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{{Logo|Clemson, South Carolina|I FBS|{{acc}}|Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium|{{acc}}|J.C. Littlejohn Coliseum}} | {{Logo|Clemson, South Carolina|I FBS|{{acc}}|Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium|{{acc}}|J.C. Littlejohn Coliseum}} | ||
The '''Clemson University''' Tigers compete as members of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] in [[NCAA Division I FBS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball. Clemson is a public land-grant institution located in Clemson, South Carolina, in the western end of the state. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 14,000. | The '''Clemson University''' Tigers compete as members of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] in [[NCAA Division I FBS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball. Clemson is a public land-grant institution located in Clemson, South Carolina, in the western end of the state. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 14,000. | ||
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+ | Clemson is nestled between SC 93 (Old Greenville Highway) and Lake Hartwell, west of US 76. Exit 19B off I-85 in Northlake, about 10 miles south of campus, is the closest networked freeway access; US 123 is a freeway from the Greenville exurb of Easley, and runs almost directly to campus. Memorial Stadium (80,000) and Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) are on the western end of campus, off Centennial Boulevard. | ||
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+ | Clemson has one mortal enemy: [[South Carolina]]. Lesser rivalries exist with [[Florida State]], [[Georgia]], [[Georgia Tech]], and [[North Carolina State]]. | ||
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+ | Clemson has had 166 players reach the NFL, including Terry Allen, Jeff Bostic, Jeff Bryant, Dwight Clark, Brian Dawkins, Steve Fuller, Terry Kinard, Levon Kirkland, Chester McGlockton, Jimmy Orr, Michael Dean Perry, William "Refrigerator" Perry, Trevor Pryce, and Charlie Waters. Former coaches include John Heisman, Jess Neely, Frank Howard, Danny Ford, Ken Hatfield, and Tommy Bowden. Horace Grant, Larry Nance, Tree Rollins, Dale Davis, and Elden Campbell head the list of 15 former Tigers to play in the NBA or ABA; former coaches include Rick Barnes, Bill Foster, Tates Locke, and Press Maravich. | ||
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+ | =='''Conference Affiliations'''== | ||
+ | ===Football=== | ||
+ | {{list-3col-09| item01a=[[{{acc}}]] | ||
+ | | item01b=NCAA I FBS | ||
+ | | item01c=1973-present | ||
+ | | item02a=[[{{acc}}]] | ||
+ | | item02b=NCAA University | ||
+ | | item02c=1956-1972 | ||
+ | | item03a=[[{{acc}}]] | ||
+ | | item03b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item03c=1953-1955 | ||
+ | | item04a=[[NCAA Independents]] | ||
+ | | item04b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item04c=1952-1952 | ||
+ | | item05a=[[{{socon}}]] | ||
+ | | item05b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item05c=1921-1951 | ||
+ | | item06a=[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | ||
+ | | item06b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item06c=1910-1920 | ||
+ | | item07a=[[{{saiaa}}|South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | ||
+ | | item07b=Independent | ||
+ | | item07c=1907-1909 | ||
+ | | item08a=[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | ||
+ | | item08b=Independent | ||
+ | | item08c=1899-1909 | ||
+ | | item09a=[[Pre-NCAA Independents]] | ||
+ | | item09b=Independent | ||
+ | | item09c=1896-1898 | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | ===Basketball=== | ||
+ | {{list-3col-05| item01a=[[{{acc}}]] | ||
+ | | item01b=NCAA I | ||
+ | | item01c=1973-present | ||
+ | | item02a=[[{{acc}}]] | ||
+ | | item02b=NCAA University | ||
+ | | item02c=1956-1973 | ||
+ | | item03a=[[{{acc}}]] | ||
+ | | item03b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item03c=1953-1956 | ||
+ | | item04a=[[{{socon}}]] | ||
+ | | item04b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item04c=1921-1953 | ||
+ | | item05a=[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | ||
+ | | item05b=NCAA | ||
