October 8
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October 8 in Clemson History
- 1898: In the second meeting with the University of Georgia, Clemson travels to Athens to open the football season, but falls, 8-20. Georgia leads the series, 2-0.
- 1904: In a game played in Birmingham, Alabama, Clemson blanks Alabama in the teams' second meeting, 18-0, giving the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the series.
- 1910: The Tigers travel to Samford for first meeting with that school, and come away with a 24-0 win.
- 1930: Tiger Brotherhood holds first meeting of the year.
- 1983: Dr. Bruce F. Cook gathers 90-plus recent Tiger Band graduates under the university radar, and springs them on the crowd at the halftime performance of the Virginia game, the first Alumni Band. And another tradition is begun!
- 2006: Clemson ranked twelfth in Division I-A football in all three major polls (USA Today/CNN Coaches, Associated Press, and Harris Interactive) following 27-17 win over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on October 7. The Clemson Players present August Strindberg's masterpiece "Miss Julie" in the Bellamy Theatre of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m., October 3-7, and at 3 p.m. on October 7-8. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.
- 2007: The Tigers only garner enough votes to come in at 37th in the Associated Press poll, and 38th in the USA Today/CNN Coaches poll.
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