The 2023 season's largest margin: Clemson 66, Charleston Southern 17. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Winning Chapter
Clemson's 2023 season (9-4) 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
- Cade KlubnikQB2,844 passing yards
- Phil MafahRB965 rushing yards
- Will ShipleyRB827 rushing yards
- Tyler BrownWR531 receiving yards
- Beaux CollinsWR510 receiving yards
- Jake BriningstoolTE498 receiving yards
- Jeremiah Trotter Jr.LB79 tackles
- Barrett CarterLB56 tackles
- R.J. MickensS39 tackles
- T.J. ParkerDE5.5 sacks
- Ruke OrhorhoroDT5 sacks
- Wade WoodazLB4 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Clemson 7, Duke 28. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Clemson beat Kentucky 38-35 in the postseason.
"All in"
2023 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.