The Graveyard

To document wins against ranked teams away from Death Valley, Clemson constructed a “Graveyard” at the entrance to the Clemson practice fields by the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex.

At the time of its inception, the Graveyard commemorated Top 20 road wins. Years later, the criteria expanded to include any Top 25 win away from home. A list of games presently memorialized in the Graveyard according to the respective criteria is included below.

Under Dabo Swinney’s watch, the Tigers have added 27 tombstones to the Graveyard — including four during Clemson’s 2016 national championship campaign and another three during its 2018 national title run.

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Date	Opp. Rank	Opponent	Score	Location
Nov. 13, 1948	19	Wake Forest	21-14	Winston-Salem, N.C.
Oct. 28, 1950	17	Wake Forest	13-12	Winston-Salem, N.C.
Oct. 9, 1954	14	Florida	14-7	Gainesville, Fla.
Sep. 19, 1959	12	North Carolina	20-18	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sep. 17, 1977	17	Georgia	7-6	Athens, Ga.
Nov. 18, 1978	11	Maryland	28-24	College Park, Md.
Nov. 8, 1981	8	North Carolina	10-8	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Nov. 13, 1982	18	Maryland	24-22	College Park, Md.
Nov. 5, 1983	10	North Carolina	16-3	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sep. 20, 1986	14	Georgia	31-28	Athens, Ga.
Sep. 9, 1989	16	Florida State	34-23	Tallahassee, Fla.
Oct. 10, 1992	10	Virginia	29-28	Charlottesville, Va.
Nov. 5, 1994	19	North Carolina	28-17	Chapel Hill, N.C.
Nov. 9, 1996	15	Virginia	24-16	Charlottesville, Va.
Sep. 13, 1997	*25	NC State	19-17	Raleigh, N.C.
Sep. 29, 2001	9	Georgia Tech	47-44	Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 2, 2004	6	Tennessee	27-14	Atlanta, Ga.
Nov. 6, 2004	10	Miami	24-17	Miami, Fla.
Nov. 19, 2005	19	South Carolina	13-9	Columbia, S.C.
Sep. 16, 2006	9	Florida State	27-20	Tallahassee, Fla.
Oct. 24, 2009	8	Miami	40-37	Miami, Fla.
Oct. 1, 2011	11	Virginia Tech	23-3	Blacksburg, Va.
Dec. 3, 2011	5	Virginia Tech	38-10	Charlotte, N.C.
Sep. 1, 2012	*25	Auburn	26-19	Atlanta, Ga.
Dec. 31, 2012	9	LSU	25-24	Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 3, 2014	7	Ohio State	40-35	Miami, Fla.
Dec. 29, 2014	*24	Oklahoma	40-6	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 5, 2015	8	North Carolina	45-37	Charlotte, N.C.
Dec. 31, 2015	4	Oklahoma	37-17	Miami, Fla.
Oct. 29, 2016	12	Florida State	37-34	Tallahassee, Fla.
Dec. 3, 2016	19	Virginia Tech	42-35	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 31, 2016	2	Ohio State	31-0	Glendale, Ariz.
Jan. 9, 2017	1	Alabama	35-31	Tampa, Fla.
Sep. 16, 2017	14	Louisville	47-21	Louisville, Ky.
Sep. 30, 2017	12	Virginia Tech	31-17	Blacksburg, Va.
Nov. 4, 2017	20	NC State	38-31	Raleigh, N.C.
Nov. 25, 2017	*24	South Carolina	34-10	Columbia, S.C.
Dec. 2, 2017	7	Miami (Fla.)	38-3	Charlotte, N.C.
Nov. 10, 2018	17	Boston College	27-7	Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Dec. 29, 2018	3	Notre Dame	30-3	Arlington, Texas
Jan. 7, 2019	1	Alabama	44-16	Santa Clara, Calif.
Dec. 7, 2019	22	Virginia	62-17	Charlotte, N.C.
Dec. 28, 2019	2	Ohio State	29-23	Glendale, Ariz.
Dec. 19, 2020	2	Notre Dame	34-10	Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 24, 2022	21	Wake Forest	51-45	Winston-Salem, N.C.
Dec. 3, 2022	24	North Carolina	39-10	Charlotte, N.C.
Dec. 7, 2024	8	SMU	34-31	Charlotte, N.C.

* – denotes coaches poll rank