Clemson’s win over No. 14 Georgia in Athens, Ga., got Danny Ford’s Tigers on a role in 1986. Following the stunning upset over the Bulldogs, four more wins upped Clemson’s win streak to five games as the Tigers rolled through Georgia Tech, The Citadel, Virginia and Duke. However, in a battle of top 20 teams, […]
It was no secret the Clemson and North Carolina football programs did not like each other in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Beginning in 1975, the two teams played to one tie and six of the other meetings were decided by five points or less in an eight-year span. They were also two of […]
After another week of turmoil and frustration, No. 11 Clemson used five Maryland turnovers, including a Billy Davis interception at the Tigers’ 38-yard line with 25 seconds to play, to beat the 18th-ranked Terrapins, 24-22, at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md. The win all but sewed up a second straight Atlantic Coast Conference Championship […]
Clemson moved into the No. 1 spot a week after they concluded the 1981 regular season with a win over South Carolina. Penn State beat Dan Marino and previously No. 1 Pittsburgh, 42-14, propelling the Tigers to the top of the polls as they headed to play Nebraska in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s […]
When Clemson runs down the hill and into Death Valley wearing its orange pants against rival South Carolina on November 28, it will mark the 40th anniversary of the Tigers wearing their famed orange britches. The first time Clemson wore orange pants came in its 1980 meeting with the Gamecocks. That’s the day Danny Ford […]
On November 16, 1979, Clemson did something few teams did back in those days, it went to Notre Dame and beat the Irish on Senior Day. Behind the play of quarterback Billy Lott and three interceptions from safety Terry Kinard, the 14th-ranked Tigers rallied for a 16-10 victory over the Irish, who were wearing green […]
Danny Ford had perhaps the most memorable first game of any head coach in the history of college football, though he really had nothing to do with it besides coach Clemson to a victory. Ford’s first game was in the 1978 Gator Bowl, when his Clemson team faced Hall of Fame head coach Woody Hayes […]
Former Clemson and College Football Hall of Fame head coach Danny Ford turned 72 years old Thursday. In his 11 years as Clemson’s head coach, Ford posted a 96-29-4 record at Clemson. He guided the program to its first national championship in 1981 and won five ACC Championships. Ford’s Clemson’s teams also posted a 6-2 […]
It is a day he will never forget. During his playing career, Steve Fuller experienced a lot of great things. He led Clemson to an ACC Championship and a No. 6 national ranking. He was the first Clemson player to earn back-to-back ACC Player of the Year honors. He was an All-American. He was picked […]
One of the greatest secrets in Clemson history came in 1980. The funny thing is the secret had nothing to do with a coaching change, an injury or anything of that nature. Instead, one of the best orchestrated secrets to come out of the Clemson Athletic Department revolved around pants. That is right, pants. In […]