The 2020 season's largest margin: Clemson 73, Georgia Tech 7. A 66-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The Top-10 Year
Clemson finished 2020 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 LawrenceQB3,153 passing yards
- D.J. UiagaleleiQB914 passing yards
- Travis EtienneRB914 rushing yards
- Amari RodgersWR1,020 receiving yards
- Cornell PowellWR882 receiving yards
- Braden GallowayTE369 receiving yards
- Baylon SpectorLB64 tackles
- Nolan TurnerS52 tackles
- Joseph CharlestonS44 tackles
- Myles MurphyDE4 sacks
- Bryan BreseeDT4 sacks
- Trenton SimpsonLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Clemson 28, Ohio State 49. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Clemson fell to Ohio State 28-49 in the postseason.
"All in"
2020 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.