The 2019 season's largest margin: Clemson 59, Boston College 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Top-10 Year
Clemson finished 2019 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Trevor LawrenceQB3,665 passing yards
- Chase BriceQB581 passing yards
- Travis EtienneRB1,614 rushing yards
- Lyn-J DixonRB635 rushing yards
- Chez MellusiRB276 rushing yards
- Tee HigginsWR1,167 receiving yards
- Justyn RossWR865 receiving yards
- Amari RodgersWR426 receiving yards
- Isaiah SimmonsLB104 tackles
- James SkalskiLB90 tackles
- Shaq SmithLB75 tackles
- Tyler DavisDT6.5 sacks
- Justin FosterDE4.5 sacks
- Jordan WilliamsDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Clemson 25, LSU 42. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Clemson fell to LSU 25-42 in the postseason.
"All in"
2019 is a middle chapter for Clemson — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.