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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]. Night Football Returns to Clemson Clemson vs. Florida State Clemson Memorial Stadium • $3 September 12, 1992 Guardians of the Death Valley Tradition Wayne Simmons and Ashley Sheppard from Raw Material % Finished Product Batson has the equipment! TEMAFA - Equipmentforfiber reclamation. DORNIER - Hie Universal weaving machine. Air jet and VOUK - Draw Frames, Combers, Lappers, Automatic rigid rapier. Transport systems. SOHLER - Traveling blowing and vacuuming systems. DREF 2 AND DREF 3 - Friction spinning system. GENKINGER - Material handling systems. FEHRER - NL 3000: Needling capabilities up to 3000 - inspection systems. strokes per minute. ALEXANDER Offloom take-ups and HACOBA - Complete line of warping and beaming LEMAIRE - Warp transfer andfabric transfer printing. machinery. FONG'S - Equipmentfor piece and package dyeing. KNOTEX- Will tie all yarns. Offers traditional simplicity while offering the latest programming. Yarn and Fabrics Machinery Group, Inc. 1 Club Road • Box 3978 • Greenville, SC • 29608 • 803/242-5262 • Telefax 803/271-4535 Table of Contents Today's Features IPTAY DAY Players and Coaches 6 Wayne's World Alphabetical Rosier. Clemson 54 Wayne Simmons is gearing up for a stel- Alphabetical Roster. Opponents 59 13 lar senior year... a senior year on the football Assistant Coaches. Clemson Ken Hatfield 10 field that is. Clemson's starting outside line- Lineups 56 backer received his undergraduate degree Meet the Tigers 33 before the year even started. Numerical Roster, Clemson 56 49 The Voice of the Tigers Numerical Roster, Opponents 57 Opponent Players 74 Jim Phillips has been the voice of Clemson Statistics 2 sports since 1968. Probably half of the fans Strength Coaches 65 listening to tonight's game have never heard Tiger Rookies 37 anyone else provide the play-by-play of Clemson sporting events. Now in his 25th year, Phillips admits he wouldn't have gotten this job today. The Departments 50 Ashley Sheppard Academic All-Americans 45 Clemson fans have seen Sheppard ex- ACC Schedule 28 Wayne's World Alma Mater 50 ecute some of the most fierce hits in the ACC Atlantic Coast Conference 23 over the last four years. Sheppard's mother 1992 Program Committee Athletic Staff 31 has not seen any of them, however, as she is Band Feature 64 Chairman: Len Gough yet to see her son play a game in person. No Board of Trustees 17 Editor: Tim Bourret Bowl Schedule 43 Clemson opponent would agree with her rea- Assistant Editor: Annabelle Vaughan Cheerleaders 50 son for staying away from Death Valley. Program Staff: Sam Blackman, Sanford Rogers. Coaches, All-Sports 21 61 Ancient Football Annie Verhoven, HeatherCzeczok, Chris Metzler. Courtesy Vehicle Donors 42 Emergency Services 67 Would you believe a form of football was Beth Mclnnis, Brett Sowell. Gail Moose and Bob Future Schedules 25 played in the vicinity of Death Valley as far Bradley IPTAY 27 1 Printing of back as 762? Printing: Electric City Company Ander- IPTAY Officers 46 63 National Coach of the Year son, SC Managers 36 Clemson track coach Bob Pollock has On the Cover: Clemson seniors Ashley Sheppard Medical Staff 29 and Wayne Simmons have been a part of three Memorial Stadium 70 used the family approach to make the Tiger top 5 defenses at Clemson. They are proud NFL Honors by Tigers 66 track among the best in the nation. program Official's Signals 68 leaders of the Tiger defense and of Clemson's 64 Today's Band Feature Opponent Schedules 97 tradition of success in Death Valley. IPTAY lot more for Clemson Uni- Photo of the Week 53 does a Football cover photo by Ben Hendricks and Radio Network 38 versity than just provide football scholarships. Mark Houde. Single Game Records 101 The Tiger Band would be the first to proclaim Interior Photos: Jim Moriarty, Bob Waldrop, Stadium Information 19 the positive effect Clemson's scholarship foun- Vern Verna, Scott Harke, Rob Biggerstaff. Ben Stadium Records 72 dation has on its organization. Hendricks, Dave Lewis, Patrick Wright, C.W. Strength All-Americans 65 77 Clemson Olympicans Pack Sports, Eddie Cliffe, Mark Houde, Associ- Trainers 73 ated Press. University Feature 105 Former Tigers Gigi Fernandez and Mark University President 9 McKoy captured the gold in Barcelona last Vickery Hall 102 month, the first former Clemson atnletes to do so. 107 Great Games in Death Valley Clemson Schedule Although the game was not very competi- Sept. 5 Ball State :00 PM tive, any Tiger fan who was in Memorial Sta- Sept. 12 Florida State 30 PM dium for the 1 983 Maryland game will tell Sept. 26 at Ga. Tech :10 PM you it was one of the most memorable Oct. 3 UT-Chatt. 