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ILouis E Batson v•omeomce: «**JT Area 803 242-5262 Clemsonvs. South Carolina Today's Features The Departments November 24, 1984 34 ACC Composite Schedule Clemson Memorial Stadium 25 Athletic Administration 1 1 Athletic Director Reggie Pleasant 101 Cheerleaders g 27 Clemson Head Coaches One of the greatest success stories of this outstanding senior 45 Clemson University class belongs to Reggie Pleasant. He came to Clemson as a 95 Fall Schedules, non-revenue sports walk-on and now leads the ACC in passes broken up with a 23 IPTAY Club Clemson single season record 13. David Webb reviews Pleas- 74 IPTAY Officers ant's career in Tigertown. 68 Managers 7 Fulbright Scholars 36 Radio Network Clemson is always searching to improve itself academically, 29 Stadium Information 1 Needs that is the mark of a great institution. An example of the prog- 9 Stadium Medical 7 1 Single Records ress the school has been making is documented in the number Game of Fulbright Scholars on this campus. Catherine Sams takes a 104 Tiger Band look at the high success rate of this class. 37 Trainers 17 University Officials 4 § Clemson 's Finest Class 9 University President You could fill an entire program with the accomplishments of this senior class. No other class in America has a better win- Players and Coaches ning percentage, and no class in the history of the ACC has won more games with a better percentage, (ill Mixon discusses 2 1 Assistant Coaches the class with some Clemson coaches who have seen a lot of 50 Clemson Alphabetical Roster great ones come and go. 52 Clemson Numerical Roster 1 5 Head Coach Danny Ford Senior Sponsors £J7 43 Graduate Assistant Coaches Each year Clemson seniors honor an important lady in their 37 Meet the Tigers respective lives. It is a Clemson tradition and a way the players 62 Meet Today's Opponent say thanks for timely support to a special person in their lives. 53 Opponent Numerical Roster 55 Opponent Alphabetical Roster This Da y In Tiger Football J 99 Strength Coaches Clemson will try to gain still another victory on this date in 66 Today's Matchups Clemson football history. Sam Blackman examines Qemson's record on this date in history and reviews some of the more Today's Program is published by the Clemson Football interesting games, many of which have had a bearing on the Program Committee: history of this outstanding series. Manager: Allison Dalton (,5 Spirit BUtz The second annual Spirit Blitz week was held a couple of Editor and Designer: Tim Bourret weeks ago when the Virginia Tech Gobblers came to town. Assistant Editor: Kassie Kessinger Many people put in countless hours to make the card section, Assistant Manager: Ann Smith laser show and other events a success that week. Al Bynum Staff Assistants: Bob Bradley, Jill Mixon, Al Bynum, Sam chronologues the events in preparation for the festive week. Blackman, David Webb, Maria Farry, and Margaret Pridgeon. 0, 7 Seniors in the Crowd Printing: Electric City Printing Co. of Anderson, SC Twenty-four seniors have made Clemson successful over the 65 last four seasons. Some have not been starters their entire care- Photo Credits: A special thanks to the Clemson Communica- ers, but all have contributed. Maria Farry introduces us to six tions Center staff of Tom Shockley, Hal Smith, Ben Hendricks, seniors who have had a significant bearing on the Tiger record Jim Martin, Lance McKinney and Dave Lewis. Also thanks to over the last four years. Earle Martin, The Orange & White and Rob Biggerstaff. T'8ers in the Pros 102 National Advertising: Spencer Marketing, New York, NY Clemson ranks in the top 20 in the nation when it corr.ss to contributing players to the NFL. Every Sunday some former On The Cover: Tigers have a bearing on an NFL game. Tim Bourret sum- This is the final home game for the winningest class in Clem- marizes the season for the 2 1 former Tigers in the NFL. son history. The 24 seniors in this picture have won a National Championship, two ACC titles, had countless national rankings and set all kinds of Clemson records. Lance McKinney was the photographer who captured Qemson's most successful class. 102 1 Today's Game By Tim Bourret jam for the top five as you can see by the grid on the top five at some time or another in the same this page. Clemson is only .003 percentage points year. Fans of both Clemson and South Carolina feel off the pace set by SMU, which has a 38-5-2 re- South Carolina has gone to the big play this year like people who receive invitations to the Presi- cord during the same time period. If Clemson has in becoming the winningest team in the school's dential Inaugural Ball. They are all excited upon hopes of being the winningest class in the nation history. The Gamecocks have allowed 341.4 receiving the invitation, but as the Inauguration the last four years, it must beat the Gamecocks. yards a game on defense, but they have forced tur- date approaches the President's schedule of ap- Also, Clemson 's current class of seniors needs novers just when they need them (ask Florida pearances is released. Clemson and South one more victory to set an record for wins ACC State about that) and have turned them into Carolina fans feel a little like the people who got by one class and needs one more win to be the points. tickets to the ball where President Reagan will best class in ACC history on a winning percentage Allen Mitchell and Mike Hold are the leaders only a token appearance. are quite basis. class is make They not This has 37 wins and currently tied of the offense, as coach Joe Morrison, who is rap- '81 as fired up about the whole situation, but his token with the Clemson class of and the Maryland idly becoming as much a legend with South will still incentive '78 in total appearance be enough to go. class of terms of victories. This class' Carolina fans as Danny Ford is with Clemson fans, South Carolina and Clemson supporters still .864 winning percentage is just .001 ahead of has successfully used the two-quarterback system. will to Death Valley in droves will '53 '54, come and be Maryland and Maryland which had win- Mitchell starts the game and Hold finishes it and excited today's but it will about game, not be with ning percentages of .863. A loss to South Carolina more often than not, it has not really mattered the religious fervor of what it could have been. and you can kiss those accomplishments goodbye. who has been at the controls. Mitchell has 53 Both teams might have been looking ahead last This senior class also has the motivational fac- completions in 99 attempts with seven as they to decisively. week both went down defeat tor of its home winning streak. They have not ex- touchdowns and Hold has 5 1 completions in 93 Had South Carolina come into this game with a perienced a loss in Death Valley and would cer- attempts with also seven touchdowns. Hold likes 10-0 ledger and a number-one ranking, and tainly like to go down in history as being the first to go deep a little more often, that is the only real Clemson entered with an 8-2 record and a class never to lose a home game. They have gone difference (they even both have exactly four rush- number- 15 rating, the national guard would have 24 straight games without losing at home, the ing touchdowns) as Hold has thrown for over to in had come to keep things under control. Alas, longest active streak in the nation. 1 1 00 yards to only 780 for Mitchell. just we have your regular, intense intra-state Regardless of what happens both teams have Ira Hillary, who is finally a senior, leads a list rivalry that dominates the lives of nearly everyone had excellent seasons and have many accomplish- of receivers that have five players averaging over in the state of Carolina South for a week.