 UVA Sewell 6 run (Jarrett kick), 1st, 2:16, 6-45 CU Spiller 4 run (Jackson kick), 2nd, 14:25, 6-71 UVA Torchia 5 pass from Hall (Jarrett kick), 2nd, 10:40, 7-83 CU Jackson 21 FG, 2nd, 4:28, 13-57 CU J. Ford 24 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 2nd, 1:52, 3-24 UVA Simpson 23 pass from Sewell (Jarrett kick), 2nd, 0:00, 9-80 CU Ellington 5 run (Jackson kick), 3rd, 7:17, 6-66 CU Jackson 24 FG, 3rd, 0:08, 9-34 Attendance - 77,000
CU Spiller 88 kickoff return (Jackson kick), 1st, 14:41 USC Maddox 1 run (Lanning kick), 1st, 5:21, 7-60 USC Saunders 9 pass from Garcia (Lanning kick), 1st, 2:01, 2-11 USC Lanning 47 FG, 2nd, 10:44, 11-47 USC Gurley 14 pass from Garcia (Lanning kick), 3rd, 7:47, 4-55 CU Jackson 45 FG, 4th, 11:23, 8-40 USC Lanning 38 FG, 4th, 5:22, 11-49 CU Palmer 22 pass from Parker (Jackson kick), 4th, 3:46, 7-64 USC Saunders 1 pass from Garcia (Lanning kick), 4th, 2:40, 4-4 Attendance - 80,574
Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
UVA 17 40-78 13-19-0 195 59-273 4.6 2 4-25 0-0 2-12 6-113 5-39.8 6-13 1-2 27:37
CU 20 38-132 19-26-0 234 64-366 5.7 0 5-51 0-0 2-39 3-67 3-38.3 5-13 7-54 32:23
CU 14 19-48 22-42-1 212 61-260 4.3 3 2-20 1-0 2-17 6-154 7-37.7 3-13 1-10 23:29
USC 21 58-223 11-22-1 165 80-388 4.9 2 4-39 1-54 4-31 4-109 4-36.0 6-16 2-14 36:31
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) UVA Simpson 14-84, Jackson 9-25, Jones 5-7, Hall 2-5, Sewell 10-(-43)-1 CU Spiller 19-58-1, Ellington 5-29-1, Parker 5-20, Harper 4-19, J. Ford 1-16, Diehl 1-(-1), TEAM 3-(-9)
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 9-18, Ellington 2-13, Parker 4-13, Harper 2-5, J. Ford 2-(-1) USC Miles 17-114, Garcia 14-46, Maddox 18-44-1, Gilmore 5-20, DiMarco 1-4, Barnes 1-(-1), TEAM 2-(-4)
Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) UVA Sewell 11-17-160-0-1, Hall 2-2-35-0-1 CU Parker 19-26-234-0-2
Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Parker 22-42-212-1-1 USC Garcia 10-21-126-1-3, Gilmore 1-1-39-0-0
Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) UVA Burd 4-60, Simpson 2-43-1, Inman 2-5, Jones 1-38, Sewell 1-30, Hall 1-14, Torchia 1-5-1, Jackson 1-0 CU J. Ford 6-106-1, Spiller 5-39, Palmer 3-30, Taylor 2-19, Allen 1-16-1, Dye 1-13, Jones 1-11
Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU Palmer 8-106-1, J. Ford 5-49, Spiller 3-19, Ellington 2-7, Allen 1-12, Jones 1-9, J. Brown 1-6, Harper 1-4 USC A. Jeffery 4-65, Gurley 2-50-1, Saunders 2-10-2, M. Brown 1-25, Maddox 1-15, DiMarco 1-0
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ACC Championship Game • December 5, 2009 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL
Jonathan Dwyer capped an 86-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown run with 1:20 left in the game to give #12 Georgia Tech a 39-34 win over #25 Clemson in the ACC Championship game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL on December 5. It was Clemson’s first ACC Championship game appearance. The Tigers overcame a 33-20 deficit by scoring two fourthquarter touchdowns to take a 34-33 lead, but thanks to Josh Nesbitt and Dwyer, who both had over 100 rushing yards, and Scott Blair’s four field goals, Georgia Tech was victorious. The Tigers averaged 9.5 yards per carry and 8.1 yards per play in the game, but Georgia Tech totaled 83 offensive plays compared to 51 for Clemson in a game that featured no punts. C.J. Spiller was the game MVP after totaling 301 all-purpose yards, including 233 yards and four touchdowns. He averaged 11.7 yards per carry and had four rushes of 36 yards or more.
Game Stats Georgia Tech Clemson
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13 6
17 7
6 14
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CU Spiller 3 run (Jackson kick), 1st, 11:24, 7-71 GAT Blair 48 FG, 1st, 7:30, 9-54 GAT Dwyer 4 run (Blair kick), 2nd, 13:30, 12-65 GAT Blair 49 FG, 2nd, 5:35, 12-23 CU Spiller 41 run (Wade run failed), 2nd, 2:55, 5-65 GAT Blair 28 FG, 2nd, 0:06, 15-53 GAT Nesbitt 13 run (Blair kick), 3rd, 9:12, 11-71 CU Spiller 36 run (Jackson kick), 3rd, 6:39, 5-60 GAT D. Thomas 70 pass from Nesbitt (Blair kick), 3rd, 5:10, 3-70 GAT Blair 40 FG, 3rd, 1:11, 4-5 CU Spiller 9 run (Jackson kick), 4th, 12:00, 10-72 CU Ellington 1 run (Jackson kick), 4th, 6:11, 4-63 GAT Dwyer 1 run (Nesbitt run failed), 4th, 1:20, 13-86 Attendance - 57,227 Team Statistics First Downs Rushing Passing Passing Yards Total Offense Yards/Play Turnovers Penalties Interception Returns Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Punting Third-Down Conversions Sacks Time of Possession
GAT 28 65-333 9-18-0 136 83-469 5.7 0 5-31 2-50 0-0 6-117 0 11-18 0-0 37:17
CU 15 34-323 10-17-2 91 51-414 8.1 2 4-30 0-0 0-0 5-106 0 5-9 0-0 22:43
Rushing (Car-Yards-TD) GAT Dwyer 24-110-2, Nesbitt 22-103-1, Jones 4-67, Allen 5-18, Wright 3-13, Lyons 3-10, Peeples 2-10, D. Thomas 1-3, TEAM 1-(-1) CU Spiller 20-233-4, Ellington 5-63-1, Parker 4-13, Harper 3-12, J. Ford 1-4, TEAM 1-(-2) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) GAT Nesbitt 9-16-136-0-1, TEAM 0-2-0-0-0 CU Parker 10-17-91-2-0 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) GAT D. Thomas 2-77-1, Peeples 2-21, Melton 2-16, Dwyer 2-14, S. Hill 1-8 CU J. Ford 3-32, Palmer 3-29, Harper 2-7, Dye 1-18, Spiller 1-5
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2009 Weekly Polls Preseason AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Oklahoma 3 Southern California 4 Alabama 5 Ohio State 6 Virginia Tech 7 Mississippi 10 Oklahoma State 11 Penn State 8 Louisiana State 9 California 12 Georgia 13 Boise State 16 Georgia Tech 15 Oregon 14 Texas Christian 17 Florida State 19 Utah 18 Brigham Young 24 North Carolina 20 Iowa 21 Notre Dame 23 Nebraska 22 Kansas NR Oregon State 25
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Southern California 3 Alabama 4 Oklahoma State 6 Mississippi 8 Penn State 5 Ohio State 7 Brigham Young 12 California 10 Louisiana State 9 Boise State 11 Oklahoma 14 Virginia Tech 15 Georgia Tech 13 Texas Christian 16 Utah 17 Notre Dame 20 North Carolina 19 Miami (FL) 22 Georgia 21 Nebraska 18 Cincinnati 23 Kansas 25 Missouri NR Oregon State 24
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Southern California 3 Alabama 4 Mississippi 6 Penn State 5 Brigham Young 9 California 7 Louisiana State 7 Boise State 10 Ohio State 11 Oklahoma 12 Virginia Tech 14 Georgia Tech 13 Texas Christian 15 Oklahoma State 17 Cincinnati 21 Utah 16 Nebraska 18
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20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR NR
Miami (FL) Houston Kansas Georgia North Carolina Michigan Oregon State Missouri
22 NR 23 20 19 NR 24 25
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Mississippi 5 Penn State 4 California 6 Louisiana State 7 Boise State 8 Miami (FL) 13 Oklahoma 9 Virginia Tech 12 Southern California 10 Ohio State 11 Cincinnati 15 Texas Christian 14 Oklahoma State 16 Houston 23 Florida State 25 Brigham Young 20 Kansas 19 Georgia 17 North Carolina 18 Michigan 22 Washington NR Nebraska 24 Missouri 21
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Louisiana State 4 Boise State 5 Virginia Tech 6 Southern California 7 Oklahoma 8 Ohio State 9 Cincinnati 11 Texas Christian 10 Houston 15 Iowa 17 Oklahoma State 12 Penn State 13 Oregon 25 Miami (FL) 21 Kansas 16 Georgia 14 Brigham Young 21 Mississippi 18 Michigan 20 Nebraska 24 California 19 Georgia Tech NR Missouri 23
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Louisiana State 4 Virginia Tech 5 Boise State 6 Southern California 7 Cincinnati 10 Ohio State 8 Texas Christian 9
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11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Miami (FL) Iowa Oregon Penn State Oklahoma State Kansas Auburn Brigham Young Oklahoma Mississippi Nebraska Georgia Tech South Florida Missouri South Carolina Wisconsin
11 14 17 12 13 15 19 20 21 16 22 23 24 18 NR 25
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Florida 1 Alabama 3 Texas 2 Virginia Tech 4 Boise State 6 Southern California 5 Ohio State 7 Cincinnati 9 Miami (FL) 11 Louisiana State 10 Iowa 12 Texas Christian 8 Oregon 16 Penn State 13 Nebraska 17 Oklahoma State 14 Kansas 15 Brigham Young 19 Georgia Tech 20 Oklahoma 18 South Florida 21 South Carolina 22 Houston 23 Utah NR Notre Dame 25 Missouri 24
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Alabama 2 Florida 1 Texas 3 Southern California 4 Cincinnati 6 Boise State 5 Iowa 8 Miami (FL) 9 Louisiana State 10 Texas Christian 7 Georgia Tech 13 Oregon 14 Penn State 11 Oklahoma State 12 Virginia Tech 15 Brigham Young 16 Houston 17 Ohio State 17 Utah 20 Pittsburgh 19 Texas Tech 24 West Virginia 22 South Carolina 23 Kansas 21 Oklahoma NR Mississippi 25
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Texas Southern California Cincinnati Boise State Iowa Texas Christian Louisiana State Oregon Georgia Tech Penn State Oklahoma State Virginia Tech Houston Pittsburgh Ohio State Miami (FL) Utah West Virginia South Carolina Oklahoma Arizona Mississippi Notre Dame
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AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Cincinnati 7 Boise State 5 Texas Christian 4 Oregon 8 Iowa 6 Louisiana State 9 Georgia Tech 11 Penn State 10 Southern California 13 Houston 15 Pittsburgh 14 Ohio State 12 Miami (FL) 17 Utah 16 Oklahoma State 18 Notre Dame 21 Oklahoma 20 Arizona 19 Virginia Tech 24 California 23 Wisconsin 22 Brigham Young 25
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Team USA Florida 1 Texas 2 Alabama 3 Texas Christian 4 Cincinnati 5 Boise State 6 Georgia Tech 7 Pittsburgh 9 Louisiana State 11 Ohio State 8 Southern California 10 Miami (FL) 15 Houston 12 Oregon 16 Iowa 13 Utah 14 Oklahoma State 18 Arizona 19 Penn State 17 Virginia Tech 21 Wisconsin 20 Brigham Young 22 South Florida 24 Clemson NR Stanford NR
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November 15 AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR NR
Team USA Florida 1 Alabama 3 Texas 2 Texas Christian 4 Cincinnati 5 Boise State 6 Georgia Tech 7 Pittsburgh 9 Ohio State 8 Louisiana State 10 Oregon 11 Oklahoma State 13 Penn State 12 Stanford 17 Iowa 15 Virginia Tech 16 Wisconsin 14 Clemson 19 Brigham Young 18 Oregon State 20 Miami (FL) 24 Southern California 21 Utah 23 Houston 22 Rutgers NR Nebraska 25 North Carolina 25
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Florida 1 Alabama 3 Texas 2 Texas Christian 4 Cincinnati 5 Boise State 6 Georgia Tech 7 Pittsburgh 9 Ohio State 8 Oregon 10 Oklahoma State 12 Penn State 11 Iowa 13 Virginia Tech 14 Clemson 16 Oregon State 18 Louisiana State 17 Brigham Young 15 Miami (FL) 21 Mississippi 25 California NR Utah 19 North Carolina 24 Southern California 22 Houston 20 Nebraska 23
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Team Florida Alabama Texas Texas Christian Cincinnati Boise State Oregon Ohio State Iowa Penn State Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Oregon State Pittsburgh Louisiana State
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16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Brigham Young 13 Miami (FL) 17 Houston 18 California 22 Southern California 19 Nebraska 20 Oklahoma State 21 Stanford 24 West Virginia 23 Clemson NR Utah 25
AP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. NR
Team USA Alabama 1 Texas 2 Texas Christian 3 Cincinnati 4 Florida 5 Boise State 6 Oregon 7 Ohio State 8 Georgia Tech 10 Iowa 11 Penn State 9 Virginia Tech 12 Louisiana State 13 Miami (FL) 15 Brigham Young 14 Oregon State 20 Pittsburgh 16 West Virginia 17 Stanford 21 Nebraska 19 Oklahoma State 18 Arizona 23 Utah 24 Wisconsin 22 Central Michigan NR Houston 25
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1940 Cotton Bowl Later in the quarter, a 51-yard punt by McFadden started Boston Boston College 3 College at its 20. The Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Eagles fumbled on first January 1, 1940 Clemson:.....................................8-1................... #12 down and Clemson’s Boston College:.......................9-1................... #11 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX George Fritts recovered at the 24. The Tigers could do nothing with the gift, however, as Joe Blalock Jess Neely’s last Clemson team won eight games in fumbled after a short pass. the regular season with just one loss to a Tulane team that would finish the season with an 8-1-1 record and #5 The game turned into a defensive struggle in the ranking by the Associated Press. The 8-1 Tigers were second half, although Boston College did penetrate rewarded with an invitation to play Boston College in deep into Clemson territory on two occasions. The the fourth Cotton Bowl, but Clemson first had to get Eagles took the opening kickoff to the Clemson 19, but permission from the Southern Conference, which they a holding penalty and an incomplete pass ended the immediately granted. The 1939 season not only resulted threat and BC was forced to punt. in Clemson’s first bowl appearance, but also the Tigers’ Late in the game, the Eagles drove to the Clemson 11 first, First-Team Associated Press All-American, Banks yard line, but Bryant and McFadden each broke up two McFadden. passes and Clemson took over possession on downs. On the last play of the first quarter, Bru Trexler punted McFadden effectively bottled up the Eagles other to Boston College’s Charlie O’Rourke, who fielded the than those drives with his punting. His 44-yard average punt on the Clemson 40 and returned it to the 13. Two on 11 kicks, including two boots for 51 and 55 yards in running plays lost 10 yards, but on third down Frank the second half, prevented Boston College from getting Davis gained six. Alex Lukachik then kicked a 34-yard good field position, and the Clemson defense made the field goal to put the Eagles up, 3-0. 6-3 score stand. Clemson’s scoring drive began when McFadden returned a punt to the 33. Charlie Timmons rushed for 15 yards in two plays, and two plays after that, McFadden hit Wister Jackson with a 16-yard pass to the Eagle 20. Timmons ran the final 20 yards in three carries, but Shad Bryant missed the extra point.
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:................................................. Jess Neely Boston College:................................Frank Leahy
Game Stats Clemson Boston College
0 0
6 3
0 0
0 0
6 3
BOC Lukachik 34 FG, 2nd CU Timmons 2 run (Bryant kick failed), 2nd Attendance - 20,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 11 47-204 35 2-4-1 239 11-44.0 4
BOC 9 37-102 75 4-23-1 177 10-42.0 3
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Timmons 27-115-1, Bryant 14-56, McFadden 6-33 BOC Ananis 11-43, O’Rourke 8-41 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD) CU McFadden 2-3-0-35-0, Blalock 0-1-1-0-0 BOC Toczlowski 4-23-1-73-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds) CU Blalock 1-19, Jackson 1-16
1949 Gator Bowl Wilbur Volz returned the theft to the Missouri 46. Missouri kept the Missouri 23 ball on the ground and Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Entsminger carried over January 1, 1949 Clemson:.....................................9-0................... #11 from the one for the Missouri:.....................................8-2.....................NR Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL score. Dawson added his second point after and the game was tied up at 14. Clemson opened the 1948 season with a 53-0 shutout of Presbyterian in the Tigers’first-ever night home game Clemson took the second-half kickoff and used up and they closed the regular season with a 20-0 blanking six minutes of clock on the way to its third touchdown. of The Citadel in the first game played at the Bulldogs’ Gage ran and passed for 19 yards on two separate plays Johnson Hagood Stadium. In between, the Tigers shut and the Tigers scored on a flea-flicker pass from Cone out three more opponents and beat five others on the to Gage to John Poulos. Miller completed the 80-yard way to a 10-0 record, a #11 ranking in the polls, and an drive with his third PAT. invitation to play Missouri in the fourth Gator Bowl. A Missouri punt rolled dead at the Clemson one, Clemson kicked off, but three plays later Missouri and after an incomplete pass, Gage threw a pass that hit the ground in the end zone and was ruled a safety. fumbled and Clemson’s Bob Martin recovered at the Clemson’s lead was then cut to 21-16. 19. A pass interference call gave Clemson the ball at the one, and Fred Cone scored from there. Jack Miller Clemson then launched an 11-play surge to the Misadded the point. souri 12. Miller kicked a 32-yard field goal that would prove to be the winning points. Ray Mathews recovered a Missouri fumble later in the quarter to give Clemson the ball at its 35. Mathews Dave Ashley returned the kickoff to the Missouri 40, took the next play for 26 yards and five plays later Bobby and seven plays later, Richard Braznell passed to KenGage passed to Martin for 19 more. Cone scored for the neth Bounds for a 20-yard touchdown. Dawson added second time from the one, and Miller’s conversion gave the point to bring Missouri within one point with five the Southern Conference champs a 14-0 lead. minutes left. Clemson took the kickoff and ran out the clock to preserve the win. After a kickoff, Missouri launched an 80-yard drive to score its first touchdown. Harold Entsminger capped the 13-play march with a quarterback sneak. Gage was intercepted on the next Clemson drive and
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..........................................Frank Howard Missouri:............................................... Don Faurot
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Game Stats Clemson Missouri
14 0
0 14
7 2
3 7
24 23
CU Cone 1 run (Miller kick), 1st CU Cone 1 run (Miller kick), 1st MIZ Entsminger 2 run (Dawson kick), 2nd MIZ Entsminger 1 run (Dawson kick), 2nd CU Poulos 9 pass from Gage (Miller kick), 3rd MIZ Safety (Gage pass grounded in endzone), 3rd CU Miller 32 FG, 4th MIZ Bounds 20 pass from Braznell (Dawson kick), 4th Attendance - 35,273 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts
CU 19 42-186 112 10-23-1 298 1-35.0
MIZ 16 52-225 73 4-8-0 298 3-31.0
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Mathews 11-73, Cone 14-72-2, Gage 15-25 MIZ Entsminger 17-77-2, Carras 12-73, Braznell 15-37 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD) CU Gage 10-23-1-112-1 MIZ Braznell 2-2-0-57-1, Entsminger 2-6-0-16-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Thompson 4-48, Poulos 3-28-1, Martin 1-19 MIZ Bounds 2-57-1, Sheehan 1-8, Wren 1-8
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1951 Orange Bowl and returned it to the 40, and then a 10-yard penalty was assessed Miami (FL) 14 the Tigers for unnecesRecords & AP Ranking Entering Game sary roughness. On the January 1, 1951 Clemson:.................................8-0-1................... #10 next play, Frank Smith Miami (FL):.............................9-0-1................... #15 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ran a reverse for 45 yards to move to the Clemson five. Harry Mallios took a pitch from quarterback Bob Clemson’s bid for a repeat of the 1948 perfect season Schneidenbach in for the score and Gordon Watson ended when the Tigers had to rely on the toe of Charlie added the conversion. Radcliff to tie South Carolina after three season-opening shutouts. Clemson regrouped, however, with a 13-12 Miami drove 95 yards in just five plays for its second win at Wake Forest and then won the remaining four score of the game. Ed Lutes caught a pass at midfield games by convincing margins. The Tigers’ 8-0-1 mark and rambled down to the Clemson 17 before he was and second-place finish in the Southern Conference stopped. On fourth down, Jack Hackett threw to Frank earned them a bid to play Miami (FL), who was also Smith for the score and Watson’s point put Miami in the undefeated at 9-0-1, in the 17th Orange Bowl. lead for the first time, 14-13. After a scoreless first quarter, Clemson got on track Mallios’ 80-yard punt return was called back and with a 45-yard pass from Billy Hair to Bob Hudson that two clipping infractions along with one unnecessary put the Tigers at the Miami one. Fred Cone capped the roughness penalty put Miami in a deep hole with six 76-yard drive with a sweep for the score and Radcliff minutes left in the game. Frank Smith took a pitch-out tacked on the extra point. from Hackett, but before Smith could get out of the end zone, Sterling Smith, a second-team defensive guard for Clemson mounted a six-play, 70-yard drive in the Clemson, tripped him up for a safety, and Clemson led third quarter for its second touchdown. Hair threw a 15-14. Don Wade ended the last Miami threat with an 31-yard pass to Ray Mathews, who, as the papers said, interception, his second of the game, and Clemson ran “made a circus catch with two men on his back,” to move out the clock. the Tigers to the Miami 28. Hair tossed a pass to Glenn Smith at the Miami seven and Smith scrambled in for the score. Miami caught fire two minutes later when Jack Delbello intercepted a pass in the Clemson end zone
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..........................................Frank Howard Miami (FL):..................................Andy Gustafson
Game Stats Clemson Miami (FL)
0 0
7 0
6 14
2 0
15 14
CU Cone 1 run (Radcliff kick), 2nd CU G. Smith 21 pass from Hair (kick blocked), 3rd MIA Mallios 5 run (Watson kick), 3rd MIA F. Smith 17 pass from Hackett (Watson kick), 3rd CU TEAM safety (F. Smith tackled by Sterling Smith), 4th Attendance - 65,181 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 19 57-152 178 9-18-3 330 4-30.0 4
MIA 7 31-122 100 5-15-4 222 5-40.2 4
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Cone 31-81-1, Hair 10-48, Calvert 7-29 MIA F. Smith 15-87, Mallios 9-25-1, Czaplinski 2-6 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD) CU Hair 9-16-3-178-1, Calvert 0-1-0-0-0, Mathews 0-10-0-0 MIA Schneidenbach 3-9-3-78-0, Hackett 1-5-1-17-1 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU G. Smith 6-93-1, Mathews 2-39, Hudson 1-46 MIA F. Smith 2-19-1, Lutes 1-78, Mallios 1-(-2)
1952 Gator Bowl first of four passes to kill the Clemson drive at the Miami 15. His Clemson 0 interception total is Records & AP Ranking Entering Game still an NCAA record for January 1, 1952 Clemson:.....................................7-2................... #19 an individual in a bowl Miami (FL):.................................7-3.....................NR Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL game. Clemson got the ball back after a punt, but on fourth down, defensive end Leo Martin blocked Clemson won the first three games of the 1951 Hair’s punt at the Clemson 32. Mallios converted twice season as well as the last four. In between, however, the on fourth down to keep the drive going, and he scored Tigers dropped games to Pacific and South Carolina on from two yards out. Tremont converted again and Miami the road. The Gator Bowl Committee invited Clemson had all the points it needed. with its 7-2 record to play Miami (FL) in a rematch of the 1951 Orange Bowl, but the Southern Conference had The Clemson defense turned stingy in the second decided to ban its teams from any bowl competition half, as the Tigers did not allow Miami to penetrate their that season. Clemson and Maryland accepted bowl 35 and the Hurricanes did not gain another first down. bids anyway, and were prohibited from playing any Miami finished the game with just five first downs other conference team except each other the next year. and 174 yards of total offense, yet won the game. The Clemson offense moved well, but a fumble at the Miami The Tigers opened the game with a bang as Billy Hair 18 and three Dooley interceptions inside the 20 kept took Elmer Tremont’s kickoff and returned it 72 yards to Clemson off the scoreboard, as Miami handed the Tigers the Miami 26, but Clemson could only make six yards in their first bowl loss in history. four downs and the Tigers turned the ball over. After an exchange of punts, Miami mounted an 82-yard drive to score the game’s first touchdown. The drive was highlighted by quarterback Jack Hackett’s only two passes of the game - a 15-yarder to Frank McDonald and a 40-yard throw to Ed Lutes. Two plays later, fullback Harry Mallios took the pitch and ran 11 yards for the score. Tremont added the extra point and Miami led, 7-0. Miami defensive back Jim Dooley intercepted the
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Game Stats Clemson Miami (FL)
0 7
0 7
0 0
0 0
0 14
MIA Mallios 11 run (Tremont kick), 1st MIA Mallios 2 run (Tremont kick), 2nd Attendance - 37,208 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 14 44-145 88 6-20-4 64-233 4-30.5 5
MIA 5 50-119 55 2-2-0 52-174 9-44.4 0
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Gressette 16-64, Hair 12-35, Shirley 7-33 MIA Mallios 20-50-2, Bow 13-33, Dooley 8-18 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD) CU Hair 6-20-4-88-0 MIA Hackett 2-2-0-55-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds) CU Smith 4-55, Kempson 1-31, Gressette 1-2 MIA Lutes 1-40, McDonald 1-15
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1957 Orange Bowl Colorado Clemson
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11 and Tommy Sease recovered. Spooner, who had been the workhorse on the first scoring drive, carried the ball in from the one, and with Bussey’s third extra point, Clemson led for
Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..........................................Frank Howard Colorado:...................................................Dal Ward Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Clemson:.................................7-1-2................... #19 Colorado:................................7-2-1................... #20
January 1, 1957 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL
Clemson claimed its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 1956 on the strength of a 4-0-1 league mark. The Tigers were 7-1-2 overall and were a surprise choice to participate in the 22nd Orange Bowl, as only three weeks before their selection, the Tigers had been shut out by Miami, 21-0, in the same stadium. Colorado, which was 7-2-1 and the Big-Seven runnerup, was chosen as Clemson’s opponent. After a scoreless first quarter, Colorado got on track with a seven-play, 75-yard drive. The Buffaloes’ catalyst was a 26-yard run by Bob Stransky that moved the ball to the Clemson 23. Four plays later, John “The Beast” Bayuk scored from the two. Ellwin Indorf added the point after. Clemson came out of the lockerroom and marched 69 yards in 15 plays to score on Joel Wells’s three-yard run. After a punt, Clemson moved to the 29 on Bob Spooner’s two runs. Three plays later, Wells ran 58 yards on a counter trap off the belly series for the Tigers’ second score. Bussey’s point after made the score 20-14 Colorado. Clemson recovered the onside kick, but the Tigers were forced to punt. Colorado then fumbled at its
the first time at 21-20. Although leading, Bussey attempted a second onside kick. Colorado recovered and marched 53 yards in eight plays to go ahead for good on Bayuk’s one-yard plunge. Indorf kicked the extra point and the Buffaloes led, 2721. The two teams traded turnovers, and Colorado ran out the clock. Frank Howard’s threatened resignation during halftime inspired the comeback in the second half. “I told them I was going to resign if they didn’t play better in the second half. I told them I didn’t want to be associated with any team that played like that.” When Howard met Colorado Head Coach Dal Ward at midfield, Ward asked him what was the matter with his team. Howard said “I just don’t know.” Later, Howard explained that his team refused to block in the first half, but in the second half, they got down to business. He had words of praise for John Bayuk, Colorado’s fullback, and said he was as good as any fullback that Clemson had faced.
Game Stats Clemson Colorado
0 0
0 20
14 0
7 7
21 27
COL Bayuk 2 run (Indorf kick), 2nd, 9:08 COL Dowler 6 run (Cook kick), 2nd, 6:53 COL Cook 26 run (Kick failed) 2nd, 4:02 CU Wells 3 run (Bussey kick), 3rd, 6:07 CU Wells 58 run (Bussey kick), 3rd, 0:27 CU Spooner 1 run (Bussey kick), 4th, 11:12 COL Bayuk 1 run (Indorf kick), 4th, 7:13 Attendance - 72,552 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense
CU 14 60-217 25 4-9-2 69-242
COL 16 52-279 27 2-4-0 56-306
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Wells 18-125-2, Spooner 18-65-1, Hayes 9-28 COL Bayuk 23-121-2, Stransky 7-59, Dove 6-36 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD) CU Bussey 3-8-2-9-0, Turbeville 1-1-0-16-0 COL Morley 1-1-0-18-0, Stransky 1-1-0-0-0, Dowler 0-10-0-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Horne 2-(-7), Lawrence 1-16, W. Smith 1-16 COL Clark 1-18, Dowler 1-9
1959 Sugar Bowl the only score of the game. Cannon kicked the extra point and Clemson 0 Louisiana State led 7-0. Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Clemson had one January 1, 1959 Clemson:.....................................8-2................... #12 last chance late in the Louisiana State:.................... 10-0......................#1 Tulane-Sugar Bowl Stadium • New Orleans, LA fourth quarter. The Tigers started at their 17 and 17 plays later were on the Louisiana State 28, but South Carolina, who had been shut out by Clemson Harvey White’s fourth-down pass to George Usry was the previous two years, scored 20 second half points to incomplete. Louisiana State took over on downs and take a 26-6 win over Frank Howard’s 1958 team. The only ran out the clock. other blemish on the ACC Champions’8-2 regular season record was a 13-0 loss at Georgia Tech. For their efforts, In his usual relaxed way, Coach Frank Howard of the Tigers were invited to play the nation’s number-one Clemson said he was pleased with his team. team, Louisiana State, in the 25th Sugar Bowl. “Hell! I think we’d have beat them if that boy had held Louisiana State drove deep into Clemson territory onto that little screen pass,” Howard said. “I was going for those two points and beat them. I didn’t think we three times in the first half, but two fumbles and a would hold them to one touchdown, but I didn’t think thwarted fake field goal killed the drives. Clemson could they would shut us out, either. do no better, though, as none of its first six drives went past midfield. “Louisiana State has a good team, they rate the #1 Clemson moved to the Louisiana State 27 yard line spot in the nation. Cannon is quite a boy. Deserves his All-American rating.” on its first drive of the second half, but a fumble gave the ball back to the other set of Tigers. On Clemson’s next “It was a wonderful victory. They’re just as fine when possession, Louisiana State got the break it had been you win ‘em, 7-0 as 30-0. I’m very happy that we won,” looking for. On fourth down, the ball slipped out of said Louisiana State Coach Paul Dietzel, who won the snapper Paul Snyder’s hands and hit up-man Doug Cline national championship at age 34. in the leg and Duane Leopard recovered for Louisiana “Clemson proved tougher than most people figured. State at the Clemson 11. But we knew we would have to play at our top peak to beat them. They were a good team.” Louisiana State picked up two yards on its first three tries, but on fourth down halfback Billy Cannon hit tight end Mickey Mangham in the corner of the endzone for
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..........................................Frank Howard Louisiana State:................................ Paul Dietzel
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Game Stats Clemson Louisiana State
0 0
0 0
0 7
0 0
0 7
LSU Mangham 9 pass from Cannon (Cannon kick), 3rd, 2:31 Attendance - 82,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts
CU 12 64-168 23 2-4-0 68-191 6-32.8
LSU 9 37-114 68 4-11-0 48-182 6-41.7
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds) CU Hayes 17-55, Usry 10-29, Morgan 10-28 LSU Cannon 13-51, Davis 2-17, Purvis 3-13, Broadnax 3-17 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD) CU Shingler 1-1-0-12-0, White 1-3-0-11-0 LSU Rabb 2-7-0-33-0, Matherne 1-3-0-26-0, Cannon 1-1-0-9-1 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Cox 1-12, Anderson 1-11 LSU Mangham 2-33-1, McClain 1-26, Cannon 1-9
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1959 Bluebonnet Bowl Neither team scored in the third quarter, but Clemson did drive to Texas Christian 7 the Texas Christian 29 Records & AP Ranking Entering Game midway through the December 19, 1959 Clemson:.....................................8-2................... #11 period. Harvey White’s Texas Christian:.......................8-2......................#7 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX fourth-down pass to George Usry was just one yard short of the needed first down and Texas The 1959 season was one of firsts, lasts, and other Christian took over. milestones. Clemson won the last “Big Thursday” game with archrival South Carolina, 27-0, one of five opponents Clemson got pass-happy in the final 15 minutes and theTigers would whitewash, the second-highest shutout scored two touchdowns for a comfortable lead. With a total in a Clemson season. The 9-2 team was Clemson’s third-and-18 situation at its own 32, White threw to Gary third ACC Championship unit, and Frank Howard’s last Barnes, who caught the ball at midfield and sprinted bowl team. in for a score. After an interception, Shingler threw to Tommy King coming across the middle for a 23-yard After the season-ending win over Furman, Clemson touchdown, but Shingler’s point after was wide, and was invited to play Texas Christian in the inaugural Clemson led, 16-7. Bluebonnet Bowl, which would be the Tigers’ second post-season appearance in the calendar year of 1959. Clemson returned to its running game for its The 23-7 win over the Horned Frogs was Clemson’s 300th final scoring drive late in the quarter. Shingler, Doug football victory. Daigneault, and Ron Scrudato moved the Tigers from their 37 to the Texas Christian one and Scrudato ran off Alternate quarterback Lowndes Shingler guided right tackle for six. Armstrong’s kick put the game out Clemson on a 12-play, 63-yard drive to the Texas Christian of Texas Christian’s reach. five yard line, but the Tigers stalled. Lon Armstrong hit on a 22-yard field goal as the second quarter started, The win over the #7 Horned Frogs was the highestto put Clemson up, 3-0. ranked bowl win in Tiger history at the time and is still third-best all-time, trailing only the win over #4 Nebraska Not to be outdone, Texas Christian second-stringer in the 1982 Orange Bowl and the win over #6 Tennessee Donald George moved his team on a 12-play, 63-yard in the 2004 Peach Bowl. drive to the endzone. The Horned Frogs scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 19-yard halfback pass from Jack Reding to Harry Moreland.
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..........................................Frank Howard Texas Christian:................................. Abe Martin
Game Stats Clemson Texas Christian
0 0
3 7
0 0
20 0
23 7
CU Armstrong 22 FG, 2nd TCU Moreland 19 pass from Reding (Dodson kick), 2nd CU Barnes 68 pass from White (Armstrong kick), 4th CU King 23 pass from Shingler (kick failed), 4th CU Scrudato 1 run (Armstrong kick), 4th Attendance - 55,000 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 16 54-203 103 6-13-1 67-306 3-37.0 2
TCU 12 39-89 70 7-17-4 56-159 5-32.0 4
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds) CU Shingler 3-65, Daigneault 12-50, Cline 9-33 TCU Spikes 11-33, Harris 8-29, Moreland 7-18 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU White 4-9-1-69-1, Shingler 2-4-0-34-1 TCU Reding 1-2-0-19-1, George 3-7-2-37-0, Dawson 2-41-4-0, Sledge 1-3-1-10-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Usry 2-5, Barnes 1-68-1, King 1-23-1 TCU Moreland 2-37-1, Harris 2-17, Meyer 1-14
1977 Gator Bowl by keeping Steve Fuller & Company bottled up or causing turnovers Clemson 3 when the Tigers’offense Records & AP Ranking Entering Game did get on track. December 30, 1977 Clemson:.................................8-2-1................... #11 Pittsburgh was leadPittsburgh:.............................8-2-1................... #10 Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL ing 17-0 when the Tigers began their only scoring drive early in the second quarter. Fuller mixed passes Clemson resurfaced in the national spotlight in 1977 to Anthony King and Butler with runs by Ken Callicutt after winning eight games and making its first bowl to move to the Pittsburgh 32. The drive bogged down appearance in 18 years. First-year coach Charley Pell and Obed Ariri hit on a 49-yard field goal which set the guided his team to a 7-6 win at Georgia, a near-upset Gator Bowl record for distance. of eventual National Champion Notre Dame at home, and came within an extra point of claiming the ACC Fuller led Clemson on offense with 192 yards. He Championship. After Jerry Butler’s twisting, diving catch had been named ACC Player-of-the-Year as a junior. in the end zone beat South Carolina, Clemson accepted Randy Scott (13), Mark Heniford (13), and Bubba Brown the invitation to play defending National Champion led the Tiger defense with double-figure tackle totals. Pittsburgh in the 33rd annual Gator Bowl. Although the Tigers were out-classed by the Panthers, the 1977 appearance in the Gator Bowl was the Clemson won the opening coin toss, but that was start of a new era of football pride for Clemson. to be the only thing the Tigers would win that night as the Matt Cavanaugh-led Panthers scored six of the 12 times they had the ball, set seven Gator Bowl records, and handed the Tigers one of their 25 worst defeats in history with a 34-3 score. Cavanaugh threw four touchdown passes (three to fullback Elliott Walker), passed for a Clemson opponent record 387 yards and accounted for 402 yards in total offense. Pitt set a Gator Bowl team record for passing yards and first downs, while Cavanaugh set the individual mark for passing yardage. If that was not enough, the Pittsburgh defense stymied the Clemson offense all night
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:.............................................. Charley Pell Pittsburgh:...................................... Jackie Sherrill
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Game Stats Clemson Pittsburgh
0 10
3 7
0 7
0 10
3 34
PIT E. Walker 39 pass from Cavanaugh (Schubert kick ), 1st, 11:50 PIT Schubert 24 FG, 1st, 1:07 PIT E. Walker 10 pass from Cavanaugh (Schubert kick), 2nd, 12:04 CU Ariri 49 FG, 2nd, 10:05 PIT Jones 10 pass from Cavanaugh (Schubert kick), 3rd, 4:29 PIT Schubert 21 FG, 4th, 14:52 PIT E. Walker 25 pass from Cavanaugh (Trout kick), 4th, 8:02 Attendance - 72,289 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 14 36-110 158 10-23-4 59-268 4-33.3 4
PIT 30 51-179 387 23-37-1 88-566 3-43.5 2
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds) CU Fuller 13-34, Callicutt 7-32, Perry 4-22 PIT E. Walker 15-53, Hawkins 2-43, Heath 3-23 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Fuller 10-23-4-158-0 PIT Cavanaugh 23-36-0-387-4, Heath 0-1-1-0-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Butler 4-64, King 3-30, Weddington 2-57 PIT Jones 10-163-1, E. Walker 6-121-3, Reutersham 5-74
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1978 Gator Bowl With only five seconds left, Ariri hit a 47-yard field goal that gave the Ohio State 15 Tigers a 10-9 lead at Records & AP Ranking Entering Game halftime. December 29, 1978 Clemson:.................................. 10-1......................#7 Clemson scored the Ohio State:.............................7-3-1................... #20 Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL only points of the third quarter as the running combination of Fuller, Marvin Sims, and Warren Ratch The 1978 Clemson team was notable for many ford ground out 83 yards in 18 plays. Cliff Austin went reasons, and not the least of which was a 17-15 win the final yard for the score, and Ariri’s conversion gave over Ohio State in the Gator Bowl. The team won 11 Clemson a 17-9 cushion. games (eight by convincing margins), had the nation’s longest winning streak after the bowl game, changed With 8:11 left in the game, Schlichter scored his head coaches 19 days before the bowl, and ended the second touchdown to bring Ohio State within two coaching career of Woody Hayes. points. Jim Stuckey tackled Schlichter on a sweep to prevent the two-point play, and Clemson led 17-15. The first quarter of new Clemson head coach Danny Ford’s first game was scoreless. Ohio State mounted one final drive. Faced with The second quarter was unusual in that there were third-and-five at the Clemson 24, an interception by second-team middle guard Charlie Bauman (the only four possessions in the stanza and each team scored theft of his four-year career) killed the drive. Bauman twice. Ohio State drove to the Clemson nine on the was forced out-of-bounds on the Ohio State sideline, passing of Art Schlichter, but the Buckeyes had to settle and Buckeye coach Woody Hayes swung at the Clemson for Bob Atha’s 27-yard field goal. player. Consecutive unsportsmanlike conduct penalties Quarterback Steve Fuller engineered an impressive gave Clemson excellent field position, and Fuller was 80-yard, 15-play drive after the kickoff. Staying mostly able to run out the clock, giving Clemson its first win on the ground, Fuller ran around left end from four yards over a Big Ten team. out to give Clemson the lead. Schlichter duplicated Fuller’s feat nine plays Bubba Brown led the Clemson defense with 22 later, but Clemson right end Steve Gibbs blocked Vlade tackles, still a school record for tackles in a bowl game. Janakiewski’s extra point try. Jim Stuckey added 10 tackles. Clemson got the ball back with 1:15 remaining in the quarter and Fuller passed his way to the Buckeye 30.
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:...............................................Danny Ford Ohio State:.......................................Woody Hayes
Game Stats Clemson Ohio State
0 0
10 9
7 0
0 6
17 15
OSU Atha 27 FG, 2nd, 12:08 CU Fuller 4 run (Ariri kick), 2nd, 5:03 OSU Schlichter 4 run (kick blocked), 2nd, 1:21 CU Ariri 47 FG, 2nd, 0:05 CU Austin 1 run (Ariri kick), 3rd, 2:16 OSU Schlichter 1 run (run failed), 4th, 8:11 Attendance - 72,011 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts
CU 20 60-207 123 9-20-0 80-330 6-38.3
OSU 16 44-150 205 16-20-1 64-355 4-41.5
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Perry 14-54, Ratchford 10-54, Fuller 17-38-1 OSU Schlichter 18-70-2, Springs 10-42, Campbell 11-26 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Fuller 9-20-0-123-0 OSU Schlichter 16-20-1-205-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Butler 4-44, Tuttle 3-41, Clark 1-28 OSU Donley 3-44, Barwig 2-51, Hunter 2-49
1979 Peach Bowl Baylor Clemson
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December 31, 1979 Fulton County Stadium • Atlanta, GA
Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Clemson:.....................................8-3................... #18 Baylor:..........................................7-4................... #19
Clemson made its third consecutive bowl appearance in 1979 after an 8-3 season. The year included a 19-10 win over Gator Bowl-bound North Carolina and a dramatic, come-from-behind 16-10 victory at Notre Dame. The 1979 season was also Danny Ford’s first full campaign as head coach. The Tigers got on the board first with an eight-play, 66-yard drive highlighted by Billy Lott’s 27-yard pass to Lester Brown. Brown scored two plays later on a oneyard dive over the middle and Obed Ariri’s point after made the score 7-0 midway through the first period. Baylor took the lead on two second-quarter touchdown passes from Mike Brannon to Bo Taylor and Robert Holt. Robert Bledsoe converted after both scores and the Southwest Conference representatives led 14-7 at intermission. Clemson took the second half kickoff and a combination of runs by Lott, Brown, and Tracy Perry took the Tigers to the Baylor 22. The drive stalled there and Ariri’s 40-yard field goal narrowed the margin to 14-10. Quarterback Mickey Elam led Baylor on a 64-yard field goal drive after the kickoff, and he later threw a seven-yard touchdown to Raymond Cockrell to push
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the Bears’ lead to 24-10. Mike Singletary (future All-Pro with the Chicago Bears), led the Baylor defense with 20 tackles. He was a major reason Clemson gained a season low 67 yards
Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:...............................................Danny Ford Baylor:.....................................................Grant Teaff
rushing in 51 attempts. Andy Headen began Clemson’s furious comeback with a blocked punt that was recovered by James Robinson at the Baylor one. Chuck McSwain scored with 20 seconds left in the game and Lott passed to Jeff McCall for the two-point conversion. Headen recovered the ensuing onside kick, and Lott completed a 30-yard pass to Perry Tuttle to move the Tigers to the Baylor 33. An interception killed the winning touchdown drive, however, and Baylor ran out the remaining seconds for the win.
