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Worst game youve been in attendance for?
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Worst game youve been in attendance for?

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:00 PM
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What’s the worst Clemson game that you’ve sat in the stands and watched, until the final whistle?

First couple that pop to mind for me are:

UGA @ Clemson - 2003. UGA walked into Death Valley and just absolutely obliterated Clemson 30-0.

Clemson @ Duke - 2004. I remember this one vividly. Clemson had just beaten Miami on the road in a thriller and was on a 4 game win streak. Made the road trip to Duke, along with a plethora of Clemson fans and watched that Bowden led team lay the biggest of eggs and lose on a 53 yard FG, that to this day, I swear would of been good from 65+.

VT @ Clemson - 2007. Both teams were ranked going into that game. Tyrod Taylor ran all over the field on Clemson that day and those annoying VT fans, with their darn Keys jingling was just the worst.

FSU @ Clemson - 2013. This one kind of speaks for itself. One of the biggest letdown games in Clemson history imo.

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Clemson-TCU 2009

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:03 PM
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Played in a monsoon and beat by Andy Dalton.

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:26 PM
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I completely forgot about this game, but you’re very correct in having this one up there.

I feel like sitting thru this game in the rain was worse than sitting thru the ND game in the hurricane, even though the conditions were worse for ND.

It also didn’t help how insanely kind and nice every TCU fan I came across was.
Like, give me a reason to not like you. Don’t endear me to you lol.

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:46 PM
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I was at this game and remember it well because at the time, Kathleen Swinney didn't even sit in a box and she was a few rows in front of us. I think this game felt worse than the ND game because it was a low scoring game, we couldn't move the ball in the second half, and it felt like it got colder and colder as the day went on.

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#3 TCU coming into town . yeah - bad day for sure***

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:57 PM [ in reply to Clemson-TCU 2009 ]
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didn't they have a freak TD where the bounced of a receiver flew through the air 20 yards and was caught by another receiver?

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009


Sep 26, 2025, 1:59 PM
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Yep. Just added to the frustration lol.

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Spiller missed a go ahead catch inside the 5.***

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Thats a play that replays in my head over and over again

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Sep 28, 2025, 7:20 AM
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It’s not as notorious as the Aaron Kelly drop against BC but it felt like that to me for some reason

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:18 PM [ in reply to Clemson-TCU 2009 ]
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Yep. A miserable game.

Could not stop the zone read.

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009


Sep 26, 2025, 2:29 PM [ in reply to Clemson-TCU 2009 ]
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At UVA in ‘90, our first loss to them in 28 or 29 years .. cursed at, yelled at and laughed at … afterwards, found the car had been towed and had to walk in the rain to find it…all I heard was “Clemson go home” for miles as the UVA cars passed … my first and last game at UVA..

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:07 PM
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It was the first loss ever.

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Sep 27, 2025, 2:50 AM [ in reply to Clemson-TCU 2009 ]
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I was there....totally pathetic....Dalton ran all over is smdh

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:16 PM [ in reply to Clemson-TCU 2009 ]
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Yep this is the one

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Re: Clemson-TCU 2009

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Sep 28, 2025, 2:07 AM [ in reply to Clemson-TCU 2009 ]
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He threw a TD to a receiver that was tipped and lofted to him ,. as I remember it. Something weird happened, and we lose.

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2004 Duke***

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But.. it was fun watching the 22 Duke fans in attendance

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:17 PM
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Try to tear down the goal posts.

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Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for?

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:04 PM
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1989 Duke

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Nope . .for me 1985 Maryland

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Sep 28, 2025, 2:22 AM
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. . worst because the Zebras stole the game. if you are too young to remember this game, please watch it. Danny Ford ripped the Zebras. . . not that it helped. They screwed us.

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The absolute worst beating I watched clemson

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:05 PM
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Football take was the tangerine bowl vs textech.

I was at all the games you posted but none of those compare to the tangerine bowl. Texas tech physically beat the every living snott outta clemson.

