Clemson Tigers Football Tickets

A trip to Death Valley should be on every college football fan’s bucket list, especially after seeing the Tigers spend much of the last decade turning themselves into a national power.

Clemson played its first football game in 1896, and became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953. Throw in a couple dozen consensus All-America selections and some national titles, and you’ve got some pretty good history.

A game at Clemson is a great experience, and the highlight may be the team’s entrance into Clemson Memorial Stadium. Howard’s Rock sits at the top of the hill behind the east end zone. When it is time to take the field, the Clemson players rub the rock before charging down the hill and toward the sideline. As you can imagine – or already know from seeing it on TV – the scene works the orangeclad crowd into a frenzy.

Before the game, enjoy the tailgating atmosphere, which occurs all over campus in this small town. If you don’t arrive early – at least four hours prior to kickoff – you’ll probably have a long walk to the game. You’ll get to see the campus that way, though.

Clemson’s ACC rivals include Florida State, Miami, Louisville and North Carolina State. But the Tigers’ most bitter enemy is South Carolina, located approximately 130 miles across the state in Columbia. These schools have despised each other since 1896, with their annual meeting on the gridiron taking place in late November. Clemson hosts the game in even-numbered years.