CLEMSON – It is game day in the real Death Valley where Clemson hosts the Citadel on Military Appreciation Day.

The Tigers look to move to 9-2 and get one win away from another ten win season.

Location: Memorial Stadium (Death Valley)

Kickoff: 3:30 PM

Television: CW

Announcers:  Thom Brennaman, Max Browne, Treavor Scales

2024 Record: Clemson 8-2,  Citadel 5-6

ACC Record: Clemson 7-1

Series History: Clemson leads series 33-5-1

Last Meeting:  Clemson won 49-0 on September 19, 2020

CLEMSON SEEKS NINTH WIN OF 2024 SATURDAY AGAINST THE CITADEL

After a thrilling 24-20 win at Pitt last week, Clemson will return to Death Valley on Saturday, Nov. 23 when the Tigers face off with The Citadel Bulldogs in an intrastate, cross-division matchup. Kickoff at Memorial
Stadium in Clemson is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET.

To steal a turn of phrase from the golfing world, Clemson is “in the clubhouse,” so to speak, after wrapping up ACC regular season play with a late comeback win at Pitt last week. The Tigers finished ACC regular season play at 7-1 but will now await results from across the conference to determine whether or not the Tigers will qualify for the ACC Championship Game for a conference-leading 10th time.

Last week, Clemson carried a 17-7 lead into the fourth quarter against Pitt but found itself trailing 20 17 with 1:36 remaining. After a 244-yard first half, Clemson had been stifled to the tune of 27 second-half yards before its final drive. However, Clemson went on a three-play, 75-yard game-winning drive that culminated with a 50-yard Cade Klubnik touchdown run on a
quarterback draw to win the game.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

– Clemson attempting to reach nine wins in a season for the 32nd time in school history and for the 15th time in Dabo Swinney’s 16 full seasons as head coach.

– Clemson attempting to extend its school-record streak by winning nine games for a 14th consecutive season. Entering 2024, Alabama (16) and Clemson (13) had the longest active streaks of nine-win seasons in the country.

– Clemson attempting to tie the 1987-2000 Florida State Seminoles (14) for the third-longest streak of nine-win seasons in FBS history.

– Head Coach Dabo Swinney attempting to join Tom Osborne (25 straight from 1973-97), Nick Saban (16 straight from 2008-23) and Bobby Bowden (14 straight from 1987-2000) as the only coaches in major college football history to record at least 14 consecutive seasons with nine or more wins with one program.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 34-5-1 in its all time series with The Citadel since the teams’ first meeting in 1909.- Clemson attempting to win a 19th consecutive game against The Citadel. Clemson’s active 18-game winning streak in the series since 1932 is Clemson’s third-longest winning streak against a single opponent in school history.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 41-4 in non conference home games under Dabo Swinney. Clemson is 30-1 against non-conference opponents in Death Valley since 2013.

– Clemson facing the sixth of six head coaches slat ed to play Clemson for the first time this season (App State’s Shawn Clark, Stanford’s Troy Taylor, Virginia’s Tony Elliott, Louisville’s Jeff Brohm, Virginia Tech’s Brent Pry and The Citadel’s Maurice Drayton).

– Clemson attempting to improve to 168-74-3 all time (and 51-8 since 2011) when facing a coach for the first time.

ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCENARIOS

This week marks the first week that any team can clinch a berth in the 2024 ACC Championship Game.

Included below is updated communication from the ACC Championship Game scenarios in play this week:

– Clemson (7-1 in ACC play) would clinch if Miami loses to Wake Forest this week.

– SMU can clinch with a win over Virginia, as they would move to 7-0. The worst SMU could be then is 7-1 if they were to lose their final game versus Cal in Week 14. If there is a 3-way tie at 7-1 with Clemson, Miami, and SMU, Miami and SMU would advance based on wins over both Louisville and Florida State. Clemson went 1-1 against those two teams with a loss to Louisville.

– Miami (5-1) cannot clinch a spot this week.

TCI Predictions 

Robert – Clemson 63, Citadel 0

Will – Clemson 56, Citadel 3

JP – Clemson 51, Citadel 14