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The Tigers began the season with a 38–35 home victory over rival and fifth-ranked Georgia and ended the regular season with a record fifth-straight loss to arch-rival South Carolina, 31–17, in the first Top 10 meeting of the two schools (Clemson No. 4, Carolina No. 9).
- Clemson–South Carolina rivalry
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Mascot
Clemson's teams have been known as the Tigers since 1896, when a member of the first football team named Thompson chose the name based on the then-dominant Princeton Tigers footballteam. Clemson's costumed mascot, The Tiger, first appeared in 1954, with his companion, "The Cub" debuting in 1993.At football games, The Tiger does pushups equal to the total score Clemson has in the game, a tradition that began in 1980.
Tiger Band
Tiger Band evolved from regimental bands from Clemson's days as a military school. Tiger Band took its current form in 1955 after the school became coeducational. A smaller pep bandperforms at basketball games.
Fight song
Clemson's fight song is a rendition of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band's Tiger Rag. In 1941, cadet band leader Robert Dean Ross bought the sheet music from an Atlanta music shop, and the band played the song after every touchdown beginning with the 1942 football season.
Clemson sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The first intercollegiate match in Clemson history was a baseball game on April 24, 1896, against Furman. The school's first football team followed that fall. Five women's sports were introduced in 1975 after the passage of Title IX. Women's diving was the most recent s...
Team national championships
Clemson University has five team national championships awarded by the NCAA in golf and soccer. Clemson also claims three Division I Football National Championships, in 1981, 2016, and 2018. These titles were not awarded by the NCAA, but by selectors designated as "major" by the NCAA, such as the AP and Coaches polls in 1981, and by the College Football Playoffsystem in 2016 and 2018. 1. Men's (8) 1.1. Golf(1): 2003 1.2. Soccer (4): 1984, 1987, 2021, 2023 1.3. Football (3): 1981, 2016, 2018 2...
Individual national championships
Clemson athletes have won 38 national championships in individual and relay events.
Conference championships
Championships are in the Atlantic Coast Conferenceunless noted.
Clemson's primary rivalry is with the University of South Carolina. The rivalry dates back to the first football game between the schools in 1896. 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...
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The 2021 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Dabo Swinney, in his 14th year. The Tigers competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina .
- No. 14
- 10–3 (6–2 ACC)
- No. 16
- Atlantic Coast Conference
The instate football rivalry between South Carolina and Clemson began in 1896, the first year of Clemson football and only the fourth year of Carolina football. That first game was scheduled for the Thursday morning of the annual South Carolina State Fair in Columbia, and a 57-year tradition was born: Big Thursday.
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (2011) 2× ACC Coach of the Year (2015, 2018) William Christopher "Dabo" Swinney ( / ˈdæboʊ ˈswiːniː /; [1] born November 20, 1969) is an American football coach, currently serving as the head football coach at Clemson University. Swinney took over as head coach of the Clemson Tigers seven games into the 2008 ...
