SYRACUSE — It is game day in Syracuse where the Tigers and the Orange battle once again.

The Tigers look to win their first ACC game of the season.

Location: JMA Wireless Dome

Kickoff: Noon

Television: ABC

Announcers:  Tom Luginbill, Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek

2023 Record: Clemson 2-2,  Syracuse 4-0

ACC Record: Clemson 0-2, Syracuse 0-0

Series History: Clemson leads series 9-2

Last Meeting:  Clemson won 27-21 on October 22, 2022

Clemson will seek its first conference win of 2023 and attempt to hand Syracuse its first loss of the 2023 campaign when the Tigers face the Orange on Saturday, Sept. 30. Kickoff at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., is scheduled for noon ET.

Clemson is 14-4 under Dabo Swinney — and 13-3 since 2015 — against undefeated opponents that are 4-0 or better. Those figures include handing undefeated Syracuse its first losses in both 2018 and 2022.

Clemson has not lost consecutive games in a single season since November 2011. Clemson’s 158 consecutive games played without consecutive losses in
the same season are the program’s longest streak in school history and the nation’s longest active streak. Clemson will attempt to extend that streak Saturday following a hardfought overtime loss to No. 4/3 Florida State a week ago.  In all, Clemson is 32-8 in games following a loss under Dabo Swinney, including season openers following a loss in the previous season finale.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

– Clemson playing on the 127th anniversary of the Sept. 30, 1896 formation of the Clemson College Football Association, a gathering of cadets with the
intention of securing a head coach and establishing an intercollegiate football squad. The school would play its first game 31 days later on Oct. 31, 1896 under the coaching of professor Walter Riggs.
– Clemson attempting to improve to 10-2 all-time against Syracuse. Syracuse would become the 19th program against which Clemson has earned double-digit  victories all-time, joining South Carolina (72), Wake Forest (70), NC State (60), Furman (44), Virginia (40), North Carolina (39), Duke (37), Georgia Tech (35), Maryland (34), The Citadel (33), Presbyterian (33), Virginia Tech (23), Boston College (21), Georgia (18), Florida State (15), Auburn (15), Wofford (13) and Davidson (11).
– Clemson attempting to win a sixth straight game against Syracuse to add to the longest streak by either team in series history.
– Clemson attempting to improve to 5-1 in road games at Syracuse all-time.

– Clemson entering a game against Syracuse unranked for the first time in series history. Clemson had been ranked in the Top 25 of at least one major poll in each of the 11 previous all-time contests against Syracuse.
– Clemson facing Syracuse one week after facing Florida State for the second straight season.
– Clemson attempting to improve to 23-11 against undefeated teams (with a minimum of four games played) since 1970.
– Clemson attempting to move to 15-4 against undefeated teams 4-0 or better during Head Coach Dabo Swinney’s tenure. Swinney would move to 14-3
against those squads since 2015.

CLEMSON VS. UNDEFEATEDS (4+ GP)

Saturday’s game against 4-0 Syracuse will be the 34th time since 1970 that Clemson has faced an undefeated opponent who has played at least four
games.

Clemson is 22-11 against undefeated teams (with a minimum of four games played) since 1970, dating to 0-3 Clemson upsetting 4-0 Duke on a 39-yard Eddie Seigler field goal in 1971 to earn a 3-0 win in Norfolk, Va.

TCI Predictions 

Robert – Clemson 35, Syracuse 21

Will – Clemson 23, Syracuse 17