Clemson is Florida-bound for 2021 bowl game

Alexis Cubit

December 5, 2021 at 2:46 p.m.·2 min read

Clemson will face Iowa State in the Cheez-It Bowl, the ACC announced on Sunday afternoon.

The game is set for 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. It will be televised on ESPN. College football insider Brett McMurphy reported the news first.

Most of the final projections leading to Sunday’s official announcement had Clemson, which ranked 19th in the final College Football Playoffs poll, going to either the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville or the Cheez-It Bowl.

The Cheez-It Bowl was first held in Miami in 1990 as the Blockbuster Bowl. The game moved to Orlando in 2001. It’s had a number of sponsorship changes over the years, including Carquest, Tangerine, Champs Sports, Russell Athletic and, most recently, Camping World.

Clemson has played in this bowl game three times, all under different sponsor names. They defeated Oklahoma 40-6 in the Russell Athletic Bowl to finish 10-3 in the 2014 season.

This will be the first time since that 2014 trip that the Tigers won’t be in the College Football Playoff, ending a six-year streak.

While the CFP streak is over, Clemson has earned bowl eligibility every year since 2005. This season, the team comes into the bowl contest with a 9-3 overall record following a 30-0 win over South Carolina and third-place finish in the ACC’s Atlantic Division.

Clemson recent bowl, postseason history

The Tigers had made the College Football Playoff each of the last six seasons

2005: 19-10 win over Colorado in Champs Sports Bowl
2006: 28-20 loss to Kentucky in Music City Bowl
2007: 23-20 loss to Auburn in Chick-fil-A Bowl
2008: 26-21 loss to Nebraska in Gator Bowl
2009: 21-13 win over Kentucky in Music City Bowl
2010: 31-26 loss to South Florida in Meineke Car Care Bowl
2011: 70-33 loss to West Virginia in Orange Bowl
2012: 25-24 win over LSU in Chick-fil-A Bowl
2013: 40-35 win over Ohio State in Orange Bowl
2014: 40-6 over Oklahoma in Russell Athletic Bowl
2015: (CFP) 37-17 win over Oklahoma in semifinals; 45-40 loss to Alabama in nat’l title game
2016: (CFP) 31-0 win over Ohio State in semifinals; 35-31 win over Alabama in nat’l title game
2017: (CFP) 24-6 loss to Alabama in semifinals
2018: (CFP) 30-3 win over Notre Dame in semifinals; 44-16 win over Alabama in nat’l title game
2019: (CFP) 29-23 win over Ohio State in semifinals; 42-25 loss to LSU in nat’l title game
2020: (CFP) 49-28 loss to Ohio State in semifinals

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