+ | | item05c=1911-1921 | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | =='''Post-Season Appearances'''== | ||
+ | ===Football=== | ||
+ | {{Bowl Alert}} | ||
+ | {{list-2col-15| item01a=[[Orange Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item01b='''[[Orange Bowl|1950]]''', '''[[Orange Bowl|1981]]''' | ||
+ | | item02a=[[Sugar Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item02b=[[Sugar Bowl|1958]] | ||
+ | | item03a=[[Cotton Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item03b=[[Cotton Bowl|1939]] | ||
+ | | item04a=[[Queen City Bowl|Meineke Car Care Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item04b=[[Queen City Bowl|2010]] | ||
+ | | item05a=[[Music City Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item05b=[[Music City Bowl|2006]], ''[[Music City Bowl|2009]]'' | ||
+ | | item06a=[[Gator Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item06b='''[[Gator Bowl|1948]]''', [[Gator Bowl|1951]], [[Gator Bowl|1977]], '''[[Gator Bowl|1978]]''', '''[[Gator Bowl|1986]]''', '''[[Gator Bowl|1989]]''', [[Gator Bowl|1995]], [[Gator Bowl|2000]], [[Gator Bowl|2008]] | ||
+ | | item07a=[[Peach Bowl|Chick-fil-A Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item07b=[[Peach Bowl|2007]] | ||
+ | | item08a=[[Champs Sports Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item08b='''[[Champs Sports Bowl|2005]]''' | ||
+ | | item09a=[[Peach Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item09b=[[Peach Bowl|1979]], '''[[Peach Bowl|1993]]''', [[Peach Bowl|1996]], [[Peach Bowl|1997]], '''[[Peach Bowl|2003]]''' | ||
+ | | item10a=[[Champs Sports Bowl|Tangerine Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item10b=[[Champs Sports Bowl|2002]] | ||
+ | | item11a=[[Humanitarian Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item11b='''[[Humanitarian Bowl|2001]]''' | ||
+ | | item12a=[[Capital One Bowl|Florida Citrus Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item12b='''[[Capital One Bowl|1987]]''', '''[[Capital One Bowl|1988]]''', [[Capital One Bowl|1991]] | ||
+ | | item13a=[[Hall of Fame Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item13b='''[[Hall of Fame Bowl|1990]]''' | ||
+ | | item14a=[[Independence Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item14b=[[Independence Bowl|1985]] | ||
+ | | item15a=[[Bluebonnet Bowl]] | ||
+ | | item15b='''[[Bluebonnet Bowl|1959]]''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Basketball=== | ||
+ | {{list-2col-03| item01a={{d1mt}} | ||
+ | | item01b=[[1980 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1980]], [[1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1987]], [[1989 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1989]], [[1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1990]], [[1996 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1996]], [[1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1997]], [[1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1998]], [[2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2008]], [[2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2009]], [[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2010]], [[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2011]] | ||
+ | | item02a=[[National Invitation Tournament|National Invitation Tournament Championship Game]] | ||
+ | | item02b=[[1999 National Invitation Tournament|1999]], [[2007 National Invitation Tournament|2007]] | ||
+ | | item03a={{nit}} | ||
+ | | item03b=[[1975 National Invitation Tournament|1975]], [[1979 National Invitation Tournament|1979]], [[1981 National Invitation Tournament|1981]], [[1982 National Invitation Tournament|1982]], [[1985 National Invitation Tournament|1985]], [[1986 National Invitation Tournament|1986]], [[1988 National Invitation Tournament|1988]], [[1993 National Invitation Tournament|1993]], [[1994 National Invitation Tournament|1994]], [[1995 National Invitation Tournament|1995]], ''[[1999 National Invitation Tournament|1999]]'', [[2005 National Invitation Tournament|2005]], [[2006 National Invitation Tournament|2006]], ''[[2007 National Invitation Tournament|2007]]'' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | =='''Championships'''== | ||
+ | ===Football=== | ||
+ | {{list-2col-06| col1=350 | ||
+ | | col2=300 | ||
