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Tiger Spirit [9937]
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Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 8:42 AM
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a tie and it started raining as Igwe attempted an impossible fg to win it on final play. Flutie was hard to catch.
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All-TigerNet [6063]
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1983 GT, dont remember much except we won
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Jun 17, 2023, 8:50 AM
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And how high and steep the North Upper Deck was.
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Athletic Dir [1127]
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Jun 17, 2023, 8:52 AM
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1955 vs PC. Night game with white football. Cold!! Tigers won but don't remember the score.
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1st Rounder [610]
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:03 AM
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1956
vs Virginia
Only 4 home games that season
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Asst Coach [858]
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:03 AM
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Many of the younger crowd probably don't realize that fewer games were played "back then". During my 1962-66 years at Clemson only 10 games were on the regular season schedule, versus 12 games today.
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Orange Blooded [2588]
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Offensive Star [349]
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TigerNet Elite [76507]
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1957
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:01 AM
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Don't remember who played, remember sliding on the Hill.
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Game Day Hero [4478]
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November 18, 1967 - Frank Howard's Orange shoes game!!
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:03 AM
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'Twas all of 14 years old and in The Valley with my Dad . . . pulling for the Wolfpack! Yikes! But all that changed in 1971 when I entered Clemson as a freshman.
BTW, the 4-4 Tigers beat the undefeated and 10th-ranked Wolfpack that day, 14-6!!
Go, Tigers!
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Associate AD [1098]
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Re: November 18, 1967 - Frank Howard's Orange shoes game!!
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:19 AM
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Yep, i was there....freshman.
First game was 1963, Maryland i think. Have a silent home movie of "the most exciting 25 seconds in college football" which happened about an hour before gametime without much fanfare.
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MVP [542]
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Game Changer [1809]
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Re: November 18, 1967 - Frank Howard's Orange shoes game!!
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:57 AM
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'Twas all of 14 years old and in The Valley with my Dad . . . pulling for the Wolfpack! Yikes! But all that changed in 1971 when I entered Clemson as a freshman. BTW, the 4-4 Tigers beat the undefeated and 10th-ranked Wolfpack that day, 14-6!! Go, Tigers!
'Twas all of 14 years old and in The Valley with my Dad . . . pulling for the Wolfpack! Yikes! But all that changed in 1971 when I entered Clemson as a freshman. BTW, the 4-4 Tigers beat the undefeated and 10th-ranked Wolfpack that day, 14-6!! Go, Tigers!
Wolfpack had lost to Penn State the week before.
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Game Day Hero [4478]
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Re: November 18, 1967 - Frank Howard's Orange shoes game!!
Jun 19, 2023, 11:23 AM
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I stand corrected.
Many thanks!
Go, Tigers!
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Game Day Hero [4289]
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All-Pro [760]
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My first game in DV was in 1975 vs. Florida State.
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:08 AM
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We got blown out. I was 12 years old. My first true Clemson game was properly around 1971 or '72 down in Atlanta VS. GA Tech. Kinda sorta remembered that game. I also remembered going to a Wake Forest game in the early 70's in Winston-Salem with my Dad. That was when we lived in Salisbury North Carolina.
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TigerNet Immortal [169805]
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1972 v Citadel
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:14 AM
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Rode in the back of one of those station wagons with the rear clamshell door shooting confetti poppers out the back all the way home.
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Asst Coach [816]
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1988 against VT, on the hill…
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:17 AM
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Quite the sunburn and a 40-7 W
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All-Conference [436]
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Apparently not as old as some…. BUT a classic
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:25 AM
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2003 freshman year - Florida state!!!!
They were ranked No. 2 in the nation, and all my friends i invited to come up for the game we’re stoked, but I kept hearing that they wish that we could actually have a chance to win the game! We all stood on the hill to watch Tommy beat his daddy for the first time, and then proceeded to tear down the goal post, and then paraded it all around campus and tried to take it downtown but the cops maced us as we are just across the street from Subway, and so we ran away with it and threw it in the pool by the library and I still have a piece of it at my house today!!!!
What a year to start following Tiger football for real!!! That game along with 63-17 and our peach bowl win over Tennessee!!! Been a die hard fanatic fan ever since!! Haha
Go tigers!!!