Game Stats Clemson Baylor
7 0
0 14
3 10
8 0
18 24
CU L. Brown 1 run (Ariri kick), 1st, 6:04 BAY Taylor 3 pass from Brannon (Bledsoe kick), 2nd, 14:55 BAY Holt 24 pass from Brannon (Bledsoe kick), 2nd, 12:20 CU Ariri 40 FG, 3rd, 10:36 BAY Bledsoe 29 FG, 3rd, 8:17 BAY Cockrell 7 pass from Elam (Bledsoe kick), 3rd, 3:43 CU McSwain 1 run (McCall pass from Lott), 4th, 0:20 Attendance - 57,731 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 20 51-67 213 17-34-3 85-280 9-31.5 3
BAY 11 45-62 172 8-17-0 62-234 9-40.7 2
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU L. Brown 25-76-1, Perry 5-28, M. Sims 3-15 BAY Abercrombie 12-32, Elam 7-13, Brannon 6-12 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Lott 17-34-3-213-0 BAY Elam 4-11-0-86-1, Brannon 4-6-0-86-2 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Tuttle 8-108, Gaillard 4-48, Brown 3-43 BAY Holt 2-52-1, Taylor 2-34-1, Abercrombie 1-63
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1982 Orange Bowl would not relinquish. On its second possession of the second Nebraska 15 half, Clemson drove 75 Records & AP Ranking Entering Game yards in 12 plays to score January 1, 1982 Clemson:.................................. 11-0......................#1 its final touchdown of Nebraska:...................................9-2......................#4 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL the night, a 13-yard pass from Jordan to All-American receiver Perry Tuttle in the corner of the After 86 years of playing football, Clemson claimed end zone. It was Tuttle’s eighth touchdown grab of the its first National Championship with a 22-15 win over season, which set a school record. Bob Paulling’s extra perennial Big Eight power Nebraska in the 48th Orange point put the Tigers ahead, 19-7. Bowl. After a 13-3 win over 1980 National Champion Georgia at home, the Tigers worked their way to the After Billy Davis’s 47-yard punt return, Jordan moved number-one ranking in both wire service polls by seathe Tigers to the Nebraska 20, where Igwebuike kicked son’s end. The win over the Cornhuskers gave Clemson a 36-yard field goal, his third of the evening, to put the national title and its third perfect season in history. Clemson ahead 22-7 with two-and-a half minutes left in the third stanza. Nebraska took the kickoff, but three plays later, William Devane recovered a Mark Mauer fumble at the Nebraska was down but not out, though. After Nebraska 33. Quarterback Homer Jordan drove Clemson a near-interception by Johnny Rembert, Mauer engito the Nebraska 24 before the drive stalled, and Donald neered an eight-play, 69-yard drive that was capped Igwebuike made a 41-yard field goal to put the ACC by a 26-yard run by Roger Craig. After a penalty, Craig Champions up 3-0. ran in the two-point conversion from eight yards out to close the gap to 22-15 with nine minutes to play. Nebraska came right back, however, as the Big Eight titleholder drove 69 yards in eight plays to score on a The Clemson defense shut down the Big Red on 25-yard halfback pass from Mike Rozier to Anthony their final extended drive, then the offense held on Steels. Kevin Seibel’s extra point gave Nebraska a 7-3 to the ball for nearly five-and-a-half minutes to run lead in the first quarter down the clock to six seconds. Andy Headen deflected Mauer’s desperation pass to preserve the win and the After an exchange of punts, the Clemson offense championship for Clemson. moved from the Nebraska 42 yard line to the 21 to set up Igwebuike’s second field goal. The 37-yard boot Jeff Davis led the Tiger defense with 14 tackles in narrowed the score to 7-6. his final game. He also recovered a fumble, giving him a school-record eight for his career. Bill Smith added a A second-quarter Phil Bates fumble gave Clemson career-high 10 tackles from his defensive end position. the ball at the Nebraska 27, and the running combination of Jordan, Kevin Mack, and Cliff Austin moved the ball to the Cornhusker two. Austin, who had been stuck in the hotel elevator for two hours earlier in the day, scampered in for the score that gave Clemson a lead it
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Notes on Clemson’s 1981 National Championship Team • Clemson won its first national title in any sport and the first for the ACC in football in 28 years. • Five different Tigers earned All-America honors, more than any other Clemson team in history. • There was no controversy concerning the voting of the National Champion in 1981. Clemson ended the season as the only undefeated, untied team in Division I after the bowl games and was the only team with three wins over top-10 teams. • Coach Danny Ford, at age 33 at the time, remains the youngest coach in history of college football to win the National Championship. • Clemson forced 41 turnovers in the 12 games, still a Clemson record for turnovers forced in a season. • During one stretch in the season the Clemson defense held the opposition without a touchdown for 18 straight quarters and no team had a rushing touchdown against Clemson the first seven games of the season. • Clemson won the national championship in 1981 after going 6-5 the previous season. The Tigers were unranked in every preseason poll for 1981. • Clemson’s improvement of 5.5 games from 1980 to 1981 was the largest improvement in the nation. • Only one team had more time of possession than Clemson all season, Wofford. • Clemson had the lead at the end of the first period in just four of the 12 games. 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
• Clemson scored 316 points in the regular season of 1981, the exact same total Georgia scored in its 11game regular season of 1980, the year the Bulldogs won the national championship. • Good health was a big reason for Clemson’s success in 1981. Only five different starters missed any games all season and no one missed more than two games. A collective total of only eight games were missed by five starters all season. • No opponent had a run from scrimmage longer than 26 yards and no opponent had a play over 30 yards all season. The longest touchdown play against Clemson was 25 yards, on a halfback option pass from Mike Rozier to Anthony Steels of Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. • During offseason conditioning in the summer of 1981 strength coach George Dostal constructed a simple sign for his strength training facility: 1982 Orange Bowl, Clemson vs. Nebraska. • The Clemson senior student who was in charge of pep rallys for the 1981 season was former CBS This Morning Anchor Jane Robelot. • The day after Clemson defeated North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC, placekicker Donald Igwebuike flew to Maryland where Clemson’s third-ranked soccer team defeated Maryland 4-0 to clinch the ACC. Igwebuike played on two ACC championship teams that fall that finished in the top 10 in the nation.
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CU Igwebuike 41 FG, 1st, 11:39 NEB Steels 25 pass from Rozier (Seibel kick), 1st, 6:43 CU Igwebuike 37 FG, 1st, 1:03 CU Austin 2 run (pass failed), 2nd, 3:56 CU Tuttle 13 pass from Jordan (Paulling kick), 3rd, 6:12 CU Igwebuike 36 FG, 3rd, 2:36 NEB Craig 26 run (Craig run), 4th, 9:15 Attendance - 72,748 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Yards/Play Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Turnovers
CU 17 52-155 134 11-22-1 74-289 3.90 4-45.8 3-0 7-57 1
NEB 13 40-193 63 6-17-0 57-256 4.49 6-43.0 3-2 8-64 2
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU McCall 12-48, Jordan 16-46, C. McSwain 12-24 NEB Craig 10-87-1, Rozier 15-75, Bates 6-24 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Jordan 11-22-1-134-1 NEB Mauer 5-15-0-38-0, Rozier 1-1-0-25-1, Fryar 0-1-0-0-0 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Tuttle 5-56-1, Gaillard 3-26, Magwood 1-42 NEB Steels 1-25-1, Brown 1-13, Rozier 1-11 Punt Returns (PR-Yds) CU B. Davis 3-58 NEB Ladan 1-12 Kickoff Returns (KOR-Yds) CU Tuttle 2-50 NEB Rozier 3-78, Steels 1-15 Tackles CU J. Davis 14, Smith 10, Benish 8 Sacks CU Childers 1-12 Recovered Fumbles CU J. Davis 1, Devane 1
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1985 Independence Bowl Tigers with a career high 148 yards, including a 32-yard run. It was his Clemson 13 seventh 100-yard day Records & AP Ranking Entering Game of the year, his sixth December 21, 1985 Clemson:.....................................6-5.....................NR century game in the last Minnesota:.................................6-5.....................NR Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA seven contests. Ray Williams caught Clemson met a Big Ten school for only the second five passes for 58 yards, while Terrance Roulhac had 63 yards in receptions and 90 yards in kickoff returns. time in history when it faced Minnesota in the IndepenAnother wide receiver, Keith Jennings, scored Clemson’s dence Bowl. It was an interesting matchup of teams only touchdown when he caught a three-yard pass from that enjoyed moving the ball on the ground, as both running back Stacey Driver in the third period. clubs gained over 200 rushing yards in the contest. The team with the higher rushing total prevailed, a fact that Henry Walls led Clemson defensively with 13 tackles, was easily predictable, as the Gophers churned out 257 while A.J. Johnson was outstanding in the secondary yards rushing in a 20-13 Minnesota win. with seven stops. Dwayne Meadows established a career high with 13 stops from his defensive line position. Minnesota was coached by John Gutekunst, who had taken over for Lou Holtz at the end of the regular season. Holtz had resigned in December to become head coach at Notre Dame. Clemson held a 13-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but for the fifth time in the last 13 games the Tigers could not hold the fourth-period lead. Valdez Baylor scored on a one-yard run with 4:56 left to give Minnesota a final ledger of 7-5. Clemson mounted a final drive in the last few minutes and advanced to the Minnesota 31, but a fourth-down pass for Ray Williams was overthrown. Ricky Foggie, a native of South Carolina, led the Golden Gophers with 183 yards of total offense. Kenny Flowers had another outstanding day for the
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Game Stats Clemson Minnesota
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MIN Lohmiller 22 FG, 1st, 9:02 MIN Anderson 9 pass from Foggie (Lohmiller Kick), 2nd, 13:28 CU Treadwell 39 FG, 2nd, 9:48 CU Treadwell 21 FG, 2nd, 0:14 CU Jennings 3 pass from Driver (Treadwell Kick), 3rd, 7:25 MIN Lohmiller 19 FG, 4th, 10:45 MIN Baylor 1 run (Lohmiller Kick), 4th, 4:56 Attendance - 42,800 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense
CU 18 48-211 162 10-29-1 77-373
MIN 20 55-257 123 9-22-0 77-380
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds) CU Flowers 27-148, Driver 13-37, Ro. Williams 5-12 MIN Baylor 13-98, Puk 15-69, Foggie 18-60 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Ro. Williams 9-23-1-159-0, Driver 1-3-0-3-1, Anderson 0-2-0-0-0, Ra. Williams 0-1-0-0 MIN Foggie 9-22-0-123-1 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Ra. Williams 5-58, Jennings 3-41-1, Roulhac 2-63 MIN Anderson 4-34-1, Couch 2-41, Otto 2-31
1986 Gator Bowl team. Kodak All-American tailback Brad Muster rushed for a touchdown Stanford 21 and caught two scorRecords & AP Ranking Entering Game ing passes while the December 27, 1986 Clemson:.................................7-2-2.....................NR Clemson offense came Stanford:.....................................8-3................... #20 Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL to a standstill. With 1:43 left to play in the game Clemson was forced to punt to the Cardinal with only Christmas came two days late for the Tigers as they a touchdown’s lead. But the Tiger defense rose to the won their first bowl since the 1982 Orange Bowl. After a occasion, as Stanford gained only six yards on the next brilliant first half display of offense and defense, Clemfour downs. The offense fell on the ball to run the clock son managed to hold off a second-half Stanford rally out and the Tigers emerged victorious. and go on to defeat the 17th-ranked Cardinal, 27-21. Before a Gator Bowl crowd of 80,104, the Tigers scored Tailbacks Terrence Flagler and Kenny Flowers com27 unanswered points in the first half and appeared to bined for 149 yards. Sophomore Ricardo Hooper led the be on the way to a rout. But the second half was a difreceiving corps with two catches for 44 yards. Terrance ferent ball game as Stanford came out strong and put Roulhac and Flagler each had three catches with 22 and up 21 unanswered points of its own. 23 yards, respectively. Rodney Williams rushed 16 times for 18 yards and one touchdown. Gator Bowl MVP Rodney Williams completed 8-11 passes in the first half, but it was his execution of the Defensively, the Tigers were led by linebacker Henry option that helped Clemson gain a 27-0 halftime Carter who recorded a career-high 13 tackles. Gene lead. After punting on their first possession, the Tigers Beasley added seven tackles and broke up two passes. scored on their next five. With the score 17-0 in the The game also marked Michael Dean Perry’s offensive second quarter, Reggie Harris knocked the ball loose debut, as he was put in as a blocking back on a goal-line on a Stanford kickoff return and the Tigers recovered situation in the first half. on Stanford’s 16-yard line. Two plays later, Ray Williams took a reverse in for a 14-yard touchdown, his first of the season. David Treadwell added his longest field goal of the year (46) on Clemson’s next possession, putting the Tigers up 27-0 at the intermission. But the Cardinal came back from halftime a different
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:...............................................Danny Ford Stanford:.................................................Jack Elway
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CU Lancaster 5 run (Treadwell kick), 1st, 5:29 CU Ro. Williams 1 run (Treadwell kick), 2nd, 14:58 CU Treadwell 22 FG, 2nd, 7:49 CU Ra. Williams 14 run (Treadwell kick), 2nd, 6:53 CU Treadwell 46 FG, 2nd, 0:49 STA Muster 1 run (Sweeney kick), 3rd, 6:44 STA Muster 13 pass from Ennis (Sweeney kick), 4th, 8:41 STA Muster 37 pass from Ennis (Sweeney kick), 4th, 2:50 Attendance - 80,104 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 57-238 135
STA 29-114 168
Individual Rushing (Att-Yds) CU Flagler 12-82, Flowers 14-67, Lancaster 7-31-1, Johnson 7-26, Ro. Williams 16-18-1, Ra. Williams 1-14-1 STA Muster 17-70-1, Dillard 3-13, Morris 3-12, Ennis 5-11, Scott 1-8 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Ro. Williams 12-19-1-135-0 STA Ennis 20-40-1-168-2 Individual Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Flagler 3-25, Roulhac 3-22, Hooper 2-44, J. Riggs 2-23, Ra. Williams 1-11, Jennings 1-10 STA Muster 4-53-2, Snelsen 4-42, James 4-41, Dillard 3-8, Morris 3-6, Henley 2-18 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
1988 Citrus Bowl game in which Clemson had at least 200 yards passing and 200 yards Penn State 10 rushing. Terry Allen Records & AP Ranking Entering Game was the leading rusher January 1, 1988 Clemson:.....................................9-2................... #14 with 105 yards and one Penn State:................................8-3................... #20 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL touchdown. Fullback Tracy Johnson ran for 88 yards and three touchdowns. Joe Henderson added 54 Everything went the Tigers way in sunny Florida yards on the ground and another touchdown. as Clemson soundly defeated Joe Paterno’s Penn State team by the score of 35-10. It is still the largest margin Defensively, Clemson was led by cornerback James of defeat for a Joe Paterno-coached football team. Lott’s eight tackles. Safety Richard Smith also had seven Rodney Williams was selected the Citrus Bowl’s Most tackles and one pass broken up. Strong safety Gene Valuable Player as he led the Tigers in a brilliant air atBeasley and linebacker Doug Brewster both had six tack that took the Nittany Lions by complete surprise, tackles. and complemented it with a solid ground game. Linebacker Dorian Mariable was selected the Citrus Bowl’s Defensive Player-of-the-Game with his five The win was Danny Ford’s fourth bowl victory in only tackles, including one for a loss. He also intercepted a nine seasons as Clemson’s head coach. It also marked pass in the endzone and returned it 46 yards in the third Rodney Williams’ second bowl victory in his three-year quarter. playing career at Clemson and the second consecutive year that he was named the MVP of a postseason bowl. In 1986, Williams won the honor as the Tigers defeated Stanford in the Gator Bowl. Williams, who was also named the Offensive Playerof-the-Game, completed 14 of 24 passes for 214 yards. His primary target was wide receiver Keith Jennings, who hauled in seven passes for 110 yards, his best career performance. Wideout Gary Cooper also added four receptions for 56 yards against Penn State. The Tigers rushed for 285 yards against Penn State to go with the 214 yards passing. It was the first bowl
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Game Stats Clemson Penn State
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CU T. Johnson 7 run (Treadwell kick), 1st, 10:42 PSU Alexander 39 pass from Knizner (Etze kick), 2nd, 12:51 CU T. Johnson 6 run (Treadwell kick), 2nd, 9:14 PSU Etze 27 FG, 3rd, 10:54 CU T. Johnson 1 run (Treadwell kick), 3rd, 7:29 CU Allen 25 run (Treadwell kick), 4th, 12:38 CU Henderson 4 run (Treadwell kick), 4th, 0:25 Attendance - 53,152 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 54-285 214
PSU 28-111 194
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Allen 11-105-1,T. Johnson 18-88-3, Henderson 6-541, McFadden 12-38, Lancaster 1-4 PSU Thompson 6-55, Brown 13-51, Greene 4-6, Alexander 1-3, Bill 1-3 Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Williams 15-24-0-214-0 PSU Knizner 13-22-2-148-1, Roberts 1-1-0-46-0 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Jennings 7-110, Cooper 4-56, Coley 1-19, Hooper 1-17, Pearman 1-8 PSU Timpson 4-81, , Thompson 3-19, Alexander 2-43-1, Brown 2-14, Mrosko 1-25
1989 Citrus Bowl Doug Brewster intercepted a pass early in the second quarter Oklahoma 6 to set up the Tigers’ first Records & AP Ranking Entering Game score, a 20-yard field January 1, 1989 Clemson:.....................................9-2................... #14 goal by Chris Gardocki. Oklahoma:.................................8-3................... #10 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL With time running out in the first half, Gardocki put the Tigers up with another kick, this time a 46-yarder. The Tigers rang in the New Year in fine fashion with a 13-6 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners, moving into A fumble in the third quarter gave the Sooners the the top-10 of the final AP poll for the first time since 1982 opportunity to take the lead, but the Tiger defense with a #9 ranking. The victory also gave Danny Ford a held and R.D. Lashar hit again from 30 yards. The Tigers victory over the winningest active coach in Division I, responded on the next series, driving 80 yards in 15 plays Barry Switzer. Ford defeated the top-three winningest for the game’s only touchdown, as Terry Allen scored on active coaches the decade, with wins over Switzer, Tom a four-yard run. Allen, the game’s Most Valuable Player, Osborne (Nebraska), and Joe Paterno (Penn State). rushed for 25 yards and caught two passes for 17 yards on the drive. Although the Tigers faced a wishbone offense for the first time since Ford became head coach, the Clemson Defensive MVP Jesse Hatcher caused and recovered defense came through with flying colors, holding the a fumble on the Sooners’ next drive, but the Sooners Sooners to only 116 yards, and no touchdowns on the would have one more opportunity to score. After a ground. punt, Oklahoma drove from its own 20 to the Clemson 14, as Holieway put the Tiger secondary to the test by The game was a defensive struggle, as the two teams putting the ball in the air. On the last play of the game, failed to combine for 500 yards of total offense, The first freshman Dexter Davis knocked down a pass in the five series of the first quarter ended in punts for both endzone to seal the Tiger victory. teams. Late in the period, the Sooners drove down to the Clemson one-yardline, and the Tigers defense faced Terry Allen was named MVP. Allen rushed for only a first-and-goal situation. Outside linebacker Levon 53 yards, his season low, but scored the game’s only Kirkland stopped the ballcarrier for no gain on first down. touchdown and caught four passes for 47 yards to lead On second down Jesse Hatcher sacked Jamelle Holieway all Tiger receivers. at the 19. After an incomplete pass, the Sooners were forced to settle for a field goal.
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OKL Lasher 35 FG, 1st, 0:00 CU Gardocki 20 FG, 2nd, 7:10 CU Gardocki 46 FG, 2nd, 0:00 OKL Lashar 30 FG, 3rd, 2:17 CU Allen 4 run (Seyle kick), 4th, 10:28 Attendance - 53,571 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 12 48-187 57 5-11-0 59-244 7-44.3 0
OKL 17 43-116 138 10-24-1 67-254 5-38.6 2
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU McFadden 9-55, Allen 17-53-1, T. Johnson 10-31, R. Williams 8-29, Henderson 3-10 OKL Perry 12-52, Gaddis 12-37, Holieway 15-17, Anderson 2-8, Stafford 2-2 Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU R. Williams 5-11-0-57-0 OKL Holieway 10-24-1-138-1 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Allen 4-47, Hooper 1-10 OKL Ca. Cabbiness 3-78, Guess 2-25, Cooper 2-12, Stell 2-11, Ch. Cabbiness 1-12 32 Bowl Appearances
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1989 Gator Bowl once again and fell on it in the endzone for a Tiger touchdown, upWest Virginia 7 ping the score to 24-7 Records & AP Ranking Entering Game in favor of Clemson. As December 30, 1989 Clemson:.....................................9-2................... #14 the final seconds ticked West Virginia:.......................8-2-1................... #17 Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL off the clock, DeChane Cameron came in at quarterback for the Tigers and hit Rodney Fletcher over The Tigers closed out the 1989 season with a stylish the middle for a 34-yard gain to set up a 24-yard Chris victory over West Virginia and Heisman Trophy finalist Gardocki field goal, putting the final score at 27-7. Major Harris, as a dominant Clemson defense held the high-powered Mountaineer offense to only 237 yards Senior tailback Joe Henderson led the Tigers in in total offense. The win gave Clemson’s senior class the rushing with 92 yards on 22 carries and one touchdown, ACC record for victories as they became the first class while Chris Morocco, who was shaken up late in the in conference history to record 38 wins and the first game, gained 65 yards on the ground on 11 carries. Clemson team ever to win four straight bowl games. Rodney Fletcher was the leading receiver as he pulled down three catches for 66 yards. West Virginia quarterback Major Harris came into the game ranked eighth nationally in total offense and Chris Gardocki kept the Tigers in good field position, ninth in passing efficiency but the Clemson defense, as he had a 46-yard average on four punts, including a led by outside linebacker Levon Kirkland, enabled the long kick of 63. shifty Harris to gain only 17 yards on the ground and 119 Defensively, linebacker Doug Brewster led the team yards in the air on an 11-21 passing effort. Kirkland was in tackles with 10, followed by Kirkland’s nine and strong named MVP for his efforts, as he had nine tackles, a fivesafety Arlington Nunn and inside linebacker Ed McDaniel, yard sack, caused a key fumble, broke up a Mountaineer who had seven stops each. pass, and recorded three quarterback pressures. The fourth quarter was all Clemson, as the Tigers moved the ball 47 yards on the ground to set up a four-yard Joe Henderson touchdown. Vince Taylor recovered a second Harris fumble and after a Clemson punt, freshman defensive tackle Chester McGlockton, the ACC sack leader, knocked the ball loose from Harris
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:...............................................Danny Ford West Virginia:....................................Don Nehlen
Game Stats Clemson West Virginia
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WVU Jett 12 pass from Harris (Carroll kick), 1st, 6:12 CU Gardocki 27 FG, 2nd, 13:42 CU McFadden 1 run (Gardocki kick), 2nd, 2:54 CU Henderson 4 run (Gardocki kick), 4th, 11:43 CU McGlockton recovered fumble (Gardocki kick), 4th, 8:08 CU Gardocki 24 FG, 4th, 3:16 Attendance - 82,911 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 61-257 91
WVU 31-118 119
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Henderson 22-92-1, Morocco 11-65, Kennedy 9-57, Lawrence 5-16, McFadden 8-12-1, Cameron 2-8, Bolin 1-6, Hall 1-3, Carr 1-3, Cooper 1-(-5) WVU Ford 8-45, Napolean 6-24, Tyler 4-18, Harris 11-17, Hayes 1-10, Evans 1-4 Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU Morocco 5-9-0-57-0, Cameron 1-1-0-34-0, Davis 0-1-1-0-0 WVU Harris 11-21-1-119-1, Jones 0-4-0-0-0 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Fletcher 3-66, Cooper 2-15, Fields 1-10 WVU Rembert 4-57, Tyler 4-23, Dykes 2-27, Jett 1-12-1
1991 Hall of Fame Bowl pass from Cameron to Thomas. Clemson had not scored a passing Illinois 0 touchdown in any of Records & AP Ranking Entering Game its four previous bowl January 1, 1991 Clemson:.....................................9-2................... #14 victories. Illinois:.........................................8-3................... #18 Tampa Stadium • Tampa, FL In the second quarter, the Tigers would score two more touchdowns. The first was the result After a separation of 22 years, two coaches found of a 17-yard Cameron pass to fullback Howard Hall. It themselves once again on the same football field. This was just the third TD pass to a Clemson fullback in the time, they were on opposite sidelines. Ken Hatfield last 18 years. Clemson then put the contest out of reach and John Mackovic, who had been graduate assistants just three plays later when Arlington Nunn scored on together at Army in the 1960’s, were reunited in the a 34-yard interception return. It was the senior’s third 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl. interception returned for a TD in 1990, a Clemson record. The Clemson defense dominated the line by holding Illinois to 247 yards, 150 yards under their season The Tiger defense continued to hold Illinois average. The Clemson offense surprised the Illini defense throughout the remainder of the game. John Johnson with an unexpected aerial assault. Tiger quarterback and led the Tiger pass defense, as he had two sacks to lead game MVP DeChane Cameron, who was less than a 50 a point-prevention unit that had six sacks on the day. percent passer in the regular season, completed 14 of Illinois reached the Clemson eight-yard line in the fourth 19 passes for a Hall of Fame Bowl record 73 percent. quarter, but the Tiger defense forced a fumble and Ed McDaniel picked up the ball. Illinois had the ball in Tiger Cameron’s passing yardage totalled 141 yards and territory just three times. he completed TD passes to Doug Thomas and Howard Hall. It was the first TD reception for both players in The Tiger defense earned its third shutout of the their respective careers. Thomas caught five passes on year. It was the first shutout at a Hall of Fame Bowl the day for 57 yards, career highs for both categories and Clemson’s first bowl shutout in 17 bowls. The 30-0 for the senior in his last game. triumph was a Tiger record for victory margin in a bowl game. Clemson took its opening possession 71 yards to the Illinois two where Chris Gardocki tapped in any easy three. After Illinois fumbled on its first offensive play of the game, Clemson scored a touchdown with a 14-yard
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CU Gardocki 18 FG, 1st, 7:18 CU Thomas 14 pass from Cameron (Gardocki kick), 1st, 6:58 CU Hall 17 pass from Cameron (Gardocki kick), 2nd, 10:31 CU Nunn 34 interception return (Gardocki kick), 2nd, 9:38 CU Gardocki 26 FG, 3rd, 5:00 CU Gardocki 43 FG, 4th, 14:15 Attendance - 63,154 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes
CU 18 44-148 157 16-23-0
ILL 14 33-59 185 18-36-2
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Cameron 17-76, Williams 14-27, Harris 3-20, Blunt 4-10, Moncrief 3-9, Hall 2-5 ILL Griffin 15-59, Feagin 5-28, Bell 3-14, Muti 1-3, Lester 2-2, Kinney 2-(-8), Verduzco 5-(-36) Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Cameron 14-19-141-0-2, Moncrief 2-4-16-0-0 ILL Verduzco-13-25-121-2-0, Kinney 5-11-64-0-0 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Thomas 5-57-1, Smith 3-43, Witherspoon 2-7, Hall 1-17-1, Blunt 1-16, Ryans 1-12, Kennedy 1-4, Williams 1-1, Harris 1-0 ILL Wax 6-77, Muller 3-76, Finke 3-23, Griffin 2-11, Palma 1-4, Bell 1-1, Feagin 1-(-6) 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
1992 Citrus Bowl connected on a 32-yard field goal on a drive highlighted by a 43-yard Clemson 13 run by fullback Rudy Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Harris. January 1, 1992 Clemson:.................................9-1-1................... #13 The highlight of California:...................................9-2................... #14 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL the game for the Tigers came with just under five minutes remaining in the first half, as DeChane Clemson’s bowl game victory streak ended at five Cameron broke loose for a 62-yard touchodwn. That as the Tigers left the state of Florida with their first bowl play marked the longest run from scrimmage for a loss since 1985, and their worst defeat since 1986, when Tiger quarterback in 13 years, but also marked the only #14th California defeated #13 Clemson 37-13 in the touchdown that Clemson scored that afternoon. Florida Citrus Bowl. For the first time since the 1988 season, the Clemson The only score for Clemson in the second half was defense, which led the nation in rushing defense in 1991, a 36-yard field goal by Welch in the third period. allowed an opposing running back to rush for over 100 The Tiger defense managed to hold California scoreyards, as California’s Russell White crossed the century less in the fourth quarter, but Clemson could not put mark with 103 yards. up any points, as it turned the ball over three times on interceptions and once more on downs. The Golden Bears scored early and often in the first half, taking the opening kickoff 76 yards for a touchdown Two Tigers who were playing in their last game in and adding a 31-yard field goal on their third possesa Clemson uniform were named team Most Valuable sion. Clemson was unable to gain a first down after the Players in the loss. Defensive tackle Chester McGlockensuing kickoff and was forced to punt. Although Chuck ton, who had six tackles for the game, including three Lynch punted 49 yards, Brian Treggs eluded the Tiger tackles for loss and one-and-a-half sacks, was named special forces unit and went the distance for a 72-yard the Tigers’ defensive MVP, while quarterback DeChane touchdown. Cameron was named Clemson’s Most Valuable Offensive Performer, after he scored Clemson’s only touchdown Treggs had 124 punt return yards, most ever against and had 189 yards in total offense. Clemson in a bowl game and one of the top opponent performances in any game. Clemson got on the board for the first time with time running out in the first quarter as Nelson Welch
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:............................................. Ken Hatfield California:......................................... Bruce Snyder
Game Stats Clemson California
3 17
7 10
3 10
0 0
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CAL Zomalt 1 run (Brien kick), 1st, 11:23 CAL Brien 31 FG, 1st, 3:53 CAL Treggs 72 punt return (Brien kick), 1st, 2:14 CU Welch 32 FG, 1st, 0:00 CAL White 2 run (Brien kick), 2nd, 6:26 CU Cameron 62 run (Welch kick), 2nd, 4:48 CAL Brien 33 FG, 2nd, 1:21 CU Welch 36 FG, 3rd, 10:06 CAL Brien 34 FG, 3rd, 6:04 CAL Dawkins 23 pass from Pawlawski (Brien kick), 3rd, 3:48 Attendance - 64,192 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 44-206 123
CAL 42-146 230
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Harris 14-83, Cameron 12-66-1, Blunt 15-41 CAL White 22-103-1, Chapman 5-25, Mahlum 1-16 Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Cameron 15-33-123-1-0, McLees 0-2-0-1-0 CAL Pawlawski 21-32-230-0-1, Klein 0-1-0-0-0 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Smith 7-71, Blunt 3-28, Witherspoon 3-9, Gibson 2-15 CAL Zomalt 6-41, Dawkins 5-55-1, White 3-39, Treggs 2-24, Caldwell 2-20, Chapman 1-36
1993 Peach Bowl no gain. Buckner was named Defensive MVP after tallying a dozen Kentucky 13 tackles, including three Records & AP Ranking Entering Game tackles for loss. Buckner December 31, 1993 Clemson:.....................................6-5.....................NR became just the fourth Kentucky:...................................6-5.....................NR Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA Tiger defensive lineman in the last eight years to record at least a dozen tackles in a game. Heading into the Peach Bowl with Kentucky, Clemson owned the seventh-best bowl winning percentage in The Tigers were forced to punt after taking over at college football history with a .611 mark. The Tigers the one and Kentucky got on the scoreboard with a upped that percentage in an exciting way, with a 14-13 17-yard field goal by Nicky Nickles. The score heading win over Kentucky. Tommy West became the first coach into the half stood at 7-3. in NCAA history to win his first game for a school in a Neither squad scored in the third quarter, and barely bowl game without serving as a coach in that program into the fourth period, Kentucky took the lead with a during the regular season. 46-yard touchdown drive. After an interception, the Wilcats upped their lead to 13-7 on a 43 yard scoring A tandem of running backs who hailed from Pendrive, culminating in another field goal. sacola, FL led the Clemson rushing attack, as starting tailback Rodney Blunt rushed for a season-high 58 yards With time running down in the fourth quarter, on 15 carries to lead the team. But, it was red-shirt freshquarterback Patrick Sapp came off the bench. The two man Emory Smith who was named the Tigers’ Offensive teams exchanged punts before the Tigers got the ball at MVP, as he rambled for 45 yards from his fullback position, their own 18 with 3:50 left. On the first play of the drive, including a two-yard touchdown run. Sapp threw a screen to Emory Smith for 57 yards. With under a minute left, Kentucky linebacker Marty Moore After taking over at its own two, quarterback Dexintercepted Sapp’s pass. But, on the return, Stacy Seegars ter McCleon engineered a 98-yard scoring drive that jarred the ball loose and Brent LeJeune recovered. With culminated in a one-yard run by Emory Smith. 20 seconds left, Sapp connected with Terry Smith on a The Wildcats drove back down the field on their 21-yard score and Nelson Welch kicked the PAT for the next possession, this time reaching the Clemson one win. again, where they decided to go for it on fourth down. The Clemson defense held once again, as defensive tackle Brentson Buckner stopped the ball carrier for
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:............................................ Tommy West Kentucky:..................................................Bill Curry
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Game Stats Clemson Kentucky
7 0
0 3
0 0
7 10
14 13
CU E. Smith 2 run (Welch kick), 1st, 2:45, 18-98 KEN Nickles 34 FG, 2nd, 7:17, 4-36 KEN Chatman 5 pass from Jones (Nickles kick), 4th, 12:48, 6-46 KEN Nickles 26 FG, 4th, 7:28, 7-43 CU T. Smith 21 pass from Sapp (Welch kick), 4th, 0:20, 10-82 Attendance - 63,416 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense
CU 14 46-119 129 8-16-3 62-248
KEN 20 34-139 154 16-32-0 66-293
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Blunt 15-58, E. Smith 8-45-1, Witherspoon 5-17, Sapp 4-10, Franklin 5-8, McCleon 8-2, Team 1-(-21) KEN Williams 13-58, Hood 8-36, Jones 8-19, Jordan 2-10, Riazzi 2-9, Rudolph 1-7 Passing (Comp-Att-I-Yds-TD) CU McCleon 3-7-2-20-0, Sapp 5-9-1-109-1 KEN Jones 16-32-0-154-1 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU T. Smith 4-56-1, Blunt 3-16, E. Smith 1-57 KEN Chatmon 3-27-1, Calvert 2-32, Wyatt 2-28, Williams 2-17, Rudolph 1-21, Samuels 1-14, Hood 1-8, Gordon 1-6, Browning 1-1
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1996 Gator Bowl a crucial fourth-andtwo situation. Clemson called a play-action pass Clemson 0 that was incomplete, Records & AP Ranking Entering Game ending the drive on January 1, 1996 Clemson:.....................................8-3................... #23 downs. Syracuse:....................................8-3.....................NR ALLTEL Stadium • Jacksonville, FL The homecoming for Jacksonville natives and childhood teammates Brian Dawkins and Patrick Clemson entered the 1996 Gator Bowl fresh off of five consecutive victories, including an emotional 38‑17 Sapp was bitter‑sweet, although Sapp did register a win over arch‑rival South Carolina. The Tigers had won sack for a nine-yard loss. The Tigers, who entered the game with the nation’s fourth best rushing attack could six consecutive games away from Death Valley, but only manage 90 yards on 34 attempts. The Orangemen the streak ended there at the hands of Syracuse. The held Raymond Priester, the ACC’s leading rusher, to just Orangemen handed Clemson its worst bowl defeat in 36 yards on 15 carries. its 20‑game bowl history, 41‑0. In front of a rain‑soaked crowd of mostly Tiger Syracuse added two more touchdowns in the third fans, freshman quarterback and future NFL star Donoquarter to put the game well out of reach. After a 57van McNabb ran, passed and beat the Tiger defense. yard pass to Sir Mawn Wilson, Thomas ran two yards to McNabb, the MVP of the Gator Bowl, was unstoppable, the right for his second touchdown of the afternoon. as he threw three touchdown passes and ran for another. Thomas rushed for 71 yards on 14 carries. Each team He completed 13 of 23 passes for 309 yards. Wide receiver traded prodigious third quarter punts, including a Marvin Harrison was on the other end of many McNabb 73‑yard effort by Sean Reali. The two bright spots for passes as he grabbed seven for 173 yards. Clemson were punter Chris McInally, who averaged 49.3 yards on six punts, and Brian Dawkins, who had a Malcolm Thomas scored less than two minutes into team-high 10 tackles. The Orangemen had their second the game on a one‑yard run. On its next possession, McNabb led a 12-play, 62‑yard drive that culminated one‑play drive when McNabb connected with Harrison in a McNabb five‑yard keeper for six. for a 56‑yard score. In the second quarter, the Orangemen defense thwarted Clemson’s best scoring chance of the afternoon. After the Tigers had gone 53 yards down the field on 11 plays to Syracuse’s six-yard-line, Clemson faced
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:............................................ Tommy West Syracuse:..................................... Paul Pasqualoni
Game Stats Clemson Syracuse
0 20
0 0
0 14
0 7
0 41
SYR Thomas 1 run (Mare kick), 1st, 13:11, 6‑64 SYR McNabb 5 run (Mare kick blocked), 1st, 3:04, 12‑62 SYR Harrison 38 pass from McNabb (Mare kick), 1st, 2:07, 1‑38 SYR Thomas 2 run (Mare kick), 3rd, 11:43, 4‑64 SYR Harrison 56 pass from McNabb (Mare kick), 3rd, 6:00, 1‑56 SYR Sinceno 15 pass from McNabb (Mare kick), 4th, 14:51, 6‑54 Attendance - 45,202 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 34-90 69
SYR 50‑158 309
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Priester 15‑36, Smith 6‑30, Greene 8‑16, Solomon 4‑8, Downs 1‑0 SYR Thomas 14‑71‑2, Downing 6‑37, Jones 10‑25, Konrad 6‑24, R. Johnson 1‑6, McNabb 8‑5‑1, Morris 1‑4, Sparks 2‑2, Harrison 1‑1, Team 1‑(‑17) Passing (Comp‑Att‑I‑Yds‑TD) CU Greene 9‑19‑2‑63‑0, Solomon 2‑4‑0‑6‑0, Wyatt 0‑1‑0‑0‑0 SYR McNabb 13‑23‑1‑309‑3 Receiving (Catches‑Yds‑TD) CU Wyatt 3‑21, Priester 2‑16, Crooks 2‑10, Smith 2‑(‑4), Horne 1‑15, Woods 1‑11 SYR Harrison 7‑173‑2, Wilson 2‑70, Sinceno 2‑47‑1, Maddox 1‑18, Williams 1‑1
1996 Peach Bowl for losses combined for a total loss of fiftythree yards of Louisiana Clemson 7 State’s offense. Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Louisiana State December 28, 1996 Clemson:.....................................7-4.....................NR scored its only touchLouisiana State:.......................9-2................... #17 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA down of the game during the second quarter when Kevin Faulk ran three yards to a touchdown. The Raymond Priester set a Clemson Bowl record for extra point by Richey was good and the game was tied rushing yardage with 151 yards gained during the 1996 7-7. Louisiana State scored again during this quarter, Peach Bowl. On the defensive side of the ball, defensive with a 22-yard field goal by Richey to take the lead for lineman Trevor Pryce had three tackles for loss and one good. Neither team scored in the second half, as both sack in addition to a caused fumble. Even with these defenses dominated. fine accomplishments, Clemson still fell to the Louisiana State Tigers by a three-point margin, 10-7 at the Georgia Clemson got the ball back with 2:29 remaining, but Dome in Atlanta, GA. a 52-yard field goal attempt by Matt Padgett with 1:02 remaining in the game was blocked by Adam Roman Nealon Greene opened the scoring for Clemson on and Louisiana State hung on for its second bowl victory a three-yard run for a touchdown. over Clemson. The SEC Tigers also defeated Clemson In addition to Priester’s outstanding game, contribu7-0 in the 1959 Sugar Bowl. tions to the running attack were also made by Emory Smith, who had nine carries for 40 yards. Smith, brother Time of possession was fairly even throughout of NFL star Emmitt Smith, was playing in his second the game, as Louisiana State led with 30:15 minutes Peach Bowl, as he was vital in Clemson’s victory over versus Clemson’s 29:45 minutes. Not only was time Kentucky in the 1993 Peach Bowl. of possession even in this game, but also the total net yards gained (Clemson 258 - Louisiana State 287) and Clemson’s sole touchdown drive was 1:29 minutes the average gain per play (4.2-4.5) were close as well. long and consisted of only three runs. The outstanding field position was achieved on a fumble recovery by Harold Means following a sack and caused fumble by Trevor Pryce. Defensively, Clemson had five players contribute to a combined nine tackles for losses. These tackles
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:............................................ Tommy West Louisiana State:...........................Gerry DiNardo
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Game Stats Clemson Louisiana State
7 0
0 10
0 0
0 0
7 10
CU N. Greene 3 yard run (Padgett kick), 1st, 1:29, 3-9 LSU Faulk 3 yard run (Richey kick), 2nd, 2:21, 7-80 LSU Richey 22 yard field goal, 2nd, 4:01, 10-77 Attendance - 63,622 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts Turnovers
CU 12 42-192 66 20-6-0 258 10-38.2 1
LSU 17 43-124 163 21-14-0 287 7-42.3 1
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Priester 25-151, Smith 9-40, Dunnican 2-6, Wofford 1-5, Greene 5-(-10)-1 LSU Faulk 23-64-1, H. Tyler 12-38, Meacy 4-18, Cleveland 1-7, Taber 1-1 Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Greene 6-20-66-0-0 LSU H. Tyler 14-21-163-0-0 Receiving (Catches-Yds) CU Smith 2-25, Woods 1-22, Crooks 1-9, Wofford 1-9, Hall 1-1 LSU LaFleur 4-63, Frazier 3-30, Savoie 2-40, Foster 2-20, Bates 1-7, Cleveland 1-4, Faulk 1-(-1)
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1998 Peach Bowl yard line the following possession. Tony Horne returned the punt 20 Clemson 17 yards to the Auburn 26Records & AP Ranking Entering Game yard line, giving the TiJanuary 2, 1998 Clemson:.....................................7-4.....................NR gers great field position. Auburn:.......................................9-3................... #13 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA However, the Clemson offense failed to gain a first down. David Richardson connected on a 48-yard Behind the strength of the Auburn defense, field goal, which gave Clemson a 17-6 advantage with Dameyune Craig was able to rally his offense in the 2:10 left in the third quarter. fourth quarter enroute to a come from behind 21-17 victory over the Clemson Tigers at the Georgia Dome. Down 11 points, Craig rallied his team. He led the Auburn’s offense managed to score 15 points on three Tigers on a nine-play, 72-yard drive. The Auburn drive consecutive scoring drives to overcome an 11-point was capped off with a miraculous 22-yard touchdown deficit in the fourth quarter. run by Craig on a fourth-down play. Despite failing to convert the two-point conversion, Craig’s run was Clemson got on the board midway through the a turning point for the Auburn offense and reduced second quarter with the help of the first of many great Clemson’s lead to 17-12. special teams plays. Jaret Holmes’ punt was blocked by Rod Gardner and returned 18 yards by Chad Speck for Clemson was forced to punt on its next possession, a touchdown. giving the ball back to an Auburn offense that was finally clicking. Craig and his Tigers drove 49 yards in two Auburn would answer the Clemson scoring strike minutes and 22 seconds, resulting in a Rusty Williams on its very next drive. Offensive MVP Dameyune Craig 7-yard touchdown run. led Auburn on a seven-play, 67-yard drive, that ended when Jaret Holmes converted on his second field goal. Following an interception, Auburn drove down to With 5:18 left in the third quarter, Clemson’s special the Clemson five and Holmes converted on a 22-yard field goal, giving the Auburn Tigers a 21-17 lead. After teams stepped up big again when Rahim Abdullah Clemson lost the ball on downs, Auburn ran the remainblocked Holmes’punt and Mal Lawyer recovered the ball ing 2:30 off the clock. on the two. From there, Clemson’s Terry Witherspoon ran the ball in from two yards out on first and goal to give the Tigers a 14-6 lead. Auburn was forced to punt from inside its own 10-
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:............................................ Tommy West Auburn:............................................ Terry Bowden
Game Stats Clemson Auburn
0 3
7 3
10 0
0 15
17 21
AUB Jaret Holmes 52 FG, 1st, 9:49, 8-35 CU Speck 18 punt block return, 2nd, 6:31 AUB Holmes 24 FG, 2nd, 4:15, 7-67 CU Witherspoon 2 run, 3rd, 5:15, 1-2 CU Richardson 48 FG, 3rd, 1:48, 4-(-5) AUB Craig 22 run, 4th, 13:29, 9-72 AUB R. Williams 7 run, 4th, 8:45, 7-49 AUB Holmes 22 FG, 4th, 4:11, 7-54 Attendance - 71,212 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 27-60 86
AUB 36-108 258
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Priester 19-62, Austin 3-3, Witherspoon 1-1-1, Greene 4-(-7) AUB Williams 18-71-1, Craig 9-26-1, Carter 4-7, Beasley 5-4 Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-Int-TD) CU Greene 11-25-86-1-0 AUB Craig 15-45-258-0-0 Receiving (Catches-Yds-TD) CU Austin 3-32, Horne 2-10, Hall 2-6, Wofford 2-5, Gardner 1-27, Lawyer 1-6 AUB Bailey 4-119, Goodson 4-64, Poor 4-43, Lowe 1-8, Williams 1-3, Beasley 1-(-9)
1999 Peach Bowl Clemson had another golden opportunity later in the opening Clemson 7 quarter. Thanks in part Records & AP Ranking Entering Game to Wofford’s 32-yard December 30, 1999 Clemson:.....................................6-5.....................NR catch and run, Clemson Mississippi State:....................9-2................... #15 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA drove 64 yards in 15 plays before Tony Lazzara’s 25-yard field goal was blocked and returned into Wayne Madkin ran for a touchdown and threw for Tiger territory. The Clemson defense continually came another in the fourth quarter to lead #15 Mississippi State up with stands. The teams went into halftime 0-0, the to a 17-7 win in the Peach Bowl and a record crowd of first scoreless tie at halftime for Clemson since 1988. 73,315. Clemson outgained the Bulldogs 391-265, but many Tiger drives stalled in Bulldog territory, as Missis Scott Westerfield put the Bulldogs ahead 3-0 on sippi State’s defense, tops in the nation in yards allowed the opening drive of the second half. After two screen per game, thwarted the Tigers and forced six turnovers. passes that netted a total of 30 yards, Westerfield split the uprights from 39 yards. Despite the loss, Clemson’s defense played one of its best games of the year, holding the Bulldogs (10-2) The Bulldogs reached the endzone for the first time to just 3.7 yards per play. The defense also began many on their first possession of the fourth quarter. Madkin drives after Tiger turnovers in Clemson’s own territory. out-ran Keith Adams for a two-yard score. Their drive was twice extended on third-down plays in the red-zone Clemson was led on offense by Brian Wofford, by pass interference calls. who had six catches for a team-season-high 147 yards, including four of 20 yards or more. Brandon Streeter Clemson responded with an eight-play, 70-yard threw for 301 yards on 24-50 passing. Freshman Bernard drive capped by Streeter’s one-yard plunge to make Rambert, who played most of the game after starting the score 10-7. But Mississippi State came right back tailback Travis Zachery left the game early in the first with a clinching touchdown-scoring drive, capped by quarter with a dislocated elbow, had 70 yards rushing Dontae Walker’s 15-yard catch on a screen pass. Madkin’s on 18 carries. 21-yard completion to Matt Butler on third down was the critical play of the drive. Clemson looked to be in business when Streeter connected with Rod Gardner, who had seven catches for 75 yards, for 37 yards on the game’s first play. But Fred Smoot intercepted Streeter’s fourth-down pass.
