COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORDS

First game:  November 10, 1897 
At stake:  Battle of the Palmetto State 
When:  late November 
Where:  Memorial Stadium, Clemson or Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia

Misc.: 
The 2003 game was the most lopsided outcome in the series.

Clemson quarterback Charlie Whitehurst tied a school
record with four touchdown passes as the Tigers won, 63-17.

The 2002 game was the 100th meeting between the two schools.

These two teams met as members of the ACC from 1953-70.
The first 57 games in the series were played in Columbia
and were referred to as "Big Thursday."
Until 1960, the USC-Clemson game was played during the
South Carolina State Fair.