For a second straight year, and for the third time in history, Clemson knocked off Oklahoma in a bowl game, this time it was 37-17 in the Orange Bowl and this time it was in the national semifinals.
Clemson ended the 2014 season with a 40-6 win over the Sooners in the Russell Athletic Bowl. The Tigers also beat Oklahoma in the 1989 Citrus Bowl, 13-6.
Making their first appearance in the College Football Playoff, the top-ranked Tigers outscored No. 4 Oklahoma 21-0 in the second half of the Orange Bowl to improve to 14-0 for the first time in school history, while advancing to the 2016 CFP National Championship Game.