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Mississippi State:......................... Jackie Sherrill
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Game Stats Clemson Mississippi State
0 0
0 0
0 3
7 14
7 17
MSU Westerfield 39 FG, 3rd, 12:39, 7-31 MSU Madkin 2 run (Westerfield kick), 4th, 11:40, 10-43 CU Streeter 1 run (Lazzara kick), 4th, 8:15, 8-70 MSU D. Walker 15 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 4th, 4:31, 8-57 Attendance - 73,315 Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense
CU 24 34-85 306 25-56-5 90-391
MSU 16 33-89 176 17-38-0 71-265
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Rambert 18-70, Dantzler 9-8, Streeter 4-7-1, Wofford 1-5, Witherspoon 1-2, Zachery 1-(-7) MSU Madkin 5-37-1, Miller 10-24, D. Walker 9-18, Rainey 3-14, Griffith 3-1, Gibson 1-0 Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Streeter 24-50-301-4-0, Dantzler 1-6-5-1-0 MSU Madkin 17-38-176-0-1 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Gardner 7-75, Wofford 6-147, Lawyer 5-46, Cyrgalis 2-21, Rambert 2-8, Bailey 1-9, Seth 1-3, Reames 1-(-3) MSU Miller 3-54, Sirmones 2-21, D. Walker 2-20, Griffith 2-14, McCaskey 2-9, M. Butler 1-21, Love 1-20, Huntington 1-6, Lee 1-5, Belcher 1-3
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2001 Gator Bowl Clemson record of 17 touchdowns in a season. Two possessions latClemson 20 er, Keith Adams sacked Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Vick for 18 yards, forcJanuary 1, 2001 Clemson:.....................................9-2................... #16 ing a fumble that Terry Virginia Tech:......................... 10-1......................#6 ALLTEL Stadium • Jacksonville, FL Bryant recovered on the Hokie 13. Clemson had to settle for an Aaron Hunt field goal, bringing the Michael Vick rebounded from an ankle-injury to Tigers to within 14-10. But, that was as close as Clemson lead Virginia Tech to a victory in his final college game, could get. Suggs scored his first touchdown of the day a 41-20 win. The quarterback finished with two touchon a three-yard rush on the next possession to give the downs while completing 10 of 18 passes for 205 yards. Hokies a 21-10 lead. The contest was a battle of mobile quarterbacks, as Clemson’s Woodrow Dantzler gained 261 yards of total Hopes of a second-half rally were shattered when Vick offense for the afternoon. found Andre Davis for a 55-yard touchdown on the first drive of the second half. Willie Simmons relieved Dantzler The Hokies capitalized on early costly Tiger mistakes. in the final quarter. On his first possession, Simmons led The uncharacteristic play began on the first drive when the offense on an 11-play, 71-yard drive that ended in snapper Henry Owen bounced his delivery to punter a 23-yard touchdown pass to Rod Gardner. With seven Jaime Somaini, who was tackled for an eight-yard loss catches, Gardner surpassed Terry Smith’s Clemson record by Lee Suggs. Tech scored on its first offensive play of for career receptions, finishing his career with 166. the game when Vick threw to Jarrett Ferguson on a 23yard touchdown play. Both quarterbacks shined in the much-anticipated Later in the quarter, Terry Jolly jumped off-side to match-up between Vick and Dantzler, although the Hokie quarterback left with both a Gator Bowl and a MVP preserve an 11-play, 59-yard drive that ended in a sixtrophy. Vick had the advantage in the passing game, his yard touchdown run for Vick. numbers slightly besting Dantzler’s 15-32 for 180 yards. Clemson got back into the game, but at a heavy cost. Dantzler found Travis Zachery for a 23-yard touchdown early in the second quarter. However, Zachery’s missed the rest of the game due to a broken foot that occurred as the tailback leaped into the endzone. On the play, Zachery also snapped Lester Brown’s single-season
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Virginia Tech:................................. Frank Beamer
Game Stats Clemson Virginia Tech
0 14
10 7
3 13
7 7
20 41
VAT Ferguson 23 pass from Vick (Warley kick), 1st, 13:23, 1-23 VAT Vick 6 run (Warley kick), 1st, 1:08, 11-59 CU Zachery 23 pass from Dantzler (Hunt kick), 2nd, 13:34, 9-74 CU Hunt 28 FG, 2nd, 5:45, 4-2 VAT Suggs 3 run (Warley kick), 2nd, 2:26, 7-78 VAT Suggs 1 run (Warley kick failed), 3rd, 12:19, 5-80 CU Hunt 26 FG, 3rd, 7:19, 6-12 VAT Ferguson 5 run (Warley kick), 3rd, 5:14, 5-74 CU Gardner 23 pass from Simmons (Hunt kick), 4th, 7:19, 11-71 VAT Suggs 5 run (Warley kick), 4th, 3:41, 7-44 Attendance - 68,741 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 35-88 243
VAT 47-211 205
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Dantzler 18-81, Zachery 5-15, Rambert 4-7 VAT Suggs 20-73-3, Kendrick 5-52, Ferguson 6-26-1, Ward 4-24, Vick 9-19-1, Burnell 1-6 Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Dantzler 15-32-180-1-1, Simmons 6-12-63-1-1 VAT Vick 10-18-205-1-1 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Gardner 7-94-1, Watts 4-59, Zachery 2-25-1, Robinson 2-25, Kelly 3-22, Rambert 2-14 VAT A. Davis 2-70, Kendrick 2-55, Wynn 2-27
2001 Humanitarian Bowl zler recorded his third touchdown pass of the game two minutes later Louisiana Tech 24 when he hooked up Records & AP Ranking Entering Game with Bernard Rambert December 31, 2001 Clemson:.....................................6-5.....................NR for a 62-yard score. Louisiana Tech:........................7-4.....................NR Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID Following an interception by Brian Mance, the offense capitalized seven plays later when Rambert Clemson concluded its 2001 season with a 49-24 scampered down the left sideline for 21 yards and a win over Louisiana Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl at score. Charles Hafley intercepted Luke McCown’s pass Boise, ID. The Tigers managed to win despite snowy on the Bulldogs’ first play of the ensuing drive, and conditions and freezing temperatures that set records Airese Currie’s 19-yard fumble-rooskie play less than for a Tiger football game. two minutes later marked the fourth touchdown of the Clemson won by putting together one of its best quarter and gave Clemson a 42-10 lead. all-around performances of the season. The offense racked up 548 yards of total offense and set a school Backup quarterback Willie Simmons entered the record for most touchdown passes in a game with five. game in the final period and helped contribute to ClemThe Tigers scored four touchdowns in the third quarter, son’s final score of the game, completing his only pass setting a new team record for most points scored in one of the contest to Derrick Hamilton for a 57-yard touchquarter in a bowl game. Four touchdowns were scored down with just over nine minutes remaining. Despite by freshmen, marking the first time in school history two late scores by Louisiana Tech, the Tigers’ impressive that happened. The defense held the Bulldogs to just team effort left fans excited about the potential of the 49 total yards rushing while intercepting three passes 2002 campaign. and totaling six sacks. Dantzler ended his career with a fitting performance. He completed 15-23 passes for 218 yards, and After falling behind 10-7, Clemson took the lead 14his four touchdown passes tied his own team record. 10 with 6:54 remaining before halftime when quarterRambert posted 101 rushing yards and a touchdown back Woodrow Dantzler Dantzler connected with Roson 16 carries. Center Kyle Young was named to Sports coe Crosby on a 53-yard touchdown reception. Dantzler Illustrated’s All-Bowl team, as he had 18 knockdown helped extend the lead on the first drive of the second blocks in the contest. half by finding Ben Hall in the end zone and igniting the record-setting third quarter scoring effort. Dant-
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Louisiana Tech:................................Jack Bicknell
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Game Stats Clemson Louisiana Tech
7 3
7 7
28 0
7 14
49 24
LAT Scobee 29 FG, 1st, 12:22, 10-61 CU Bailey 10 pass from Dantzler (Hunt kick), 1st, 5:48, 8-51 LAT McCown 11 run (Scobee kick), 2nd, 7:51, 12-79 CU Crosby 53 pass from Dantzler (Hunt kick), 2nd, 6:54, 2-57 CU Hall 5 pass from Dantzler (Hunt kick), 3rd, 11:43, 9-65 CU Rambert 62 pass from Dantzler (Hunt kick), 3rd, 9:42, 3-62 CU Rambert 21 run (Hunt kick), 3rd, 6:36, 7-58 CU Currie 19 run (Hunt kick), 3rd, 4:34, 6-51 CU Hamilton 57 pass from Simmons (Hunt kick), 4th, 9:24, 2-60 LAT Daigre 34 pass from McCown (Simon pass), 4th, 7:46, 7-76 LAT Smith 2 run (Causey kick failed), 4th, 3:14, 8-75 Attendance - 23,472 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 55-273 275
LAT 26-49 401
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Rambert 16-101-1, Jasmin 16-83, Dantzler 15-57, Currie 2-13-1, Hamilton 2-17, Schell 1-2 LAT Smith 14-57, Curry 1-(-3), McCown11-(-5) Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Dantzler 15-23-218-0-4, Simmons 1-4-57-0-1, Schell 0-1-0-0-0, Reames 0-1-1-0-0 LAT McCown 25-52-328-3-1, Causey 4-7-73-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Hamilton 4-94-1, Crosby 4-69-1, Rambert 3-77-1 LAT Daigre 10-178, Simon 7-96, Harris 4-31 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
2002 Tangerine Bowl ing the second quarter. Taurean Henderson’s 10-yard run gave Clemson 15 the Red Raiders a 24-0 Records & AP Ranking Entering Game lead with 12:09 remainDecember 23, 2002 Clemson:.....................................7-5.....................NR ing in the first half. MidTexas Tech:.................................8-5.....................NR Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium • Orlando, FL way through the second quarter, Clemson finally mustered some points when Tye Hill blocked Texas Tech defeated Clemson 55-15 in the 2003 a punt that resulted in a safety when the ball went Mazda Tangerine Bowl at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium through the end zone. in Orlando, FL. Making their fourth consecutive bowl appearance, the Tigers were unable to contain Kliff Vincent Meeks intercepted Whitehurst at the Kingsbury, who threw for 375 yards and three touchgoal-line. Three quick completions moved the Texas downs. Earning game MVP honors, he completed 32-43 Tech offense into field-goal range, and Robert Treece’s passes and finished the season with 5,017 passing yards. successful 40-yard attempt as time expired gave Texas Although Kingsbury left the game in the third quarter Tech a 34-2 advantage at halftime. with a leg injury, he returned to play in the final quarter Clemson’s opening drive of the second half resulted and became just the third player in Division I-A history in the team’s first offensive score, when Whitehurst conto eclipse the 5,000-yard passing mark in a season. nected with tight end Ben Hall on a 10-yard touchdown pass. Kingsbury left the game on the next possession Charlie Whitehurst, who completed 20 of his 48 after Khaleed Vaughn rolled over his leg; B.J. Symons passes for 263 yards, led Clemson. His favorite target replaced Kingsbury and guided the Red Raiders to a was Kevin Youngblood, who had a game-high 134 yards score on his opening drive. Symons’ two-yard touchreceiving on seven catches. down pass to Carlos Francis made the score 41-9. Chad Kingsbury established the tone for the Red Raider Jasmin’s two-yard scamper with 12:29 remaining in offense by completing six of his first eight passes and regulation signaled the Tigers’ final score of the contest. leading the Red Raiders to a 29-yard field goal. Less than six minutes later, Kingsbury’s 46-yard touchdown pass to Nehemiah Glover gave the Red Raiders a 10-0 lead. The onslaught continued in the first quarter when Kingsbury connected with Mickey Peters on a 19-yard touchdown pass that gave Texas Tech a 17-0 lead enter-
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Texas Tech:........................................... Mike Leach
Game Stats Clemson Texas Tech
0 17
2 17
7 7
6 14
15 55
TTU Treece 29 FG, 1st, 10:11, 14-82 TTU Glover 46 pass from Kingsbury (Treece kick), 1st, 5:38, 1-46 TTU Peters 19 pass from Kingsbury (Treece kick), 1st, 1:26, 7-69 TTU Henderson 10 run (Treece kick), 2nd, 12:09, 6-41 CU TEAM Safety , 2nd, 5:14 TTU Welker 59 punt return (Treece kick), 2nd, 3:52 TTU Treece 40 FG, 2nd, 0:00, 6-52 CU Hall 10 pass from Whitehurst (Hunt kick), 3rd, 11:12, 14-80 TTU Francis 2 pass from Symons (Bishop kick), 3rd, 6:12, 11-79 CU Jasmin 2 run (Whitehurst pass failed), 4th, 12:29, 8-45 TTU Welker 9 pass from Kingsbury (Bishop kick), 4th, 9:18, 10-65 TTU Henderson 26 pass from Symons (Bishop kick), 4th, 5:32, 5-58 Attendance - 21,689 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 29-41 319
TTU 27-91 464
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU T. Hill 5-16, Kelly 5-15, Currie 1-9, Jasmin 4-4 TTU Henderson 10-60-1, Welker 4-30, Munlin 5-26 Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Whitehurst 20-48-263-4-1, Simmons 5-8-56-0-0 TTU Kingsbury 32-43-375-1-3, Symons 7-9-89-0-2 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Youngblood 7-134, Hamilton 4-72, McKelvey 2-33 TTU Glover 8-121-1, Henderson 8-56-1, Peters 7-86-1
2004 Peach Bowl put Clemson on the Volunteers’ 17-yard line to begin the next drive. Tennessee 14 The Tigers quickly Records & AP Ranking Entering Game responded to a January 2, 2004 Clemson:.....................................8-4.....................NR Volunteer touchdown Tennessee:.............................. 10-2......................#6 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA late in the first quarter. Chad Jasmin rushed for 46 yards on the drive, including a 15-yard touchdown Clemson’s impressive finish to the regular season run up the middle to put the Tigers ahead 17-7. carried over into the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, as the Tigers upset #6 Tennessee by a score of 27-14. The win gave Clemson again responded with points on the Clemson two victories over top-10 teams for the first ensuing possession. Jasmin ignited the drive with a time since the 1981 National Championship season, 31-yard run up the middle. Whitehurst then found and propelled the Tigers to a #22 ranking in both final Hamilton for a 23-yard gain into the redzone. Faced polls. with third-and-goal from the eight, the Tiger coaching staff reached into its bag of tricks. Clemson received the ball to start the game, and the offense responded with a quick start. Charlie Whitehurst took the shotgun snap and handed the Whitehurst found Derrick Hamilton for 26 yards and ball to Kyle Browning between his legs. Whitehurst then Kevin Youngblood for 35 more to move into scoring carried out a fake option to the right, while Browning position. On first-and-goal, Whitehurst led an option hesitated and then ran left for the touchdown. The to the short side of the field. Duane Coleman took the play, known as “Panther,” put the Tigers ahead 24-14 at pitch and leaped over a would-be tackler. He got in for halftime. an eight-yard score. Clemson rushed for 153 yards, while Tennessee Tennessee was forced to punt on its second struggled to just 38. Jasmin, voted the game’s most valuable offensive player, had 130 yards on the ground possession, as Clausen was sacked by Justin Miller (first and a touchdown. of his career) and then had a pass tipped at the line by Eric Coleman. All-America punter Dustin Colquitt Recording sacks for Clemson were Charles Bennett, booted a 41-yard punt, but Clemson’s Hamilton Touré Francis, Leroy Hill, John Leake, DeJuan Polk, and provided some fireworks. He started to the right side Miller. With two sacks, Hill was voted the defensive most of the field, cut back left, and then was off to the races valuable player. thanks to some timely blocks. His 58-yard punt return
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Tennessee:...................................... Phillip Fulmer
vs.
Game Stats Clemson Tennessee
10 7
14 7
0 0
3 0
27 14
CU D. Coleman 8 run (Hunt kick), 1st, 12:50, 6-80 CU Hunt 23 FG, 1st, 3:48, 6-11 TEN Hannon 19 pass from Clausen (Wilhoit kick), 1st, 0:06, 11-87 CU Jasmin 15 run (Hunt kick), 2nd, 13:11, 7-80 TEN Jones 30 pass from Clausen (Wilhoit kick), 2nd, 8:19, 4-43 CU Browning 8 run (Hunt kick), 2nd, 5:36, 9-80 CU Hunt 28 FG, 4th, 1:23, 14-70 Attendance - 75,125 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 34-153 246
TEN 26-38 384
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Jasmin 15-130-1, Hamilton 4-23, Browning 1-8-1, D. Coleman 8-4-1, Whitehurst 6-(-12) TEN Houston 6-24, Riggs 2-10, Fleming 4-6, Davis 1-6, Clausen 12-2, Banks 1-(-10) Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Whitehurst 22-40-246-1-0 TEN Clausen 31-55-384-0-2, TEAM 0-1-0-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Hamilton 5-69, Currie 5-50, D. Coleman 4-17, Youngblood 3-64, Baham 2-25, Williamson 1-13, Hall 1-9, Jasmin 1-(-1) TEN Fleming 6-54, Jones 5-66-1, Hannon 4-57-1, Banks 3-37, Fayton 3-34, Swain 3-18, Brown 2-48, Smith 2-45, Houston 2-18, Revill 1-7 32 Bowl Appearances
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2005 Champs Sports Bowl the Colorado 10. Two rushes by Davis and another completion Colorado 10 to Hunter moved the Records & AP Ranking Entering Game ball to the two, and December 27, 2005 Clemson:.....................................7-4................... #23 Clemson elected to take Colorado:....................................7-5.....................NR Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium • Orlando, FL the lead with a field goal. Dean made his 24th field goal to set a school record for field goals in Clemson won its 15th bowl game with a 19-10 a season, and his 18-yarder also gave the Tigers a 6-3 victory over Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlead. lando, FL. It was only the second meeting between the two schools, with the first coming in the 1957 Orange On the second play of the third quarter, Davis broke Bowl, a 27-21 Buffalo win. free for a 40-yard run. Whitehurst found Aaron Kelly for 11 yards three plays later, and then Whitehurst dove James Davis led the way for the Tigers, rushing for into the endzone for a five-yard touchdown run on a 150 yards on 28 carries to earn MVP honors. Charlie third-and-goal play. The touchdown drive covered 67 Whitehurst finished his career completing 21-29 passes yards in eight plays. for 205 yards, and also ran for a score. Two runs by Davis gained 26 yards, and Whitehurst Each team punted several more times before followed with a 20-yard strike to Curtis Baham. The drive Colorado began a drive at its own 31 with just over stalled three plays later, and Jad Dean made a 26-yard nine minutes left in the game. Cox was replaced by field goal. Brian White. After a pass-interference penalty on the Tigers, White hit two consecutive passes for 45 yards Hugh Charles picked up 13 yards and a first down down to the Clemson nine. Three plays later on third at the Clemson 10, barely missing a score by stepping down, White found Quinn Sypniewski for a two-yard out of bounds. However, three more rushes by Charles touchdown pass to cut the lead to 13-10. resulted in a loss of eight yards, and Colorado settled for a Mason Crosby 36-yard field goal on the first play Clemson’s defense held Colorado to 124 total yards of the second quarter. of offense and 17 yards rushing, the top defensive performance by any team in a bowl game during the 2005 On Clemson’s next possession, Whitehurst found season. Thomas Hunter for 10 yards on third down. After a penalty gave the Tigers another first down, Whitehurst completed a shovel pass to Davis for 22 yards down to
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Colorado:....................................... Mike Hankwitz
Game Stats Clemson Colorado
3 0
3 3
7 0
6 7
19 10
CU Dean 26 FG, 1st, 5:23, 10-77 COL Crosby 36 FG, 2nd, 14:56, 6-11 CU Dean 18 FG, 2nd, 5:48, 12-65 CU Whitehurst 5 run (Dean kick), 3rd, 11:45, 8-67 COL Sypniewski 2 pass from White (Crosby kick), 4th, 5:45, 6-69 CU Davis 6 run (Dean kick failed), 4th, 1:38, 7-61 Attendance - 31,470 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 38-160 205
COL 29-17 107
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Davis 28-150-1, Merriweather 3-8, Grisham 1-5, Whitehurst 6-(-3)-1 COL Charles 13-16, Vickers 6-15, Ellis 3-8, TEAM 1-(-1), Cox 6-(-21) Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Whitehurst 21-29-205-1-0 COL White 7-12-81-0-1, Cox 4-12-26-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Kelly 4-36, Baham 3-49, Hunter 3-26, Taylor 3-19, Grisham 2-34, Davis 2-21, Stuckey 2-9, Harris 1-8, S. Jackson 1-3 COL Sypniewski 4-50-1, Charles 2-5, Williams 1-17, Judge 1-16, Vickers 1-10, Klopfenstein 1-5, Sprague 1-4
2006 Music City Bowl offense under 10 yards for the sixth straight drive, the Wildcats gamClemson 20 bled with a fake punt. Records & AP Ranking Entering Game Punter Tim Masthay December 29, 2006 Clemson:.....................................8-4.....................NR completed a 10-yard Kentucky:...................................7-5.....................NR LP Field • Nashville, TN pass on fourth-and-four from the Kentucky 20. On the next play, Woodson lofted a 70-yard touchdown Andre’ Woodson passed for 299 yards and three pass to DeMoreo Ford. touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 28-20 victory over Clemson in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl at LP Kentucky took a 21-6 lead on a 24-yard throwback Field in Nashville, TN on December 29. pass from Woodson to Dicky Lyons. Kentucky held a 7-6 lead late in the second quarter Early in the fourth quarter, Rafael Little returned a until it scored on a 70-yard pass after a fake punt in its punt 46 yards to the Tiger 28. Four plays later, Woodson own territory. Then Kentucky took a 28-6 lead in the scrambled and found Jacob Tamme open for a 13-yard fourth quarter and held on for the win in front of a touchdown pass. partisan Wildcat crowd. Clemson responded with a 78-yard drive to cut Will Proctor was 23-39 for 272 yards and three touchinto the Wildcat lead. Pass plays of 19 yards to Grisham downs. Aaron Kelly had a game-high six receptions for and 19 yards to Stuckey helped set up a first-and-goal. 66 yards and a touchdown, Chansi Stuckey caught five Facing fourth down from the 17, Grisham hauled in a balls for 93 yards. touchdown pass from Proctor in the back of the endzone. The two-point try failed, leaving Kentucky up Kentucky took the opening drive 62 yards in 12 28-12 with 7:25 remaining. plays to take a 7-0 lead, as Micah Johnson scored on a one-yard plunge. Clemson took over on downs with 3:17 left and Tyler Grisham gave the ball back to the Tigers in drove 74 yards on eight plays. Stuckey’s 28-yard catch moved the ball into Wildcat territory. Proctor then lofted Wildcat territory when he blocked a punt. Two plays a pass to Kelly, as he came down with the touchdown after a 15-yard reverse by Jacoby Ford, Proctor found catch. Proctor connected with Michael Palmer on the Durrell Barry open over the middle for a 32-yard touchtwo-point play, cutting Kentucky’s lead to 28-20 with down reception, the first of Barry’s career. Clemson 44 seconds left. missed the extra point, keeping Kentucky ahead 7-6. As Clemson was in the process of holding Kentucky’s
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Kentucky:............................................ Rich Brooks
vs.
Game Stats Clemson Kentucky
0 7
6 7
0 7
14 7
20 28
KEN M. Johnson 1 run (Seiber kick), 1st, 11:04, 12-62 CU Barry 32 pass from Proctor (Early kick failed), 2nd, 8:14, 3-47 KEN Ford 70 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 2nd, 2:14, 5-86 KEN Lyons 24 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 3rd, 8:09, 6-67 KEN Tamme 13 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 4th, 11:29, 4-28 CU Grisham 17 pass from Proctor (Proctor run failed), 4th, 7:25, 11-78 CU Kelly 17 pass from Proctor (Proctor to Palmer), 4th, 0:44, 8-74 Attendance - 68,024 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 25-130 272
KEN 40-100 309
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) CU Davis 8-53, Proctor 9-32, Spiller 5-24, Ford 1-15, Stuckey 1-5, Merriweather 1-1 KEN Little 17-54, Bankhead 3-37, Dixon 8-29, Conner 1-1, M. Johnson 2-1-1, TEAM 1-0, Woodson 8-(-22) Passing (Com-Att-Yds-I-TD) CU Proctor 23-39-272-1-3 KEN Woodson 20-28-299-0-3, Masthay 1-1-10-0-0 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) CU Kelly 6-66-1, Stuckey 5-93, Grisham 5-49-1, Davis 2-13, Barry 1-32-1, Ford 1-8, Harris 1-5, Merriweather 1-4, Palmer 1-2 KEN Burton 5-30, Tamme 4-59-1, S. Johnson 3-67, Lyons 2-50-1, Little 2-15, Dixon 2-2, Ford 1-70-1, McClinton 1-10, Pulley 1-6 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl Auburn wasted little time regaining (OT) the lead in the third Clemson 20 quarter, as it drove 78 Records & AP Ranking Entering Game yards in 10 plays on its December 31, 2007 Clemson:.....................................9-3................... #15 scoring drive. It was Auburn:.......................................8-4................... #22 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA capped by Burns’ 22yard touchdown pass to Mario Fannin on third-and-seven. It was the freshman’s Kodi Burns’ seven-yard touchdown run in overtime only completion of the game. gave #21 Auburn a 23-20 win over #15 Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA on Brad Lester moved the ball to midfield with a 30December 31. It was Clemson’s seventh appearance in yard carry on Auburn’s next possession. But Clemson the Chick-fil-A/Peach Bowl. forced an incomplete pass on fourth-and-two from its own 32 to take over on downs. Clemson scored 10 points early in the fourth quarter to take a 17-10 lead, but Auburn responded with Clemson went three-and-out, but Jimmy Maners’ a game-tying drive and converted a fourth down in 59-yard punt went out-of-bounds at the four. Auburn’s overtime before earning the walkoff victory. three-and-out and Spiller’s eight-yard punt return then set up Clemson in enemy territory. Auburn debuted its spread offense, as Burns and starter Brandon Cox rotated at quarterback, leading Clemson capitalized on the game’s only turnover Auburn to 423 yards and 24 first downs. when James Davis scored on a one-yard plunge. C.J. Spiller led Clemson with 112 yards on eight But Clemson’s 17-10 lead was short-lived, as Auburn carries and a touchdown. Spiller, who was named traversed 70 yards in 11 plays to tie the score. Burns Offensive MVP of the Chick-fil-A-Bowl, also totaled a rumbled 15 yards to the Clemson one. Ben Tate carried team-season-high 218 all-purpose yards. the ball into the endzone on the next play with 8:27 remaining in the game. Phillip Merling’s sack forced a punt that pinned Clemson at its own 12. After a five-yard carry by Spiller, After Clemson kicked a field goal in overtime, Authe sophomore carried again up the middle. This time, burn faced a third-and-13. Cox hit Rodgeriqus Smith he bounced outside and sprinted 83 yards for a score for 12 yards. On fourth-and-one, Auburn elected to go to give Clemson a 7-3 lead early in the second quarter. for the first down and got it. Three plays later on thirdIt was the longest rush by a Clemson player since 1993 and-three, Burns took the shotgun snap and scampered and the longest ever in Clemson bowl history. seven yards for the game-winning touchdown.
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:..................................... Tommy Bowden Auburn:.................................... Tommy Tuberville
Game Stats Clemson Auburn
0 3
7 0
0 7
10 7
3 6
20 23
AUB Byrum 36 FG, 1st, 8:54, 11-58 CU Spiller 83 run (Buchholz kick), 2nd, 13:14, 2-88 AUB Fannin 22 pass from Burns (Byrum kick), 3rd, 11:33, 10-78 CU Buchholz 22 FG, 4th, 14:58, 11-37 CU Davis 1 run (Buchholz kick), 4th, 11:24, 7-32 AUB Tate 1 run (Byrum kick), 4th, 8:27, 11-70 CU Buchholz 25 FG, OT, 7-17 AUB Burns 7 run, OT, 7-25 Attendance - 74,413 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 40-189 104
AUB 47-190 233
Rushing (Rush-Yards-TD) CU Spiller 8-112-1, Davis 23-72-1, Grisham 1-8, Harper 8-(-3) AUB Burns 13-69-1, Lester 14-57, Tate 14-47-1, Fannin 3-18, Cox 3-(-1) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU Harper 14-33-104-0-0 AUB Cox 25-39-211-1-0, Burns 1-4-22-0-1 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU Kelly 4-36, Taylor 3-32, Grisham 2-24, Harris 2-12, Spiller 2-(-5), Palmer 1-5 AUB Fannin 5-53-1, Dunn 5-39, Smith 4-45, Lester 3-24, Tate 3-19, Bennett 2-16, Billings 1-13, Hawthorne 1-12, Rodriguez 1-8, Trott 1-4
2009 Gator Bowl up his 17-yard touchdown pass to Nate Swift. Clemson 21 The Tigers punted Records & AP Ranking Entering Game on their next possesJanuary 1, 2009 Clemson:.....................................7-5.....................NR sion, but Niles Paul Nebraska:...................................8-4.....................NR Jacksonville Municipal Stadium • Jacksonville, FL muffed the punt and Chad Diehl recovered at the Tiger 44. After a pass-interference penalty, Jacoby Nebraska overcame a 14-3 halftime deficit and Ford outran the Nebraska secondary and caught a scored 20 points in the third quarter to defeat Clemson perfectly-thrown pass from Harper for a 41-yard score 26-21 in the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville (FL) Municipal to give Clemson a 21-10 lead. Stadium on January 1. It was Clemson’s ninth appearance in the Gator Bowl and first since the 2000 season. But on Nebraska’s next snap, Quentin Castille broke Neither team scored in the game’s first 25 minutes. free for a 58-yard run. Then on third-and-12, Ganz found Peterson for a 19-yard touchdown pass. The Tigers forced a punt on Nebraska’s first five possessions and a fumble on its sixth drive. Clemson, however, But Clemson’s defense held and Alex Henery booted squandered good field position during that time. a 28-yard, go-ahead field goal late in the third quarter. The two teams traded punts on the next five drives, then The Tigers finally dented the scoreboard later in the Castille’s 40-yard run gave Nebraska first-and-goal. But second quarter when DeAndre McDaniel deflected Joe the Tigers stayed within one score by forcing Henery’s Ganz’s option pitch. He grabbed the ball off one bounce 22-yard field goal with 5:20 left in the game. and raced 28 yards for a score. It was the first of three turnovers forced by the Tigers, as all 21 of their points Clemson’s final drive was kept alive by a 16-yard came off turnovers. pass from Harper to Ford on fourth down and Kelly’s 17-yard catch gave the Tigers first-and-goal at the 10. Cullen Harper’s pass was deflected into the arms of But Harper was sacked for a 16-yard loss. On third down, Anthony West at the Tiger 27. But Ganz returned the his pass to C.J. Spiller in the endzone was nearly caught favor when Crezdon Butler stepped in front of his pass before Matt O’Hanlon broke up the pass. Harper’s lastand sprinted 63 yards to the Nebraska 13. Two plays ditch effort on fourth down fell incomplete. later, Harper connected with Aaron Kelly for a 25-yard touchdown pass to up the Tigers’ lead to 14-3. Da’Quan Bowers, Clemson’s Gator Bowl MVP, had Nebraska drove 54 yards on the first drive of the six tackles and a team-high three tackles for loss for the Tigers, who had 11 tackles for loss in the game. third quarter. Ganz’s 36-yard pass to Todd Peterson set
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Head Coaching Matchup Clemson:.........................................Dabo Swinney Nebraska:...................................................Bo Pelini
vs.
Game Stats Clemson Nebraska
0 0
14 3
7 20
0 3
21 26
CU McDaniel 28 fumble return (Buchholz kick), 2nd, 4:52 NEB Henery 48 FG, 2nd, 1:10, 11-48 CU Kelly 25 pass from C. Harper (Buchholz kick), 2nd, 0:35, 2-13 NEB Swift 17 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 3rd, 12:24, 5-54 CU J. Ford 41 pass from C. Harper (Buchholz kick), 3rd, 10:06, 1-56 NEB Peterson 19 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 3rd, 7:54, 4-75 NEB Henery 28 FG, 3rd, 5:13, 4-(-1) NEB Henery 28 FG, 3rd, 1:40, 5-20 NEB Henery 22 FG, 4th, 5:20, 5-49 Attendance - 67,282 Team Statistics Rushes-Yards Passing Yards
CU 26-4 206
NEB 35-125 236
Rushing (Rush-Yards) CU Davis 12-26, Spiller 7-17, J. Ford 1-3, C. Harper 6-(-42) NEB Castille 18-125, Witt 1-4, Ganz 7-1, Helu 5-(-1), TEAM 4-(-4) Passing (Cm-Att-Yards-I-TD) CU C. Harper 17-37-206-2-2 NEB Ganz 19-36-236-1-2 Receiving (Rec-Yards-TD) CU Kelly 6-74-1, J. Ford 5-112-1, Spiller 4-6, Faerber 1-8, Grisham 1-6 NEB Peterson 4-96-1, Lucky 4-13, Swift 3-32-1, McNeill 3-27, Me. Holt 2-35, Paul 2-13, Castille 1-20
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Team Bowl Records Clemson
Penalties
Points Most: Fewest:
49 0 0 0
Most: Fewest:
28 vs. Louisiana Tech 4 vs. Auburn
Most: Fewest:
548 vs. Louisiana Tech 146 vs. Auburn
vs. Louisiana Tech vs. Miami (FL) vs. Louisiana State vs. Syracuse
2001 Humanitarian 1952 Gator 1959 Sugar 1996 Gator
Most: Fewest:
10 vs. Illinois 10 vs. Kentucky 0 vs. Miami (FL)
Most: Fewest:
82 vs. Mississippi State 0 vs. Miami (FL)
Total Offense 2001 Humanitarian 1998 Peach
Plays Most: Fewest:
90 vs. Mississippi State 51 vs. Boston College
Most: Fewest:
6.5 vs. Louisiana Tech 2.7 vs. Syracuse
Most: Fewest:
64 vs. Louisiana State 25 vs. Kentucky
1999 Peach 1940 Cotton
6 0 0 0
vs. Mississippi State vs. Penn State vs. Illinois vs. Auburn
Most: Fewest:
6 0 0 0
vs. many (5) vs. Missouri vs. Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech
Rushing Yards Most: Fewest:
285 vs. Penn State 4 vs. Nebraska
1988 Citrus 2009 Gator
Yards Per Rush Most: Fewest:
5.3 vs. Penn State 0.2 vs. Nebraska
Most: Fewest:
56 56 4 4
1988 Citrus 2009 Gator
1999 Peach 2002 Tangerine 1940 Cotton 1959 Sugar
Most: Fewest:
25 25 2 2
vs. Mississippi State vs. Texas Tech vs. Boston College vs. Louisiana State
1999 Peach 2002 Tangerine 1940 Cotton 1959 Sugar
Passing Yards Most: Fewest:
319 vs. Texas Tech 23 vs. Louisiana State
2002 Tangerine 1959 Sugar
Interceptions Most:
5 vs. Mississippi State
1999 Peach
7 0 0 0
vs. Texas Tech vs. Boston College vs. Louisiana State vs. Tennessee
Most: Fewest:
162 0 0 0
vs. Texas Tech vs. Boston College vs. Louisiana State vs. Tennessee
2005 Champs Sports 1952 Gator 1996 Peach
Punts Most: Fewest:
11 vs. Boston College 1 vs. Missouri
1940 Cotton 1949 Gator
Punting Average Highest: 49.3 vs. Syracuse Lowest: 29.7 vs. Louisiana State
1996 Gator 1959 Sugar
5 5 5 0 0
Most: Fewest:
3 vs. Minnesota 3 vs. Kentucky 0 vs. many
vs. Boston College vs. Ohio State vs. Minnesota vs. Colorado vs. Virginia Tech
32 Bowl Appearances
2009 Gator 1978 Gator
2002 Tangerine 1940 Cotton 1996 Peach 2004 Peach
2002 Tangerine 1940 Cotton 1996 Peach 2004 Peach
63 vs. Nebraska
Completion Percentage
Most: Fewest:
Most: Fewest:
30 by Pittsburgh 5 by Miami (FL)
Most: Fewest:
566 by Pittsburgh 124 by Colorado
Punting Average Highest: 51.0 by Penn State Lowest: 25.0 by Kentucky
8 by Colorado 0 by many
Most: Fewest:
3 by Colorado 3 by West Virginia 0 by many
Most: Fewest:
7.0 by Texas Tech 2.3 by Colorado
Most: Fewest:
55 by Minnesota 26 by Louisiana Tech 26 by Tennessee
1957 Orange
Fumbles Lost 1957 Orange 1989 Gator
Penalties Most: Fewest:
21 by Mississippi State 2 by Virginia Tech
Most: Fewest:
188 by Mississippi State 20 by Virginia Tech
1999 Peach 2001 Gator
1999 Peach 2001 Gator
Turnovers Most: Fewest:
4 4 4 0
by Miami (FL) by West Virginia by Illinois by many
Most: Fewest:
6 6 0 0
by Texas Tech by Nebraska by Missouri by Minnesota
2007 Chick-fil-A 1951 Orange
Most: Fewest:
124 0 0 0
2002 Tangerine 2005 Champs Sports
Most: Fewest:
7 by Louisiana Tech 1 by many
1985 Independence 2001 Humanitarian 2004 Peach
Most: Fewest:
150 by Louisiana Tech 10 by Pittsburgh 10 by Texas Tech
2002 Tangerine 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl
1951 Orange 1989 Gator 1991 Hall of Fame
Punt Returns 1977 Gator 1952 Gator
Total Offense
90 by Auburn 46 by Miami (FL)
1988 Citrus 2006 Music City
Fumbles Most: Fewest:
First Downs
Most: Fewest:
1940 Cotton 2001 Gator
Penalty Yards 2009 Gator
Points 55 by Texas Tech 0 by Illinois
1978 Gator 1940 Cotton
10 by Boston College 2 by Virginia Tech
Opponent Most: Fewest:
1999 Peach
Highest: 80.0 by Ohio State Lowest: 17.9 by Boston College
Interception Return Yards
1977 Gator 2005 Champs Sports
2002 Tangerine 2009 Gator 1949 Gator 1985 Independence
Punt Return Yards by California by Missouri by Minnesota by West Virginia
1992 Citrus 1949 Gator 1985 Independence 1989 Gator
Kickoff Returns
Yards Per Play
2001 Humanitarian
Kickoff Return Yards
Carries
1940 Cotton 1978 Gator 1985 Independence 1957 Orange 2001 Gator
Most: Fewest:
279 by Colorado 17 by Colorado
Most: Fewest:
5.4 by Colorado 0.6 by Colorado
2001 Humanitarian 1977 Gator 2002 Tangerine
1985 Independence 2006 Music City
Most: Fewest:
59 by Louisiana Tech 2 by Miami (FL)
1957 Orange 2005 Champs Sports
Yards Per Rush
Fumbles Lost
88
5 by Mississippi State
Rushing Yards
Fumbles Most: Fewest:
Most:
Punts 1949 Gator 1993 Peach 2001 Gator
Kickoff Return Yards
Most:
2002 Tangerine 1957 Orange
Interceptions 1999 Peach 1988 Citrus 1991 Hall of Fame 2007 Chick-fil-A
81 vs. Nebraska -8 vs. Ohio State
Most: Fewest:
2002 Tangerine 1952 Gator 1957 Orange
Passing Yards
Plays
Completion Percentage Highest: 72.4 vs. Colorado Lowest: 30.0 vs. Miami (FL) 30.0 vs. Louisiana State
464 by Texas Tech 27 by Colorado
Kickoff Returns
Completions Most: Fewest:
Most: Fewest:
Punt Return Yards
Passing Attempts vs. Mississippi State vs. Texas Tech vs. Boston College vs. Louisiana State
1999 Peach 1952 Gator
Punt Returns
Carries 1959 Sugar 2006 Music City
39 by Texas Tech 2 by Miami (FL) 2 by Colorado
Turnovers Most: Fewest:
Yards Per Play 2001 Humanitarian 1996 Gator
Most: Fewest:
Penalty Yards
First Downs 2001 Humanitarian 1998 Peach
Completions 1991 Hall of Fame 1993 Peach Bowl 1952 Gator
1957 Orange 2005 Champs Sports
Passing Attempts
vs.
2001 Humanitarian 1952 Gator 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Individual Bowl Records Clemson
Most Bowls With a Field Goal
Carries 31
by Fred Cone vs. Miami (FL)
1951 Orange
Rushing Yards 151
by Raymond Priester vs. Louisiana State
3
by Tracy Johnson vs. Penn State
1996 Peach
Rushing Touchdowns
3 by Obed Ariri 1 vs. Pittsburgh 1 vs. Ohio State 1 vs. Baylor 3 by Chris Gardocki 2 vs. Oklahoma 2 vs. West Virginia 3 vs. Illinois
1988 Citrus
All-Purpose Yards
1989 Citrus 1989 Gator 1991 Hall of Fame
2002 Tangerine
by Kevin Laird vs. Louisiana State
Longest Rush by C.J. Spiller vs. Auburn
67
by Banks McFadden vs. Boston College
6
by Billy Hair vs. Miami (FL)
Longest Scoring Rush 83
by C.J. Spiller vs. Auburn
Passing Attempts 50
by Brandon Streeter vs. Mississippi State
73 by Brandon Streeter vs. Mississippi State
58
by Derrick Hamilton vs. Tennessee
by Brandon Streeter vs. Mississippi State
5
by Derrick Hamilton vs. Texas Tech
113
by Derrick Hamilton vs. Texas Tech
72
by Billy Hair vs. Miami (FL)
22
by Bubba Brown vs. Ohio State
Longest Pass 68
by Harvey White to Gary Barnes vs. Texas Christian
by Harvey White to Gary Barnes vs. Texas Christian
Passing Touchdowns 4
by Woodrow Dantzler vs. Louisiana Tech
Clemson: 20 vs. Texas Christian Opponent: 15 by Auburn
1952 Gator
by Billy Hair vs. Miami (FL) 1952 Gator by Steve Fuller vs. Pittsburgh 1977 Gator by Brandon Streeter vs. Mississippi State 1999 Peach by Charlie Whitehurst vs. Texas Tech 2002 Tangerine
Receptions
First Quarter Points (Both Teams)
2004 Peach
Second Quarter Points (Both Teams) 21 Clemson (14), Tennessee (7)
2002 Tangerine
28 Clemson (28), Louisiana Tech (0)
8
by Perry Tuttle vs. Baylor
Receiving Yards 147
125
by Quentin Castille of Nebraska
1979 Peach
by Brian Wofford vs. Mississippi State
Yards Per Catch
Fourth Quarter Points (Both Teams)
1999 Peach
38 Clemson (24), Tennessee (14)
58
26 26
Interceptions by Don Wade vs. Miami (FL)
63
by Crezdon Butler vs. Nebraska
63
by Crezdon Butler vs. Nebraska
3 3
by Donald Igwebuike vs. Nebraska by Chris Gardocki vs. Illinois
1951 Orange
Interception Return Yards
55
32
by Kliff Kingsbury of Texas Tech
387 1982 Orange 1991 Hall of Fame
by Matt Cavanaugh of Pittsburgh
by Bob Schneidenbach to Ed Lutes of Miami (FL)
70
by Andre’ Woodson to DeMoreo Ford of Kentucky
4
by Matt Cavanaugh of Pittsburgh
by Delwyn Daigre of Louisiana Tech
Receiving Yards 2001 Humanitarian
Yards Per Catch
2009 Gator
1996 Gator
Receiving Touchdowns 3
by Elliott Walker of Pittsburgh
4
by Alex Henery of Nebraska
52
by Jaret Holmes of Auburn
124
by Brian Treggs of California
72
by Brian Treggs of California
1957 Orange 1982 Orange
1977 Gator
Field Goals 2009 Gator
Longest Field Goal
2004 Peach
1998 Peach
Punt Return Yards
2002 Tangerine
1992 Citrus
Longest Punt Return
1977 Gator
Longest Pass 78
178
1977 Gator 2001 Humanitarian
24.7 by Marvin Harrison of Syracuse Note: Minimum five receptions.
Passing Yards
Longest Field Goal by Obed Ariri vs. Pittsburgh
by Casey Clausen of Tennessee
by Gordon Jones of Pittsburgh by Delwyn Daigre of Louisiana Tech
2001 Gator
Completions
2009 Gator
Field Goals
by Howard Cook of Colorado by Roger Craig of Nebraska
2001 Humanitarian
Receptions 10 10
2009 Gator
Passing Attempts
2009 Gator
Longest Interception Return
49
1957 Orange 1996 Peach
Longest Scoring Rush
by many
2
by Quentin Castille of Nebraska
2004 Peach
Second Half Points (Both Teams) 49 Clemson (35), Louisiana Tech (14)
Longest Rush
Receiving Touchdowns 1
by Lee Suggs of Virginia Tech
1999 Peach 2006 Music City
First Half Points (Both Teams)
1978 Gator
Rushing Touchdowns 3
24.5 by Brian Wofford vs. Mississippi State Note: Minimum five receptions.
