Claim: 1899 Clemson Tigers football team (Captain Walter Riggs) played six games between October 7 and November 30, one was against Georgia Tech.
Evidence: Walter Riggs served again as coach, having also led the team in its inaugural 1896 season, while J. N. Walker was the captain. Walter Merritt Riggs (January 24, 1873 – January 22, 1924) was the president of Clemson University from 1910 to 1924 and the "father of Clemson football" coaching the first football team for what was then Clemson College.