Clemson at Auburn
Saturday, November 28, 1942 Share
No. 16 Auburn beat Clemson 41–13. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 19–6–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 31°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 29, 1942, page 1
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Auburn Defeats Clemson In Impressive Fashion AUBURN, Ala, Nov. 28.-Auburn’s Plainsmen celebrated homecoming day with Alb victory over Glenn son today in a game that never was in doubt. About 10000 saw the fireworks. 1t was Auburn’s game most of the way, but in the second quarter, Clemson almost tied the score. Auburn scored late in the first period. Jim Pharr intercepted a pass on his Is and Irby ran to the 2-yard line but Auburn fumbled and Butler kicked out. Line plays failed. then Monk Gafford shot pass to Fac Jenkins, who went over. Lou Chateau converted. With Butler and Craig bearing the brunt Of the attack. Clemson edged down to Auburns’ 81, Stacey took a pass on his Is and ran to the 2 as the whistle blew for the quarter. Craig went over for the score a couple OF minutes later. An at tempted pass for the extra point went awrY Auburn then scored three more touchdowns in short order and that settled 1t.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 30, 1942, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 0; University of Washington 0, tie. St. Mary’s Preflight IS; Stan ford 28. oregon State 2; Michigan State T, tie. Notre Dame IS; Southern Cali fornia 0. Army 0; Navy IA. Villanova 20 Temple 2. North Carolina Preflight 0; Ford ham 6. Boston College 12; Holy Cross 55. Oklahoma A & M 33; Detroit 6. Iowa Preflight l2; Ohio State 41. Indiana 5l, Fort Knox o. Georgia Tech 0; Georgia 34 Texas Christian 14; Southern Methodist 6. Illinois 20; Camp Grant 0. Michigan 28; Iowa IA. Duke o; Jacksonville Naval Air Station 13. Auburn 41; Clemson 13. Tennessee 19; Vanderbilt 2. Kansas State 19; Nebraska 0. Tampa 30; Fort Benning 0. Georgia Navy 35; Alabama 19, New Mexico 35; Arizona State 2.
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)
Auburn 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Auburn gameAuburn leads 33–15–2 in 50 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.
| 2017 | Clemson 14, Auburn 6 | |
| 2016 | Clemson 19, Auburn 13 | |
| 2012 | Clemson 26, Auburn 19 | |
| 2011 | Clemson 38, Auburn 24 | |
| 2010 | Auburn 27, Clemson 24 | |
| 2007 | Auburn 23, Clemson 20 | Chick-fil-A Bowl |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. PresbyterianSept. 25, 1943
- SeasonClemson in 1942
- ProgramClemson history and records
Auburn
- SeasonAuburn in 1942
- ProgramAuburn history and records

