6/13/2013 12:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Football, Men's Lacrosse, General
Quick Facts
Location:Â Clemson, S.C.
Founded:Â 1889
Enrollment:Â 19,453
Nickname:Â Tigers
School Colors:Â Clemson Orange and Regalia
Joined the ACC:Â May 8, 1953
President:Â James F. BarkerÂ
Director of Athletics: Dan Radakovich
Senior Woman Administrator:Â Barbara Kennedy-Dixon
Faculty Representative: Janie Hodge
Tigers Links
Website:Â ClemsonTigers.com
Facebook: /clemsontigers
Twitter: @cu_athletics
Google+: /ClemsonTigers
YouTube: /ClemsonAthletics
Orange vs. Tigers
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- Clemson has been a member of the ACC since the 1953-54 academic year.
- There are a total of 19 varsity sports at Clemson.
- Clemson has used the tiger paw as its athletics logo since 1970.
- The Tigers' football stadium, Memorial Stadium, also known as "Death Valley," seats 80,301, while its basketball arena, Littlejohn Coliseum, holds 10,000.
- Clemson has claimed team national championships in football (1981), men's soccer (1984, 1987), men's golf (2003) and individual national titles in several sports, notably men's track and field (11) and women's track and field (7).
GATOR BOWL ROUT
On Jan. 1, 1996, No. Syracuse met the Clemson Tigers in the 51st Toyota Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. In front of a crowd of 45,202, the Orangemen shut out Clemson, 41-0. Quarterback and MVP Donovan McNabb led the team to a then school bowl-record 41 points. The Syracuse defense also recorded the second shutout in Syracuse's 16 bowl appearances.
McNabb was 13-of-23 passing for 309 yards and three touchdowns, while Marvin Harrison was his top target with seven receptions for 173 yards. Safety Donovan Darius paced the defense with 10 tackles in the city he would go on to play in for nine seasons in the NFL with the Jaguars.
ON THE HARD WOOD
Clemson has won both pairings with Syracuse. The most recent encounter was on March 21, 2007 in the quarterfinals of the NIT. Eric Devendorf had 23 points and Demetris Nichols added 20 but the Orange were beaten, 74-70. Syracuse trailed by 17 with 7:55 remaining before mounting a dramatic comeback. A layup by Devendorf with 1:10 left brought the Orange within one, 67-66. When Clemson answered, SU responded on a layup by Nichols with 23 seconds on the clock. The Tigers made 5-of-6 from the line to close out the game.
ORANGE ROLLS IN BAHAMAS
The Orange and Tigers have met once ever on the women's basketball court. No. 23 Syracuse defeated Clemson, 77-58, on Dec. 22, 2010 at the Bahamas Sunshine Shootout. Kayla Alexander and Iasia Hemingway each recorded double-doubles with 23 points and 10 rebounds, and 21 points and 10 boards, respectively. Elashier Hall (16) and Carmen Tyson-Thomas (11) rounded out the four Orange in double figures.
A WIN EACH IN VOLLEYBALL
The last match between Clemson and SU in volleyball was on Aug. 29, 2008. The Orange kicked off their season on the road against the Tigers with a 3-0 loss in the Clemson University Big Orange Bash. The only other time the two schools met was in 1990, where SU defeated Clemson 3-0 in the South Florida Showcase.
ON THE WATER
Syracuse's women's rowing team has begun its spring season each of the last two years at Clemson's Lake Hartwell. This season, on March 16, the Orange posted one victory and three second-place finishes in five total events against four other teams, with the victory coming in the second varsity four. On March 17, 2012, SU recorded two second-place finishes and two third-place finishes in the seven-crew regatta.
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