Clemson at Florida
Saturday, November 13, 1937 Share
Clemson beat Florida 10–9. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 7–2.
Finallow 52°F, 0.15 in. of rainAttendance 6,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Clemson–Florida gameFlorida leads 9–3–1 in 13 meetings, counting the four 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 gameat FurmanNov. 25, 1937
- SeasonClemson in 1937
- ProgramClemson history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechNov. 20, 1937
- SeasonFlorida in 1937
- ProgramFlorida history and records

