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Legend [17786]
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On This Date: 1981 (3)Clemson- 82 Wake Forest- 24
Oct 31, 2017, 12:17 PM
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No. 3 Clemson Rolls By Wake Forest 82-24
NY Times / AP
Published: November 1, 1981
CLEMSON, S.C., Oct. 31— Chuck McSwain ran for 90 yards and three touchdowns today as unbeaten Clemson defeated Wake Forest, 82-24. Clemson won its eighth game and scored more points than any other team in Atlantic Coast Conference history; the previous record was set in 1954 when Maryland beat Missouri, 74-13.
Clemson scored on all but two possessions, and had 49 points by Halftime. The Tigers set a team record for total offense, gaining more than 750 yards. Cliff Austin scored two of Clemson's touchdowns, on runs of 4 and 3 yards. Clemson's longest scoring effort came on the first play of second half, when the quarterback Homer Jordan connected with Perry Tuttle for a 75-yard touchdown. Later, Tuttle caught another touchdown pass from Jordan, this one a 25-yarder.
https://youtu.be/FlDQqEyjInU
Wake Forest (3-6) scored on passes of 17 and 5 yards from Gary Schofield to Kenny Duckett, a 1-yard run by Carlos Cunningham and a 22-yard field goal by Phil Denfeld.
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Re: On This Date: 1981 (3)Clemson- 82 Wake Forest- 24
Oct 31, 2017, 12:41 PM
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I was riding the mail route helping my dad listening to the game on the radio.
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Legend [16112]
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I was there...Back-up RB and future LB Craig Crawford
Oct 31, 2017, 12:43 PM
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took a pitch 70 yards to the house for the last points
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Legend [16413]
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Remember it clearly
Oct 31, 2017, 12:48 PM
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This was the 1st Clemson game I ever attended
Oh, the pushups!
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Legend [16112]
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the Demon Deacon had to help***
Oct 31, 2017, 12:51 PM
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And by the end, he was wore out too! But, his expression
Oct 31, 2017, 1:26 PM
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never changed.
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Oculus Spirit [90687]
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I was with Family & Friends in a neat GMC RV parked on Littlejohn lawn
Oct 31, 2017, 12:54 PM
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and it was hot..plus i have pics of us with me holding that famous 1977 cotton PAW Flag I waved home & away til 1992.
And, i had predicted few games earlier that Clemson would win the Natty!
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Re: Remember it clearly
Oct 31, 2017, 5:26 PM
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My first game also, and like the others mentioned, the poor WF mascot ran out of push-up power too.
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Re: On This Date: 1981 (3)Clemson- 82 Wake Forest- 24
Oct 31, 2017, 12:50 PM
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I wish we would go back to playing tuesday night games, it really helped me get through the week.
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Legend [16112]
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On the video, Jim credits Otis Lindsey with the long run
Oct 31, 2017, 12:50 PM
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because there were 2 #44s(neither had a name on the back of their jersey), but it was fellow freshman Crawford
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They were calling freshmen players out of the stands...
Oct 31, 2017, 2:14 PM
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so they could dress and play in the second half.
This was back in the day before the NCAA limited scholarships to just 85 and Clemson still had a JV squad.
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Legend [16112]
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That was the first time I saw multiple numbers and guys with
Oct 31, 2017, 2:58 PM
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out names on their jersey
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that 24 points still sticks in my crawl!
Oct 31, 2017, 12:52 PM
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that defense was way too good to give up 24 points to wake forest!!!
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I was at this game....I still maintain people suited up and
Oct 31, 2017, 12:53 PM
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played for the Tigers that I'd never seen before and never saw again
Bought a bumper sticker from a Wake bass drum player that read (Proud to be a Deac!), went home and
stuck on the fridge
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Re: I was at this game....I still maintain people suited up and
Oct 31, 2017, 1:45 PM
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I was there, on the hill.....remember the Deacon doing push-ups.....thought I remembered it being hot. Remember the paper saying (afterwards) that they pulled a RB out of the stands at halftime and he scored in the 2nd half.
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Re: On This Date: 1981 (3)Clemson- 82 Wake Forest- 24
Oct 31, 2017, 1:49 PM
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I was 10, remember getting the Sunday paper at grandparents house for Sunday dinner and reading every article, still remember just being in disbelief of the stats. Never punted that game.
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That was my Fr. year***
Oct 31, 2017, 2:12 PM
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Yeah! I was there***
Oct 31, 2017, 3:10 PM
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Re: On This Date: 1981 (3)Clemson- 82 Wake Forest- 24
Oct 31, 2017, 4:18 PM
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I was there...Sophomore year...roomed with Ricky (The Tiger) that year...he was one tired puppy after that game.
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