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History of Clemson Tigers football. 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 sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. [11] The first intercollegiate match in Clemson history was a baseball game on April 24, 1896, against Furman. The school's first football team followed that fall. Five women's sports were introduced in 1975 after the passage of Title IX .
Walter Riggs, often regarded as the "father of Clemson football," brought the sport to Clemson from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University ). The team's first game, played on Halloween 1896, resulted in a 2–1 record for the inaugural season. Riggs influenced the choice of the team mascot and colors.
Clemson football will learn its bowl game destination Sunday. The Tigers are set to play in their 19th consecutive bowl after finishing the 2023 regular season with an 8-4 record.
Here are four “players” to watch when Notre Dame visits Clemson for only the third time in program history and the first since playing through a relentless rain left behind by Hurricane ...
Addressing the discrepancy in his Dec. 20 early signing day news conference, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said there are “really good football players” across the state of South Carolina but ...
November 12, 1960 - After 57 straight trips to Columbia, SC for the annual game against Clemson's biggest rival, South Carolina, the Tigers host the Gamecocks and defeat them 12–2. The game marks the end of the traditional Big Thursday rivalry and the beginning of the current home-and-home series format between the two teams.
South Carolina football needs one more win to reach bowl eligibility after starting 2-6, but the Gamecocks have to go through in-state rival Clemson.