Furman at Clemson
Saturday, November 23, 1918 Share
Clemson beat Furman 68–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 42°F
Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1919) gives Clemson 67–7, as two scans of the guide read it (the scan on the Internet Archive).
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 24, 1918, page 24
Read the text
Clemson Smothers Furman, 6s to 2 CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. c., Novem- Der 23.-Clemson College defeated Furman University, 6s to z, here this afternoon. The visitors scored their only touchdown when Gressette intercepted a forward pass in the last period. Allison of Clemson ran 20 yards for touchdown. The game was featured by the successful for ward passing attacks of Clemson.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Clemson 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Furman–Clemson gameClemson leads 44–10–4 in 58 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.
| 2025 | Clemson 45, Furman 10 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 35, Furman 12 | |
| 2018 | Clemson 48, Furman 7 | |
| 2012 | Clemson 41, Furman 7 | |
| 2007 | Clemson 38, Furman 10 | |
| 2003 | Clemson 28, Furman 17 |
Around this game
Furman
- Next gamevs. 2nd Developmemt RegimentNov. 30, 1918
- SeasonFurman in 1918
- ProgramFurman history and records
Clemson
- Next gamevs. DavidsonNov. 28, 1918
- SeasonClemson in 1918
- ProgramClemson history and records