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The Tigers take the field at the 2009 Music City Bowl.

The Clemson Tigers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Clemson has appeared in 35 bowl games.[1][2] Included in these games are 5 combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange).[2][3] Clemson's 17 bowl wins place it 18th in all-time bowl wins.[4]

Key[]

General
dagger Bowl game record attendance
double-dagger Former bowl game record attendance
* National championship game

Results
W Win
L Loss

Bowl games[]


List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1][5]
# Season Bowl[2] Score[A 2] Date Opponent[A 3] Stadium Location Attendance[6] Head coach
1 1939 1940 Cotton Bowl Classic &10000000000000003000000W 6–3 01940-01-01 January 1, 1940 Boston College Eagles Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 20,000 Neely, JessJess Neely
2 1948 1949 Gator Bowl &10000000000000001000000W 24–23 01949-01-01 January 1, 1949 Missouri Tigers Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 32,959double-dagger Howard, FrankFrank Howard
3 1950 1951 Orange Bowl &10000000000000001000000W 15–14 01951-01-01 January 1, 1951 Miami Hurricanes Burdine Stadium Miami, FL 65,181double-dagger Howard, FrankFrank Howard
4 1951 1952 Gator Bowl &09999999999999985999999L 14–0 01952-01-01 January 1, 1952 Miami Hurricanes Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 34,577double-dagger Howard, FrankFrank Howard
5 1956 1957 Orange Bowl &09999999999999993999999L 27–21 01957-01-01 January 1, 1957 Colorado Buffaloes Burdine Stadium Miami, FL 73,280double-dagger Howard, FrankFrank Howard
6 1958 1959 Sugar Bowl &09999999999999992999999L 7–0 01959-01-01 January 1, 1959 LSU Tigers Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA 82,000 Howard, FrankFrank Howard
7 1959 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl &10000000000000007000000W 7–0 01959-12-19 December 19, 1959 TCU Horned Frogs Rice Stadium Houston, TX 55,000double-dagger Howard, FrankFrank Howard
8 1977 1977 Gator Bowl &09999999999999968999999L 34–3 01977-12-30 December 30, 1977 Pittsburgh Panthers Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 72,289double-dagger Pell, CharleyCharley Pell
9 1978 1978 Gator Bowl &10000000000000002000000W 17–15 01978-12-29 December 29, 1978 Ohio State Buckeyes Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 72,011 Ford, DannyDanny Ford
10 1979 1979 Peach Bowl &09999999999999993999999L 24–18 01979-12-31 December 31, 1979 Baylor Bears Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA 57,371double-dagger Ford, DannyDanny Ford
11 1981 1982 Orange Bowl* &10000000000000007000000W 22–15 01982-01-01 January 1, 1982 Nebraska Cornhuskers Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL 72,748 Ford, DannyDanny Ford
12 1985 1985 Independence Bowl &09999999999999992999999L 20–13 01985-12-21 December 21, 1985 Minnesota Golden Gophers Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 42,800 Ford, DannyDanny Ford
13 1986 1986 Gator Bowl &10000000000000006000000W 27–21 01986-12-27 December 27, 1986 Stanford Cardinal Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 80,104 Ford, DannyDanny Ford
14 1987 1988 Florida Citrus Bowl &10000000000000025000000W 35–10 01988-01-01 January 1, 1988 Penn State Nittany Lions Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 53,152double-dagger Ford, DannyDanny Ford
15 1988 1989 Florida Citrus Bowl &10000000000000007000000W 13–6 01989-01-01 January 1, 1989 Oklahoma Sooners Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 53,571double-dagger Ford, DannyDanny Ford
16 1989 1989 Gator Bowl &10000000000000020000000W 27–7 01989-12-30 December 30, 1989 West Virginia Mountaineers Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 82,911double-dagger Ford, DannyDanny Ford
17 1990 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl &10000000000000030000000W 30–0 01991-01-01 January 1, 1991 Illinois Fighting Illini Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL 63,154double-dagger Hatfield, KenKen Hatfield
18 1991 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl &09999999999999975999999L 37–14 01992-01-01 January 1, 1992 California Golden Bears Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 64,192 Hatfield, KenKen Hatfield
19 1993 1993 Peach Bowl &10000000000000001000000W 14–13 01993-12-31 December 31, 1993 Kentucky Wildcats Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 63,416 West, TommyTommy West
20 1995 1996 Gator Bowl &09999999999999958999999L 41–0 01996-01-01 January 1, 1996 Syracuse Orangemen Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL 45,202 West, TommyTommy West
21 1996 1996 Peach Bowl &09999999999999996999999L 10–7 01996-12-28 December 28, 1996 LSU Tigers Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 63,622 West, TommyTommy West
22 1997 1998 Peach Bowl &09999999999999995999999L 21–17 01998-01-02 January 2, 1998 Auburn Tigers Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 71,212double-dagger West, TommyTommy West
23 1999 1999 Peach Bowl &09999999999999989999999L 17–7 01999-12-30 December 30, 1999 Mississippi State Bulldogs Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 73,315double-dagger Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
24 2000 2001 Gator Bowl &09999999999999978999999L 41–20 02001-01-01 January 1, 2001 Virginia Tech Hokies Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL 68,741 Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
25 2001 2001 Humanitarian Bowl &10000000000000025000000W 49–24 02001-12-31 December 31, 2001 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 23,427 Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
26 2002 2002 Tangerine Bowl &09999999999999959999999L 55–15 02002-12-23 December 23, 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 21,689 Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
27 2003 2004 Peach Bowl &10000000000000013000000W 27–14 02004-01-02 January 2, 2004 Tennessee Volunteers Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 75,125double-dagger Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
28 2005 2005 Champs Sports Bowl &10000000000000009000000W 19–10 02005-12-27 December 27, 2005 Colorado Buffaloes Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 31,470 Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
29 2006 2006 Music City Bowl &09999999999999991999999L 28–20 02006-12-29 December 29, 2006 Kentucky Wildcats LP Field Nashville, TN 68,024double-dagger Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
30 2007 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl &09999999999999996999999L 23–20 (OT) 02007-12-31 December 31, 2007 Auburn Tigers Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 74,413 Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
31 2008 2009 Gator Bowl &09999999999999994999999L 26–21 02009-01-01 January 1, 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL 67,282 Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
32 2009 2009 Music City Bowl &10000000000000008000000W 21–13 02009-12-27 December 27, 2009 Kentucky Wildcats LP Field Nashville, TN 57,280 Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
33 2010 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl &09999999999999994999999L 31–26 02010-12-31 December 31, 2010 South Florida Bulls Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 41,122 Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
34 2011 2012 Orange Bowl &09999999999999965999999L 70–33 02012-01-04 January 4, 2012 West Virginia Mountaineers Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 67,563 Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
35 2012 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl &10000000000000001000000W 25–24 02012-12-31 December 31, 2012 LSU Tigers Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 68,027 Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney

Notes[]

  1. Statistics correct as of 2010–11 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was an Clemson win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. Links to the season article for the opponent that Clemson competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

References[]

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