Clemson is now off to its worst start in the Dabo Swinney era and its worst start in 21 years.

The Tigers suffered a 34-21 loss to Syracuse on Saturday at Death Valley, falling to 1-3 – something that had previously never happened under Swinney.

Before now, Clemson had never started worse than 2-2 through four games in a season under Swinney.

The 1-3 start also marks Clemson’s worst since 2004, when the Tigers started 1-4 when Swinney was the Tigers wide receivers coach under Tommy Bowden. Clemson finished that season 6-5 (4-4 ACC).

Here’s a look at Clemson’s record, through four games, in every season since 2009, Swinney’s first full season as the Tigers’ head coach:

2009: 2-2

2010: 2-2

2011: 4-0

2012: 3-1

2013: 4-0

2014: 2-2

2015: 4-0

2016: 4-0

2017: 4-0

2018: 4-0

2019: 4-0

2020: 4-0

2021: 2-2

2022: 4-0

2023: 2-2

2024: 3-1

2025: 1-3

As for Saturday’s loss to Syracuse, it marked Clemson’s first-ever loss to the Orange at home. Clemson fell to 10-3 all-time against Syracuse and dropped to 5-1 against the Orange at Death Valley. Saturday’s loss also snapped also snapped Clemson’s six-game winning streak in the series against Syracuse.

After the open date next weekend, Clemson (0-2 ACC) hits the road on Saturday, Oct. 4 to face North Carolina at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill.