Only once in the 112-year history of the Clemson-Carolina game has a South Carolina team with a losing record defeated a Clemson team with a winning record. The last time that happened was 119 years ago.
In the very first meeting between the two long-time rivals, W.H. Whaley’s South Carolina team defeated Walter Riggs’ Tigers, 12-6. Of course that was in 1896, and the Gamecocks were not even called the Gamecocks back then. They were knows as the Jaguars.
Since then Clemson has posted a 27-0-3 mark in the series when it has had a winning record and the Gamecocks ended the year with a losing record.