00 PM days in the 50 years of this facility. It Oct. 10 at Virginia :00 PM might be the most dominant perfor- Oct. 17 Duke :00 PM mance by a Clemson team over a Oct. 24 at N.C. State :00 PM ranked opponent in Tiger annals. Oct. 31 at W. Forest :00 PM 109 IPTAY Athlete of the Year Nov. 7 North Carolina 1 :00 PM James Trapp was an NCAA Nov. 14 at Maryland 12 10 PM Nov. 21 South Carolina 1 :00 Champion and a member of three PM top 20 programs at Clemson last - and is the recipient of the 1 991 year Florida St. Schedule 92 IPTAY Athlete of the Year award. Sept. 5 Duke 7:00 PM The award is presented by Mr. and Sept. 12 at Clemson 7:30 PM Mrs. Gene Willimon. Sept. 19 at N.C. State 12:10 PM 111 Jeff Bostic Sept. 26 Wake Forest 7:00 PM He wasn't an All-American during Oct. at Miami (FL) 12:10 PM his years on three Clemson bowl teams, Oct. N.Carolina 12:10 PM but he has had one of the more cel- Oct. at Ga. Tech 3:30 PM ebrated careers of any pro lineman in Oct. at Virginia 7:30 PM Jeff Bostic already has ACC history. Nov. Maryland 12:10 PM three Super Bowl rings in his posses- Clemson and Florida State begin the ACC title Nov. Tulane 2:00 PM sion and is looking for more. chase this evening. Nov. Florida 12:10 PM '92 S&Clemsori f ootball Today's Game Pair of Tigers on Butkus Award List This year's starting group of Brent LeJeune (306), strong ties to Florida State. Quarterback coach Clemson outside linebackers Wayne Simmons Stacy Seegars (320), Les Hall (313), Jeff Fortner Rick Stockstill was the starting quarterback for and Ashley Sheppard are among 49 preseason (294) and John Harris (272) combine to average the Seminoles between 1979 and 1981 and is a candidates for the 1 992 Dick Butkus Award. The 301 pounds. This is the largest average for the 1982 FSU graduate. He quarterbacked Florida honor is presented to the top collegiate line- starting five interior linemen in Clemson history. State in the 1980 and 1981 Orange Bowls. FSU backer in the nation by the Downtown Athletic In fact, it is the largest group by almost 15 pounds. was ranked sixth in 1 979 and fifth in 1 980. He is Club of Orlando, FL. Ten semifinalists will be The 1991 team averaged 286.2 pounds across in his fourth year as the Clemson quarterbacks announced at midseason and the three finalists the front five on the offensive line. coach. In that time Clemson is 30-6-1. In his first will be announced in late November. The winner It also proved to be an iron line in the season year the Tigers set a school record for completion will be announced on Saturday, December 12 at opener. Seegars, Hall and Fortner all played the percentage with a 60 percent mark. Last year the the Butkus Award Ceremonies in Orlando. entire game from scrimmage (65 snaps). Hall Tigers led the ACC in total offense. Clemson has had a representative in at least had the top outing with a career high nine knock- Assistant Athletic Director and Head Trainer the final 10 in each of the last two years. Levon down blocks and an 82 percent grade. Seegars Fred Hoover is also a Florida State graduate. Kirkland made it to the final five in 1 990, while Ed led the guards with a 74 percent grade and seven Hoover is in his 33rd year at Clemson, as he has McDaniel reached the final 10 last year. knockdown blocks. been on the staff since 1959. The National Hall Simmons enters the Florida State game with Here is a rundown of how the average weight of Fame Trainer who is a 1953 Florida State 25 career tackles for loss and 12.5 career sacks, of the Clemson offensive line has increased over graduate served as the FSU trainer in 1952-53 both 1 1 th on the all-time Clemson list.