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 Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 14–12	40,000
September 22*	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 14–31	48,280
September 29*	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clemson – Georgia Tech rivalry)	L 21–29	48,062
October 6*	Texas A&M		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 15–30	30,000
October 13	Virginia		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 32–27	28,000
October 20	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 24–8	33,800
October 27	North Carolina State		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	L 6–29	34,000
November 3	Wake Forest		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 35–8	23,000
November 10	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 37–29	37,500
November 17	Maryland		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 13–28	31,500
November 24*	at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, 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.