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Series history. Clemson and FSU first played in 1970, predating Florida State's membership in the ACC. The actual rivalry started to emerge in 1988 when the No. 3 Clemson Tigers hosted the No. 10 Seminoles in a "clash of styles" marked by FSU's highly touted skill talent and passing attack, versus Clemson's well regarded option, linemen and linebackers, that was ultimately decided by Leroy ...
Their first meeting, in 1999, was the first time in Division I-A history that a father and a son met as opposing head coaches in a football game. Bobby Bowden won the first four matchups extending FSU's winning streak over Clemson to 11 dating back to 1992. Since 2003, Clemson is 11–6, including a 26–10 win in Clemson over then-No. 3 FSU.
The team beat South Carolina for the first time and was state champion. In 1898, John Penton led the Tigers to a 3–1 record. In 1899, when the Clemson Athletic Association could not afford a coaching salary, Riggs again took over the reins, one of only two Clemson football coaches to return to the position after stepping down.
Clemson has been in control of the Atlantic Coast Conference for nearly a decade. Florida State aims to challenge that this fall. The ninth-ranked Tigers are the preseason favorite after winning ...
Clemson head coach Erik Bakich is walked back by umpires while trying to get a word in with Greg Harmon, at right, who ejected Bakich during NCAA Super Regionals action on Sunday, June 9, 2024 in ...
The Florida–Florida State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the teams of the two oldest public universities of the U.S. state of Florida: the University of Florida (UF) Gators and Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles. [3] Both universities participate in a range of intercollegiate sports, and for the last ...
Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said Big Ten schools will receive about $80 million each year from its TV contract, whereas FSU currently receives $42 million.
Clemson's intra-conference football rivalries include Georgia Tech (GT leads 50–31–2), NC State (Clemson leads 58–28–1 in the Textile Bowl), Boston College (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy, Clemson leads 17–9–2), and Florida State (FSU leads 20–12). Clemson has a lesser rivalry with the University of Georgia, born because of the two ...