CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Exactly 10 years after being hired as the Clemson football program’s head coach, Dabo Swinney made history with the Tigers.
Travis Etienne ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns, Trevor Lawrence threw two short touchdown passes to Tee Higgins and No. 2 Clemson beat Pittsburgh 42-10 on a rainy Saturday night to become the first team to win four straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship games.
“You can’t be the best ever if you don’t do things that have never been done,” a triumphant Swinney said after the game.
Clemson (13-0) is expected to face third-ranked Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff on Dec. 29, though the field won’t be set until noon today.
As Swinney held up the championship trophy on the field after the game, he shouted to thousands of waterlogged fans clad in orange rain jackets: “I think we should just come back and do it again next year!”