1988 Clemson Tigers football team

The 1988 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1988 Clemson Tigers football
ACC champion Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 13–6 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 9
1988 record	10–2 (6–1 ACC)
Head coach	Danny Ford (11th season)
Captain	Rodney Williams, Donnell Woolford
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 79,854, grass)

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Maryland	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	Noon	Virginia Tech*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	W 40–7	78,714
September 10	1:00 p.m.	Furman*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 23–3	80,620
September 17	2:30 p.m.	No. 10 Florida State*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	CBS	L 21–24	85,576
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 12	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 30–13	45,106
October 8	1:00 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 11	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 10–7	42,000
October 15	4:00 p.m.	No. 22 Duke	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN	W 49–17	83,356
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at No. 24 NC State	No. 9	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)		L 3–10	55,000
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 15	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 37–14	27,300
November 5	Noon	North Carolina	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	W 37–14	78,369
November 12	Noon	at Maryland	No. 16	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPS	W 49–25	45,000
November 19	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 South Carolina*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	JPS	W 29–10	84,867
January 1, 1989	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Oklahoma*	No. 13	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	W 13–6	53,571
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Further information: 1988 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Personnel

1988 Clemson Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Rodney Williams (C) Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Danny Ford Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Florida State

Florida State at Clemson

1 2 3 4 Total • #10 Seminoles 0 7 14 3 24 #3 Tigers 7 7 0 7 21 Date: September 17 Location: Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 82,500

Scoring summary Q1 CLEM Cooper 61 yard pass from C. Davis (Seyle kick) CLEM 7–0 Q2 FSU D. Carter 40 yard pass from Ferguson (Andrews kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 CLEM R. Williams 7 yard run (Seyle kick) CLEM 14–7 Q3 FSU D. Sanders 76 yard punt return (Andrews kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 FSU D. Williams 1 yard run (Andrews kick) FSU 21–14 Q4 CLEM T. Johnson 19 yard run Tie 21–21 Q4 FSU Andrews 19 yard field goal FSU 24–21

See also: 1988 Florida State Seminoles football team and Clemson–Florida State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	1976	W 15–12

vs. Oklahoma (Florida Citrus Bowl)

Clemson vs. Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total • #13 Tigers 0 6 0 7 13 #10 Sooners 3 0 3 0 6 Date: January 1 Location: Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL Game attendance: 53,571 Referee: Dick Burleson

See also: 1988 Oklahoma Sooners football team and 1989 Florida Citrus Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1972	L 3–52

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References

1. "THE OTHER BOWL GAMES : Citrus Bowl : Sooners Beaten at Pass by Clemson". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.