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Paw Master [17696]
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November 9, 1974, UNC
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:35 AM
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Final Score, 54-32 Tigers
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Campus Hero [13278]
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1984 against GT
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:38 AM
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They were ranked like 18th and we were above around 12th and we lost in a close game. My buddy's grandmother lived in Clemson and had season tickets from her tenured husband that had passed away. She was one grouchy lady. Thankfully we had most the day away from her as we walked about 5mi to the game and 5mi back, she didnt want to drive us and we were happy.
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Team Captain [451]
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:38 AM
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84’ against VT and Bruce smith
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All-Conference [427]
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:42 AM
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1957. Went with Boy Scout troop. Cost 50 cents - Clemson beat PC 66-0.
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Varsity [144]
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:58 AM
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1977 NC State(won 7-3). 10 years old, sat on the hill. Bought a tiger rag and still have it hanging up.
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Rival Killer [3000]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:03 AM
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1978 Citadel as brand new freshman
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Orange Phenom [14650]
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vs Virginia, 1979. Tigers win 17-7.***
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All-Time Great [88597]
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1965 UMD. We lost 6-0.***
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All-Pro [716]
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:28 AM
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App state 1997 my freshman year. We won an ugly 23-12 game but it was awesome!
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Freshman [1]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:29 AM
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Oct 25, 1969 vs Alabama
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National Champion [7567]
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2 Sep 1989 - Furman***
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Commissioner [1268]
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Tulane 9/13/1975 L 13-17, I was 9.***
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:36 AM
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Heisman Winner [86021]
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Sept 9, 1972 vs The Citadel. That was our first game my
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:39 AM
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freshman year. I actually grew up in a house where and older brother and older sister had both gone to Coot U. I thought I was a Coot fan, too. But, Clemson offered Chemical Engineering, and if USuK even HAD an Engineering school back then, it wasn't much thought of. So, I said, I'll go to Clemson, but still root for South Carolina.
That all ended on Sept 9, 1972. The pageantry of college football in Death Valley swept all that foolishness away, and my blood was permanently dyed orange for all time. It wound up being the toughest 4.5 years of my life, and I wouldn't trade them for anything on this earth.
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Standout [246]
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:47 AM
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Nov 22 South Carolina. Ended in a tie 21-22...
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Standout [246]
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:49 AM
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Nov 22 1986 or 87. Tie game 21-21 against South Carolina.
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All-Pro [716]
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Jun 17, 2023, 11:50 AM
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That would be 86. 87 in Columbia with black magic was a rough night.
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Orange Blooded [2680]
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:52 AM
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1957 when I was a shaved head freshman!! Don't remember a lot about the game but at that time it was the only thing that happened at Clemson on the weekend.
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Letterman [196]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 11:25 AM
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1968 vs USC. We lost 7-3 on a punt return late in the game. Started my Freshman year in 1970.
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Orange Immortal [65617]
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Had to be around 1960 or 61, when I was a baby.
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I have no idea which game or exactly when, as it predates my ability to rember or be aware of such things. The first one I can recall was Clemson vs. South Carolina in 1966, when Jimmy "The Needle" Addison was a star QB and Buddy Gore was a star RB.
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Commissioner [1225]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 1:19 PM
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1958 Clemson beat Tarholes forCiach Howard’s 100th win.Hot as Hades. Dad took my brother and me under a tree near SW corner of west endzone. Loved it from the start.
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Head Coach [972]
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1990 Long Beach State
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:13 PM
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Got to sit in a box and watch the Tigers dismantle them, 59-0!
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Game Day Hero [4289]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:22 PM
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I was there. It was his coming out party for nation. Made us pull our hair out
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Dynasty Maker [3460]
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Vs. Western Carolina 1982. Row B behind the Tigers' bench.
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:28 PM
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Saw Tim Childers return a fumble caught in midair and run it back 83 yards, but he did not score. At the time it was the longest non-scoring play in Tiger history.
Got season tickets the next year and have missed only 7 home games since due to illness or weddings.
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TigerNet Elite [72975]
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Re: 1976.
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:35 PM
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I don't know what game it was. My mom was still pregnant with me.
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Top TigerNet [29987]
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Last year, 2022. Louisville.
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Thanks to a gracious invitation from different posters on T-net, a friend of mine and I came up to Clemson and had a great time tail-gating and watching the game.
Also, thanks to another generous invitation, we'll be back this Fall for the Wake game.
