In what has been a consistent theme since the last ACC expansion, the Clemson Tigers and Pittsburgh Panthers have little gridiron history between them. Indeed, the Tigers and Panthers have tangled just once, a 34-3 Pittsburgh victory in the 1977 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. As has been well-documented, that season under first-year head coach Charley Pell marked the first in which the Clemson program had qualified for a bowl in almost twenty years, a steak of futility that dated to the Frank Howard’s ‘59 Tigers’ 23-7 victory over TCU in the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas.
Historical Eye of the Tiger: Clemson v. Pittsburgh
