CLEMSON – It is game day in Death Valley where Clemson battles Louisville as they look to start a November to remember.

The Tigers look to move to 6-0 in the conference with a win over the Cardinals.

Location: Memorial Stadium (Death Valley)

Kickoff: 7:30 PM

Television: ESPN

Announcers:  Louis Riddick, Bob Wischusen, Kris Budden

2024 Record: Clemson 6-1,  Louisville 5-3

ACC Record: Clemson 5-0, Louisville 3-2

Series History: Clemson leads series 8-0

Last Meeting:  Clemson fell 31-16 on November 12, 2022

CLEMSON OPENS NOVEMBER SLATE SATURDAY AGAINST LOUISVILLE

After an open date last week, Clemson will embark upon its five-game November slate on Saturday with its first of three consecutive conference games to open the month when the Tigers host the Louisville Cardinals
on Nov. 2. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium in Clemson is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.

The prime-time contest will be Clemson’s third night game at Death Valley this season. Clemson has won 22 straight home night games since 2013, the nation’s second-longest active streak.

Clemson has run out to a 5-0 start in ACC play and has done so convincingly. The Tigers have outscored their conference opponents by a 225-107 mark (+118), good for an average margin of victory of 23.6 points per game. Clemson has the third-highest point differential in conference play in the nation this season, trailing only 7-0 Army and 8-0 Indiana.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

– Clemson attempting to start 6-0 in conference play for the seventh time under Dabo Swinney (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022). It would be Clemson’s 13th such start since joining the ACC in 1953.- Clemson attempting to push its all-time record against Louisville to 9-0.- Clemson attempting to win in its first nine games against a school for the second time ever, joining
– Clemson’s wins in the first 29 games of its all-time series with Virginia.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 5-0 at home against Louisville all-time. Louisville would become the seventh program to play at least five games in Clemson and be winless against the Tigers in those venues (Wofford, 0-9; Newberry and App State, 0-6; South Carolina State, Syracuse and Western Carolina, 0-5).

– Clemson entering the game averaging 39.4 points per game against Louisville in eight all-time meetings, Clemson’s highest all-time scoring average against an opponent presently in a power conference.

– Clemson attempting to improve to 70-3 at Death Valley in the College Football Playoff era. Clemson’s current 69-3 home record in that span is a half-game shy of Alabama for the best home record in the country.

– Clemson attempting to extend its active home winning streak to nine games. Clemson’s eight-game home winning streak is the ACC’s longest active streak.

– Clemson attempting to produce a home winning streak of nine or more games for the 10th time in team history.

NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER?

After a disappointing season opener in August, Clemson went 3-0 in the month of September and 3-0 in the month of October. Saturday’s game will be Clemson’s first of five November games.

Last year, Clemson opened its season 4-4 in September and October, but the Tigers won all four games in the month of November amid their season
ending five-game winning streak. Clemson is 30-4 in games in the month of November since 2015, tied for the second-best November record in the nation.

PRIME TIME IN DEATH VALLEY

Clemson’s 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff against Louisville will be Clemson’s fourth night game of the 2024 season and its 64th night game since the start of the 2015 season. In that time, Clemson is 52-11 in night games, including a
31-8 mark since the start of the 2018 season.

Clemson is 3-0 in prime time this season, including a 2-0 mark at home. Clemson has won its last 22 night games in Death Valley, a streak that dates to the middle of the 2013 season. Overall, Clemson is 25-3 under the Death Valley lights in Dabo Swinney’s tenure.

TCI Predictions 

Robert – Clemson 42, Louisville 17

Will – Clemson 38, Louisville 27

JP – Clemson 34, Louisville 24