People always claim the orange bowl vs wvu... but that was just a score fest. It was a Huge score but heck..nc state beat clemson By more points that same year.

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yeah I think the Orange Bowl vs WVU is overrated on lists like this


Sep 26, 2025, 3:21 PM
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we were in that game for a half and a freak play at the goal line completely changed it. But it was not a beat down from the first whistle like many games we have endured over the years.

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Re: The absolute worst beating I watched clemson

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Sep 26, 2025, 4:18 PM [ in reply to The absolute worst beating I watched clemson ]
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When I saw this post, my mind came to this game. The Tangerine Bowl versus Texas Tech is by far the worst game that I have ever sat through in my entire life.

That bowl experience started out great. I had an awesome time at the Dueling Piano Bar where Clemson Fans had set up shop in the Downtown Disney area the night before. And the following morning/ day was great also. Between me and 2 other guys I think we dropped about $800 on food and drink at Margaritaville before going to the pre-game pep rally.

From that point on thought the fun stopped. Texas Tech absolute destroyed us. Charlie Whitehurst I dont believe finished the game, and I am pretty sure Willy Simmons refused to go in because of the beating the Texas Tech D gave Charlie that day.

I still have nightmares. There was a special needs kid in the Clemson section that just kept saying "Common Tommy" with either a "Coach those boys up", or "Get the team going" add on every 5 minutes the entire game. During the 2nd half it was all I could do to not say "Just Shut the Fx#4 Up". I feel bad about that because "he" (the kid) was being a great fan, but the combination of his shear naive optimism, getting the crap beat out of us, and being extremely hungover, etc. it was enough to pull your hair out. The drive home was a struggle. Tired, hungover, only the extreme anger of having been utterly de-pantsed and beat like a 4 year old over Gran-Daddys knee in that game got me back to Asheville to drop off my friends. I then had to drive another hour and half back to Lake Norman for Christmas Eve Service. Cant count how many red bulls were consumed to make it home that day. It is by far my worst Clemson football game experience.

The Texas Tech fans immortalized that beat down with this video..
https://youtu.be/R8RKJ9cP9BM

You can find that video by searching on Youtube, Clemson versus Texas Tech "Lay Down".......

There have been others that were bad. The game we lost to Wake Forest a few year later. Bowl game where I saw Antwan Edwards puking out of his helmet because he was still hungover from New Years eve. But Texas Tech was just such a beating... It was bad..

So how the start of the season had not been what I had hoped. Its not been that. I dont thnk 20 years from now i will say "I remember the time when...." regarding this season. But I will never forget the Texas Tech beating.

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Re: The absolute worst beating I watched clemson


Sep 26, 2025, 7:05 PM
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This is the correct answer

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Re: The absolute worst beating I watched clemson

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Sep 26, 2025, 7:19 PM [ in reply to Re: The absolute worst beating I watched clemson ]
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56 to 20. South Carolina 1975. Like this year we were supposed to loaded with talent. They scored every dang time they had the ball.

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Sep 28, 2025, 12:45 AM [ in reply to The absolute worst beating I watched clemson ]
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No they did not. We lost to NC State by 24. That WVU game was an ash whooping. No denying that

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2006 Music City Bowl***

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Re: 2006 Music City Bowl***

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:25 PM
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I try not to think about that game as much as possible lol.

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What handle were you using then?***


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Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for?

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:14 PM
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2007 VT, 2009 TCU, and 2010 SC games were rough. Gotta go 2013 FSU though as it was a beat down top 5 matchup.

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Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for?

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:24 PM
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Those road games in Willy B during the 10s were such bad experiences to sit thru and the post game walk out of the stadium was just as bad.

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Two - back to back Syracuse gator bowl and then UNC opener

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:16 PM
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to be honest, it was horrible...

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Re: Two - back to back Syracuse gator bowl and then UNC opener

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:24 PM
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Syracuse this year was super rough to sit thru as well.

