least passing yards allowed by defense in a college football game

The Clemson Tigers have allowed the fewest passing yards by a team in a game, with -4 yards against The Citadel on November 23, 2013.

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	TEAM	OPP YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	OPP CMP	OPP ATT	OPP PCT	OPP AVG	OPP TD	OPP INT	OPP RTG	OPP TD%	OPP INT%	OPP SCK	OPP SCKY
1	Clemson	-4	11/23/2013	CLEM	vs	CIT	W 52-6	1	5	20.0	-0.8	0	0	13.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
2	Marshall	-3	11/26/2005	MRSH	@	MEM	L 3-26	1	8	12.5	-0.4	3	0	133.1	37.5	0.0	2
3	Northern Illinois	0	10/10/2026	NIU	vs	AFA	L 7-28	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	6
4	Nevada	0	11/23/2024	NEV	vs	AFA	L 19-22	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	1	-66.7	0.0	33.3	0	0
5	Coastal Carolina	0	11/18/2023	CCAR	@	ARMY	L 21-28	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	1	-100.0	0.0	50.0	0	0
6	UCF	0	11/19/2022	UCF	vs	NAVY	L 14-17	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	12
7	UConn	0	11/19/2022	CONN	@	ARMY	L 17-34	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
8	Colorado State	0	11/19/2022	CSU	@	AFA	L 12-24	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	4
9	Temple	0	10/29/2022	TEM	@	NAVY	L 20-27	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0
10	UNLV	0	11/26/2021	UNLV	@	AFA	L 14-48	0	0			0	0				0	0
11	Tulsa	0	10/29/2021	TLSA	vs	NAVY	L 17-20	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
12	Miami (OH)	0	9/25/2021	M-OH	@	ARMY	L 10-23	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	Air Force	0	12/19/2020	AFA	@	ARMY	L 7-10	1	2	50.0	0.0	0	0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
14	Alabama	0	11/17/2018	ALA	vs	CIT	W 50-17	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	4
15	UCF	0	11/10/2018	UCF	vs	NAVY	W 35-24	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	5
16	Virginia Tech	0	10/25/2018	VT	vs	GT	L 28-49	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	5
17	Miami (OH)	0	10/20/2018	M-OH	@	ARMY	L 30-31	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
18	Virginia	0	12/28/2017	UVA	@	NAVY	L 7-49	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	11
19	UNLV	0	11/17/2017	UNLV	@	UNM	W 38-35	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	1	-50.0	0.0	25.0	1	2
20	SMU	0	11/11/2017	SMU	@	NAVY	L 40-43	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0	0	0
21	Air Force	0	11/4/2017	AFA	vs	ARMY	L 0-21	0	0			0					0	0
22	Eastern Michigan	0	10/14/2017	EMU	@	ARMY	L 27-28	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
23	Indiana	0	10/7/2017	IND	vs	CHSO	W 27-0	0	10	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	10
24	Tulane	0	9/23/2017	TULN	vs	ARMY	W 21-17	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	2	-80.0	0.0	40.0	0	0
25	Louisiana-Monroe	0	12/3/2016	ULM	vs	UL	L 3-30	2	5	40.0	0.0	0	2	-40.0	0.0	40.0	0	0

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More Clemson Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

816

Reynolds

RUSH

371

Davidson

REC

315

Wesco

Team Rankings

PPG

19.4

130th

OPP PPG

25.8

97th

RUSH YDS/G

137.6

111th

PASS YDS/G

183.6

138th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	3-0	5-0
2	Wake Forest	3-1	5-1
3	Clemson	2-1	3-2
4	Pittsburgh	2-1	5-1
5	SMU	2-1	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	CHSO	@	CLEM	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	VT	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CLEM	@	SYR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	GT	@	CLEM	1:00 PM

Last Game

Miami

5 - 0

Final

Clemson

3 - 2

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333