1984

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1984 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1984:

• The Clemson men's soccer team wins their first National Championship.
• February 16-February 18: The All Western Region Band Festival is held on campus. Two bands of approximately 90 students, chosen by audition from the high schools from the counties of the western region of South Carolina, perform, culminating with a concert in Tillman Auditorium on February 18 at 8 p.m.
• March 7: The Clemson University Symphonic Band, directed by Dr. Bruce F. Cook, Director of Bands, performs in Tillman Auditorium at 8 p.m.
• March 15: The Clemson University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Richard E. Goodstein, Assistant Director of Bands, performs in Tillman Auditorium at 8 p.m.
• April 19: The Clemson University Symphonic Band, directed by Dr. Bruce F. Cook, Director of Bands, performs in Tillman Auditorium at 8 p.m.
• April 25: The Clemson University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Richard E. Goodstein, Assistant Director of Bands, performs in Tillman Auditorium at 8 p.m.
• August 15: From the January 1985 issue of the Clemson World: It's the number one defense vs. the number one offense...third and goal from the three...and quarterback Mike Eppley calls Stacey Driver's number. The pint-sized tailback (5'8", 180) surveys the defensive line during a scrimmage in Death Valley and remarks, "Oh hell, this is gonna hurt!"
• August 19: A heavy thunderstorm with high winds hits Clemson. At a Clemson football team meeting, the players are informed about injured freshman wide receiver, Marvin Montgomery, involved in a serious traffic accident. Seniors Dale Hatcher and William Perry take questions live on WSPA-TV call-in show, "Talking Football".
• August 20: Freshman wide receiver Marvin Montgomery passes away after two days in a coma following traffic accident.
• September 4: Fourth-ranked Tigers open at home against Appalachian State, winning, 40-7.
• September 8: Third-ranked Clemson blanks Virginia in a night game in Charlottesville, 55-0.
• September 22: Second-ranked Tigers travel to Georgia, ranked twentieth, lose, 23-26.
• September 29: The twentieth-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sting the Tigers, 28-21, at Grant Field, thanks to five Tiger turn-overs. The thirteenth-ranked Tigers acquit themselves well in the second half when they tie the score at 21, but the Jackets ultimately prevail.
• October 6: Clemson defeats North Carolina, 20-12, in Memorial Stadium.
• October 20: The Tigers down Duke, 54-21, in Death Valley.
• October 27: Clemson edges N.C. State in Raleigh for the win, 35-34.
• November 3: The Tigers defeat Wake Forest in Death Valley, 37-14.
• November 9: As the start of a special first annual Spirit Blitz, students engage in the Great Hokie Hunt, following clues in The Tiger and on WSBF, and searching across campus sites, with the winner receiving a trip to Cancun, Mexico. On Friday night, 10,000 turn out for a pep rally on the intramural field, followed by a concert by the Spongetones. Then a 90-foot screen atop Memorial Stadium brightened the sky with LASERCAST, a "glittering bombardment of multi-colored laser beams never before seen in the Carolinas."
• November 10: Fans in Death Valley for the game with Virginia Tech find 80,000 colored flashcards taped to their seats, as well as 22,000 balloons in arches across Frank Howard Field at five yard intervals as part of the first ever Spirit Blitz. Dubbed "Tunnelvision", the twenty long strings are released into the sky. The Tigers defeat the Hokies, 17-10.
• November 17: Twentieth-ranked Clemson plays Maryland in Baltimore Memorial Stadium, but the Tigers fall, 23-41, to the Terps.
• November 24: The ninth ranked Gamecocks squeak by the Tigers in Death Valley, 21-22, to place chill on Clemson's probation season record of 7-4, 5-2 in conference but ineligible for title or post-season play.
• December 16: The Clemson Soccer Team defeats second-ranked Indiana, 2-1, in the national championship game, played in the Kingdome, Seattle, Washington. Clemson becomes the first team (regardless of sport) in NCAA history to defeat the top four seeds in a post-season tournament.

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