1981

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1981 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1981:

  • Mary Lohr replaces Geraldine Labecki as the dean of the College of Nursing. Labecki had served since 1968 and retired on June 30, 1980. Lohr will serve until 1986. Opal Hipps will assume the position in 1987.
  • "Old Clemson College - It Was a Hell of a Place" by Frank M. Mellette, class of 1936, is published, printed by WH Wolfe Associates, Historical Publications Division, Roswell, Georgia. No ISBN number.
  • Victoria Square shopping center is erected on College Avenue.
  • March 26: The Clemson Women's Basketball team finishes ranked 20th in the final Associated Press poll, the team's first top-20 ranking in a final poll.
  • March 30: John Hinckley makes an attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life outside the Washington Hilton. The Tiger and TAPS staffer C. Mark Sublette free-lance covers the story from Washington Circle, in front of the George Washington University Hospital where Reagan was taken after the shooting, carried on the South Carolina News Network.
  • August: The Spitoono music festival is organized, sponsored by the Redneck Performing Arts Association and hosted in the parking lot of the Esso Club.
  • September 5: In home operner, the Tigers crush Wofford, 45-10.
  • September 12: Clemson wins night game at Tulane, 13-5.
  • September 19: The Tigers host number four-ranked Georgia, win, 13-3. The Allman Brothers Band have third and final Billboard Top 40 action as "Straight From The Heart" enters chart this date, peaks at 39 in short two-week stay. (Whitburn, Joel, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", Billboard Publications, Inc., New York, 1985, ISBN 0-8230-7518-4, page 22.)
  • October 3: Fourteenth-ranked Clemson travels to Kentucky, defeating them, 21-3.
  • October 10: Ninth-ranked Tigers blank Virginia in Death Valley, 27-0. The Atlanta Rhythm Section visits the Billboard Top 40 for the last time as "Alien" enters listings this date, peaking at 29th during four weeks. (Whitburn, Joel, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", Billboard Publications, Inc., New York, 1985, ISBN 0-8230-7518-4, page 28.)
  • October 17: The number six-ranked Tigers travel to Duke, beating the Blue Devils, 38-10.
  • October 24: Ranked fourth, Clemson defeats N.C. State in Death Valley, 17-7.
  • October 31: The third-ranked Tigers blow out Wake Forest, 82-24. Band Commander James Grubb assists the Tiger with push-ups in the fourth quarter.
  • November 7: Second-ranked Tigers travel to number eighth North Carolina, winning, 10-8.
  • November 14: Still ranked second by the Associated Press, Clemson hosts Maryland, winning, 21-7.
  • November 21: The second-ranked Tigers wrap up their first undefeated season since 1948 with a 29-13 defeat of South Carolina in Columbia. Clemson is 11-0, 6-0 in conference, for first place in the ACC.
  • Fall: Coach Danny Ford's football team goes undefeated, 11-0, and then beats Nebraska Cornhuskers, 22-15, in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, to clinch the Tigers' first National Championship on New Year's Day 1982. Both Associated Press and United Press International final polls list Clemson on top.



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