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Clemson Firsts
Jan 31, 2018, 2:11 PM
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In attempting to find out when the Tigers played their first game under lights at Death Valley, I discovered some interesting Firsts. I never did find the date I was looking for but found these comments interesting.
Oct. 1909. Five electric bulbs installed on the football practice fields for the first time to facilitate drills after darkness falls.
Oct. 28, 1915. The University of South Carolina employs ringers (ineligible players) in its first three games, winning handily. An investigation uncovered the ruse before the Clemson - Carolina match and the players were banished from the Gamecock squad. The game ended in a 0-0 tie.
(The Gamecocks have a long-time history of cheating)
Oct. 13, 1933. The Tigers played their first night game in history, They played George Washington Univ. in Washington, DC. The game ended in a 0 - 0 tie
You may find some interesting facts, such as the above, by Googling "CLEMSON FIRSTS"
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Don't leave out the R***
Jan 31, 2018, 2:13 PM
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We had ordered six electric bulbs in 1909 but lightbulbbill
Jan 31, 2018, 2:22 PM
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broke 1 on his way to deliver them when he blacked out on rum and crashed his horse.
just kidding LBB! You my boy!
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Re: We had ordered six electric bulbs in 1909 but lightbulbbill
Jan 31, 2018, 2:28 PM
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I was wondering how much profit Lightbulbbill made on that huge 5 bulb sale. I wonder how much five kerosene lanterns would have cost at that time?
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LBB is shrewd businessman. I'm sure he took Coach Williams
Jan 31, 2018, 2:33 PM
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to the cleaners.
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Re: LBB is shrewd businessman. I'm sure he took Coach Williams
Jan 31, 2018, 2:42 PM
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You are gonna hate seeing....
Jan 31, 2018, 2:26 PM
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that you could have received the answer to your question on this very site:
https://www.tigernet.com/football/history/timeline.jsp
October 14, 1933
Clemson played at George Washington in a 0-0 tie. this was the first time Clemson had ever played under the lights. Fans followed the game on a grid graph in Tillman Hall at the Clemson Chapel. A grid was an electrical machine that was marked off like a football field. Lights were so arranged on the graph that every possible play was flashed on the board. The lineups of both teams were written on the sides and the man carrying the ball on each play had a light flashed by his name. Another light representing the runner moved along the board in the same direction and for the same distance as the runner.
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Re: You are gonna hate seeing....
Jan 31, 2018, 2:30 PM
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nm...that was the first night game ever...but not in Death Valley.
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Re: You are gonna hate seeing....
Jan 31, 2018, 2:40 PM
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My question was the first night game in Death Valley. I was there for the game but can't remember the year.
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Re: Clemson Firsts
Jan 31, 2018, 2:38 PM
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OK, found the real answer, I think. It was Clemson's very first game in Memorial Stadium against Presbyterian, if this wikipedia is right:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Clemson_Tigers_football_team
"The 1948 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1948 college football season. Memorial Stadium hosted its first night game in the opener against Presbyterian.[1]"
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Re: Clemson Firsts
Jan 31, 2018, 2:46 PM
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If that was the first night game in Death Valley, I could not have been there because I did not come to Clemson until 1955. As I recall, there were no permanent lighting fixtures when I first came here.
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Possibly temporary fixtures?***
Feb 1, 2018, 6:33 PM
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Re: Possibly temporary fixtures?***
Feb 2, 2018, 9:33 AM
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Well, I'd say any light setups were "temporary" in the end, considering they are sitting right where the upper deck was built. ^_^ Can you really call anything in those areas as permanent when you know a solid structure was eventually built where they are?
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At the time of that picture the stadium only went up to
Feb 2, 2018, 10:05 AM
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what is now the portal level. Where UA, UB, UC, etc start.
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