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Career72since 1936
Peak972018
Last 577seasons
#47 nationally · 3-2 (2-1 conf)
Résumé #31 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #4
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Clemson Tigers
ACC · Clemson, SC · Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) · Head coach Dabo Swinney
Rival
South Carolina · also Georgia Tech
Bitter rivalry
70-43-4 all time (117 meetings since 1902)
Clemson leads
Last: won 28-14 (2025)
Holds it
Playoff Champion
3national titles
0Heisman
13AP top-10
22All-Americans
187NFL picks
63.7%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
51
71Foundation
38Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▼ Below its norm -24
early · #102 of 138
HC year18
Ret. starters36%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-2 | ACC | — | #47 | 70 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2025 | 7-6 | ACC | — | #41 | 72 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2024 | 10-4 | ACC | #14 | #23 | 78 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2023 | 9-4 | ACC | #20 | #21 | 77 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2022 | 11-3 | ACC | #13 | #15 | 81 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2021 | 10-3 | ACC | #14 | #17 | 78 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2020 | 10-2 | ACC | #3 | — | — | Dabo Swinney |
| 2019 | 14-1 | ACC | #2 | #4 | 94 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2018 ★ | 15-0 | ACC | #1 | #2 | 97 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2017 | 12-2 | ACC | #4 | #3 | 91 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2016 ★ | 14-1 | ACC | #1 | #3 | 93 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2015 | 14-1 | ACC | #2 | #3 | 88 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2014 | 10-3 | ACC | #15 | #21 | 78 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2013 | 11-2 | ACC | #8 | #15 | 81 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2012 | 11-2 | ACC | #11 | #13 | 80 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2011 | 10-4 | ACC | #22 | #32 | 71 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2010 | 6-7 | ACC | — | #36 | 73 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2009 | 9-5 | ACC | #24 | #14 | 80 | Dabo Swinney |
| 2008 | 7-6 | ACC | — | #26 | 74 | Dabo Swinney; Tommy Bowden |
| 2007 | 9-4 | ACC | #21 | #14 | 80 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2006 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #21 | 77 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2005 | 8-4 | ACC | #21 | #28 | 76 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2004 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #37 | 71 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2003 | 9-4 | ACC | #22 | #13 | 79 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2002 | 7-6 | ACC | — | #53 | 68 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2001 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #47 | 70 | Tommy Bowden |
| 2000 | 9-3 | ACC | #16 | #17 | 77 | Tommy Bowden |
| 1999 | 6-6 | ACC | — | #20 | 77 | Tommy Bowden |
| 1998 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #64 | 62 | Tommy West |
| 1997 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #19 | 77 | Tommy West |
| 1996 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #50 | 67 | Tommy West |
| 1995 | 8-4 | ACC | — | #28 | 73 | Tommy West |
| 1994 | 5-6 | ACC | — | #64 | 62 | Tommy West |
| 1993 | 9-3 | ACC | #23 | #54 | 64 | Ken Hatfield; Tommy West |
| 1992 | 5-6 | ACC | — | #38 | 70 | Ken Hatfield |
| 1991 | 9-2-1 | ACC | #18 | #21 | 76 | Ken Hatfield |
| 1990 | 10-2 | ACC | #9 | #10 | 84 | Ken Hatfield |
| 1989 | 10-2 | ACC | #12 | #7 | 87 | Danny Ford |
| 1988 | 10-2 | ACC | #9 | #8 | 84 | Danny Ford |
| 1987 | 10-2 | ACC | #12 | #15 | 79 | Danny Ford |
| 1986 | 8-2-2 | ACC | #17 | #17 | 78 | Danny Ford |
| 1985 | 6-6 | ACC | — | #36 | 70 | Danny Ford |
| 1984 | 7-4 | ACC | — | #12 | 79 | Danny Ford |
| 1983 | 9-1-1 | ACC | #11 | #13 | 79 | Danny Ford |
| 1982 | 9-1-1 | ACC | #8 | #16 | 79 | Danny Ford |
| 1981 ★ | 12-0 | ACC | #1 | #3 | 89 | Danny Ford |
| 1980 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #41 | 69 | Danny Ford |
| 1979 | 8-4 | ACC | — | #19 | 78 | Danny Ford |
| 1978 | 11-1 | ACC | #6 | #13 | 82 | Charley Pell; Danny Ford |
| 1977 | 8-3-1 | ACC | #19 | #17 | 77 | Charley Pell |
