1973 Clemson Tigers football team

1973 Clemson Tigers football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1973 record 5–6 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach Red Parker
Captain Mike Buckner, Ken Pengitore
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1973 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#16 NC State $ 6 0 0     9 3 0
#20 Maryland 5 1 0     8 4 0
Clemson 4 2 0     5 6 0
Virginia 3 3 0     4 7 0
Duke 1 4 1     2 8 1
North Carolina 1 5 0     4 7 0
Wake Forest 0 5 1     1 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1973 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1973 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 8* The Citadel Memorial StadiumClemson, SC W 14–12
40,000
September 22* at Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, GA L 14–31
48,280
September 29* at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA (Clemson – Georgia Tech rivalry) L 21–29
48,062
October 6* Texas A&M Memorial StadiumClemson, SC L 15–30
30,000
October 13 Virginia Memorial StadiumClemson, SC W 32–27
28,000
October 20 at Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC W 24–8
33,800
October 27 North Carolina State Memorial StadiumClemson, SC (Textile Bowl) L 6–29
34,000
November 3 Wake Forest Memorial StadiumClemson, SC W 35–8
23,000
November 10 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC W 37–29
37,500
November 17 Maryland Memorial StadiumClemson, SC L 13–28
31,500
November 24* at South Carolina Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State) L 20–32
55,615
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. "1973 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
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