GAME-BY-GAME
AUG. 30 • VS. LSU • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
After four previous postseason meetings, the Tigers of both Clemson and LSU will meet one another in regular season play for the first time in history when Clemson welcomes the Bayou Bengals to Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 30. Clemson is 12-5 against SEC opponents in regular season play in the College Football Playoff era. The marquee matchup between the respective conference powers will mark Clemson’s first time opening a season at home since 2019, as the Tigers opened all five seasons from 2020-24 either on the road or at a neutral site.
SEPT. 6 • VS. TROY • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
Clemson will remain at home for its second game of the season when the Tigers face the Troy Trojans at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 6. Clemson is 41-5 in non-conference home games under Dabo Swinney including a 31-2 mark in its last 33 non-conference games in Death Valley. Swinney’s 41-5 mark in those contests includes Clemson’s two previous all-time meetings with Troy: a 43-19 win in 2011 and a 30-24 win in 2016.
SEPT. 13 • AT GEORGIA TECH • BOBBY DODD STADIUM, ATLANTA, GA.
Clemson will open ACC play on Saturday, Sept. 13 when the Tigers face Georgia Tech in Atlanta. By virtue of the ACC adopting a divisionless format with altered protected rivalries, last season marked the first year since 1982 that Clemson and Georgia Tech did not face one another. Clemson’s last road game at Georgia Tech was played at Mercedes Benz Stadium in 2022, so this year’s contest will mark Clemson’s first trip to Bobby Dodd Stadium since 2020, a game in which Trevor Lawrence threw for 404 yards and five touchdowns in a 73-7 win, the largest margin of victory in an ACC game in conference history.
SEPT. 20 • VS. SYRACUSE • MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON, S.C.
After hosting two early season non-conference games, Memorial Stadium will host its first conference tilt of the 2025 season on Saturday, Sept. 20 when Clemson hosts Syracuse. The Tigers are 10-2 all-time against Syracuse but 5-0 against the Orange in Death Valley. The game will be Syracuse’s first visit to Memorial Stadium since 2022, a 27-21 win in which then-freshman Cade Klubnik entered in reserve at quarterback and helped the Tigers overcome an 11-point fourth quarter deficit in the victory.
OCT. 4 • AT NORTH CAROLINA • KENAN MEMORIAL STADIUM, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
After a Clemson open date on the weekend of Sept. 27, two of the…