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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.
The next year, the teams again found themselves doing battle in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship in Tampa, Florida, with Clemson emerging with a last-second 35–31 victory and their first win over the Crimson Tide since 1905. [42]
Clemson has played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina since 1942. [1] The Tigers have three national championship titles ( 1981 , 2016 and 2018 ) along with two other national championship appearances in 2015 and 2019 . [ 2 ]
Clemson has a lesser rivalry with the University of Georgia, born because of the two institutions' close proximity (roughly 75 miles apart). Clemson and Georgia first met in 1897, only the second year the Tigers fielded a football team. The rivalry was at its height in the 1980s. Georgia leads the football series 43–18–4. [67]
Printable version; In other projects ... Virginia: 1 – 5 – 0: 1 – 9 – 1 ... 1977 Clemson Tigers football team roster Players Coaches Offense. Pos. # Name
Here's a look at the entire Tigers' football schedule, including available start times and TV channels: Clemson football schedule 2024: TV channels, dates, start times All times Eastern .
Clemson announced their 2015 football schedule on January 29, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted ACC foes Boston College , Florida State , Georgia Tech , and Wake Forest , and travelled to Louisville , Miami , NC State , and Syracuse . [ 1 ]
The 1896 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University–as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Professor Walter Riggs brought the game to Clemson from his alma mater, Auburn , where he was a member of Auburn's first football team.