Clemson’s all-time series record against 2024 opponents
How does Clemson match up historically against each opponent on the team’s 2024 schedule?
Entering the season, Clemson has the third highest winning percentage all-time among ACC schools at .624 percent. The Tigers trail only Florida State (.669) and Miami (.626) in that category.
The Hurricanes have the most national titles of any school in the ACC with five. Clemson and Florida State are tied for second with three apiece. But recent history is on the Tigers’ side, given their 2016 and 2018 national championship seasons — and their bids for two more in 2015 and 2019.
The makeup of Clemson’s 2024 schedule includes seven home games (vs. Appalachian State, NC State, Stanford, Virginia, Louisville, The Citadel, and South Carolina), four road games (at Florida State, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and Pitt), and one neutral-site game (vs. Georgia in Atlanta).
Here’s a look at how Clemson fares in all-time head to head series play against every opponent on the team’s 2024 schedule.
Georgia Bulldogs (August 31, Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
There’s plenty of history between these two schools, which are located 78 miles apart. The Tigers and Bulldogs met almost every year from 1962-1987 and didn’t fully stop playing annually until 1991. They also met each year from 1897-1932. This year’s contest will mark the fourth meeting between the schools since 2013.
Georgia leads the all-time series, 43-18-4. The Bulldogs have won six of the last seven meetings dating back to 1991.
LAST MEETING
September 4, 2021
GEORGIA 10, CLEMSON 3 — The Bulldogs won a defensive struggle at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium to open the 2021 season. Chris Smith’s 74-yard pick six off a DJ Uiagalelei pass late in the first half was the difference-maker.
Appalachian State Mountaineers (September 7, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
The Tigers and Mountaineers have met only five times. The Tigers opened their home schedule against Appalachian State in 1984, 1991, and again in 1997.
Clemson leads the all-time head to head series, 5-0.
LAST MEETING
September 12, 2015
CLEMSON 41, APPALACHIAN STATE 10 — Deshaun Watson threw for 248 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers’ second game of the 2015 season. Wayne Gallman added 79 yards on the ground.
NC State Wolfpack (September 21, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson has a couple of revenge games on its 2024 schedule, and the first one is its home contest vs. NC State. The Wolfpack upended the Tigers last year at Carter-Finley Stadium in a game that marked the low point of the season for Dabo Swinney’s team — and subsequently led to Swinney’s epic on-air rant on his weekly radio program the following Monday.
Clemson leads the all-time series, 60-30-1. The Wolfpack have won two of the past three meetings after Clemson had won 15 of 16 in the series from 2004-2019.
LAST MEETING
October 28, 2023
NC STATE 24, CLEMSON 17 — The Tigers never led in this game and their offense struggled to find consistency all day. Part of that was likely due to the loss of Will Shipley, who was injured in the first half and didn’t return. KC Concepcion had two touchdown catches, including a back-breaking 72-yard catch-and-run score, to give NC State consecutive wins over Clemson in Raleigh.
Stanford Cardinal (September 28, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
Clemson has a new opponent on its schedule this year thanks to conference realignment/expansion. Stanford will visit Death Valley on the final Saturday of September in what will be the first regular-season meeting between the two schools. The Tigers and Cardinal have met only once before on the gridiron.
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 1-0.
LAST MEETING
December 27, 1986
CLEMSON 27, STANFORD 21 — In the 42nd edition of the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, coach Danny Ford’s Tigers capped an 8-2-2 season with a win over Stanford. Clemson quarterback Rodney Williams was named the game’s co-MVP along with Cardinal running back Brad Muster.
Florida State Seminoles (October 5, Doak Campbell Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Speaking of revenge games, no one has forgotten Clemson’s heartbreaking overtime loss to Florida State last year. The latest chapter in this rivalry snapped a seven-game Tigers winning streak over the Seminoles.
Florida State leads the all-time series, 21-15.
LAST MEETING
September 23, 2023
FLORIDA STATE 31, CLEMSON 24 — Jordan Travis threw a perfect pass to Keon Coleman in overtime to lead the Seminoles to their first win in Death Valley since 2013. That was after Jonathan Weitz missed a 29-year field goal wide left with 1:47 left in regulation that would have given Clemson the lead.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (October 12, Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 71-17-1.
LAST MEETING
October 7, 2023
CLEMSON 17, WAKE FOREST 12 — Clemson’s defense shined in last year’s meeting, holding Wake Forest to 237 total yards. Shipley and Cade Klubnik each had short runs to account for the Tigers’ two touchdowns. Clemson has won its past 15 meetings against Wake Forest dating back to 2008, including 51-45 in the Tigers’ last visit to Winston-Salem in 2022.
Virginia Cavaliers (October 19, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 40-8-1.
LAST MEETING
October 3, 2020
CLEMSON 41, VIRGINIA 23 — The two longtime ACC rivals haven’t met since the pandemic season of 2020. In that game, Trevor Lawrence threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns. Travis Etienne rushed for 115 yards, and the Tigers moved to 3-0 en route to a record sixth consecutive appearance in the College Football Playoff.
Louisville Cardinals (November 2, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 8-0.
LAST MEETING
November 12, 2022
CLEMSON 31, LOUISVILLE 16 — Shipley had one of the most impressive moves of the year when he hurdled a Louisville defender as part of a 25-yard touchdown run to help lift the Tigers to victory. Shipley rushed for 97 yards and Phil Mafah ran for 106 more. All eight Clemson victories over Louisville have come since the Cardinals joined the ACC in 2014.
Virginia Tech Hokies (November 9, Lane Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 23-12-1.
LAST MEETING
December 5, 2020
CLEMSON 45, VIRGINIA TECH 10 — Trevor Lawrence had two touchdown runs, and Clemson got a pair of long scoring plays in the fourth quarter — a 65-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Cornell Powell and a 50-yard touchdown run from Darien Rencher — to cap a 9-1 regular season.
Clemson has won six straight contests against Virginia Tech and hasn’t lost to the Hokies since 2007.
Pitt Panthers (November 16, Acrisure Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Pitt leads the all-time series, 3-2.
LAST MEETING
October 23, 2021
PITT 27, CLEMSON 17 — Kenny Pickett threw for 302 yards and a pair of touchdowns at Heinz Field as Pitt picked up its second win over Clemson since joining the ACC. In 2016, Pitt’s 43-42 victory in Death Valley was the Tigers’ lone loss in a national championship season.
The Citadel (November 23, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
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SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 33-5-1.
LAST MEETING
September 19, 2020
CLEMSON 49, THE CITADEL 0 — Lawrence needed only nine passes to throw three touchdowns in a rout over The Citadel in the second game of the Tigers’ season. Since 2000, Clemson has won every game against The Citadel by at least 28 points.
South Carolina (November 30, Clemson Memorial Stadium)
SERIES HISTORY
Clemson leads the all-time series, 73-43-4.
LAST MEETING
November 25, 2023
CLEMSON 16, SOUTH CAROLINA 7 — Khalil Barnes’ 42-yard scoop-and-score just 35 seconds into the game was the only touchdown on a night when Clemson’s defense thoroughly dominated Spencer Rattler and the Gamecocks.
The Tigers held Rattler to just 112 passing yards, and Jonathan Weitz connected on three field goals, including a career-long 50-yarder, to give Clemson its eighth win in the past nine meetings against South Carolina.
When the schools last met in Death Valley in 2022, the Gamecocks knocked off a Clemson team that was 10-1 and ranked No. 7 in the polls with an outside shot at the College Football Playoff.
