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Clemson Postgame Notes Clemson 52, Duke 22.

Sept. 30, 2000

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In Clemson's 52-22 victory over Duke, Woodrow Dantzler had 308 yards of total offense, his third straight 300 yard game. He became the first Tiger in history to record three straight 300-yard total offense games in school history.

In his last three games, Dantzler has had at least 100 yards rushing and 100 yards passing. He is the first Clemson player in history to have at least 100 of each in three straight games.

Dantlzer now has 629 yards rushing and 865 yards passing for the season. He is on pace to have 1383 yards rushing and 1903 yards passing for the season.

Dantzler has 520 yards rushing over the last three games, 166 against Wake Forest, 220 at Virginia and 134 against Duke. That total is the most ever by any Clemson player in a three game series. The record was 489 by Terrence Flagler in 1986.

Dantzler had three rushing touchdowns and one touchdown pass against Duke. He has already accounted for 16 touchdowns this year, eight rushing and eight passing. The Clemson record for a season is 19 by Mark Fellers in 1974. Thus, in less than half a season, Dantzler is just three TDs away from tying that record.

Clemson has now scored 238 points and 32 touchdowns this season. Clemson had 322 points and 42 touchdowns in 12 games last year. The 238 points Clemson has scored in the first five games is already more points than Clemson scored in three of the last seven years.

Keith Adams registered 3 sacks against Duke for -27 yards. Adams now has seven sacks in two years against Duke. He set the school record with four sacks against Duke last year. For his career, Adams has 22 sacks, all in the last 17 games. He is already tied for fourth in Clemson history on a career basis, tied with Brentson Buckner. The only Tigers with more are Michael Dean Perry (28), William Perry (27) and Adrian Dingle (23).

Adams tied a Clemson record for consecutive games with at least one tackle for loss with his three sack performance against Duke. He has had at least one tackle for loss in 17 straight games, tying the record set by Anthony Simmons from 1996-97.

Clemson scored 52 points at Duke, most points by the Tigers in a road game since 1984 when Clemson scored 55 in a 55-0 win at Virginia. Overall, it was the sixth most points scored on an opponent's home field in school history. The record is 73 in a 73-0 win at Georgia Tech in 1903.

Running back Travis Zachery scored two touchdowns against Duke on Saturday. He suffered a sprained ankle and did not play in the second half. He should be back for practice early next week and is expected to play against NC State. He now has eight touchdowns for the year and 29 for his career. He is now third in Clemson history in the category of career touchdowns. Only Lester Brown (32) and Fred Cone (31) have more on a career basis than Zachery.

Clemson had its second 500-yard total offense game of the season against Duke when the Tigers picked up 315 rushing and 212 passing. Clemson is now 38-0-1 in history when it gains at least 500 yards of total offense. Saturday's game with Duke marked just the eighth time in school history that Clemson gained at least 300 yards rushing and 200 yards passing in the same game in school history. It was the first time since 1984 when Clemson had 312 rushing and 235 passing in a win over Duke at Clemson.

Clemson is now 5-0 for the first time since 1987 when the Tigers opened 6-0. That year Clemson's perfect beginning was ended by NC State in a game at Clemson, 30-28.

Clemson is now 3-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1988. That year NC State ended Clemson's 3-0 start with a 10-3 Pack victory in Raleigh.

Clemson gained its fifth win of September with the win over Duke. This is the first time in history that Clemson has five wins before October 1.

Clemson now begins a stretch in which it plays three teams over the next five weeks who defeated Clemson last year.

NC State enters Saturday's game with a 4-0 record. Each of the last three times that NC State has opened the season 4-0 or better, the Tigers have ended their perfect season. NC State was 6-0 in 1989 and 1991 before losing to Clemson. In 1990, the Pack was 4-0 before Clemson defeated NC State.

Clemson has scored 70 points over the last two years against NC State, but has an 0-2 mark against the Pack in those games.

With Washington and Florida losing on Saturday, Clemson could move into the top 5 of the AP poll. Clemson has not been ranked in the top 5 in the nation since 1988 when Clemson was ranked 3rd heading into a game with Florida State.

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