- This year's matchup will be the 50th meeting between Auburn and Clemson. Clemson is Auburn's eighth-most-played opponent, behind Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and LSU.
- Auburn leads the all-time series, 34-13-2. The average score has been approximately Auburn 20, Clemson 10.
- Clemson has won its last two meetings against Auburn, winning 38-24 in 2011 and 26-19 in 2012. Before the 2011 meeting, Auburn had won the previous 14.
- Auburn is 20-4 when hosting Clemson. Clemson's last win on the Plains was in 1950, the season before legendary coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan was hired as Auburn head coach. Auburn has won the last seven meetings at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
- Clemson has gone to Auburn looking to extend a winning streak against the Tigers on three prior occasions. Clemson was held to 6, 7 and 0 points in those games, going 1-2.
- Auburn has shut out Clemson 20 times. Between 1907 and 1924, Clemson faced Auburn 14 times and failed to score a single point.
- In the last two meetings, Clemson gained 60 first downs and 1,152 yards of offense, with 594 yards through the air and 558 yards on the ground.
- With Clemson ranked No. 2 and Auburn unranked in the preseason rankings, this will be the fourth consecutive meeting featuring a ranked team and an unranked team. The last ranked matchup between these programs came in the 2007 Chick-Fil-A Bowl, when No. 23 Auburn defeated No. 15 Clemson 23-20.
- This is the first meeting between Auburn and Clemson to feature a top five team since 1971, when No. 5 Auburn defeated Clemson 35-13. That Auburn team went 9-2 and faced Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
- Clemson looks to tie its series-high winning streak of three games on Saturday. Clemson has pulled off three consecutive wins against Auburn twice (1927-1929, 1946-1948).
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