Clemson at Duke

Saturday, October 6, 1934

Duke beat Clemson 20–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Duke led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayClemson5–⁠4 in 1934
6
HomeDuke7–⁠2 in 1934
20

FinalHigh 66°F, low 60°F, 0.39 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Grid SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, October 8, 1934, page 1 (results column)

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    Grid SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are final results of football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 10; Southern California 0. Stanford II; Oregon State 0. st. Mary’s z; California 0. Gonzaga %; Idaho 20. Montana State 0; Utah Aggies 6. Columbus II; Yale 6. Michigan State 16; Michigan O. Indiana 0; Ohio State 33. Bates O; Harvard ~. Amherst O; Princeton rs. Iowa &c; Northwestern 7. Miami z; Carnegie Tech 13. Pittsburgh 81; West Virginia 6. Clemson 6; Duke 20. Virginia 6; Navy 81. Richmond 6; Cornell 0. Texas Z; Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 10; North Carolina T. Rice IA; Purdue 0. Auburn 0; Tulane 10. Vanderbilt 81; Georgia Tech IL. Johns Hopkins 0; New York Uni versity 80. Davidson 0; Army al. Vermont 0; Dartmouth 80. Westminster 0; Fordham 81. Missouri 0; Colorado 0. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 6; San Francisco O

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)

Duke 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 37–⁠18–⁠1 in 56 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Duke 46, Clemson 45
2023Duke 28, Clemson 7
2018Clemson 35, Duke 6
2012Clemson 56, Duke 20
2008Clemson 31, Duke 7
2007Clemson 47, Duke 10

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