Trivia Answer: The group, IPOAY, thought that $10 was too much to ask for as a minimum amount to give, and thus they created IPOAY that accepted a minimum donation of $1 per year.

Trivia Answer: In 1987, the Clemson fans held signs that called Littlejohn Coliseum as Grant’s Tomb.

Great athlete and great guy. One of my students in ‘79 when I was a TA.

Trivia Answer: In Clemson, the Seneca River is what is now part of Lake Hartwell. The lake is created by Hartwell Dam located on the Savannah River seven miles below the point at which the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah.

The lake is created by Hartwell Dam located on the Savannah River seven miles below the point at which the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah.

Grant Tomb

Lewis Grizzard

And Danny Ford in the r.h. corner.

The late great Lewis Grizzard.

Trivia Answer: Williams ended up playing professionally in Germany, becoming the second-leading scorer in the top division.

The Youtz-Slick "lift-slab" method - lifted reinforced concrete slabs onto columns with hydraulic jacks. These slabs weighed 224 tons and were nine inches thick, 122 feet long and 43 feet wide. Johnstone Hall was the largest building complex erected using this method.

Trivia Answer: Hanging from the ceiling in the South Carolina State Museum as if soaring into the wonderful blue is “Little 372,” a single seat, high wing airplane built in 1928-29 by seven students at what was then the Clemson Agricultural College.

Trivia Answer: Trailing 14-13, Clemson’s defense guard Sterling Smith tripped up Miami’s Frank Smith to force a safety and gave Clemson a 15-14 lead. Later, Don Wade ended the last Miami threat with an interception, his second of the game, and Clemson ran out the clock for the win.

I love these pictures and their stories!!! Thank you for sharing them!!

Trivia Answer: Chris Smith, who would go on to become UConn’s all-time leading scorer, was the person Calhoun wanted the ball to go to.

During his tenure he brought back the tradition of running down the hill. “The most exciting 25 seconds in college football”

Jim Calhoun drew up an inbounds play that featured Chris Smith and 3-point specialist John Gwynn at half court. Chris Smith UConn Huskies All Time With 2,145.

Trivia Answer: The Wolfpack’s coach that day was Ray Tanner, who would go on to coach at South Carolina and eventually serve as Athletic Director at USC.

It was tagged by Presbyterian College Head Coach Lonnie McMillian during the late 1940s. After bringing his teams to Clemson for many years and getting whipped, he said the place was like “Death Valley.” A few years later, the name stuck.

Trivia Answer: If you said Joe Paterno, you are not alone! In 1955, Paterno was an assistant coach at Penn State, but I can’t find any reason based on the two teams schedules that would make me think Paterno was in Clemson scouting an opponent. But it certainly is a close enough resemblance to do a double take.

Ray Tanner for NC State and SC and Director for SC

Trivia Answer: Fred Cone is the player Howard attributes to keeping his job. It was in this Missouri game in the Gator Bowl that Howard Clemson faced a fourth-and-three at the Missouri 45. It was either gamble for the first down or punt to Missouri and give it a chance to kick a field goal and win the game. Howard called for a play to give it to Cone, who ran over left tackle and hit a stone wall, but he kept digging, slid off to the outside and found some wiggle room. He turned a “nothing” play into a six-yard gain and a first down at the Missouri 39. The Tigers ran out the remaining time and had the victory and the school’s first perfect season since 1900.

Todd Ellis will not live long enough to live that statement down.

Trivia Answer: Rollins established an NCAA record for starting 110 consecutive games.

Fred Cone

My dad played for Wilhelm. Love that guy. Why was Wilhelm wearing a suit here and not a baseball uniform?

Rollins started 110 games in a row, which was a national record then.

Frank Dobson was the Tigers' coach during the first two seasons of basketball, and he also was the head coach for the Tiger football and baseball teams, making him a very busy man. Clemson played just one home game in the first season of competition. On March 9, 1912 Clemson defeated Wofford 56-13.

Only got 2 extra men

Samuel Broadus Earle was the first in the school's history that a living person was honored by having a campus building bear his name.

We still get those call backs today and give it to the other team. Nothing new here. 😁

The Tigers beat Wofford 21-0 on October 22. Clemson agreed that every point scored after the first four touchdowns would not count.

The game was played just 16 days prior to his death. When he worked his 500th consecutive Clemson game at Duke on September 30, 2000, Head Coach Tommy Bowden presented him with the game ball in the locker room during his post-game talk to the team.

Junior Banks McFadden Football, Basketball, & Track. Football & Basketball In 1959, McFadden became the first Clemson Football player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Besides his football coaching years, McFadden also put in a stint as a varsity track coach, freshman basketball coach, and for 10 years, from 1946-1956, he was Clemson’s head basketball coach.

Trivia Answer: Jack Ferguson, who had paced the Tigers throughout the tournament, was paired with Oklahoma State’s Hunter Mahan as they faced off on the final hole, a par five. Mahan needed an eagle coupled with a Ferguson par to force a playoff. It appeared a playoff was in reach after Mahan reached the green in two, while Ferguson reached in three. But Mahan missed his eagle putt (he’d three putt) while Ferguson played it safe and secured par for the win.

Never had losing season at Clemson University baseball

Trivia Answer: Cooper Library houses 362 processed manuscript collections including the papers of John C. Calhoun, Thomas Green Clemson, James F. Byrnes and Strom Thurmond.

Trivia Answer: While many rumors swirled that the trees cut down in 2023 for the Tiger Walk renovations were planted in the 1960’s, you can clearly see from this photo that is not true. Even in the early 80’s, there were no trees in Lot 5, which means that the trees cut down in 2023 were no more than 40 years old…most likely closer to 30 years old.

Julie Coin Clemson tennis leader

Maybe we should try 10 men on the field in football and see what happens

My grandmas brother

before my time. I would have never known

Trivia Answer: In case you are wondering what happened to the YMCA pool, it is now a classroom and there is no pool inside of Holtzendorff Hall.

SIAA Championship game at Oak Park Montgomery, Alabama

Trivia Answer: The Library Bridge hosted many Clemson Raves, which is a dance party typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music.

Who cares? christianity ruins everything.

1801 Reverend James McElhenny moves onto the tract of land that would later become the Fort Hill Plantation then Clemson University. Enslaved persons likely built Clergy Hall, the four-room house that forms the original interior of the Calhouns’ Fort Hill mansion.

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Following the civil war, rectors from St. Paul’s began planting “unorganized missions” in the towns of Anderson, Walhalla, Seneca, and the village of Calhoun (later renamed Clemson). Holy Trinity Chapel was consecrated in December 1899, but was not officially designated as an Episcopal Mission until January 2, 1901.

Nice history to know