1990 Clemson Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1990 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Ken Hatfield, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished second in the ACC. Clemson played home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. Clemson's 500th win came October 27 against Wake Forest.
| 1990 Clemson Tigers football | |
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Hall of Fame Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 10–2 (5–2 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Larry Van Der Hayden (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Bob Trott (1st season) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Georgia Tech $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Clemson | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | 1:00 p.m. | Long Beach State* | No. 10 | W 59–0 | 74,250 | [1][2] | ||
| September 8 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Virginia | No. 9 | ESPN | L 7–20 | 46,800 | [3] | |
| September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Maryland | No. 16 | W 18–17 | 39,255 | [4] | ||
| September 22 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 16 (I-AA) Appalachian State* | No. 17 |
| W 48–0 | 77,716 | [5] | |
| September 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Duke | No. 19 |
| JPS | W 27–7 | 81,066 | [6] |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgia* | No. 16 |
| W 34–3 | 83,127 | [7] | |
| October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Georgia Tech | No. 15 | JPS | L 19–21 | 46,066 | [8] | |
| October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at NC State | No. 22 | JPS | W 24–17 | 46,500 | [9] | |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | No. 19 | W 24–6 | 25,317 | [10] | ||
| November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | North Carolina | No. 18 |
| JPS | W 20–3 | 75,196 | [11] |
| November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | South Carolina* | No. 17 |
| JPS | W 25–15 | 83,823 | [12] |
| January 1, 1991 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 16 Illinois* | No. 14 | NBC | W 30–0 | 63,154 | [13] | |
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