1944

Events in Clemson history

May: Due to wartime conditions, Clemson graduates its smallest class of all time - 14 students.
June 6: Clemson graduate, former editor of The Tiger, and journalist, Wright Bryan broadcasts from London the first on-scene report of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, after riding in a C-47 carrying airborne troops for paradrop. A short clip from his D-Day broadcast is here:

September 23: Clemson Memorial Stadium debuts new radio and press box, which will serve until the 1978 season. The Tigers blank Presbyterian College, 34-0.
September 30: In road game to Atlanta, Georgia Tech shuts out the Tigers, 0-51.
October 7: In a game played in Charlotte, North Carolina, Clemson defeats N.C. State, 13-7.
October 19: It rains on the Clemson-South Carolina game for the first time since 1896. Despite the conditions, the Tigers beat the Gamecocks, 20-13.
October 28: Clemson is dropped in a roadgame by 19th-ranked Tennessee, 7-26.
November 4: The Tigers receive second loss in a row as 17th-ranked Wake Forest defeats Clemson in road game, 7-13.
November 11: In the second of only two home games played by Clemson this season, the Tigers beat VMI, 57-12.
November 18: Clemson travels to Tulane, and is defeated, 20-36.
November 24: The Tigers round out a 4-5, 3-1 in the Southern Conference, season by losing to Georgia in Athens, 7-21. Clemson is third in the conference.
December 7: A memorial service is held in the Chapel (Tillman Auditorium) for Clemson military personnel killed in action in World War II.

The 1940's

1945