2001 Humanitarian
21 Clemson (7), Mississippi State (14) 21 Clemson (14), Kentucky (7)
1952 Gator
Rushing Yards
1999 Peach
2004 Peach
Third Quarter Points (Both Teams)
Carries by John Bayuk of Colorado by Kevin Faulk of Louisiana State
1992 Citrus 1996 Gator
2002 Tangerine
Opponent 23 23
1959 Bluebonnet 1998 Peach
20 California (17), Clemson (3) 20 Syracuse (20), Clemson (0)
Passes Had Intercepted 4 4 4 4
1986 Gator 1957 Orange
Fourth Quarter Points
1952 Gator
Tackles
2001 Humanitarian
1949 Gator 1996 Gator
Third Quarter Points
Longest Kickoff Return
1959 Bluebonnet
Total 543 607
Clemson: 28 vs. Louisiana Tech 2001 Humanitarian Opponent: 20 by Nebraska 2009 Gator
1940 Cotton
Kickoff Return Yards
1959 Bluebonnet
Longest Scoring Pass 68
1996 Gator
Kickoff Returns
1999 Peach
OT 3 6
Second Quarter Points
Longest Punt Return
1999 Peach
Passing Yards 301
by Billy Hair vs. Miami (FL)
4th 148 167
Clemson: 20 vs. Stanford Opponent: 20 by Colorado
Punt Return Yards
1999 Peach
Completions 24
1996 Peach
Punt Returns
2007 Chick-fil-A
3rd 129 134
First Quarter Points
Longest Punt
2007 Chick-fil-A
2nd 175 172
Clemson: 14 vs. Missouri Opponent: 20 by Syracuse
Punting Average 49.3 by Chris McInally vs. Syracuse
83
Cumulative Scoring By Quarters 1st Clemson 88 Opponents 128
Punts 10
231 by Derrick Hamilton vs. Texas Tech (72 receiving, 113 KOR, 46 PR)
Bowl Records By Quarter
1977 Gator 1978 Gator 1979 Peach
1992 Citrus
1951 Orange
Longest Scoring Pass
1977 Gator
2006 Music City
Passing Touchdowns
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
vs.
1977 Gator
32 Bowl Appearances
89
Offensive Team Season Bests Wins 1. 2. 4. 8.
1981 1948 1978 1987 1988 1989 1990 1939 1950 1959 1982 1983 1991 1993 2000 2003 2007
Completions 12-0 11-0 11-1 10-2 10-2 10-2 10-2 9-1 9-0-1 9-2 9-1-1 9-1-1 9-2-1 9-3 9-3 9-4 9-4
Winning Percentage 1. 1981 12-0 100.0 1948 11-0 100.0 1900 6-0 100.0 4. 1950 9-0-1 95.0 5. 1978 11-1 91.7 6. 1939 9-1 90.0 7. 1982 9-1-1 86.4 1983 9-1-1 86.4 Note: Minimum six games.
Carries 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7.
1978 1979 1981 1986 1989 1988 1990
741 725 705 705 678 673 667
Carries Per Game 1. 2. 3. 5. 7.
1978 1979 1981 1986 1963 1989 1982
61.8 60.4 58.8 58.8 56.5 56.5 56.2
Rushing Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1978 1986 1988 1991 1981 1987 1990 1995 1989
3469 3245 3241 3019 2977 2972 2956 2945 2841
Yards Per Carry 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2006 1950 1941 1949 1992 1988 1949 2009 1978
5.72 5.25 5.07 4.88 4.88 4.82 4.79 4.76 4.68
Rush Yards Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
90
1978 1986 1988 1950 1992 1991 1983
289.1 270.4 270.1 264.8 257.1 251.6 250.2
32 Bowl Appearances
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9.
Pass Efficiency
2003 2007 2002 1999 2005 2008 2001 2009 2006
300 295 268 252 248 248 226 212 198
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1950 2007 1989 2006 2005 2003 1997 1974 1984
Touchdowns 148.0 142.1 139.8 136.5 134.7 134.6 132.4 132.4 131.7
Completions Per Game
Interception Avoidance
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
23.1 22.7 21.0 20.7 20.6 19.1 18.8 16.3 16.2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2007 1988 1992 1990 1978 2005 2003 2002 1989
490 462 455 423 400 395 377 376 355
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9.
2007 2003 1978 2000 1999 2002 1991 1986 2001
2003 2007 1999 2005 2002 2008 2001 2009 2004
Pass Attempts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2003 2002 2007 1999 2008 2001 2005 2009 2004
2003 2002 1999 2007 2001 2004 2005 2008 2009
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
3687 3157 3147 3019 2884 2832 2779 2554 2547
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2006 1950 2003 2001 2009 2000 2005 1947 2007
1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2003 2006 2000 2007 2001 1978 1991 1999 2009
Passing Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2003 2002 2007 1999 2001 2008 2005 2000 2009
2003 1999 2002 2007 2001 2005 2008 2000 2009
283.6 251.6 242.8 242.1 240.3 231.6 217.8 212.8 195.9
2005 2007 2008 2003 2006 1997 1989 1999 2002
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
78.8 77.6 76.7 76.5 76.4 76.1 75.9 75.8 74.9
65.8 64.8 62.0 61.2 60.6 60.5 60.0 59.6 58.0
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7.
6.50 6.16 5.73 5.68 5.66 5.63 5.58 5.53 5.44
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2000 2001 1978 2003 2006 1991 2007 1999 1981
430 425 416 415 369 368 368 365 346
5467 5342 5242 5242 5184 5134 4836 4831 4752
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2000 1950 2007 2006 2009 1984 2001 1983 1978 1989
34.7 34.4 33.1 32.7 31.9 31.5 30.8 30.7 30.7 30.7
1984 1990 1983 1979 1948 1989 1981
44.0 43.7 43.3 43.0 42.7 42.7 42.1
Punt Return Average 1948 1954 1961 2000 1970 2009 1938 1987 1993
17.1 16.3 15.9 15.0 14.9 14.4 14.2 13.6 12.9
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2001 2003 2000 1978 2007 1999 1981 1989 1991
23.5 23.3 22.8 22.8 22.5 21.8 21.2 21.1 21.1
Fewest Turnovers 1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 8.
1940 1938 1994 2007 1988 1989 2005 1990 1996
8 10 12 12 13 13 15 17 17
Fewest Turnovers Per Game 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8.
1940 2007 1988 1989 1994 1938 2005 1990 1996
0.88 0.92 1.08 1.08 1.09 1.11 1.36 1.42 1.42
Turnover Margin 1. 2. 3. 7. 8. 9.
1988 1940 1978 1981 1990 1994 1950 1989 1983
+21 +19 +17 +17 +17 +17 +16 +15 +14
Turnover Margin Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 8.
1940 1988 1950 1990 1994 1978 1981 1943
+2.11 +1.75 +1.60 +1.42 +1.42 +1.42 +1.42 +1.37
Kickoff Return Average
Yards Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2007 2006 2000 2009 2001 1978 1989 2003 1984
Punting Average
Yards
Completion Percentage 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1978 2000 1999 1991 1986 2001 1979 1981 1992
55 55 51 51 49 48 47 45 43 43
Points Per Game
963 954 946 931 920 920 918 917 913
Yards Per Play
Pass Yards Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9.
Plays Per Game
37.7 35.5 35.3 35.0 32.9 32.3 31.4 30.8 28.9
First Downs Per Game
2000 2006 2007 2009 2001 1950 1978 2003 1981 1989
Points
.013 .019 .020 .023 .024 .027 .027 .028 .030
Plays
Pass Attempts Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
2003 2004 2006 2002 2007 1997 1959 2009 1968
27.7 27.1 25.4 24.3 23.9 23.9 23.9 23.8 23.4
First Downs
436.8 432.0 427.8 420.5 410.9 404.0 403.2 402.6 391.5
1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9.
vs.
2003 2007 2001 1978 2000 1999 2002 1981 1989 1991
303 293 282 273 273 262 259 254 253 253
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Defensive Team Season Bests Plays 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Yards Per Carry
1943 1940 1941 1946 1938 1953 1939 1944
462 468 487 489 491 518 519 519
Plays Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1939 1940 1954 1945 1941 1946 1963
51.9 52.0 52.8 53.3 54.1 54.3 54.4
Yards Per Play 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1939 1954 1963 1990 1940 1959 1938
3.03 3.34 3.40 3.52 3.53 3.53 3.55
Yards Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1939 1954 1948 1940 1963 1945 1938
157.5 176.1 177.2 183.6 184.7 193.2 193.3
Carries 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1941 1946 1940 1963 1943 1950 1945
334 336 339 344 349 354 364
Carries Per Game 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1986 1990 1991 2008 1963 1995 1987 2007 1950
32.8 33.5 33.5 34.1 34.4 34.6 34.7 34.8 35.4
Rushing Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
1991 1990 1941 1987 1963 1954 1997 1982
733 848 904 912 931 969 970 1068
Rush Yards Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1991 1990 1987 1997 1963 1989 1954
61.1 70.9 82.6 88.2 93.1 96.9 96.9
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1991 1990 1987 1954 1981 1982 1997
Pass Efficiency 1.82 2.11 2.42 2.50 2.54 2.67 2.68
Completions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1939 1938 1940 1956 1942 1955 1957
32 39 46 48 49 49 49
Completions Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 7.
1939 1938 1956 1942 1955 1957 1940
3.2 4.3 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.1
Pass Attempts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1938 1939 1944 1943 1956 1940 1957
105 109 109 113 124 129 129
Pass Attempts Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1939 1959 1938 1944 1975 1957 1955
10.9 11.3 11.7 12.1 12.5 12.9 13.4
Passing Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1939 1956 1938 1940 1957 1942 1954
449 526 531 558 597 724 792
Pass Yards Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1938 1939 1956 1957 1950 1944 1942
33.0 44.9 52.6 59.7 62.0 71.0 72.4
Completion Percentage 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7.
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
1939 1951 1945 1940 1953 1944 1955
29.4 34.7 35.5 35.7 35.7 36.7 37.0
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
1956 1950 1964 1952 1978 1981 1971 1990
55.0 70.2 76.7 81.0 81.7 81.9 86.6 87.0
Interceptions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1951 1978 1981 1995 1948 1977 1989 2002 2009
25 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21
Interceptions Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1951 1940 1978 1981 1948 1945 1964
2.27 2.11 2.00 1.91 1.91 1.90 1.90
Touchdowns Allowed 1. 2. 3. 4. 8.
1939 1940 1950 1956 1979 1981 1990 1967
6 8 9 11 11 11 11 15
Points Allowed Per Game 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1939 1938 1950 1948 1945 1956 1957
4.5 6.2 6.2 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.8
Turnovers Forced 1. 2. 5. 6.
1981 1978 1983 1989 1973 1950 1977 1982
41 38 38 38 37 35 35 35
Turnovers Forced Per Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1943 1952 1950 1983 1981 1945 1964 1968
4.00 3.56 3.50 3.45 3.42 3.40 3.40 3.40
vs.
32 Bowl Appearances
91
Offensive Team Records Total Offense Plays Game: Season: Per Game:
98 vs. Maryland, 1992 (55 pass, 43 rush) 963, 2007 78.8, 1978 (946 in 12 games)
Yards Game: Season: Per Game: 400-yard Games: 500-yard Games:
756 vs. Wake Forest, 1981 5,467, 2003 436.8, 2000 (5242 in 12 games) 9, 2003 4, 2001
Fewest Passing Yards Game: Season: Per Game:
Season: Per Game:
Game (min 15 att): 88.2 vs. The Citadel, 1978 (15-17) Game (min 20 att): 85.2 vs. N.C. State, 2001 (23-27); Central Michigan, 2007 (23-27) Season: 65.8, 2005 (248-377)
Game: Season:
100.0 vs. Texas A&M, 2005 (6-6); Boston College, 2009 (6-6) 94.4, 1984 (17-18)
Passing Efficiency
Game:
Game (min 15 att): 262.9 vs. Furman, 2007 (18-22-317-0-4) Season: 148.2, 1950 (53-126-1233-8-14)
Season:
10 vs. Presbyterian 1945; Wake Forest, 1981; Central Michigan, 2007 51, 2000
Game: Season:
12 vs. Wake Forest, 1981 55, 2000
Game: Season:
100.0 vs. many 100.0, 2007 (50-50)
Completion Percentage
Yards Per Play Game: Season:
10.66 vs. Presbyterian, 1945 (56-597) 6.50, 2006 (822-5342)
Rushing 78 vs. Duke, 1979 741, 1978 61.8, 1978 (741 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game: 200-Yard Games: 300-Yard Games:
7 vs. South Carolina, 1945 24, 1969 2.40, 1969 (24 in 10 games)
Scoring
Rushing Yards 615 vs. Georgia Tech, 1903 3,469, 1978 289.1, 1978 (3,469 in 12 games) 11, 1978,86 5, 1978
Game: Season: Per Game:
10.32 vs. Presbyterian, 1945 (50-516) 5.72, 2006 (495-2832)
Passing Most Attempts Game: Season: Per Game:
67 vs. Virginia Tech, 2007 490, 2003 37.7, 2003 (490 in 13 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. South Carolina, 1956 65, 1938 7.22, 1938 (65 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
38 vs. Virginia Tech, 2007 300, 2003 23.4, 2007 (281 in 12 games)
Fewest Completions Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many (last vs. Virginia Tech, 1956) 21, 1944 2.33, 1944 (21 in 9 games)
Yards Per Attempt Game (min 15): Season:
18.2 vs. Duke, 1963 (20-364) 9.8, 1950 (126-1233)
Touchdowns Rushing 11 vs. Presbyterian, 1948 39, 1978 3.5, 1950 (35 in 10 games)
Touchdowns Passing Game: Season: Per Game:
6 vs. Central Michigan, 2007 30, 2007 2.31, 2007 (30 in 13 games)
Touchdowns By Return Game:
3 vs. Georgia, 1914 (3 PR) 2 vs. Wake Forest, 1940 (2 IR); The Citadel, 1954 (1 IR, 1 BPR); Maryland, 1970 (1 PR, 1 IR); Georgia Tech, 1987 (1 PR, 1 KOR); Long Beach State, 1990 (1 KOR, 1 IR); South Carolina, 1997 (1 PR, 1 IR); Florida State, 2004 (2 KOR); Florida Atlantic, 2006 (1 PR, 1 FR); Louisiana Tech, 2006 (1 KOR, 1 IR); Middle Tennessee, 2009 (1 KOR, 1 PR); Miami (FL), 2009 (1 KOR, 1 IR) 7, 1990 (4 INT, 2 KOR, 1 FR); 2009 (4 KOR, 2 PR, 1 IR) 0.58, 1990 (7 in 12 games)
Season: Per Game:
25.5 vs. Furman, 1947 (11-280) 23.3, 1950 (53-1233)
3 vs. Georgia, 1914 3, 1914 (modern mark - 2 in 1938,48,54,70, 87) 0.22, 1938 (2 in 9 games)
Touchdowns By Kickoff Returns Game: Season: Per Game:
2 vs. Florida State, 2004 4, 2009 0.31, 2009 (4 in 13 games)
Touchdowns By Interception Returns Game: Season: Per Game:
2 vs. Wake Forest, 1940 4, 1990 0.33, 1940 (3 in 9 games); 1990 (4 in 12 games)
Touchdowns By Fumble Returns Game: Season:
1 vs. many 2, 1996, 1998, 2006
Game: Season: Per Game: Modern Record:
122 vs. Guilford, 1901 430, 2007 37.0, 1900 (222 in 6 games) 34.7, 2000 (416 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
6 vs. Texas A&M, 2005; Boston College, 2009 24, 2005 2.09, 1980 (23 in 11 games)
Lowest Interception Percentage Game: Season: Per Game:
0.00 vs. Duke, 2002 (54 attempts) 1.32, 2007 (6-455) 0.33, 1988 (4 in 12 games)
Most Passing Yards Game: Season: Per Game: 200-Yard Games: 300-Yard Games:
92
420 vs. Duke, 2002 3,687, 2003 283.6, 2003 (3,687 in 13 games) 11, 2003 6, 2003
32 Bowl Appearances
Extra Points Attempted
Extra Point Percentage
Special Teams Punts Game: Season: Per Game:
18 vs. Furman, 1932 91, 1939 10.0, 1945 (90 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
546 vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 3,731, 1939 373.1, 1939 (3,731 in 10 games)
Punting Yards
Punting Average Game (min. 3): Season:
Punt Returns 11 vs. George Washington, 1941; Georgia Tech*, 1987 53, 1945, 1987 5.77, 1941 (52 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
227* vs. Georgia Tech, 1987 720, 1987 64.8, 1938 (584 in 9 games)
Punt Return Yards
Punt Return Average Game (min 3 ret): Season:
41.8* vs. Maryland, 1970 (4-167) 17.1, 1948 (37-634)
Kickoff Returns Game: Season: Per Game:
10 vs. Georgia Tech, 1944 57, 1970, 1946 6.33, 1946 (57 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
286 vs. Florida State, 2004 1,187, 1970 107.9, 1970 (1,187 in 11 games)
Kickoff Return Yards
Kickoff Return Average Game (min. 3 KOR): 55.7 vs. Duke, 2007 (3-167) Season: 27.7, 2003 (29-803)
Miscellaneous
Points
Third-Down Conversion Percentage Game: Season:
100.0 vs. Wake Forest, 1981 (12-12) 51.6, 1978 (99-192)
Game: Season: Per Game:
35 vs. Wake Forest, 1981; Central Michigan, 2007 303, 2003 23.5, 2001 (282 in 12 games)
Field Goals
vs.
56.7* vs Wake Forest, 1986 (3-170) 44.0, 1984 (56-2463)
Game: Season: Per Game:
Touchdowns By Punt Returns Game: Season: Per Game:
Yards Per Completion Game (min 10): Season:
Extra Points Made
12 vs. Wake Forest, 1981 55, 2000, 2006 4.8, 1950 (48 in 10 games)
Fewest Attempts
Most Completions
Field Goal Percentage
Touchdowns Game: Season: Per Game:
Yards Per Carry Game: Season:
Game:
Passes Had Intercepted Game: Season: Per Game:
Carries Game: Season: Per Game:
Field Goal Attempts 6 vs. Georgia, 1983; N.C. State, 1991; Maryland, 1992; Texas A&M, 2005; N.C. State, 2007; Boston College, 2009 36, 2007 2.77, 2007 (36 in 13 games)
0 vs. many, last vs. Virginia Tech, 1956 346*, 1956 31.45*, 1956 (346 in 11 games)
First Downs
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Time of Possession
Game: Season: Per Game:
27 vs. Presbyterian, 1957; Wake Forest, 1981 192, 1978 16.0, 1978 (192 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
19 vs. Duke, 2002; Virginia Tech, 2007 156, 2003 12.6, 2007 (151 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
20 vs. N.C. State, 2001 104, 1987, 2000 8.67, 1987, 2000 (104 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
181 vs. N.C. State, 2001 962, 2000 80.2, 2000
Game: Season: Per Game:
42:58 vs. North Carolina, 1992 410:57, 1989 (12 games) 34:15, 1989 (410:57 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many 8, 1940 0.89, 1940 (8 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
+7 vs. Duke, 1968; vs. Georgia, 1981 +23, 1989 (15-38 in 12 games) +2.11, 1940 (+19 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
14 vs. Presbyterian, 1953 49, 1963 4.9, 1963 (49 in 10 games)
First Downs Passing
Fewest Fumbles Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many teams 13, 1938 1.44, 1938 (13 in 9 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
5 vs. many teams 26, 1963, 1975 2.6, 1963 (26 in 10 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many teams 2*, 1994 0.18*, 1994 (2 in 11 games)
Fewest Turnovers
Penalties
Most Fumbles Lost
Turnover Margin
Penalty Yards
Most Fumbles
Fewest Fumbles Lost
* - ACC record
Defensive Team Records Total Defense Plays Game: Season: Per Game:
29 vs. Furman, 1939 462, 1943 52.0, 1940 (468 in 9 games)
Yards Game: Season: Per Game:
-12 vs. Furman, 1948 1,575, 1939 157.5, 1939 (1,575 in 10 games)
Game: Season:
-0.34 vs. Furman, 1948 3.03, 1939
Interceptions Game: Season: Per Game:
6 vs. South Carolina, 1971; N.C. State, 1995 25, 1951 2.50, 1951 (25 in 10 games)
Carries Game: Season: Per Game:
14 vs. Presbyterian, 1941 334, 1941 32.8, 1986 (394 in 12 games)
143 vs. Maryland, 1970 368, 2008 36.1, 1951 (361 in 10 games)
-29 vs. Furman, 1996 733, 1991 61.1, 1991 (733 in 12 games)
Yards Per Carry Game: Season:
-1.48 vs. Furman, 1941 1.82, 1991 (402-733)
Passing
Kickoff Return Yards Game: Season:
0 vs. many 346, 1976
0.0 vs. many 14.7, 1952
Game: Season:
-4 vs. Furman, 2007; Central Michigan, 2007 63, 1957
Punt Return Yards
Punt Return Yards Per Attempt Game: Season:
Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many (last vs. Rice, 1959) 32, 1939 3.2, 1939 (32 in 10 games)
Passing Yards Game: Season:
0 vs. many (last vs. Rice, 1959) 449, 1939
Completion Percentage Game: Season:
0.0 vs. Rice, 1959 (0-13) 29.4, 1939
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Miscellaneous Sacks Game: Season: Per Game:
12 vs. Furman, 1996 47, 1999 (326 yards) 4.18, 1992 (46 in 11 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
18 vs. The Citadel, 1986 96, 1989 8.0, 1989 (96 in 12 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
6 vs. Duke, 1965 21, 1956 1.91, 1956 (21 in 11 games)
Game: Season:
1 vs. many 6, 1996, 2006
Game: Season:
93 vs. Virginia, 1998 125, 2006
Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. The Citadel, 1948 80, 1939 8.0, 1939 (80 in 10 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
19 vs. N.C. State, 1987 119, 1991 10.2, 2004 (112 in 11 games)
Game: Season: Per Game:
9 vs. Georgia, 1981 41, 1981 3.42, 1981 (41 in 12 games)
Recovered Fumbles
Fumble Returns
3 vs. Auburn, 1998 5, 1944
Blocked Kicks Game: Season:
Pass Breakups
-4.0 vs. Furman, 2007; Central Michigan, 2007 2.7, 1977 (24-65)
Blocked Punts Game: Season:
0 vs. many 105, 1938 10.9, 1939 (109 in 10 games)
Completions
0 vs. many 0, 1951
Kickoff Return Yards Per Attempt Game: Season:
Fumble Return Yards
3 vs. Georgia, 1995; Auburn, 1998 8, 1995
Passing Attempts Game: Season: Per Game:
Game: Season:
Special Teams
Rushing Yards Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many 5, 1938, 1939, 1979, 1981 0.42, 1979, 1981 (5 in 12 games)
Interception Return Yards Game: Season: Per Game:
Yards Per Play
Rushing
Rushing Touchdowns Game: Season: Per Game:
Scoring
First Downs
Points Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many 45, 1939 4.5, 1939 (45 in 10 games)
Season: Consecutive:
7, 1928 6, 1928; 4, 1906, 1909, 1959*
Game: Season: Per Game:
0 vs. many 6, 1939 0.6, 1939 (6 in 10 games)
Tackles For Loss
Shutouts
Touchdowns
vs.
Turnovers
* - ACC record
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Individual Season Bests Rushing Yards Rk Player 1. Raymond Priester 2. Raymond Priester 3. Terrence Flagler 4. Kenny Flowers 5. Terry Allen 6. James Davis 7. C.J. Spiller 8. Cliff Austin James Davis 10. Woodrow Dantzler 11. Buddy Gore 12. Woodrow Dantzler 13. Travis Zachery 14. Lester Brown
Year 1996 1995 1986 1985 1988 2006 2009 1982 2007 2001 1967 2000 2000 1978
Car. 257 238 192 227 216 203 201 197 214 221 230 190 206 202
Yards 1345 1322 1258 1200 1192 1187 1145 1064 1064 1061 1045 1028 1027 1022
Avg. 5.2 5.6 6.6 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.5 5.4 5.0 5.1
Rushing Yards Per Game Rk Player 1. Raymond Priester 2. Raymond Priester 3. Cliff Austin 4. Terrence Flagler 5. Buddy Gore 6. Kenny Flowers 7. Terry Allen 8. Ray Yauger 9. James Davis 10. Terry Allen
Year 1996 1995 1982 1986 1967 1985 1988 1969 2006 1987
G 12 12 10 12 10 12 12 10 13 11
Yards 1345 1322 1064 1258 1045 1200 1192 968 1187 973
Y/G 112.1 110.2 106.4 104.8 104.5 100.0 99.3 96.8 91.3 88.5
Car-Yards 71-525 64-471 129-938 82-585 192-1258 105-663 118-728 87-533 84-508 78-468
Y/C 7.39 7.36 7.27 7.13 6.55 6.31 6.17 6.13 6.05 6.01
Yards Per Carry Rk Player 1. Billy Hair 2. Andre Ellington 3. C.J. Spiller 4. Ronald Williams 5. Terrence Flagler 6. Jackie Calvert 7. Ray Mathews 8. Hal Davis 9. Shad Bryant 10. Banks McFadden Note: Minimum 400 yards.
Year 1950 2009 2006 1991 1986 1950 1949 1984 1939 1939
Rushing Touchdowns Rk Player 1. Lester Brown James Davis 3. Travis Zachery 4. Fred Cone Cliff Austin Emory Smith 7. Kenny Flowers Woodrow Dantzler Travis Zachery 10. Reggie Merriweather James Davis C.J. Spiller
Year 1978 2006 1999 1950 1982 1995 1985 2000 2000 2004 2008 2009
G Car. Yards Y/C TD 12 202 1022 5.1 17 13 203 1187 5.8 17 11 185 820 4.4 16 10 184 845 4.6 14 10 197 1064 5.4 14 12 145 712 4.9 14 12 227 1200 5.3 13 12 190 1028 5.4 13 12 206 1027 5.0 13 11 136 670 4.9 11 13 171 751 4.4 11 13 201 1145 5.7 11
Passing Attempts Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Cullen Harper 4. Kyle Parker 5. Charlie Whitehurst 6. Charlie Whitehurst 7. Woodrow Dantzler 8. Will Proctor 9. Nealon Greene 10. Brandon Streeter
Year 2003 2007 2008 2009 2004 2005 2001 2006 1997 1998
Yards 3561 2991 2601 2385 2067 2483 2578 2353 2212 1948
Pct. Co. Att. 61.9 288 465 65.1 282 433 61.4 221 360 55.5 197 355 50.7 177 349 67.4 229 340 60.8 203 334 60.2 183 304 62.1 180 290 53.2 150 282
Completions Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Charlie Whitehurst 4. Cullen Harper 5. Woodrow Dantzler
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Year 2003 2007 2005 2008 2001
Yards 3561 2991 2483 2601 2578
Pct. Att. 61.9 465 65.1 433 67.4 340 61.4 360 60.8 334
Co. 288 282 229 221 203
6. Kyle Parker 7. Will Proctor 8. Nealon Greene 9. Charlie Whitehurst 10. Brandon Streeter
2009 2006 1997 2004 1998
2385 2353 2212 2067 1948
55.5 355 197 60.2 304 183 62.1 290 180 50.7 349 177 53.2 282 150
Passing Yards Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Cullen Harper 4. Woodrow Dantzler 5. Charlie Whitehurst 6. Kyle Parker 7. Will Proctor 8. Nealon Greene 9. Charlie Whitehurst 10. Brandon Streeter
Year Att. Co. 2003 465 288 2007 433 282 2008 360 221 2001 334 203 2005 340 229 2009 355 197 2006 304 183 1997 290 180 2004 349 177 1998 282 150
Pct. 61.9 65.1 61.4 60.8 67.4 55.5 60.2 62.1 50.7 53.2
Yards 3561 2991 2601 2578 2483 2385 2353 2212 2067 1948
Yards 3561 2991 2483 2578 2601 2067 2212 2385 1466 2353
Y/G 273.9 230.1 225.7 214.8 200.1 187.9 184.3 183.5 183.3 181.0
Passing Yards Per Game Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Charlie Whitehurst 4. Woodrow Dantzler 5. Cullen Harper 6. Charlie Whitehurst 7. Nealon Greene 8. Kyle Parker 9. Brandon Streeter 10. Will Proctor
Year 2003 2007 2005 2001 2008 2004 1997 2009 1999 2006
G 13 13 11 12 13 11 12 13 8 13
Co. 288 282 229 203 221 177 180 197 135 183
Att. 465 433 340 334 360 349 290 355 214 304
Passing Efficiency Rk Player Year Co. Att. Yards 1. Willie Jordan 1975 40 73 728 2. Harvey White 1957 46 95 841 3. Mike Eppley 1983 99 166 1410 4. Mark Fellers 1974 42 92 783 5. Chris Morocco 1989 79 134 1131 6. Cullen Harper 2007 282 433 2991 7. Woodrow Dantzler 2001 203 334 2578 8. Nealon Greene 1997 180 290 2212 9. Charlie Whitehurst 2003 288 465 3561 10. Will Proctor 2006 183 304 2353 Note: Minimum 70 passing attempts.
TD 5 11 13 10 6 27 21 16 21 16
I 1 3 9 5 2 6 11 9 13 11
Eff. 158.3 154.6 146.0 143.1 141.7 141.0 139.8 138.1 135.6 135.3
Completion Percentage Rk Player Year 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2005 2. Cullen Harper 2007 3. Brandon Streeter 1999 4. Nealon Greene 1997 5. Charlie Whitehurst 2003 6. Cullen Harper 2008 7. Woodrow Dantzler 2001 8. Will Proctor 2006 9. Mike Eppley 1983 10. Chris Morocco 1989 Note: Minimum 70 pass attempts.
Co. 229 282 135 180 288 221 203 183 99 79
Year 2007 2001 2003 2009 1997 2006 1984 1983 1998 2008
Co. 282 203 288 197 180 183 116 99 150 221
Pct. 67.4 65.1 63.1 62.1 61.9 61.4 60.8 60.2 59.6 59.0
Year 2001 2003 2007 2000
vs.
345 26 119 -140 85 649
2212 2483 2385 2601 2353 1515
2557 2509 2504 2461 2438 2164
Total Offense Yards Per Game Rk Player 1. Woodrow Dantzler 2. Charlie Whitehurst 3. Woodrow Dantzler 4. Charlie Whitehurst 5. Cullen Harper 6. Nealon Greene 7. Woodrow Dantzler 8. Kyle Parker 9. Charlie Whitehurst 10. Cullen Harper
Year 2001 2003 2000 2005 2007 1997 1999 2009 2004 2008
G 12 13 12 11 13 12 10 13 11 13
Rush 1061 49 1028 26 -89 345 588 119 43 -140
Pass 2578 3561 1871 2483 2991 2212 1506 2385 2067 2601
Total 3639 3610 2899 2509 2902 2257 2094 2504 2110 2461
Y/G 303.3 277.7 241.6 228.1 223.2 213.1 209.4 192.6 191.8 189.3
KOR 708 696 536 516 380 547 ---- ---- 452 234
Total 2508 1883 1782 1770 1735 1723 1460 1446 1418 1415
All-Purpose Yards Rk Player 1. C.J. Spiller 2. Derrick Hamilton 3. Tony Horne 4. C.J. Spiller 5. Derrick Hamilton 6. C.J. Spiller 7. Raymond Priester 8. Terrence Flagler 9. Antwuan Wyatt 10. C.J. Spiller
Year 2009 2002 1997 2008 2003 2007 1996 1986 1995 2006
Rush 1145 208 7 629 111 768 1345 1258 34 938
Rec. 445 602 907 436 1026 271 115 188 683 210
PR 210 377 332 189 218 137 ---- ---- 249 33
Receptions Rk Player 1. Aaron Kelly 2. Rod Gardner 3. Tony Horne Kevin Youngblood 5. Aaron Kelly 6. Chansi Stuckey 7. Derrick Hamilton 8. Airese Currie 9. Brian Wofford Tyler Grisham
Year 2007 1999 1997 2003 2008 2005 2003 2004 1999 2007
G 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 11 12 13
Yards 1081 1084 907 897 722 770 1026 868 793 653
Avg. Rec. 12.3 88 13.6 80 13.0 70 12.8 70 10.8 67 12.0 64 16.5 62 14.2 61 13.2 60 10.9 60
Rk Player 1. Aaron Kelly 2. Rod Gardner 3. Tony Horne 4. Airese Currie 5. Kevin Youngblood 6. Chansi Stuckey 7. Aaron Kelly 8. Brian Wofford Chansi Stuckey 10. Charlie Waters
Year 2007 1999 1997 2004 2003 2005 2008 1999 2006 1969
G 13 12 12 11 13 12 13 12 10 9
Rec. 88 80 70 61 70 64 67 60 50 44
Rec./G 6.77 6.75 5.83 5.55 5.38 5.33 5.15 5.00 5.00 4.89
Receiving Yards Att. Yards TD 433 2991 27 334 2578 21 465 3561 21 355 2385 19 290 2212 16 304 2353 16 213 1494 14 166 1410 13 282 1948 13 360 2601 13
Total Offense Yards Rk Player 1. Woodrow Dantzler 2. Charlie Whitehurst 3. Cullen Harper 4. Woodrow Dantzler
1997 2005 2009 2008 2006 1978
Receptions Per Game
Att. Yards 340 2483 433 2991 214 1466 290 2212 465 3561 360 2601 334 2578 304 2353 166 1410 134 1131
Passing Touchdowns Rk Player 1. Cullen Harper 2. Woodrow Dantzler Charlie Whitehurst 4. Kyle Parker 5. Nealon Greene Will Proctor 7. Mike Eppley 8. Mike Eppley Brandon Streeter Cullen Harper
5. Nealon Greene 6. Charlie Whitehurst 7. Kyle Parker 8. Cullen Harper 9. Will Proctor 10. Steve Fuller
Rush 1061 49 -89 1028
Pass 2578 3561 2991 1871
Total 3639 3610 2902 2899
Rk Player 1. Rod Gardner 2. Aaron Kelly 3. Rod Gardner 4. Derrick Hamilton 5. Perry Tuttle 6. Jerry Butler 7. Tony Horne 8. Kevin Youngblood 9. Perry Tuttle 10. Airese Currie
Year 1999 2007 2000 2003 1980 1978 1997 2003 1981 2004
G 12 13 12 13 11 12 12 13 12 11
Rec. 80 88 58 62 53 58 70 70 52 61
Avg. 13.6 12.3 18.1 16.5 17.3 15.7 13.0 12.8 17.0 14.2
Yds 1084 1081 1050 1026 915 908 907 897 883 868
Yards Per Reception Rk Player 1. Gary Cooper 2. Whitey Jordan 3. Don Kelley 4. Ray Mathews 5. Glenn Smith
Year 1988 1957 1971 1948 1950
Rec-Yards 13-417 12-369 18-505 14-379 22-498
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Avg. 32.1 30.7 28.1 27.1 22.6
Individual Season Bests 6. Joe Pagliei 1955 7. Craig Brantley 1975 8. Joe Blalock 1939 9. Joe Blalock 1940 10. Terry Smith 1993 Note: Minimum 10 receptions.
10-223 22-475 15-322 10-211 38-776
22.3 21.6 21.5 21.1 20.4
Receiving Touchdowns Rk Player 1. Aaron Kelly 2. Derrick Hamilton 3. Perry Tuttle Terrance Roulhac Tony Horne 6. Bennie Cunningham Glenn Smith Rod Gardner 9. Glenn Smith Terry Smith
Year 2007 2003 1981 1984 1997 1974 1951 2000 1950 1991
G Rec. Yards 13 88 1081 13 62 1026 12 52 833 11 26 512 12 70 907 11 24 391 10 39 632 12 58 1050 10 22 498 12 52 829
Avg. TD 12.3 11 16.5 10 17.0 8 19.7 8 13.0 8 16.3 7 16.2 7 18.1 7 22.6 6 15.9 6
Total Touchdowns Rk Player 1. C.J. Spiller 2. Travis Zachery 3. Lester Brown James Davis 5. Travis Zachery 6. Fred Cone Emory Smith 8. Cliff Austin 9. Kenny Flowers Terrence Flagler Woodrow Dantzler
Year Rush 2009 11 2000 13 1978 17 2006 17 1999 16 1950 14 1995 14 1982 14 1985 13 1986 10 2000 13
Rec. 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
Ret. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TD 20 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 13 13
Punt Return Yards Rk Player 1. Shad Bryant 2. Don Kelley 3. Derrick Hamilton 4. Darnell Stephens 5. Donnell Woolford 6. Justin Miller 7. Tony Horne 8. Willie Jordan 9. James Lott 10. Joe Don Reames
Year 1938 1970 2002 1991 1987 2004 1997 1977 1987 2000
PR 27 24 35 29 23 26 32 33 24 23
Avg. 18.0 16.2 10.8 12.5 15.0 13.0 10.4 9.1 12.1 12.2
Yards 487 389 377 362 345 339 332 300 290 281
Punt Return Average Rk Player Year 1. Brian Mance 2000 2. C.J. Spiller 2009 3. Elmo Lam 1961 4. Joe Pagliei 1954 5. Harry Pavilack 1960 6. Shad Bryant 1938 7. Bobby Gage 1948 8. Jeff Siepe 1971 9. Don Kelley 1970 10. Jackie Calvert 1950 Note: Minimum five returns.
PR 6 8 8 7 6 27 12 9 24 14
Yards 192 210 179 134 112 487 203 148 389 225
Avg. 32.0 26.3 22.4 19.1 18.7 18.0 16.9 16.4 16.2 16.1
Avg. 33.7 21.8 22.9 33.1 23.5 32.1 20.3 28.8 20.8 21.6
Yards 708 696 663 661 588 578 568 547 541 539
Kickoff Return Yards Rk Player 1. C.J. Spiller 2. Derrick Hamilton 3. Andre Humphrey 4. Justin Miller 5. Brian Mance 6. Terrence Roulhac 7. Bob Bosler 8. C.J. Spiller 9. Willie Scott 10. John Shields
Year 2009 2002 1993 2004 2001 1986 1970 2007 1975 1969
KOR 21 32 29 20 25 18 28 19 26 25
Kickoff Return Average Rk Player 1. Justin Miller 2. Derrick Hamilton 3. C.J. Spiller
Year 2002 2003 2009
KOR 13 11 21
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Yards 456 380 708
Avg. 35.1 34.5 33.7
4. Justin Miller 2004 5. Jacoby Ford 2006 6. Terrence Roulhac 1986 7. Derrick Hamilton 2001 8. Doug Thomas 1990 9. Bill Mathis 1959 10. Joe Henderson 1987 Note: Minimum 10 returns.
20 13 18 15 11 10 14
661 426 578 476 333 294 407
33.1 32.8 32.1 31.7 30.3 29.4 29.1
Yards 2580 3468 2361 2051 2828 1908 2062 2354 2865 1924
Avg. 44.48 43.76 43.72 43.56 43.51 43.36 42.96 42.80 42.76 42.76
Punting Average Rk Player 1. Chris Gardocki 2. David Sims 3. Dale Hatcher 4. Dale Hatcher 5. Banks McFadden 6. Dale Hatcher 7. Chris Gardocki 8. Jimmy Maners 9. Kevin Laird 10. Chris Gardocki
Year Punts 1990 58 1979 79 1984 54 1983 47 1939 65 1981 44 1989 48 2007 55 1997 67 1988 45
Field Goals Made Rk Player 1. Jad Dean 2. Obed Ariri 3. Chris Gardocki Chris Gardocki Nelson Welch Mark Buchholz 7. Richard Jackson 8. Chris Gardocki Nelson Welch 10. Bob Paulling David Treadwell Aaron Hunt
Year 2005 1980 1989 1990 1992 2007 2009 1988 1991 1983 1987 2003
Pct. 77.4 76.7 75.9 78.6 78.6 61.1 66.7 59.4 67.9 90.0 81.8 69.2
Att. Made 31 24 30 23 29 22 28 22 28 22 36 22 30 20 32 19 28 19 20 18 22 18 26 18
Field Goals Attempted Rk Player 1. Mark Buchholz 2. Chris Gardocki 3. Jad Dean 4. Obed Ariri Richard Jackson 6. Chris Gardocki 7. Chris Gardocki Nelson Welch Nelson Welch 10. Aaron Hunt
Year Made 2007 22 1988 19 2005 24 1980 23 2009 20 1989 22 1990 22 1991 19 1992 22 2003 18
Pct. 61.1 59.4 77.4 76.7 66.7 75.9 78.6 67.9 78.6 69.2
Att. 36 32 31 30 30 29 28 28 28 26
Extra Points Made Rk Player 1. Mark Buchholz 2. Jad Dean 3. Aaron Hunt 4. Obed Ariri 5. Aaron Hunt 6. Donald Igwebuike Chris Gardocki 8. Mark Buchholz 9. Charles Radcliffe Aaron Hunt Richard Jackson
Year 2007 2006 2000 1978 2001 1984 1989 2008 1950 2003 2009
Att. 48 50 47 46 45 41 41 40 47 42 40
Pct. Made 100.0 48 92.0 46 95.7 45 95.7 44 97.8 44 100.0 41 100.0 41 100.0 40 80.9 38 90.5 38 95.0 38
Kick Scoring Rk Player 1. Mark Buchholz 2. Chris Gardocki 3. Jad Dean 4. Richard Jackson 5. Chris Gardocki 6. Aaron Hunt 7. Jad Dean 8. Bob Paulling 9. Donald Igwebuike Nelson Welch
Year 2007 1989 2005 2009 1990 2003 2006 1983 1984 1992
FG-FGA 22-36 22-29 24-31 20-30 22-28 18-26 15-22 18-20 16-17 22-28
PAT 48-48 41-41 34-35 38-40 30-30 38-42 46-50 36-37 41-41 23-25
TP 114 107 106 98 96 92 91 90 89 89
PAT --- 48 --- 41 34 --- --- 38 30 ---
TP 122 114 108 107 106 102 102 98 96 96
TD 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Int. 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Int. 3 4 4 4 6 8 3 4 6 4
Yards 156 148 142 140 128 128 115 115 111 109
Scoring Rk Player 1. C.J. Spiller 2. Mark Buchholz 3. Travis Zachery 4. Chris Gardocki 5. Jad Dean 6. Lester Brown James Davis 8. Richard Jackson 9. Chris Gardocki Travis Zachery
Year 2009 2007 2000 1989 2005 1978 2006 2009 1990 1999
TD 20 --- 18 --- --- 17 17 --- --- 16
FG --- 22 --- 22 24 --- --- 20 22 ---
Interceptions Rk Player 1. Robert O’Neal Justin Miller DeAndre McDaniel 4. Fred Knoebel 5. Dennis Smith Steve Ryan Terry Kinard Terry Kinard Johnny Rembert Dexter Davis Brian Dawkins Robert Carswell Alex Ardley Brian Mance Michael Hamlin Rashard Hall
Year 1989 2002 2009 1951 1974 1977 1981 1982 1982 1990 1995 1999 2000 2002 2008 2009
Yards 96 50 128 29 47 67 31 3 128 32 55 72 61 1 111 67
Interception Return Yards Rk Player 1. Don Kelley 2. Rex Varn 3. Crezdon Butler 4. Jimmy Quarles 5. Johnny Rembert DeAndre McDaniel 7. Arlington Nunn Leomont Evans 9. Michael Hamlin 10. Rex Varn
Year 1970 1978 2008 1951 1982 2009 1990 1995 2008 1977
TD 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1
Extra Points Attempted Rk Player 1. Jad Dean 2. Mark Buchholz 3. Charles Radcliffe Aaron Hunt 5. Obed Ariri Aaron Hunt 7. Aaron Hunt 8. Donald Igwebuike Chris Gardocki 10. Mark Buchholz Richard Jackson
Year Made 2006 46 2007 48 1950 38 2000 45 1978 44 2001 45 2003 38 1984 41 1989 41 2008 40 2009 38
vs.
