The Clemson Tigers football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Clemson has appeared in 52 bowl games. Included in these games are 9 combined appearances in the traditional "Big Four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange).

Key +General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance ^ Stadium record attendance * National championship game 1 College Football Playoff

+ Results W Win L Loss

Bowl games

+ List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach # Season Bowl Score Date Opponent Stadium Location Head coach 1 1939 1940 Cotton Bowl Classic W 6–3 Boston College Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 20,000 2 1948 1949 Gator Bowl W 24–23 Missouri Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 32,959 3 1950 1951 Orange Bowl W 15–14 Miami (FL) Burdine Stadium Miami, FL 65,181 4 1951 1952 Gator Bowl L 0–14 Miami (FL) Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 34,577 5 1956 1957 Orange Bowl L 21–27 Colorado Burdine Stadium Miami, FL 73,280 6 1958 1959 Sugar Bowl L 0–7 LSU Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA 82,000 7 1959 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl W 23–7 TCU Rice Stadium Houston, TX 55,000 8 1977 1977 Gator Bowl L 3–34 Pittsburgh Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 72,289 9 1978 1978 Gator Bowl W 17–15 Ohio State Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 72,011 10 1979 1979 Peach Bowl L 18–24 Baylor Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA 57,371 11 1981 1982 Orange Bowl* W 22–15 Nebraska Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL 72,748 12 1985 1985 Independence Bowl L 13–20 Minnesota Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 42,800 13 1986 1986 Gator Bowl W 27–21 Stanford Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 80,104 14 1987 1988 Florida Citrus Bowl W 35–10 Penn State Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 53,152 15 1988 1989 Florida Citrus Bowl W 13–6 Oklahoma Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 53,571 16 1989 1989 Gator Bowl W 27–7 West Virginia Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL 82,911 17 1990 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl W 30–0 Illinois Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL 63,154 18 1991 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl L 14–37 California Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 64,192 19 1993 1993 Peach Bowl W 14–13 Kentucky Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 63,416 20 1995 1996 Gator Bowl L 0–41 Syracuse Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL 45,202 21 1996 1996 Peach Bowl L 7–10 LSU Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 63,622 22 1997 1998 Peach Bowl L 17–21 Auburn Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 71,212 23 1999 1999 Peach Bowl L 7–17 Mississippi State Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 73,315 24 2000 2001 Gator Bowl L 20–41 Virginia Tech Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL 68,741 25 2001 2001 Humanitarian Bowl W 49–24 Louisiana Tech Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 23,427 26 2002 2002 Tangerine Bowl L 15–55 Texas Tech Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 21,689 27 2003 2004 Peach Bowl W 27–14 Tennessee Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 75,125 28 2005 2005 Champs Sports Bowl W 19–10 Colorado Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 31,470 29 2006 2006 Music City Bowl L 20–28 Kentucky LP Field Nashville, TN 68,024 30 2007 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl L 20–23 OT Auburn Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 74,413 31 2008 2009 Gator Bowl L 21–26 Nebraska Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL 67,282 32 2009 2009 Music City Bowl W 21–13 Kentucky LP Field Nashville, TN 57,280 33 2010 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl L 26–31 South Florida Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 41,122 34 2011 2012 Orange Bowl L 33–70 West Virginia Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 67,563 35 2012 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl W 25–24 LSU Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 68,027 36 2013 2014 Orange Bowl W 40–35 Ohio State Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 72,080 37 2014 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl W 40–6 Oklahoma Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL 40,071 38 2015 2015 Orange Bowl1 W 37–17 Oklahoma Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 67,615 39 2015 2016 CFP National Championship*1 L 40–45 Alabama University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 75,765 4020162016 Fiesta Bowl1 W 31–0December 31, 2016Ohio StateUniversity of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, AZ70,236Dabo Swinney 4120162017 CFP National Championship*1 W 35–31January 9, 2017AlabamaRaymond James StadiumTampa, FL 74,512^Dabo Swinney 4220172018 Sugar Bowl1L 6–24January 1, 2018AlabamaMercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA72,360Dabo Swinney 4320182018 Cotton Bowl Classic1 W 30–3December 29, 2018Notre DameAT&T StadiumDallas, TX72,183Dabo Swinney 4420182019 CFP National Championship*1 W 44–16January 7, 2019AlabamaLevi's StadiumSanta Clara, CA74,814Dabo Swinney 4520192019 Fiesta Bowl1 W 29–23December 28, 2019Ohio StateState Farm StadiumGlendale, AZ71,330Dabo Swinney 4620192020 CFP National Championship*1L 25–42January 13, 2020LSUMercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA76,885Dabo Swinney 4720202021 Sugar Bowl1L 28–49January 1, 2021Ohio StateMercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA3,000Dabo Swinney 4820212021 Cheez-It Bowl W 20–13December 29, 2021Iowa StateCamping World StadiumOrlando, FL39,051Dabo Swinney 4920222022 Orange Bowl L 14–31December 30, 2022TennesseeHard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FL63,912Dabo Swinney 5020232023 Gator Bowl W 38–35December 29, 2023KentuckyEverBank StadiumJacksonville, FL40,132Dabo Swinney 5120242024–25 CFP (First Round)1L 24–38December 21, 2024TexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX101,150Dabo Swinney 5220252025 Pinstripe BowlL 10–22December 27, 2025Penn StateYankee StadiumBronx, NY41,101Dabo Swinney

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