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Sep 27, 2025, 3:09 AM [ in reply to Two - back to back Syracuse gator bowl and then UNC opener ]
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I sat thru that Gator Bowl in a cold rain. We got smacked 41-0 I think, never even had so much as a good punt that day. Awful. Miserable ferry ride home afterwards with 600 drownedTigers on board.

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:17 PM
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1992 Citrus Bowl was bad.

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Many. Loss to California. Loss to WVU. 56-0 down at Tallahassee. Whipped

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:25 PM
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by Alabama in Atlanta. Tire bowl loss in 2010. Syracuse loss last week.

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:25 PM
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1993 in Tallahassee lost 57-0 and 2013 in Clemson lost 51-14 to FSU

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:28 PM
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56- 20 Columbia, ‘75! SC scored 8TD’s on 8possessions ( think the 9th was called back due to
offensive PI?)

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:30 PM
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FSU in 2013, I was a student and me and some buddies camped for tickets for like 12 days or something and we had seats like 5 rows back in the student section and it was over basically from the first kick. We stayed until the very end, but man was that a kick in the teeth.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:00 PM
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I remember at the time not having ever felt as letdown by Clemson as I had following, heck even the first quarter. Rough, rough, night.

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Lol me too.


Oct 13, 2025, 4:20 PM [ in reply to Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for? ]
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My buddy and I were probably 2-3 rows in front of you dressed in orange and purple morph suits. That one was rough

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:35 PM
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UNC vs Clemson 2001. Lost to the filthy feet 38-3. Longest game I ever sat through. By the end I was reading the program for the third time.

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:38 PM
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2013 FSU game, Game day, south carolina lost to butch jones earlier in the day, the atmosphere before the game was absolutely incredible, clemson tailgate lots were packed ALL day from morning leading up to it all, stadium was packed like 40 min till kickoff, and we got our butts absolutely handed to us.

Louisville game last year, stadium was absolutely dead. I had blue hairs scowling at me for cheering on defense when the game was still close, and it was a night game no less! That turned me on to how far our atmosphere has fallen. Too many wine and cheese crowds and blue hairs who don't like noise.

Go back to that 08' win against south carolina and you'll see hunting jackets all around the stadium, that certainly isn't the same anymore.

This past Syracuse game, had folks with me going to their first game and it was god awful hot, and I've never seen a crowd that nervous, and a team with absolutely no fight to them. It's one of the only games in my life I've ever left early, the rain delay made that decision easy. Why on earth would I make guests sit through the pouring rain and delays to watch spoiled millionaires with no fight?

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:02 PM
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I made a comment to my buddy sitting in the stadium last Saturday about the atmosphere.

You can just tell it feels different there now. I told him it felt like a Tommy Bowden atmosphere of not quite optimism but nervousness about what was about to happen.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:16 PM
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Its been awful post COVID

Syracuse in 2018 is one of my favorite underrated games in terms of atmosphere. The crowd willed those boys to a win that day. 4th quarter the student section was sucking the ball into the endzone with every run and read option Brice had. Went crazy with the 4th and 6 dot that Chase threw, Place went nuts when he kept it and had a 15 yard run. Place went nuts for the go ahead TD and you could feel the ground shake when XT had THAT sack.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8eKSa-IYo

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:10 PM [ in reply to Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for? ]
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I had almost forgot about that Louisville game last year. Big let down.

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Hunting jackets mean good fans and older folks and wine drinkers mean bad fans?

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:18 PM [ in reply to Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for? ]
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LMAO

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Re: Hunting jackets mean good fans and older folks and wine drinkers mean bad fans?

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LMAO




Didn't say bad fans but it ABSOLUTELY makes a difference in terms of noise and atmosphere. The rowdy working man/woman is far more passionate than the wine and cheese crowd who leave at the drop of a hat and don't want to "make a fool of themselves" getting too loud and rowdy.

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:38 PM
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FSU at Clemson 2013. I was a pledge that year. I'd worked all day. My student ticket was slated for the top row on the home side. By the time I'd gotten off of work and made it to the top FSU had already scored twice...

