CLEMSON — It all started in an empty parking lot in Florence, South Carolina on October 16, 1931.
After falling to The Citadel at old Florence Memorial Stadium, Clemson head coach Jess Neely, in his first year, Captain Frank Jervey and a couple of others met in a car outside the stadium to discuss ways Clemson could help its football program get back on track.
The meeting got the ball rolling towards the establishment of the IPTAY Foundation, which formally began on August 20, 1934. IPTAY, which stood for “I Pay Ten A Year” was the nation’s first scholarship fundraising organization.