1987

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1987 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1987:

  • Opal Hipps replaces Mary Lohr as Dean of the College of Nursing. Lohr served since 1981. Hipps will serve until the Dean's position is phased out in 1996 as part of the university restructuring.
  • The Clemson Loyalty Fund becomes simply the Clemson Fund.
  • Godfrey Hall renovated.
  • Hunter Chemistry Laboratory completed, named for Howard L. Hunter, professor of chemistry and dean, Hunter Laboratory is used for Chemistry courses.
  • April 1: Womens basketball coach Jim Davis is hired, after one year at Middle Tennessee State in 1986-87.
  • July 1: Former Clemson President Bill Lee Atchley assumes the presidency of the University of the Pacific in California.
  • September: The "Daniel Flasher" gets his nickname on campus when he flaunts it before coeds studying in Daniel Hall. David Wistar Daniel must have been spinning in his grave! The repeat offender had been reported since 1986, and will be apprehended in 1988, with indictment on August 23. He turns out to be a medically-disabled serial flasher, with repeat charges in three states.
  • September 1: Clemson christens remodelled Historic Riggs Field as the new soccer stadium with the Tigers, 8-0 winners, over UNC-Asheville. The revamped facility seats 6,500.
  • September 5: Ninth-ranked Clemson hosts Western Carolina, shuts them out, 43-0.
  • September 12: Tenth-ranked Tigers travel to Virginia Tech, win, 22-10.
  • September 19: Number eight Tigers host eighteenth-ranked Georgia, winning, 21-20.
  • September 26: Ninth-ranked Tigers defeat Georgia Tech in Death Valley, 33-12.
  • October 10: Number eight-ranked Tigers defeat Virginia, 38-21, in Memorial Stadium.
  • October 17: The seventh-ranked Tigers beat Duke in Death Valley, 17-10.
  • October 24: Still ranked seventh, Clemson loses to N.C. State, 28-30, in Death Valley.
  • October 31: The fourteenth-ranked Tigers host Wake Forest, winning, 31-17.
  • November 7: Ranked tenth by the Associated Press, Clemson defeats North Carolina in a road trip, 13-10.
  • November 14: The ninth-ranked Tigers beat Maryland, 45-16, in Death Valley.
  • November 21: Clemson, ranked eighth, loses to the twelfth-ranked Gamecocks in a night game in Columbia, 7-20, concluding a 9-2 regular season. Tigers are 6-1 in conference, for first place in the ACC.


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