1977 Clemson Tigers football team

1977 Clemson Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 3–34 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
1977 record	8–3–1 (4–1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Charley Pell
Captain	Steve Fuller, Steve Godfrey, Randy Scott
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1977 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#17 North Carolina $	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
#19 Clemson	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
NC State	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	1
Wake Forest	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	#10 Maryland		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 14–21	44,650
September 17*	at #17 Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 7–6	55,100
September 24*	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clemson – Georgia Tech rivalry)	W 31–14	51,116
October 1*	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 31–13	34,000
October 8	Virginia		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 31–0	49,830
October 15	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 17–11	26,500
October 22	North Carolina State	#20	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	W 7–3	50,304
October 29	Wake Forest	#16	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 26–0	40,445
November 5	at North Carolina	#13	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	T 13–13	50,400
November 12*	#5 Notre Dame	#15	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 17–21	54,189
November 19*	at South Carolina	#15	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	W 31–27	56,410
December 30*	vs. #10 Pittsburgh	#11	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	L 3–34	72,289
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Clemson	10	7	7	7	31
South Carolina	0	0	7	20	27

Scoring summary

1		CLEM	Ratchford 4 yard run (Ariri kick)	CLEM 7–0

1		CLEM	Ariri 18 yard field goal	CLEM 10–0

2		CLEM	Brown 1 yard run (Ariri kick)	CLEM 17–0

3		CLEM	Callicutt 52 yard run (Ariri kick)	CLEM 24–0

3		SCAR	Clark 77 yard run (Parrish kick)	CLEM 24–7

4		SCAR	Dorsey 11 yard run (Parrish kick)	CLEM 24–14

4		SCAR	Dorsey 1 yard run (pass failed)	CLEM 24–20

4		SCAR	Logan 40 yard pass from Bass (Parrish kick)	SCAR 27–24

4	:49	CLEM	Butler 20 yard pass from Fuller (Ariri kick)	CLEM 31–27

Clemson Tigers football

Venues	Bowman Field (1900–1914) Riggs Field (1915–1941) Memorial Stadium (1942–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Boston College (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) Florida State Georgia Georgia Tech NC State (Textile Bowl) South Carolina

Culture & lore	The Tiger "Tiger Rag" Marching band Clemson–South Carolina football brawl

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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