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1975 Clemson

2–⁠9 (2–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Red Parker.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1975, game by game: lost vs. Tulane 13–17; lost at No. 14 Alabama 0–56; lost at Georgia Tech 28–33; lost at Georgia 7–35; won vs. Wake Forest 16–14; lost at Duke 21–25; lost vs. NC State 7–45; lost vs. Florida State 7–43; won at North Carolina 38–35; lost vs. Maryland 20–22; lost at South Carolina 20–56+7−56Lost 13–17 vs. Tulane-4TulaneLost 0–56 at No. 14 Alabama-56No. 14 AlabamaLost 28–33 at Georgia Tech-5Georgia TechLost 7–35 at Georgia-28GeorgiaWon 16–14 vs. Wake Forest+2Wake ForestLost 21–25 at Duke-4DukeLost 7–45 vs. NC State-38NC StateLost 7–43 vs. Florida State-36Florida StateWon 38–35 at North Carolina+3North CarolinaLost 20–22 vs. Maryland-2MarylandLost 20–56 at South Carolina-36South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsTulaneL 13–⁠1767%
Sep 20at14AlabamaL 0–⁠5621%
Sep 27atGeorgia TechL 28–⁠3336%
Oct 4atGeorgiaL 7–⁠3531%
Oct 11vsWake ForestW 16–⁠1472%
Oct 18atDukeL 21–⁠2541%
Oct 25vsNC StateL 7–⁠4541%
Nov 1vsFlorida StateL 7–⁠4367%
Nov 8atNorth CarolinaW 38–⁠3536%
Nov 15vsMarylandL 20–⁠2223%
Nov 22atSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠5628%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 56–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠381
Coach
Red Parker
Elo
1359 −163 this season
SP+ rating
-13.8 No. 111 of 132; offense No. 60, defense No. 127
SRS
−10.7 No. 111 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Murry
Defensive coordinator
Harold Steelman
Captains
Bennie Cunningham, Neal Jetton, Dennis Smith and Jimmy Williamson

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Bennie Cunningham TEPittsburgh Steelers

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠09–⁠2–⁠113
Duke3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.