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Former Clemson offensive tackle Treymayne Anchrum Jr. won Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13, 2022, giving the Tigers another Super Bowl champion.

Clemson Football 2019-20 schedule preview

Dawson Green & Brandon Stockdale, Senior Sports Reporters January 27, 2019

The ACC has released the schedule for Clemson’s 2019 football season. The Tigers will be looking to repeat as ACC Champions for the fifth straight year and as National Champions for the second time...

A.J. Terrell set the tone of the game with pick-six on the Crimson Tide's first offensive drive. From there, Clemson players made highlight play after highlight play en route to their second championship in three years.

Top 5 plays of the 2019 national championship

Colin Halm, Contributor January 14, 2019

Top 5 Plays of the 2019 National Championship (in no particular order)5. Justyn Ross makes one-handed snagDespite the fact that Ross is only a freshman, he makes plays like a senior. Two consecutive catches...

Austin Bryant (7) and Christian Wilkins (42) were dominant forces in Clemson's explosive win over Alabama. The defensive linemen were members of one of the best defensive fronts in the history of college football, and now have the hardware to prove it. 

Championship Retrospective

Clayton Crowley, Sports Editor January 14, 2019

I was fortunate enough to be in Clemson last weekend, with my friends at a bar downtown as we watched Clemson play in the 2018 National Championship. Right around the middle of the third quarter, when...

Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney celebrates after winning his second National Championship.

Best in the business

Megan Kinner, Senior Sports Reporter January 14, 2019

Dabo Swinney is responsible for creating Clemson football’s unique “All In” culture. When he first got the head coaching job, Swinney said that he wanted to “build a model program”...

Trayvon Mullen declared for the NFL draft after being named defensive MVP of the National Championship game. 

Tigers declare for the draft

Dawson Green, Senior Sports Reporter January 14, 2019

Clemson coaches and fans already know they will never see the best senior class in our school’s history suit up again, but they are not the only players leaving us as some underclassmen will declare...

Clemson running back Travis Etienne (9) was one of the stars of the National Championship game. While Justyn Ross made headlines for his eye-popping stats and highlight reel catches, Etienne was the backbone of the offense and delivered whenever they needed him. 

2019 National Championship analysis and takeaways

Ryan Donahue, Asst. Sports Editor January 14, 2019

In a battle between two college football heavyweights, the Clemson Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in dominant fashion to win their second National Championship in three years. Both the Tigers...

Hunter Renfrow (13) has had one of the most storied careers in Clemson history. The receiver was responsible for the famous last-second touchdown against Alabama in 2016, saw the Tigers fall to the Crimson Tide in 2017 and now leaves Clemson with two rings and multiple receiver records. 

Column: What a difference a year makes for Clemson football

Brandon Stockdale, Senior Sports Writer January 14, 2019

Jan. 1, 2018.Clemson had walked off the field in New Orleans after falling to the Alabama Crimson Tide, 24-6 in a game where the offense struggled to establish a rhythm as the Tide forced two interceptions...

Justyn Ross (8) had an outstanding game against the Crimson Tide, finishing the game with an incredible 153 receiving yards and a touchdown. He is a part of Clemson's core of young players, all of whom will return and help create a dynamic Tiger offense. 

Young core will bring continuity to 2019 Tigers

Alex Kelly, Asst. Sports Editor January 14, 2019

Monday night’s National Championship was full of big plays with the majority of them coming from the No. 2 team in the nation, the Clemson Tigers. More specifically, those big plays came from freshmen...

Justyn Ross (8) makes an outstanding catch against Alabama cornerback Josh Jobe (28) in the 2019 National Championship. The catch put the Tigers in scoring position and was one of the highlight plays of the game. 

Impact players: breakout stars of 2018

Cole Little, Senior Sports Reporter January 13, 2019

Typical of a national championship team, the 2018 Clemson Tigers were stacked with talent at every position on the depth chart. While the five-star recruits manning the tops of statistical leaderboards...

Christian Wilkins (42) kisses the National Championship trophy. Wilkins is a member of one of the winningest classes in the history of college football, and with the win against Alabama, Clemson became the first team to go 15-0 since Penn in 1897.

Clemson routs Alabama in National Championship

Clayton Crowley, Sports Editor January 8, 2019

For the second time in three years, the College Football National Championship resides in Clemson, South Carolina.The Clemson Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide on Monday 44-16.From the beginning,...

Clemson running back Travis Etienne (9) will be a major factor in the Tigers' matchup with the Alabama Crimson Tide in the National Championship. He will have to contend with an exceptional Alabama defensive line, but certainly has the talent to swing the momentum of the game. 

National Championship preview: for the fourth time in four years

Dawson Green, Senior Sports Reporter January 6, 2019

Clemson and Alabama will face off for the fourth time in as many years with three of those meetings being National Championship games.These matchups have been far from similar to each other. There have...

Trevor Lawrence (16) will start for the Clemson Tigers at quarterback against Alabama in the National Championship. Lawrence has had the most spectacular season of any freshman quarterback in Clemson history and one of the most historic freshman quarterback seasons ever.

Opinion: Just a game

Marilyn Hazlett, Columnist. January 6, 2019

“It’s just a game.”“Football is just a game.”With the Clemson Tigers headed to the College Football National Championship for the third time in four years, I’ve been...

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