2nd worse was Clemson Pitt 2016. My friends and I were on the Hill. I remember us yelling at Todd McShay (this was when the parody videos were big) and saying "TODD" all at once and him turning around and waving haah. Anyways, when that field goal went in we all hung our heads and just sat on the hill for musta been 10 mins. Season was over. All of the hard work was out the drain... luckily enough everybody else with a pulse lost that weekend... and we had my favorite season ever.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:03 PM
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I remember thinking after that Saturday that if we were going to lose a game that season, we picked the perfect weekend to do it.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:19 PM [ in reply to Re: Worst game youve been in attendance for? ]
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I was a senior and it was only the second time I'd sat on the hill but I was on the hill against Pitt too and I remember thinking "it's over, the season is over" after the game, but several other teams lost that week and we barely dropped in the polls.

Pitt loss was immediately remedied by a 56-7 South Carolina butt whipping... what a great final game as a student.

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:39 PM
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Alabama in ATL was horrible, sitting in Alabama section.

Also year that UNC beat us, I think 45-0 at home..

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:41 PM
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TCU in 2009. Was miserable the entire game because of the rain. then Kyle Parker underthrew the crap out of a pass to a wide open Spiller. would have won the game but he had to stop running to catch it.

BC in 2007. Great game for any objective viewer, but as a Clemson fan I died a little inside when Aaron Kelly dropped that TD pass on the goal line. I thought that was our shot to take the next step. After I just thought that we would never get to the mountain top. little did I know that 9 short years later we would be there.

Maryland in 2006. just bad......

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:05 PM
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I had completely erased that BC game in my mind until you said something, so thanks for nothing lol.

But in all seriousness, I was sitting right there on the hill when that ball went thru Aaron Kelly’s arms.

I hate it because I thought Kelly was a really good Clemson WR and his legacy is mostly remembered for that one drop that would of sent us to the ACCG that year.

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I had also forgot about the BC game in 2007. Man what a heartbreaker.

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1998 Clemson vs VTech**

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nm

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Tech scored 31 points in the 2nd Qtr...hot as Hades!

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:51 PM
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Still remember the drunk VTech redneck chick hollering to our tailgate "Clemson sucks" with cigarette dangling out of her mouth

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:43 PM
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Louisville at home 2024. Made me physically ill, and that’s when I realized our players don’t g.a.d.

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:47 PM
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So many candidates, but these come to mind

2001 UNC - just absolutely pantsed by a mediocre UNC squad.
2009 TCU - monsooned upon and lost
2010 UofSC - just never even in that game at all, even though we did take an early lead
2011 GT - thought that Clemson team had something going and got worked by the nerds
2013 FSU - no description required unless you’re under the age of 21 or something

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I was thinking about that 2001 UNC


Sep 26, 2025, 4:41 PM
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as well. Just a terrible atmosphere, few fans, awful performance...never felt like a Clemson game. I think it may have been homecoming as well?

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Maryland at Clemson 2006

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:51 PM
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A field goal bonanza. Only one TD scored in the game and it was by Maryland. Clemson lost 13-12 in an absolute snoozefest.

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worst loss, 2022 vs South Carolina

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:55 PM
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that one was bad. never heard the stadium PA close own memorial stadium so fast before

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Sep 26, 2025, 1:56 PM
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2003 Wake Forest game in Winston Salem.
45-17 I believe. Then best #3 FSU the very next week!!

Also, a loss to WF at home in the rain. Don’t remember the exact year but it was a Ken Hatfield special!!!

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1993 Wake Forest

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Lost at home with a sparse crowd.

That was the game that got Ken Hatfield fired later that year.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:10 PM
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That '93 loss at home to a not very good Wake team was rough too. If memory serves it was raining too.

