1984 Clemson Tigers Soccer Championship Ring

Clemson won three national team titles in the 1980s, the football title in 1981, and men’s soccer in 1984 and 1987. All three of those titles were gained in extraordinary circumstances.

Clemson’s men’s soccer championship of 1987 was as surprising as the program’s 1981 football championship. While the football team of 1981 was coming off a 6-5 1980 season, the men’s soccer team of 1987 had struggled entering the NCAA Tournament. Clemson had a 1-4-1 ACC regular season record, then lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to North Carolina. Clemson barely made it to the NCAA Tournament with a 13-5-1 record and was the 23rd seed in a 24-team tournament.

Unlike Clemson’s other three national championships that featured true team efforts, the 1987 Clemson soccer team rode the back of a superstar, eventual Herman Award winner (Heisman Trophy of Soccer) Bruce Murray. He scored five of Clemson’s 10 goals in Clemson’s NCAA Tournament run.

Presented is a 1984 Clemson Tigers Soccer National Championship Ring from when the Tigers won their first NCAA title. The face has CLEMSON UNIVERSITY – NATIONAL CHAMPIONS with a red stone. One flank features TIGERS – NCAA – 22-4-0 – WATERS 1984 – 8. It is a size 11.5.