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It has been accepted for inclusion in Football Programs by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Clemson vs. Furman Death Valley Sept. 7, 1996 STEVE FULLER Representing The Best! Alexander: Fabric Takeup, Let-offs, Inspection Frames Jenkins: Waste Briquetting Presses Beltran: Pollution Control and Smoke Abatement Knotex: Warp Tying Machines, Drawing-in Systems Dornier: The Universal Weaving Machines: Air Jet and Rigid Rapier Lemaire: Transfer Printing for Fabrics and Warps Ducker: Dryers and Wrinkle-free Curing Ovens Serralunga: Sliver Cans Elbit: Automatic Fabric Inspection Systems Sohler: Travelling Overhead Cleaning Systems Fehrer: Nonwoven and Needle-punch Machines Sucker: Warp Sizing Equipment Genkinger: Waip/cloth Trucks. Material Handling Systems Temafa: Equipment for Cotton-fiber Reclamation Hacoba: Waiping and Beaming Equiptnent Vouk: Draw Frames, Combers, Lappers, Automatic Transport Systems lAM: Design Software for Printing, Dobby Weaving, and Jacquurd Weaving Welker: Yarn Conditioning Systems Ba^tsoxi. Ya^rxx a.xid. Fa^l^rics Ma^cHiziery Groixp, Inc. I Club Road, P.O. Box 3978. Greenville. SC 29608 • Phone (864) 242-5262 • Fax (864) 271-4535 Table of Contents Today's Features 5 Andre Carter 7 Jamie Trimble 41 Centennial Scrapbook, 1950s 57 Overtime 59 IPTAY Athlete of the Year 63 The First Clemson Football Game 69 Academic AII-ACC 72 Preseason Honors 117 Clemson Centennial Team 121 Lady Tiger Soccer 125 Clemson Strength Training 128 The Last Word On the Cover: This year Clemson will honor its Centennial Team members on the cover of each program. This week we honor six of Clemson's greatest players ever. Steve Fuller, Banks McFadden and Jeff Davis, all first-team All-Amerlcans, are the three players inducted Into the Clemson Ring of Honor. Terry KInard is the only Clemson player to be named National Defensive Player of the Year. Frank Gillespie is the only Clemson football player to be named a conference Player of the Year. Fred Cone was the leader of the Clemson offense on two unbeaten teams (1948 and 1950). Players and Coaches Alphabetical Roster, Clemson 62 Alphabetical Roster, Opponents 67 Assistant Coaches, Clemson 18 Graduate Assistant Coaches 21 Head Coach Tommy West 17 Lineups 64 Meet the Tigers 9 Numerical Roster, Clemson 64 Numerical Roster, Opponents 65 Opponent Players and information 82 Statistics, Both Teams 3 Strength Coaches 34 Tiger Rookies 12 The Departments ACC Football 40 Alma Mater 123 Athletic Staff 39 Band Features 123 Board of Trustees 8 Clemson Radio Network 28 Coaches, All Sports 32 Courtesy Car Donors 25 Emergency Services „ 113 IPTAY 79 IPTAY Donors -.t^ IPTAY Officers . 86 Managers 1 08 Medical Staff 37 Memorial Stadium 49 Official's Signals 29 Photo of the Week 61 Ring of Honor 23 Single Game Records 77 Credits Stadium Information 31 Stadium Records 26 Editor: Tim Bourret Traditions 115 Program Manager: Tim Match Trainers 108 Assistant Editor: Jessica Reo, Sam Blackman University Feature 71 Photos: Ken Ruinard, Bob Waldrop, Jim University President 15 Graham, Action Sports, Eddie Cliffe, Carolina Vickery Hall 55 Photo of Charlotte, Dave Lewis, Patrick Wright 1996 Clemson Football - The Centennial Season Today's Game By Tim Bourret Conference on November 26, 1936 when The special uniforms Clemson will wear are Furman beat the Tigers, 12-0. replicas of those worn by Clemson during the Furman was Clemson's First Football Nine of the last 10 Southern Conference 1939 season. The uniforms consist of orange Opponent teams to play Clemson have failed to score a jerseys, blue pants and blue helmets with two The Clemson vs. Furman game on touchdown. Western Carolina broke the string orange stripes. A centennial patch will adorn September 7 will be a rematch of the first game of 38 straight quarters without a Southern the Clemson jerseys this year home and away. in Clemson football history. The Tigers and Conference touchdown against Clemson when The uniform Clemson will wear today does not Paladins met in the first game in Clemson his- the Catamounts scored on a touchdown pass have any Tiger paws on it, as that logo was not tory on October 31, 1896 in Greenville. last year in the second period at Death Valley. adopted until 1970. 