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Clemson Flashback: The night Clemson’s ‘Tombstone Tradition’ began

When 10th-ranked Clemson visited No. 16 Florida State on September 9, 1989, it had not forgotten about the previous season. The Seminoles pulled off one of the best trick plays in the history of college football to beat the Tigers, 24-21, at Death Valley. The play is affectionately called “Puntrooskie.”

Clemson had not forgotten about the play because no one would let them. It lived with them throughout the 1988 season and when game week approached in 1989, the media again brought it to the front.

Florida State fans would not let the Tigers forget it either.