While places like the College Football Playoff and the ACC Championship are the main goals for the Clemson Tigers in 2026, their win over North Carolina
On Saturday, the North Carolina Tar Heels had a chance to light a blaze under the seat of Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney. For one half of football, that seemed to be the case.
CLEMSON — Something happened Saturday afternoon in Clemson that a lot of you probably did not think could happen – me included. Dabo Swinney and the Clemson coaching staff outcoached a Bill Belichick-coached football team.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney stated during his postgame interview on ESPN, after the Tigers’ 28-20 comeback win over North Carolina on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, that true freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds “is going to be a problem for a long time.” “He ain’t going to do nothing but get better,” Swinney told ESPN.
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Clemson football saw major improvements on Saturday afternoon, defeating North Carolina 28-20 at home to open ACC play with a win. Head coach Dabo Swinney’s group rallied down two touchdowns at a point in the game to start its conference slate with a satisfying win in front of Clemson’s home crowd.
College football has historically been known as a sport that caters to the elite. It is very difficult to win a national championship if you aren't Notre Dame, Alabama, Ohio State, or a host of other schools that have great programs that invest heavily in keeping them at the top.
Clemson’s comeback against North Carolina was supposed to feel like a night the home crowd would remember. Instead, Dabo Swinney walked out for the third quarter and found a stadium that looked half-abandoned, then said so out loud.
Following Clemson’s 28-20 comeback victory over North Carolina on Saturday at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney and Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick shared a very brief postgame handshake at midfield.
Following Clemson’s 28-20 comeback victory over North Carolina on Saturday at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney gave an injury update on senior quarterback Christopher Vizzina.
Dabo Swinney said Clemson's come back from a double-digit deficit to beat UNC on Saturday will be a game he won't forget.
Coaching changes happen every year, but they don't all happen the same way. We have had some wild offseason coaching moves in recent seasons, and 2025-2026 wasn't any different.
Dabo Swinney is happy with what he’s seeing so far from Clemson Tigers freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds. On Saturday, Reynolds turned heads again as he delivered in his first-ever start for Clemson, leading the Tigers to a 28-20 come-from-behind win over Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C.
A year ago the Clemson Tigers marched into Chapel Hill and made easy work of Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels, crushing them 38-10. But as Dabo Swinney’s Tigers host the Tar Heels at Memorial Stadium today, Swinney is the one getting crushed and booed off the field.
The Dabo Swinney era for Clemson might be on its last legs. Despite having two national titles and 188 wins on his résumé, it’s fair to say his best days are behind him.
North Carolina Tar Heels football has a big opportunity in front of them on Saturday. Starting the season 2-0, the Tar Heels have looked more impressive than Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers, once hailed as one of the country's premier programs.
Beginning the 2026 season, the Clemson Tigers have had an issue at the line of scrimmage thus far, and it’s on both sides of the ball. However, through it all, there’s been one defensive lineman who has taken advantage of the open opportunities since transferring to the Tigers in May.
Yesterday, we spoke about true freshman wideout Gordon Sellars III separating himself within Clemson’s wide receiver corps, with him already earning the right to be the first outside receiver off the bench.
After two games of college football, there have been coaches being talked about for many different reasons to get headlines. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney
Clemson has adjustments to make beyond what happens at quarterback, coach Dabo Swinney said. The Tigers face North Carolina on Saturday afternoon in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams in Clemson, S.C.
Clemson Tigers coach Dabo Swinney did not set out to crown a new legend. He was answering a simpler question: if Tait Reynolds looks like anyone physically, who is it?
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is making a quarterback change ahead of the Tigers’ Week 3 ACC opener against North Carolina following two questionable offensive performances to begin the season.
Clemson escaped the LSU hangover with a 22-7 victory over Georgia Southern, finally putting a win on the board. Yet the Tigers had little reason to celebrate.
Clemson has finalized its 2027 non-conference schedule, but with a measure change to how the Tigers will open their campaign. Earlier, Dabo Swinney’s team was supposed to go against Dave Doeren’s NC State.
The blowout loss to LSU was too small of a sample size to judge the Clemson Tigers' 2026 outlook, head coach Dabo Swinney said at his press conference Tuesday.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney lost his cool at a reporter on Monday over a fairly innocent question about his team. At Swinney’s Monday press conference, Chapel Fowler of The State asked the coach if Saturday’s blowout loss to LSU left him with any regrets about his offseason roster construction.
Clemson began the 2026 college football season with an ugly 51-10 blowout loss to Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers in Kiffin's first game in Baton Rouge.
The Clemson Tigers opened their 2026 season by getting dismantled by the LSU Tigers on Saturday night, leading college football fans to double down on growing criticism of coach Dabo Swinney.
The Clemson Tigers did not simply lose their 2026 opener vs. the LSU Tigers. Clemson was dismantled so thoroughly that one night revived every concern surrounding head coach Dabo Swinney and the program’s direction.
The Clemson Tigers are rolling with a program veteran at quarterback heading into an all-important 2026 season for Dabo Swinney.
Ahead of a hyped Week 1 showdown, Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney took aim at LSU Tigers coach Lane Kiffin in pointed remarks about LSU's "embarrassing" player eligibility drama.
There will be plenty at stake when LSU and Clemson play in Baton Rouge on Saturday night.
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