1979 Clemson Tigers football team

1979 Clemson Tigers football
Peach Bowl, L 18–24 vs. Baylor
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1979 record	8–4 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Danny Ford
Captain	Bubba Brown, Billy Lott
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1979 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
NC State $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#15 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Duke	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1979 college football season. Clemson's 300th win came September 22 against Georgia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8*	Furman		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 21–0	55,000
September 15	Maryland		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 0–19	52,474
September 22*	Georgia		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 12–7	63,500
October 6	Virginia		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 17–7	61,600
October 13*	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 21–0	37,700
October 20	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 28–10	24,600
October 27	NC State		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	L 13–16	61,722
November 3	#14 Wake Forest		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 31–0	59,000
November 10	at North Carolina	#18	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 19–10	50,100
November 17*	at Notre Dame	#14	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	W 16–10	59,075
November 24*	at #19 South Carolina	#13	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	L 9–13	56,887
December 31*	vs. #19 Baylor	#18	Fulton County Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	L 18–24	57,321
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Season summary

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Clemson	7	14	7	0	28
Duke	3	0	0	7	10

Date: October 20
Location: Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
Game attendance: 24,600

Scoring summary

1		DUKE	Scott McKinney 34 yard field goal	Duke 3-0

1		CLEM	McSwain 14 yard run (Pauling kick)	Clemson 7-3

2		CLEM	McSwain 12 yard run (Pauling kick)	Clemson 14-3

2	:22	CLEM	Perry 1 yard run (Pauling kick)	Clemson 21-3

3		CLEM	Perry 1 yard run (Pauling kick)	Clemson 28-3

4		DUKE	Greg Rhett (Scott McKinney kick)	Clemson 28-10

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References

↑ Gainesville Sun. 1979 Oct 21.

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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