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1973 in Clemson History

[edit] Events in 1973:

  • The Burt Lancaster film The Midnight Man is filmed in Clemson and surrounding areas. Clemson students "edit" bumper stickers to read "Clemons", after references in the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfTOFVKNM18
  • Red Parker is hired away from The Citadel to become Clemson's nineteenth head football coach.
  • April: Nancy Jacobs Qualls named as first female editor of The Tiger.
  • April: First annual Bengal Ball is held by the Union at Y Beach. WSBF broadcasts live with a jerry-rigged remote using a radio-telephone, hooked up to a car battery, developed by engineer Tom Hill.
  • July 20: Fusion musician John McLaughlin and guitarist Carlos Santana, both followers of Sri Chinmoy, release an album of devotional songs, Love Devotion Surrender, which includes recordings of John Coltrane compositions including a movement of "A Love Supreme", with backing of both their bands (Mahavishnu Orchestra and Santana). "A Love Supreme" is compiled onto a WSBF ATC (automatic tape control) 12-inch reel, and will receive vast airplay over the next couple of years. Great to hear go by in the middle of a long study night... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9g7Gzg9Ew&feature=related
  • September 8: Clemson defeats the Citadel in Death Valley, 14-12. The Allman Brothers Band's biggest hit to chart in the Billboard Top 40, "Ramblin Man", appears in the listings this date, reaches number 2 during 13-week run. (Whitburn, Joel, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", Billboard Publications, Inc., New York, 1985, ISBN 0-8230-7518-4, page 22.) Despite band's regional popularity, they will only crack the 40 twice more - in 1979, and 1981.
  • September 22: The Tigers play at Georgia, losing, 14-31.
  • September 29: Georgia Tech defeats Clemson in Atlanta, 21-29.
  • October 6: The Tigers host Texas A&M, but lose, 15-30.
  • October 13: Clemson manages to at least beat Virginia in Death Valley, 32-27.
  • October 20: The Tigers beat Duke, 24-8, in Memorial Stadium.
  • October 27: The first televised Clemson game since 1968, as the Tigers meet N.C. State in Death Valley. The Wolfpack wins, 6-29. Aired by ABC, this is the eighth time the Tigers have been broadcast.
  • November 3: Clemson beats Wake Forest, 35-8, in Memorial Stadium. Wake will go 1-9.
  • November 10: The Tigers defeat North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 37-29.
  • November 17: Clemson loses to Maryland, 13-28, in Death Valley.
  • November 19: The Jervey Athletic Center is dedicated, named for Frank Johnstone Jervey, better known as "Captain Jervey", a former vice president for development, and Life Member of the Board of Trustees.
  • November 24: The Tigers are defeated by the Gamecocks in Columbia, 20-32. Clemson has a 5-6 season, 4-2 in conference, third in the ACC.


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