The 1977 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In its first season under head coach Charley Pell, the team compiled an 8–3–1 record (4–1–1 against conference opponents), finished second in the ACC, lost to Pittsburgh in the 1977 Gator Bowl, was ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 228 to 163. ^{[1] [2]} The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Steve Fuller, Steve Godfrey, and Randy Scott were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Steve Fuller with 1,497 passing yards, Warren Ratchford with 616 rushing yards, Jerry Butler with 760 receiving yards, and Lester Brown with 54 points (9 touchdowns). ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	1:00 p.m.	No. 10 Maryland		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 14–21	34,650	[4]
September 17	1:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA ( rivalry)	W 7–6	55,100	[5]
September 24	1:30 p.m.	at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA ( rivalry)	W 31–14	50,116	[6]
October 1	1:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 31–13	34,000	[7]
October 8	1:00 p.m.	Virginia		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 31–0	49,830	[8]
October 15	1:30 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 17–11	26,500	[9]
October 22	1:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC ( rivalry)	W 7–3	50,304	[10]
October 29	1:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 26–0	40,445–40,600	[11]
November 5	1:30 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	T 13–13	50,500	[12]
November 12	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 Notre Dame*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 17–21	53,467–54,189	[13]
November 19	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina*	No. 15	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC ( rivalry)	W 31–27	56,410	[14]
December 30		vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh *	No. 11	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL ( Gator Bowl)	L 3–34	72,289	[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

Game summaries

South Carolina

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References