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1987 Clemson Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Clemson Tigers
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
CoachRank	10
APRank	12
record	10–2
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	Danny Ford
hc_year	9th full, 10th overall
off_coach	Jack Crowe
oc_year	2nd
captain	Michael Dean Perry
captain2	John Phillips
stadium	Memorial Stadium
champion	ACC champion
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
bowl	[Florida Citrus Bowl](1988-florida-citrus-bowl)
bowl_result	W 35–10 vs. [Penn State](1987-penn-state-nittany-lions-football-team)

Florida Citrus Bowl champion The 1987 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its tenth season under head coach Danny Ford, the team compiled a 10–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the ACC championship, defeated Penn State in the 1988 Florida Citrus Bowl, was ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 333 to 176. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Michael Dean Perry and John Phillips were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Rodney Williams with 1,486 passing yards, Terry Allen with 973 rushing yards, Gary Cooper with 618 receiving yards, and placekicker David Treadwell with 87 points scored (18 field goals, 33 extra points).

Schedule

|September 5||Western Carolina|9|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 43–0|71,465|

|September 12|at|Virginia Tech|10|Lane Stadium|Blacksburg, VA|W 22–10|42,000|

|September 19||No. 18 Georgia|8|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC (rivalry)|W 21–20|81,875|

|September 26||Georgia Tech|9|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC (rivalry)|W 33–12|78,832|

|October 10||Virginia|8|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 38–21|79,963|

|October 17||Duke|7|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 17–10|70,294|

|October 24||NC State|7|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)|L 28–30|73,613|

|October 31||Wake Forest|14|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 31–17|69,711|

|November 7|at|North Carolina|10|Kenan Memorial Stadium|Chapel Hill, NC|W 13–10|53,115|

|November 14||Maryland|9|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 45–16|76,773|

|November 21|at|No. 12 South Carolina|8|Williams–Brice Stadium|Columbia, SC (rivalry)|L 7–20|75,043|

|January 1, 1988|vs|No. 20 Penn State|14|Florida Citrus Bowl|Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)|W 35–10|53,152|

Personnel

Danny Ford
Jack Crowe – Offensive coordinator

Game summaries

At Virginia Tech

Maryland

At South Carolina

Penn State (Florida Citrus Bowl)

Main article: 1988 Florida Citrus Bowl

Rankings

References

(2016). "2016 Media Guide". Clemson Athletics.
"1987 Clemson Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"1987 Clemson Tigers Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 6, 1987). "Clemson slides by W. Carolina". St. Petersburg Times.
(September 13, 1987). "Clemson slugs Virginia Tech". Anderson Independent-Mail.
(September 20, 1987). "Treadwell lifts Tigers over Bulldogs". Florence Morning News.
(September 27, 1987). "No. 9 Clemson's victory over Georgia Tech something 'special'". The Baltimore Sun.
(October 11, 1987). "Tigers claim 27th win from Cavaliers". The Herald.
(October 18, 1987). "Clemson struggles past Duke". The Danville Register.
(October 25, 1987). "Wolfpack survives late Clemson rally". The Daily Advertiser.
(November 1, 1987). "Clemson terrorizes Wake Forest 31–17". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
(November 8, 1987). "Clemson tops Tar Heels, 13–10". The Miami Herald.
(November 15, 1987). "Tigers thunder to ACC title 45–16". The Sun-News.
(November 22, 1987). "Carolina defense prevails: Gamecocks 20, Tigers 7". The Greenville News.
(January 2, 1988). "Clemson destroys Penn State, 35–10". Pensacola News Journal.
Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 15. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.

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