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In 2004 against Wake Forest, Clem- the Tigers' first five opponents won at least eight games, That includes an 8-3 record in the last 11 years when son won a thrilling 37-30 overtime contest. Clemson won including four in a row who won at least 10 games. Seven Clemson has played its most challenging season-opening at home in 2005, a 25-24 victory over #17 Texas A&M on of the eight ACC opponents went to bowl games last year games. a 42-yard field goal by Jad Dean with two seconds left. as well. The Tigers have lost three of their last nine season- Clemson also beat #19 Florida State in the 2007 season- Clemson has a stretch of consecutive games against opening games, but all three were to top-25 ranked teams, opener. Auburn (14-0), Florida State (10-4), and Virginia Tech (11-3) twice to Georgia (2002,03) and once to Alabama (2008). In 2009, the Tigers opened the season with a 37-14 between September 17 and October 1 that will be one of Clemson has played five season-openers against top-25 win over Middle Tennessee at home. C.J. Spiller took the the most challenging stretches in school history. All three teams in the last 1 2 years after having played just five top- opening kickoff 96 yards for a score, the only time a Tiger of those teams played for their respective conference 25 teams in opening games between 1936 (first year of the has returned the season-opening kickoff for a touchdown championships last year. Clemson will also play all four AP poll) and 1998. in school history. schools who suited up for the ACC and SEC Champion- The Tigers are 85-22-8 (.774), regardless of site, in their ships in 2010. first game during the previous 1 1 5 seasons. Even though this is the 1 16th season of Tiger football, Clemson has had just 110 home-openers in its history, because in five sea- sons, the Tigers did not play a game at home. In the 1 1 home-openers entering today, Clemson has an 85-17-8 record (.809) against 35 different opponents. Stiff Schedule Clemson will play one of its most difficult schedules in history in 2011, as 10 of Clemson's 11 FBS opponents played in a bowl game in 2010, including six who won at least nine games. Additionally, Wofford, Clemson's FCS opponent, was 10 3 and reached the second round of the NCAA playoffs. The Tigers' three FBS non-conference opponents had a combined 31-10 record last year, good for a 75.6 win- ning percentage. That list includes defending National Champion Auburn, who comes to Clemson on September 17. Troy (8- 5) and South Carolina (9-5) also had outstanding seasons in 2010. Overall, Clemson's 12 oppo- nents in 2011 had a 104-55 record last year, good for a 65.4 winning percentage. That is the highest winning percentage in the nation when considering Clemson's 201 . TftDHBTB 5fr Tiger Cub Club Clemson has a young squad this year, with 42 fresh- men (red-shirt or first year) among the 85 players on scholarship. The record for most freshman lettermen in a season is 23, set in 1985 when Danny Ford lettered 10 first-year freshmen and 13 red-shirt freshmen. The second most is 21 in 2006. That was C.J. Spiller's freshman year. The Tigers' first-year freshman class has 27 scholarship players in 201 1, four who entered in January and 23 who entered in the summer. The record for first-year freshmen to letter in a season is 10 (1985,94). Most Clemson Freshman Lettermen Rk Year W-L FY RS Total 1. 1985 6-6 10 13 23 2. 2006 8-5 8 13 21 3. 2000 9-3 3 17 20 2008 7-6 8 12 20 5. 2003 9-4 5 14 19 6. 1992 5-6 9 9 18 1994 5-6 10 8 18 Note: Since 1972, when freshman eligibility was re-instated. The Tigers have a 201 1 schedule that is front-loaded Player-of-the-Year in 2011. In 2010, he attempted 505 Preseason Plaudits For Six Tigers with home games. Clemson's first four games will be at passes in 13 games, an average of 39 per game, and was Clemson has six players on a combined 1 1 preseason home, the first time that has happened since 1 979 and just the Sun Belt Conference Freshman-of-the-Year. watch lists in 2011. The list includes two players (Dalton the third time in school history. The 1920 Tigers played Shawn Southward had 623 rushing yards and seven Freeman, Andre Ellington) who are on three lists apiece. their first five games at home. touchdowns a year ago and found time to catch 1 9 passes Freeman is a candidate for the Rimington Award, Clemson will play six of its first eight games at home out of the backfield for 1 90 yards. which goes to the top center, Outland Trophy, which goes and, for the first time since 1 989, the Tigers will play just Xavier Lamb is the top returning defensive player in to the top interior lineman, and Lombardi Award, which one home game after October 22. terms of tackles. He had 91 stops last year when he led goes to the top lineman. Freeman has been a starter at the team. Jonathan Massaquoi has garnered the most center each of the last two years, including 2009 when he Five Straight Sun Belt Titles preseason attention. The defensive end had 13.5 sacks became the first Tiger freshman since 1943 to start over Clemson opens the season against a Troy program last year, just two behind national leader Da'Quan Bowers, the course of a season. that has won each of the last five Sun Belt Conference who had 1 5.5 for the Tigers. The first-team all-conference Ellington is a candidate for the Maxwell National titles. The Trojans have a 32-5 record in league play in the player added 20.5 tackles for loss. Player-of-the-Year Award, Doak Walker Award, which goes last five years and they have outgained their opposition by to the top running back, and Paul Hornung Award, which an average of 93.6 yards per game over that time. Troy has Blakeney Among Active Victory Leaders goes to the top all-purpose player. Ellington scored 12 won at least eight games five years in a row, including an Larry Blakeney is in his 21st year at Troy and is among touchdowns in the first seven games of 2010 before he 8-5 record in 2010. the winningest active coaches in college football. He has suffered a toe injury. He was 1 0th in the nation in scoring Troy has played well against some of the best FBS pro- a career record of 1 61 -82-1 as a head coach, which dates to and 30th in rushing at the time of the injury.