+ | | item01a='''[[AP Major College Football National Champions|AP Division I-A Champions]]''' | ||
+ | | item01b='''[[AP Major College Football National Champions|1981]]''' | ||
+ | | item02a='''[[USA Today Major College Football National Champions|UPI Division I-A Champions]]''' | ||
+ | | item02b='''[[USA Today Major College Football National Champions|1981]]''' | ||
+ | | item03a=[[{{acc}}]] Champions | ||
+ | | item03b=[[1956 {{acc}} Football|1956]], [[1958 {{acc}} Football|1958]], [[1959 {{acc}} Football|1959]], ''[[1965 {{acc}} Football|1965]]'', [[1966 {{acc}} Football|1966]], [[1967 {{acc}} Football|1967]], [[1978 {{acc}} Football|1978]], [[1981 {{acc}} Football|1981]], [[1982 {{acc}} Football|1982]], [[1986 {{acc}} Football|1986]], [[1987 {{acc}} Football|1987]], [[1988 {{acc}} Football|1988]], [[1991 {{acc}} Football|1991]] | ||
+ | | item04a=[[{{acc}}]] Coastal Division Champions | ||
+ | | item04b=[[2009 {{acc}} Football|2009]] | ||
+ | | item05a=[[{{socon}}]] Champions | ||
+ | | item05b=[[1940 {{socon}} Football|1940]], [[1948 {{socon}} Football|1948]] | ||
+ | | item06a=[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] Champions | ||
+ | | item06b=''[[1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football|1900]]'', [[1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football|1902]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | ===Basketball=== | ||
+ | {{list-2col-02| col1=350 | ||
+ | | col2=300 | ||
+ | | item01a=[[{{acc}}]] Regular Season Champions | ||
+ | | item01b=[[1990 {{acc}} Men's Basketball|1990]] | ||
+ | | item02a=[[{{socon}}]] Tournament Champions | ||
+ | | item02b=[[1939 {{socon}} Men's Basketball|1939]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | =='''National Individual Awards'''== | ||
+ | ===Football=== | ||
+ | {{list-2col-05| col1=350 | ||
+ | | col2=300 | ||
+ | | item01a=[[National Football Foundation Hall of Fame]] | ||
+ | | item01b=1954: John Heisman (coach)<br>1959: Banks McFadden (B)<br>1971: Jess Neely (coach)<br>1989: Frank Howard (coach)<br>2001: Terry Kinard (DB)<br>2007: Jeff Davis (LB) | ||
+ | | item02a=[[CBS Defensive Player of the Year]] | ||
+ | | item02b=1982: Terry Kinnard (DB) | ||
+ | | item03a=[[National Freshman of the Year]] | ||
+ | | item03b=1995: Anthony Simmons (LB) | ||
+ | | item04a=[[NCAA Top Five Award]] | ||
+ | | item04b=1979: Steve Fuller (QB) | ||
+ | | item05a=[[NCAA Division I FBS Consensus All-Americans]]<br>* - unanimous selection | ||
+ | | item05b=1967: Harry Olszewski (G)<br>1974: Bennie Cunningham (TE)<br>1979: Jim Stuckey (DL)<br>1981: Jeff Davis (LB)<br>1981: Terry Kinard (DB)<br>1982: Terry Kinard (DB)*<br>1983: William Perry (DL)<br>1986: Terrence Flagler (RB)<br>1987: David Treadwell (K)<br>1988: Donnell Woolford (DB)<br>1990: Stacy Long (OL)<br>1991: Jeb Flesch (OL)<br>1991: Levon Kirkland (LB)<br>1993: Stacy Seegars (OL)<br>1997: Anthony Simmons (LB)<br>2000: Keith Adams (LB)<br>2005: Tye Hill (DB)<br>2006: Gaines Adams (DL)*<br>2009: C.J. Spiller (KR)*<br>2010: Da'Quan Bowers (DE)* | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | ===Basketball=== | ||
+ | {{list-2col-01| col1=350 | ||
+ | | col2=300 | ||
+ | | item01a=[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans|NCAA Division I Consensus All-Americans]] | ||
+ | | item01b=1987: Horace Grant (F/C, 2nd) | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | =='''External Links'''== | ||
+ | [http://bceagles.cstv.com/ Boston College Athletics] | ||
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The Clemson University Tigers compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I FBS football and in NCAA Division I basketball. Clemson is a public land-grant institution located in Clemson, South Carolina, in the western end of the state. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 14,000.
Clemson is nestled between SC 93 (Old Greenville Highway) and Lake Hartwell, west of US 76. Exit 19B off I-85 in Northlake, about 10 miles south of campus, is the closest networked freeway access; US 123 is a freeway from the Greenville exurb of Easley, and runs almost directly to campus. Memorial Stadium (80,000) and Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) are on the western end of campus, off Centennial Boulevard.