Pct. 92.0 100.0 80.9 95.7 95.7 97.8 90.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.0
Att. 50 48 47 47 46 46 42 41 41 40 40
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Individual Defensive Records Tackles
Caused Fumbles
Game: 27, Keith Adams vs. South Carolina, 1999 Season: 186, Keith Adams, 1999 Career: 515, Bubba Brown, 1976-79
Game: Season: Career:
First Hits
Recovered Fumbles
Game: 18, Keith Adams vs. South Carolina, 1999 Season: 119, Jeff Davis, 1981; Keith Adams, 1999 Career: 295, Jeff Davis, 1978-81
Game: 2, many Season: 4, Ronnie Ducworth, 1968; B.B. Elvington, 1970; Jeff Davis, 1981; William Devane, 1983 Career: 8, Jeff Davis, 1977-81
Tackles By a Lineman Game: 21, Willie Anderson vs. South Carolina, 1974 Season: 114, Mark Heniford, 1977 Career: 314, Jim Stuckey, 1976-79
Fumble Return Yards Game: 93, Antwan Edwards at Virginia, 1998 Season: 104, Antwan Edwards, 1998 Career: 104, Antwan Edwards, 1995-98
Tackles By a Defensive Back Game:
20, Charles Hafley vs. Maryland, 2001; Jamaal Fudge vs. Virginia, 2003 Season: 129, Robert Carswell, 1999 Career: 372, Robert Carswell, 1997-00
Tackles For Loss Game: 6, Keith Adams vs. Duke, 1999 Season: 35, Keith Adams, 1999 Career: 61, Michael Dean Perry, 1984-87
Interceptions Game:
3, Kit Jackson vs. Wake Forest, 1965; Leomont Evans vs. N.C. State, 1995; Brian Dawkins vs. Duke, 1995; Alex Ardley vs. Maryland, 2000; Michael Hamlin vs. The Citadel, 2008 Season: 8, Robert O’Neal, 1989; Justin Miller, 2002; DeAndre McDaniel, 2009 Career: 17, Terry Kinard, 1978-82
Pass Breakups
Rk Player, Pos. 1. Keith Adams, LB 2. Jeff Davis, LB 3. Chad Carson, LB 4. Bubba Brown, LB Bubba Brown, LB Jeff Davis, LB Chad Carson, LB 8. Willie Anderson, MG Henry Walls, LB John Leake, LB 11. Jeff Davis, LB Henry Walls, LB Tim Jones, LB Anthony Simmons, LB Charles Hafley, FS Jamaal Fudge, ROV
Opponent South Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest Ohio State N.C. State Maryland Georgia Tech South Carolina Georgia Tech Maryland Tulane Boston College Duke South Carolina Maryland Virginia
Year Tac. 1999 27 1980 24 2001 23 1978 22 1979 22 1980 22 2000 22 1974 21 1985 21 2002 21 1981 20 1983 20 1994 20 1996 20 2001 20 2003 20
Interception Return Yards
Game: 5, Perry Williams vs. Virginia Tech, 1985 Season: 21, Tye Hill, 2004 Career: 44, Donnell Woolford, 1985-88
Game: 101, Willie Underwood vs. South Carolina, 1980 (2 IR) Season: 156, Don Kelley, 1970 (3 IR) Career: 275, Rex Varn, 1976-79 (10 IR)
Pass Breakups By Defensive Lineman/End
Takeaways
Game: 2, many Season: 9, Gaines Adams, 2005 Career: 23, Levon Kirkland, 1988-91
Game: 3, many Season: 9, Robert O’Neal, 1989 (8 IR, 1 FR) Career: 19, Terry Kinard, 1978-82 (17 IR, 2 FR)
Passes Defended
Return Yards on Takeaways
Game: 5, Perry Williams vs. Virginia Tech, 1985 Season: 21, Dextra Polite, 1999; Tye Hill, 2004 Career: 54, Donnell Woolford, 1985-88
Game: 101, Willie Underwood vs. South Carolina, 1980 Season: 160, Antwan Edwards, 1998 Career: 299, Antwan Edwards, 1995-98
Sacks Game: Season: Career:
Single-Game Tackle Bests
2, many 5, Brandon Maye, 2009 10, Jeff Davis, 1978-81 10, Ed McDaniel, 1988-91
Special Teams Tackles* Game: 7, Chad Speck vs. Georgia Tech, 1999 Season: 26, Rodney Thomas, 2000 Career: 47, Chad Speck, 1997-00
4, Keith Adams vs. Duke, 1999 16, Keith Adams, 1999 28, Michael Dean Perry, 1984-87 28, Gaines Adams, 2003-06
* - since 1986 (all other stats are from 1976-09)
Longest Offensive Drives Plays PL 20 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
96
Date 10-7-1978 9-22-1979 10-12-2002 11-19-2005 9-29-2007 9-26-1992 11-7-1992 10-7-1989 11-20-1987 10-18-1986 12-31-1993 1-1-1959 9-5-1998 9-29-2001
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Yards Score 38-7 12-7 17-22 13-9 3-13 16-20 40-7 34-20 7-20 35-3 14-13 0-7 33-0 47-44
Opponent Virginia Tech Georgia Virginia South Carolina Georgia Tech Georgia Tech North Carolina Virginia South Carolina Duke Kentucky Louisiana State Furman Georgia Tech
Yards 99 99 98 97 97 97 97 96 96 96 96 96 95 95 95 95
Date 9-17-1988 10-24-1998 12-31-1993 11-16-1974 10-14-2000 9-30-2006 11-8-2008 11-17-2001 9-3-2005 10-7-2006 10-7-2006 9-13-2008 10-2-1982 9-7-1995 9-28-1996 9-27-2008
W-L L L W W W W L L W W W W W W W L
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Time Score 21-24 23-28 14-13 28-9 35-14 51-0 27-41 15-20 25-24 27-17 27-17 27-9 24-6 19-3 21-10 17-20
Opponent Florida State Duke Kentucky Virginia Maryland Louisiana Tech Florida State South Carolina Texas A&M Wake Forest Wake Forest N.C. State Kentucky Furman Wake Forest Maryland
Time 9:47 9:45 9:34 8:49 8:48 8:47 8:39 8:15 8:13 8:13 8:11 8:09 8:07 8:00
Date 9-10-2005 9-23-2006 11-7-1992 9-5-1998 9-26-1992 11-20-1987 10-7-1978 10-28-1995 11-21-1959 9-9-2000 9-19-1970 11-2-1996 9-13-2008 10-7-1989
W-L W W W W L L W W W W W W W W
Score 28-24 52-7 40-7 33-0 16-20 7-20 38-7 24-3 33-31 62-9 27-17 35-3 27-9 34-20
Opponent Maryland North Carolina North Carolina Furman Georgia Tech South Carolina Virgina Tech Georgia Tech Wake Forest Missouri Virginia Maryland N.C. State Virginia
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Individual Season & Career Defensive Bests Season
Takeaways
Tackles Rk Player, Pos. 1. Keith Adams, LB 2. Anthony Simmons, LB 3. Jeff Davis, LB 4. Bubba Brown, LB 5. John Leake, LB 6. Rodney Thomas, LB 7. Jeff Davis, LB 8. Anthony Simmons, LB 9. Chad Carson, LB 10. Henry Walls, LB
Year 1999 1996 1981 1978 2002 2002 1980 1997 2000 1985
Tac. 186 178 175 170 169 167 160 158 156 153
Rk Player, Pos. 1. Robert O’Neal, FS 2. Brian Dawkins, FS Justin Miller, CB DeAndre McDaniel, S 5. Fred Knoebel, DB Bobby Johnson, DB Terry Kinard, FS Dexter Davis, CB Robert Carswell, FS Rashard Hall, S
Year 1999 1984 1991 2003 1997 1987 1979 1996 1981 2000 2004
TFL 35 27 27 27 25 24 20 20 19 19 19
Year 1999 2006 1998 1979 1984 1987 2005 1986 2002 1990 1992
Sacks 16 12.5 10.5 10 10 10 9.5 9 9 8.5 8.5
Pass Breakups Rk Player, Pos. 1. Tye Hill, CB 2. Dextra Polite, CB 3. Ty Davis, CB Delton Hall, CB Donnell Woolford, CB Donnell Woolford, CB Antwan Edwards, DB 8. Reggie Pleasant, CB Delton Hall, CB Jerome Henderson, CB Antwan Edwards, CB
Year 2004 1999 1984 1985 1987 1988 1997 1984 1986 1989 1998
PBU 21 17 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14
Passes Defended Rk Player, Pos. 1. Dextra Polite, CB Tye Hill, CB 3. Donnell Woolford, CB 4. Antwan Edwards, CB 5. Terry Kinard, FS Delton Hall, CB 7. Ty Davis, CB James Lott, CB Robert O’Neal, FS Brian Mance, CB Justin Miller, CB
RF 1 2 0 0 * 3 1 1 1 1
Tot. 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
Tackles Rk Player, Pos. 1. Bubba Brown, LB 2. Anthony Simmons, LB 3. Jeff Davis, LB 4. Chad Carson, LB 5. John Leake, LB 6. Ed McDaniel, LB 7. Nick Watkins, LB 8. Randy Scott, LB 9. Keith Adams, LB 10. Robert Carswell, FS
Years 1976-79 1995-97 1978-81 1998-01 2000-03 1988-91 2004-07 1975-78 1998-00 1997-00
Year 1999 2004 1987 1997 1982 1986 1984 1987 1989 2002 2002
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Int. PBU 4 17 0 21 5 15 4 15 6 12 4 14 2 15 4 13 8 9 6 11 8 9
PD 21 21 20 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 17
Rk Player, Pos. 1. Michael Dean Perry, DT 2. William Perry, MG 3. Keith Adams, LB 4. Anthony Simmons, LB 5. Rob Bodine, MG Leroy Hill, LB 7. Brentson Buckner, DT 8. Adrian Dingle, DE 9. Gaines Adams, DE 10. Randy Scott, LB
Tac. 515 486 469 448 443 389 386 382 379 374
Years 1984-87 1981-84 1998-00 1995-97 1989-91 2001-04 1990-93 1995-98 2003-06 1975-78
TFL 61 60 54 52 48 48 46 45 44.5 43
Years 1984-87 2003-06 1981-84 1995-98 1998-00 1990-93 1999-02 1989-91 1988-91 1989-92
Sacks 28 28 27 23 23 22 22 20.5 19 19
Sacks Rk Player, Pos. 1. Michael Dean Perry, DT Gaines Adams, DE 3. William Perry, MG 4. Adrian Dingle, DE Keith Adams, LB 6. Brentson Buckner, DT Bryant McNeal, DE 8. Chester McGlockton, DT 9. Levon Kirkland, OLB Wayne Simmons, OLB
Rk Player, Pos. 1. Donnell Woolford, CB 2. Robert O’Neal, FS 3. Terry Kinard, FS 4. Justin Miller, CB 5. Antwan Edwards, DB 6. Dexter Davis, CB 7. Chris Chancellor, CB 8. Tye Hill, CB 9. Delton Hall, CB 10. Alex Ardley, CB
Years 1985-88 1989-92 1979-82 2002-04 1995-98 1988-90 2006-09 2002-05 1983-86 1998-00
Int. PBU 10 44 12 37 17 30 13 31 8 35 10 32 9 32 5 35 6 33 12 26
PD 54 49 47 44 43 42 41 40 39 38
Caused Fumbles
Tackles For Loss
Sacks Rk Player, Pos. 1. Keith Adams, LB 2. Gaines Adams, DE 3. Adrian Dingle, DE 4. Jim Stuckey, DT William Perry, MG Michael Dean Perry, DT 7. Gaines Adams, DE 8. Michael Dean Perry, DT Bryant McNeal, DE 10. Vance Hammond, DT Ashley Sheppard, OLB
Int. 8 6 8 8 7 4 6 6 6 6
Career
Tackles For Loss Rk Player, Pos. 1. Keith Adams, LB 2. William Perry, MG Rob Bodine, MG Leroy Hill, LB 5. Anthony Simmons, LB 6. Michael Dean Perry, DT 7. Jim Stuckey, DT Trevor Pryce, DT 9. Jeff Bryant, DT Keith Adams, LB Leroy Hill, LB
Passes Defended
Year 1989 1995 2002 2009 1952 1971 1982 1990 1999 2009
Rk Player, Pos. 1. Jeff Davis, LB Ed McDaniel, ILB 3. Danny Triplett, LB William Perry, MG Chester McGlockton, DT 6. Levon Kirkland, OLB Keith Adams, LB
Years 1978-81 1988-91 1979-82 1981-84 1989-91 1988-91 1998-00
CF 10 10 8 8 8 7 7
Recovered Fumbles Rk Player, Pos. 1. Jeff Davis, LB 2. William Perry, MG Levon Kirkland, OLB 4. Willie Smith, DE Ronnie Ducworth, DE Gene Beasley, SS Doug Brewster, LB
Years 1978-81 1981-84 1988-91 1954-56 1966-68 1985-88 1987-90
RF 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
Takeaways Rk Player, Pos. 1. Terry Kinard, FS 2. Michael Hamlin, S 3. Fred Knoebel, DB Brian Dawkins, SS 5. Eddie Geathers, CB Robert O’Neal, FS Justin Miller, CB 8. Dexter Davis, CB Crezdon Butler, CB 10. Dennis Smith, CB Jeff Davis, LB Steve Ryan, FS Gene Beasley, SS Donnell Woolford, CB Peter Ford, CB Alex Ardley, CB Jamaal Fudge, S DeAndre McDaniel, S
Years 1979-82 2005-08 1950-52 1992-95 1977-80 1989-92 2002-04 1988-90 2006-09 1973-75 1978-81 1975-78 1985-88 1985-88 1993-96 1998-00 2002-05 2007-09
Int. 17 14 15 11 12 12 13 10 11 9 4 10 6 10 11 12 10 11
RF Tot. 2 19 4 18 * 15 4 15 2 14 2 14 1 14 3 13 2 13 3 12 8 12 2 12 6 12 2 12 1 12 0 12 2 12 1 12
Pass Breakups Rk Player, Pos. 1. Donnell Woolford, CB 2. Robert O’Neal, FS 3. Antwan Edwards, CB Tye Hill, CB 5. Delton Hall, CB 6. Dexter Davis, CB Chris Chancellor, CB 8. Justin Miller, CB 9. Terry Kinard, FS 10. Dexter McCleon, CB
Years 1985-88 1989-92 1995-98 2002-05 1983-86 1988-90 2006-09 2002-04 1979-82 1993-96
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PBU 44 37 35 35 33 32 32 31 30 28
32 Bowl Appearances
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Long Plays Plays/Returns By Clemson
98 Chris Weinke to Marvin Minnis Pass a - Florida State (7-54) 11-4-2000 97 Dick Christy KOR h - N.C. State (7-13) 10-5-1957 97 Gene Washington KOR a - Georgia (14-31) 9-22-1973 97 Leon Washington KOR a - Florida State (31-48) 10-3-2002 96 Quinton McCracken KOR h - Duke (49-17) 10-15-1988 96 Jeff Smith KOR a - Boston College (33-34) 9-9-2006 94n Brandon Bennett to Reggie Richardson KOR h - South Carolina (7-33) 11-19-1994 93n Kevin Marion KOR a - Wake Forest (27-17) 10-7-2006 92 John Schultz KOR h - Maryland (20-22) 11-15-1975 92 Jon Jeffries KOR a - Virginia Tech (22-10) 9-12-1987 91 Fred Gibson KOR a - Georgia (28-31) 8-31-2002 90 Floyd Reid PR a - Georgia (0-20) 9-28-1945 90 Dick Nolan PR h - Maryland (0-20) 10-3-1953 90 Marcus Mickel KOR a - Virginia Tech (27-7) 9-16-1989 90 Peter Warrick PR h - Florida State (28-35) 9-15-1997 88 Bernie Faloney KOR h - Maryland (0-20) 10-3-1953 87 Dennis Tabron INT h - Duke (17-34) 10-18-1980 87n Kevin Tisdel KOR a - Georgia Tech (19-21) 10-13-1990 85 Matt Robinson to Gene Washington Pass h - Georgia (0-41) 9-18-1976 85 Gary Schofield to Tim Ryan Pass N1 - Wake Forest (21-17) 11-27-1982 85 Jamie Barnette to Torry Holt Pass h - N.C. State (39-46) 10-31-1998 85 Eric King INT a - Wake Forest (17-45) 11-1-2003 85 Ben Mauk to Jason Anderson Pass h - Wake Forest (37-30) 9-4-2004 85 Jerrard Tarrant PR a - Georgia Tech (27-30) 9-10-2009 ^ - mid-air fumble return; & - ACC record; * - missed field-goal return; N1 - Tokyo, Japan
Yds Player(s) Type Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) Date 108 Richie Luzzi MFG a - Georgia (13-31) 9-28-1968 102 Don Kelley INT h - Duke (10-21) 10-24-1970 100 John Maxwell KOR N2 - Cumberland (11-11) 11-26-1903 100 Derrick Hamilton KOR a - Maryland (20-37) 11-10-2001 100 Derrick Hamilton KOR h - North Carolina (36-28) 10-25-2003 99 Bill Mathis KOR a - Georgia Tech (6-16) 10-3-1959 98 Hal Davis KOR h - Georgia (16-24) 10-13-1962 98 Doug Thomas KOR h - Long Beach St. (59-0) 9-1-1990 98 Doug Thomas KOR N3 - Maryland (18-17) 9-15-1990 97 Mark Feller to Craig Brantley Pass h - Virginia (28-9) 11-16-1974 97 Justin Miller KOR a - Florida State (22-41) 9-25-2004 96 C.J. Spiller KOR N4 - Alabama (10-34) 8-30-2008 96 C.J. Spiller KOR h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) 9-5-2009 95 Joe Henderson KOR h - Georgia Tech (33-12) 6-26-1987 94 Rex Varn INT a - N.C. State (33-10) 10-28-1978 94 Jacoby Ford KOR h - Louisiana Tech (51-0) 9-30-2006 93 Rex Varn INT h - Maryland (14-21) 9-10-1977 93 Antwan Edwards FR a - Virginia (18-20) 9-19-1998 92 Jacoby Ford PR h - Florida Atlantic (54-6) 9-2-2006 92 C.J. Spiller KOR a - Maryland (21-24) 10-3-2009 91 Mike Barber FR h - Tennessee-Chattanooga (54-3) 10-3-1992 90 Shad Bryant PR N1 - George Washington (7-7) 10-8-1938 90 Banks McFadden Rush h - Presbyterian (18-0) 9-23-1939 90 Bobby Gage PR h - N.C. State (6-0) 10-2-1948 90 Jimmy Quarles INT a - Rice (20-14) 9-29-1951 90 Buck George Rush a - Furman (32-14) 11-17-1951 90 C.J. Spiller KOR h - Wake Forest (44-10) 11-10-2007 90 C.J. Spiller KOR a - Miami (FL) (40-37) 10-24-2009 89 Bobby Gage KOR a - Duquesne (34-13) 11-15-1947 89 Wesley McFadden Rush a - Virginia Tech (22-10) 9-12-1987 89 Darnell Stephens PR h - Maryland (40-7) 11-16-1991 89 Derrick Witherspoon Rush h - Maryland (29-0) 10-30-1993 88 Bobby Gage Rush h - Presbyterian (76-0) 9-22-1945 88 Mack Matthews PR a - Wake Forest (24-7) 10-6-1962 88 Terrence Flagler Rush a - Wake Forest (28-20) 11-1-1986 88 Brian Mance PR h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 88 C.J. Spiller KOR a - South Carolina (17-34) 11-28-2009 87 Billy Hair Rush h - Furman (57-2) 11-18-1950 87 Steve Fuller to Jerry Butler Pass a - Maryland (28-24) 11-18-1978 86 Justin Miller KOR a - Florida State (22-41) 9-25-2004 85 Don Kelley PR a - Maryland (24-11) 10-31-1970 85n Antwan Edwards KOR a - Virginia (18-20) 9-19-1998 84 C.J. Spiller KOR a - Duke (47-10) 11-3-2007 83n Tim Childers FR h - Western Carolina (21-10) 9-25-1982 83 Charlie Whitehurst to Airese Currie Pass a - North Carolina (42-12) 11-9-2002 83 C.J. Spiller Rush N4 - Auburn (20-23) 12-31-2007 83 Cullen Harper to C.J. Spiller Pass h - Duke (31-7) 11-15-2008 82 Chuck McSwain Rush a - Virginia (48-0) 10-9-1982 82 Will Proctor to C.J. Spiller Pass a - Boston College (33-34) 9-9-2006 82 Jock McKissic INT h - South Carolina (28-31) 11-25-2006 82n Jacoby Ford KOR h - Central Michigan (70-14) 10-20-2007 81 Jackie Calvert Rush a - Missouri (34-0) 9-30-1950 81 Joel Wells to Joe Pagliei Pass a - South Carolina (8-13) 10-21-1954 81 Ken Moore PR N1 - Wake Forest (32-20) 10-30-1954 81 Billy Lott to Perry Tuttle Pass h - Furman (21-0) 9-8-1979 81n Terrance Roulhac KOR a - Georgia Tech (27-3) 9-27-1986 81n Aaron Kelly KOR a - Georgia Tech (9-10) 10-29-2005 81 Derrick Witherspoon Rush h - Appalachian State (48-0) 9-22-1990 80n Buddy Gore KOR h - Duke (9-6) 10-15-1966 80 Jimmy Addison to Edgar McGee Pass a - Wake Forest (23-21) 10-29-1966 80 Jay Washington Rush a - Georgia Tech (21-29) 9-29-1973 80 Willie Jordan to Craig Brantley Pass a - Georgia Tech (28-33) 9-27-1975 80 Homer Jordan to Perry Tuttle Pass h - Wofford (45-10) 9-5-1981 80 Nealon Greene to Joe Woods Pass h - Wake Forest (21-10) 9-28-1996 80 Nealon Greene to Tony Horne Pass a - Duke (13-6) 10-12-1996 80 Justin Miller KOR h - N.C. State (6-38) 10-24-2002 80 C.J. Spiller Rush h - South Carolina (28-31) 11-25-2006 N1 - Charlotte, NC; N2 - Montgomery, AL; N3 - Baltimore, MD; N4 - Atlanta, GA
Runs By Clemson Yds Player, Pos. 90 Banks McFadden, TB 90 Buck George, TB 89 Wesley McFadden, TB 89 Derrick Witherspoon, TB 88 Bobby Gage, TB 88 Terrence Flagler, TB 87 Billy Hair, TB 83 C.J. Spiller, RB 82 Chuck McSwain, TB 81 Jackie Calvert, TB 81 Derrick Witherspoon, TB 80 Jay Washington, TB 80 C.J. Spiller, RB N1 - Atlanta, GA
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Player(s) Larry Fallen Victor Harris Darrell Blackman Doug Kotar Steve Atkins Scott Woerner 32 Bowl Appearances
Type KOR KOR KOR KOR Rush INT
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Virginia Tech (38-7) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) a - N.C. State (42-20) h - Kentucky (10-13) a - Maryland (28-24) a - Georgia (16-20)
Date 9-23-1939 11-17-1951 9-12-1987 10-30-1993 9-22-1945 11-1-1986 11-18-1950 12-31-2007 10-9-1982 9-30-1950 9-22-1990 9-29-1973 11-25-2006
Runs By Opponent Yds 98 84 82 82 81 80
Player Steve Atkins Mike Voight Davey Ford Anthony Allen Willie Burden Bobby Hall
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Maryland (28-24) h - North Carolina (23-27) a - Florida State (7-54) a - Georgia Tech (27-30) h - N.C. State (23-31) a - N.C. State (24-19)
Date 11-18-1978 11-6-1976 11-4-2000 9-10-2009 11-20-1971 11-2-1968
Passes By Clemson Yds Players 97 Mark Fellers to Craig Brantley 87 Steve Fuller to Jerry Butler 83 Charlie Whitehurst to Airese Currie 83 Cullen Harper to C.J. Spiller 82 Will Proctor to C.J. Spiller 81 Joel Wells to Joe Pagliei 81 Billy Lott to Perry Tuttle 80 Jimmy Addison to Edgar McGee 80 Willie Jordan to Craig Brantley 80 Homer Jordan to Perry Tuttle 80 Nealon Greene to Joe Woods 80 Nealon Greene to Tony Horne N1 - Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl)
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Virginia (28-9) a - Maryland (28-24) a - North Carolina (42-12) h - Duke (31-7) a - Boston College (33-34) a - South Carolina (8-13) h - Furman (21-0) a - Wake Forest (23-21) a - Georgia Tech (28-33) h - Wofford (45-10) h - Wake Forest (21-10) a - Duke (13-6)
Date 11-16-1974 11-18-1978 11-9-2002 11-15-2008 9-9-2006 10-21-1954 9-8-1979 10-29-1966 9-27-1975 9-5-1981 9-28-1996 10-12-1996
Passes By Opponent Yds Players 98 Chris Weinke to Marvin Minnis 85 Matt Robinson to Gene Washington 85 Gary Schofield to Tim Ryan 85 Jamie Barnette to Torry Holt 85 Ben Mauk to Jason Anderson 81 Shawn Jones to Hector Rodriguez 80 Thad Busby to Peter Warrick N1 - Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)
Plays/Returns By Opponent Yds 100 100 99 98 98 98n
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Presbyterian (18-0) a - Furman (34-14) a - Virginia Tech (22-10) h - Maryland (29-0) h - Presbyterian (76-0) a - Wake Forest (28-20) h - Furman (57-2) N1 - Auburn (20-23) a - Virginia (48-0) a - Missouri (34-0) h - Appalachian State (48-0) a - Georgia Tech (21-29) h - South Carolina (28-31)
Date 10-7-1978 10-6-2007 9-22-2007 9-11-1971 11-18-1978 9--20-1980
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Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Florida State (7-54) h - Georgia (0-41) N1 - Wake Forest (21-17) h - N.C. State (39-46) h - Wake Forest (37-30) h - Georgia Tech (14-30) h - Florida State (28-35)
Date 11-4-2000 9-18-1976 11-27-1982 10-18-1998 9-4-2004 10-14-1989 9-20-1997
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Long Plays Punt Returns By Clemson Yds Player Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) 108* Richie Luzzi a - Georgia (13-31) 92 Jacoby Ford h - Florida Atlantic (54-6) 90 Shad Bryant N1 - Virginia Military (7-7) 90 Bobby Gage h - N.C. State (6-0) 89 Darnell Stephens h - Maryland (40-7) 88 Mack Matthews a - Wake Forest (24-7) 88 Brian Mance h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 85 Don Kelley a - Maryland (24-11) 81 Ken Moore N1 - Wake Forest (32-20) * - missed field goal return; N1 - Charlotte, NC; N2 - Savannah, GA
83 81 76
Date 10-28-1968 9-2-2006 10-8-1938 10-2-1948 11-16-1991 10-31-1970 10-28-2000 10-6-1962 10-30-1954
Player Floyd Reid Dick Nolan Peter Warrick Jerrard Tarrant Carroll McLain Eddie Royal
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Georgia (0-20) h - Maryland (0-20) h - Florida State (28-35) a - Georgia Tech (27-30) a - South Carolina (28-14) h - Virginia Tech (23-41)
Date 9-29-1945 10-3-1953 9-20-1997 9-10-2009 10-20-1955 10-6-2007
Kickoff Returns By Clemson Yds Player Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) 100 John Maxwell N1 - Cumberland (11-11) 100 Derrick Hamilton a - Maryland (20-37) 100 Derrick Hamilton h - North Carolina (36-28) 99 Bill Mathis a - Georgia Tech (6-16) 98 Hal Davis h - Georgia (16-24) 98 Doug Thomas h - Long Beach State (59-0) 98 Doug Thomas N2 - Maryland (18-17) 97 Justin Miller a - Florida State (22-41) 96 C.J. Spiller N3 - Alabama (10-34) 96 C.J. Spiller h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) 95 Joe Henderson h - Georgia Tech (33-12) 94 Jacoby Ford h - Louisiana Tech (51-0) 92 C.J. Spiller a - Maryland (21-24) 90 C.J. Spiller h - Wake Forest (44-10) 90 C.J. Spiller a - Miami (FL) (40-37) 89 Bobby Gage a - Duquesne (34-13) 88 C.J. Spiller a - South Carolina (17-34) 86 Justin Miller a - Florida State (22-41) 85n Antwan Edwards a - Virginia (18-20) N1 - Montgomery, AL; N2 - Baltimore, MD; N3 - Atlanta, GA
Date 11-26-1903 11-10-2001 10-25-2003 10-3-1959 10-13-1962 9-1-1990 9-15-1990 9-25-2004 8-30-2008 9-5-2009 9-26-1987 9-30-2006 10-3-2009 11-10-2007 10-24-2009 11-15-1947 11-28-2009 9-25-2004 9-19-1998
Yds Player 60 Kevin Butler 57 Vince Fusco 54 Johnny Duncan 54 Scott Hagler 54 Leigh Tiffin 53 Shayne Graham 53 Matt Brooks 52 Roger Pruett 52 Sam Swank 52 Graham Gano 51 John Riley 51 Kevin Butler 51 Josh Scobee 51 Matt Bosher 50 Scott Sisson 50 Bill Hollows 50 Connor Hughes N1 - Atlanta, GA
Kickoff Returns By Opponent Yds 100 100 99 98 97 97 97 96 96 94n 93n 92 92 91 90
Player Larry Fallen Victor Harris Darrell Blackman Doug Kotar Dick Christy Gene Washington Leon Washington Quinton McCracken Jeff Smith Bennett-Richardson Kevin Marion John Schultz Jon Jeffries Fred Gibson Marcus Mickel
Yds 102 94 93 90 83n 82 77n 76
Player Don Kelley Rex Varn Rex Varn Jimmy Quarles Tim Childers Jock McKissic Rudy Hayes James Hough
Yds 98n 87 85
Player Scott Woerner Dennis Tabron Eric King
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) h - Virginia Tech (38-7) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) a - N.C. State (42-20) h - Kentucky (10-13) h - N.C. State (7-13) a - Georgia (14-31) a - Florida State (31-48) h - Duke (49-17) a - Boston College (33-34) h - South Carolina (7-33) a - Wake Forest (27-17) h - Maryland (20-10) a - Virginia Tech (22-10) a - Georgia (28-31) a - Virginia Tech (27-7)
Date 10-7-1978 10-6-2007 9-22-2007 9-11-1971 10-5-1957 9-22-1973 10-3-2002 10-15-1988 9-9-2006 11-19-1994 10-7-2006 11-15-1975 9-12-1987 8-31-2002 9-16-1989
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Wake Forest (26-0) h - Appalachian State (48-0) a - N.C. State (38-29) a - Boston College (16-31) h - Duke (54-21) N1 - Maryland (18-17) a - Maryland (23-53) a - Georgia Tech (27-30) a - South Carolina (17-7) a - Maryland (6-31) a - Virginia (27-24) h - Wofford (45-10) h - Wake Forest (37-14) h - North Carolina (37-14) a - Georgia Tech (16-20) a - Wake Forest (33-16) h - Wake Forest (44-10) h - Boston College (25-7) a - Maryland (49-25) h - Duke (26-7) a - Maryland (21-24) a - Duke (24-8)
Date 10-29-1977 9-22-1990 10-23-1982 9-10-1983 10-20-1984 9-15-1990 11-14-1992 9-10-2009 11-27-1971 11-11-1972 10-11-1980 9-5-1981 11-3-1984 11-5-1988 9-26-1992 11-1-1997 11-10-2007 9-19-2009 11-12-1988 9-29-1990 10-3-2009 10-10-1973
Field Goals By Opponent Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Georgia (23-26) h - Duke (18-18) a - Georgia Tech (21-10) a - South Carolina (24-17) N1 - Alabama (10-34) h - Virginia Tech (0-37) a - Duke (13-16) a - Auburn (13-35) h - Wake Forest (44-10) a - Florida State (27-41) a - Auburn (21-43) a - Georgia (23-26) h - Louisiana Tech (33-13) a - Miami (FL) (40-37) a - Georgia Tech (16-20) h - Wake Forest (21-10) a - Virginia (10-30)
Date 9-22-1984 10-16-1976 10-4-1969 11-23-1985 8-30-2008 9-12-1998 11-13-2004 10-23-1971 11-10-2007 11-8-2008 10-14-1967 9-22-1984 9-7-2002 10-24-2009 9-26-1992 9-28-1996 10-7-2004
Player Mitch Tyner Chris Gardocki Banks McFadden Booty Payne Jamie Somaini Joe Pagliei David Sims David Sims Jimmy Maners Nelson Welch
Yds 81 80 80 77 74 71 70
Player Greg Davis Jay Feltz Brian Morton Gerald Burch Ryan Plackemeier Brooks Barnard Chuck Ramsey
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Texas A&M (15-30) h - South Carolina (24-15) a - Army (6-21) a - Boston College (26-13) a - Florida State (7-54) a - South Carolina (7-14) h - Virginia (17-7) h - South Carolina (41-23) h - Louisiana-Monroe (49-26) a - N.C. State (6-20)
Date 10-6-1973 11-17-1990 10-2-1937 10-11-1941 11-4-2000 10-22-1953 10-6-1979 11-25-1978 9-8-2007 10-24-1992
Punts By Opponent
Date 10-24-1970 10-28-1978 9-10-1977 9-29-1951 9-25-1982 11-25-2006 11-3-1956 10-10-1945
Interception Returns By Opponent Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Georgia (16-20) h - Duke (17-34) a - Wake Forest (17-45)
11-16-1963 10-27-1984 9-13-1975
Punts By Clemson Yds 81 78 75 75 75 74 72 71 71 70
Interception Returns By Clemson Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Duke (10-21) a - N.C. State (33-10) h - Maryland (14-21) a - Rice (20-14) h - Western Carolina (21-10) h - South Carolina (28-31) h - Virginia Tech (21-6) h - Virginia Tech(35-0)
h - Maryland (21-6) a - N.C. State (35-34) h - Tulane (13-17)
Field Goals By Clemson Yds Player 57 Obed Ariri 57 Chris Gardocki 55 Donald Igwebuike 55 Donald Igwebuike 53 Donald Igwebuike 53 Chris Gardocki 53 Nelson Welch 53 Richard Jackson 52 Eddie Seigler 52 Eddie Seigler 52 Obed Ariri 52 Donald Igwebuike 52 Donald Igwebuike 52 Chris Gardocki 52 Nelson Welch 52 David Richardson 52 Mark Buchholz 52 Richard Jackson 51 Chris Gardocki 51 Chris Gardocki 51 Richard Jackson 50 Bob Burgess N1 - Baltimore, MD
Punt Returns By Opponent Yds 90 90 90 85 84n 82
Ernie Arizzi Mark Franklin Wyatt Washington
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) h - The Citadel (24-0) a - South Carolina (9-13) h - Duke (58-7) a - Georgia Tech (0-13) a - Wake Forest (27-31) h - Maryland (35-14) h - Wake Forest (10-9)
Date 10-4-1986 11-24-1979 11-6-1999 11-8-1958 10-1-2005 10-14-2000 10-30-1971
n - non-scoring play Date 9-20-1980 10-18-1980 11-1-2003
vs.
32 Bowl Appearances
99
Single-Game Team Bests Most Rushing Yards By Clemson Yds 615 536 516 448 440 439 436 436 434 433 433
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) a - Georgia Tech (73-0) h - Wake Forest (82-24) h - Presbyterian (76-0) h - Furman (41-0) h - Tennessee-Chattanooga (54-3) h - Presbyterian (66-0) h - Presbyterian (55-0) h - Wake Forest (55-7) a - Furman (40-20) h - South Carolina (39-21) h - Duke (34-17)
Yds 478 475 458 444 437 434 409 406
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) a - Tulane (20-36) a - Oklahoma (3-52) a - South Carolina (20-56) a - Wake Forest (20-36) a - Alabama (0-56) a - Texas A&M (0-24) h - N.C. State (7-45) a - Maryland (23-41)
Date 10-17-1903 10-31-1981 9-22-1945 11-6-1948 10-3-1992 9-21-1957 9-23-1950 9-16-2000 11-26-1955 11-23-1974 11-11-1995
Most Rushing Yards By Opponent Date 11-18-1944 9-30-1972 11-22-1975 10-17-1970 9-20-1975 9-14-1974 10-25-1975 11-17-1984
Most Rushing Yards By Both Teams Yds Teams & Yards 707 CU 397, South Carolina 310 697 CU 433, South Carolina 264 690 CU 232, South Carolina 458 671 CU 283, N.C. State 388 656 CU 323, Georgia Tech 333 653 CU 390, North Carolina 263 635 CU 160, Oklahoma 475 633 CU 398, Presbyterian 235 629 CU 300, North Carolina 329 624 CU 536, Wake Forest 88 N1 - Tampa, FL
Site - (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - (41-23) 11-25-1978 h - (39-21) 11-23-1974 a - (20-56) 11-22-1975 a - (21-38) 10-23-1976 N1 - (34-39) 12-5-2009 h - (43-32) 11-9-1974 a - (3-52) 9-30-1972 h - (69-7) 9-17-1949 h - (23-27) 11-6-1976 h - (82-24) 10-31-1981
Fewest Rushing Yards By Clemson Yds Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date -15 a - Boston College (7-14) 10-10-1942 -1 a - Boston College (22-32) 9-26-1947 0 N1 - Alabama (10-34) 8-30-2008 3 a - North Carolina (0-24) 11-6-1993 4 N2 - Nebraska (21-26) 1-1-2009 6 h - Wake Forest (14-16) 10-4-1947 8 a - South Carolina (6-33) 10-21-1943 8 h - Virginia Tech (23-41) 10-6-2007 10 a - Maryland (7-21) 10-4-2003 17 a - Virginia Tech (11-31) 9-23-1999 N1 - Atlanta, GA; N2 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)
Fewest Rushing Yards By Opponent Yds -29 -21 -20 -17 -16 -14 -11 -10 -9 -6
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - Furman (19-3) a - Furman (34-6) h - Utah State (35-6) h - Furman (41-0) h - Long Beach State (59-0) h - Kentucky (24-6) a - Furman (14-3) h - S.C. State (54-0) h - Auburn (34-18) a - North Carolina (35-3)
Date 9-7-1996 11-22-1941 10-16-2004 11-6-1948 9-1-1990 10-2-1982 11-25-1939 9-20-2008 11-22-1947 11-4-1989
Fewest Rushing Yards By Both Teams Yds 72 86 107 119 119 121 129 129 130 132 132
100
Teams & Yards CU 41, Florida State 31 CU 56, Virginia 30 CU 47, Boston College 60 CU 46, South Carolina 73 CU 36, Maryland 83 CU 56, Virginia Military 65 CU 67, Baylor 62 CU 4, Nebraska 125 CU 69, Georgia Tech 61 CU 111, N.C. State 21 CU 41, Texas Tech 91 32 Bowl Appearances
Site - (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - (28-35) 9-20-1997 a - (13-3) 11-22-2008 h - (17-20) 11-17-2007 a - (8-13) 10-21-1954 h - (10-7) 10-23-2004 N1 - (0-0) 9-26-1942 N2 - (18-24) 12-31-1979 N4 - (21-26) 1-1-2009 a - (0-27) 9-28-1963 h - (39-46) 10-31-1998 N3 - (15-55) 12-23-2002
N1 - Lynchburg, VA; N2 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl); N3 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N4 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)
Most Passing Yards By Clemson Yds 420 372 364 359 350 344 343 343 343 342
(C-A) (34-52) (38-67) (13-20) (22-33) (21-39) (28-43) (24-32) (35-57) (25-40) (23-48)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date a - Duke (34-31) 11-2-2002 h - Virginia Tech (23-41) 10-6-2007 a - Duke (30-35) 10-19-1963 h - Temple (37-7) 10-22-2005 h - Wake Forest (19-29) 9-26-1998 h - Duke (40-7) 11-15-2003 h - Virginia (33-14) 9-11-1999 a - Wake Forest (17-45) 11-1-2003 a - Boston College (33-34^^) 9-9-2006 a - North Carolina (13-17) 11-6-1965
Most Passing Yards By Opponent Yds (C-A) Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 521 (27-43) a - Florida State (7-54) 11-4-2000 464 (39-52) N4 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 454 (35-57) h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 442 (29-37) a - Florida State (0-57) 9-11-1993 418 (27-41) a - Maryland (23-53) 11-14-1992 401 (29-59) N3 - Louisiana Tech (49-24) 12-31-2001 395 (30-54) a - N.C. State (43-22) 9-30-1995 387 (23-37) N1 - Pittsburgh (3-34) 12-30-1977 385 (23-48) N2 - Duke (33-21) 11-30-1991 384 (31-56) N5 - Tennessee (27-14) 1-2-2004 N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); N2 - Tokyo, Japan; N3 - Boise, ID (Humanitarian Bowl); N4 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N5 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Most Passing Yards By Both Teams Yds Teams & Yards Site - (Score CU-Opp.) Date 783 CU 319, Texas Tech 464 N2 - (15-55) 12-23-2002 730 CU 420, Duke 310 a - (34-31) 11-2-2002 703 CU 329, N.C. State 374 h - (39-46) 10-31-1998 691 CU 273, Maryland 418 a - (23-53) 11-14-1992 688 CU 167, Florida State 521 a - (7-54) 11-7-2000 678 CU 359, Temple 319 h - (37-7) 10-22-2005 676 CU 275, Louisiana Tech 401 N1 - (49-24) 12-31-2001 669 CU 227, Florida State 442 a - (0-57) 9-11-1993 664 CU 333, N.C. State 331 a - (45-37) 10-13-2001 661 CU 207, Georgia Tech 454 h - (28-31) 10-28-2000 N1 - Boise, ID (Humanitarian Bowl); N2 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)
Fewest Passing Yards By Clemson Yds (C-A) Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date -1 (1-6) a - Maryland (6-6) 11-10-1956 0 (0-3) N1 - George Washington (27-0) 11-5-1938 0 (0-4) h - Presbyterian (32-13) 9-19-1942 0 (0-2) a - South Carolina (6-33) 10-21-1943 0 (0-2) a - South Carolina (20-13) 10-19-1944 0 (0-8) a - South Carolina (0-6) 10-23-1952 0 (0-6) a - Fordham (12-12) 11-8-1952 0 (0-5) h - Presbyterian (33-7) 9-19-1953 0 (0-0) a - South Carolina (7-0) 10-25-1956 0 (0-2) h - Virginia Tech (21-6) 11-3-1956 N1 - Greenville, SC
Fewest Passing Yards By Opponent Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(C-A) (0-10) (0-0) (0-7) (0-4) (0-7) (0-2) (0-9) (1-9) (0-13)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - Presbyterian (26-0) 9-17-1938 a - Wake Forest (7-0) 10-28-1938 a - George Washington (19-0) 10-31-1941 a - Miami (FL) (6-7) 11-2-1945 a - The Citadel (20-0) 12-4-1948 h - Presbyterian (69-7) 9-17-1949 a - South Carolina (14-14) 10-19-1950 a - Virginia (20-7) 9-24-1955 a - Rice (19-0) 10-31-1959
Yds 4 11 27 33
Teams & Yards CU 4, George Washington 0 CU -1, Maryland 12 CU 0, South Carolina 27 CU 27, Furman 6
Fewest Passing Yards By Both Teams
vs.
Site - (Score CU-Opp.) Date a - (19-0) 10-31-1941 a - (6-6) 11-10-1956 a - (20-13) 10-19-1944 a - (14-3) 11-25-1939
33 34 39 39 40 42
CU 12, Presbyterian 21 CU 34, Rice 0 CU 10, Tulane 29 CU 39, Virginia 0 CU 0, Virginia Tech 40 CU 39, George Washington 3
h - (34-0) a - (19-0) a - (0-13) a - (20-7) h - (21-6) h - (0-7)
9-25-1944 10-31-1959 11-2-1940 9-24-1955 11-3-1956 11-7-1942
Passing Attempts By Clemson Att. Com. Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 67 38 h - Virginia Tech (23-41) 10-6-2007 57 35 a - Wake Forest (17-45) 11-1-2003 56 25 N1 - Mississippi State (7-17) 12-30-1999 56 25 N2 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 55 25 a - Maryland (23-53) 11-14-1992 55 31 h - Miami (FL) (30-36^^^) 9-17-2005 54 21 h - N.C. State (28-30) 10-24-1987 52 34 a - Duke (34-31) 11-2-2002 48 25 a - Florida State (13-38) 11-7-1970 46 14 h - North Carolina (3-38) 10-20-2001 N1 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl); N2 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)
Passing Attempts By Opponent Att. Com. Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 59 29 N1 - Louisiana Tech (49-24) 12-31-2001 58 24 h - The Citadel (24-0) 10-4-1986 57 35 h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 57 24 h - Duke (59-31) 12-1-2001 56 28 a - Wake Forest (35-33) 11-1-1980 56 30 h - N.C. State (30-10) 10-21-1989 56 31 N3 - Tennessee (27-14) 1-2-2004 54 30 a - N.C. State (43-22) 9-30-1995 53 34 a - Duke (38-31) 10-15-1983 52 39 N2 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 52 27 h - Florida State (26-10) 11-8-2003 N1 - Boise, ID (Humanitarian Bowl); N2 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N3 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Completions By Clemson Co. Att. 38 67 35 57 34 52 31 55 28 44 28 45 28 45 28 42 28 39 27 38 27 42 27 39 27 36 27 38
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) a - Wake Forest (17-45) a - Duke (34-31) h - Miami (FL) (30-36^^^) a - Virginia Tech (11-31) h - Virginia (30-27^) h - Duke (40-7) a - Wake Forest (27-31) a - South Carolina (23-21) h - N.C. State (39-46) h - Marshall (10-13) h - South Carolina (27-20) h - Wake Forest (44-10) h - Duke (31-7)
Date 10-6-2007 11-1-2003 11-2-2002 9-17-2005 9-23-1999 10-11-2003 11-15-2003 10-1-2005 11-24-2007 10-31-1998 9-4-1999 11-23-2002 11-10-2007 11-15-2008
Completions By Opponent Co. Att. Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 39 52 N1 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 35 57 h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 34 53 a - Duke (38-31) 10-15-1983 33 48 h - Virginia (30-27^) 10-11-2003 31 47 a - Rice (10-29) 9-23-1972 31 56 N2 - Tennessee (27-14) 1-2-2004 31 47 h - Boston College (17-20) 11-17-2007 30 49 a - Virginia (31-17) 10-11-1986 30 56 h - N.C. State (30-10) 10-21-1989 30 54 a - N.C. State (43-22) 9-30-1995 30 45 a - South Carolina (38-17) 11-18-1995 N1 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N2 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Completion Percentage By Clemson Pct. 88.2 86.7 85.2 85.2 82.1 81.8 81.8 80.0
C-A (15-17) (13-15) (23-27) (23-27) (23-28) (18-22) (18-22) (12-15)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - The Citadel (58-3) 9-16-1978 a - South Carolina (41-24) 11-23-1991 a - N.C. State (45-37) 10-13-2001 h - Central Michigan (70-14) 10-20-2007 h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) 9-13-2003 a - Maryland (28-24) 9-10-2005 h - Furman (38-10) 9-15-2007 a - Duke (21-15) 10-18-1975 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Single-Game Team Bests 80.0 (12-15) a - South Carolina (47-21) 80.0 (12-15) h - Furman (33-0) Note: Minimum 15 attempts.
11-22-1997 9-5-1998
Completion Percentage By Opponent Pct. C-A Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 84.6 (22-26) a - N.C. State (24-17) 10-20-1990 80.0 (20-25) a - Wake Forest (27-31) 10-1-2005 79.2 (19-24) a - Wake Forest (27-17) 10-7-2006 78.4 (29-37) a - Florida State (0-57) 9-11-1993 77.8 (14-18) h - North Carolina (3-38) 10-20-2001 77.3 (17-22) h - N.C. State (12-29) 9-10-1994 75.0 (18-24) a - Georgia Tech (21-29) 10-29-1973 75.0 (39-52) N1 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 73.3 (22-30) a - Georgia Tech (42-45) 11-13-1999 73.3 (22-30) N2 - Alabama (10-34) 8-30-2008 N1 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N2 - Atlanta, GA; Note: Minimum 15 attempts.
Passing Efficiency By Clemson Eff. Opponent Site 262.9 Furman h 249.1 Central Michigan h 241.1 North Carolina a 237.7 N.C. State a 235.4 Virginia h 235.0 Virginia h 233.9 South Carolina a 232.4 Maryland h 228.7 The Citadel h 224.7 South Carolina a Note: Minimum 15 attempts.
