Beating Oklahoma under Dabo Swinney has become the norm at Clemson. However, there was a time when no team from the ACC could take down the Sooners. Prior to 1988, ACC teams were 0-16 against Oklahoma on the football field, including an 0-2 mark from the Tigers. The Sooners beat the Tigers 31-14 in Norman, […]
The chant started at one end of Memorial Stadium and soon it filled the whole stadium. “ROD-ney! ROD-ney! ROD-ney!” The scoreboard above the west end zone stands even got into the act. “It sounded a lot better this time,” Clemson quarterback Rodney Williams said after his Tigers beat rival South Carolina, 29-10, on November 19, […]
Heading into Clemson’s 1988 matchup with Virginia, the Cavaliers had never defeated the Tigers in 27 tires. And when No. 11 Clemson visited Charlottesville, Va., 28-0 seemed very likely. Though Virginia was a much improved team with future NFL talent in Shawn and Herman Moore, the Cavaliers were a couple of years away from changing […]
When Clemson started the 1987 football season, it was considered a true contender for the national championship. The Tigers returned a lot of star-power from the previous year when they won the ACC and went 8-2-2. With a favorable schedule, many thought they had a good chance go through the regular season undefeated. However, they […]
Danny Ford described Clemson’s tie to South Carolina to close the 1986 regular season as an empty feeling. Though the Tigers’ won their first outright ACC Championship since 1982, they closed the year with back-to-back ties to end the regular season. David Treadwell kicked a field goal in the final minutes against Maryland and South […]