Clemson, SC—Notre Dame will play at Clemson for the first time since 1977 when the Irish came to Memorial Stadium on October 3, 2015. The ACC and the University of Notre Dame announced the dates of Notre Dame’s games with ACC schools for the 2014-16 seasons on Friday.
The last time the two schools met at Clemson took place on November 12, 1977 when a pair of top 15 football teams met in Clemson’s Death Valley. A fifth-ranked Notre Dame football team led by Joe Montana, defeated a 15th-ranked Clemson team led by Steve Fuller, 21-17. Both quarterbacks went on to be on Super Bowl winning teams in the NFL.
Notre Dame went on to win the 1977 National Championship. Notre Dame won seven of its last eight games that year by at least 24 points, including a 38-10 win over number-one ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl. The only close game the Irish had was the four-point decision at Clemson, a game Clemson led 17-7 entering the fourth period. Thirty-six players in that game went on to play in the NFL.
Clemson came back to win at Notre Dame two years later, 16-10. It was just the second time in the last 40 years (1940-79) that Notre Dame’s seniors lost their last home game. Billy Lott scored a touchdown late in the game on a 26-yard run to give Clemson the win and overcome a 10-0 deficit.
Danny Ford led Clemson to that victory as head coach of the Tigers. Thirty-one-years old at the time, Ford is still the second youngest coach and the youngest since 1934, to beat Notre Dame in Notre Dame Stadium.
Other Notes: Clemson will be one of six ACC teams Notre Dame plays in 2015. The Irish will also play at Virginia, at Pittsburgh and against Boston College in Fenway Park. Georgia Tech and Wake Forest will travel to South Bend…Notre Dame will play Massachusetts in South Bend the week before it comes to Clemson…no release yet on when Clemson will play at Notre Dame, but it won’t be in 2016…Notre Dame’s quarterback for the 2015 game at Clemson could be Myrtle Beach, SC native Everett Golson, who will still be eligible for the 2015 season…it would be his only career game in his home state…based on the future schedule rotation that has been released by the ACC, Clemson will play Florida State and Notre Dame at home in 2015…other home games will included Boston College, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech…Clemson’s road schedule that year will be Louisville, NC State, Syracuse, South Carolina and Miami.
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The officiating in the ’77 game sucked.
You’re right. I was there sitting between a loud mouth ND fan and God. God kept asking me to move so he could get closer to Dan Devine in order to stick that leprechaun charm up his arrogant azz.
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You’ve been payin’ attention to the Memorial Stadium PA system during timeouts…up on Cemetary Hill, eh?
LUDA cris!!!!!
What’s the big deal? The ACC is requiring Notre Dame to play a minimum of ACC games as part of the deal to make Notre Dame an ACC basketball school. It is soon just going to be the norm.
USC will add Benedict College to their schedule.
Their timeless cheer:
Break an arm! Break a leg! BENEDICT – BENEDICT!
— actually goes Bend-a-Dick! Bend-a-Dick!
And if Clemson added Benedict, it would increase your SOS 10 fold…But it would no matter since SC beats the $#!* out of you every year, anyway..and there is no sign that’ll change…Hahahaha…
Again, Big T, what the fuck are you talking about? I’m guessing that from the laughter at your stupidity you’re back off your meds.
Its always funny when a Tiger fan says USC’s schedule is weak or something. Rankings year in and year out show USC SOS to be tougher than Clem5on5. Yet idiots like Squishy cant do math or something.
TBG is pretty excited.
His girlfriend, Lennay Kekua is friends with a bunch of the Irish players, including Everette Golson (Sure hope she never *cheated * with him. Ha!). Anyway, she’s going to FLY IN FROM CALI for the game!!!! TBG is giddy with excitement!!!
Gotta go SKYPE. Catch you losers later!
2 of the nation’s most over-rated programs playing each other…
The dilemma is: Who do you pull for?…Both are disgusting and the ugliest representatives of college football.
Of course: I want to see Clemson get the $#*! kicked out of them…so I’m in luck…even if if it’s a Notre Dame team that sucks…they should be able to beat the Taters…
PS: With Tajh, Sammy and Chad gone…Clemson may pull another Record loss, (see Clemson’s last Orange Bowl game)…I’m still laughing about that one. That was a very good night….
War Eagle, Big T. I still remember the hurting we put on your sorry team in the SEC Championship…..in what was supposed to be the dirt pecker’s finest hour.
PS: Try Lithium gel caps.
If you are an Auburn fan (not a typical front-runner or embarrassed Clemson fan) I hope your team gets its @$$ stomped by FSU….
I’d never normally pull against an SRC team but Auburn is a trashy fan base. You are scum. You’re like the Clemson of the SEC, w/ a horseshow up your @$$….
Auburn is a cheating, inbred bunch of arrogant one generation out of the trailer park…I’d love to see you pull a ‘Clemson’ vs FSU…
Er….. Make that maximum strength Lithium gel caps
Handfuls of maximum strength Lithium gel caps.
Well if nothing else, Big T, GrandTango has one thing going for him, being the biggest dipshit on this blog.
And if you consider yourself a Dirtpecker fan, what does that say about USC fans?