Date 9-15-2007 10-20-2007 11-9-2002 10-13-2001 10-8-1983 9-24-1966 11-22-1997 11-12-1983 9-16-1978 11-23-1991
C-A-Yds-I-TD 18-22-317-0-4 23-27-315-1-6 12-20-274-0-4 23-27-333-0-4 12-19-199-0-2 13-21-315-0-3 12-15-157-0-3 11-16-194-0-3 15-17-245-0-1 13-15-231-1-1
557 188,369 h - Florida State (27-41) 11-3-2001 555 91,464 N3 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 551 364,187 a - Tennessee (28-29) 10-26-1974 550 96,454 h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 N1 - Baltimore, MD; N2 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); N3 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)
Total Offense Yards By Both Teams Yds Teams & Yards 1107 CU 756, Wake Forest 351 1033 CU 262, Florida State 771 1023 CU 528, North Carolina 495 1022 CU 514, Duke 508 1020 CU 463, Florida State 557 1009 CU 393, South Carolina 616 1002 CU 608, Duke 394 998 CU 548, Louisiana Tech 450 997 CU 492, Duke 505 978 CU 583, North Carolina 395 N1 - Boise, ID (Humanitarian Bowl)
Site - (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - (82-24) 10-31-1981 a - (7-54) 11-4-2000 h - (36-28) 10-25-2003 a - (38-31) 10-15-1983 h - (27-41) 11-3-2001 a - (20-56) 11-22-1975 h - (59-31) 12-1-2001 N1 - (49-24) 12-31-2001 h - (29-22) 10-19-1968 h - (54-32) 11-9-1974
Fewest Total Offense Yards By Clemson Yds Rush,Pass Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 8 8,0 a - South Carolina (6-33) 10-21-1943 51 48,3 a - N.C. State (0-18) 10-11-1947 63 53,10 a - Tulane (0-13) 11-2-1940 85 -15,100 a - Boston College (7-14) 10-10-1942 90 68,22 a - Maryland (0-34) 11-14-1964 91 50,41 a - North Carolina (0-45) 8-31-1996 94 19,75 a - Auburn (0-51) 10-11-1969 102 65,37 a - Georgia Tech (0-27) 9-28-1963 102 31,71 h - Virginia Tech (0-37) 9-12-1998
Plays By Clemson
Fewest Total Offense Games By Opponent
PL R P Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 98 43 55 a - Maryland (23-53) 11-14-1992 96 77 19 a - Wake Forest (56-3) 11-4-1978 95 65 30 h - N.C. State (34-27) 10-7-2000 93 63 30 a - Furman (56-3) 11-28-1959 92 69 23 h - North Carolina (40-7) 11-7-1992 91 46 45 h - Virginia (30-27^) 10-11-2003 90 70 20 h - Furman (28-0) 9-19-1964 90 63 27 a - Georgia (16-20) 9-20-1980 90 34 56 N1 - Mississippi State (7-17) 12-30-1999 90 23 67 h - Virginia Tech (23-41) 10-6-2007 N1 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Yds Rush,Pass Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date -12 -17,5 h - Furman (41-0) 11-6-1948 -5 -11,6 a - Furman (14-3) 11-25-1939 29 29,0 a - The Citadel (20-0) 12-4-1948 35 -21,56 a - Furman (34-6) 11-22-1941 41 20,21 a - Virginia (35-0) 10-26-1963 54 29,25 h - Boston College (25-7) 9-19-2009 57 57,0 h - Presbyterian (26-0) 9-17-1938 57 -16,73 h - Long Beach State (59-0) 9-1-1990 58 31,27 h - Furman (30-0) 9-2-1989 60 23,37 a - Virginia Tech (22-10) 9-12-1987
Plays By Opponent PL 99 97 97 96 93 91 91 91
R 62 74 40 58 57 55 82 41
P 37 23 57 38 36 36 9 50
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - South Carolina (3-7) 11-23-1968 h - North Carolina (7-42) 11-14-1970 h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 h - Duke (10-21) 10-24-1970 a - Boston College (16-31) 9-10-1983 a - Georgia (13-31) 9-28-1968 a - North Carolina (15-32) 11-15-1969 h - Florida State (14-17) 10-23-1999
Yards Per Play By Clemson Y/P P-Y 11.2 55-615 10.7 56-597 10.4 51-531 9.6 58-559 9.1 58-526 8.9 69-527 8.7 87-756 8.5 71-606 N1 - Charlotte, NC
Most Total Offense Yards By Clemson Yds Rush,Pass Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 756 536,220 h - Wake Forest (82-24) 10-31-1981 656 341,315 h - Central Michigan (70-14) 10-20-2007 623 436,187 h - Wake Forest (55-7) 9-16-2000 615 615,0 a - Georgia Tech (73-0) 10-17-1903 608 328,280 h - Duke (59-31) 12-1-2001 608 340,268 a - N.C. State (42-20) 9-22-2007 606 440,166 h - Tennessee-Chattanooga (54-3) 10-3-1992 597 516,81 h - Presbyterian (76-0) 9-22-1945 567 322,245 h - The Citadel (58-3) 9-16-1978 567 234,333 a - N.C. State (45-37) 10-13-2001
Turnovers By Clemson TO 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
Most Total Offense Yards By Opponent Yds Rush,Pass Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 771 250,521 a - Florida State (7-54) 11-4-2000 634 192,442 a - Florida State (0-57) 9-11-1993 616 458,158 a - South Carolina (20-56) 11-22-1975 577 406,171 N1 - Maryland (23-41) 11-17-1984 573 155,418 a - Maryland (23-53) 11-14-1992 566 179,387 N2 - Pittsburgh (3-34) 12-30-1977 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date a - Georgia Tech (73-0) 10-17-1903 h - Presbyterian (76-0) 9-22-1945 h - Presbyterian (42-0) 9-20-1947 N1 - Temple (63-9) 10-12-2006 h - Louisiana Tech (51-0) 9-30-2006 h - Presbyterian (53-13) 9-20-1952 h - Wake Forest (82-24) 10-31-1981 h - Tennessee-Chattanooga (54-3) 10-3-1992
Site - Opponent a - Florida h - Auburn a - South Carolina h - Wake Forest a - North Carolina h - Tulane a - Georgia Tech a - Georgia a - Kentucky h - Wake Forest
CU-Opp. (Fum.,Int.) 13-54 (4,6) 19-45 (4,5) 0-0 (1,7) 36-0 (5,3) 15-32 (3,5) 13-17 (5,3) 0-27 (4,3) 23-26 (3,4) 7-26 (4,3) 19-29 (3,4)
Date 10-11-1952 11-21-1953 10-25-1945 11-2-1963 11-15-1969 9-13-1975 9-28-1963 9-22-1984 10-5-1985 9-26-1998
Turnovers By Clemson in a Clemson Victory TO 8 5 5 5 5 5
Site - Opponent h - Wake Forest h - Virginia h - Wake Forest h - Virginia Tech h - N.C. State h - W. Carolina
CU-Opp. (Fum.,Int.) 36-0 (5,3) 40-35 (5,0) 16-14 (5,0) 38-7 (3,2) 17-7 (2,3) 21-10 (4,1)
vs.
Date 11-2-1963 9-24-1966 10-11-1975 10-7-1978 10-24-1981 9-25-1982
5
a - Virginia Tech
TO 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Site - Opponent h - Georgia h - Presbyterian h - Duke a - Georgia Tech h - Virginia Tech a - Fordham a - Furman a - Texas Christian h - Virginia Tech h - Duke a - Tulane a - Virginia a - N.C. State
20-17
(5,0)
9-14-1985
Turnovers Forced By Clemson CU-Opp. (Fum.,Int.) 13-3 (4,5) 53-0 (4,4) 39-22 (6,2) 7-28 (5,3) 35-0 (3,4) 12-12 (5,2) 56-33 (3,4) 10-14 (2,5) 38-7 (4,3) 28-8 (3,4) 13-5 (3,4) 6-9 (3,4) 43-22 (1,6)
Date 9-19-1981 9-25-1948 10-19-1968 10-3-1970 11-10-1945 11-8-1952 11-28-1959 10-24-1964 10-7-1978 10-21-1978 9-12-1981 9-17-1994 9-30-1995
Interception Return Yards By Clemson Yds (Int.) 143 (4) 132 (3) 131 (4) 124 (6) 122 (4) 110 (3) 109 (4) 107 (4) 104 (3)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) a - Maryland (24-11) a - Virginia Tech (27-7) h - Western Carolina (21-10) a - N.C. State (43-22) h - Virginia Tech (35-0) h - Wake Forest (33-31) h - Florida State (20-24) a - Wake Forest (28-7) h - South Carolina (28-19)
Date 10-31-1970 9-16-1989 9-25-1982 9-30-1995 11-10-1945 11-21-1959 9-12-1992 9-24-1960 11-21-1998
Interception Return Yards By Opponent Yds (Int.) 166 (6) 159 (4) 116 (3) 108 (2) 85 (1) 83 (3) 77 (5) 73 (3) 72 (4)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - Auburn (19-45) h - Duke (17-34) a - Georgia (16-20) a - N.C. State (35-34) a - Wake Forest (17-45) h - Maryland (21-6) h - Duke (0-16) h - Maryland (0-19) h - North Carolina (7-42)
Yds (PR) 227 (11) 172 (9) 169 (7) 167 (4) 155 (8) 140 (4) 136 (11) 135 (5) 134 (8) 130 (5)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - Georgia Tech (33-12) h - Western Carolina (43-0) h - Maryland (40-7) h - Maryland (24-11) a - Wake Forest (24-7) h - Duquesne (42-0) a - George Washington (19-0) h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) h - Presbyterian (53-6) h - Georgia Tech (28-31)
Date 11-21-1953 10-18-1980 9-20-1980 10-27-1984 11-1-2003 11-11-1963 10-20-1962 9-15-1979 11-14-1970
Punt Return Yards By Clemson Date 9-26-1987 9-5-1987 11-16-1991 10-31-1970 10-6-1962 11-20-1948 10-31-1941 9-5-2009 9-22-1951 10-28-2000
Punt Return Yards By Opponent Yds (PR) Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) 150 (5) h - Florida State (28-35) 147 (7) a - Auburn (7-28) 133 (7) a - Wake Forest (6-19) 129 (10) h - Virginia Tech (0-37) 126 (7) a - Georgia Tech (0-51) 126 (4) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) 124 (5) N1 - California (13-37) 116 (8) a - Tennessee (7-26) 116 (6) a - Georgia (7-19) 113 (3) a - South Carolina (0-20) N1 - Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl)
Date 9-20-1997 11-29-1941 10-31-1942 9-12-1998 9-30-1944 10-6-2007 1-2-1992 10-28-1944 10-10-1964 10-25-1951
Kickoff Return Yards By Clemson Yds (KOR) Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) 286 (7) a - Florida State (22-41) 219 (6) a - Maryland (20-37) 188 (9) a - Tulane (13-54) 188 (7) N2 - Alabama (10-34) 174 (4) a - Georgia Tech (9-31) 173 (7) a - Miami (FL) (40-37^) 171 (9) a - Florida State (0-57) 167 (3) a - Duke (47-10)
Date 9-25-2004 11-10-2001 11-9-1946 8-30-2008 10-7-1972 10-24-2009 9-11-1993 11-3-2007
32 Bowl Appearances
101
Single-Game Team Bests 165 (7) a - Wake Forest (20-36) 10-17-1970 165 (5) h - Maryland (12-30) 11-16-2002 N1 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N2 - Atlanta, GA
Kickoff Return Yards By Opponent Yds (KOR) Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) 265 (11) h - Central Michigan (70-14) 240 (9) N1 - Temple (63-9) 231 (7) h - Duke (49-17) 220 (7) a - N.C. State (42-20) 214 (6) a - Virginia Tech (27-7) 216 (10) a - Wake Forest (51-6) 213 (5) a - Boston College (33-34^^) 207 (12) h - Presbyterian (66-0) 205 (5) h - Furman (27-6) 194 (8) h - Wake Forest (55-7) N1 - Charlotte, NC
Date 10-20-2007 10-12-2006 10-15-1988 9-22-2007 9-16-1989 11-4-1978 9-9-2006 9-21-1957 9-3-1994 9-16-2000
Sacks By Clemson Sacks (Yds) 12 (70) 11 (84) 10 (64) 10 (59) 9 (47) 9 (58) 8 (55) 8 (66) 8 (56) 8 (55)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - Furman (19-3) h - Utah State (35-6) h - Maryland (0-19) h - Duke (21-6) a - N.C. State (35-34) a - Wake Forest (24-6) h - N.C. State (39-10) h - Maryland (35-3) h - Duke (58-7) a - Duke (52-22)
TFL (Yds) 19 (77) 17 (66) 17 (68) 16 (89) 15 (51) 15 (75) 15 (80) 15 (91)
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - N.C. State (28-30) h - Duke (21-6) a - Miami (FL) (24-17) a - Virginia Tech (22-10) h - Maryland (40-7) h - Furman (19-3) h - Maryland (35-3) h - Utah State (35-6)
Date 9-7-1996 10-16-2004 9-15-1979 10-17-1992 10-27-1984 10-27-1990 10-26-1985 11-2-1996 11-6-1999 9-30-2000
Tackles For Loss By Clemson Date 10-24-1987 10-17-1992 10-6-2004 9-12-1987 11-16-1991 9-7-1996 11-2-1996 10-16-2004
Pass Breakups By Clemson PBU 18 15 14 14 14
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) h - The Citadel (24-0) a - Duke (17-21) a - Virginia Tech (20-17) h - Duke (35-3) h - Virginia (34-20)
Date 10-4-1986 9-30-1989 9-14-1985 10-18-1986 10-7-1989
Caused Fumbles By Clemson CF Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) 5 h - Central Florida (21-13) 4 h - Maryland (0-19) 4 a - Georgia (31-28) 4 h - The Citadel (24-0) 4 h - Long Beach State (59-0) 4 h - Applachian State (48-0) 4 N1 - Duke (33-21) 4 a - Virginia (6-9) 4 h - Virginia (33-14) 4 a - Wake Forest (27-17) N1 - Tokyo, Japan
Date 9-1-2001 9-15-1979 9-20-1986 10-4-1986 9-1-1990 9-22-1990 11-30-1991 9-17-1994 9-11-1999 10-7-2006
Interceptions By Clemson Int. (Yds) 6 (82) 6 (124) 5 (51) 5 (21) 5 (87) 5 (28) 5 (29) 5 (47) 5 (22) 5 (27) 5 (52) 5 (84)
102
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) a - South Carolina (17-7) a - N.C. State (43-22) a - South Carolina (21-13) a - Texas Christian (10-14) h - Virginia (29-3) a - South Carolina (3-7) h - Virginia (37-21) h - Georgia (13-3) a - Georgia (23-26) a - Duke (17-21) h - North Carolina (17-10) h - N.C. State (26-20)
32 Bowl Appearances
Date 11-27-1971 9-30-1995 10-24-1940 10-24-1964 10-31-1964 11-23-1968 10-21-1972 9-19-1981 9-22-1984 9-30-1989 11-4-1995 10-30-2004
Victory Margin By Clemson Margin CU-Opp. +122 122-0 +94 94-0 +76 76-0 +75 75-0 +73 73-0 +68 68-0 +66 66-0 +65 65-0 +64 64-0 +62 69-7 +60 67-7 +60 60-0 +59 59-0 +59 59-0 +59 59-0 +58 82-24 +57 57-0 +57 57-0 +56 70-14 +55 55-0 +55 57-2 +55 58-3 +55 55-0 +54 54-0 +54 63-9 +54 54-0 +53 53-0 +53 53-0 +53 56-3 +53 62-9 +52 52-0 +52 52-0 +52 52-0 +51 51-0 +51 58-7 +51 51-0 N1 - Charlotte, NC
Site - Opponent h - Guilford a - Furman h - Presbyterian h - Newberry a - Georgia Tech h - Newberry h - Presbyterian h - Camp Sevier h - Davidson h - Presbyterian h - Furman h - Elon a - Samford h - The Citadel h - Long Beach State h - Wake Forest a - Furman h - Newberry h - Central Michigan h - Bingham h - Furman h - The Citadel a - Virginia h - Presbyterian N1 - Temple h - S.C. State h - Erskine h - Presbyterian a - Furman h - Missouri a - Mercer h - Erskine h - Erskine a - South Carolina h - Duke h - Louisiana Tech
Victory Margin at Clemson By Opponent Date 10-5-1901 9-25-1915 9-22-1945 10-17-1930 10-17-1903 9-21-1929 9-21-1957 9-27-1918 9-19-1900 9-17-1949 11-23-1918 9-27-1924 10-5-1912 11-27-1954 9-1-1990 10-31-1981 10-22-1914 10-7-1922 10-20-2007 10-20-1898 11-18-1950 9-16-1978 9-8-1984 9-23-1950 10-12-2006 9-20-2008 9-27-1919 11-25-1948 11-28-1959 9-9-2000 11-17-1913 11-18-1922 10-19-1928 11-1-1900 11-6-1999 9-30-2006
Victory Margin By Opponent Margin CU-Opp. Site - Opponent +67 7-74 N1 - Alabama +57 0-57 a - Florida State +56 0-56 a - Auburn +56 0-56 a - Alabama +55 0-55 a - Georgia +53 13-66 h - Camp Hancock +51 0-51 a - Georgia Tech +51 0-51 a - Auburn +49 3-52 a - Oklahoma N1 - Montgomery, AL
Date 11-14-1931 9-11-1993 10-19-1912 9-20-1975 11-25-1920 11-9-1918 9-30-1944 10-11-1969 9-30-1972
Home Victory Margin By Clemson Margin CU-Opp. +122 122-0 +76 76-0 +75 75-0 +68 68-0 +66 66-0 +65 65-0 +64 64-0 +62 69-7 +60 67-7 +60 60-0
Opponent Guilford Presbyterian Newberry Newberry Presbyterian Camp Sevier Davidson Presbyterian Furman Elon
Date 10-5-1901 11-22-1945 10-17-1930 9-21-1929 11-21-1957 9-27-1918 10-19-1900 9-17-1949 11-23-1918 9-27-1924
Memorial Stadium Victory Margin By Clemson Margin CU-Opp. +76 76-0 +66 66-0 +62 69-7 +59 59-0 +59 59-0 +58 82-24 +56 70-14 +55 57-2 +55 58-3 +54 54-0 +54 54-0
Opponent Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian The Citadel Long Beach State Wake Forest Central Michigan Furman The Citadel Presbyterian S.C. State
vs.
Date 11-22-1945 11-21-1957 9-17-1949 11-27-1954 9-1-1990 10-31-1981 10-20-2007 11-18-1950 9-16-1978 9-23-1950 9-20-2008
Margin CU-Opp. +53 13-66 +44 6-50 +44 0-44 +42 0-42 +41 0-41 +38 7-45 +37 0-37 +36 7-43 +35 7-42 +35 3-38
Opponent Camp Hancock Virginia Tech Auburn Florida Georgia N.C. State Virginia Tech Florida State North Carolina North Carolina
Date 11-9-1918 11-1-1924 10-10-1970 11-7-1925 9-18-1976 10-25-1975 9-12-1998 11-1-1975 11-14-1970 10-20-2001
Memorial Stadium Victory Margin By Opponent Margin CU-Opp. +44 0-44 +41 0-41 +38 7-45 +37 0-37 +36 7-43 +35 7-42 +35 3-38
Opponent Auburn Georgia N.C. State Virginia Tech Florida State North Carolina North Carolina
Date 10-10-1970 9-18-1976 10-25-1975 9-12-1998 11-1-1975 11-14-1970 10-20-2001
Road/Neutral Victory Margin By Clemson Margin CU-Opp. +94 94-0 +73 73-0 +59 59-0 +57 57-0 +55 55-0 +54 63-9 +53 56-3 +52 52-0 +51 51-0 +48 48-0 N1 - Charlotte, NC
Site - Opponent a - Furman a - Georgia Tech a - Samford a - Furman a - Virginia N1 - Temple a - Furman a - Mercer a - South Carolina a - Virginia
Date 9-25-1915 10-17-1903 10-5-1912 10-22-1914 9-8-1984 10-12-2006 11-28-1959 11-17-1913 11-1-1900 10-9-1982
Road/Neutral Victory Margin By Opponent Margin CU-Opp. +67 7-74 +57 0-57 +56 0-56 +56 0-56 +55 0-55 +51 0-51 +51 0-51
Site - Opponent a - Alabama a - Florida State a - Auburn a - Alabama a - Georgia a - Georgia Tech a - Auburn
Date 11-14-1931 9-11-1993 10-19-1912 9-20-1975 11-25-1920 9-30-1944 10-11-1969
ACC Victory Margin By Clemson Margin CU-Opp. +58 82-24 +55 55-0 +51 58-7 +48 48-0 +48 55-7 +47 47-0 +45 51-6 +45 52-7 +40 40-0
Site - Opponent h - Wake Forest a - Virginia h - Duke a - Virginia h - Wake Forest a - Virginia a - Wake Forest h - North Carolina h - Maryland
Date 10-31-1981 9-8-1984 11-6-1999 10-9-1982 9-16-2000 9-26-1959 11-4-1978 9-23-2006 11-1-1969
ACC Victory Margin By Opponent Margin CU-Opp. +57 0-57 +48 0-48 +47 7-54 +45 0-45 +38 7-45 +35 3-38
Site - Opponent a - Florida State a - Florida State a - Florida State a - North Carolina h - N.C. State h - North Carolina
Date 9-11-1993 10-17-1998 11-4-2000 8-31-1996 10-25-1975 10-20-2001
Points By Clemson Pts CU-Opp. 122 122-0 94 94-0 82 82-24 76 76-0 75 75-0 73 73-0 70 70-14 69 69-7 68 68-0
Site - Opponent h - Guilford a - Furman h - Wake Forest h - Presbyterian h - Newberry a - Georgia Tech h - Central Michigan h - Presbyterian h - Newberry
Date 10-5-1901 9-25-1915 10-31-1981 11-22-1945 10-17-1930 10-17-1903 10-20-2007 9-17-1949 9-21-1929
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Single-Game Team Bests 67 67-7 h - Furman 66 66-0 h - Presbyterian 65 65-0 h - Camp Sevier 64 64-0 h - Davidson 63 63-17 a - South Carolina 63 63-9 N1 - Temple 62 62-9 h - Missouri 60 60-0 h - Elon 59 59-0 a - Samford 59 59-0 h - The Citadel 59 59-0 h - Long Beach State 59 59-31 h - Duke 58 58-3 h - The Citadel 58 58-7 h - Duke 57 57-0 a - Furman 57 57-0 h - Newberry 57 57-12 h - Virginia Military 57 57-2 h - Furman 56 56-3 a - Furman 55 55-0 h - Bingham 55 55-7 N2 - Florida 55 55-0 a - Virginia 55 55-9 h - Western Carolina 55 55-7 h - Wake Forest 54 54-0 h - Presbyterian 54 54-32 h - North Carolina 54 54-21 h - Duke 54 54-6 h - Florida Atlantic 54 54-0 h - S.C. State 53 53-0 h - Erskine 53 53-0 h - Presbyterian 53 53-20 h - Duquesne 53 53-6 h - Presbyterian 53 53-13 h - Presbyterian 52 52-14 h - The Citadel 52 52-0 a - Mercer 52 52-0 h - Erskine 52 52-0 h - Erskine 52 52-27 h - Maryland 52 52-22 a - Duke 52 52-7 h - North Carolina 51 51-0 a - South Carolina 51 51-0 h - Louisiana Tech N1 - Charlotte, NC; N2 - Jacksonville, FL
11-23-1918 11-21-1957 9-27-1918 10-19-1900 11-22-2003 10-12-2006 9-9-2000 9-27-1924 10-5-1912 11-27-1954 9-1-1990 12-1-2001 9-16-1978 11-6-1999 10-22-1914 10-7-1922 11-11-1944 11-18-1950 11-28-1959 10-20-1898 11-17-1917 9-8-1984 9-2-1995 9-16-2000 9-23-1950 11-9-1974 10-20-1984 9-2-2006 9-20-2008 9-27-1919 11-25-1948 11-4-1950 11-22-1951 11-20-1952 10-26-1912 11-17-1913 11-18-1922 10-19-1928 11-12-1983 9-30-2000 9-23-2006 11-1-1900 9-30-2006
Points By Opponent Pts CU-Opp. Site - Opponent Date 74 7-74 N1 - Alabama 11-14-1931 66 13-66 h - Camp Hancock 11-9-1918 57 0-57 a - Florida State 9-11-1993 56 0-56 a - Auburn 10-14-1921 56 0-56 a - Alabama 9-20-1975 56 20-56 a - South Carolina 11-22-1975 55 0-55 a - Georgia 11-25-1920 55 15-55 N2 - Texas Tech 12-23-2002 54 7-54 a - Florida State 11-4-2000 54 13-54 a - Tulane 11-9-1946 54 13-54 a - Florida 10-11-1952 53 23-53 a - Maryland 11-14-1992 52 3-52 a - Oklahoma 9-30-1972 51 0-51 a - Georgia Tech 9-30-1944 51 0-51 a - Auburn 10-11-1969 50 6-50 h - Virginia Tech 11-1-1924 N1 - Montgomery, AL; N2 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)
Points By Both Teams Pts CU-Opp. 122 122-0 106 82-24 94 94-0 91 ^47-44 90 59-31 87 42-45 86 54-32 85 39-46 84 70-14 82 45-37
Site - Opponent h - Guilford h - Wake Forest a - Furman a - Georgia Tech h - Duke a - Georgia Tech h - North Carolina h - N.C. State h - Central Michigan a - N.C. State
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Date 10-5-1901 10-31-1981 9-25-1915 9-29-2001 12-1-2001 11-13-1999 11-9-1974 10-31-1998 10-20-2007 10-13-2001
Points in Road/Neutral Game By Clemson Pts CU-Opp. Site - Opponent 94 94-0 a - Furman 73 73-0 a - Georgia Tech 63 63-17 a - South Carolina 63 63-9 N1 - Temple 59 59-0 a - Samford 57 57-0 a - Furman 56 56-3 a - Furman 55 55-7 N2 - Florida 55 55-0 a - Virginia 52 52-0 a - Mercer 52 52-22 a - Duke N1 - Charlotte, NC; N2 - Jacksonville, FL
Date 9-25-1915 10-17-1903 11-22-2003 10-12-2006 10-5-1912 10-22-1914 11-28-1959 11-17-1917 9-8-1984 11-17-1913 9-30-2000
58 58
Site - Opponent h - Wake Forest h - Duke h - Duke a - Virginia h - Wake Forest h - North Carolina h - Duke h - Maryland a - Duke h - North Carolina
Date 10-31-1981 12-1-2001 11-6-1999 9-8-1984 9-16-2000 11-9-1974 10-20-1984 11-12-1983 9-30-2000 9-23-2006
Points in ACC Game By Opponent Pts CU-Opp. 57 0-57 54 7-54 53 23-53 48 0-48 48 31-48 46 39-46 45 7-45 45 26-45 45 0-45 45 42-45
Site - Opponent a - Florida State a - Florida State a - Maryland a - Florida State a - Florida State a - N.C. State h - N.C. State h - Florida State a - North Carolina a - Georgia Tech
Date 9-11-1993 11-4-2000 11-14-1992 10-17-1998 10-3-2002 10-31-1998 10-25-1975 9-9-1995 8-31-1996 11-13-1999
9-16-1978 11-6-1999
Points at Clemson By Opponent Opponent Camp Hancock Virginia Tech N.C. State Auburn N.C. State Florida State Auburn Florida State Florida North Carolina
Date 11-9-1918 11-1-1924 10-31-1998 11-21-1953 10-25-1975 9-9-1995 10-10-1970 11-1-1975 11-7-1925 11-14-1970
Points at Memorial Stadium By Opponent Pts CU-Opp. 46 39-46 45 19-45 45 7-45 45 26-45 44 0-44 43 7-43 42 7-42 41 12-41 41 0-41 41 27-41 41 23-41
Points in ACC Game By Clemson Pts CU-Opp. 82 82-24 59 59-31 58 58-7 55 55-0 55 55-7 54 54-32 54 54-21 52 52-27 52 52-22 52 52-7
The Citadel Duke
Pts CU-Opp. 66 13-66 50 6-50 46 39-46 45 19-45 45 7-45 45 26-45 44 0-44 43 7-43 42 0-42 42 7-42
Points in Road/Neutral Game By Opponent Pts CU-Opp. Site - Opponent Date 74 7-74 N1 - Alabama 11-14-1931 57 0-57 a - Florida State 9-11-1993 56 0-56 a - Auburn 10-14-1921 56 0-56 a - Alabama 9-20-1975 56 20-56 a - South Carolina 11-22-1975 55 0-55 a - Georgia 11-25-1920 55 15-55 N2 - Texas Tech 12-23-2002 54 13-54 a - Tulane 11-9-1946 54 13-54 a - Florida 10-11-1952 54 7-54 a - Florida State 11-4-2000 N1 - Montgomery, AL; N2 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)
58-3 58-7
Opponent N.C. State Auburn N.C. State Florida State Auburn Florida State North Carolina Wake Forest Georgia Florida State Virginia Tech
Date 10-31-1998 11-21-1953 10-25-1975 9-9-1995 10-10-1970 11-1-1975 11-14-1970 10-30-1943 9-18-1976 11-3-2001 10-6-2007
First Downs By Clemson FD 35 35 33 32 31 31 30 30 30 30
R/P/Pen. 27/8/0 18/16/1 21/10/2 16/14/2 19/12/0 12/16/3 27/3/0 19/9/2 16/11/3 19/7/4
Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - Wake Forest (82-24) 10-31-1981 h - Central Michigan (70-14) 10-20-2007 a - Wake Forest (51-6) 11-4-1978 a - N.C. State (42-20) 9-22-2007 h - The Citadel (58-3) 9-16-1978 h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) 9-13-2003 h - Presbyterian (66-0) 10-21-1957 h - Virginia (42-21) 10-8-1983 h - Maryland (52-27) 11-12-1983 h - North Carolina (52-7) 9-23-2006
First Downs By Opponent FD R/P/Pen. Site - Opponent (Score CU-Opp.) Date 35 23/10/2 a - Maryland (23-41) 11-17-1984 33 11/16/6 a - Duke (38-31) 10-15-1983 31 11/19/1 a - Florida State (0-57) 9-11-1993 31 6/22/3 h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 30 26/4/0 a - South Carolina (20-56) 11-22-1975 30 11/18/1 N1 - Pittsburgh (3-34) 12-30-1977 N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) ^ - one overtime
Points at Home By Clemson Pts CU-Opp. 122 122-0 82 82-24 76 76-0 75 75-0 70 70-14 69 69-7 68 68-0 67 67-7 66 66-0 65 65-0
Opponent Guilford Wake Forest Presbyterian Newberry Central Michigan Presbyterian Newberry Furman Presbyterian Camp Sevier
Date 10-5-1901 10-31-1981 11-22-1945 10-17-1930 10-20-2007 9-17-1949 9-21-1929 11-23-1918 11-21-1957 9-27-1918
Points at Memorial Stadium By Clemson Pts CU-Opp. 82 82-24 76 76-0 70 70-14 69 69-7 66 66-0 62 62-9 59 59-0 59 59-0 59 59-31
Opponent Wake Forest Presbyterian Central Michigan Presbyterian Presbyterian Missouri The Citadel Long Beach State Duke
vs.
Date 10-31-1981 11-22-1945 10-20-2007 9-17-1949 11-21-1957 9-9-2000 11-27-1954 9-1-1990 12-1-2001 32 Bowl Appearances
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Individual Records Rushing Carries Game:
36, Jim Shirley vs. N.C. State, 1951; Ray Yauger vs. Wake Forest, 1969; Raymond Priester vs. Maryland, 1997 Season: 257, Raymond Priester, 1996 Career: 805, Raymond Priester, 1994-97
Consecutive Rushes Game:
All-Purpose Yards Game:
312, C.J. Spiller vs. Florida State, 2009 (81 rush, 104 receiving, 125 KOR) Season: 2,508, C.J. Spiller, 2009 (1,145 rush, 445 receiving, 210 PR, 708 KOR) Career: 7,416, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09
Passing
Rushing Yards
Rushing Yards Per Game Season: 112.1, Raymond Priester, 1996 (1,345 in 12 games) Career: 89.6, Terry Allen, 1987-89 (2,778 in 31 games)
Yards Per Carry Game:
(Min. 5 Carries) 30.4, Ken Moore (5-152) vs. The Citadel, 1954 Season: (Min. 200 Yards) 9.9, Derrick Hamilton, 2002 (21-208) (Min. 300 Yards) 7.4, Billy Hair, 1950 (71-525) (Min. 600 Yards) 7.3, C.J. Spiller, 2006 (129-938) Career: (Min. 1,000 Yards) 5.92 by Jackie Calvert, 1948-50 (194-1149)
100-Yard Games Season: 7, Kenny Flowers, 1985; Raymond Priester, 1996 Career: 15, Raymond Priester, 1994-97
Passing Attempts Half: Game: Season: Career:
46, Rodney Williams vs. N.C. State (2nd), 1987 66, Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, 2007 465, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 1,368, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Passing Attempts Per Game Season: 35.8, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 (465 in 13 games) Career: 31.1, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05 (1,368 in 44 games)
Completions Game:
38, Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, 2007 Consecutive Games: 58, Cullen Harper, vs. Virginia Tech, Central Michigan, 2007 Three Consecutive Games: 81, Cullen Harper, vs. Wake Forest, Boston College, South Carolina, 2007 Consecutive Games With 20: 6, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Season: 288, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 817, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Consecutive 100-Yard Games Season: 5, Kenny Flowers, 1985 Career: 5, Raymond Priester (last 4, 1996, first of 1997); 5, Kenny Flowers, 1985 By a QB: 4, Woodrow Dantzler, 2000
100-Yard Games vs. One Opponent Career:
3, Kenny Flowers vs. Duke, 1983-85
Completions Per Game Season: 22.2, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 (288 in 13 games) Career: 18.6, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05 (817 in 44 games)
Consecutive Completions Game: 15, Cullen Harper vs. Central Michigan, 2007 (last 15) Season: 17, Nealon Greene, 1997 (last 13 vs. Virginia, first 4 vs. Maryland)
200-Yard Games Season: 2, Terrence Flagler, 1986 Career: 2, Terrence Flagler, 1982-86; Ray Yauger, 1967-69; Raymond Priester, 1994-97
Consecutive Games Completing a Pass Season: 13, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003; Will Proctor, 2006; Cullen Harper, 2007; Cullen Harper, 2008; Kyle Parker, 2009 Career: 46, Rodney Williams, 1985-88
Rushing Yards in a Series in a Season Two Games: Three Games: Four Games: Five Games: Six Games:
387, Terrence Flagler, 1986 520, Woodrow Dantzler, 2000 623, Woodrow Dantzler, 2000 744, Terrence Flagler, 1986 858, Terrence Flagler, 1986
Rushing Yards By a Freshman Game: 234, Don King vs. Fordham, 1952 Season: 973, Terry Allen, 1987
Completion Percentage Game:
(Min. 9 Att.) 100.0, Steve Fuller vs. The Citadel, 1978 (9-9) (Min. 15 Att.) 94.1, Woodrow Dantzler vs. The Citadel, 2000 (16-17) (Min. 20 Att.) 90.9, Cullen Harper vs. Central Michigan, 2007 (20-22) Season: (Min. 100 Att.) 67.4, Charlie Whitehurst, 2005 (229340) Career: (Min. 200 Att.) 63.6, Cullen Harper, 2005-08 (518-815)
Rushing Yards By a Quarterback Game: 220, Woodrow Dantzler vs. Virginia, 2000 Season: 1,061, Woodrow Dantzler, 2001 Career: 2,761, Woodrow Dantzler, 1998-01
Passing Yards Game: 420, Charlie Whitehurst vs. Duke, 2002 Season: 3,561, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 9,665, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Rushing Yards By Two Players Game:
358, Raymond Priester (263) & Nealon Greene (95) vs. Duke, 1995 Season: 2,125, James Davis (1,187) & C.J. Spiller (938), 2006 Careerยบ: 5,819, Travis Zachery (3,058) & Woodrow Dantzler (2,761), 1998-01 ยบ - two backs in the same senior class
Rushing Touchdowns Game:
5, Stumpy Banks vs. Furman, 1917; Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 1930 Season: 17, Lester Brown, 1978; James Davis, 2006 Career: 47, James Davis, 2005-08
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32 Bowl Appearances
(Min. 8 Comp.) 28.0, Tommy Kendrick vs. Virginia, 1971 (9-252) Season: (Min. 45 Comp.) 21.3, Bobby Gage, 1947 (47-1,002) Career: (Min. 100 Comp.) 19.9, Bobby Gage, 1945-48 (1232448)
All-Purpose Yards Per Game Season: 192.9, C.J. Spiller, 2009 (2,508 in 13 games) Career: 145.4, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09 (7,416 in 51 games)
12, Raymond Priester vs. Maryland, 1997
Game: 263, Raymond Priester vs. Duke, 1995 Season: 1,345, Raymond Priester, 1996 Career: 3,966, Raymond Priester, 1994-97
Yards Per Completion Game:
Passing Yards Per Attempt Game:
(Min. 8 Att.) 22.0, Bobby Gage vs. Furman, 1947 (11245) Season: (Min. 75 Att.) 9.19, Bobby Gage, 1947 (115-1002) Career: (Min. 100 Att.) 8.81, Bobby Gage, 1945-48 (278-2448)
200-Yard Passing Games Season: 11, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 24, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
300-Yard Passing Games Season: 5, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 8, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Passing Touchdown Game:
5, Cullen Harper vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2007; Central Michigan, 2007 Season: 27, Cullen Harper, 2007 Career: 49, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Passing Touchdowns Per Game Season: 2.08, Cullen Harper, 2007 (27 in 13 games) Career: 1.35, Cullen Harper, 2005-08 (42 in 31 games)
Pass Efficiency Rating Game:
(Min. 10 Att.) 310.7, Bobby Gage vs. Furman, 1948 (9-11-245-1-2) (Min. 20 Att.) 261.1, Cullen Harper vs. Central Michigan, 2007 (20-22-273-1-5) Season: (Min. 40 Comp.) 158.3, Willie Jordan, 1975 (Min. 200 Att.) 141.0, Cullen Harper, 2007 Career: (Min. 300 Att.) 137.0, Will Proctor, 2003-06
Passes Had Intercepted Game: 5, Don King vs. Auburn, 1953 Season: 20, Tommy Kendrick, 1969 Career: 46, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Lowest Interception Percentage Season: (Min. 75 Att.) 1.06, Nealon Greene, 1994 (1 in 94 attempts) Career: (Min. 100 Att.) 2.45, Cullen Harper, 2005-08 (20 in 815 attempts)
Consecutive Passes Without Interception Start of Career: Season: Career:
Games Won as Starting Quarterback Season: 12, Homer Jordan, 1981 Career: 32, Rodney Williams, 1985-88
Winning Percentage as Starting Quarterback Season: 100.0, Homer Jordan, 1981 (12-0) Career: (Min. 15 Games) 81.3, DeChane Cameron, 1988-91 (19-4-1)
Passing Yards Per Game Season: 273.9, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 219.7, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Passing Yards in Consecutive Games 2 Games: 3 Games: 4 Games: 5 Games: 6 Games:
694, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002 916, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 1,217, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 1,486, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 1,732, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003
Top-25 Wins as Starting Quarterback Season: 3, Homer Jordan, 1981; Rodney Williams, 1988; Chris Morocco, 1989; Charlie Whitehurst, 2003,05 Career: 7, Rodney Williams, 1985-88; Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Games Started at Quarterback Career:
44, Rodney Williams, 1985-88
Consecutive Games Started at Quarterback Career:
vs.
