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When was your first game?
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When was your first game?


Aug 17, 2018, 7:35 PM

Mine was Homecoming 1987 against Virginia. Missed the first half because the friend who was taking me broke his arm while we were playing football before the game. Sat way up high in the upper upper deck and was in awe. I was eight years old and already a Clemson fan but that day had me even more hooked.

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Wake Forest 84-21 game. Sat in the very top row.***


Aug 17, 2018, 7:36 PM



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Not my first game, but the first one that really stands out


Aug 17, 2018, 7:38 PM

All of those push ups...

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What a legendary game to attend.


Aug 17, 2018, 8:31 PM [ in reply to Wake Forest 84-21 game. Sat in the very top row.*** ]

I am jealous

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i was there and probably close to you Neal!


Aug 18, 2018, 6:32 AM [ in reply to Wake Forest 84-21 game. Sat in the very top row.*** ]

That was Halloween and I was certain we would win but I was at the previous week home game vs NC State where we barely squeaked by 17-7 in what was a tough battle!
Therefore I was a little nervous but it soon subsided as they couldn't stop us.
Another thing I recall about that game is a friend of mine named Tony Scott was playing for Wake on defense that Halloween day.
Our tickets were right on the middle of the S that season in "Clemson" written in the bleachers. One more thing is we sat close to a guy in a Spartanburg High jacket who was also being looked over by Clemson.
We had played them and I think Ardell Fuller was there qb and he ended up at Vanderbilt. He was being recruited by many huge schools but they didn't want him as a qb except Vandy.

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Aug 18, 2018, 8:55 AM [ in reply to Wake Forest 84-21 game. Sat in the very top row.*** ]

82 - 24

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Oct. 30, 1971: Clemson 10 Wake Forest 9


Aug 17, 2018, 7:48 PM

I was 8 and probably more concerned about upcoming trick or treating than the game.

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Aug 17, 2018, 7:51 PM

1977ish. Maryland I think. I was 6 years old and daddy bought me a give ‘em hell Pell flag.

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Aug 17, 2018, 7:55 PM

By the way I have looked for video of that game for years. If anyone has it let me know. I want to learn how the first half went.

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Aug 17, 2018, 9:34 PM

1959 when I but a mere six yrs. old! I believe it was Wake. The first game I really remember was Howard against the Bear when Clemson lost 13 to 10 to Bama after missing two FGs which would have won it! That was 1967.

The most memorable in my life has to be Notre Dame in the hurricane conditions! This was an absolute classic!!

Go Tigers!

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Aug 18, 2018, 4:31 PM [ in reply to Re: When was your first game? ]

Speaking of old video.The first game i taped on my Magnavox VCR'ah was the Woody Hayes vs Charlie Bauman heavyweight boxing match.. The tape cost $25... Still have it. The difference between analog and digital is WOW.

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Re: When was your first game?


Aug 17, 2018, 8:08 PM

1979 Clemson 21 - Furman 0

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The year of my birth


Aug 17, 2018, 8:48 PM

And my alma Mater. But go tigers and beat the paladins. The only time it hurts me to say that.


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'77... Fuller-to-Butler @Willie-B... A Classic. Forever....***


Aug 17, 2018, 8:19 PM



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Aug 17, 2018, 8:20 PM

Don't recall for sure but it was most likely "hide and seek".

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:23 PM

Beat El Cid in September 1973.....Red Parker's 1st year.

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Clemson @ FSU in 1976. Tigers win !***


Aug 17, 2018, 8:23 PM



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1983 vs Western Carolina


Aug 17, 2018, 8:25 PM

Mike Epply ftw. Rainy day and it was incredible

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:43 PM

My dad took me to the last Big Thursday game. I was 8 years old. My first game at Clemson was against UNC about 61 or 62. I remember we got beat but didn’t care back then. What a great day.

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:44 PM

2005 TAMU game with a ticket from my girlfriend's aggie family. I started classes at Clemson in 2006 and married then girlfriend after graduating in 2009. I now live in College Station and previously noted aggie-in-laws have 4 tigers in the family. Is it September yet?..