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1996 Gator Bowl vs. Syracuse 41-0 and it was worse than that. McNabb lit us up. Everything that could go wrong, DID in that ballgame. The Toyota commercials on the big board were so loud; and we were getting whipped, I told my now wife I would never buy a Toyota. HAHA

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:07 PM
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Easy to feel a bit better about that one in hindsight with the NFL HOF talent that team had but a beat down like that will never feel okay, regardless of how many HOFers were on the field.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:09 PM
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That 2013 FSU game was brutal. Stayed til the end after many had left. The tomahawk chop had taken over DV.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:12 PM
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Remember bringing a buddy who wasn’t a Clemson fan and he tried to tell me it happened because Clemson fans weren’t bringing enough energy, as if that would of stopped the absolute beatdown we got that night. 😂

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The GT flood game...


Sep 26, 2025, 2:17 PM
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but Eric Sampson saved the day.

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87 NC State game


Sep 26, 2025, 2:22 PM
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was painful. Then maybe 03 Wake, or VT in the Gator Bowl

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also forgot the UNC homecoming game...


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Peppers was everywhere.

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Coots 2006

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:28 PM
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Last game I attended as a student. Sucked.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:30 PM
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As far as gut wrenching I forgot about the 2000 GT game. I remember walking out of the tunnel and listening to tech fans chant “it’s great to be a yellow jacket.”

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:03 PM
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Don’t realize how many heartbreaking losses we have to the Techies until you look back at the series.

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Sep 26, 2025, 2:40 PM
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The 1984 Scar game was painful the way it ended

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:09 PM
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The Gator Bowl when we got totally embarrassed by Syracuse maybe 41-3 or something like that.

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UGA 2003

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:19 PM
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Freshman year & was very 1st game I ever got to attend at Clemson. Was absolutely brutal.

Honorable mention was 2006 SC (my last as a student) - definitely biggest choke job i attended.

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Nov. 1, 1975 FSU 43 Clemson 7

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:21 PM
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Jameis Winston ruining us

As soon as Kelvin Benjamin caught the first TD I knew it.

Then Rashad Greene taking an 8-yard or so reception to the house by himself

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Sep 26, 2025, 4:33 PM
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That game got so out of hand fast.

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:27 PM
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There was one Danny Ford game in 1987. Ranked number 7 and fell behind by 4 scores to NC State at the Valley. Tried to make a valiant comeback stand but ran out of time and loss 30-28. It was an inexplicable game for Danny. We also loss to NC State on the road in 1986 and 1988. 3× in a row. A frustrating opponent at the time.

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I think it was 88 when I think Rodney completed 5 to us and 4 to them.

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:33 PM
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Marshall in 1999

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The one that to this day grabs my innards was in September 1988,

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when the Bobby Bowden led Seminoles pulled off that God-forsaken "Puntrooskie" play, followed by a FG to win the game 24-21.

Few, if any of us, in the stands knew what was happening until it happened, and when they made the field goal, I was literally sick to my stomach. I remember thinking, "Dammmmmm, we had the %*&#@%^ game won. We had it won!" Naturally, being the, ahem, gentleman that I am, I limited myself to only two minutes of cussing without repeating myself. But I wanted to go four......................lol.


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Sep 26, 2025, 4:35 PM
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Before my time but your reaction is warranted lol.

Better man than me because I would have had a bit more than 2 minutes of the not so PG words lol.

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The Puntrooskie is still my worst memory.

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Sep 26, 2025, 3:46 PM
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Auburn in 1970 at home. Lost 44-0 to Pat Sullivan and Terry Beasley.

Georgia at home in 1976. Lost 41-0 and it wasn’t that close.

Gator Bowl vs Pitt in 1977. Lost 34-3 to Matt Cavanaugh and Hugh Green. But it was Clemson’s first bowl game in my lifetime so there was that.

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2013 and I left early***

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*2013 vs FSU***


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Sep 26, 2025, 3:54 PM
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ClemDad803 said:

What’s the worst Clemson game that you’ve sat in the stands and watched, until the final whistle?

First couple that pop to mind for me are:

UGA @ Clemson - 2003. UGA walked into Death Valley and just absolutely obliterated Clemson 30-0.