Note: In the season of 1994 I saw several baseball games. Coach Leggett was a youngster.
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All-American [579]
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:43 PM
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That was mine too!
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110%er [6589]
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:48 PM
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1973. Don't remember who CU was playing. Went to all the home games in 1974 and still have commerative Pepsi bottle from that year...doubt the cola in it is still good though.
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Orange Blooded [2288]
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Jun 17, 2023, 2:58 PM
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1960-12-2 over the Coots in the first Clemson-SC game at Clemson.
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Asst Coach [829]
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Jun 17, 2023, 3:01 PM
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I’m thinking it was 1976. Clemson vs. Maryland. Renaldo Nehemiah was their wideout.
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All-In [10862]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 6:12 PM
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Somewhere around 1962 when I was 10.
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Orange Blooded [2597]
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Jun 17, 2023, 9:44 PM
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1969, the UVa game and with the win, an end to Rat Season.
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TigerNet Immortal [173199]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 17, 2023, 10:24 PM
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1980 vs Duke. We lost. 
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Game Changer [1973]
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1970. Lost to North Carolina 42-7 in a pouring rain.***
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All-Pro [765]
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Jun 18, 2023, 12:09 AM
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Think it was at 6 years old with my Grandmother vs. Alabama in ‘67. We lost 13-10. First early real memory is ‘72 in the cold mist vs. USuCk. We won 7-6 on a stopped two point conversion in the final minute.
From ‘72 on, I didn’t miss many games. My Dad played on the ‘47 to ‘49 teams and we had season tickets forever.
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Starter [276]
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Jun 18, 2023, 2:38 AM
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September 28, 1974
Tigers and Bennie Cunningham beat Georgia Tech 21 - 17
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National Champion [7629]
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Jun 18, 2023, 6:40 AM
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1962 Clemson vs. Usuck and Dan Reeves was their starting QB.
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Game Changer [1705]
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Vs Virginia 1977***
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Game Changer [1705]
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Re: Vs Virginia 1977***
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It rained and was disappointed that instead of running through a banner under the goalpost, like the local high school team did in my town,the team ran down a hill.
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Orange Elite [5429]
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Re: Your first game attended live at DV. Mine 1982 BC. Game ended in
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Jun 18, 2023, 7:32 AM
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1996 Clemson-Georgia Tech
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Asst Coach [706]
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Jun 18, 2023, 7:36 AM
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1983 v Georgia. I was a freshman and sat on the hill. The game ended in a tie at 16-16.
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Solid Orange [1391]
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Jun 18, 2023, 7:41 AM
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1959 Maryland. Tom Nugent at Maryland was credited with developing the I formation
All the way up there the grown ups were talkin bout the I formation. I had no idea what they were talkin about
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Team Captain [466]
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Jun 18, 2023, 8:37 AM
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October 23, 2004 We played Maryland and scored a touchdown late to win 10-7.
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Rival Killer [2964]
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Jun 19, 2023, 7:31 AM
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I was 6 months old. My mother doesn't remember who the Tigs played but looking at the schedule from that year we think it was Virgnia.
Of course back then games only lasted about an hour. You drove up to the stadium and parked. Tailgating didn't exist.
Been a Tiger fan my whole life since then...
Go Tigers
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Gridiron Giant [15678]
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1976 Clemson 28 SC 9
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Paw Master [16363]
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Maryland in 1967. I was a senior in high school and for some reason was invited by Clemson along with another guy from my high school to visit. I drove us up to Clemson from Charleston which was the first time my folks let me drive out of town. It was Homecoming and I recall being blown away by the displays on Bowman and the area in front of the loggia. Clemson put a few of us up in some vacant dorm rooms in the basement of one of the frat buildings. There was a party going on Friday night and oddly enough, no one was checking IDs on the frat quad. We were supposed to be at a breakfast at 0800 on Friday morning in the Clemson House. We got there hung over and late.
We beat Maryland on Saturday. I went to Clemson. My buddy went to South Carolina.
BTW,the first Clemson game I ever saw live was in Columbia on Big Thursday in 1955. My Mom had a cousin who played for the Gamecocks and that somehow got me into the game. I remember being disappointed in not spending more time at the fair.
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110%er [3641]
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1953, my brother's Sophomore year, Clemson vs Wake Forest, it rained. I was 7 ears old and that's what I remember.
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Trainer [44]
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81' NC state
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