Ohio State and Clemson share a lot of history for two teams without much shared history. Their Saturday night kickoff in the Fiesta Bowl at the College Football Playoff will be only the fourth game between the schools even though each has been playing the sport for more than a century. But each of the three previous meetings has made an indelible mark in Ohio State annals, even though none were pleasant at the time. Clemson has never lost to the Buckeyes and is one of only two schools that’s played OSU three times or more without a defeat. The other is Florida State, which hasn’t played Ohio State since a dominant 31-14 win in the 1998 Sugar Bowl, which followed two wins at Ohio Stadium in the 1980s. Clemson has beaten OSU twice since then, in the 2014 Orange Bowl and in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl, which served as…
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