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:47 PM

Keep on doing the Lords’s Work and converting the infidels.

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:48 PM

by coincidence it was 1964 vs furman.we won 28-0,and I thought we were on our way to a great season,but we wound up 3 and 7.somehow I don't think that will happen this year.

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:51 PM

The only time I pull against the paladins is against the tigers. Class of 2001 Furman.

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Aug 17, 2018, 9:00 PM

It was Big Thursday. Don’t remember the year. I do remember being there for the brawl when SC frat guys dressed in Clemson uniforms, ran onto the field. We cheered but realized we were bambozled when they started to dance during warm ups. Then the worst fight I’ve ever witnessed began when Clemson students stormed the field. That was pregame.
Tigers won the game. Don’t remember the year or the score. I graduated high school in 63, it was before then.

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Aug 17, 2018, 9:08 PM

1997 beat app state 23-12. First game my freshman year. What a D we had that year. Anthony Simmons is still the best LB I have ever seen at clemson.

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early 90s homecoming game. I think


Aug 17, 2018, 9:17 PM

It was GT. I was 9ish

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Aug 17, 2018, 9:26 PM

September 13, 1975. Tulane, yes TULANE beat us like most everyone else did that year.
That was the very first college football game I had ever watched. I was a freshman band guy and my very first exposure to College football and especially Death Valley......I was on the field. The first time we struck up Tiger Rag was a rather enlightening moment!
Steve Fuller, Willie (Willie’s Return Service) , Warren Ratchford, Jerry Butler, Bennie Cunningham to name a few.
Good times. Wow....we’ve dug out of a deeep hole!

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1963,was 6 yrs old***


Aug 17, 2018, 9:34 PM



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Oct. 1964, 1 of 3 wins that year


Aug 17, 2018, 9:37 PM

Tigers 29, Virginia 7. Sat in the West End Zone...…..regular bleacher seating

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A coot will usually blink when hit in the head with a ball-peen hammer


1974 I was 9 years old there with a friend


Aug 17, 2018, 9:39 PM

and his family. It was a big season because Clemson went on to finish undefeated at home that year if I remember correctly.

I rode 3 hours each way to see the game but that night my friends family took my to a double header to see the Braves beat the Padres in both games.

Hank Aaron batted only once in both games combined that night and he was intentionally walked in that one at bat. Nevertheless what a night!!

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Aug 17, 2018, 10:18 PM

1959... Clemson 6 Duke 0. Then two weeks later, back in the Valley for Norm Snead (who played in the NFL for 16 years) and Wake Forest, with the Tigers winning 33-31 in a real barn burner. When Frank Howard met Wake coach Paul Amen at mid-field after the game, Frank reportedly said, "Paul, we outta lock the gates and charge everybody to get out!" I was 10 years old, and that game sold me on Tiger football for life. I can still "see" Harry Pavilack intercepting Snead to end the game. Wow.

And now, almost 60 years later, well... Go Tigers!

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Aug 17, 2018, 10:38 PM

First game of 1970. Citadel.

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Aug 17, 2018, 10:45 PM

November 24 1962, Clemson plays and beats the coots, I wasn't even a FB fan until that day!!!

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Aug 17, 2018, 10:51 PM

Virginia, 1979 Homecoming.

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Sept 18, 1965 - beat NC State


Aug 17, 2018, 11:03 PM

21-7 - Highlight of the day was that it marked the end of a month-long Rat Season. Later that season beat Duke 3-2 and TCU 6-0 in road games.

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First game in person: 1997 FSU


Aug 17, 2018, 11:04 PM

It was unlike experience I had prior to it.

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I don’t remember mine. I was an infant.


Aug 17, 2018, 11:16 PM

Apparently I was crying to loud after the hill run that my mom just took me and left at the beginning of the first quarter, so I’ve been told??. It was worth a try with a 5 month old I guess.

