List of Clemson Tigers football seasons

The Clemson Tigers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Clemson has played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina since 1942.^[1] The Tigers have three national championship titles (1981, 2016 and 2018) along with two other national championship appearances in 2015 and 2019.^[2] The Tigers have claimed 26 conference championships and have appeared in 50 postseason bowl games with an overall record of 27-23.^[3] Clemson now has over 750 wins in its program.

The 2008 Clemson Tigers team taking the field at Memorial Stadium.

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Walter Riggs (Independent) (1896)
1896	Clemson	2–1
William M. Williams (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897)
1897	Clemson	2–2
John Penton (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1898)
1898	Clemson	3–1	1–1	T–6th
Walter Riggs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899)
1899	Clemson	4–2	2–2	9th
John Heisman (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1900–1903)
1900	Clemson	6–0	2–0	1st
1901	Clemson	3–1–1	2–0–1	2nd
1902	Clemson	6–1	5–0	1st
1903	Clemson	4–1–1	2–0–1	T–1st
Shack Shealy (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1904)
1904	Clemson	3–3–1	3–3–1	9th
Eddie Cochems (Independent) (1905)
1905	Clemson	3–2–1
Bob Williams (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906)
1906	Clemson	4–0–3	4–0–2	T–1st
Frank Shaughnessy (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907)
1907	Clemson	4–4	1–3	10th
Stein Stone (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908)
1908	Clemson	1–6	1–4	11th
Bob Williams (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909)
1909	Clemson	6–3	2–2
Frank Dobson (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910–1912)
1910	Clemson	4–3–1	2–3–1	10th
1911	Clemson	3–5	2–4	13th
1912	Clemson	4–4	3–3	T–8th
Bob Williams (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1915)
1913	Clemson	4–4	2–4
1914	Clemson	5–3–1	3–2
1915	Clemson	2–4–2	1–0–1
Wayne Hart (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916)
1916	Clemson	3–6	2–4	17th
Edward Donahue (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1920)
1917	Clemson	6–2	5–1	T–2nd
1918	Clemson	5–2	3–1	4th
1919	Clemson	6–2–2	3–2–2	11th
1920	Clemson	4–6–1	2–6	17th
E. J. Stewart (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921)
1921	Clemson	1–6–2	0–5–2	21st
E. J. Stewart (Southern Conference) (1922)
1922	Clemson	5–4	1–2	T–11th
Bud Saunders (Southern Conference) (1923–1926)
1923	Clemson	5–2–1	1–1–1	T–11th
1924	Clemson	2–6	0–3	T–19th
1925	Clemson	1–7	0–4	T–20th
1926	Clemson	2–7[n 1]	1–3[n 1]	18th[n 1]
Josh Cody (Southern Conference) (1927–1930)
1927	Clemson	5–3–1	2–2	T–8th
1928	Clemson	8–3	4–2	T–7th
1929	Clemson	8–3	3–3	12th
1930	Clemson	8–2	3–2	9th
Jess Neely (Southern Conference) (1931–1939)
1931	Clemson	1–6–2	1–4	20th
1932	Clemson	3–5–1	0–4	T–21st
1933	Clemson	3–6–2	1–1	T–5th
1934	Clemson	5–4	2–1	5th
1935	Clemson	6–3	2–1	4th
1936	Clemson	5–5	3–3	8th
1937	Clemson	4–4–1	2–0–1	T–3rd
1938	Clemson	7–1–1	3–0–1	2nd
1939	Clemson	9–1	4–0	2nd	W Cotton		12
Frank Howard (Southern Conference) (1940–1952)
1940	Clemson	6–2–1	6–0	1st
1941	Clemson	7–2	5–1	3rd
1942	Clemson	3–6–1	2–3–1	9th
1943	Clemson	2–6	2–3	T–7th
1944	Clemson	4–5	3–1	3rd
1945	Clemson	6–3–1	2–1–1	4th
1946	Clemson	4–5	2–3	T–10th
1947	Clemson	4–5	1–3	12th
1948	Clemson	11–0	5–0	1st	W Gator		11
1949	Clemson	4–4–2	2–2	T–7th
1950	Clemson	9–0–1	3–0–1	2nd	W Orange	12	10
1951	Clemson	7–3	3–1	5th	L Gator		20
1952	Clemson	2–6–1	[n 2]	[n 2]
Frank Howard (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1953–1969)
1953	Clemson	3–5–1	1–2	6th
