If someone had to break his father’s record, Tommy Bowden says he thinks his father would have picked Dabo Swinney.
Swinney and No. 10 Clemson traveled to Tallahassee last weekend and defeated Florida State, 29-13, the fourth consecutive win for the Tigers this season and the fourth in a row in Doak Campbell Stadium. That win was the 174th victory of Swinney's coaching career, the entirety of which has been with the Tigers.
With the win, Swinney passed former Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden's 173 wins as an ACC head coach. Although Bowden remains second all-time in wins amongst all college football coaches with his 346 victories, Florida State didn't officially join the ACC until 1992, which means his ACC record only includes his wins as an ACC member.