165, Cullen Harper, 2005-07 143, Cullen Harper, 2007 165, Cullen Harper, 2005-07
37, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
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Individual Records Total Offense Total Offense Plays Game: 77, Cullen Harper vs. Virginia Tech, 2007 Season: 557, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 1,634, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05 (1,368 passes, 266 rushes)
Total Offense Yards Game: Season: Career: vs. One Team/Career:
517, Woodrow Dantzler at N.C. State, 2001 3,639, Woodrow Dantzler, 2001 9,763, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05 1,127, Woodrow Dantzler vs. N.C. State, 199801
Receptions By a Running Back Game:
7, Dick Bukowsky vs. Florida State, 1970; C.J. Spiller vs. Duke, 2008 Season: 45, Travis Zachery, 2001 Career: 120, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09
Receptions By a Tight End Game: 9, John McMakin vs. Florida State, 1970 Season: 41, Michael Palmer, 2009 Career: 93, John McMakin, 1969-71
Total Offense Yards Per Play Game:
12.0, Billy Hair vs. Duquesne, 1950 (24 plays, 104 rush, 185 pass for 289 yards) Season: 8.1, Jackie Calvert, 1950 (157 plays, 714 rush, 557 pass for 1,271 yards) Career: 6.7, Will Proctor, 2003-06 (414 plays, 133 rush, 2,634 pass for 2,767 yards)
200-Yard Total Offense Games Season: 11, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 25, Woodrow Dantzler, 1998-01
100-Yard Rushing, 300-Yard Total Offense Games Season: 5, Woodrow Dantzler, 2001 Career: 11, Woodrow Dantzler, 1998-01
Receiving
Interceptions Quarter: 3, Brian Dawkins vs. Duke, 1995 Game: 3, Kit Jackson vs. Wake Forest, 1965; Leomont Evans vs. N.C. State, 1995; Brian Dawkins vs. Duke, 1995; Alex Ardley vs. Maryland, 2000; Michael Hamlin vs. The Citadel, 2008 Season: 8, Robert O’Neal, 1989; Justin Miller, 2002; DeAndre McDaniel, 2009 Career: 17, Terry Kinard, 1978-82
Interception Return Yards Game: 102, Don Kelley vs. Duke, 1970 Season: 156, Don Kelley, 1970 Career: 275, Rex Varn, 1976-79
Average Interception Return Yards Game:
(Min. 2) 50.5, Willie Underwood vs. South Carolina, 1980 (2-101) Season: (Min. 3) 52.0, Don Kelley, 1970 (3-156) Career: (Min. 5) 27.5, Rex Varn, 1976-79 (10-275)
Interception Returns for Touchdowns Game: 1 by many Season: 3, Arlington Nunn, 1990 Career: 3, Arlington Nunn, 1987-90
Receptions Game: 12, Airese Currie vs. Middle Tennessee, 2003 Season: 88, Aaron Kelly, 2007 Career: 232*, Aaron Kelly, 2005-08
Punt Returns
36, Jerry Butler, 1975-78
Interceptions
300-Yard Total Offense Games Season: 7, Woodrow Dantzler, 2001; Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 13, Woodrow Dantzler, 1998-01
Punting Yards Game: 546, Kevin Laird vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Season: 3,468, David Sims, 1979 Career: 8,816, Kevin Laird, 1995-98
Consecutive Games Catching a Pass Career:
Total Offense Yards Per Game Season: 303.3, Woodrow Dantzler, 2001 Career: 225.6, Woodrow Dantzler, 1998-01
Punts Inside the 20 Game: 7, Kevin Laird vs. Louisiana State, 1996 Season: 24, David Sims in 1979; Kevin Laird, 1996 Career: 69, Dale Hatcher, 1981-84
Interceptions By a Linebacker Game: 2, Johnny Rembert vs. Western Carolina, 1982 Season: 6, Johnny Rembert, 1982 Career: 8, Johnny Rembert, 1981,82
Punt Returns Game: 10, Shad Bryant vs. Furman, 1939 Season: 35, Derrick Hamilton, 2002 Career: 88, Marion Butler, 1941-43,45
Punt Return Yards Game: 167*, Don Kelley vs. Maryland, 1970 (4 returns) Season: 487, Shad Bryant, 1938 (27 returns) Career: 779, Shad Bryant, 1937-39
Average Punt Return Game:
(Min. 2 Ret.) 51.0, Richie Luzzi vs. Georgia, 1968 (2-102) (Min. 4 Ret.) 41.8*, Don Kelley vs. Maryland, 1970 (4-167) Season: (Min. 10 Att) 16.9, Bobby Gage, 1948 (12-203) Career: (Min. 20 Att.) 17.5, Streak Lawton, 1934-36 (26-456)
Return Yards (PR & INT) Game: 223*, Don Kelley vs. Maryland, 1970 Season: 545, Don Kelley, 1970 Career: 820, Shad Bryant, 1937-39 (779 PR, 41 IR)
Takeaway Return Yards (Fumble & INT) Game: 102, Don Kelley vs. Duke, 1970 Season: 160, Antwan Edwards, 1998 (104 FR, 56 IR) Career: 299, Antwan Edwards, 1995-98 (104 FR, 195 IR)
Punt Returns for Touchdown Game: 1 by many Season: 2, Shad Bryant, 1938; Don Kelley, 1970; Donnell Woolford, 1987 Career: 2, Shad Bryant, 1937-39; Don Kelley, 1969-71; Donnell Woolford, 1985-88; Justin Miller, 2002-04; Jacoby Ford, 2006-09
Receiving Yards Game: 182, Rod Gardner vs. North Carolina, 2000 Season: 1,084, Rod Gardner, 1999 Career: 2,733, Aaron Kelly, 2005-08
100-Yard Receiving Games Season: Career: Consecutive:
6, Tony Horne, 1997 9, Rod Gardner, 1997-00 3, Charlie Waters, 1969; Tony Horne, 1997; Rod Gardner, 2000
Yards Per Reception Game:
(Min. 5 rec.) 32.6, Jerry Butler vs. Georgia Tech, 1977 (5-163) Season: (Min. 10 rec.) 32.1, Gary Cooper, 1988 (13-417) (Min. 20 rec.) 22.6, Glenn Smith, 1950 (22-498) Career: (Min. 35 rec.) 20.3, Joe Blalock, 1939-41 (38-773)
Receptions Per Game Season: 6.77 by Aaron Kelly, 2007 (88 in 13 games) Career: 4.55 by Aaron Kelly, 2005-08 (232 in 51 games)
Receiving Yards Per Game Season: 90.3 by Rod Gardner, 1999 (1,084 in 12 games) Career: 61.8 by Jerry Butler, 1975-78 (2,223 in 36 games)
Receiving Touchdowns Game:
3, Dreher Gaskin vs. Auburn, 1953; Tony Horne vs. Texas-El Paso, 1997; Rod Gardner vs. North Carolina, 2000 Season: 11, Aaron Kelly, 2007 Career: 20, Aaron Kelly, 2005-08 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Punting Punts Game:
13, Marion Butler vs. Wake Forest, 1942; Kevin Laird vs. Florida State, 1998 Season: 81, David Sims, 1979 Career: 224, Cole Chason, 2003-06
Punting Average Game:
(Min. 3 punts) 55.3, Dale Hatcher vs. Kentucky, 1982 (3-166) Season: (Min. 25 punts) 44.5, Chris Gardocki, 1990 (58-2580) Career: (Min. 50 punts) 43.5, Chris Gardocki, 1988-90 (1516566)
Net Punting Average Game:
(Min. 4 punts) 46.7, Dale Hatcher vs. Kentucky, 1981 (6 punts) Season: (Min. 25 punts) 42.7, Dale Hatcher, 1984 (54 punts) Career: (Min. 50 punts) 40.7, Dale Hatcher, 1981-84 (191 punts)
Punts of 50 Yards or More Game: 6, Banks McFadden vs. Tulane, 1939 (12 punts) Season: 22, Banks McFadden, 1939 (65 punts) Career: 44, Dale Hatcher, 1981-84 (191 punts)
Blocked Punts Quarter: 2, Mitch Belton vs. Maryland (2nd), 1989 Game: 2, Wingo Avery vs. The Citadel, 1954; Mitch Belton vs. Maryland, 1989; Rahim Abdullah vs. Auburn, 1998 Season: 3, Mitch Belton, 1989 Career: 3, Mitch Belton, 1989,90
Blocked Placekicks Game: 1 by many Season: 2, Terrance Dixon, 1992 Career: 2 by many
Blocked Kicks (PK & Punts) Game:
2, Wingo Avery vs. The Citadel, 1954; Mitch Belton vs. Maryland, 1989; Rahim Abdullah vs. Auburn, 1998 Season: 3, Mitch Belton, 1989; Leomont Evans, 1995 Career: 3, Mitch Belton, 1989,90; Leomont Evans, 1992-95; Brian Dawkins, 1992-95
Kickoff Returns Kickoff Returns Game: 7, John Shields vs. Alabama, 1969 Season: 32, Derrick Hamilton, 2002 Career: 72, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09
Kickoff Return Yards Game: 282^, Justin Miller vs. Florida State, 2004 (6 returns) Season: 708, C.J. Spiller, 2009 Career: 2,005, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09 (72 returns)
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105
Individual Records Kickoff Returns for Touchdown Game: Consecutive Games: Season: Career:
2, Justin Miller vs. Florida State, 2004 2*, C.J. Spiller vs. Duke, Wake Forest, 2007 4*, C.J. Spiller, 2009 7^, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09
Field Goals Made Game:
6, Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, 2005; Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 2009 Season: 24, Jad Dean, 2005 Career: 72*, Nelson Welch, 1991-94
Average Kickoff Return Game:
Field Goals Attempted
Scoring
6, Chris Gardocki vs. Georgia Tech, 1990; Nelson Welch vs. N.C. State, 1991; Nelson Welch vs. Maryland, 1992; Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, 2005; Mark Buchholz vs. N.C. State, 2007; Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 2009 Season: 36, Mark Buchholz, 2007 Career: 102*, Nelson Welch, 1991-94
Points
Field Goal Percentage
(Min. 2 ret.) 71.5, Derrick Hamilton vs. Maryland, 2001 (2-153) Season: (Min 10 ret.) 35.1, Justin Miller, 2002 (13-456) Career: (Min. 20 ret.) 30.7*, Justin Miller, 2002-04 (50-1534)
Game: 33, Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 1930 Season: 122, C.J. Spiller, 2009 Career: 329, Aaron Hunt, 2000-03
Points Per Game Season: 10.2, Fred Cone, 1950 (92 in 9 games) Career: 7.7, Mark Buchholz, 2007,08 (199 in 26 games)
Touchdowns Game:
5, Stumpy Banks vs. Furman , 1917 (all rushing), Maxcey Welch vs. Newberry, 1930 (all rushing) Season: 20, C.J. Spiller, 2009 (11 rushing, 4 receiving, 1 PR, 4 KOR) Career: 50, Travis Zachery, 1998-01 (41 rushing, 9 receiving); C.J. Spiller, 2006-09 (31 rushing, 11 receiving, 1 PR, 7 KOR)
Touchdowns (Run & Pass) Game: 6*, Woodrow Dantzler vs. N.C. State, 2001 Season: 31, Woodrow Dantzler, 2001 Career: 68, Woodrow Dantzler, 1998-01
Game:
Game:
100.0, Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, 2005 (6-6); Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 2009 (6-6) Season: 94.1, Donald Igwebuike, 1984 (16-17) Career: (min. 20 att.) 82.9, Bob Paulling, 1979,81-83 (34-41)
Kick-Scoring Points Game:
19, Jad Dean vs. Texas A&M, 2005; Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 2009 Season: 114, Mark Buchholz, 2007 Career: 329, Aaron Hunt, 2000-03
Multiple Field Goal Games Season: 8, Obed Ariri, 1980; Chris Gardocki, 1989; Jad Dean, 2005 Career: 25, Nelson Welch, 1991-94
Returns for a Touchdown
Scoring Lateral Game:
Fumble Return
Extra Points Attempted Game: 11, W.C. Forsythe vs. Bingham, 1898 Season: 50, Jad Dean, 2006 Career: 172, Aaron Hunt, 2000-03
Extra Points Made Without a Miss Season: 48, Mark Buchholz, 2007 Career: 88, Mark Buchholz, 2007,08
Consecutive Extra Points Made Career:
106
Snaps By a Defensive Lineman Season: 679, Jovon Bush, 2001; Bryant McNeal, 2001 Career: 2,101, Khaleed Vaughn, 2000-03
Snaps By a Linebacker Season: 864, Keith Adams, 1999 Career: 2,353, Chad Carson, 1998-01
Snaps By a Defensive Back Season: 881, Charles Hafley, 2001 Career: 2,760, Robert Carswell, 1997-00 * - ACC record; ^ - NCAA record
15, Obed Ariri, 1979,80; Chris Gardocki, 1988,89
Yards on Field Goals
Average Made Field Goal Game:
(Min. 3 made) 48.7, Mark Buchholz vs. Wake Forest, 2007 (48, 52, 46) Season: (Min. 10 made) 38.3, Donald Igwebuike, 1984 (16-612) Career: (Min. 20 made) 38.6, Donald Igwebuike, 1981-84 (32-1237)
Field Goals of 40 Yards or More Game:
3, Bob Paulling vs. North Carolina, 1982; Nelson Welch vs. N.C. State, 1991; Mark Buchholz vs. Wake Forest, 2007 Season: 10, Chris Gardocki, 1989 Career: 23, Chris Gardocki, 1988-90
Field Goals of 50 Yards or More Game: 1 by many Season: 3, Richard Jackson, 2009 Career: 5, Chris Gardocki, 1988-90; Donald Igwebuike, 198184
Extra Points Made Game: 11, W.C. Forsythe vs. Bingham, 1898 Season: 48, Mark Buchholz, 2007 Career: 164, Aaron Hunt, 2000-03
Snaps By a Wide Receiver Season: 798, Rod Gardner, 1999 Career: 2,408, Aaron Kelly, 2005-08
Game: 217, Richard Jackson vs. Boston College, 2009 Season: 769, Chris Gardocki, 1990 Career: 2,370, Nelson Welch, 1991-94
65, Don Willis to Shad Bryant vs. George Washington, 1938
Scoring: 93, Antwan Edwards vs. Virginia, 1998 Non-Scoring: 83, Tim Childers vs. Western Carolina, 1982
Snaps By a Running Back Season: 729, Raymond Priester, 1996 Career: 2,329, Raymond Priester, 1994-97
Consecutive Games Making a Field Goal Career:
Game:
2, Walt Laraway vs. The Citadel, 1954 (1 IR, 1 BPR); Justin Miller vs. Florida State, 2004 (2 KOR) Season: 5, C.J. Spiller, 2009 (1 PR, 4 KOR) Career: 8, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09 (1 PR, 7 KOR)
Snaps By a Quarterback Season: 943, Charlie Whitehurst, 2003 Career: 2,875, Charlie Whitehurst, 2002-05
Consecutive Field Goals Made
Different Ways Accounting for a Touchdown Season: 5, C.J. Spiller, 2009 (run, pass, reception, PR, KOR) Career: 5, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09 (run, pass, reception, PR, KOR); Jacoby Ford, 2006-09 (run, pass, reception, PR, KOR)
Snaps By an Offensive Lineman Season: 923, John McDermott, 1999 Career: 3,097, Kyle Young, 1998-01
Season: 14, Obed Ariri, 1980
Touchdowns of 50 Yards or More Season: 9, C.J. Spiller, 2009 (1 run, 3 reception, 1 PR, 4 KOR) Career: 21, C.J. Spiller, 2006-09 (6 run, 7 reception, 1 PR, 7 KOR)
Miscellaneous
Average Field-Goal Attempt Game: (Min. 3) 53.3 by Obed Ariri vs. Pittsburgh, 1977 (3-160) Season: (Min. 10 att.) 45.4 by Obed Ariri, 1977 (20-908) Career: (Min. 30 Att.) 41.7 by Donald Igwebuike, 1981-84 (43-1792)
Percentage of Field Goals Made of 40 Yards or More Game:
(Min. 3 Made), 100.0 by Bob Paulling vs. North Carolina, 1982 (3-3); by Mark Buchholz vs. Wake Forest, 2007 (3-3) Season: (Min. 8 Made), 100.0 by Donald Igwebuike, 1984 (8-8) (Min. 10 Made), 81.8 by Nelson Welch, 1992 (9-11) Career: (Min. 10 Made), 60.9 by Donald Igwebuike, 1981-84 (14-23)
88, Mark Buchholz, 2007,08
32 Bowl Appearances
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2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Single-Game Individual Bests Total Offense By Clemson Yds Rush,Pass Player 517 184,333 Woodrow Dantzler 435 183,252 Woodrow Dantzler 418 164,254 Woodrow Dantzler 414 -6,420 Charlie Whitehurst 378 135,243 Woodrow Dantzler 374 141,233 Bobby Gage 374 220,154 Woodrow Dantzler 368 -4,372 Cullen Harper 366 23,343 Brandon Streeter 346 58,288 Charlie Whitehurst 345 43,302 Charlie Whitehurst 343 50,293 Willie Simmons 340 -3,343 Will Proctor 339 41,298 Charlie Whitehurst 337 51,286 Nealon Greene 336 59,277 Woodrow Dantzler 335 12,323 Thomas Ray 334 3,331 Charlie Whitehurst 330 119,211 Woodrow Dantzler 329 0,329 Brandon Streeter 326 76,250 Nealon Greene 323 166,157 Woodrow Dantzler 323 103,220 Woodrow Dantzler 322 116,206 DeChane Cameron 318 67,251 Woodrow Dantzler 312 100,212 Ken Pengitore 312 42,270 Homer Jordan 312 3,309 Charlie Whitehurst 311 39,272 Charlie Whitehurst 310 83,227 Ken Pengitore 309 36,273 Nealon Greene 308 7,301 Brandon Streeter 308 134,174 Woodrow Dantzler 306 102,204 Woodrow Dantzler 306 8,298 Charlie Whitehurst 305 120,185 Woodrow Dantzler 303 15,288 Charlie Whitehurst 302 -2,304 Charlie Whitehurst 301 -18,319 Brandon Streeter 301 0,301 Charlie Whitehurst 300 -7,307 Charlie Whitehurst N1 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - N.C. State (45-37) a - Maryland (42-30) a - Georgia Tech (47-44) a - Duke (34-31) h - Duke (59-31) h - Auburn (34-18) a - Virginia (31-10) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) h - Virginia (33-14) h - Miami (FL) (30-36) a - South Carolina (63-17) a - Florida State (31-48) a - Boston College (33-34) h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) a - Wake Forest (33-16) h - Florida State (27-41) a - North Carolina (13-17) h - Duke (40-7) a - Wake Forest (21-14) h - N.C. State (39-46) a - N.C. State (19-17) h - Wake Forest (55-7) h - N.C. State (34-27) a - South Carolina (41-24) h - Virginia (24-26) a - North Carolina (37-29) h - Maryland (21-7) h - North Carolina (36-28) h - Florida State (26-10) h - Virginia (32-27) h - Duke (29-20) N1 - Mississippi State (7-17) a - Duke (52-22) a - South Carolina (15-20) a - Georgia Tech (39-3) a - Georgia Tech (42-45) h - Wake Forest (37-30) a - Wake Forest (27-31) h - Wake Forest (19-29) h - Furman (28-17) h - Temple (37-7)
32 32 32 32
Date 10-13-2001 10-16-1999 9-29-2001 11-2-2002 12-1-2001 11-22-1947 9-23-2000 10-6-2007 9-11-1999 9-17-2005 11-22-2003 10-3-2002 9-9-2006 9-13-2003 11-1-1997 11-3-2001 11-6-1965 11-15-2003 10-27-2001 10-31-1998 9-13-1997 9-16-2000 10-7-2000 11-23-1991 9-22-2001 11-10-1973 11-14-1981 10-25-2003 11-8-2003 10-13-1973 11-8-1997 12-30-1999 9-30-2000 11-17-2001 9-20-2003 11-13-1999 9-4-2004 10-1-2005 9-26-1998 9-6-2003 10-22-2005
Yards 133 202 204 201 163 234 92 143 263
Player Jim Shirley Ray Yauger Raymond Priester Ray Yauger Fred Cone Don King Buddy Gore Terry Allen Raymond Priester
Car. 45 38 37 35 34 33
Yards 249 195 203 113 174 131
Player James McDougald Torin Kirtsey Branden Ore Morgan Kane Toney Baker Morgan Kane
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - N.C. State (6-0) h - Wake Forest (28-14) a - Maryland (20-9) h - North Carolina (24-14) a - Auburn (41-0) a - Fordham (12-12) h - South Carolina (3-7) a - Duke (17-21) h - Duke (34-17)
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Yds Car. 263 32 260 27 234 33 233 20 226 21 220 18 216 21 210 22 209 30 204 15 204 36 202 36 201 35 N1 - Tampa, FL
Player Raymond Priester Cliff Austin Don King C.J. Spiller Wesley McFadden Woodrow Dantzler James Davis Terrence Flagler Terrence Flagler Buck George Raymond Priester Ray Yauger Ray Yauger
Yds Car. 256 19 249 45 230 20 228 28 227 24 217 16 214 29 204 22 N1 - Baltimore, MD
Player Steve Wadiak James McDougald Larry Hopkins Mike Voight Ted Brown Brent Cunningham Alvin Blount Bubba Bean
11-14-1970 9-15-1979 9-5-1992 9-29-2007
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Duke (34-17) h - Duke (49-14) a - Fordham (12-12) N1 - Georgia Tech (34-39) a - Virginia Tech (22-10) a - Virginia (31-10) h - Georgia Tech (31-7) a - Virginia (31-17) a - Wake Forest (28-20) h - Presbyterian (53-13) a - Maryland (20-9) h - Wake Forest (28-14) h - North Carolina (24-14)
Date 11-11-1995 10-16-1982 11-8-1952 12-5-2009 9-12-1987 9-23-2000 10-21-2006 10-11-1986 11-1-1986 9-20-1952 10-25-1997 10-18-1969 11-16-1968
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - South Carolina (14-14) a - Wake Forest (20-36) a - Wake Forest (14-20) a - North Carolina (38-35) h - N.C. State (7-45) a - Georgia Tech (7-28) N1 - Maryland (23-41) h - Texas A&M (15-30)
Date 10-19-1950 10-9-1976 10-17-1970 11-8-1975 10-25-1975 10-3-1970 11-17-1984 10-6-1973
Passing Yards By Clemson Yds Comp.-Att. Player 420 34 of 52 Charlie Whitehurst 372 38 of 66 Cullen Harper 343 24 of 32 Brandon Streeter 343 25 of 40 Will Proctor 333 23 of 27 Woodrow Dantzler 331 27 of 40 Charlie Whitehurst 329 27 of 38 Brandon Streeter 326 25 of 37 Kyle Parker 323 21 of 43 Thomas Ray 320 22 of 45 Charlie Whitehurst 319 18 of 32 Brandon Streeter 309 18 of 34 Charlie Whitehurst 307 19 of 27 Charlie Whitehurst 304 28 of 42 Charlie Whitehurst 302 18 of 26 Charlie Whitehurst 301 24 of 50 Brandon Streeter 301 23 of 31 Charlie Whitehurst N1 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Date 11-4-2000 10-28-2000 11-3-2001 11-13-1999 11-14-1992 12-30-1977 9-30-1995 1-2-2004 10-15-1983 11-9-1996
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - Duke (34-31) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) h - Virginia (33-14) a - Boston College (33-34) a - N.C. State (45-37) h - Duke (40-7) h - N.C. State (39-46) a - Miami (FL) (40-37) a - North Carolina (13-17) a - Maryland (7-21) h - Wake Forest (19-29) h - North Carolina (36-28) h - Temple (37-7) a - Wake Forest (27-31) a - South Carolina (63-17) N1 - Mississippi State (7-17) h - Furman (28-17)
Date 11-2-2002 10-6-2007 9-11-1999 9-9-2006 10-13-2001 11-15-2003 10-31-1998 10-24-2009 11-6-1965 10-4-2003 9-26-1998 10-25-2003 10-22-2005 10-1-2005 11-22-2003 12-30-1999 9-6-2003
Passing Yards By Opponent Yds Comp.-Att. Player Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) Date 521 27 of 43 Chris Weinke a - Florida State (7-54) 11-4-2000 454 35 of 57 George Godsey h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 418 27 of 41 John Kaleo a - Maryland (23-53) 11-14-1992 395 30 of 54 Terry Harvey a - N.C. State (43-22) 9-30-1995 387 23 of 36 Matt Cavanaugh N1 - Pittsburgh (3-34) 12-30-1977 384 31 of 55 Casey Clausen N4 - Tennessee (27-14) 1-2-2004 375 32 of 43 Dave Brown N2 - Duke (33-21) 11-30-1991 375 32 of 43 Kliff Kingsbury N3 - Texas Tech (15-55) 12-23-2002 N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); N2 - Tokyo, Japan; N3 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N4 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Date 10-6-1951 10-18-1969 10-25-1997 11-16-1968 11-25-1950 11-8-1952 11-23-1968 9-30-1989 11-11-1995
Passing Attempts By Clemson Att. 66 55 55 53 52 50 48 48 45
Carries By Opponent Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Wake Forest (14-20) h - Georgia (17-19) a - Virginia Tech (7-24) h - Wake Forest (19-28) h - N.C. State (20-14) h - Wake Forest (21-10)
h - North Carolina (7-42) h - Maryland (0-19) h - Ball State (24-10) a - Georgia Tech (3-13)
Rushing Yards By Opponent
Carries By Clemson Car. 36 36 36 35 33 33 32 32 32
Don McCauley Charlie Wysocki Corey Croom Tashard Choice
Rushing Yards By Clemson
Total Offense By Opponent Yds Rush,Pass Player Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) 509 -12,521 Chris Weinke a - Florida State (7-54) 450 -4,454 George Godsey h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 416 47,369 Chris Rix h - Florida State (27-41) 410 88,322 Joe Hamilton a - Georgia Tech (42-45) 408 -10,418 John Kaleo a - Maryland (23-53) 402 15,387 Matt Cavanaugh N1 - Pittsburgh (3-34) 401 6,395 Terry Harvey a - N.C. State (43-22) 386 2,384 Casey Clausen N2 - Tennessee (27-14) 377 10,367 Ben Bennett a - Duke (38-31) 375 29,346 Tim Sherman a - Virginia (24-16) N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); N2 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
184 178 135 145
Date 10-9-1976 10-7-1995 10-26-2006 9-26-1998 11-11-2006 9-28-1996
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Co. 38 25 31 21 34 24 25 20 22
Yds 372 273 288 271 420 301 237 263 320
Player Cullen Harper Patrick Sapp Charlie Whitehurst Rodney Williams Charlie Whitehurst Brandon Streeter Tommy Kendrick Charlie Whitehurst Charlie Whitehurst
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) a - Maryland (23-53) h - Miami (FL) (30-36) h - N.C. State (28-30) a - Duke (34-31) N1 - Mississippi State (7-17) a - Florida State (13-38) N2 - Texas Tech (15-55) a - Maryland (7-21)
Date 10-6-2007 11-14-1992 9-17-2005 10-27-1987 11-2-2002 12-30-1999 11-7-1970 12-23-2002 10-4-2003
32 Bowl Appearances
107
Single-Game Individual Bests 44 27 265 Charlie Whitehurst h - Virginia (30-27) N1 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl); N2 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)
10-11-2003
282.1 Harvey White 8-10-162-0-2 261.1 Cullen Harper 20-22-273-1-5 253.9 Cullen Harper 16-19-266-0-3 248.8 Nealon Greene 8-11-152-0-2 247.2 Woodrow Dantzler 16-17-192-0-3 241.1 Charlie Whitehurst 12-20-274-0-4 240.4 Jimmy Addison 12-19-283-0-3 239.1 Tommy Kendrick 9-14-252-0-1 237.7 Woodrow Dantzler 23-27-333-0-4 N1 - Richmond, VA; Note: Minimum 10 attempts.
Passing Attempts By Opponent Att. Co. Yds Player 57 24 197 Kip Allen 57 35 454 George Godsey 56 28 283 Jay Venuto 56 30 297 Shane Montgomery 56 23 283 D. Bryant 55 31 384 Casey Clausen 54 30 395 Terry Harvey 53 34 367 Ben Bennett N1 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) h - The Citadel (24-0) h - Georgia Tech (28-31) a - Wake Forest (35-33) h - N.C. State (30-10) h - Duke (59-31) N1 - Tennessee (27-14) a - N.C. State (43-22) a - Duke (38-31)
Date 10-4-1986 10-28-2000 11-1-1980 10-21-1989 12-1-2001 1-2-2004 9-30-1995 10-15-1983
Att. 66 52 55 42 38 38 43 38 44 40 35
Yds 372 420 288 304 229 329 195 287 265 331 266
Player Cullen Harper Charlie Whitehurst Charlie Whitehurst Charlie Whitehurst Cullen Harper Brandon Streeter Brandon Streeter Charlie Whitehurst Charlie Whitehurst Charlie Whitehurst Cullen Harper
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) a - Duke (34-31) h - Miami (FL) (30-36) a - Wake Forest (27-31) a - South Carolina (23-21) h - N.C. State (39-46) a - Virginia Tech (11-31) h - South Carolina (27-20) h - Virginia (30-27) h - Duke (40-7) h - Wake Forest (44-10)
Date 10-6-2007 11-2-2002 9-17-2005 10-1-2005 11-24-2007 10-31-1998 9-23-1999 11-23-2002 10-11-2003 11-15-2003 11-10-2007
Date 10-28-2000 10-15-1983 10-11-2003 12-23-2002 9-23-1972 1-2-2004 11-17-2007 10-11-1986 10-21-1989 9-30-1995 11-18-1995
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - The Citadel (38-0) h - Central Michigan (70-14) a - South Carolina (41-24) a - N.C. State (45-37) a - Duke (21-25) h - Furman (38-10) h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) a - Furman (35-7) a - Maryland (28-24) a - South Carolina (27-0) h - Virginia (42-21) a - South Carolina (47-21)
Date 9-2-2000 10-20-2007 11-23-1991 10-13-2001 10-18-1975 9-15-2007 9-13-2003 11-8-1947 9-10-2005 10-22-1959 10-8-1983 11-22-1997
108
Player Bobby Gage 32 Bowl Appearances
C-A-Yds-TD-I 9-11-245-1-2
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - Furman (42-0)
C-A-Y 38-66-372 34-52-420 25-55-273 22-40-277 31-55-288 21-53-271 25-34-251 18-32-254 22-45-320 27-43-195
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) Date h - Virginia Tech (23-41) 10-6-2007 a - Duke (34-31) 11-2-2002 a - Maryland (23-53) 11-14-1992 h - Florida State (27-41) 11-3-2001 h - Miami (FL) (30-36) 9-17-2005 h - N.C. State (28-30) 10-24-1987 h - Virginia (24-26) 9-22-2001 a - Georgia Tech (47-44) 9-29-2001 a - Maryland (7-21) 10-4-2003 a - Virginia Tech (11-31) 9-23-1999
Receptions By Clemson
Date 10-20-2001 10-20-1990 11-11-1972 9-26-1970 12-29-1978 10-1-2005 10-7-2006 9-11-1993 10-15-1960 10-29-1973 11-22-1975 10-29-1994
Rec. 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Yards 133 129 111 156 124 174 100 148 144 124 151 110 131 122 137 89 123 103 100 93 89 96
Player Airese Currie Phil Rogers Rod Gardner Chansi Stuckey Chansi Stuckey Aaron Kelly Tyler Grisham Hank Walker Charlie Waters Perry Tuttle Perry Tuttle Tony Horne Tony Horne Rod Gardner Rod Gardner Kevin Youngblood J.J. McKelvey J.J. McKelvey Kevin Youngblood Aaron Kelly Tyler Grisham Aaron Kelly
Rec. 14 13 13
Yards 209 209 149
Player Kelly Campbell Henley Carter Wes Chesson
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) a - North Carolina (13-17) h - Marshall (10-13) h - Florida State (35-14) a - Boston College (33-34) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) h - Auburn (34-18) h - Alabama (13-38) a - Wake Forest (35-33) h - Maryland (21-7) h - Appalachian State (23-12) h - Florida State (28-35) h - Duke (58-7) h - N.C. State (34-27) h - Louisiana Tech (33-13) h - Ball State (30-7) a - Duke (34-31) h - Furman (28-17) h - Wake Forest (44-10) h - Boston College (17-20) h - Duke (31-7)
Date 9-13-2003 11-6-1965 9-4-1999 11-12-2005 9-9-2006 10-6-2007 10-6-2007 11-22-1947 10-25-1969 11-1-1980 11-14-1981 9-6-1997 9-20-1997 11-6-1999 10-7-2000 9-7-2002 9-21-2002 11-2-2002 9-6-2003 11-10-2007 11-17-2007 11-15-2008
Receptions By Opponent
Passing Efficiency By Clemson Eff. 310.7
Att.-Yds 11-(-4) 13-(-6) 9-5 22-59 5-58 4-12 23-67 25-164 12-(-39) 13-(-12)
Total Offense Plays By Opponent
Completion Percentage By Opponent Pct. Co.-Att. Player Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) 100.0 11-11 Darian Durant h - North Carolina (3-38) 84.6 22-26 Terry Jordan a - N.C. State (24-17) 81.8 9-11 Bob Avellini a - Maryland (6-31) 81.2 13-16 Mike Cavan a - Georgia (0-38) 80.0 16-20 Art Schlichter N1 - Ohio State (17-15) 80.0 20-25 Cory Randolph a - Wake Forest (27-31) 78.3 18-23 Riley Skinner a - Wake Forest (27-17) 75.8 25-33 Charlie Ward a - Florida State (0-57) 75.0 12-16 Dale Betty a - Maryland (17-19) 75.0 18-24 James Stevens a - Georgia Tech (21-29) 75.0 9-12 Jeff Grantz a - South Carolina (20-56) 75.0 9-12 Rusty LaRue h - Wake Forest (24-8) N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); Note: Minimum 10 attempts.
Player Cullen Harper Charlie Whitehurst Patrick Sapp Woodrow Dantzler Charlie Whitehurst Rodney Williams Woodrow Dantzler Woodrow Dantzler Charlie Whitehurst Brandon Streeter
PL Player Att.-Yds C-A-Y Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) Date 67 Casey Clausen 12-2 31-55-384 N3 - Tennessee (27-14) 1-2-2004 64 D. Bryant 8-(-10) 23-56-283 h - Duke (59-31) 12-1-2001 63 Jay Venuto 7-36 28-56-293 a - Wake Forest (35-33) 11-1-1980 63 George Godsey 6-(-4) 35-57-454 h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 10-28-2000 63 Luke McCown 11-(-5) 25-52-328 N2 - Louisiana Tech (49-24) 12-31-2001 62 Randy Allen 5-(-19) 24-57-197 h - The Citadel (24-0) 10-4-1986 61 Shane Montgomery 5-3 30-56-297 a - N.C. State (30-10) 10-21-1989 61 Dwight Dasher 19-61 20-42-204 h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) 9-5-2009 60 Dave Brown 12-(-32) 23-48-385 N1 - Duke (33-21) 11-30-1991 N1 - Tokyo, Japan; N2 - Boise, ID (Humanitarian Bowl); N3 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
Completion Percentage By Clemson Pct. Co.-Att. Player 94.1 16-17 Woodrow Dantzler 90.9 20-22 Cullen Harper 85.7 12-14 DeChane Cameron 85.2 23-27 Woodrow Dantzler 84.6 11-13 Willie Jordan 84.2 16-19 Cullen Harper 82.1 23-28 Charlie Whitehurst 81.8 9-11 Bobby Gage 81.8 18-22 Charlie Whitehurst 80.0 8-10 Harvey White 80.0 12-15 Mike Eppley 80.0 12-15 Nealon Greene Note: Minimum 10 attempts.
Date 11-22-1975 10-19-1963 9-22-1962 10-29-1988 11-1-1975 11-15-1980 11-13-1999 1-1-1996
Total Offense Plays By Clemson PL 77 65 64 62 60 57 57 57 57 56
Completions By Opponent Co. Att. Yds Player Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) 35 57 454 George Godsey h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 34 53 367 Ben Bennett a - Duke (38-31) 33 48 271 Matt Schaub h - Virginia (30-27) 32 43 375 Kliff Kingsbury N1 - Texas Tech (15-55) 31 46 368 Bruce Gadd a - Rice (10-29) 31 55 385 Casey Clausen N2 - Tennessee (27-14) 31 47 315 Matt Ryan h - Boston College (17-20) 30 49 298 Scott Secules a - Virginia (31-17) 30 56 297 Shane Montgomery h - N.C. State (30-10) 30 54 395 Terry Harvey a - N.C. State (43-22) 30 45 307 Steve Tanneyhill a - South Carolina (38-17) N1 - Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl); N2 - Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)
10-22-1959 10-20-2007 9-15-2007 9-30-1995 9-2-2000 11-9-2002 9-24-1966 10-16-1971 10-13-2001
Passing Efficiency By Opponent Eff. Player C-A-Yds-I-TD Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) 323.1 Jeff Grantz 9-12-158-0-5 a - South Carolina (20-56) 270.5 Scotty Glacken 8-12-134-0-4 a - Duke (30-35) 256.5 Billy Lothridge 7-10-128-1-3 a - Georgia Tech (9-26) 242.5 Mike Elkins 11-16-213-0-3 a - Wake Forest (38-21) 226.9 Clyde Walker 10-14-165-1-3 h - Florida State (7-43) 213.0 Mike Tice 9-13-144-0-2 a - Maryland (7-34) 205.2 Joe Hamilton 22-30-322-2-5 a - Georgia Tech (42-45) 203.7 Donovan McNabb 13-23-309-1-3 N1 - Syracuse (0-41) N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); Note: Minimum 10 attempts.
Completions By Clemson Co. 38 34 31 28 28 27 27 27 27 27 27
a - South Carolina (27-0) h - Central Michigan (70-14) h - Furman (38-10) a - N.C. State (43-22) h - The Citadel (38-0) a - North Carolina (42-12) h - Virginia (40-35) N1 - Virginia (32-15) a - N.C. State (45-37)
Date 11-8-1947
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Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Georgia Tech (28-31) h - Duke (39-22) a - Duke (10-21)
Date 10-28-2000 10-19-1968 10-24-1970
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Single-Game Individual Bests 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
132 115 131 113 114 225 121 78 92
Mark Militello Phil Denfeld Larry Seivers John Tice Joey Gibson Torry Holt Peter Warrick Wali Lundy Andre Callender
Yds 182 175 174 163 161 156 156 155 152 152 152
Rec. 7 7 11 5 7 8 11 7 2 7 9
Player Rod Gardner Derrick Hamilton Aaron Kelly Jerry Butler Perry Tuttle Terry Smith Chansi Stuckey Aaron Kelly Craig Brantley Tony Horne Airese Currie
a - Duke (38-31) h - Wake Forest (82-24) a - Tennessee (19-21) a - Maryland (24-22) h - Appalachian State (23-12) h - N.C. State (39-46) h - Florida State (14-17) a - Virginia (17-22) h - Boston College (17-20)
Yards On Field Goals By Clemson
10-15-1983 10-31-1981 10-2-1976 11-13-1982 9-6-1997 10-31-1998 10-23-1999 10-12-2002 11-17-2007
Yds Distances 217 (23, 33, 32, 52, 42, 35) 192 (31, 42, 32, 46, 41) 189 (30, 53, 43, 31, 32) 172 (34, 37, 47, 34, 20) 171 (21, 21, 25, 18, 44, 42) 156 (49, 26, 24, 57) 151 (52, 34, 30, 35) 147 (38, 20, 45, 44) 146 (21, 47, 36, 42) 146 (48, 52, 46) 144 (47, 22, 38, 37)
Receiving Yards By Clemson Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - North Carolina (38-24) a - Maryland (7-21) h - Virginia Tech (23-41) a - Georgia Tech (31-14) h - Wake Forest (82-24) a - Florida State (0-57) h - Florida State (35-14) h - Temple (37-7) h - Virginia (28-9) a - Wake Forest (33-16) h - Wake Forest (37-30)
Date 10-21-2000 10-4-2003 10-6-2007 9-24-1977 10-31-1981 9-11-1993 11-12-2005 10-22-2005 11-16-1974 11-1-1997 9-4-2004
Date 9-20-1997 10-31-1998 10-19-1968 10-28-2000 11-14-1992 12-31-2001 1-1-1996 9-20-2003
TD 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Pts 24 24 24 24
TD 4 4 4 4
XP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Newberry (75-0) a - Furman (38-0) a - South Carolina (39-0) a - Auburn (41-0) a - Wake Forest (28-20) a - Wake Forest (29-14) h - Duke (58-7) h - Duke (59-31) a - South Carolina (63-17) h - North Carolina (52-7) N1 - Georgia Tech (34-39)
Date 10-17-1930 10-13-1917 11-2-1918 11-25-1950 11-1-1986 9-16-1995 11-6-1999 12-1-2001 11-22-2003 9-23-2006 12-5-2009
XP 0 0 0 0
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - Georgia (7-35) h - N.C.State (7-45) h - N.C. State (39-46) a - Maryland (42-30)
Distances (21, 21, 25, 18, 44, 42) (23, 33, 32, 52, 42, 35) (31, 42, 32, 46, 41) (30, 53, 43, 31, 32) (34, 37, 47, 34, 20) (49, 26, 24, 57) (30, 33, 44, 17) (19, 45, 39, 30) (47, 25, 30, 25) (38, 20, 45, 44) (25, 47, 30, 20) (52, 34, 30, 35) (25, 22, 39, 24) (47, 22, 38, 37) (29, 35, 22, 42) (23, 35, 32, 37) (21, 47, 36, 42) (27, 32, 25, 22) (28, 46, 29, 25)
Player Jad Dean Richard Jackson Nelson Welch Nelson Welch Nelson Welch Obed Ariri Obed Ariri Obed Ariri Chris Gardocki Chris Gardocki Matt Padgett David Richardson David Richardson Aaron Hunt Aaron Hunt Aaron Hunt Jad Dean Jad Dean Mark Buchholz
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Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Texas A&M (25-24) h - Boston College (25-7) h - N.C. State (29-19) a - Maryland (23-53) a - North Carolina (28-17) h - Wake Forest (26-0) a - North Carolina (19-10) a - N.C. State (20-24) h - Georgia (34-3) a - Georgia Tech (19-21) a - N.C. State (19-17) a - Wake Forest (33-16) h - Furman (33-0) h - Louisiana Tech (33-13) h - Maryland (12-30) h - Florida State (26-10) h - N.C. State (26-20) h - Maryland (12-13) a - N.C. State (42-20)
Date 9-25-2004 10-7-1972 10-25-1969 11-6-1971 11-22-1986 11-10-2001 11-16-2002 8-30-2008 10-25-1959 9-18-2004
Returns 4 5 3 4 7 3 2 3
Player Don Kelley Donnell Woolford C.J. Spiller Darnell Stephens Tony Horne Brian Mance Richie Luzzi Bobby Gage
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) a - Maryland (24-11) h - Georgia Tech (33-12) h - Boston College (25-7) h - Maryland (40-7) h - Texas-El Paso (39-7) h - Georgia Tech (28-31) a - Georgia (13-31) h - N.C. State (6-0)
Date 10-20-1970 9-26-1987 9-19-2009 11-16-1991 10-4-1997 10-28-2000 9-27-1969 10-2-1948
Return Yards By Clemson
Date 10-4-1975 10-25-1975 10-31-1998 10-16-1999
All-Purpose Yards By Clemson Yds Player 312 C.J. Spiller 310 C.J. Spiller 301 C.J. Spiller 282 Justin Miller 274 Terrence Flagler 267 Tony Horne 263 Raymond Priester 260 Cliff Austin 256 Derrick Hamilton 254 Don King * - ACC Championship game
Field Goals By Clemson FG 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Site - Team (Score CU-Opp.) a - Florida State (22-41) a - Georgia Tech (9-31) h - Alabama (13-38) a - North Carolina (13-26) h - South Carolina (21-21) a - Maryland (20-37) h - Maryland (12-30) N1 - Alabama (10-34) a - Georgia Tech (6-16) a - Texas A&M (6-27)
Yds Method Player Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) Date 282 (282 KOR) Justin Miller a - Florida State (22-41) 9-25-2004 223 (167 PR, 56 IR) Don Kelley a - Maryland (24-11) 10-31-1970 174 (174 KOR) David Thomas a - Georgia Tech (9-31) 10-7-1972 161 (9 PR, 152 KOR) C.J. Spiller N1 - Alabama (10-34) 8-30-2008 160 (160 KOR) John Shields h - Alabama (13-38) 10-25-1969 159 (159 KOR) Dennis Goss a - North Carolina (13-26) 11-6-1971 159 (62 PR, 97 KOR) C.J. Spiller N2 - Nebraska (21-26) 1-1-2009 159 (63 PR, 96 KOR) C.J. Spiller h - Middle Tennessee (37-14) 9-5-2009 158 (158 KOR) Terrance Roulhac h - South Carolina (21-21) 11-22-1986 157 (79 PR, 78 KOR) Brian Mance h - Wofford (38-14) 9-8-2001 N1 - Atlanta, GA; N2 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); Note: Includes punt, kickoff, and interception returns.
Points By Opponent Player Kevin McLee Ted Brown Torry Holt LaMont Jordan
Date 9-19-2009 10-26-1991 11-14-1992 11-5-1994 9-3-2005 10-29-1979 11-1-1997 10-13-1990 10-30-2004 11-10-2007 9-7-2002
Punt Return Yards By Clemson Yds 167 126 119 116 106 105 102 101
Points By Clemson Pts Player 33 Maxcey Welch 30 Stumpy Banks 24 Boo Armstrong 24 Fred Cone 24 Terrence Flagler 24 Emory Smith 24 Travis Zachery 24 Travis Zachery 24 Chad Jasmin 24 James Davis 24 C.J. Spiller N1 - Tampa, FL
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Boston College (25-7) h - N.C. State (29-19) a - Maryland (23-53) a - North Carolina (28-17) h - Texas A&M (25-24) h - Wake Forest (26-0) a - Wake Forest (33-16) a - Georgia Tech (19-21) h - N.C. State (26-20) h - Wake Forest (44-10) h - Louisiana Tech (33-13)
Kickoff Return Yards By Clemson Yds Returns Player 282* 6 Justin Miller 174 5 David Thomas 160 7 John Shields 159 6 Dennis Goss 158 4 Terrance Roulhac 153 2 Derrick Hamilton 152 4 Justin Miller 152 4 C.J. Spiller 143 3 Bill Mathis 134 4 Justin Miller * - NCAA record; N1 - Atlanta, GA
Receiving Yards By Opponent Yds Rec. Player Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) 249 8 Peter Warrick h - Florida State (28-35) 225 11 Torry Holt h - N.C. State (39-46) 209 13 Henley Carter h - Duke (39-22) 209 14 Kelly Campbell h - Georgia Tech (28-31) 184 9 Marcus Badgett a - Maryland (23-53) 178 10 Delwyn Daigre N2 - Louisiana Tech (49-24) 173 7 Marvin Harrison N1- Syracuse (0-41) 170 9 Jonathan Smith a - Georgia Tech (39-3) N1 - Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl); N2 - Boise, ID (Humanitarian Bowl)
Player Richard Jackson Nelson Welch Nelson Welch Nelson Welch Jad Dean Obed Ariri David Richardson Chris Gardocki Jad Dean Mark Buchholz Aaron Hunt
Date 9-3-2005 9-19-2009 10-26-1991 11-14-1992 11-5-1994 10-29-1979 11-10-1979 10-25-1980 10-6-1990 10-13-1990 9-13-1997 11-1-1997 9-5-1998 9-7-2002 11-16-2002 11-8-2003 10-30-2004 11-4-2006 9-22-2007
Opponent Florida State Miami (FL) Georgia Tech* Florida State Wake Forest Florida State Duke Duke Georgia Tech Fordham
Year 2009 2009 2009 2004 1986 1997 1995 1982 2002 1952
Rush 165 81 233 --- 209 --- 263 260 97 234
Rec. 67 104 5 --- 65 131 --- --- 22 ---
PR 9 --- --- --- --- 27 --- --- 96 ---
KOR 71 125 63 282 --109 ----41 20
Punting Average By Clemson Avg. Att.-Yds Player 55.3 3-166 Dale Hatcher 52.0 5-260 Banks McFadden 51.8 4-207 Dale Hatcher 51.0 6-306 Dale Hatcher 50.8 4-203 Joe Paglieli 50.3 3-151 Dale Hatcher 50.3 3-151 Jamie Somaini 50.0 5-250 Chris Gardocki Note: Minimum three punts.
vs.
Site - Opp. (Score CU-Opp.) h - Kentucky (24-6) a - George Washington (13-6) h - Georgia (16-16) a - Kentucky (21-3) h - Maryland (12-25) a - Duke (38-31) a - Virginia (31-10) h - South Carolina (24-15)
Date 10-2-1982 11-3-1939 9-17-1983 10-3-1981 11-12-1955 10-15-1983 9-23-2000 11-17-1990
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Career Leaders Rushing Rushing Yards Rk Player 1. Raymond Priester 2. James Davis 3. C.J. Spiller 4. Travis Zachery 5. Kenny Flowers 6. Terry Allen 7. Woodrow Dantzler 8. Buddy Gore 9. Ray Yauger 10. Chuck McSwain 11. Stacey Driver 12. Ken Callicutt 13. Lester Brown 14. Rodney Blunt 15. Fred Cone 16. Terrence Flagler 17. Cliff Austin 18. Joel Wells 19. Ray Mathews 20. Ronald Williams 21. Joe Henderson 22. Steve Fuller 23. Reggie Merriweather 24. Wesley McFadden 25. Billy Hair Tracy Johnson
Years Car. Avg. TD Yards 1994-97 805 4.93 21 3966 2005-08 753 5.15 47 3881 2006-09 591 5.89 31 3480 1998-01 691 4.43 41 3058 1983-86 590 4.94 26 2914 1987-89 523 5.31 28 2778 1998-01 591 4.67 27 2761 1966-68 600 4.29 15 2571 1968-70 555 4.39 16 2439 1979-82 483 4.80 23 2320 1982-85 476 4.82 15 2293 1973-77 492 4.59 11 2256 1976-79 505 4.45 31 2228 1989-93 508 4.28 13 2173 1948-50 466 4.66 30 2172 1982-86 379 5.70 17 2162 1978-82 423 5.06 27 2139 1954-56 383 5.06 16 1937 1947-50 331 5.70 20 1886 1990-92 326 5.60 13 1824 1987-89 356 4.92 16 1752 1975-78 535 3.20 22 1737 2003-06 331 4.87 20 1612 1985-89 332 4.78 13 1587 1950-52 321 4.92 15 1579 1985-88 377 4.19 23 1579
Carries Rk Player 1. Raymond Priester 2. James Davis 3. Travis Zachery 4. Buddy Gore 5. Woodrow Dantzler C.J. Spiller 7. Kenny Flowers 8. Ray Yauger 9. Steve Fuller 10. Terry Allen 11. Rodney Blunt 12. Lester Brown 13. Ken Callicutt 14. Chuck McSwain 15. Stacey Driver
Years 1994-97 2005-08 1998-01 1966-68 1998-01 2006-09 1983-86 1968-70 1975-78 1987-89 1989-93 1976-79 1973-77 1979-82 1982-85
Yards 3966 3881 3058 2571 2761 3480 2914 2439 1737 2778 2173 2228 2256 2320 2292
Y/C 4.93 5.15 4.43 4.29 4.67 5.89 4.94 4.39 3.20 5.31 4.28 4.45 4.59 4.80 4.82
Car. 805 753 691 600 591 591 590 555 535 523 508 505 492 483 476
Rushing Touchdowns Rk Player 1. James Davis 2. Travis Zachery 3. Lester Brown C.J. Spiller 5. Fred Cone 6. Terry Allen
Years 2005-08 1998-01 1976-79 2006-09 1948-50 1987-89
Car. 753 691 505 591 466 523
Yards 3881 3058 2228 3480 2172 2778
TD 47 41 31 31 30 28
7. Cliff Austin Woodrow Dantzler 9. Kenny Flowers 10. Emory Smith
1978-82 1998-01 1983-86 1993-96
423 591 590 358
2139 2761 2914 1568
27 27 26 25
Passing Yards Years Att. 2002-05 1368 1998-01 796 2005-08 815 1994-97 805 1985-88 717 1975-78 554 1969-71 644 1979-82 479 1996-99 519 1980-84 449 1988-91 470 2003-06 338 1965-67 393 2000-02 391 1945-48 278
Co. 817 460 518 458 333 287 303 250 294 252 257 201 202 204 123
Pct. 59.7 57.8 63.6 56.9 46.4 51.8 47.0 52.2 56.6 56.1 54.7 59.5 51.4 52.2 44.2
Yards 9665 6037 5762 5719 4647 4359 3893 3643 3504 3354 3300 2634 2616 2530 2448
Passing Attempts Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Nealon Greene 4. Woodrow Dantzler 5. Rodney Williams 6. Tommy Kendrick 7. Steve Fuller 8. Brandon Streeter 9. Homer Jordan 10. DeChane Cameron 11. Mike Eppley 12. Jimmy Addison 13. Willie Simmons 14. Patrick Sapp 15. Ken Pengitore
Years 2002-05 2005-08 1994-97 1998-01 1985-88 1969-71 1975-78 1996-99 1979-82 1988-91 1980-84 1965-67 2000-02 1992-95 1971-73
Co. 817 518 458 460 333 303 287 294 250 257 252 202 204 165 154
Yards Att. 9665 1368 5762 815 5719 805 6037 796 4647 717 3893 644 4359 554 3504 519 3643 479 3300 470 3354 449 2616 393 2530 391 2278 365 2412 356
Completions Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Woodrow Dantzler 4. Nealon Greene 5. Rodney Williams 6. Tommy Kendrick 7. Brandon Streeter 8. Steve Fuller 9. DeChane Cameron 10. Mike Eppley 11. Homer Jordan
Years 2002-05 2005-08 1998-01 1994-97 1985-88 1969-71 1996-99 1975-78 1988-91 1980-84 1979-82
2000-02 1965-67 2003-06 2009
391 393 338 355
2530 2616 2634 2385
204 202 201 197
Completion Percentage
Passing Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Woodrow Dantzler 3. Cullen Harper 4. Nealon Greene 5. Rodney Williams 6. Steve Fuller 7. Tommy Kendrick 8. Homer Jordan 9. Brandon Streeter 10. Mike Eppley 11. DeChane Cameron 12. Will Proctor 13. Jimmy Addison 14. Willie Simmons 15. Bobby Gage
12. Willie Simmons 13. Jimmy Addison 14. Will Proctor 15. Kyle Parker
Att. 1368 815 796 805 717 644 519 554 470 449 479
Yards 9665 5762 6037 5719 4647 3893 3504 4359 3300 3354 3643
Co. 817 518 460 458 333 303 294 287 257 252 250
Rk Player Years 1. Cullen Harper 2005-08 2. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 3. Will Proctor 2003-06 4. Woodrow Dantzler 1998-01 5. Nealon Greene 1994-97 6. Chris Morocco 1986-89 7. Brandon Streeter 1996-99 8. Mike Eppley 1980-84 9. Kyle Parker 2009 10. DeChane Cameron 1988-91 11. Billy Lott 1977-79 12. Homer Jordan 1979-82 13. Willie Simmons 2000-02 14. Steve Fuller 1975-78 15. Jimmy Addison 1965-67 Note: Minimum 150 attempts.
