19781229 Clemson 17 Ohio State 15, Woody Hayes slugs Clemson player in Gator Bowl

December 1978. Losing by two points with a little more than two minutes left in the Gator Bowl, Ohio State was driving, and had moved the ball into game winning field-goal range. But then noseguard Charlie Bauman intercepted freshman quarterback Art Schlichter's short pass over the middle.

Bauman was knocked out of bounds on the Buckeyes' sideline. An irate Coach Woody Hayes went over and threw a punch at Bauman before he was restrained by several of his players. The morning after the 17-15 defeat, Hayes was fired. He never coached again. He also never apologized to Bauman for hitting him.

(I thought Clemson won the National Championship this year of 1978. However they won in 1981:
The Clemson football team of 1981 was coming off a 6-5 season that did not include a bowl bid in 1980. No preseason college football poll for 1981 picked the Tigers in the top 20, never mind listed Danny Ford's team as a national championship contender. No player made any preseason All-America teams and in many circles Ford was considered to be "on the hot seat".)

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16*	The Citadel		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 58–3	54,075
September 23*	at Georgia	#8	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 0–12	60,000
September 30*	Villanova		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 31–0	46,000
October 7*	Virginia Tech		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 38–7	53,800
October 14	at Virginia		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 30–14	19,243
October 21	Duke		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 28–8	51,109
October 28	at North Carolina State	#20	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)	W 33–10	45,000
November 4	at Wake Forest	#16	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 51–6	30,400
November 11	North Carolina	#15	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 13–9	53,800
November 18	at #11 Maryland	#12	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 28–24	51,376
November 25*	South Carolina	#10	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	W 41–23	63,479
December 29*	vs. #20 Ohio State	#7	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	W 17–15	72,011