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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 1900 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University –during the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Under first year head coach John Heisman, the team posted a 6–0 record and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship.
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. The Tigers completed their first ...
On March 1, 1803, Ohio was admitted to the union as the 17th state. Settlement of Ohio was chiefly by migrants from New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Southerners settled along the southern part of the territory, arriving by travel along the Ohio River from the Upper South.
The 1901 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University –as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1901 SIAA football season. In its second season under head coach John Heisman, the team posted a 3–1–1 ...
But Clemson — despite 30 wins, an ACC championship and two bowl wins over the past three seasons — has taken a step back from the top tier of college football. The Tigers lost 10 games in ...
The early history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid–19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or run over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school ...