1954	Clemson	5–5	1–2	5th
1955	Clemson	7–3	3–1	3rd
1956	Clemson	7–2–2	4–0–1	1st	L Orange		19
1957	Clemson	7–3	4–3	T–3rd		18
1958	Clemson	8–3	5–1	1st	L Sugar	13	12
1959	Clemson	9–2	6–1	1st	W Bluebonnet	11	11
1960	Clemson	6–4	4–2	4th
1961	Clemson	5–5	3–3	T–3rd
1962	Clemson	6–4	5–1	2nd
1963	Clemson	5–4–1	5–2	T–3rd
1964	Clemson	3–7	2–4	7th
1965	Clemson	5–5	4–3	T–1st
1966	Clemson	6–4	6–1	1st
1967	Clemson	6–4	6–0	1st
1968	Clemson	4–5–1	4–1–1	2nd
1969	Clemson	4–6	3–3	T–3rd
Hootie Ingram (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1970–1972)
1970	Clemson	3–8	2–4	6th
1971	Clemson	5–6	4–2	2nd
1972	Clemson	4–7	2–4	5th
Red Parker (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1973–1976)
1973	Clemson	5–6	4–2	3rd
1974	Clemson	7–4	4–2	T–2nd
1975	Clemson	2–9	2–3	5th
1976	Clemson	3–6–2	0–4–1	7th
Charley Pell (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1977–1978)
1977	Clemson	8–3–1	4–1–1	3rd	L Gator		19
1978	Clemson[n 3]	11–1[n 3]	6–0	1st	W Gator	7	6
Danny Ford (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1978–1989)
1979	Clemson	8–4	4–2	T–2nd	L Peach
1980	Clemson	6–5	2–4	T–4th
1981	Clemson	12–0	6–0	1st	W Orange	1	1
1982	Clemson	9–1–1	6–0	1st	Ineligible[n 4]		8
1983	Clemson	9–1–1	7–0	1st[n 5]	Ineligible[n 5]		11
1984	Clemson	7–4	5–2	2nd[n 5]	Ineligible[n 5]
1985	Clemson	6–6	4–3	4th	L Independence
1986	Clemson	8–2–2	5–1–1	1st	W Gator	19	17
1987	Clemson	10–2	6–1	1st	W Florida Citrus	10	12
1988	Clemson	10–2	6–1	1st	W Florida Citrus	8	9
1989	Clemson	10–2	5–2	3rd	W Gator	11	12
Ken Hatfield (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1990–1993)
1990	Clemson	10–2	5–2	T–2nd	W Hall of Fame	9	9
1991	Clemson	9–2–1	6–0–1	1st	L Florida Citrus	17	18
1992	Clemson	5–6	3–5	7th
1993	Clemson[n 6]	9–3[n 6]	5–3	T–3rd	W Peach	22	23
Tommy West (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1993–1998)
1994	Clemson	5–6	4–4	6th
1995	Clemson	8–4	6–2	2nd	L Gator
1996	Clemson	7–5	6–2	T–2nd	L Peach
1997	Clemson	7–5	4–4	5th	L Peach
1998	Clemson	3–8	1–7	T–9th
Tommy Bowden (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1999–2008)
1999	Clemson	6–6	5–3	2nd	L Peach
2000	Clemson	9–3	6–2	2nd	L Gator	14	16
2001	Clemson	7–5	4–4	T–4th	W Humanitarian
2002	Clemson	7–6	4–4	T–5th	L Tangerine
2003	Clemson	9–4	5–3	3rd	W Peach	22	22
2004	Clemson	6–5	4–4	T–6th	[n 7]
2005	Clemson	8–4	4–4	3rd (Atlantic)	W Champs Sports	21	21
2006	Clemson	8–5	5–3	T–2nd (Atlantic)	L Music City
2007	Clemson	9–4	5–3	2nd (Atlantic)	L Chick-fil-A	22	21
2008	Clemson[n 8]	7–6[n 8]	4–4[n 8]	T–3rd (Atlantic)	L Gator
Dabo Swinney (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2008–present)
2009	Clemson	9–5	6–2	1st (Atlantic)	W Music City		24
2010	Clemson	6–7	4–4	T–4th (Atlantic)	L Meineke Car Care
2011	Clemson	10–4	6–2	1st (Atlantic)	L Orange†	22	22
2012	Clemson	11–2	7–1	T–1st (Atlantic)	W Chick-fil-A	9	11
2013	Clemson	11–2	7–1	2nd (Atlantic)	W Orange†	7	8
2014	Clemson	10–3	6–2	2nd (Atlantic)	W Russell Athletic	15	15
2015	Clemson	14–1	8–0	1st (Atlantic)	W Orange† (CFP Semifinal) L CFP NCG†	2	2
2016	Clemson	14–1	7–1	1st (Atlantic)	W Fiesta† (CFP Semifinal) W CFP NCG†	1	1
2017	Clemson	12–2	7–1	1st (Atlantic)	L Sugar† (CFP Semifinal)	4	4
2018	Clemson	15–0	8–0	1st (Atlantic)	W Cotton† (CFP Semifinal) W CFP NCG†	1	1
2019	Clemson	14–1	8–0	1st (Atlantic)	W Fiesta† (CFP Semifinal) L CFP NCG†	2	2
2020	Clemson	10–2	8–1	2nd	L Sugar† (CFP Semifinal)	3	3
2021	Clemson	10–3	6–2	T–2nd (Atlantic)	W Cheez-It	16	14
2022	Clemson	11–3	8–0	1st (Atlantic)	L Orange†	12	13
2023	Clemson	9–4	4–4	T–6th	W Gator	20	20
2024	Clemson	10–4	7–1	2nd	L CFP First Round†	11	14
Total:		799–458–44
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Notes

