Streaking: What is on the line against Texas A&M

Streaking: What is on the line against Texas A&M

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

- Clemson attempting to earn its second all-time home win against Texas A&M.

 - Clemson attempting to win its 17th consecutive game, dating to the start of the 2018 season. It would tie Clemson's all-time longest winning streak, matching a 17-game streak across the final three games of the 2014 season and the first 14 games in 2015. 

- Clemson attempting to win a 12th consecutive game by 20 or more points, which would extend its school record in the category and tie 2018 Alabama for the longest such streak by any team in the AP Poll era (since 1936). 

- Clemson attempting to win a sixth straight home game against SEC competition (def. Georgia in 2014, South Carolina in 2014 and 2016, Auburn in 2017, and South Carolina again in 2018). The current five-game home winning streak against SEC foes is already the longest in school history. 

- Clemson entering the game 8-1 against SEC competition since 2016. 

- Clemson attempting to win its ninth straight regular season game against SEC competition. Clemson's last regular season loss to an SEC team came against Georgia in 2014. 

- Clemson attempting to win its 20th consecutive regular season non-conference game. Clemson's current 19-game streak against non-conference opponents in the regular season dates to a 73-7 win against South Carolina State on Sept. 6, 2014. No member of Clemson's current roster has lost a non-conference game in regular season play.

 -Swinney attempting to improve to 17-9 all-time against SEC opponents. 

- Swinney attempting to improve to 6-4 all-time against Texas A&M Head Coach Jimbo Fisher. The coaches were 4-4 against one another during Fisher's tenure at Florida State and Swinney took the coaches' first meeting with Fisher at Texas A&M last season. A Clemson win would be its fifth straight over Fisher-coached teams. 

- Swinney attempting to push his all-time record in non-conference play as a head coach to 43-13, which would extend his non-conference record in regular season play to 34-8. 

- Clemson attempting to win its 17th consecutive game at Memorial Stadium, dating back to a 56-7 win against South Carolina on Nov. 25, 2016. The current 16-game streak is the second-longest home winning streak in Clemson history, trailing only a 21-game Memorial Stadium winning streak from 2013-16. 

- Clemson attempting to push its winning streak in Saturday games to 31 to extend the longest Saturday winning streak in school history. Clemson's current 30-game run of consecutive Saturday victories is the longest active streak in the country. 

- Clemson attempting to win its 19th consecutive game in the month of September, dating back to 2014. The current streak is already the longest in school history.

16 AND COUNTING:

Clemson enters this week riding a 16-game winning streak dating to the 2018 season opener. The only other FBS program with an active double-digit winning streak is Army, which pushed its streak to 10 with a win against Rice in Week 1. 

Clemson's current 16-game winning streak marks the program's 10th all-time winning streak of at least 10 games and the second-longest streak in team history. With a win this week, Clemson can tie its 17-game winning streak from 2014-15 that currently stands as the longest in school history. 

The current streak marks the third time Dabo Swinney has had a winning streak of at least 10 games. Danny Ford had three separate streaks of at least 10 games, including a 13-game streak from 1980 through the last game of the 1981 season. Frank Howard had a 15-game winning streak from 1947-49 and was part of a 13-game streak from 1939- 40. The school's first 10-game winning streak took place under John Heisman from 1899 to 1901.

20-POINT WINS:

Observers will often point to Clemson's 27-23 comefrom-behind victory against Syracuse in late September of 2018 as a turning point in the team's 15-0 national championship season. Since that win, in which redshirt freshman Chase Brice led the team to victory after starting the week as the squad's third-team quarterback.

Clemson has won every game it has played by at least 20 points. Per ESPN Stats & Info, Clemson enters this week one victory of 20 points or more shy of tying the 2018 Alabama Crimson Tide for the longest streak of 20-point wins in the AP Poll era (since 1936).

STREAKS OF EXCELLENCE: Included below are a number of additional historically profound streaks presently being produced by Clemson: 

• Has won 59 of its last 63 games overall dating to 2014. 

• Has won 35 of its last 37 games against ACC teams. 

• Has won 67 of its last 69 games when leading at halftime.

 • Is 88-2 since 2011 when leading after three quarters. 

• Is 40-0 when scoring first since 2015. 

• Has an 88-2 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011. 

• Has a 48-3 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011. 

• Is 56-1 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney. 

• Is 42-0 when both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney. 

• Is 41-2 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011. 

• Has won 19 of its last 20 games away from home against ACC teams. 

• Has won 19 of its last 20 road games. 

• Has won 29 of its last 32 games away from home. 

• Has won 37 of its last 38 games at home. 

• Has won 28 of its last 29 games against ACC Atlantic Division teams.

 • Has won 18 games in a row in September. 

• Has won 19 of its last 20 games in October. 

• Has won 10 games in a row in November. 

• Has won 10 games in a row in December. 

• Has won 64 of its last 66 games against unranked teams. 

• Has won 20 of its last 21 games against top-25 teams. 

• Entered 2019 having won 39 of its last 41 games against teams that ended their season in a bowl game (including 2018 Boston College, whose bowl game was cancelled as the result of inclement weather). 

• Has won 69 straight games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).