Meeting No. 116 · Saturday, November 24, 2018

2018 Palmetto Bowl: Clemson 56, South Carolina 35

Lawrence and Bentley combine for 903 passing yards

FinalMemorial Stadium, Clemson, SC

No. 2 Clemson 12-0 56

South Carolina 6-5 35

Quick answers

Who won?: Clemson
Final score: Clemson 56, South Carolina 35
When and where: Saturday, November 24, 2018 · Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC
Series after this game: Clemson leads 70-42-4

Clemson 70-42-4Series after this game

ClemsonSeries streak: 5 straight

116 of 122Meeting number

21 ptsMargin

91 ptsCombined points

Clemson 5, SC 42010s through this game

Decisive moment

Clemson led 28-21 at halftime, then pulled away with three second-half touchdown runs from Travis Etienne, Tavien Feaster and Adam Choice to lead 49-21 early in the fourth quarter.

How the game went

South Carolina scored first on a Jake Bentley touchdown pass to Deebo Samuel. Clemson defensive lineman Christian Wilkins ran for a touchdown.

Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 393 yards, and Bentley set South Carolina’s single-game record with 510 passing yards in the loss. The 91 combined points are the most in series history, and the 35 points were the most Clemson had allowed since the 2016 ACC Championship Game.

Key players

Player	Team	Performance
Trevor Lawrence	Clemson	Career-high 393 passing yards
Travis Etienne	Clemson	Second-half touchdown runs, including a 7-yarder in the final minute
Christian Wilkins	Clemson	Rushing touchdown from the defensive line
Jake Bentley	South Carolina	School-record 510 passing yards

Notable facts

Highest combined score in series history (91 points)
Clemson's 3rd straight win in Clemson

Game facts

Date	Saturday, November 24, 2018
Site	Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC
Meeting	No. 116 (Home-and-home era)
Head coaches	Clemson: Dabo Swinney · South Carolina: Will Muschamp
AP rankings	Clemson: No. 2 · South Carolina: Unranked
Records after game	Clemson: 12-0 · South Carolina: 6-5
Attendance	81,436