Clemson’s first true test of the 2015 football season occurs in the third game when the Tigers travel to Louisville to take on Bobby Petrino’s Cardinals in a primetime Thursday night matchup. The first true home test is the very next game when the Tigers host Notre Dame in what figures to be one of the true marquee games of the season.
It will be the first meeting between the two schools since November 17, 1979 when Clemson won 16-10 in South Bend. It will be the first time Notre Dame has come to Clemson since 1977. Those are the only two times the two schools have met on the gridiron, but it is that 1977 game that most people remember.