This is Clemson Tiger Football
Tiger Football:
Following the 2004 season Clemson has an all-time winning percentage .566 (600-415-45), which ranks 33rd all-time in D-1A football. A few of the notable football programs who have been worse than the Tigers include such teams as: West Virginia, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Stanford, California, Wisconsin, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina just to name a few. This is Clemson Tiger football.
In the 66 seasons Clemson has been affiliated with a conference, they have won that conference 15 times...the ACC 13 times and the SoCon twice. Since the Associated Press began ranking football teams in 1936, the Tigers have finished in the Top 20 of the rankings 19 times in the 68 years. South Carolina has never finished in the Top 10 of a major recognized poll...NEVER. Clemson has finished in the Top 10 of the AP six times, with a best in 1981, you might have seen it on the scoreboard, National Champions. The first year of Tiger football was in 1896. In 108 seasons of football, Clemson has participated in one of the “Big 5” Bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Cotton) 5 times (Orange three times, Sugar once, Cotton once). As Clemson is set to begin its 109th season of collegiate football, they have won 10 or more games in a single season 7 times, 5 times since 1980. This is Clemson Tiger football.
Clemson has enjoyed the confines of Death Valley during most of its storied tradition, but since Clemson has been playing football since 1896 it has enjoyed a .712 home winning percentage. Another Clemson touchdown?.....Exactly! Death Valley, where Gamecocks come to die! This is Clemson Tiger football.
Since joining the ACC in 1952, Clemson has had a winning record in the conference 35 times. In the 52 seasons as a member of the ACC, Clemson boasts a conference record of 206-115-6…No team has won more and only Florida State has a better win percentage. Clemson’s conference record versus other current conference members since they have been in the conference is even more impressive: 42-13-1 vs Duke, 1-12 vs Florida State, 12-12 vs Georgia Tech, 28-22-2 vs Maryland, 1-0 vs Miami, 30-15-1 vs North Carolina, 25-24 vs NC State, 35-13-1 vs Virginia, and 43-8-1 vs Wake Forest. That’s correct, Clemson leads the all-time series against all but 2 ACC teams...Florida State and Georgia Tech, teams with National Championships. This is Clemson Tiger football.
But, the comparison of only 12 seasons in one conference does no justice to the tradition of Clemson football. So lets compare the Tigers record versus D-1A schools they have played 20 or more times: 62-36-4 vs South Carolina, 42-13-1 vs Duke, 15-38-4vs Georgia,28-22-2 vs Maryland, 30-15-1 vs North Carolina, 44-27-1vs North Carolina State, 11-31-2 vs Auburn, 35-13-1 vs Virginia, 16-9-1 vs Virginia Tech, and 43-8-1 vs Wake Forest. That’s correct, Clemson leads the all-time series against all but 2 of these 10 teams...Auburn and Georgia. This is Clemson Tiger football.
But all this tradition and past records are meaningless. What is more important is the recent history. Only losers live in the past. We are in the best years of Clemson Tiger football, and the future has never been brighter! Clemson is coming off another winning season, the 9th in the last 13 seasons. Overall record since “the legend” Tommy Bowden became Head Coach: 44-29 (0.603) . Clemson has gone on to play in five straight bowls including last year’s thumping of Tennessee. During that span Clemson has prevented Carolina from going to a bowl game for a third consecutive year(Counting the brawl for all this year). This is Clemson Tiger football!
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