2007 Clemson Tigers football team

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2007 Clemson Tigers football
Clemson Tigers logo.svg
Chick-fil-A Bowl, L 20–23 OT vs. Auburn
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 21
Record9–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Vic Koenning (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Memorial Stadium (c. 80,301, grass)
Seasons
  2006
2008  
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Boston College x  6 2   11 3  
No. 21 Clemson  5 3   9 4  
Wake Forest  5 3   9 4  
Florida State  4 4   7 6  
Maryland  3 5   6 7  
NC State  3 5   5 7  
Coastal Division
No. 9 Virginia Tech x$  7 1   11 3  
Virginia  6 2   9 4  
Georgia Tech  4 4   7 6  
North Carolina  3 5   4 8  
Miami (FL)  2 6   5 7  
Duke  0 8   1 11  
Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 16
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Clemson football team represented Clemson University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Tommy Bowden and played their home games in Memorial Stadium.

Contents

Notable

Clemson played host to the Florida State Seminoles on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2007 in both teams' season opener. The game was played before a primetime national audience on ESPN as the only college football game in that time slot. [1] It was only Clemson's second regular season Monday night game, the last being in 1982 against the University of Georgia.

Clemson opened its season with 3 consecutive home game victories. This is the first time that there have been 3 consecutive home games to open the season since 2003 and only the eighth time since 1923. Clemson played against the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference champion Wake Forest in November and played the 2006 Mid-American Conference champion Central Michigan for the first time. The 2007 season saw Clemson meeting Louisiana-Monroe and Central Michigan for the first time, with Clemson beating both of them.

In the pre-season, incoming quarterback Willy Korn was named one of the top-10 impact freshman for 2007. [2]

Achievements

Clemson started 4–0, including a victory in the season and conference opener over the Florida State Seminoles in the ninth "Bowden Bowl", which pits father Bobby Bowden, coaching the Seminoles, against his son, Tommy. Following their 4–0 start, Clemson gave up two losses to Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech respectively. Following the two-game losing streak, the Tigers went on to another four-game winning streak. The team then finished the season with its toughest loss of the season (losing in the final seconds to Boston College, 20–17) and greatest triumph (defeating rival South Carolina 23–21 with a last-second field goal). With a record of 9–3, the Tigers received a bid to play in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl.

During the September 8th game against UL-Monroe, Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper threw five touchdown passes, setting a new school record for most touchdown passes thrown in a single game, a feat he has since duplicated. He currently holds numerous school records, including touchdown passes in a season (27).

Harper need only throw for 122 yards, and leading rusher James Davis rush for 8 yards, for this to be the first Clemson team in history to have a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher, and 1,000 receiver (WR Aaron Kelly exceeded 1,000 for the year during game-winning drive against South Carolina).

On December 2, 2007, it was announced that Clemson had accepted a bid to play in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl opposite the Southeastern Conference's Auburn Tigers. The game will be played December 31 in front of a national audience on ESPN. It is Clemson's 7th appearance in the bowl, tying NC State for most appearances in the game. The Clemson Tigers enter the post-season ranked 15th nationally, while Auburn comes in 22nd. The game is particularly notable as it was Walter Riggs who came to coach at Clemson from Auburn and who brought with him many traditions, including the Tiger mascot. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 38:00 p.m.No. 19 Florida State ESPN W 24–1881,993
September 81:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe *No. 25
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ESPNGP W 49–2677,628
September 151:00 p.m. Furman *No. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ESPNGPW 38–1080,419
September 2212:00 p.m.at NC State No. 15 LFS W 42–2056,903
September 293:30 p.m.at Georgia Tech No. 13 ABC L 3–1354,635
October 66:00 p.m.No. 15 Virginia Tech No. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ESPNL 23–4182,047
October 2012:00 p.m. Central Michigan *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ESPNU W 70–1481,361
October 273:30 p.m.at Maryland ABCW 30–1750,948
November 312:00 p.m.at Duke No. 25ESPNGPW 47–1020,457
November 1012:00 p.m. Wake Forest No. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ESPN2 W 44–1082,422
November 177:45 p.m.No. 18 Boston College No. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
ESPN2L 17–2083,472
November 247:00 p.m.at South Carolina *No. 21ESPN2W 23–2182,410
December 317:45 p.m.vs. No. 22 Auburn *No. 15ESPNL 20–23 OT74,413
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Game summaries

No. 19 Florida State

1234Total
Seminoles038718
Tigers14100024

Louisiana-Monroe

1234Total
Warhawks7331326
No. 25 Tigers141414749

Furman

1234Total
Paladins030710
No. 20 Tigers10771438

At NC State

1234Total
No. 15 Tigers00000
Wolfpack00000

At Georgia Tech

1234Total
No. 13 Tigers30003
Yellow Jackets703313

No. 15 Virginia Tech

1234Total
No. 15 Hokies171401041
No. 22 Tigers0801523

Central Michigan

1234Total
Chippewas707014
Tigers72828770

At Maryland

1234Total
Tigers00000
Terrapins00000

At Duke

1234Total
No. 25 Tigers32314747
Blue Devils700310

Wake Forest

1234Total
Demon Deacons703010
No. 20 Tigers101710744

No. 18 Boston College

1234Total
No. 18 Eagles0301720
No. 15 Tigers703717

At South Carolina

1234Total
No. 21 Tigers00000
Gamecocks00000

Vs. No. 22 Auburn (Chick-fil-A Bowl)

1234OTTotal
No. 15 Clemson Tigers07010320
No. 22 Auburn Tigers3077623

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RV2520151322RVRVRV25201521161521
Coaches Poll RVRV20141322RVRVRV24201622171622
Harris Not released1322RVRVRVRV2016221816Not released
BCS Not released252115221615Not released

Depth chart

These are the projected starters and primary backups as of 4/9/07.

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