Clemson at Florida

Saturday, November 13, 1937

Clemson beat Florida 10–⁠9. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 7–⁠2.

AwayClemson4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1937
10
HomeFlorida4–⁠7 in 1937
9

Finallow 52°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: LATE CLEMSON GOAL DOWNS FLORIDA, 1919 Score in Last 2 Minutes First Kicked From Field of Home Grid of Gators.

    Evening star, November 14, 1937, page 35

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    LATE CLEMSON GOAL DOWNS FLORIDA, 1919 Score in Last 2 Minutes First Kicked From Field of Home Grid of Gators. BT the ASSoclated Press. GAINESVILLE. Fla, Nov. l3.-Ben Pearson, Clemson halfback. kicked the only field goal recorded in the eight-year history of Florida s Athletic Field today to beat the Ca tors, 10 to 8, In the last two minutes of play. Outgained by hard-driving Tiger eleven. Florida nevertheless went into the closing minutes clinging to a margin of two points on touchdown and safety. Clemson was backed up to its 30 yard line when the Tigers made their final victorious thrust. Loyell, Bryant and Pearson started circling the ends In = series of quick stabs that carried IS yards to the Gator 5. From the 1s Pearson got off a high place kick that angled over the left up right.

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 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Florida leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1961Florida 21, Clemson 17
1956Clemson 20, Florida 20
1954Clemson 14, Florida 7
1952Florida 54, Clemson 13
1937Clemson 10, Florida 9
1930Florida 27, Clemson 0

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