Clemson–South Carolina rivalry
| First meeting | November 12, 1896 South Carolina 12, Clemson 6 |
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| Latest meeting | November 26, 2016 Clemson 56, South Carolina 7 |
| Next meeting | November 25, 2017 |
| Trophy | Palmetto Bowl Trophy (2015–present) Hardee's Trophy (1980s–2014) |
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| Meetings total | 114 |
| All-time series | Clemson leads, 68–42–4 |
| Largest victory | Clemson, 51-0 (1900) |
| Longest win streak | Clemson, 7 (1934–1940) |
| Current win streak | Clemson, 3 (2014–present) |
| Series Originated | 1985 |
| Overall Record | Carolina leads, 17-15 |
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Carolina (17) 1987 1993 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 |
Clemson (15) 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2006 2007 2016 |
The Clemson–South Carolina rivalry, also called the Carolina–Clemson rivalry, is an American collegiate athletic rivalry between the University of South Carolina Gamecocks and the Clemson University Tigers. Both institutions are public universities supported by the state of South Carolina, and their campuses are separated by only 132 miles. USC and Clemson have been bitter rivals since the 1880s, and a heated rivalry continues to this day for a variety of reasons, including the historic tensions regarding their respective charters and the passions surrounding their athletic programs.
Much like the Alabama-Auburn rivalry and the North Carolina-Duke rivalry, the Clemson–South Carolina rivalry is an in-state collegiate rivalry. This is one of a handful of rivalries where the teams are in different premier conferences: South Carolina is in the Southeastern Conference (SEC); Clemson is in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
In 2014, the annual football game between the two schools was officially dubbed The Palmetto Bowl.
Unlike most major college rivalries, the Carolina–Clemson rivalry did not start innocently and because of competitive collegiate sports. The deep-seated bitterness began between the two schools long before Clemson received its charter and became a college. The two institutions were founded eighty-eight years apart: South Carolina College in 1801 and Clemson Agricultural College in 1889.
South Carolina College was founded in 1801 to unite and promote harmony between the Lowcountry and the Backcountry. It closed during the Civil War when its students aided the Southern cause, but the closure gave politicians an opportunity to reorganize it to their liking. The Radical Republicans in charge of state government during Reconstruction opened the school to blacks and women while appropriating generous funds to the university, which caused the white citizens of the state to withdraw their support for the university and view it as a symbol of the worst aspects of Reconstruction.
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