Clemson at Florida
Saturday, November 16, 1929 Share
Florida beat Clemson 13–7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Florida led the series 6–1.
FinalHigh 88°F, low 63°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1929, page 1
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FLORIDA VANQUISHES CLEMSON BY 13 TO 7 BY the Associated Press. GAINESVILLE, Fla. November 10 Florida tanned the Clemson Tigers 10 to z, before homecoming crowd of 10000 here today with a brilliant aerial offensive. After they had struggled scoreless in midfield for the first quarter. Florida scored its first touchdown early in the second period on pass from Bethea to Van Sickel from Clemson’s 9-yard line. Clemson scored in the third period on pass from Mcmillan to Jones from the 9-yard line. McCarley added the extra point and Clemson led, to 8. Florida opened the final period with long passes from Bethea to Nolan and Crabtree to Van Sickle, which. coupied with a 28-yard run by Bethea. placed the ball on Clemson’s 2-yard line. Cawthon plunged through for a touchdown, and a pass, Crabtree to Van Sickel, added the extra point. Clemson outplayed Florida during most Of the game, but was halted many times when near the goal.
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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Florida gameFlorida leads 9–3–1 in 13 meetings, counting the six 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. The CitadelNov. 23, 1929
- SeasonClemson in 1929
- ProgramClemson history and records
Florida
- Next gameat South CarolinaNov. 23, 1929
- SeasonFlorida in 1929
- ProgramFlorida history and records