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Aug 18, 2018, 7:19 AM

I'm in the same boat.... Don't remember mine because my parents took me when I was no more than 2 or so. Where my first memories kick in was walking First Friday with the Kudzu guys, and eventually staying at a daycare that was back behind the Hardee's that used to be toward The Esso.

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Aug 17, 2018, 11:17 PM

Virginia 1966 . And I have not missed a home game since 1971.

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Aug 17, 2018, 11:37 PM

Sept 27, 1958. Beat UNC for Frank Howard’s 100th win. I was 6.

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Aug 18, 2018, 5:41 AM

Fall of 1958 in my "first" freshman year!!

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Aug 18, 2018, 8:53 AM

Looks like you win the prize.

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Aug 18, 2018, 5:58 AM

September 3, 1983 vs Western Carolina in the rain. I was 9 years old, & the final was 44-10 Tigers! I’ve been hooked ever since!

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Aug 18, 2018, 6:20 PM

11/9/1985 @ UNC. CLEMSON Lost 21-20. I was too young to remember any of it.

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Aug 18, 2018, 8:57 AM

1996 Clemson vs. Georgia Tech

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"Smelley, Garcia, and Beecher are going to lead you to 4-8." - york_tiger


1978 vs Va Tech I was 7 and hooked ever since***


Aug 18, 2018, 10:06 AM



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1972 Beat the Chickens 7-6. It was a nasty wet


Aug 18, 2018, 10:22 AM

cold day. Clemson used Greenville city buses back then and dad knew the bus driver and me and my brother defrosted on the bus at halftime and into the third quarter. Came back in the game in time to see Scar fail at 2 point conversion (if I remember correctly). Haven't missed a Clemson SC game since.

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Puntrooskie


Aug 18, 2018, 10:36 AM

Before I was even a hardcore Clemson fan my dad took me to a game. It just so happened to be the FSU game in '88 when they ran the now infamous puntrooskie play. I wasn't even really into football at that time, but I think that game planted the seed that would lead to me becoming a rabid fan. I was 15 at the time.

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freshman year 1983


Aug 18, 2018, 10:53 AM

first game

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I can't remember but...


Aug 18, 2018, 10:55 AM

the one I first remember was called doctor and nurse. A neighborhood girl taught me both roles in the game. She said I caught on real fast too.

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I THINK it was notre dame @ clemson in 1977,


Aug 18, 2018, 3:24 PM

which means I saw joe montana.

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Aug 18, 2018, 4:01 PM

1956 while a Jr. at Greenville High School. Don't even remember who the opponent was. Will be 80 in Feb., so remembering is no longer my strongest suit. GO TIGERS!!!

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Aug 18, 2018, 4:46 PM

1972. Vs SUC. 7-6 Tigers EIN. Cold, rain, sleet. But a win. I was 8. Been there ever since. 46 years strong in The Valley. Seen a lot!!!????

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Aug 30, 2003 vs Georgia


Aug 18, 2018, 4:58 PM

Was my freshman year, had never been to Clemson prior to that summer. The game didn't go great, but the sold out crowd, the energy in the stadium prior to kickoff, seeing the team run down the hill for the 1st time, had me hooked.

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Alabama - Clemson, 1967


Aug 18, 2018, 5:08 PM

I had moved from Mobile to Charleston the prior year, so had grown up a Tide fan...and was that day...plopped in the middle of the IPTAY section! :) I remained a Tide fan until my frosh year in '73 when my blood began it's transformation to orange. ;)

Bama...Clemson...my life is quite a football ride, for sure! My relatives still wonder where they went wrong! LOL!

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9/08/1979 Furman Opener


Aug 19, 2018, 2:37 PM

Billy Lott taking the QB position, and Rick James "Super Freak" and "Give It To Me" cranking down at The Book Store with it's Mata Hari pinball machine. Great memories.

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Aug 19, 2018, 2:48 PM

1974, 1st home game freshman year. Beat gt 21-17. and sat in section GG. Had been to college and nfl games but nothing like that. A big thrill for a country boy.

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