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1979 Clemson Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1979
team	Clemson Tigers
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
record	8–4
conf_record	4–2
head_coach	Danny Ford
hc_year	1st full, 2nd overall
off_coach	Jimmye Laycock
oc_year	3rd
def_coach	Mickey Andrews
dc_year	3rd
captain	Bubba Brown
captain2	Billy Lott
stadium	Memorial Stadium
bowl	[Peach Bowl](1979-peach-bowl)
bowl_result	L 18–24 vs. [Baylor](1979-baylor-bears-football-team)

The 1979 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach Danny Ford, the team compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the ACC, lost to Baylor in the 1979 Peach Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 205 to 116. The team won the 300th game in Clemson history on September 22 and played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Bubba Brown and Billy Lott were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Billy Lott with 1,184 passing yards, Marvin Simms with 743 rushing yards, Perry Tuttle with 544 receiving yards, and placekicker Obed Ariri with 62 points scored (16 field goals, 14 extra points).

Schedule

|September 8|1:00 p.m.||Furman||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 21–0|55,908|

|September 15|3:20 p.m.||Maryland||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|L 0–19|52,474|

|September 22|1:00 p.m.||Georgia||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC (rivalry)|W 12–7|62,573|

|October 6|1:00 p.m.||Virginia||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC |W 17–7|62,310|

|October 13|1:30 p.m.|at|Virginia Tech||Lane Stadium|Blacksburg, VA|W 21–0|37,700|

|October 20|1:30 p.m.|at|Duke||Wallace Wade Stadium|Durham, NC|W 28–10|24,600|

|October 27|1:00 p.m.||NC State||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC (rivalry)|L 13–16|61,412|

|November 3|1:00 p.m.||No. 14 Wake Forest||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 31–0|59,205|

|November 10|1:00 p.m.|at|North Carolina|18|Kenan Memorial Stadium|Chapel Hill, NC|W 19–10|50,100|

|November 17|1:30 p.m.|at|Notre Dame|14|Notre Dame Stadium|Notre Dame, IN|W 16–10|59,075|

|November 24|1:30 p.m.|at|No. 19 South Carolina|13|Williams–Brice Stadium|Columbia, SC (rivalry)|L 9–13|56,887|

|December 31||vs|No. 19 Baylor|18|Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium|Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)|L 18–24|57,321|

Game summaries

Duke

Roster

Danny Ford

References

(2016). "2016 Media Guide". Clemson Athletics.
"1979 Clemson Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"1979 Clemson Tigers Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 9, 1979). "Furman fails to tame Clemson". The Greenville News.
(September 16, 1979). "Tigers blanked by Terps, 19–0". Greensboro Daily News.
(September 23, 1979). "Clemson gains revenge, dumps Georgia". The Times and Democrat.
(October 7, 1979). "Clemson defense leaves Virginia 0-for-forever". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 14, 1979). "Clemson making progress 21–0". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 21, 1979). "Clemson rips Blue Devils, 28–10". The Lynchburg News.
(October 28, 1979). "'Pack edges Tigers, 16–13". The Sun-News.
(November 5, 1979). "Wake Forest bubble bursts at Clemson". The Opelika-Auburn News.
(November 11, 1979). "Tigers boot Heels". The Greenville News.
(November 18, 1979). "Clemson feasts on Irish errors". Dayton Daily News.
Abe Hardesty. (November 25, 1979). "Gamecocks trip lunging Tigers". The Greenville News.
(January 1, 1980). "Baylor's passing game shocks Clemson". The Odessa American.
. (1979). ["Clemson Football Media Guide - 1979"](https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/55/). *[[Clemson University]]*.
. (1980). ["Clemson Football Media Guide - 1980"](https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/53/). *[[Clemson University]]*.
Gainesville Sun. 1979 Oct 21.

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