TigerNet.com · Nov 21, 2016
63-17: It Was An Empty Bleachers Kind of Game
The stadium bleachers began to empty earlyIt was an empty bleacher kind of night in Columbia.
63-17. Just mention that score to any fan of Clemson or South Carolina, and they know the exact game you’re talking about. And they’ll either break out into a big smile or shake their head in disgust and walk away.
It was that kind of game, and it was that kind of night.
On November 23, 2003, a 7-4 Clemson football team did everything in its power to save head coach Tommy Bowden’s job by dismantling Lou Holtz and the South Carolina Gamecocks 63-17 in Williams-Brice Stadium.