Against NC State, Spector recorded a team-high and career-high 19 tackles. His 19 tackles were the most by a Clemson player in a single game under Dabo Swinney.
The Vols lead the all-time series by a 27-10-2 margin, including a 17-3 advantage in Neyland Stadium, but the Gamecocks have won three of the last five meetings between the two schools.
Dustin Johnson became the first American since Larry Nelson in 1979 to go 5-0, completing his perfect week by beating Paul Casey in a match he never trailed.
Clemson’s top-10 streak (97 week) was tied with Alabama for the longest current run in college football and second-longest in the history of the AP poll, behind Miami’s 137 from 1985-93.
North Carolina State forced D.J. Uiagalelei into a fourth-down incompletion in the second overtime to beat ninth-ranked Clemson 27-21 on Saturday, an outcome that shakes up the Atlantic Coast Conference race and deals a huge blow to the Tigers’ College Football Playoff hopes.
Grayson McCall threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third, and No. 17 Coastal Carolina scored on eight of nine possessions and sent UMass to a 15th straight loss in a 53-3 victory Saturday.
Panthers lost Horn, the No. 8 overall pick, after he suffered a non-contact injury to his right foot. Horn was taken to the locker room on a golf cart and was later ruled out for the game.
Clemson is the only team in the conference that has not yet totaled 1,000 yards through the first three games, a far cry from the offensive dominance this team has been accustomed to in years past.
The Benedict College Tigers fell behind early and staged a massive second-half rally, but the Savannah State Tigers scored on a 31-yard run with 1:24 left in the game to pull out a 41-34 victory on Saturday.
Will Shipley ran for two touchdowns and No. 6 Clemson had a goal-line stand in the final seconds in wild 14-8 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday night.
The Bishops' Trophy is back home in Newberry as the Wolves knocked off fifth-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne 28-21 Saturday night. The win snapped a three-game losing streak to the Bears and gave the Wolves their first win over a ranked opponent since November 8th, 2014, when Newberry defeated #24 Carson-Newman 41-26.
Grayson McCall threw for three touchdowns, Shermari Jones ran for 149 yards and another score, and No. 16 Coastal Carolina held on to beat Buffalo 28-25 on Saturday for its first road win of the season.