1966

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1966 in Clemson history

  • George Washington University quits NCAA football, leaving the series record at 3-1-1, Tigers. We'll never improve the score.
  • Dixie Day founded.
  • August: The new Robert Muldrow Cooper Library opens. The former Agricultural Hall, which burned on April 2, 1925, and was rebuilt as the Library, will sit vacant for a number of years until it is remodelled and occupied by university administration and named Sikes Hall.
  • September 24: Clemson defeats Virginia at home, 40-35, to open football season.
  • October 1: Number nine Georgia Tech edges the Tigers in Atlanta, 12-13.
  • October 8: Tigers travel to number four-ranked Alabama, are shut out, 0-26. 'Bama will go 11-0.
  • October 15: ABC sportscaster Keith Jackson calls Clemson's second nationally televised regular season football game in his first season with the network. Clemson defeats the Duke Blue Devils, 9-6. This is the fifth time that a Clemson game has appeared on television.
  • October 22: The Tigers road trip to the University of Southern California, ranked fifth in the polls. Clemson is blanked, 0-30.
  • October 29: The Tigers play at Wake Forest, winning, 23-21.
  • November 5: Clemson defeats North Carolina in Death Valley, 27-3.
  • November 12: The Tigers get a road win against Maryland, 14-10.
  • November 14: Richard Tucker, billed as "the greatest tenor in the world" performs in the Field House (Fike) at 8 p.m.
  • November 19: Clemson plays at N.C. State, loses, 14-23.
  • November 26: The Tigers finish 6-4 season with 35-10 win over South Carolina in Death Valley, who go 1-9. Clemson is 6-1 in conference play, for first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


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