List of Clemson Tigers bowl games

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 39 bowl games.^[1][2] Included in these games are 8 combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange).^[2][3] Clemson's 20 bowl victories currently ranks as 17th all-time among college football programs for most bowl wins. The Tigers also rank 17th in most bowl appearances.

Key

General Bowl game record attendance 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][4]}

#	Season	Bowl[2]	Score[A 2]	Date	Opponent[A 3]	Stadium	Location	Attendance[5]	Head coach
1	1939	1940 Cotton Bowl Classic	W 6–3	January 1, 1940	Boston College Eagles	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, TX	20,000	Neely, JessJess Neely
2	1948	1949 Gator Bowl	W 24–23	January 1, 1949	Missouri Tigers	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	32,959	Howard, FrankFrank Howard
3	1950	1951 Orange Bowl	W 15–14	January 1, 1951	Miami Hurricanes	Burdine Stadium	Miami, FL	65,181	Howard, FrankFrank Howard
4	1951	1952 Gator Bowl	L 14–0	January 1, 1952	Miami Hurricanes	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	34,577	Howard, FrankFrank Howard
5	1956	1957 Orange Bowl	L 27–21	January 1, 1957	Colorado Buffaloes	Burdine Stadium	Miami, FL	73,280	Howard, FrankFrank Howard
6	1958	1959 Sugar Bowl	L 7–0	January 1, 1959	LSU Tigers	Tulane Stadium	New Orleans, LA	82,000	Howard, FrankFrank Howard
7	1959	1959 Bluebonnet Bowl	W 7–0	December 19, 1959	TCU Horned Frogs	Rice Stadium	Houston, TX	55,000	Howard, FrankFrank Howard
8	1977	1977 Gator Bowl	L 34–3	December 30, 1977	Pittsburgh Panthers	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	72,289	Pell, CharleyCharley Pell
9	1978	1978 Gator Bowl	W 17–15	December 29, 1978	Ohio State Buckeyes	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	72,011	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
10	1979	1979 Peach Bowl	L 24–18	December 31, 1979	Baylor Bears	Fulton County Stadium	Atlanta, GA	57,371	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
11	1981	1982 Orange Bowl*	W 22–15	January 1, 1982	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Miami Orange Bowl	Miami, FL	72,748	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
12	1985	1985 Independence Bowl	L 20–13	December 21, 1985	Minnesota Golden Gophers	Independence Stadium	Shreveport, LA	42,800	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
13	1986	1986 Gator Bowl	W 27–21	December 27, 1986	Stanford Cardinal	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	80,104	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
14	1987	1988 Florida Citrus Bowl	W 35–10	January 1, 1988	Penn State Nittany Lions	Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	53,152	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
15	1988	1989 Florida Citrus Bowl	W 13–6	January 1, 1989	Oklahoma Sooners	Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	53,571	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
16	1989	1989 Gator Bowl	W 27–7	December 30, 1989	West Virginia Mountaineers	Gator Bowl Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	82,911	Ford, DannyDanny Ford
17	1990	1991 Hall of Fame Bowl	W 30–0	January 1, 1991	Illinois Fighting Illini	Tampa Stadium	Tampa, FL	63,154	Hatfield, KenKen Hatfield
18	1991	1992 Florida Citrus Bowl	L 37–14	January 1, 1992	California Golden Bears	Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	64,192	Hatfield, KenKen Hatfield
19	1993	1993 Peach Bowl	W 14–13	December 31, 1993	Kentucky Wildcats	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	63,416	West, TommyTommy West
20	1995	1996 Gator Bowl	L 41–0	January 1, 1996	Syracuse Orangemen	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	45,202	West, TommyTommy West
21	1996	1996 Peach Bowl	L 10–7	December 28, 1996	LSU Tigers	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	63,622	West, TommyTommy West
22	1997	1998 Peach Bowl	L 21–17	January 2, 1998	Auburn Tigers	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	71,212	West, TommyTommy West
23	1999	1999 Peach Bowl	L 17–7	December 30, 1999	Mississippi State Bulldogs	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	73,315	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
24	2000	2001 Gator Bowl	L 41–20	January 1, 2001	Virginia Tech Hokies	Alltel Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	68,741	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
25	2001	2001 Humanitarian Bowl	W 49–24	December 31, 2001	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Bronco Stadium	Boise, ID	23,427	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
26	2002	2002 Tangerine Bowl	L 55–15	December 23, 2002	Texas Tech Red Raiders	Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	21,689	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
27	2003	2004 Peach Bowl	W 27–14	January 2, 2004	Tennessee Volunteers	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	75,125	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
28	2005	2005 Champs Sports Bowl	W 19–10	December 27, 2005	Colorado Buffaloes	Citrus Bowl	Orlando, FL	31,470	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
29	2006	2006 Music City Bowl	L 28–20	December 29, 2006	Kentucky Wildcats	LP Field	Nashville, TN	68,024	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
30	2007	2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl	L 23–20 (OT)	December 31, 2007	Auburn Tigers	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	74,413	Bowden, TommyTommy Bowden
31	2008	2009 Gator Bowl	L 26–21	January 1, 2009	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Jacksonville, FL	67,282	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
32	2009	2009 Music City Bowl	W 21–13	December 27, 2009	Kentucky Wildcats	LP Field	Nashville, TN	57,280	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
33	2010	2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl	L 31–26	December 31, 2010	South Florida Bulls	Bank of America Stadium	Charlotte, NC	41,122	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
34	2011	2012 Orange Bowl	L 70–33	January 4, 2012	West Virginia Mountaineers	Sun Life Stadium	Miami Gardens, FL	67,563	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
35	2012	2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl	W 25–24	December 31, 2012	LSU Tigers	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, GA	68,027	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
36	2013	2014 Orange Bowl	W 40–35	January 3, 2014	Ohio State Buckeyes	Sun Life Stadium	Miami Gardens, FL	72,080	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
37	2014	2014 Russell Athletic Bowl	W 40–6	December 29, 2014	Oklahoma Sooners	Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium	Orlando, FL	40,071	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
38	2015	2015 Orange Bowl	W 37–17	December 31, 2015	Oklahoma Sooners	Sun Life Stadium	Miami Gardens, FL	67,615	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
39	2015	2016 CFP National Championship*	L 40-45	January 11, 2016	Alabama Crimson Tide	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, AZ	75,765	Swinney, DaboDabo Swinney
40	2016	2016 Fiesta Bowl	TBD	December 31, 2016	Ohio State Buckeyes	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, AZ	TBD	Dabo Swinney

Notes

1. Statistics correct as of 2014–15 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

General

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2014 NCAA Football Records. NCAA.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
• Bourret, Tim. "Bowl History" (PDF). 2014 Clemson Tigers Football Media Guide. p. 62. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
• Bourret, Tim. "2011 Clemson Tigers Football Media Guide Supplement". pp. 119–135. Retrieved October 26, 2011.

Specific

1. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 14
2. 2014 Media Guide, p. 62
3. Dunnavant, Keith (2004). The Fifty-Year Seduction: How Television Manipulated College Football, from the Birth of the Modern NCAA to the Creation of the BCS. Macmillan. pp. 93–99. ISBN 978-0-312-32345-5. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
4. 2011 Media Guide Supplement, pp. 119–135
5. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38