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CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons & Top 5 Coaches ALL-TIME...LOOK! (REVISED)
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CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons & Top 5 Coaches ALL-TIME...LOOK! (REVISED)


Jun 27, 2019, 7:59 PM

32 SEASONS RANKED IN Final AP POLL
Year-AP Poll Rank-W/L-Coach

1981 - 1 - 12-0 - Danny Ford-NC -ACC-CH
2016 - 1 - 14-1 - Dabo Swinney -NC-ACC-CH
2018 - 1 - 15-0 - Dabo Swinney -NC-ACC-CH
2015 - 2 - 14-1 - Dabo Swinney NR-UP-ACC-CH
2017 - 4 - 12-2 - Dabo Swinney -CFP-ACC-CH
1978 - 6 - 11-1 - Charley Pell/Ford - ACC-CH
1982 - 8 - 9-1-1 - Danny Ford - ACC-CH
2013 - 8 - 11-2 - Dabo Swinney
1988 - 9 - 10-2 - Danny Ford - ACC-CH
1990 - 9 - 10-2 - Ken Hatfield
1950 - 10 - 9-0-1 - Frank Howard
1948 - 11 - 11-0 - Frank Howard - SoConn-CH
1959 - 11 - 9-2 - Frank Howard - ACC-CH
1983 - 11 - 9-1-1 - Danny Ford
2012 - 11 - 11-2 - Dabo Swinney -ACC-DIV
1939 - 12 - 9-1 - Jess Neely
1958 - 12 - 8-3 - Frank Howard - ACC-CH
1987 - 12 - 10-2 - Danny Ford - ACC-CH
1989 - 12 - 10-2 - Danny Ford
2014 - 15 - 10-3 - Dabo Swinney
2000 - 16 - 9-3 - Tommy Bowden
1986 - 17 - 8-2-2 - Danny Ford - ACC-CH
1991 - 18 - 9-2-1 - Ken Hatfield - ACC-CH
1951 - 19 - 7-3 - Frank Howard
1956 - 19 - 7-2-2 - Frank Howard - ACC-CH
1977 - 19 - 8-3-1 - Charley Pell
2005 - 21 - 8-4 - Tommy Bowden
2007 - 21 - 9-4 - Tommy Bowden
2003 - 22 - 9-4 - Tommy Bowden
2011 - 22 - 10-4 - Dabo Swinney - ACC-CH
1993 - 23 - 9-3 - Ken Hatfield/West
2009 - 24 - 9-5 - Dabo Swinney - ACC-DIV



1 SEASON RANKED IN ONLY COACHES POLL
Year-Coaches Poll Rank- W/L- Coach

1957 - 18 - 7-3 - Frank Howard


8 OTHER CONFERENCE CHAMP SEASONS
Year-W/L-Coach-Conference

1900 - 6-0 - John Heisman - SIAA-CH
1902 - 6-1 - John Heisman - SIAA-CH
1903 - 4-1-1 - John Heisman - SIAA-CH
1906 - 4-0-3 - Bob Williams - SIAA-CH
1940 - 6-2-1 - Frank Howard - SoConn-CH
1965 - 5-5 - Frank Howard - ACC-CH
1966 - 6-4 - Frank Howard - ACC-CH
1967 - 6-4 - Frank Howard - ACC-CH


9 OTHER SEASONS WITH .700+ WIN. PER %
Year-W/L-Win%-Coach

1938 - 7-1-1 - .833% - Jess Neely
1930 - 8-2 - .800% - Josh Cody
1941 - 7-2 - .788% - Frank Howard
1917 - 6-2 - .750% - Edward Donahue
1928 - 8-3 - .727% - Josh Cody
1929 - 8-3 - .727% - Josh Cody
1918 - 5-2 - .714% - Edward Donahue
1919 - 6-2-2 .700% - Edward Donahue
1955 - 7-3 - .700% - Frank Howard


TOP 50 SEASONS BY COACH

Frank Howard - 13 Seasons - 8-CON-TITLES
Dabo Swinney - 9 Seasons - 2-NC - 5-ACC-CH
Danny Ford - 7 Seasons - 1-NC - 5-ACC-CH
Tommy Bowden - 4 Seasons
John Heisman - 3 Seasons - 3-SIAA-CH
Edward Donahue - 3 Seasons
Josh Cody - 3 Seasons
Ken Hatfield - 3 Seasons - 1-ACC-CH
Jess Neely - 2 Seasons
Charley Pell - 2 Seasons - 1-ACC-CH
Bob Williams - 1 Season - 1-SIAA-CH

