Clemson at Florida
Saturday, December 2, 1922 Share
Florida beat Clemson 47–14. It was their third meeting; after it, Florida led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 51°F
In the newspapers

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, December 3, 1922, page 56
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FLORIDA STEAM ROLLER CRUsHEs LIGHT CLEMSON Gators Mix Strength and Intelligence to Good PURPOSE. JACKSONVILLE. Dec, a.-Florida mixed well the two major football fact”rs-Strcneth and intelligence in smotherinE Clemson. 81 to IA. her. today. Fl”ridn’S game was II roper ‘oirc of shifting tactics. From hafd lin” riunSinS. in which the wcieh hit Of its back field scattered the elem son defense. the Gators turned to spectacular aerial masses In the lat u department.. the carolinians had their mos; effective weapon The shining pair Of Turuipsrcd and Cap tain Emanuel workcd in this dirccti”n far their two touchdowus Pluck characterized the play Of tn. ‘arolinians. anu they must have been In III” pink Of condition. for they were badly handled Ia the matter ~ football. ii took more than one Of the sturdy. hut lighter. Clemson tackles Ia stop the Florida steam roller. The whist” frequently found Ark Newton, Fiorida’s star. on his feet with four or five az the caro- ‘inians clincinr around him and the Others smothercd under tn” Florida poundace. Yct no one Of them went out from injury. Florida’s scoring was apparently at Will Running the ball almost the Length “f the field. with u forward pass her” and there. seemed to he all in – days work for them ON the other hand. tlemsons touchdown reflected n Spectacular revival Of hope. II hogan at the last OF tho second period and continued through the FIRST few minutes Of the third period. Captain Emmanuel. VIII” was indisposcd. returned to his place in the back field ana he and Tnrnipseca Suuirmcd and twisted through the Florida defense and han dlcd passes In n manner that brought Wholesome RESPECT from the stands captain Emmanuel had to quit IN the last period, however when his strength failed Newton and romcroy provided the thrills from the Florida side while Joe Harchan. always good. entered the class of stars today

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, December 3, 1922, page 12
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Clemson Beaten by The Florida Gators Jacksonville, Fla. December 2.-- The University of Florida eleven de- feated Clemson college In the closing football game of the season here today, 47 to 14. Although Clemson excelled in forward passing, 1t could make little headway against the Florida line, and the weight of the heavy Gator backfield scattered the Clemson defense.
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)
Florida 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Florida gameFlorida leads 9–3–1 in 13 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 1961 | Florida 21, Clemson 17 | |
| 1956 | Clemson 20, Florida 20 | |
| 1954 | Clemson 14, Florida 7 | |
| 1952 | Florida 54, Clemson 13 | |
| 1937 | Clemson 10, Florida 9 | |
| 1930 | Florida 27, Clemson 0 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. AuburnSept. 29, 1923
- SeasonClemson in 1922
- ProgramClemson history and records
Florida
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 6, 1923
- SeasonFlorida in 1922
- ProgramFlorida history and records

