Presbyterian at Clemson

Saturday, September 21, 1935

Clemson beat Presbyterian 25–⁠6. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 11–⁠2–⁠4.

AwayPresbyterian2–⁠7 in 1935
6
HomeClemson6–⁠3 in 1935
25

FinalHigh 94°F, low 64°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CLEMSON WINS OPENER Shows Crushing Power in 25-6 Defeat of Presbyterian.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 22, 1935, page 1

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    CLEMSON WINS OPENER Shows Crushing Power in 25–⁠6 Defeat of Presbyterian. CLEMSON, S. c., September 81 R)-Clemson routed Presbyterian College, as to 6, in the opening game of the season for both teams with a crushing display Of power. Held scoreless in the first period, the Tigers scored twice on drives of 40 and 10 yards in the second and added two more touchdownS in the last half.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: College Football

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], September 23, 1935, page 1 (results column)

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    College Football Manchester, “a; Oakland City, o. Kentucky, go; Maryyile, o. Virginia Military, 26; Hampden sgd ney. 0. South Dakota State, 80; Northern Nor mai, 0. Catawabs. SO; Western Carolina, 6. South Carolina, SO; Erskine, o. Clemson, 25; Presbyterian. 6. Virginia, 0; William and Mary (tie). Vanderbilt, “a; Union. 0. West Liberty. 81; Holbrook, 0. Virginia Tech 7; Roanoke, 0. Davidson, Z; Elon. O. Villanova, Al; Pennsylvania Military, 0. Manhattan, 25; Niagara, 6. South Dakota. “a; Yankton. 0. Texas Christian, al; Howard Payne, o. Utah State, 80; Montana State. Z. New Mexico, 46; New Mexico Teachers, 0. Newberry, 10; Guilford 6. Occidental, 26; Mexico, 7. Manchester (St. Paul. &c; Stout, 0. Luther. 80; Western Union, O. Cheney Normal, 10; Gonzaga, Z. Arizona State, 81; Adams State. 0. Southern Methodist, &c. North Texas, 0. Tennessee, %; Mars Hill, 0. Oregon State 81: Linfeld o. Holy Cross. 80; Rhode Island, 0. Duke, 26; Wake Forest, 7.

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 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 33–⁠3–⁠4 in 40 meetings, counting the 23 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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