[2] The lone loss was to rival South Carolina, in a controversial game ending in riots and banning the contest until 1909.

The day before the game, Clemson sent in scrubs to Atlanta, checked into a hotel, and partied until dawn.

"Naturally, the Clemson guys didn’t take too kindly to that, and on Wednesday and again on Thursday, there were sporadic fistfights involving brass knuckles and other objects and so forth, some of which resulted, according to the newspapers, in blood being spilled and persons having to seek medical assistance.

After the game on Thursday, the Clemson guys frankly told the Carolina students that if you bring this poster, which is insulting to us, to the big parade on Friday, you’re going to be in trouble.

"[19] As expected, another brawl broke out before both sides agreed to mutually burn the poster in an effort to defuse tensions.

[25][26][27] Heisman described the kick: "The day was bitterly cold and a veritable typhoon was blowing straight down the field from one end to the other.

We rushed the ball with more consistency than Tennessee, but throughout the entire first half they held us because of the superb punting of "Toots" Douglas, especially because, in that period he had the gale squarely with him.

Their general cheerfully chirped a signal – Saxe Crawford, it must have been –; and "Toots" with sprightly step, dropped back for another of his Milky Way punts.

And, say, in his palmiest mathematical mood, I don't believe Sir Isaac Newton himself could have figured a more perfect trajectory to fit with that cyclone.

Our safety man, the great Johnny Maxwell, was positioned 50 yards behind our rush line, yet the punt sailed over his head like a phantom aeroplane.

Finally, it cam down, but still uncured of its wanderlust it started in to roll–toward our goal, of course, with Maxwell chasing and damning it with every step and breath.

The following chart provides a visual depiction of Clemson's lineup during the 1902 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses.