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BOWL HISTORY CLEMSON RECORDED ITS 18TH BOWL WIN WHEN IT DEFEATED NO. 6 OHIO STATE 40-35 IN THE 2014 ORANGE BOWL BEHIND SAMMY WATKINS (LEFT) AND TAJH BOYD (RIGHT).
Ford, Ken Hatf i e l d , To m m y W e s t , To m m y Rk Team Wins Bowden, Dabo 1. Alabama 34 Swinney) have all 2. Southern California 32 been victorious in 3. Oklahoma 28 4. Georgia 27 bowl games for Texas 27 the Tigers since 6. Florida State 25 the 1939 season. Nebraska 25 Overall, nine Tennessee 25 of Clemson’s 18 9. Georgia Tech 23 bowl wins have Louisiana State 23 Mississippi 23 come against 12. Auburn 22 head coaches who 13. Penn State 21 reside in the Col 14. Florida 20 lege Football Hall Michigan 20 of Fame, includ 16. Ohio State 19 ing the late Joe 17. Clemson 18 Miami (Fla.) 18 Paterno of Penn 19. Notre Dame 16 State. Clemson Texas A&M 16 has four bowl Washington 16 wins over coachNote: Vacated wins not included. es who are in the 200-victory club. Woody Hayes of Ohio State, Tom Osborne of Nebraska, Paterno and Nehlen are all coaches with at least 200 career victories who lost bowl games to the Tigers over the years. Clemson has bowl wins over some of the greatest coaches in history:
BOWL WINS
• Frank Leahy when Clemson defeated Boston College in the 1940 Cotton Bowl. • Joe Paterno of Penn State when Clemson beat Penn State 35-10 in the 1988 Citrus Bowl. It was Paterno’s largest margin of defeat in a bowl game. • Woody Hayes of Ohio State when the Tigers beat the Buckeyes by a score of 17-15 in the 1978 Gator Bowl, Hayes’ last game as a coach.
• Barry Switzer of Oklahoma when Clemson beat the Sooners in the 1989 Citrus Bowl, Switzer’s final game as a college coach. • Tom Osborne of Nebraska when Clemson beat the Cornhuskers in the 1982 Orange Bowl, which gave Clemson its only National Championship at the end of the 1981 season. • Don Nehlen of West Virginia when Clemson downed the Mountaineers 27-7 in the 1989 Gator Bowl. • Phillip Fulmer of Tennessee, who had over 150 career wins, when the Tigers defeated a No. 6 Tennessee team 27-14 in the 2004 Peach Bowl. • Les Miles of Louisiana State, who led the Tigers to the 2007 National Championship, fell to Clemson 25-24 in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
CONSECUTIVE BOWL APPEARANCES Rk School 1. Florida State 2. Virginia Tech 3. Georgia Georgia Tech 5. Oklahoma 6. Louisiana State 7. Boise State Wisconsin 9. Alabama 10. Clemson Brigham Young Oregon Note: Active streaks.
Start 1982 1993 1997 1997 1999 2000 2002 2002 2004 2005 2005 2005
Streak 32 21 17 17 15 14 12 12 10 9 9 9
CHANDLER CATANZARO KICKED A 37-YARD FIELD GOAL ON THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME TO LIFT CLEMSON TO A 25-24 WIN OVER NO. 7 LOUISIANA STATE IN THE 2012 CHICK-FIL-A BOWL.
2014 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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