The Graveyard

Entering 2021, Clemson has garnered 93 wins over AP or USA Today ranked teams since 1940, but some wins stand out. Winning over a ranked team in Death Valley is one thing, but gaining victory over a ranked team on an opponent’s home field is an extraordinary accomplishment. To document these victories, 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. It has since 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 25 tombstones to the Graveyard — including four during Clemson’s 2016 national championship campaign and another three during its 2018 national title run.

Date	Opponent	Score	Opp. Rk
11-13-48	Wake Forest	21-14	19
10-28-50	Wake Forest	13-12	17
10-9-1954	Florida	14-7	14
9-19-59	North Carolina	20-18	12
9-17-77	Georgia	7-6	17
11-18-78	Maryland	28-24	11
11-8-81	North Carolina	10-8	8
11-13-82	Maryland	24-22	18
11-5-83	North Carolina	16-3	10
9-20-86	Georgia	31-28	14
9-9-89	Florida State	34-23	16
10-10-92	Virginia	29-28	10
11-5-94	North Carolina	28-17	19
11-9-96	Virginia	24-16	15
9-13-97	N.C. State	19-17	*25
9-29-01	Georgia Tech	^47-44	9
1-2-04	Tennessee	27-14	6
11-6-04	Miami	^24-17	10
11-19-05	South Carolina	13-9	19
9-16-06	Florida State	27-20	9
10-24-09	Miami	^40-37	8
10-1-11	Virginia Tech	23-3	11
12-3-11	Virginia Tech	38-10	5
9-1-12	Auburn	26-19	*25
12-31-12	Louisiana State	25-24	9
1-3-14	Ohio State	40-35	7
12-29-14	Oklahoma	40-6	*24
12-5-15	North Carolina	45-37	8
12-31-15	Oklahoma	37-17	4
10-29-16	Florida State	37-34	12
12-3-16	Virginia Tech	42-35	19
12-31-16	Ohio State	31-0	2
1-9-17	Alabama	35-31	1
9-16-17	Louisville	47-21	14
9-30-17	Virginia Tech	31-17	12
11-4-17	NC State	38-31	20
11-25-17	South Carolina	34-10	*24
12-2-17	Miami (Fla.)	38-3	7
11-10-18	Boston College	27-7	17
12-29-18	Notre Dame	30-3	3
1-7-19	Alabama	44-16	1
12-7-19	Virginia	62-17	22
12-28-19	Ohio State	29-23	2
10-10-20	Miami (Fla.)	42-17	7
12-19-20	Notre Dame	34-10	2
Note: * – USA Today ranking ^ – overtime