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2011 Clemson Tigers football team

2011 Clemson Tigers football
Clemson University Tiger Paw logo.svg
ACC champion
ACC Atlantic Division champion
Orange Bowl, L 33–70 vs. West Virginia
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Atlantic Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 22
AP No. 22
2011 record 10–4 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach Dabo Swinney (3rd full, 4th overall year)
Offensive coordinator Chad Morris (1st year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele (4th year)
Co-defensive coordinator Charlie Harbison (4th year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 81,500)
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#22 Clemson x$   6 – 2         10 – 4  
Wake Forest   5 – 3         6 – 7  
#23 Florida State   5 – 3         9 – 4  
NC State   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Boston College   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Maryland   1 – 7         2 – 10  
Coastal Division
#21 Virginia Tech x%   7 – 1         11 – 3  
Virginia   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Georgia Tech   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Miami   3 – 5         6 – 6  
North Carolina   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Duke   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Troy 6 10 0 3 19
• Clemson 13 0 13 17 43
1 2 3 4 Total
Wofford 14 7 6 0 27
• Clemson 13 8 7 7 35
#21 Auburn at Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 14 7 3 0 24
• Clemson 0 21 14 3 38
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida State 10 0 7 13 30
• Clemson 14 7 7 7 35
  • Date: September 24
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Game attendance: 80,994
  • Game weather: Sunny
  • Television network: ESPN
1 2 3 4 Total
• Clemson 3 7 7 6 23
Virginia Tech 0 3 0 0 3

The 2011 Clemson Tigers football team represents Clemson University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers eere led by head coach Dabo Swinney in his third full year and fourth overall since taking over midway through 2008 season. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium, also known as "Death Valley". They were members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Clemson finished the previous season 6–7, losing in the Meineke Car Care Bowl to South Florida. They began the 2011 season unranked, but after a three-game winning streak against ranked opponents in late September, rose to #8 in the AP and Coaches Poll. However, the surprise Tigers lost three of their final four regular-season contests (with two of the losses to unranked opponents), they fell back to #21 in these polls. However, their early start was enough to clinch a spot in the 2011 ACC Championship Game. They won that game with an unexpectedly dominant performance over Virginia Tech, 38–10. In the process, they won their first ACC title since 1991, and with it an automatic berth in the 2012 Orange Bowl. It was the Tigers' first-ever Bowl Championship Series berth, as well as their first major-bowl appearance since the 1982 Orange Bowl. They lost the game in historic fashion to West Virginia by a score of 70–33, setting a bowl record for points conceded in a game.








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Clemson opened the season against Troy from the Sun Belt Conference. The Tigers offense had a shaky first half adapting to offensive coordinator Chad Morris's faster new spread set. They were 0-for-8 on third down conversions and had only four first downs. Sophomore quarterback Tajh Boyd had several bad throws and near interceptions as the team were booed off the field at half time.


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