1. Saunders resigned after the first four games of the 1926 season. Bob Williams, who had previously served as Clemson's head coach in 1906, 1909, and from 1913 to 1915, led the team for the final five games of the season. Clemson finished with an overall record of 2–7 and a conference mark of 1–3, placing 18th in the Southern Conference.
2. When Clemson and Maryland defied the Southern Conference's ban on postseason games by participating in bowl games after the 1951 season, the conference placed both schools on probation for one year and imposed a football scheduling boycott against them. Accordingly, Clemson was able to play games against only two conference opponents in 1952: Maryland (also on probation) and South Carolina (the annual "Big Thursday" rivalry game was set by the South Carolina Legislature and was therefore exempted from the boycott).^[4]
3. Pell left for Florida after the 1978 regular season. Assistant coach Danny Ford coached the Tigers in the Gator Bowl. Clemson credits the regular season to Pell and the Gator Bowl to Ford.
4. Clemson was placed on probation near the end of the season for recruiting violations, and was made ineligible for a bowl bid.^[5]
5. Clemson was under ACC probation in 1982 and 1983 and was not eligible for the ACC title or a bowl game.^[6]
6. Hatfield resigned after the regular season. Tommy West coached Clemson in the Peach Bowl. Clemson credits the 1993 regular season to Hatfield and the Peach Bowl to West.
7. The team self-imposed punishment for team fight with South Carolina and declined a bowl bid.
8. The Tigers were led by head coach Tommy Bowden, who resigned six games into his tenth season. The interim head coach was assistant coach Dabo Swinney.[

References

1. "Memorial Stadium - Death Valley". ClemsonTigers.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
2. "1981 National Championship Season" (PDF). Clemson University. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
3. "Team-by-Team Bowl Results" (PDF). Bowl/All-Star Game Results. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2008. p. 281. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
4. "Maryland and Clemson Put On Probation". The News (Frederick, Maryland). December 15, 1951. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Severe Sanctions Levied On Clemson". The New York Times. November 23, 1982. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
6. Asher, Mark (November 24, 1982). "ACC Hits Clemson Harder". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

Works cited

• "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
• Bourret, Tim. "2010 Clemson Football Media Guide" (PDF). Clemson University. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2011.