MY TOP 5 CLEMSON FOOTBALL COACHES

1. DABO SWINNEY - 116-30, 10.5 Seasons .795% Winning Percentage, 2 National Championships ?? ?? (2016,2018), 1 National Runner-Up, 5-ACC-Championships, 4-CFP-Appearances, NCAA Record for Wins in 4 year span (55-4), 8 Consecutive 10-Win Seasons, Won National Coach of the year Awards in 4 Different Seasons

2. DANNY FORD - 96-29-4, 11.1 Seasons, .760% Winning Percentage, 1 National Championship ?? (1981), 5-ACC-Championships, Hall of Famer, 1981 National Coach of the Year Award

3. FRANK HOWARD - 165-118-12, 30 Seasons, .580% Winning Percentage., 8 - Conference Championships (2 SoConn, 6 ACC), Hall of Famer, Him and his Players helped Build Memorial Stadium (mixed concrete, layed sod), Clemson Plays on HOWARD'S FIELD, HOWARD'S Rock is touched by every Clemson Player & Coach during "The Most Exciting 25 Seconds of College Football"

4. JOHN HEISMAN - 19-3-2, 4 Seasons, .833% Winning Percentage, 3 SIAA Conference Championships, Hall of Famer, His Namesake is donned on College Football's Top Individual Trophy given to the best overall player each year...

5.-TIE - TOMMY BOWDEN - 72-45, 9.5 Seasons, .615 Winning Percentage, GOT DABO SWINNEY TO QUIT SELLING REAL ESTATE AND ACCEPT A JOB WITH THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM AS A WIDE RECEIVERS COACH IN 2003

5.-TIE - CHARLEY PELL - 18-4-1, 2 Seasons, .804% Winning Percentage, 1978 ACC Championship, TALKED DANNY FORD INTO LEAVING VIRGINIA TECH AND JOINING CLEMSON FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF IN
1977

5.-TIE - JESS NEELY - 43-35-7, 9 Seasons, .547% Winning Percentage, Hall of Famer, Led Clemson to First Bowl Game (Cotton), HIRED FRANK HOWARD AS A LINE COACH IN 1931


Go Tigers, Beat Georgia Tech & GOD Bless Clemson!!!!


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Re: CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons...LOOK!


Jun 27, 2019, 8:05 PM

Thanks for putting all that together!

1900, 1948 & 1950 should have been National Championships too! That gives us 6 in reality Bama style!





Listed our state rivals best ever with a championship

1969- Coots 6-5 ACC Champions

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We keep getting better & better everyday, in every way!
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Re: CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons...LOOK!


Jun 27, 2019, 10:31 PM

Thats exactly what Bama, LSU, A Bunch of the TEXAS Schools and Several others have done. Claim a Bunch of Fake Natty's.... But We are Clemson, We do it the right way ??????

I'm surprised the Coots haven't tried to Claim something during the coach SOS time.

Funny that they've only had 1 Con-Championship, 1 Division Title & maybe 5-7 Total Seasons in its History that could have maybe sneaked into Clemsons top 50 Seasons..... Maybe

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Claimed National Titles


Jun 29, 2019, 6:14 PM [ in reply to Re: CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons...LOOK! ]

Me & a Michigan Fan were talking today and he was telling me about all the National Championships they've Won....... They had a split title with Nebraska in 1997. Before that they had a outright National Championship 70+ years ago in 1948 & another split the year before. They have a bunch of claimed titles from the late 1800's & early 1900's. I guess it makes them feel important.....

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Re: CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons...LOOK!


Jun 30, 2019, 2:02 PM [ in reply to Re: CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons...LOOK! ]

Go TIGERS!

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Re: CLEMSON FOOTBALL'S 50 Greatest Seasons & Top 5 Coaches ALL-TIME...LOOK! (REVISED)


Jun 29, 2019, 7:32 PM

Hatfield's 1990 team should be considered Danny's team. We had another national championship caliber team and Hatfield skidded through the schedule. There would have been a third loss against Maryland, but their coach got stupid and gave us another 3rd down chance on a penalty. Even Jim Phillips stated that this was a poor decision. Do not think much of Charlie Pell either but he did get us Danny Ford.

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RIP, Pell, but I'm no fan


Jun 29, 2019, 7:42 PM

His biggest accomplishment was bringing Danny aboard. Of course, his worst was back-stabbing Red Parker. That '76 team was snake-bit (screwed at Tennessee...record field goal vs Duke), but competitive as heck...and young. Those of us their knew what was coming...and it showed in the home opener against a highly regarded (#10) Maryland squad. Actually, it showed in the beat down of the Chix to end the '76 season.

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