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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.
Walter Riggs, the "father of Clemson football" 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.
The Clemson Tigers football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Clemson has appeared in 50 bowl games.
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 28-22. [3] Clemson now has over 750 wins in its program.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney during Tiger Walk before the 2022 Orange vs White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina Saturday, April 9, 2022.
List of Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons. This is a list of seasons completed by the Illinois Fighting Illini football program since the team's conception in 1890. The list documents season-by-season records, and conference records from 1896 to the present. [1] [2] [3] [4]
He was the third head football coach at Illinois, held that position for the 1892 and 1893 seasons, and led the team to a record of 12–6–4 in his two years as head coach. His 1892 team compiled a 9–4–1 record, played the first games in the football rivalries with Northwestern and Chicago , and played six road games in nine days (four ...
After snapping a 12-year streak of 10-plus win seasons and missing a third consecutive College Football Playoff last fall, Swinney and Clemson brought in zero players during the sport’s winter ...