Presbyterian at Clemson

Saturday, September 20, 1930

Clemson beat Presbyterian 28–⁠7. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 8–⁠2–⁠2.

AwayPresbyterian2–⁠1 in 1930
7
HomeClemson8–⁠2 in 1930
28

FinalHigh 75°F, low 64°F, 0.07 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ting Ready to Sock aland School E7evens Play This Week CLEMSON WINS OPENER Harvin and Welch Count In Beat ing Presbyterian, 2s-7.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1930, page 65

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    ting Ready to Sock aland School E7evens Play This Week CLEMSON WINS OPENER Harvin and Welch Count In Beat ing Presbyterian, 2s-7. CLEMSON COLLEGE. s. c., Septem- Der 20 (P).-A pair of unheralded backs, Lionel Harvin and Maxey WEIGH, led Clemson to q convincing 28-to-7 VIC tory over Presbyterian College in the opening foot ball game of the season here today. Harvin, slashing fullback, accounted for two touchdowns and kicked the extra point four times. WEIGH, who passed and kicked for the Tigers in midseason manner at quarterback, and Salley scored two touchdowns in the third quarter to make the game safe. The duel expected by $500 spectators between Johnny Justus, Clemson cap tain and star halfback of the 1929 club, and Jimmy Green, feet P. c. ball lug ger, failed to develop. JuStus was well smothered by the Blue Stockings and Green got loose twice in the second quarter to score and save his team from q whitewash.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 33–⁠3–⁠4 in 40 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Clemson 58, Presbyterian 21
1957Clemson 66, Presbyterian 0
1956Clemson 27, Presbyterian 7
1955Clemson 33, Presbyterian 0
1954Clemson 33, Presbyterian 0
1953Clemson 33, Presbyterian 7

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