Co.-Att. 518-815 817-1368 201-334 460-796 458-805 89-157 294-519 252-449 197-355 257-470 105-198 250-479 204-391 287-554 202-393
Pct. 63.6 59.7 59.5 57.8 56.9 56.7 56.6 56.1 55.5 54.7 53.0 52.2 52.2 51.8 51.4
Passing Yards Per Attempt Rk Player 1. Bobby Gage 2. Jackie Calvert 3. Chris Morocco 4. Steve Fuller 5. Will Proctor 6. Homer Jordan 7. Mark Fellers 8. Woodrow Dantzler 9. Mike Eppley 10. Harvey White 11. Nealon Greene 12. Mike O’Cain 13. Cullen Harper 14. Charlie Whitehurst 15. DeChane Cameron
Years 1945-48 1948-50 1986-89 1975-78 2003-06 1979-82 1972-74 1998-01 1980-84 1957-59 1994-97 1974-76 2005-08 2002-05 1988-91
Att. 278 101 157 554 338 479 124 796 449 289 805 182 815 1368 470
Yards Y/Att. 2448 8.81 885 8.76 1238 7.89 4359 7.87 2634 7.79 3643 7.61 943 7.60 6037 7.58 3354 7.47 2103 7.28 5719 7.10 1291 7.09 5762 7.07 9665 7.07 3300 7.02
Passing Touchdowns Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Cullen Harper 3. Woodrow Dantzler 4. Nealon Greene 5. Mike Eppley 6. Bobby Gage Tommy Kendrick 8. Steve Fuller 9. Will Proctor Kyle Parker 11. Harvey White 12. Brandon Streeter 13. Jimmy Addison
Years 2002-05 2005-08 1998-01 1994-97 1980-84 1945-48 1969-71 1975-78 2003-06 2009 1957-59 1996-99 1965-67
Att. 1368 815 796 805 449 278 644 554 338 355 289 519 393
Int. 46 20 24 26 26 27 42 21 11 12 12 26 27
TD 49 42 41 35 28 24 24 22 19 19 18 17 16
Passing Efficiency Leaders Rk Player 1. Will Proctor 2. Cullen Harper 3. Woodrow Dantzler 4. Mark Fellers 5. Chris Morocco 6. Mike Eppley 7. Bobby Gage 8. Nealon Greene 9. Charlie Whitehurst 10. Harvey White 11. Jackie Calvert 12. Steve Fuller 13. Kyle Parker 14. DeChane Cameron 15. Homer Jordan Note: Minimum 100 attempts.
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Years 2003-06 2005-08 1998-01 1972-74 1986-89 1980-84 1945-48 1994-97 2002-05 1957-59 1948-50 1975-78 2009 1988-91 1979-82
Att. 338 815 796 124 157 449 278 805 1368 289 101 554 355 470 479
Co. 201 518 460 58 89 252 123 458 817 145 40 287 197 257 250
Pct. 59.5 63.6 57.8 46.8 56.7 56.1 44.2 56.9 59.7 50.2 39.6 51.8 55.5 54.7 52.2
Int. 11 20 24 7 4 26 27 26 46 12 8 21 12 15 27
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Int. Pct. 3.25 2.45 3.02 5.64 2.55 5.79 9.71 3.22 3.36 4.15 7.92 3.79 3.38 3.19 5.63
Yards 2634 5762 6037 943 1238 3354 2448 5719 9665 2103 885 4359 2385 3300 3643
Yards/Att. 7.79 7.07 7.58 7.60 7.89 7.47 8.81 7.10 7.07 7.28 8.76 7.87 6.72 7.02 7.61
TD 19 42 41 12 6 28 24 35 49 18 8 22 19 13 15
TD Pct. 5.62 5.15 5.15 9.68 3.82 6.23 8.63 4.35 3.58 6.22 7.92 3.97 5.35 2.76 3.13
Eff. 137.0 135.0 132.5 131.3 130.4 127.9 127.3 124.5 124.2 123.6 123.5 123.4 122.8 116.4 115.2
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Career Leaders Rodney Williams Willie Simmons
1985-88 2000-02
717 383
27 13
16 16
Interception Avoidance Rk Player Years 1. Cullen Harper 2005-08 2. Chris Morocco 1986-89 3. Patrick Sapp 1992-95 4. Woodrow Dantzler 1998-01 5. DeChane Cameron 1988-91 6. Nealon Greene 1994-97 7. Will Proctor 2003-06 8. Willie Simmons 2000-02 9. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 10. Kyle Parker 2009 11. Billy Lott 1977-79 12. Rodney Williams 1985-88 13. Steve Fuller 1975-78 14. Randy Anderson 1984-87 15. Harvey White 1957-59 Note: Minimum 100 attempts.
Int.-Att. 20-815 4-157 10-365 24-796 15-470 26-805 11-338 13-391 46-1368 12-355 7-198 27-717 21-554 6-145 12-289
Pct. 2.45 2.55 2.74 3.02 3.19 3.22 3.25 3.32 3.36 3.38 3.53 3.77 3.79 4.14 4.15
Receptions Years Yards Avg. TD Rec. 2005-08 2733 11.8 20 232 2001-03 2312 13.8 16 167 1997-00 2498 15.0 13 166 1990-93 2681 16.5 15 162 1978-81 2534 16.9 17 150 2000-03 1713 12.1 6 142 2003-06 1760 12.5 7 141 2006-09 1942 13.9 15 140 1975-78 2223 16.0 11 139 1996-99 1857 13.5 13 138 2001-04 2030 14.7 10 138 2005-08 1390 10.5 8 132 1994-97 1750 14.6 13 120 2006-09 1362 11.4 11 120 1965-67 1469 13.9 5 106 1998-01 1057 10.1 9 105 1996-99 1255 12.7 9 99 1969-71 1255 13.5 12 93 1983-86 1487 16.2 16 92 1949-51 1576 17.9 18 88 1983-86 1290 15.0 6 86 1999-02 1277 15.2 8 84 1985-89 1592 20.2 11 79 1985-88 1117 14.3 2 78 1993-95 972 12.8 6 76
Receiving Yards Rk Player, Pos. 1. Aaron Kelly, WR 2. Terry Smith, WR 3. Perry Tuttle, WR 4. Rod Gardner, WR 5. Derrick Hamilton, WR 6. Jerry Butler, WR 7. Airese Currie, WR 8. Jacoby Ford, WR 9. Brian Wofford, WR 10. Chansi Stuckey, WR 11. Tony Horne, WR 12. Kevin Youngblood, WR 13. Gary Cooper, WR 14. Glenn Smith, TE 15. Terrance Roulhac, WR 16. Phil Rogers, WR 17. Tyler Grisham, WR 18. C.J. Spiller, RB 19. Ray Williams, WR 20. J.J. McKelvey, WR 21. John McMakin, TE Mal Lawyer, WR 23. Charlie Waters, WR 24. Keith Jennings, WR
Years 2005-08 1990-93 1978-81 1997-00 2001-03 1975-78 2001-04 2006-09 1996-99 2003-06 1994-97 2000-03 1985-89 1949-51 1983-86 1965-67 2005-08 2006-09 1983-86 1999-02 1969-71 1996-99 1967-69 1985-88
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
1998-01
105
1057
Yards Per Reception Rk Player, Pos. Years 1. Joe Blalock, TE 1939-41 2. Gary Cooper, FLK 1985-89 3. Frank Magwood, WR 1979-82 4. Glenn Smith, TE 1949-51 5. Eddis Freeman, TE 1943-46 6. Dwight Clark, WR 1975-78 7. Bill Mathis, TB 1957-59 8. Charlie Waters, WR 1967-69 9. Perry Tuttle, WR 1978-81 10. Terry Smith, WR 1990-93 11. Wayne Bell, TE 1964-66 12. Joey Walters, WR 1974-76 13. Bennie Cunningham, TE 1972-75 14. Terrance Roulhac, WR 1983-86 15. Jerry Butler, WR 1975-78 Note: Minimum 30 receptions.
Rec. 38 79 51 88 37 33 35 68 150 162 54 59 64 92 139
Yards Y/Rec. 773 20.34 1592 20.15 920 18.04 1576 17.91 655 17.70 571 17.30 602 17.20 1166 17.15 2534 16.89 2681 16.55 883 16.35 963 16.32 1044 16.31 1487 16.16 2223 15.99
Receiving Touchdowns
Receiving Rk Player, Pos. 1. Aaron Kelly, WR 2. Derrick Hamilton, WR 3. Rod Gardner, WR 4. Terry Smith, WR 5. Perry Tuttle, WR 6. Kevin Youngblood, WR 7. Chansi Stuckey, WR 8. Jacoby Ford, WR 9. Jerry Butler, WR 10. Brian Wofford, WR Airese Currie, WR 12. Tyler Grisham, WR 13. Tony Horne, WR C.J. Spiller, RB 15. Phil Rogers, WR 16. Travis Zachery, TB 17. Mal Lawyer, WR 18. John McMakin, TE 19. Terrance Roulhac, WR 20. Glenn Smith, TE 21. Ray Williams, WR 22. J.J. McKevley, WR 23. Gary Cooper, WR 24. Keith Jennings, WR 25. Antwuan Wyatt, WR
25. Travis Zachery, TB
Rec. 232 162 150 166 167 139 138 140 138 141 120 142 79 88 92 106 132 120 86 84 93 99 68 78
Yards 2733 2681 2534 2498 2312 2223 2030 1942 1857 1760 1750 1713 1592 1576 1487 1469 1390 1362 1290 1277 1255 1255 1166 1117
Rk Player, Pos. 1. Aaron Kelly, WR 2. Glenn Smith, TE 3. Perry Tuttle, WR 4. Terrance Roulhac, WR Derrick Hamilton, WR 6. Terry Smith, WR Jacoby Ford, WR 8. Tony Horne, WR Brian Wofford, WR Rod Gardner, WR
Years 2005-08 1949-51 1978-81 1983-86 2001-03 1990-93 2006-09 1994-97 1996-99 1997-00
TD 20 18 17 16 16 15 15 13 13 13
Miscellaneous Total Offense Yards Rk Player 1. Charlie Whitehurst 2. Woodrow Dantzler 3. Nealon Greene 4. Steve Fuller 5. Cullen Harper 6. Rodney Williams 7. Homer Jordan 8. DeChane Cameron 9. James Davis 10. Raymond Priester 11. Bobby Gage 12. Mike Eppley 13. Brandon Streeter 14. C.J. Spiller 15. Billy Hair 16. Tommy Kendrick 17. Ken Pengitore 18. Travis Zachery 19. Kenny Flowers 20. Terry Allen
Years Plays 2002-05 1634 1998-01 1587 1994-97 1158 1975-78 1089 2005-08 946 1985-88 1024 1979-82 859 1988-91 765 2005-08 753 1994-97 805 1945-48 594 1980-84 614 1996-99 610 2006-09 594 1950-52 616 1969-71 794 1971-73 703 1998-01 692 1983-86 590 1987-89 525
Rush 98 2761 1067 1737 -213 863 971 926 3881 3966 1309 398 52 3480 1579 -484 898 3058 2914 2778
Pass 9665 6037 5719 4359 5762 4647 3643 3300 ------ ------ 2448 3354 3504 32 1885 3893 2412 ------ ------ 66
Total 9763 8798 6786 6096 5549 5510 4614 4226 3881 3966 3757 3752 3556 3512 3464 3409 3310 3058 2914 2844
Scoring Rk Player, Pos. 1. Aaron Hunt, PK 13. C.J. Spiller, RB 2. Nelson Welch, PK 3. Travis Zachery, TB 4. James Davis, RB 5. Obed Ariri, PK 6. Chris Gardocki, PK 7. Jad Dean, PK 8. David Treadwell, PK 9. Bob Paulling, PK 10. Mark Buchholz, PK 11. Lester Brown, RB 12. Fred Cone, RB 14. Ray Mathews, RB Kenny Flowers, RB Terry Allen, RB 17. Cliff Austin, RB
Years 2000-03 2006-09 1991-94 1998-01 2005-08 1977-80 1988-90 2003-06 1985-87 1979-83 2007,08 1976-79 1948-50 1947-50 1983-86 1987-89 1978-82
vs.
TD 0 50 0 50 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 31 28 28 28 27
PAT 164-172 *1 85-92 --- --- 99-103 72-72 97-103 92-93 107-109 88-88 --- 3-4 --- --- --- ---
FGA 55-76 --- 72-102 --- --- 63-97 63-89 51-68 47-66 34-41 37-57 --- --- --- --- --- ---
TP 329 302 301 300 294 288 261 250 233 209 199 192 189 168 168 168 162
Touchdown Responsibility Rk Name Years Rush Pass * Tot 1. Woodrow Dantzler 1998-01 27 41 0 68 2. Charlie Whitehurst 2002-05 10 49 0 59 3. C.J. Spiller 2006-09 31 1 19 51 4. Travis Zachery 1998-01 41 0 9 50 5. James Davis 2005-08 47 0 2 49 6. Cullen Harper 2005-08 5 42 0 47 7. Steve Fuller 1975-78 22 22 0 44 8. Nealon Greene 1994-97 8 35 0 43 9. Ray Mathews 1947-50 20 11 8 39 10. Bobby Gage 1945-48 8 24 3 35 * - includes receiving, punt returns, kickoff returns, interception returns, and fumble returns Woodrow Dantzler, QB 1998-01 27 --- --- 162 19. Emory Smith, FB 1993-96 26 --- --- 156 20. Ray Yauger, RB 1968-70 23 *2 --- 140 21. Donald Igwebuike, PK 1981-84 0 41-41 32-43 139 22. Chuck McSwain, RB 1979-82 23 --- --- 138 Tracy Johnson, RB 1985-88 23 --- --- 138 24. Raymond Priester, RB 1994-97 22 *4 --- 136 25. Eddie Seigler, PK 1970-72 0 44-46 30-60 134 Steve Fuller, QB 1975-78 22 *2 --- 134 Terrence Flagler, RB 1983-86 22 *2 --- 134 * - total two-point conversion points
Interceptions Rk Player, Pos. 1. Terry Kinard, FS 2. Fred Knoebel, DB 3. Michael Hamlin, S 4. Justin Miller, CB 5. Eddie Geathers, CB Robert O’Neal, FS Alex Ardley, CB Brian Mance, CB 9. Pete Cook, CB Brian Dawkins, SS Peter Ford, CB Crezdon Butler, CB DeAndre McDaniel, S
Years Yards 1978-82 147 1950-52 122 2005-08 243 2002-04 94 1977-80 114 1989-92 119 1998-00 151 1999-02 73 1950-52 129 1992-95 101 1993-96 138 2006-09 243 2007-09 129
Avg. TD Int. 8.6 0 17 8.1 0 15 17.4 0 14 7.2 0 13 9.5 0 12 9.9 0 12 12.6 1 12 6.1 0 12 11.7 0 11 9.2 1 11 12.5 1 11 22.1 0 11 11.7 1 11
Interception Return Yards Rk Player, Pos. 1. Rex Varn, FS 2. Michael Hamlin, S Crezdon Butler, CB 4. Antwan Edwards, DB 5. Don Kelley, DB 6. Alex Ardley, CB 7. Terry Kinard, FS 8. Johnny Rembert, LB 9. Peter Ford, CB 10. Ray Matthews, DB Jamaal Fudge, S
Years 1976-79 2005-08 2006-09 1995-98 1969-71 1998-00 1978-82 1981,82 1993-96 1947-50 2002-05
Int. 10 14 11 8 6 12 17 8 11 10 10
Avg. Yards 27.5 275 17.4 243 22.1 243 24.4 195 29.7 178 12.6 151 8.6 147 17.9 143 12.5 138 13.1 131 13.1 131
Takeaway Return Yards Rk Player 1. Antwan Edwards 2. Rex Varn 3. Michael Hamlin Crezdon Butler 5. Don Kelley 6. DeAndre McDaniel 7. Alex Ardley 8. Rahim Abdullah 9. Terry Kinard 10. Johnny Rembert
Years 1995-98 1976-79 2005-08 2006-09 1969-71 2007-09 1998-00 1996-98 1978-82 1981,82
IR FR 8-195 2-104 10-275 14-243 11-243 6-178 11-129 1-28 12-151 2-67 2-83 17-147 8-143
Total 10-299 10-275 14-243 11-243 6-178 12-157 12-151 4-150 17-147 8-143
Starts Rk Player, Pos. 1. Eric Harmon, OG Jim Bundren, OT Glenn Rountree, OG Aaron Hunt, PK 5. Nelson Welch, PK
Years 1987-90 1994-97 1994-97 2000-03 1991-94
Starts 47 47 47 47 46
32 Bowl Appearances
111
Career Leaders Cole Chason, P 7. Jeb Flesch, OG 8. Rodney Williams, QB Barry Richardson, OT 10. Obed Ariri, PK Dale Hatcher, P Levon Kirkland, OLB James Davis, RB Michael Hamlin, S Chris Chancellor, CB
2003-06 1988-91 1985-88 2004-07 1977-80 1981-84 1988-91 2005-08 2005-08 2006-09
46 45 44 44 43 43 43 43 43 43
Starts By Position TE: OT: OG: C: WR: QB: RB: PK:
Offense 36 by Michael Palmer, 2006-09 47 by Jim Bundren, 1994-97 47 by Eric Harmon, 1987-90; Glenn Rountree, 1994-97 36 by Jeff Bak, 1985-88; Kyle Young, 1998-01 42 by Terry Smith, 1990-93 44 by Rodney Williams, 1985-88 43 by James Davis, 2005-08 47 by Aaron Hunt, 2000-03
DE/OLB: DT: ILB: S: CB: P:
Defense 43 by Levon Kirkland, 1988-91 40 by Jim Stuckey, 1976-79 42 by Bubba Brown, 1976-79 43 by Michael Hamlin, 2005-08 43 by Chris Chancellor, 2006-09 46 by Cole Chason, 2003-06
Years 2006-09 2006-09 2006-09 2006-09 2005-08 2005-08 2005-08 2006-09 2006-09 2000-03 2005-08 2005-08 2005-08 2005-08 2006-09
Games 52 52 52 52 51 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 50 50 50
Years 1998-01 1994-97 2002-05 1987-90 2004-07 1994-97 1997-00 2005-08 1988-91 1998-01 1994-97 1989-92 1990-93 2006-09 2002-05
Snaps 3097 3048 2875 2870 2778 2772 2760 2683 2657 2655 2607 2547 2457 2454 2411
Snaps Rk Player, Pos. 1. Kyle Young, C 2. Glenn Rountree, OG 3. Charlie Whitehurst, QB 4. Eric Harmon, OG 5. Barry Richardson, OT 6. Jim Bundren, OT 7. Robert Carswell, FS 8. Michael Hamlin, S 9. Jeb Flesch, OG 10. T.J. Watkins, OG/TE 11. Nealon Greene, QB 12. Robert O’Neal, FS 13. Stacy Seegars, OG 14. Thomas Austin, OL 15. Jamaal Fudge, S
Special Teams Punt Return Yards Rk Player 1. Shad Bryant 2. Donnell Woolford 3. James Lott 4. Don Kelley 5. Derrick Hamilton 6. Willie Jordan C.J. Spiller 8. Billy Davis
112
Years 1937-39 1985-88 1986-89 1969-71 2001-03 1975-78 2006-09 1980-83
32 Bowl Appearances
9. Jacoby Ford 10. Darnell Stephens
Years 2006-09 2001-03 1998-01 2005-08 1994-97 2006-09 1966-68 2005-08 1983-86 1947-50 1987-89 1968-70 1978-81 1994-97 1998-01
2006-09 1991-93
49 44
Rush 3480 358 3058 3881 3966 492 2571 --- 2914 1886 2778 2439 103 7 2761
9.8 10.5
2 1
479 463
Kickoff Return Yards
Games Rk Player, Pos. 1. Kevin Alexander, DE/LB Crezdon Butler, CB Chris Chancellor, CB Kavell Conner, LB 5. Chris Clemons, S Aaron Kelly, WR Akeem Robinson, TE Cory Lambert, OT C.J. Spiller, RB 10. Gregory Walker, OT James Davis, RB Tyler Grisham, WR Jock McKissic, DT Josh Miller, LB Michael Palmer, TE
All-Purpose Yards Rk Player, Pos. 1. C.J. Spiller, RB 2. Derrick Hamilton, WR 3. Travis Zachery, TB 4. James Davis, RB 5. Raymond Priester, RB 6. Jacoby Ford, WR 7. Buddy Gore, TB 8. Aaron Kelly, WR 9. Kenny Flowers, TB 10. Ray Mathews, WB 11. Terry Allen, TB 12. Ray Yauger, TB 13. Perry Tuttle, WR 14. Tony Horne, WR 15. Woodrow Dantzler, QB
PR Avg. TD Yards 65 12.0 1 779 78 9.6 2 754 71 9.6 0 683 56 11.3 2 632 68 9.1 0 618 54 10.5 0 569 53 10.7 1 569 87 6.4 0 555
Rk Player 1. C.J. Spiller 2. Derrick Hamilton 3. Justin Miller 4. Andre Humphrey 5. Ray Williams 6. Jacoby Ford 7. Terrence Roulhac 8. Warren Ratchford 9. Joe Henderson 10. Tony Horne
Years KOR Avg. TD Yards 2006-09 72 27.8 7 2005 2001-03 58 26.8 2 1552 2002-04 50 30.7 3 1534 1992-95 68 21.9 0 1486 1983-86 66 20.5 0 1350 2006-09 47 23.9 1 1124 1983-86 42 26.4 0 1108 1974-78 44 22.0 0 848 1987-89 30 27.6 1 802 1994-97 30 26.5 0 795
Rec. 1362 2312 1057 441 316 1942 65 2733 192 650 243 328 2534 1750 5
PR 569 618 276 --- --- 479 --- 16 --- 298 --- --- --- 332 ---
3. Obed Ariri 4. Chris Gardocki 5. Jad Dean 6. David Treadwell 7. Bob Paulling 8. Mark Buchholz 9. Donald Igwebuike 10. Eddie Seigler
KOR 2005 1552 --- 13 --- 1124 637 402 40 294 80 177 266 795 ---
Total 7416 4839 4391 4335 4282 4037 3273 3151 3146 3128 3101 2944 2903 2884 2766
1977-80 1988-90 2003-06 1985-87 1979-83 2007,08 1981-84 1970-72
Punting Average Rk Player 1. Chris Gardocki 2. Dale Hatcher 3. Banks McFadden 4. Jimmy Maners 5. David Sims 6. Mitch Tyner 7. Jack Anderson 8. Chris McInally 9. Andy Newell 10. Kevin Laird Note: Minimum 50 punts.
Years Punts 1988-90 151 1981-84 191 1937-39 94 2006-08 105 1977-80 197 1973,74 127 1968-70 56 1993-95 73 1984,85 59 1995-98 220
Yards 6566 8191 3967 4381 8126 5201 2276 2946 2378 8815
Avg. 43.5 43.0 42.2 41.7 41.2 41.0 40.6 40.4 40.3 40.1
Field Goals Rk Player 1. Nelson Welch 2. Obed Ariri Chris Gardocki 4. Aaron Hunt 5. Jad Dean 6. David Treadwell 7. Mark Buchholz 8. Bob Paulling 9. Donald Igwebuike 10. Eddie Seigler
Years 1991-94 1977-80 1988-90 2000-03 2003-06 1985-87 2007,08 1979-83 1981-84 1970-72
FG 72 63 63 55 51 47 37 34 32 30
Years 2000-03 1979-83 1977-80 2003-06 1985-87 2007,08 1991-94 1950-52 1988-90
PAT 164 107 99 97 92 88 85 72 72
PATs Rk Player 1. Aaron Hunt 2. Bob Paulling 3. Obed Ariri 4. Jad Dean 5. David Treadwell 6. Mark Buchholz 7. Nelson Welch 8. Charles Radcliff Chris Gardocki
Kick Scoring Rk Player 1. Aaron Hunt 2. Nelson Welch
Years 2000-03 1991-94
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Points 329 301 2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
288 261 250 233 209 199 139 134
Fourth Quarter Wins Year 1948 1949 1950 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980
Opponent Wake Forest Auburn South Carolina Auburn South Carolina Miami (FL) Florida Virginia Tech Wake Forest N.C. State Florida Wake Forest Vanderbilt N.C. State Virginia North Carolina Wake Forest Virginia Tech N.C. State Maryland South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Duke Wake Forest Virginia Duke N.C. State Wake Forest Virginia Georgia Tech Georgia Wake Forest The Citadel Florida State N.C. State South Carolina North Carolina Virginia
Site A A A N A A A A A A A H A A H H H H A A H A A H A H A A H H H H H H A H A H A
Score 21-14 7-6 13-7 20-20 14-14 15-14 14-7 21-16 19-13 13-7 20-20 13-6 12-7 13-6 20-15 26-21 33-31 13-7 7-0 17-14 20-17 11-7 20-14 9-6 23-21 40-35 13-7 24-19 10-9 32-27 21-17 28-24 16-14 10-7 15-12 7-3 31-27 13-9 27-24
Decisive Play Time Left Fred Cone 1 run 11.56 Ray Mathews 1 run 6:35 Oscar Thompson recovers blocked punt 4:15 Fred Cone TD Sterling Smith tackles Frank Smith for a safety Don King 1 run Charlie Bussey-Joel Wells 60 pass Billy O’Dell 1 run Charlie Horne 10 run Bob Spooner 1 run Harvey White-Doug Cline 22 pass Harvey White 3 run George Usry 1 run Lowndes Shingler 1 run Doug Cline 2 run George Usry 1 run Lowndes Shingler 4 run Pat Crain 1 run Rodney Rogers 23 FG Rodney Rogers 24 FG Jim Parker 1 run Thomas Ray-Wayne Bell 16 pass Jimmy Addison-Phil Rogers 25 pass Wilson Childers, James Tompkins tackle for safety Addison 75 pass to Jacky Jackson Buddy Gore 9 run Ray Yauger 7 run Eddie Seigler 29 FG Ken Pengitore-Jim Lanzendoen 28 pass Mike O’Cain-Bennie Cunningham 3 pass Mike O’Cain 1 run Willie Jordan 34 FG Ciro Piccirillo 23 FG Steve Fuller 1 run Steve Fuller-Jerry Butler 19 pass Steve Fuller-Jerry Butler 20 pass Lester Brown 1 run Obed Ariri 52 FG
1982 Boston College H 17-17 Donald Igwebuike 43 FG 5:40 1983 Wake Forest H 24-17 Stacey Driver 2 run 4:13 1985 Virginia Tech A 20-17 David Treadwell 36 FG 0:00 Virginia H 27-24 Kenny Flowers 12 run 13:45 1986 Georgia A 31-28 David Treadwell 46 FG 0:00 Maryland A 17-17 David Treadwell 21 FG 0:10 South Carolina H 21-21 David Treadwell 31 FG 2:50 1987 Georgia H 21-20 David Treadwell 21 FG 0:02 Duke H 17-10 Tracy Johnson 4 run 6:46 North Carolina A 13-10 David Treadwell 30 FG 0:32 1988 Virginia A 10-7 Rodney Williams-Chip Davis 14 pass 1:52 Oklahoma N 13-6 Terry Allen 4 run 10:28 1990 Maryland A 18-17 DeChane Cameron-Rudy Harris 11 pass 7:59 N.C. State A 24-17 Howard Hall 1 run 3:12 1991 Georgia Tech H 9-7 Ronald Williams 2 run 2:06 Virginia H 20-20 Nelson Welch 40 FG 0:46 1992 Virginia A 29-28 Nelson Welch 32 FG 0:55 1993 South Carolina A 16-13 Nelson Welch 31 FG 11:53 Kentucky N 14-13 Patrick Sapp-Terry Smith 21 pass 0:20 1996 Georgia Tech H 28-25 Nealon Greene 1 run 4:10 1997 N.C. State A 19-17 Matt Padgett 20 FG 0:19 Duke H 29-20 Rahim Abdullah 63 interception return OT 2000 South Carolina H 16-14 Aaron Hunt 25 FG 0:03 2001 Georgia Tech A 47-44 Woodrow Dantzler 6 run OT 2002 Duke A 34-31 Aaron Hunt 21 FG 0:08 South Carolina H 27-20 Bernard Rambert 2 run 9:38 2003 Virginia H 30-27 Charlie Whitehurst-Kevin Youngblood 4 pass OT 2004 Wake Forest H 37-30 Charlie Whitehurst-Kyle Browning 11 pass OT Maryland H 10-7 Reggie Merriweather 2 run 0:23 Miami (FL) A 24-17 Reggie Merriweather 2 run OT 2005 Texas A&M H 25-24 Jad Dean 42 FG 0:02 Maryland A 28-24 Reggie Merriweather 38 run 2:58 South Carolina A 13-9 James Davis 2 run 5:58 2006 Florida State A 27-20 James Davis 1 run 0:08 2007 South Carolina H 23-21 Mark Buchholz 35 FG 0:00 2008 Boston College A 27-21 Cullen Harper-Aaron Kelly 4 pass 7:10 2009 Miami (FL) A 40-37 Kyle Parker-Jacoby Ford 26 pass OT Note: Above is a list of games since 1948 in which Clemson scored the last points of the game in the fourth quarter or overtime to erase a deficit or tie, and win or tie a game; games must have been decided by seven points or less, or in overtime.
6:00 14:54 4:06 2:20 5:26 0:32 1:36 0:03 12:16 14:00 2:52 4:24 4:08 4:43 1:31 1:24 7:54 2:06 2:32 0:25 3:49 0:53 0:37 6:44 8:26 8:44 0:05 0:54 6:36 12:46 0:49 9:48 0:06
Highest Scoring Quarters Clemson
1st --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 26 --- ---
2nd 35 28 28 28 28 28 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 27 --- --- --- --- --- ---
3rd --- --- --- --- --- --- 28 28 28 --- --- --- --- --- 27 27 --- --- 26 26
4th --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 28 28 28 28 --- --- --- 27 --- --- ---
1st --- 28
2nd 31 ---
3rd --- ---
4th --- ---
Site-Opponent (Score) h - Wake Forest (82-24) h - Presbyterian (55-0) a - Georgia Tech (42-45) a - Duke (52-22) N2 - Temple (63-9) h - Central Michigan (70-14) a - Boston College (35-14) N1 - Louisiana Tech (49-24) h - Central Michigan (70-14) h - Auburn (34-0) h - Furman (42-14) a - Maryland (49-25) h - Coastal Carolina (49-3) h - Presbyterian (76-0) a - Virginia (47-0) a - South Carolina (47-21) h - Duke (39-22) h - Presbyterian (53-13) h - Presbyterian (76-0) h - The Citadel (59-0)
Date 10-31-1981 9-23-1950 11-13-1999 9-30-2000 10-12-2006 10-20-2007 11-11-1950 12-31-2001 10-20-2007 11-24-1951 11-26-1960 11-12-1988 10-31-2009 9-22-1945 9-26-1959 11-22-1997 10-19-1958 9-20-1952 9-22-1945 11-27-1954
2009 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
28 --- --- --- --- 23 23
--- 28 --- --- --- --- ---
--- --- 26 26 --- --- ---
a - Wake Forest (17-45) a - Tulane (13-54) a - Miami (FL) (7-39) a - Wake Forest (35-33) a - Georgia Tech (6-41) a - Auburn (0-51) h - N.C. State (28-30)
11-1-2003 11-9-1946 10-9-1953 11-1-1980 11-20-1943 10-11-1969 10-24-1987
Both Teams 1st 2nd 3rd --- 42 (35-7) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 37 (23-14) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 35 (21-14) --- --- --- 35 (28-7) --- --- --- 35 (28-7) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Opponent Site-Opponent (Score) h - Virginia Tech (0-37) a - N.C. State (17-42)
--- --- --- --- 25 --- ---
4th --- 42 (27-15) 40 (22-18) 38 (24-14) --- 36 (28-8) 36 (28-8) --- --- --- 35 (9-26) 35 (14-21) 35 (14-21)
Site-Opponent (Score) h - Wake Forest (82-24) h - Duke (39-22) h - N.C. State (39-46) a - Duke (34-31) h - North Carolina (37-29) h - Furman (42-14) a - Maryland (49-25) a - N.C. State (31-35) a - Georgia Tech (42-45) h - Central Michigan (70-14) a - Wake Forest (35-33) h - South Carolina (31-34) h - Georgia Tech (24-28)
Date 10-31-1981 10-19-1968 10-31-1998 11-2-2002 10-11-1973 11-26-1960 11-12-1988 10-9-1999 11-13-1999 10-20-2007 11-1-1980 11-23-1996 9-11-2004
N1 - Humanitarian Bowl at Boise, ID; N2 - Charlotte, NC; Note: Highest-scoring overtime for both teams was 26, when Miami (FL) (16) defeated Clemson (10) in three overtimes on September 17, 2005.
Date 9-12-1998 11-18-1972
vs.
32 Bowl Appearances
113
Last Time It Happened 300 Total Offense Yards
100 Receiving Yards By Two Players
Recovered Fumble For Touchdown
Clemson - Cullen Harper rushed for -4 yards and passed for 372 yards (368 total yards) vs. Virginia Tech at Clemson on Oct. 6, 2007 (Virginia Tech 41-23). Opponent - Andy Dalton of Texas Christian rushed for 86 yards and passed for 226 yards (312 total yards) at Clemson on Sept. 26, 2009 (Texas Christian 14-10).
Clemson - Aaron Kelly had 174 yards and Tyler Grisham had 100 yards vs. Virginia Tech at Clemson on Oct. 6, 2007 (Virginia Tech 41-23). Opponent - Eron Riley of Duke had 130 yards and Ben Patrick had 100 yards at Clemson on Nov. 5, 2005 (Clemson 49-20).
Clemson - Chris Jones recovered a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown vs. Furman at Clemson on Sept. 5, 1998 (Clemson 33-0). Opponent - Sam Cowart of Florida State recovered a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown at Clemson on Sept. 20, 1997 (Florida State 35-28).
100 Rushing Yards
Clemson - Willie Underwood had 101 yards on two interception returns vs. South Carolina at Clemson on Nov. 22, 1980 (Clemson 27-6). Opponent - Dennis Tabron of Duke had 128 yards on three interception returns at Clemson on Oct. 18, 1980 (Duke 34-17).
Clemson - C.J. Spiller had 233 rushing yards vs. Georgia Tech at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34). Opponent - Jonathan Dwyer (110) and Josh Nesbitt (103) of Georgia Tech both had 100-yard rushing games at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34).
100 Rushing Yards By Quarterback Clemson - Woodrow Dantzler had 135 rushing yards vs. Duke at Clemson on Dec. 1, 2001 (Clemson 59-31). Opponent - Josh Nesbitt of Georgia Tech had 103 rushing yards at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34).
100 Rushing Yards By Two Players Clemson - James Davis had 129 rushing yards and C.J. Spiller had 106 rushing yards vs. Maryland at College Park, MD on Oct. 27, 2007 (Clemson 30-17). Opponent - Jonathan Dwyer of Georgia Tech had 110 rushing yards and Josh Nesbitt had 103 rushing yards at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34).
100 Rushing Yards By Three Players Clemson - James Davis (143), C.J. Spiller (127), and Demerick Chancellor (113) vs. Louisiana Tech at Clemson on Sept. 30, 2006 (Clemson 51-0). Opponent - Never accomplished.
100 Interception Return Yards
100 Punt Return Yards Clemson - C.J. Spiller had 119 yards on three punt returns vs. Boston College at Clemson on Sept. 19, 2009 (Clemson 25-7). Opponent - Eddie Royal of Virginia Tech had 117 yards on three punt returns at Clemson on Oct. 6, 2007 (Virginia Tech 41-23).
150 Kickoff Return Yards Clemson - C.J. Spiller had 152 yards on four kickoff returns vs. Alabama at Atlanta, GA on Aug. 30, 2008 (Alabama 34-10). Opponent - Duane Brooks of Central Michigan had 185 yards on seven kickoff returns at Clemson on Oct. 20, 2007 (Clemson 70-14).
Four Field Goals Clemson - Richard Jackson was 6-6 with makes of 23, 33, 32, 52, 42, and 35 yards vs. Boston College at Clemson on Sept. 19, 2009 (Clemson 25-7). Opponent - Scott Blair of Georgia Tech was 4-4 with makes of 48, 49, 28, and 40 yards at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34).
100 Rushing Yards & 100 Passing Yards
50-Yard Field Goal
Clemson - Woodrow Dantzler had 135 rushing yards and 243 passing yards vs. Duke at Clemson on Dec. 1, 2001 (Clemson 59-31). Opponent - Josh Nesbitt of Georgia Tech had 103 rushing yards and 136 passing yards at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34).
Clemson - Richard Jackson kicked a 51-yard field goal vs. Maryland at College Park, MD on Oct. 3, 2009 (Maryland 24-21). Opponent - Matt Bosher of Miami (FL) kicked a 51-yard field goal at Miami Gardens, FL on Oct. 24, 2009 (Clemson 40-37).
200 Rushing Yards Clemson - C.J. Spiller had 233 rushing yards vs. Georgia Tech at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34). Opponent - Branden Ore of Virginia Tech had 203 rushing yards at Blacksburg, VA on Oct. 26, 2006 (Virginia Tech 24-7).
Interception Return For Touchdown Clemson - DeAndre McDaniel intercepted a Jacory Harris pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown vs. Miami (FL) at Miami Gardens, FL on Oct. 24, 2009 (Clemson 40-37). Opponent - Jamie Robinson of Florida State intercepted a Kyle Parker pass and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown at Clemson on Nov. 7, 2009 (Clemson 40-24).
25 Completions
Punt Return For Touchdown
Clemson - Kyle Parker completed 25-37 passes vs. Miami (FL) at Miami Gardens, FL on Oct. 24, 2009 (Clemson 40-37). Opponent - Brandon Cox of Auburn completed 25-39 passes in the Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta, GA on Dec. 31, 2007 (Auburn 23-20).
Clemson - C.J. Spiller returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown vs. Boston College at Clemson on Sept. 19, 2009 (Clemson 25-7). Opponent - Jerrard Tarrant of Georgia Tech returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown at Atlanta, GA on Sept. 10, 2009 (Georgia Tech 30-27).
300 Passing Yards
Blocked Punt Return For Touchdown
Clemson - Kyle Parker passed for 326 yards vs. Miami (FL) at Miami Gardens, FL on Oct. 24, 2009 (Clemson 40-37). Opponent - Matt Ryan of Boston College passed for 315 yards at Clemson on Nov. 17, 2007 (Boston College 20-17).
Clemson - La’Donte Harris returned a blocked punt 10 yards for a touchdown vs. South Carolina at Columbia, SC on Nov. 24, 2007 (Clemson 23-21). Opponent - Roderick Rollins of Boston College returned a blocked punt 14 yards for a touchdown at Chestnut Hill, MA on Nov. 1, 2008 (Clemson 27-21).
10 Receptions Clemson - Aaron Kelly had 10 catches vs. Duke at Clemson on Nov. 15, 2008 (Clemson 31-7). Opponent - Andre Callender of Boston College had 11 catches at Clemson on Nov. 17, 2007 (Boston College 20-17).
100 Receiving Yards Clemson - Michael Palmer had 106 receiving yards vs. South Carolina at Columbia, SC on Nov. 28, 2009 (South Carolina 34-17). Opponent - Andre Roberts of The Citadel had 153 receiving yards at Clemson on Sept. 6, 2008 (Clemson 45-17).
Kickoff Return For Touchdown Clemson - C.J. Spiller returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown vs. South Carolina at Columbia, SC on Nov. 28, 2009 (South Carolina 34-17). Opponent - Victor Harris of Virginia Tech returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown at Clemson on Oct. 6, 2007 (Virginia Tech 41-23).
Touchdown By Offensive Lineman Clemson - Harry Olszewski (OG) scored on a 12-yard run after a fumbled snap fell in his arms vs. South Carolina at Clemson on Nov. 26, 1966 (Clemson 35-10). Opponent - Peter Anderson (C) of Georgia fell on the ball in the endzone after a Lars Tate fumble at Clemson on Sept. 21, 1985 (Georgia 20-13).
Touchdown By Defensive Lineman Clemson - Jock McKissic intercepted a Blake Mitchell pass and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown vs. South Carolina at Clemson on Nov. 25, 2006 (South Carolina 31-28). Opponent - Marcus Robinson of Miami (FL) returned a fumble 53 yards for a touchdown at Miami Gardens, FL on Oct. 24, 2009 (Clemson 40-37).
Three Passing Touchdowns Clemson - Kyle Parker threw four touchdown passes vs. Florida State at Clemson on Nov. 7, 2009 (Clemson 40-24). Opponent - Stephen Garcia of South Carolina threw three touchdown passes at Columbia, SC on Nov. 28, 2009 (South Carolina 34-17).
Four Touchdowns Clemson - C.J. Spiller scored four rushing touchdowns vs. Georgia Tech at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34). Opponent - LaMont Jordan of Maryland scored four rushing touchdowns at College Park, MD on Oct. 16, 1999 (Clemson 42-30).
20 Points Clemson - C.J. Spiller scored four rushing touchdowns (24 points) vs. Georgia Tech at Tampa, FL on Dec. 5, 2009 (Georgia Tech 39-34). Opponent - LaMont Jordan of Maryland scored four rushing touchdowns (24 points) at College Park, MD on Oct. 16, 1999 (Clemson 42-30).
Safety Clemson - Malcolm Long illegally batted a fumble in the endzone for a safety vs. S.C. State at Clemson on Sept. 20, 2008 (Clemson 54-0). Opponent - Jimmy Maners fell on the ball in the endzone for a safety vs. Florida State at Clemson on Sept. 3, 2007 (Clemson 24-18).
Blocked Punt Clemson - Jamie Harper blocked a Spencer Lanning punt vs. South Carolina at Clemson on Nov. 29, 2008 (Clemson 31-14). Opponent - Rickey Thenarse of Nebraska blocked a Jimmy Maners punt at Jacksonville, FL on Jan. 1, 2009 (Nebraska 26-21).
50-Yard Punting Average Clemson - Jamie Somaini had a 50.3-yard average on three punts at Virginia on Sept. 23, 2000 (Clemson 31-10). Opponent - Ryan Plackemeier of Wake Forest had a 52.0-yard average on four punts at Winston-Salem, NC on Oct. 1, 2005 (Wake Forest 31-27).
Fumble Return For Touchdown Clemson - DeAndre McDaniel returned a fumble 28 yards for a touchdown vs. Nebraska at Jacksonville, FL on Jan. 1, 2009 (Nebraska 26-21). Opponent - Marcus Robinson of Miami (FL) returned a fumble 53 yards for a touchdown at Miami Gardens, FL on Oct. 24, 2009 (Clemson 40-37).
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