1997 Clemson Tigers football team

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1997 Clemson Tigers football
1997 Clemson Tigers football
Peach Bowl, L 17–21 vs. Auburn
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1997 record	7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy West (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Ensminger (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Les Herrin (1st as DC, 5th overall season)
Captains	Raymond Priester; Raymond White;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 81,473, grass)
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Clemson played its first overtime game on November 8 against Duke.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 (I-AA) Appalachian State*	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 23–12	62,405	^[1]
September 13	Noon	at NC State	No. 19	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)	JPS	W 19–17	50,000
September 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 Florida State	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 28–35	80,939
September 27	7:30 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	No. 17	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–23	45,275
October 4	1:00 p.m.	UTEP*		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 39–7	59,710
October 11	6:00 p.m.	Virginia		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN2	L 7–21	74,987
October 25	3:30 p.m.	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ABC	W 20–9	27,270
November 1	Noon	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	JPS	W 33–16	23,411
November 8	Noon	Duke		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	W 29–20 ^OT	60,363
November 15	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	L 10–17	71,514
November 22	6:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	W 47–21	83,700
January 2, 1998	3:00 p.m.	vs. Auburn*		Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl / rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–21	71,212
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Clemson 'passes' first test against ASU". The State. September 7, 1997. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 3 Florida State $		8	–	0		11	–	1
No. 6 North Carolina		7	–	1		11	–	1
Virginia		5	–	3		7	–	4
No. 25 Georgia Tech		5	–	3		7	–	5
Clemson		4	–	4		7	–	5
NC State		3	–	5		6	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	5		5	–	6
Maryland		1	–	7		2	–	9
Duke		0	–	8		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll