The Clemson football season is just thirteen Saturdays away. Join us at RTR as we count down the weeks until the season begins.
The countdown to college football has begun and, to help you pass the time by faster, we will be counting down the weeks until the Clemson football season begins by giving you some interesting stats on the significant number of the week each and every Saturday. What’s the significant number? 13. Why? There are 13 weeks until the Clemson Tigers take on the Wofford Terriers in Death Valley.
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This means that the football season is just 91 days away from being upon us, but that means we still have a long summer to endure before the football season begins, so here are some interesting stats and facts to see why the number 13 is significant in Clemson football and to pass the time by as wait on College Football Season:
- The Clemson Tigers got the year 2013 started off right when they delivered an upset to number-nine LSU in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve night. The Tigers followed that up by winning 11 games in the following season.
- The Tigers picked up their 13th ACC Championship in 1991, it would be their last until 2011, a 20-year span.
- Clemson has finished inside the top-13 in the nation a total of 15 times.
- In Dabo Swinney’s first bowl win, Clemson defeated Kentucky 21-13 in the Music City Bowl.
- On September 19, 1942, Memorial Stadium was opened with a 32-13 win over Presbyterian College.
- Even though South Carolina went on a five-game win streak over Clemson, in the past 13 meetings, Clemson still holds a 7-6 lead over the Gamecocks.
I hope you enjoyed your random facts for this week. College football season will be here before we know it and I can’t wait to see our Tigers suit up in 13 weeks.
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Clemson Football: Countdown to Gameday
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