The 1981 Clemson Tigers completed the first 12-0 season in program history on their way to collecting their first national championship. The Tigers weren’t even in the national conversation ...

In college football history, no top-ranked team ever seemed a less likely national champ than the one rated No. 1 on Dec. 27, 1981. As Clemson practiced football that Sunday at Tropical Park, on ...

Former Clemson football players, from left, Jeff Davis, Perry Tuttle and Homer Jordan (3) greet each other as they meet for a special ceremony for to honor the 1981 national championship team Sept ...

T he 1981 Clemson football team started the season unranked, but a 13-3 victory over Georgia in the third game got them into the top 20 and the Tigers steadily gained ground with each subsequent ...

In 1981, Clemson celebrated its only national championship in college football, under coach Danny Ford, and the school’s first in any team sport. Less than one year later, the NCAA found Clemson ...

Clemson mourns the passing of Willie Anderson, who was a first-team All-ACC honoree for the Tigers as a player and later coached defensive ends on Clemson's first national championship team in 1981.

J.J. Bowers’ half-orange, half-purple painted face floated above orange overalls as he stood in the Orange Bowl in Miami on Jan. 1, 1982, watching Clemson win the national championship.

After a special 2015-16 season that saw Clemson reach the national championship game, the school unveiled an updated uniform design that includes nods to the Tigers' 1981 championship team.

Clemson’s national football champions of 1981 and 2016 … so different, yet so much alike. The style of play, the size of the athletes, the championship formats and expectations at the start of ...

Former Clemson football players, from left, Jeff Davis, Perry Tuttle and Homer Jordan (3) greet each other as they meet for a special ceremony for to honor the 1981 national championship team Sept ...

Former Clemson football players, from left, Jeff Davis, Perry Tuttle and Homer Jordan (3) greet each other as they meet for a special ceremony for to honor the 1981 national championship team Sept ...

Former Clemson football players, from left, Jeff Davis, Perry Tuttle and Homer Jordan (3) greet each other as they meet for a special ceremony for to honor the 1981 national championship team Sept ...