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Rivalry History

Clemson-Florida State

Clemson and Florida State have met 37 times since 1970. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
16-21
Current streak
Clemson 1 game
Longest streak
Florida State 11 games (1992-2002)
Avg. margin / points
17.6 / 52.7

Series overview

Clemson 16-21 Florida State. Current streak: Clemson 1 game.

Last five meetings

Clemson 4 | Florida State 1

Largest margin

57 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1970 through 2024.
  • 37 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 5, 2024.

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What this rivalry is

Clemson and Florida State have a tracked series that starts in 1970 and spans 37 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1970-2024
Busiest era
2000s, 10 games
Longest pause
11 years (1976-1988)
  • 2000s10 games
  • 2010s10 games
  • 1990s8 games
  • 2020s4 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Oct 5, 2024

Clemson 29, Florida State 13. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

2016 - Oct 30, 2016

Clemson 37, Florida State 34. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2012 - Sep 23, 2012

Clemson 37, Florida State 49. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1993 - Sep 11, 1993

Clemson 0, Florida State 57. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Clemson 4, Florida State 1 across 5 games
Last ten
Clemson 8, Florida State 2 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 52.7, average margin 17.6.
Current streak
Clemson 1 game

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Antonio Williams

    Clemson, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 902

  • Cade Klubnik

    Clemson, 2024

    Passing Yards: 3639

  • Phil Mafah

    Clemson, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 1115

  • DJ Uiagalelei

    Florida State, 2024

    Passing Yards: 1065

  • Ja'Khi Douglas

    Florida State, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 519

  • Lawrance Toafili

    Florida State, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 456

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Dabo Swinney

    Clemson - 2019-2024 - 54-15

  • Mike Norvell

    Florida State - 2021-2024 - 30-21

  • Odell Haggins

    Florida State - 2019 - 2-2

  • Willie Taggart

    Florida State - 2019 - 4-5

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 75F, 1 with precipitation.

Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 2 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.

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Clemson season results

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Florida State season results

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Clemson weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Florida State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

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Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 5, 2024Clemson at Florida StateClemson 29, Florida State 13Venue unavailableClemson
Sep 23, 2023Florida State at ClemsonClemson 24, Florida State 31Venue unavailableFlorida State
Oct 15, 2022Clemson at Florida StateClemson 34, Florida State 28Venue unavailableClemson
Oct 30, 2021Florida State at ClemsonClemson 30, Florida State 20Venue unavailableClemson
Oct 12, 2019Florida State at ClemsonClemson 45, Florida State 14Venue unavailableClemson
Oct 27, 2018Clemson at Florida StateClemson 59, Florida State 10Venue unavailableClemson
Nov 11, 2017Florida State at ClemsonClemson 31, Florida State 14Venue unavailableClemson
Oct 30, 2016Clemson at Florida StateClemson 37, Florida State 34Venue unavailableClemson
Nov 7, 2015Florida State at ClemsonClemson 23, Florida State 13Venue unavailableClemson
Sep 21, 2014Clemson at Florida StateClemson 17, Florida State 23Venue unavailableFlorida State

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