Clemson @ Duke - 2004. I remember this one vividly. Clemson had just beaten Miami on the road in a thriller and was on a 4 game win streak. Made the road trip to Duke, along with a plethora of Clemson fans and watched that Bowden led team lay the biggest of eggs and lose on a 53 yard FG, that to this day, I swear would of been good from 65+.

VT @ Clemson - 2007. Both teams were ranked going into that game. Tyrod Taylor ran all over the field on Clemson that day and those annoying VT fans, with their darn Keys jingling was just the worst.

FSU @ Clemson - 2013. This one kind of speaks for itself. One of the biggest letdown games in Clemson history imo.



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Maryland @ Clemson, 2009. We lost 24-21. It was like we forgot how to play

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football.

And Syracuse 41, Clemson 0 in the Gator Bowl, 1996 (1995 season).

They interviewed the Cuse players after the game and asked what was the key to their success, and they said "Well heck, Clemson only brought four plays" or something to that effect.

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Sep 26, 2025, 4:23 PM
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Was at that Gator Bowl. Followed it up by going to UNC to start the '96 season. Worst back-to-back games ever. Clemson never even scored in either game.

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1977 Gator Bowl


Sep 26, 2025, 5:29 PM
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Pittsburgh beat us 34-3.
..they had mercy on us..

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Sep 26, 2025, 5:33 PM
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UGA @ Clemson - 2003.

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Sep 26, 2025, 5:34 PM
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FSU 2013

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Clemson vs West Virginia in the Orange Bowl

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Sep 26, 2025, 5:36 PM
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No contest in my game roladex

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Sep 26, 2025, 6:40 PM
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The 1985 Independence Bowl. It was bitterly cold and we lost to Lou and his gophers.

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Duke in Clemson in the 90s.


Sep 26, 2025, 10:53 PM
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I don’t remember who was the coach. Maybe West. Hatfield. Doesn’t matter

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Sep 27, 2025, 1:03 AM
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Coot game in 1994. We got our A$$ES kicked and that loud mouthed tanneyhill “signed” his name on the paw. I was 7 and I remember it like it was yesterday.

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PuntRooskie Game


Sep 27, 2025, 1:48 AM
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I HATE Fla free shoes state
With a flipping passion
Jamis Winston too

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Siricuse 2025


Sep 27, 2025, 1:52 AM
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Nuff said

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Sep 27, 2025, 2:13 AM
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Entire 1998 season minus beating coots and tweeps

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Sep 27, 2025, 2:13 AM
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Entire 1998 season minus beating coots and twerps

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Sep 27, 2025, 9:55 PM
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For me

1) West Virginia Orange Bowl. The only bright spot was when my step daughter said that the gay WVU fan was so far in the closet that he was in Narnia.
2) I think it was the 2010 USC game. Froze my but off to see the Coots kick our butt at home. Only bright spot was thawing out when I got back to the car.
3) 2000 FSU game in Tallahassee. Weinke threw for almost 600 yards and we were run off the field. Bright spot would have been it was a nice trip other than the game.
4) 2013 FSU game. Not much to say there.
5) 2003 Georgia. Awful way to start a season.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:00 PM
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Surprised how many people have agreed with me on 03 UGA.

I was certain that was going to be one of the more obscure, not thought of games.

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How could I forget the Gator Bowl v. Syracuse!?


Sep 27, 2025, 11:13 PM
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Except that I blocked it out of my mind.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:04 PM
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WF 2003 45-7 loss
UGA 2003 30-0 loss
GT 2004 (Calvin Johnson game)
SC 2009 (started the 5 game streak)
Maryland 2002? Thursday night game (throttled)

Just a few

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:04 PM
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GT in like 93-94 ish? Boring game we lost and hot as hades.

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I was at that Duke '04 game as well...


Sep 27, 2025, 11:05 PM
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I worked at Duke in the Medical Center at the time and had talked MAD amounts of trash at work that week on the heels of beating Miami.
The following Monday was... not easy.

