The 2021 season's largest margin: Clemson 49, South Carolina State 3. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
Clemson's 2021 season (9-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Chase BriceQB3,337 passing yards
- D.J. UiagaleleiQB2,246 passing yards
- Will ShipleyRB739 rushing yards
- Kobe PaceRB641 rushing yards
- Phil MafahRB292 rushing yards
- Justyn RossWR514 receiving yards
- Joseph NgataWR438 receiving yards
- Beaux CollinsWR407 receiving yards
- James SkalskiLB87 tackles
- Baylon SpectorLB74 tackles
- Trenton SimpsonLB65 tackles
- Myles MurphyDE7.5 sacks
- KJ HenryDE4.5 sacks
- Xavier ThomasDE3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Clemson 17, Pittsburgh 27. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Clemson beat Iowa State 20-13 in the postseason.
"All in"
2021 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.