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2 unusual facts about Clemson–South Carolina football brawl


Clemson–South Carolina football brawl

The incident took place on November 20, 2004 at the Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

The fight overshadowed the last game Lou Holtz participated in as South Carolina's head coach, as he retired at the end of the season.


2002 Tangerine Bowl

After Clemson forced a safety, Wes Welker scored on a 59-yard punt return to make it 31–2, Texas Tech.

2008 Chick-fil-A College Kickoff

Clemson's redshirt senior quarterback, Cullen Harper, completed 20 of 34 passes but had no touchdowns and one interception.

2011 ACC Championship Game

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd was named the game's most valuable player, after completing 20–29 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns.

Aquilla J. Dyess

Dyess graduated from Clemson College, Clemson, South Carolina, in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture.

Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad

The uncompleted Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel remains and was used for many years as an ideal place to make and store blue cheese by Clemson University (formerly Clemson College).

Clemson–Florida State football rivalry

The rivalry lives on past the departure of Tommy Bowden, who was replaced mid-season by Wide Receivers and Interim Head Coach Dabo Swinney in 2008.

The first meeting in 1999 was the largest crowd ever to watch a game at Memorial Stadium at Clemson University with an attendance of 86,200.

Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry

For the first time in the series' history, the two teams met for a second time in a season on December 5, 2009 in the ACC Championship Game.

Crash Dive

The USS Semmes (AG-24 ex-DD-189) is seen in one shot; there are probably not many good Technicolor views of a four-stack destroyer available today.

Danny Ford

Joe Kines brought Ford to the University of Arkansas in 1992 to help with the clean-up following Frank Broyles' firing of Jack Crowe (Ford's former offensive coordinator at Clemson) after a loss to the Citadel.

Eric A. Morris

In addition to teaching and research at Clemson, Morris writes about transportation for the "Freakonomics" blog.

Floride Calhoun

Soon after their marriage, her husband was elected to Congress, leaving his wife in charge of his plantation, "Fort Hill," in present-day Clemson, South Carolina.

Ibrahim Ibrahim

I. M. Ibrahim, head coach of the Clemson University men's soccer team

Old Stone Church

Old Stone Church and Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Paul Dietzel

Dietzel's 1958 LSU team concluded an 11–0 season with a win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and was a consensus national champion.

Redneck Performing Arts Association

No admission is charged to the family-friendly event, held since 1991 at the Clemson National Guard Armory in Pendleton, South Carolina.

Riggs Field

The original configuration of the track and former football stadium, sans bleachers, was featured in a long scene in the latter portion of the 1974 Burt Lancaster movie The Midnight Man, filmed in part at Clemson University in 1973.

Thomas Green Clemson

Though this plot of land did not do well while Clemson was abroad in Belgium, he was furthering his studies in the field of Agriculture.

Thomas Green Clemson, (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as an ambassador and the United States Superintendent of Agriculture.

University of South Carolina steroid scandal

The article begins with Tommy Chaikin, a defensive lineman on the University of South Carolina football team, vividly narrating his steroid-induced experiences the day before the annual South Carolina-Clemson football game in 1987.

Vinny Ciurciu

After head coach Tommy West was fired from Clemson, Tommy Bowden was hired as head coach, and brought in a new offensive plan.


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