The game @ Texas A&M would have to be up there as well. Took a flight out to SA and then drove up the game. Everything about the trip was great... except the three hours of the game itself! We just couldn't get out of our way.

I'll put an asterisk by this one since you said 'watched until the final whistle'... but '98 against Virginia Tech was particularly horrible. Hotter than the sun and they just beat the #### out of us. My roommate and I left sometime in the second half but if any of you mad lads watched the entire thing my hat is off to you.

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The season opener against Georgia in 2003 where we lost 30-0 gets my vote.

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That was the game Tommy Bowden said we were going to establish the running game. I think we averaged less than 1 yard per carry and didn’t come close to scoring all day. That was the hottest I’ve ever been at a football game, and perhaps in life.

Second place is the 54-7 loss to FSU in Tallahassee in 2000. We started out the year 8-0 and were really clocking. We lost a heartbreaker to Georgia Tech the week prior. I thought we were a really good team. FSU showed us we were not.

Third place is the loss to BC in Chestnut Hill in 2010. It was cold and rainy. Our offense was horrible despite having Spiller. Despite being a big Dabo supporter, I wasn’t sure that day that he could get it done.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:10 PM
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Crab legs Jamis Winston around 2012 and jag in 1976. Both at Clemson.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:15 PM
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TCU 2009 cold as #### and a total let down at the end

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Probably the 2004 Tangerine Bowl for me


Sep 27, 2025, 11:17 PM
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55-15...

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:23 PM
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Beautiful day, small stadium then, got beat by about 40 and never competed.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:23 PM
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The game against WVU in the Orange bowl where they killed us 70 to something. Didn’t stay the entire time. It was FREEZING cold that night in Miami.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:32 PM
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Orange Bowl against West Virginia. I think it was Sports Illustrated that got a shot of my best friend with his head in his hands. I was just out of frame.

Clemson - Georgia Tech 2014 would be #2. We were big favorites. Deshaun got hurt. Stoudt was 3/11 for 19 yards with three interceptions. Lost 28-6.

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Sep 27, 2025, 11:35 PM
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2022 DJ loses to USC
Dabo didn’t think about benching him

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Hatfield coached Bowl Game in Tampa in early 1990's


Sep 27, 2025, 11:38 PM
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I believe we lost to California about 33-0. It was ugly.

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Sep 28, 2025, 12:13 AM
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2003 Wake. Being down 45-0 to that mediocre team in their high school stadium was a tough night.

My dad took me to a single road game a few years in a row, so of course the next year we went to the Duke game and watched the Bowden Boys get beat by that bomb of a field goal.

Great thread. It’s fun to read through everyone else’s terrible memories; it’s a good reminder that this hilariously inept stretch won’t last forever.

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Sep 28, 2025, 12:24 AM
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One of an assortment of games during the Tommy West years.

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1998: Loss against Georgia Tech. I remember absolutely nothing about this game, except this annoying snooty Georgia Tech #%%%# the row behind us shaking her mustard colored pompom screaming “Let’s Go Jac-KETS! Let’s Go Jac-KETS!” For 4 hours straight.

2002: Tangerine Bowl vs. Texas Tech. Never have I ever seen a team get physically mauled and outclassed like I did that night. I went with two friends and one of those friend’s dad on an extremely short trip from home to Orlando. We left late morning on Gameday, got there at the Game, stayedy during the beat down, left and stayed the night in a hotel, and then traveled in traffic for 12 hours back from Orlando to home on Christmas Eve. The entire trip was about 38 hours of rushed misery. This one is by far the worst!

2001: Virginia receiver throws down Clemson cornerback to catch TD pass on the final play of the game.

2001: Homecoming against UNC and Julius Peppers. We were never in that game. Julius Peppers jumped and deflected a pass about 10 yards from himself, landed and then ran the 10 yards to catch the ball diving. It’s one of the most athletic plays I’ve ever seen by anyone.

