Wake Forest at Clemson

Saturday, November 11, 1939

Clemson beat Wake Forest 20–⁠7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 5–⁠1.

AwayWake Forest7–⁠3 in 1939
7
HomeClemson9–⁠1 in 1939
20

FinalHigh 77°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: SPORTS PARADE

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 13, 1939, page 4 (results column)

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    SPORTS PARADE NEW YORK, Nov. 13. CUP)- Mondays grid-irony: In leading Missouri to a 20 to 7 victory over NYU, Paul ChriStman pitched the best game the Yankee stadium has seen since Monte Pearson let down the Reds with two hits in the World Series After this per- Torrance all the All-America pick erS need to know about ChriStman is his sweater size Iowa is one state that’s grateful for the two Thanksgivings this month The HaWkeyeS of that state licked Notre Dame 7 TO 6 and the citizens will need two helpings of everything to show their gratitude to Nile Kin nick and Co. Speaking of Kim nick, someone should take out a patent on him because he may be the long-sought perpetual motion machine :. . He has played in five straight games now without relief. The, best mousetrap of the year was sprung by Fordham in shaking loose Len Eshmont on a “a ward run against hapless Indiana !. Judging by the speed with which the Indiana guard sprang forward TO be trapped, Fordham must have balted the play with Camembert. Roquefort, Stilton, Cheddar or plain American rat cheese Some one must have forgotten to wind the watches for Michigans so called Z a – The Wolverines have scored lust IA points in l20 minutes of losing football to Illinois and Minnesota. MlnneSota’s victory gave it the little brown jug and Michigan the little brown taste of defeat for the sixth year in succession Coach Francis Schmidt of Ohio State. who has been called “Shut the Gates OF Mercy Schmidt because of his Willingness TO slaughter helpless teams, proved the nickname was wrong by beating Chicago only 61 TO 0 When a team beats Chi cago by that small score it runs the risk Of being penalized for stalling Inc army and Navy forever-loSing That’s the way they are singing the song these days Navy was scuttled by Columbia and Harvard outflanked the Soldiers :. Another Saturday like this and some one will have to call in the marines Tulane stayed undefeated as its fast backs went SWIM ming through the crimson tide of Alabama, and SO did North Carolina as StirnWeiss and Lalanne took lit tie Davidson apart TO see why it didn’t tick A back who prob ably won’t make many All-Americas- but should, Banks McFadden, did everything but play the Piccolo in the band as Clemson pasted Wake Forest

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 72–⁠17–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Clemson 49, Wake Forest 14
2023Clemson 17, Wake Forest 12
2022Clemson 51, Wake Forest 45
2021Clemson 48, Wake Forest 27
2020Clemson 37, Wake Forest 13
2019Clemson 52, Wake Forest 3

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