Clemson has one mortal enemy: South Carolina. Lesser rivalries exist with Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina State.
Clemson has had 166 players reach the NFL, including Terry Allen, Jeff Bostic, Jeff Bryant, Dwight Clark, Brian Dawkins, Steve Fuller, Terry Kinard, Levon Kirkland, Chester McGlockton, Jimmy Orr, Michael Dean Perry, William "Refrigerator" Perry, Trevor Pryce, and Charlie Waters. Former coaches include John Heisman, Jess Neely, Frank Howard, Danny Ford, Ken Hatfield, and Tommy Bowden. Horace Grant, Larry Nance, Tree Rollins, Dale Davis, and Elden Campbell head the list of 15 former Tigers to play in the NBA or ABA; former coaches include Rick Barnes, Bill Foster, Tates Locke, and Press Maravich.
Contents
Conference Affiliations
Football
Atlantic Coast Conference | NCAA I FBS | 1973-present |
Atlantic Coast Conference | NCAA University | 1956-1972 |
Atlantic Coast Conference | NCAA | 1953-1955 |
NCAA Independents | NCAA | 1952-1952 |
Southern Conference | NCAA | 1921-1951 |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | NCAA | 1910-1920 |
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Independent | 1907-1909 |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Independent | 1899-1909 |
Pre-NCAA Independents | Independent | 1896-1898 |
Basketball
Atlantic Coast Conference | NCAA I | 1973-present |
Atlantic Coast Conference | NCAA University | 1956-1973 |
Atlantic Coast Conference | NCAA | 1953-1956 |
Southern Conference | NCAA | 1921-1953 |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | NCAA | 1911-1921 |
Post-Season Appearances
Football
Note: Years for bowl games indicate the fall season preceding the game itself. Further, unless impossible to avoid, corporate sponsorship is ignored. Please see Bowl Alert for details. |
Basketball
Championships
Football
AP Division I-A Champions | 1981 |
UPI Division I-A Champions | 1981 |
Atlantic Coast Conference Champions | 1956, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991 |
Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division Champions | 2009 |
Southern Conference Champions | 1940, 1948 |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions | 1900, 1902 |
Basketball
Atlantic Coast Conference Regular Season Champions | 1990 |
Southern Conference Tournament Champions | 1939 |
National Individual Awards
Football
National Football Foundation Hall of Fame | 1954: John Heisman (coach) 1959: Banks McFadden (B) 1971: Jess Neely (coach) 1989: Frank Howard (coach) 2001: Terry Kinard (DB) 2007: Jeff Davis (LB) |
CBS Defensive Player of the Year | 1982: Terry Kinnard (DB) |
National Freshman of the Year | 1995: Anthony Simmons (LB) |
NCAA Top Five Award | 1979: Steve Fuller (QB) |
NCAA Division I FBS Consensus All-Americans * - unanimous selection |
1967: Harry Olszewski (G) 1974: Bennie Cunningham (TE) 1979: Jim Stuckey (DL) 1981: Jeff Davis (LB) 1981: Terry Kinard (DB) 1982: Terry Kinard (DB)* 1983: William Perry (DL) 1986: Terrence Flagler (RB) 1987: David Treadwell (K) 1988: Donnell Woolford (DB) 1990: Stacy Long (OL) 1991: Jeb Flesch (OL) 1991: Levon Kirkland (LB) 1993: Stacy Seegars (OL) 1997: Anthony Simmons (LB) 2000: Keith Adams (LB) 2005: Tye Hill (DB) 2006: Gaines Adams (DL)* 2009: C.J. Spiller (KR)* 2010: Da'Quan Bowers (DE)* |
Basketball
NCAA Division I Consensus All-Americans | 1987: Horace Grant (F/C, 2nd) |
External Links
Atlantic Coast Conference | edit |
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NCAA Division I FBS football • NCAA Division I basketball | |
Atlantic Division | |
Boston College • Clemson • Florida State • Louisville • North Carolina State • Syracuse • Wake Forest | |
Coastal Division | |
Duke • Georgia Tech • Miami (FL) • North Carolina • Pittsburgh • Virginia • Virginia Tech | |
basketball only, with scheduling alliance for football | |
Notre Dame |