55-9. Clemson, who had begun practice in the sport Clemson won the game The 1939 uniform was selected because it just 26 days earlier, defeated the Paladins, 14- The closest a Southern Conference team was a landmark year in Clemson's football her- 6. Charlie Gentry scored Clemson's first touch- has come to beating Clemson since the Tigers itage. The 1939 Tigers won the Southern down that day moved to the ACC in 1953 is two points. In Conference Championship, played and won its A total of 20 players made up the Clemson 1973 Clemson snuck by The Citadel, 14-12 at first bowl game (6-3 win over Boston College in squad, who used equipment that was pur- Death Valley Three years later Clemson beat the Cotton Bowl) and ended the season ranked chased by Clemson professors and students. the same team, 10-7. Those are the only two 12th in the nation, Clemson's first top 20 sea- One of the members of that Clemson team was occasions since 1953 that a Southern son. Banks McFadden, the nation's most ver- Shack Shealy, who went on to become the only Conference team has come within a touch- satile athlete that year, was an All-American Clemson graduate in history to later serve as down of the Tigers. Clemson has won 13 in a and star of that team. the coach of the Clemson team. The team was row over Southern Conference teams since coached by Professor Walter Riggs, who later 1982, the year the NCAA adopted a 1-AA divi- Centennial Team Honored Saturday became University President. sion. Clemson played its first college football game against Furman in 1896. The celebration Clemson vs. Furman Series Clemson To Wear Turn Back the Clock of Clemson's centennial will continue through Clemson has won 25 straight games Uniforms vs. Furman homecoming this year, October 19 against against Furman since a 0-0 tie between the two Clemson will wear its "Turn-back-the-clock Georgia Tech. A highlight of the year long teams at Furman in 1937. Furman's last win uniforms when the Tigers take on Furman this event will be the introduction of the 35-man over Clemson took place in 1936 by a 12-0 afternoon at Death Valley. Clemson became Centennial Team today. A banquet for the score. Overall, Clemson leads the series 37- the first football team in college sports history Centennial Team was held last night at the 10-4, including a 20-2 lead in games played at to wear "Turn-Back-the-Clock" uniforms when Madren Center. Friday actually began when Clemson and 14-0 in games in Death Valley the Tigers met in Death Valley last October 7. the team served as grand marshals of the Clemson has not allowed a Furman touch- The wearing of the uniforms are part of annual First Friday Parade, a parade in down- down since 1961 when Bill Canty scored on a Clemson's celebration of its Centennial of town Clemson that led to the Clemson three-yard run in the fourth quarter of a 35-6 Clemson football. Amphitheatre for the first pep rally of the year. Clemson victory. The Paladins scored four field Clemson fans selected a one-platoon and goals over the last 24 quarters against two-platoon teams during voting last winter. Clemson. The Tigers won 27-6 in 1994 and The team will Dot the I in Tigers during the Furman booted two field goals. Clemson won Tiger Band's pregame performance today, and in 1989, 30-0 and the 1988 game was a 23-3 be formally introduced and honored at halftime Clemson victory. Furman won the l-AA of today's game. National Championship that year. Clemson A list of the team and their accomplish- won the 1979 contest 21-0. ments is in this program. The Tigers won the last meeting two years ago in Tommy West's first game as Clemson Tigers Face Clemson Graduate head coach. Clemson won the rushing war 268 Bobby Johnson, a 1973 Clemson graduate, to -3 and held the Paladins to just 99 yards of will coach against his alma mater for the sec- total offense. Emory Smith scored two touch- ond time when the Paladins travel to Death downs to lead Clemson's offense, while Tim Valley this Saturday. Johnson became Jones and Darnell Stephens had eight tackles Furman's head coach in 1994 and is the only apiece. Wardell Rouse, now with Tampa Bay non-Furman graduate on the Paladin coaching in the NFL, had three tackles for loss and a staff this year.