The Clemson vs Miami series has been extremely short, but has had some of the closest and intriguing match-ups with upsets galore in just nine match ups.
The Tigers and the Hurricanes have only met on the gridiron a total of nine times in the span of 70 years. Let’s take a look at the Clemson vs Miami series history and highlight some of the important games that have outlined this series.
First Match-up: The very first match-up between the two schools took place in 1945 and it featured Coach Frank Howard for Clemson and Jack Harding for Miami. The Hurricanes picked up a 7-6 victory in Miami. Clemson picked up a victory in 1951 under Coach Howard, again in Miami, by a score of 15-14 in a barn-burner.
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Interesting Facts:
- Miami leads the series, 6-3.
- National Championships: Miami 5, Clemson 1
- Conference Championship: Clemson 18, Miami 9
- NFL Draft Picks: Miami 325, Clemson 229
- Overall Wins: Clemson 695, Miami 592
Do you remember?
In 2005, the Miami Hurricanes waltzed into Death Valley and one of the most intriguing match-ups of the series was born. The game went to triple-overtime before Miami was finally able to come up with a 36-30 victory over Tommy Bowden’s Tigers. What I remember most from that game though, was the crowd. It was, without a doubt, one of the loudest Clemson football games in history. It ranks right up there with the best of them and even though it ended with a heart-breaking defeat, still deserves to be mentioned because of the level of the crowd.
One of Dabo Swinney’s defining wins was over Miami in 2009 when the Tigers upset the number 10 ranked Hurricanes by a score of 40-37 down in Miami. Kyle Parker hit Jacoby Ford in overtime on 3rd down and 11 for a touchdown. Clemson was led by performances from Jacoby Ford and C.J. Spiller and the Clemson defense was very good as the game progressed, especially in overtime.
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This Clemson vs Miami series has brought some of great match-ups and they have come down the wire. Hopefully, history will be on the Tigers’ side as they take on Miami this Saturday.