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The history of Clemson Tigers football began in 1896, when Clemson University first fielded a football team. Since 1896, the program has an all-time record of 790–466–44, with a bowl record of 28–22. The program has achieved 3 claimed national titles in 1981, 2016, and 2018.
Clemson was selected to the third College Football Playoff as the second seed and defeated the third seed Ohio State on December 31, 2016, in the 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. The Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in the national championship games in both 2017 and 2019. Clemson has a 6–4 record in playoff games through the 2019 season.
The Tigers have three national championship titles ( 1981, 2016 and 2018) along with two other national championship appearances in 2015 and 2019. [ 2] The Tigers have claimed 26 conference championships and have appeared in 50 postseason bowl games with an overall record of 27-23. [ 3] Clemson now has over 750 wins in its program.
August 19, 2024 at 4:30 AM. Clemson and Georgia are playing one of the biggest college football games of the year later this month. But they’re doing it much earlier than most anticipated. One ...
Florida ultimately won the game 11-10 on a walk-off, RBI double in the bottom of the 13th inning to eliminate the No. 6 overall seed Tigers from the postseason and advance to the College World Series.
Nov. 9: at Virginia Tech. Enter: Sandman. Exit: Clemson’s College Football Playoff hopes. At this point in our exercise, Clemson has two losses, but that’s not a deal breaker in a 12-team field.
Clemson holds a 44–30–2 advantage in the Modern Era (post-WWII), and Clemson leads the series 14–8 in the 21st century. Clemson's 73 wins against South Carolina is more than any other program has, [ 68 ] and Carolina's 43 wins against Clemson is tied with Georgia for second behind Georgia Tech 's 50 wins.
Although rugby is a club sport at Clemson, the team receives significant support from the university and from the Clemson Rugby Foundation, which was founded in 2007 by Clemson alumni. [69] Clemson rugby has been led since 2010 by head coach Justin Hickey, [ 70 ] who has also served as team manager for the U.S. national under-20 team .