Clemson opens the 2018 football season a week from today when the second-ranked Tigers host the Furman Paladins at Clemson’s Death Valley. Kickoff is set for 12:20 p.m.
Furman is the Tigers oldest rival, as the schools met in the Tigers’ first football game in 1896 — a 14-6 Clemson win in Greenville, S.C. It will be the first meeting between the two Upstate institutions since 2012.
Clemson has won 30 straight games against Furman dating back to a 0-0 tie at Furman in 1937. The Paladins last win over Clemson took place on November 26, 1936.