| 1976 | 3-6-2 | ACC | — | #56 | 66 | Red Parker |
| 1975 | 2-9 | ACC | — | #102 | 52 | Red Parker |
| 1974 | 7-4 | ACC | — | #39 | 70 | Red Parker |
| 1973 | 5-6 | ACC | — | #70 | 60 | Red Parker |
| 1972 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #71 | 59 | Cecil Ingram |
| 1971 | 5-6 | ACC | — | #60 | 62 | Cecil Ingram |
| 1970 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #83 | 54 | Cecil Ingram |
| 1969 | 4-6 | ACC | — | #76 | 57 | Frank Howard |
| 1968 | 4-5-1 | ACC | — | #40 | 69 | Frank Howard |
| 1967 | 6-4 | ACC | — | #29 | 73 | Frank Howard |
| 1966 | 6-4 | ACC | — | #36 | 70 | Frank Howard |
| 1965 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #46 | 66 | Frank Howard |
| 1964 | 3-7 | ACC | — | #77 | 58 | Frank Howard |
| 1963 | 5-4-1 | ACC | — | #43 | 71 | Frank Howard |
| 1962 | 6-4 | ACC | — | #44 | 69 | Frank Howard |
| 1961 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #26 | 73 | Frank Howard |
| 1960 | 6-4 | ACC | — | #56 | 63 | Frank Howard |
| 1959 | 9-2 | ACC | #11 | #13 | 77 | Frank Howard |
| 1958 | 8-3 | ACC | #12 | #47 | 67 | Frank Howard |
| 1957 | 7-3 | ACC | — | #23 | 75 | Frank Howard |
| 1956 | 7-2-2 | ACC | #19 | #37 | 70 | Frank Howard |
| 1955 | 7-3 | ACC | — | #47 | 66 | Frank Howard |
| 1954 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #41 | 68 | Frank Howard |
| 1953 | 3-5-1 | ACC | — | #64 | 58 | Frank Howard |
| 1952 | 2-6-1 | Southern | — | #62 | 60 | Frank Howard |
| 1951 | 7-3 | Southern | #19 | #40 | 69 | Frank Howard |
| 1950 | 9-0-1 | Southern | #10 | #26 | 76 | Frank Howard |
| 1949 | 4-4-2 | Southern | — | #76 | 56 | Frank Howard |
| 1948 | 11-0 | Southern | #11 | #23 | 74 | Frank Howard |
| 1947 | 4-5 | Southern | — | #56 | 63 | Frank Howard |
| 1946 | 4-5 | Southern | — | #61 | 61 | Frank Howard |
| 1945 | 6-3-1 | Southern | — | #20 | 71 | Frank Howard |
| 1944 | 4-5 | Southern | — | #45 | 58 | Frank Howard |
| 1943 | 2-6 | Southern | — | #54 | 36 | Frank Howard |
| 1942 | 3-6-1 | Southern | — | #58 | 61 | Frank Howard |
| 1941 | 7-2 | Southern | — | #29 | 72 | Frank Howard |
| 1940 | 6-2-1 | Southern | — | #35 | 69 | Frank Howard |
| 1939 | 9-1 | Southern | #12 | #10 | 80 | Jess Neely |
| 1938 | 7-1-1 | Southern | — | #20 | 75 | Jess Neely |
| 1937 | 4-4-1 | Southern | — | #48 | 66 | Jess Neely |
| 1936 | 5-5 | Southern | — | #60 | 62 | Jess Neely |
| 1935 | 6-3 | Southern | — | #72 | 55 early | Jess Neely |
| 1934 | 5-4 | Southern | — | #50 | 64 early | Jess Neely |
| 1933 | 3-6-2 | Southern | — | #74 | 52 early | Jess Neely |
| 1932 | 3-5-1 | Southern | — | #74 | 52 early | Jess Neely |
| 1931 | 1-6-2 | Southern | — | #76 | 52 early | Jess Neely |
| 1930 | 8-2 | Southern | — | #51 | 59 early | Josh Cody |
| 1929 | 8-3 | Southern | — | #55 | 59 early | Josh Cody |
| 1928 | 8-3 | Southern | — | #44 | 63 early | Josh Cody |
| 1927 | 5-3-1 | Southern | — | #67 | 54 early | Josh Cody |
| 1926 | 2-7 | Southern | — | #73 | 28 early | Bob Williams; Bud Saunders |
| 1925 | 1-7 | Southern | — | #76 | 32 early | Bud Saunders |
| 1924 | 2-6 | Southern | — | #73 | 23 early | Bud Saunders |
| 1923 | 5-2-1 | Southern | — | #65 | 53 early | Bud Saunders |
| 1922 | 5-4 | Southern | — | #64 | 55 early | Edward Stewart |
| 1921 | 1-6-2 | SIAA | — | #68 | 49 early | Edward Stewart |
| 1920 | 4-6-1 | SIAA | — | #60 | 52 early | Edward Donahue |
| 1919 | 6-2-2 | SIAA | — | #50 | 60 early | Edward Donahue |
| 1918 | 5-2 | SIAA | — | — | — | Edward Donahue |
| 1917 | 6-2 | SIAA | — | #30 | 65 early | Edward Donahue |
| 1916 | 3-6 | SIAA | — | #62 | 48 early | Wayne Hart |
| 1915 | 2-4-2 | SIAA | — | #36 | 61 early | Bob Williams |
| 1914 | 5-3-1 | SIAA | — | #42 | 56 early | Bob Williams |
| 1913 | 4-4 | SIAA | — | #32 | 60 early | Bob Williams |
| 1912 | 4-4 | SIAA | — | #43 | 46 early | Frank Dobson |
| 1911 | 3-5 | SIAA | — | #43 | 50 early | Frank Dobson |
| 1910 | 4-3-1 | SIAA | — | #33 | 58 early | Frank Dobson |
| 1909 | 6-3 | SIAA | — | #39 | 57 early | Bob Williams |
| 1908 | 1-6 | SIAA | — | #45 | 51 early | John Stone |
| 1907 | 4-4 | SIAA | — | #32 | 56 early | Frank Shaughnessy |
| 1906 | 4-0-3 | SIAA | — | #25 | 61 early | Bob Williams |
| 1905 | 3-2-1 | SIAA | — | #24 | 61 early | Eddie Cochems |
| 1904 | 3-3-1 | SIAA | — | #26 | 60 early | Shack Shealy |
| 1903 | 4-1-1 | SIAA | — | #24 | 63 early | John Heisman |
| 1902 | 6-1 | SIAA | — | #12 | 72 early | John Heisman |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.