CLEMSON – It is game day at Memoria Stadium where Clemson looks to defeat Florida State and and earn a much needed win in Death Valley.

The Tigers hope to avoid their seventh straight Power 4 loss at home.

Location: Memorial Stadium

Kickoff: 7:00 PM

Television: ACC Network

Announcers: Wes Durham, Steve Addazio, Dana Boyle

2025 Record: Clemson 3-5,  Florida State 4-4

ACC Record: Clemson 2-4, Florida State 1-4

Series History: Clemson trails series 16-21

Last Meeting:  Clemson defeated Florida State 29-13 on October 5, 2024

Clemson will play its final home conference game of the 2025 season when the Tigers host the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, Nov. 8. Kickoff at
Memorial Stadium in Clemson is set for 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network.

During the game, Clemson will recognize the 10 newest members of the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame, including three who made significant contributions to Clemson’s football program: wide receiver DeAndre
Hopkins, late defensive tackle Chester McGlockton and long-time sports information director Tim Bourret. More information on the class is available on page 4.

Saturday will be the 22nd anniversary of one of the more shocking results in the history of the Clemson Florida State series, a 26-10 Clemson win against No. 3 FSU on Nov. 8, 2003. Unranked 5-4 Clemson was coming off a 45-17 loss at Wake Forest, and 8-1 Florida State had just won 37-0 at Notre Dame. To this day, Dabo Swinney, who was in his first year as Clemson’s wide receivers coach at the time, credits the win with helping save his tenure at Clemson, as the victory was the first of Tigers’ four straight wins to end the season and led to a contract extension for Head Coach Tommy Bowden.

This year’s game will be Florida State’s 19th all-time visit to Clemson. The teams have evenly split their 18 previous meetings in Death Valley, 9-9, with almost identical point totals of 470-468. Of Clemson’s 65 all-time Memorial Stadium foes, a Tiger win Saturday would make Florida State the 50th against which the Tigers have a winning record in the legendary venue.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

– Clemson attempting to earn its 17th all-time victory against Florida State.- Clemson attempting to improve to 10-9 all-time in home games against Florida State.

– Clemson attempting to keep Florida State from winning consecutive games in Death Valley for the first time since the Seminoles won their first seven trips to Memorial Stadium from 1975-2001. Since that stretch, Clemson is 9-2 at home against Florida State.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 34-10 in night games since the start of the 2018 season and 55-13 in night games since 2015.- Clemson attempting to improve to 26-5 in night games at Memorial Stadium in Dabo Swinney’s tenure and move to 22-2 at home in prime-time games in the
College Football Playoff era.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 40-12 in games following a loss under Dabo Swinney.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 72-9 at Death Valley in the College Football Playoff era. Clemson’s current 71-9 home record is the fourth-best in the country in that span.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 82-14 against CC opponents, including postseason play, since 2015.

HALL OF FAME DAY

Saturday has been designated as Hall of Fame Day, as 10 former Clemson student-athletes and administrators will be inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame over the weekend.

In addition to the inductions of Dov Kremer (Cross Country), Oswald Drawdy (Men’s Golf), Donnie Heckel (Wrestling), Stewart Ralph (Track and Field), Sophie Woorons (Women’s Tennis), Jennifer Mihalik (Women’s Swimming) and Natoya Goule (Women’s Track), this year’s class features two former Clemson Football players and the program’s legendary former chief of
communications.

Career highlights for Clemson Football’s three honorees are included below:

TCI Predictions 

Robert – Clemson 27, Florida State 24

Will – Florida State 38, Clemson 24

JP – Florida State 34, Clemson 24