Clemson breaks records in victory over Wake Forest

Below are the records and ratings published by the Clemson Sports Department following Clemson's 63-3 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday.

– Clemson's 60-point margin of victory was the largest program of the conference program in the school's history.

– The win was Clemson's 14th win of 60 points or more in school history and the first of the program since a 66-point win against the state of South Carolina in 2014.

– Clemson had 698 yards on offense, fifth in a school match. Head coach Dabo Swinney was responsible for four of the five most played games per game.

– Clemson averaged 10.0 yards per game, the fourth-best average of a match in the history of the program after the games of 1903 (11.2 at Georgia Tech), 1945 (10.7 versus Presbyterian) and 1947 (10.4 against Presbyterian).

– Clemson's 471 rushing yards represent the largest single-game match under head coach Dabo Swinney, surpassing the previous record of 416 set against Miami.

– Clemson averaged 11.8 yards per race, beating the previous record set on October 17, 1903 against Georgia Tech (11.2).

Clemson ran for 200 yards in a fourth consecutive game for the first time since the 7-10 games of the 2015 season against Miami, North Carolina, Florida State and Syracuse. The two-game four-part series are the longest in the program under head coach Dabo Swinney.

– With 1,321 yards in his last four games, Clemson has now passed the 1,000-yard mark in the four-game race for the first time since 1110 yards in the first four games of last season.

– Clemson beat an opponent for a sixth consecutive game, the first time the program has won over six consecutive contenders for the first six games of the 2017 season. The Tigers have now overtaken their opponents in 17 of their 20 games since 2017 and now have a record of 17-0 after surpassing their opponents in this period of time.

– Come back Etienne Travis finished the match with a total of 167 rushing yards, totaling 16.7 yards per run and three touchdowns (two for more than 50 yards).

– Come back Choice of Adam eclipsed the 100-yard mark by posting 128 yards in 10 runs, including a 64-yard touchdown.

– Come back Lyn-J Dixon scored 163 yards on 10 carries with a pair of touchdowns. Like Etienne, Dixon also had more than 50 touchdowns, including a 65-yard career.

– Enter Etienne, Choice and DixonClemson managed to get three players to reach the 100 yard mark in a single game for the sixth time in the team's history. This is the first time Clemson has achieved this feat since James Davis (143), C. J. Spiller (127) and Demerick Chancellor (113).

– This performance marked the first time in the history of the school. Three players passed 125 yards in a game and the first time two players crossed the 160-yard mark.

– The three backs over 100 yards have an average of at least 10.0 yards per race, with Etienne on average 16.7, Dixon on average 16.3 and Choice on average 12.8.

– Of Clemson's 471 rushing yards, 310 came in five touchdown passes of 50 yards or more.

– In total, Clemson recorded six touchdowns of 50 yards or more, a first in the school's history. Clemson entered the game with six games 50 yards or more in the first five games of the season.

– With 654 yards in the last four games, Etienne broke the Woodrow Dantzler school record for most rushing yards in four games (623 in 2000).

– Etienne became the first Clemson player to rush for at least three touchdowns in consecutive games since Travis Zachery against Duke (four) and Georgia Tech (three) in 1999.

– Etienne has now rushed for at least one touchdown in six consecutive games, which has added to his series of career games with an urgent touchdown.

– Etienne became the first Clemson player to rush for a touchdown in six consecutive games since Wayne Gallman's eight-game winning streak at the end of the 2016 season.

– Etienne now has six career games with multiple touchdowns. He has now recorded two consecutive games with several decisive draws for the second time in his career (against Florida State and The Citadel in 2017).

– Etienne He is the first Clemson player to have accumulated 100 yards in four consecutive games since Woodrow Dantzler vs. Wake Forest, Virginia, Duke and NC State in 2000. He has more than 100 yards to his credit. , established by Kenny Flowers in 1985 and by Raymond Priester in 1996-97.

– Etienne opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 59-yard touchdown in the fourth game of Clemson's fourth order.

– At the time, the 59-yard run was Etienne the longest of the season and the second longest of his career, holding only his 81-yard touchdown against Louisville in 2017. He then added a 70-yard touchdown in the third quarter, marking a fresh start for the season.

– In a single game, Etienne has overshadowed the number of 50-yard or more ground-based touchdowns accumulated in 15 games by the 2016 Clemson National Champion team, which has only recorded one touchdown this season.

– Playing on his 19th birthday, quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 20-25 passes for 175 yards with two touchdown passes and no interception for 165.2 pass effectiveness.

– On a 55 yard strike to the wide receiver Justyn Ross, Lawrence recorded his 10th touchdown pass of the season and became only the fourth freshman in Clemson's history (first year or redshirt) to launch two-digit touchdown passes, joining Kyle Parker (20 in 2009), Deshaun Watson (14 in 2014) and Charlie Whitehurst (10 in 2002).

– The touchdown reception was Ross & # 39; fourth in his first-year campaign, three of which came from 50 yards or more (57 against Georgia Southern, 53 at Georgia Tech, 55 at Wake Forest).

– Ross is the first Clemson player to score three touchdowns with 50-yard touchdowns or more in one season since Artavis Scott in 2014 (four).

– Wide receiver Tee Higgins sets new career high in touchdown season with third touchdown of the season on 20-yard pass Lawrence in the second quarter.

– choice posted a 64-yard touchdown in the third quarter. It was the longest touchdown of his career, surpassing 39 yards against Louisville last year.

– Dixon recorded a touchdown on the third quarter, the first touchdown of his career.

– Clemson captains for the contest were linebackers Kendall Josephoffensive lineman Sean Pollarddefensive line player Chris Sign up and wide receiver Hunter Renfrow.

WITH THE WINNER …

– Clemson has now opened 6-0 for the fourth consecutive season and for the sixth time in the past eight years.

– Clemson improved to 66-17-1 all-time against Wake Forest. Clemson's 66 wins against Wake Forest are their second best against an opponent in the history of the school, behind the Tigers' 69 wins against South Carolina.

– Clemson has won the 24th of his last 25 games against opponents in the Atlantic Division of ACC.

– Clemson earned his 17th victory in his last 18 games on the road.

– Clemson has now won 58 of his last 60 games against unclassified teams.

– Clemson has improved to 32-0 since 2015 scoring for the first time.

– Head Coach Dabo Swinney increased his career-winning percentage to 0.81 (107-30), edging Bear Bryant (0.780, 323-85-17) for the 21st-highest percentage of career wins among Head coaches with at least 10 years of experience.

– Swinney has improved to 10-0 as head coach against Wake Forest. Wake Forest is one of five schools in the ACC against which Swinney is undefeated as the head coach. This list also includes Duke (2-0), Louisville (4-0), Virginia (3-0) and Virginia Tech (5-0). .

– Clemson now has 50-1 while he was running at least 200 yards under Dabo Swinney.

– Clemson has a perfect 38-0 record when both pass and run for at least 200 yards under Swinney.

– Clemson now has a record of 36-2 in producing a 100-yard run.

-Clemson has now won 60 consecutive games while the teams have held less than 23 points since 2010.

– Swinney has improved to 23-2 all-time as head coach against the ACC teams in North Carolina. Clemson have won 17 straight games against North Carolina teams, including the latest loss this year in NC State in 2011.