The Clemson Tigers are the American football team at Clemson University. The Tigers compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In recent years, the Tigers have been ranked among the most elite college football programs in the United States.
Walter Riggs, the "father of Clemson football"
The 1896 Clemson Tigers team.
John W. Heisman on Bowman Field, Clemson's first gridiron.
1981 Clemson Tigers football team visit the Oval Office in January 1982
Clemson University is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university by enrollment in South Carolina. For the fall 2023 semester, the university enrolled a total of 22,875 undergraduate students and 5,872 graduate students, and the student/faculty ratio was 15:1.
Fort Hill, photographed in 1887, was the home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson and is at the center of the university campus.
Godfrey Hall, constructed in 1897, formerly housed the Textile Department.
Clemson Memorial Stadium in 2006
Lee and Lowry Halls are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.