2001: against the Chickens. We lost 20-15 because our inept offense played like #### against an average Holtz team that didn’t want to lose 5 in a row and wanted their first win at home against Clemson since 1987. The chicken calling was almost as annoying as their trash fan base being who they are as we walked out after the game. Haven’t been back in the upside down cockroach for any game since. (Except my high school state championship game as a player in 2004.)

2003: Blanked by the Dawgs on a scorching August day. It was the day after my birthday. Thanks for not only a loss, but no points at all for my birthday, Tigers!

2004: Georgia Tech beats scores 14 in the final 90 seconds to beat us, even though we had a 10 point lead in the last 90seconds. The nerds score. Kickoff, and their defense holds and they use timeouts. All you need is a single first down, and they don’t get it. On the punt, the snapper snaps it 20-25 yards over the punter’s head and he has to recover it in the red zone with about 30 seconds left in the game. Calvin Johnson of Tech makes mincemeat of our CB on the winning TD play for them. It was a microcosm of football under Tammy Bowden that Thursday night.

2006: The game Bowden took the Ball out of Reggie Merriweather’s hand against SC. We lose on a missed kick after being up by 14.

2007: The Aaron Kelly Game vs BC. Enough said.

2008: Maryland Game. We dominate the first half against them, only to completely disappear in the second half and lose by 3. It was a fitting way to be my last game with Tammy Bowden.

2010: A win against Russell Wilson and NC State. We won 14-13 somehow against NC State and Russel Wilson. It was by far one of the most poorly played games I’ve ever seen.

2013: Crab legs and Free Shoes University embarrass us at home. I usually stay to the end of a game, but I left in the 3rd. It was like watching your girlfriend cheat on you in person.

2025: Troy Game. Me and a friend came from Florence to see 4 minutes, 11 plays, and a Troy TD. Oh, and Kluboot hang a receiver out to dry over the middle on a molasses pass. We needed to get back home so we didn’t come back in after the lightning delay. But in 4 minutes I saw the flattest, most uninspired Clemson team I’ve ever seen. They didn’t look like they wanted to be there at the top of the Hill. I remember thinking, “What is wrong with these kids?” as soon as I saw them. I’m honestly glad the Lightning Delay forced us to come home.

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In Tallahassee in 2000 to watch FSU crush our boys 54-7! But we never leave early no matter what. Unlike a disturbing trend I see with Tiger nation lately!

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I’ve never been to the Doak but it’s definitely one of the atmospheres I want to experience.

Whether it’s for a Clemson matchup or not.

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Sep 28, 2025, 9:38 AM
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Crazy to think Tyrod Taylor was playing college ball in 2007 and is still a starter in the NFL today

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His longevity in the league is insane.

The modern day Charlie Whitehurst except I think Taylor has been doing it longer at this point and for sure has gotten more PT throughout his career.

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Sep 28, 2025, 10:04 AM
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Gonna go out on a limb and say maybe the Syracuse game last weekend.

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Oct 13, 2025, 7:29 AM
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FSU game still stings for me the atmosphere was electric early, and then it just fell apart fast. I remember it being one of those nights where even my Detroit Tigers Black Leather Jacket couldn’t keep the chill off from how cold that loss felt. Easily one of the toughest to sit through till the end.

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Easily UGA '03


Oct 13, 2025, 8:37 AM
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It was a thousand degrees to add insult to injury.

'01 UNC was no picnic either.

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Syracuse Gator Bowl


Oct 13, 2025, 8:40 AM
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Rain and got whupped

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I guess I am the only one here that drove up to Blacksburg in 2006 riding an all time high after beating GT on Gameday. We took our 2nd drive right down the field for 7-0 lead and never scored again. Pretty sure Proctor threw for like 80 something yards that night. Absolutely miserable drive home.

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Oct 13, 2025, 4:14 PM
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2013 FSU GAME and I had customers with me that were FSU fans , was forced to sit till the end .

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1986 @ NC State, poured rain entire game, lost 27-3. Their fans were what you would expect.

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The Syracuse game this year is not far behind.

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