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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's teams have been known as the Tigers since 1896, when a member of the first football team named Thompson chose the name based on the then-dominant Princeton Tigers football team. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Clemson's costumed mascot, The Tiger , first appeared in 1954, with his companion, "The Cub" debuting in 1993. [ 4 ]
Frank Howard Memorial Stadium, known as "Death Valley", is home to the Clemson Tigers, an NCAA Division I FBS football team located in Clemson, South Carolina.Built in 1941–1942, the stadium has seen expansions throughout the years with the most recent being the WestZone with Phase 1 construction beginning in 2004 and completing in 2015 with the addition of the Oculus, the final piece of ...
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 ...
The Graveyard The Graveyard is a mock cemetery near the football practice fields that features tombstones commemorating Clemson's victories over ranked opponents on the road. [30] First Friday Parade The Clemson football season kicks off each year with the annual First Friday Parade. The once a year event takes place on the Friday afternoon ...
After winning the ACC in 2022 and being picked to win the league again in 2023, Clemson started 0-2 in the ACC, wound up with a 4-4 conference record and snapped a 12-year streak of winning at ...
Fort Hill, photographed in 1887, was the home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson and is at the center of the university campus.. Thomas Green Clemson, the university's founder, came to the foothills of South Carolina in 1838, when he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and seventh U.S. Vice President. [15]
Howard's Rock. Howard's Rock is a large piece of quartzite that is displayed in Clemson University's Memorial Stadium. [ 1] The rock is the center of a longstanding tradition where players touch it before running down the hill in the east end zone at each home football game.