Clemson dug two more graves last season to make room for two more tombstones. As is tradition at Clemson, the Tigers added two more tombstones to a ceremonial graveyard that honors the biggest wins away from Death Valley in the history of the Clemson program. Tombstones are added for victories over top 25 opponents, ACC championship game victories and bowl games.
Last year was a highly successful season for the Clemson Tigers, despite falling just short in the national championship game against Alabama. On the road to a 14-0 record heading to the national championship game as the number one team in the country, Clemson picked up a win against a rising North Carolina in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, North Carolina and opened the College Football Playoff with a dominating victory against Big 12 champion Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl in Miami. Both wins have now been given the traditional tombstone treatment to recognize those significant moments in program history.
2 more tombstones in the graveyard!
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) March 10, 2016
"Two great moments...as we always say--The best is yet to come!" #Clemson https://t.co/wQ1EJQFyY4
Tombstones are in place. Big wins on the road against the 10th & 4th ranked teams in the land in 2015. #Clemson pic.twitter.com/DXoXYy1nqn
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) March 9, 2016
This is the second season in a row Clemson has added a tombstone to its graveyard at the expense of the Oklahoma Sooners. Clemson topped Oklahoma in the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl. Some players from Oklahoma took aim at Clemson’s tombstone tradition and used that as fuel to get fired up for a rematch in last season’s College Football Playoff. That did not work out very well for the Sooners.