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STATE November 19 Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC TBA SOUTH CAROLINA 3 November 26 Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC TBA mi f THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION AUBURN TIGERS VISIT DEATH VALLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1970 BY TIM BOURRET Chizik Back at Clemson Chizik left Clemson after the 1 989 season and became Overall, Clemson is 3-5 against defending National Auburn Head Coach Gene Chizik was a graduate as- the defensive ends coach at Middle Tennessee, where he Champions. The other win took place in the 1988 Citrus sistant coach on Danny Ford's Clemson staffs of 1988 and helped that program to an 11-2 record in 1990. He later Bowl when Clemson defeated Penn State (35-10). Joe Pa- 1 989. The Tigers finished both seasons with a 1 0-2 record, earned his master's degree from Clemson In 1991. Pear- terno's Nittany Lions had won the 1986 national title. It and the 1988 team won the ACC Championship. Both man went to Alabama for the 1990 season. One of the remains Paterno's largest margin of defeat in a bowl game. teams also finished the season in the top 12, as the 1988 players on that Alabama team was Dabo Swinney. There are some similarities/ties in Clemson's victories team beat Oklahoma in the Citrus Bowl and finished #9 in Chizik coached Auburn to the 2010 National Champi- in Death Valley against defending National Champions: the final AP poll and the 1989 team defeated West Virginia onship. He was the first former Clemson (full-time or grad- and finished #12 in the AP poll. uate) assistant coach to serve as head coach of a National • Clemson's previous wins over the defending National Chizik worked with the linebackers as a graduate as- Championship team since Red Sanders, who coached Champion at Memorial Stadium came in the third game sistant both seasons. One of the linebackers he worked UCLA to the national title in 1954. Sanders was an assis- of the year. Today is Clemson's third game of 201 1. with was all-time Clemson great Levon Kirkland. One of tant coach at Clemson from 1928-30. • Both previous times, Clemson had suffered a narrow loss the other graduate assistants on both of those staffs was the previous year during the opponents' National Cham- current Clemson Tight Ends Coach and Special Teams Co- Clemson vs. Defending National Champions ordinator Danny Pearman. Today marks the third visit by a defending National Champion in Memorial Stadium. is 2-0 in Clemson the two CREDITS previous appearances by the defending champs (only in- cludes teams that were atop either of the two major polls). Co'Ediiors The last time the defending National Champion came Tim Boiirret, Brian Hennessy to Clemson was September 28, 1991. Georgia Tech won Layouts Design the DPI national title in 1990, then came to Clemson for Brian Hennessy the third game of 1 991 . The Tigers won that contest by a Program Manager score of 9-7 behind a two-yard touchdown run Ronald by Lynn Sparks Williams with just 2:06 left. Williams, the father of Clem- Cover Design son freshman defensive tackle DeShawn Williams, had 1 02 John Schafftiauser (Canton, MS) rushing yards in that game. The only other time the defending National Cham- Staff Sam Biaclcman, Heath Bradley, pion came to Clemson was on September 19, 1 981 . Geor- Hannah Burleson, Chandler gia had won the 1 980 national title by AP and UPl behind Carver, Leah Carver, Jeff Kalltn, Libby Kehn, Alison Lanning, freshman Herschel Walker. The Bulldogs came to Clemson Kathryn McGinn, Maddie McGlone, William Qualkinbush, Tara Shores, Philip for the third of 1981 game and the Sikes, Davis Simpson. Tigers won the contest 13-3. Homer Athletic WebSite Contributing Photographers Jordan, a nativeof Athens, GA, threw ClemsonTiEers.com Frank Alexander, Trent Allen, Kevin Bray, Rex Brow/n, Kerry Capps, Eddie Cliffe, for 135 yards and rushed for 59 Mark Crammer, Tommy Crumpton, Gabrielle Grace, Jim Graham, Zach Hanby, Ticket Information Chase Hunter, Annemarie Charlie Jordan, Dave Lewis, Craig Mahaffey, yards in leading theTigers to victory. Jacques, 1-800-CLEMSON Dr. Mark Mcinnis, Roy Philpott, Tom Priddy, Randy Rampey, Tyler Smith, Glenn Clemson's defense forced nine Spake, Vern Verna, Bob Waldrop, Patrick Wright, NFL turnovers (by nine different players) Program Price $5 on Gameday Printing in holding the Bulldogs without a $6 by Mail Electric City Printing (Anderson, SC) touchdown. It was the only regular- Mailing season loss of Walker's career. Address P.O. Box 31 Clemson, SC 29633 . 7 " Tiger Cubs on Both Sides Clemson and Auburn will field young teams today. In ACC TIDBITS the first week of the season, Clemson and Auburn com- bined to play 25 first-year freshmen and 47 total freshmen Atlantic Division Standings fl^H (including red-shirt freshmen). That means almost 50 Team ACC Ovgrall Home Away Neutra l 1. Maryland 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 active players on the two teams have played two career 2. Wake Forest 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 games or less heading into today's contest. -'0- 3^ i! (! U Auburn played 13 first-year freshmen in its season- Florida State 0-6" 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 ' opener against Utah State, second-most in the nation be- Boston College 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 hind the 1 8 played by Texas against Rice. Clemson played 67 N.C. State 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 12 first-year freshmen in its season-opener against Troy, Coastal Division Standings tied for third-most in the nation. Team ACC Overall Home Away Neutral Freshmen have certainly had a big effect on Clemson r Georgia Tech 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 this season, especially on offense. Five of its 10 touch- North Carolina 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 downs have been scored by freshmen and three of the top - Virginia 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 five players on the team in terms of all-purpose yardage Virginia Tech 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 are freshmen. Freshmen have combined for 166ofthe412 Duke 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 Miami (FL) 0-1 0-1, 0-0 0-1 0-0 rushing yards (40.3 percent), while 240 of the 532 receiv- ing yards (45.1 percent) have been tallied by freshmen. Note: Standings above and stats below are through games of September 10; all times are PM and EOT. Swinney vs. Auburn Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney is a 1993 gradu- Last Week's Results ate of Alabama, so playing against Auburn is special for Boston College 3 at Cent ral Florida 30 Wofford 27 at Clemson him.