Clemson’s defense recorded its eighth straight game in which it held its opposition under 300 yards of offense.
The Tigers held Boston College to 177 total yards in a 59-7 victory Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Clemson shutdown the ACC’s leading rusher, AJ Dillon, to 76 yards, while holding the league’s top rushing team to a season-low 97 yards on the ground.
“Boston College does things formationally and motion-wise that may not look like much to the naked eye, but are a lot structurally,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “There’s tons of adjustments that have to be made and alignments that have to be right, so it was a really good game for us to see things that we haven’t seen yet this season.