Oct 19, 1968: Winless #Clemson at 0-3-1 needed a victory, but Duke looked formidable. The Blue Devils did put up a Death Valley opponent record of 360 yards in the air, but Duke’s 8 turnovers paved the way for a 39-22 Tiger win and a better second half to their season at 4-2.

Oct 18, 2008: Interim coach Dabo Swinney faced his first opponent as the boss. Four interceptions and 51 yards rushing by #Clemson didn’t help him get that first W, as 6-1 Georgia Tech left DV with a 21-17 win. Some fans wondered if AD Terry Don Phillips had made the right choice

Oct 17, 1903: Georgia fans offered #Clemson players a bushel of apples for each point they scored against Georgia Tech. The motivated Tigers won 73-0 but Tech may have had the last laugh as they hired John Heisman (back row, right) away from Clemson at the end of the season.

Oct 16, 1965: 2-2 #Clemson travels to Durham and, in what might be conservatively described as a defensive struggle, ekes out a 3-2 win over Duke. This was the first of three games since 1953 where the Tigers and their opponent combined for 5 or fewer points.

Oct 15, 2011: The Tigers fell behind host Maryland 28-10 in the 1st half and 35-17 in the 3rd qtr, but they didn’t roll over. With Andre Ellington slashing the Terp defense for 212 yards on the ground, #5 #Clemson finally turned the turtle 56-45 to remain undefeated at 7-0.

Oct 14, 2000: Before a standing room only crowd in Death Valley, #5 #Clemson waxed Maryland 35-14 to improve to 7-0. Travis Zachery ran for 151 yards and Rod Gardner had 231 all purpose yards. DB Alex Ardley tied a Tiger program record with three interceptions.

Oct 13, 1933: #Clemson plays its first night football game. The opponent was George Washington Univ. The venue was Griffith Stadium in Washington DC, home of the Senators baseball team, and the final score was 0-0, the first of 3 straight games where the Tigers failed to score.

Oct 13, 2008: Preseason Top Ten #Clemson stood at 3-3 and had just lost to Wake Forest. Tommy Bowden’s resignation was on the desk of AD Terry Don Phillips. Bowden won 72 games as coach of the Tigers, ranking him 4th among 25 head coaches. He was 7-2 against the Gamecocks.

Oct 12, 1991: #Clemson has played in 45 football games which ended in a tie. The last one occurred on this date as the late Wayne Simmons blocked a 34 yard FG attempt by Virginia, preserving a 20-20 result. It marked the 2nd year in a row that the Tigers failed to beat the Cavs.

Oct 11, 1980: Virginia led the Tigers 24-10 going into the 4th quarter in Charlottesville but the Cavs soon wondered if ACC stood for Another #Clemson Comeback as the Tigers tied it at 24 and then with 6 secs left, Obed Ariri booted a 52 yarder to give the visitors a 27-24 win.

Oct 10, 1992: #Clemson fell into a 0-28 hole at Virginia. Freshman QB Louis Solomon came off the bench and ran 64 yards for a TD to make the Tigers growl for more Cavalier. Clemson dug out of the abyss and Nelson Welch kicked the game winner at 0:55. Final Tigers 29, Cavs 28.

Oct 9, 2008: There may be a few #Clemson football coaches buried on Cemetery Hill, but more than a few have found Groves Stadium to be a graveyard for their careers. The latest was Tommy Bowden, who coached his last game here on this date. Final Deacons 12, Tigers 7.

Oct 8, 1904: #Clemson defeats the Alabama Crimson White (their nickname until 1907) 18-0 at West End Park in Birmingham. Team captain Joe Holland scored 2 TDs in the second half to put the game out of reach. In 1910, Holland coached the Tiger baseball team to a 10-11 record.

Oct 7, 1961: The winless Tigers (0-2) travelled to Chapel Hill to face 1-0 UNC in front of 26,000 at Keenan Stadium. It was #Clemson’s day as they romped over the outmanned Tar Heels 27-0, making the bus ride home a short one.

Oct 6, 1990: #Clemson 34, Georgia 3. The Tigers had 341 rushing yards, compared to the Bulldogs’ 81 total yards. Georgia did not penetrate Clemson’s territory any deeper than the 26 yard line. It was the largest margin of victory for the Tigers over the Bulldogs since 1905.

Oct 5, 1901: Coach John Heisman begins his second season at #Clemson with a game against Guilford College. The Tigers averaged 30 yards per play on the way to a 122-0 win. That score remains the Tigers’ largest margin of victory as well as most points in one football game.

Oct 4, 1969: #Clemson had lost ten in a row to Georgia Tech, all of them at Grant Field. With the Tigers on the wrong end of a 0-10 halftime score it looked like number 11 might be coming up. But FB Ray Yauger bulled into the end zone thrice in the 2nd half; final CU 21, GT 10.

Oct 3, 2015: “We give you nice uniforms, we give you scholarships, we give you good food and a nice place to live. I can’t give you guts and I can’t give you heart, you gotta bring your own guts”. #Clemson 24 Notre Dame 22.

Oct 2, 2021: Passing of 207 yards and rushing of 231 yards (125 by Kobe Pace) were enough for #Clemson to hold off Boston College 19-13 and win their 31st consecutive game in Death Valley. B. T. Potter’s 4 field goals gave the Tigers the scoring edge.

Oct 1, 2011: #13 #Clemson travelled to Blacksburg VA to meet #11 Virginia Tech. The postgame stats were fairly close, but the score was not as the Tigers rode home on the comfort of a 23-3 road win over a nationally ranked team.